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L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Foraging. (search)
ed a hole up through the bottom of the car while the train halted at Potomac creek or Burke's station, tapped the barrel, and drained it to the dregs! Foraging by veteran soldiers. In March, 1862, in the advance upon Winchester, Brigadier-General Abercrombie commanded the first brigade, having Cochran's battery with it. Abercrombie was very strict, not allowing his men to forage. The next morning after we camped near Berryville, the general rode through the battery. The captain was in Abercrombie was very strict, not allowing his men to forage. The next morning after we camped near Berryville, the general rode through the battery. The captain was in his tent. Approaching it, he discovered the quarters of a fine young beef that the men had foraged the previous night, lying against a tree. The general's brow contracted as he demanded of Sergeant Leander E. Davis: Where the d-1 did you get that beef? I gave the commissary no orders to issue fresh beef here. Davis, who was a very polite soldier, removed his cap, and saluted the general, saying, in a tone evincing perfect coolness and sincerity: General, I was sergeant of th