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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Twelfth Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army. (search)
en to return with full ranks to take our places once again with our comrades of the Army of Northern Virginia. This petition is to be forwarded through the regular channels to General S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General, C. S. A. December 24. Christmas eve in the army bears no resemblance to the preparations at home for Christmas festivities. Christmas day. Ate a hearty dinner, minus the home turkey and cranberries and oysters and egg-nog and fruit cake, and then wrote to my mChristmas eve in the army bears no resemblance to the preparations at home for Christmas festivities. Christmas day. Ate a hearty dinner, minus the home turkey and cranberries and oysters and egg-nog and fruit cake, and then wrote to my mother and sisters. At 9 o'clock Dec. 26, Major Proskauer led the regiment towards Paine's Mills, where we were to relieve the 14th North Carolina, on fatigue duty, sawing plank for the Orange road, We lost the way, and marched 20 miles to reach a mill only 12 miles distant from camp, arriving after dark. Companies F, B and C moved three miles from nearest mill to Squire Collins. Supped and breakfasted at the Squire's. The 14th North Carolina desired to stay, and our regiment wished to ret