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The Daily Dispatch: January 11, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the Potomac. (search)
far from a taste, a distaste for dinner. This has been the experience of all of my mess, and it is not confined alone to ourselves. John R. Barleycorn was quite an intimate companion of some of the men — the former occasionally preparing a wreath, in which the latter fell victims to the superior agillty of the former. An agreeable disappointment was experienced in that the number of its inmates, so the inference may be very naturally drawn, notwithstanding what I have said, that our Christmas passed off pretty quietly. The time between the holidays and New Year's day was spent on picket ou-post No. 3, which has been assigned us for the winter. Nothing occurred while we were there worthy of note. We were blessed with clear weather, although it was quite cold. We returned to our camp in time to enjoy the New Year's day, which was a pretty one, and which I hope is a forerunner of many such that are, to follow. The day was celebrated by active employment for the speedy com
The Daily Dispatch: January 11, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the Peninsula. (search)
From the Peninsula. the Christmas and New Year holidays among the soldiers — Prospects of a fight — Disogrecable weather, &c., &c., [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Yourg's Mill, Jan. 5th, 1862. The first Sabbath in the New Year finds the 15th Virginia regiment comfortably winter quartered at this place. We have enjoyed a merry old Christmas, all "with spirite feather light, " that time-honored beverage (Egg-Nog) being the favorite of the day, made the natureal sobriety of many faces beaming with good humor, and modest tongues showed a fluency of speech quite surprising; and feet accuttomed to quietly tread the ways of life, moved gaily on the " light " The old year is fraught with the most memorable events that the history of the American people will ever record.--The repetition of those stern and fatal requisitions which all Republics have required and experienced, is past, and enrolletion Time's record, May the new year see less of this fearful dra