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Brigade and essentially of the regiment. Picket and fatigue duty were the chief employment of t  NFL Jerseys Authentic , NFL Jerseys Youth  his Battalion during the winter. These companies also stood guard at the East Branch Bridge, and, when employed in this capacity they often caused embarrassment to suspicious passengers, all of whom were closely scrutinized, and not a few rigidly examined for contraband goods, messages, &c. This road was a frequented thoroughfare. It was by this way th NFL Jerseys Cheap , NFL Jerseys Sale  at the notorious criminal Booth, escaped on the night of the assassination. The vicinity had become historical, also, in revolutionary times. Fort Baker camp was a sightly place, commanding a view of the Capitol, the city, and of the Potomac. If the place was delightfully airy at times, at others it was severely bleak. There was some sickness in the Battalion during the winter, and some two or three deaths. The 2d Battalion, comprising companies E, P, G, H and I, under command of Lt. Col. White, marche  NFL Jerseys Wholesale , P90X , P90X DVD  d about two miles westward, to a point near the Potomac, and encamped on the eastern slope of the bold bluff which affords Fort Alexander its valuable prominence. Being in the vicinity of that fortification, the camp was near the old regimental camp ground. The medical officer of this Battalion was Asst. Surg. Mowris, 1st Lt: Morris Chappell was Quartermaster, and 1st Lt. James M. Lattimer Adjt. The iminent peril to which the Capital had been twice exposed, had i  P90X Workout , P90X Workout Schedule  mpressed the military authorities with the value of the immediate defences, revealed the need for their early completion, and the possible responsibility which might follow further neglect. Our occupation, therefore, was agreeable to these indications ; beside the usual camp duties and drilling, the boys dug and chopped almost daily, so that during the time the Battalion occupied this camp it contributed largely toward the erection of Port Ripley and the completion of the adjacent Forts. The camp site had been well chosen: it was on a knoll sheding in almost every direction, while a purling spring from its base furnished an abundant supply of pure water. The winter tenements of the soldiers may be thus described : An enclosure, the wall of which is composed of a succession of upright stakes s Turbo Fire , Slendertone System Abs tanding in contact; or perhaps of poles, put up after the manner of a log house; this enclosure includes a space of perhaps 7 feet by 9, the wall about 3 feet high. This structure, crowned with an A tent for roof and

 

 


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