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to him, but, barring a little lameness, he suffered no harm.
The engineers, as a whole, led an enjoyable life of it in the service.
Their labors were quite fatiguing while they lasted, it is true, but they were a privileged class when compared with the infantry.
But they did well all that was required of them, and there was no finer body of men in the service.
The winter-quarters of the engineers were, perhaps, the most unique of any in the army.
In erecting them they gave their mechanical skill full play.
Some of their officers' quarters were marvels of rustic design.
The houses of one regiment in the winter of ‘63-4 were fashioned out of the straight cedar, which, being undressed, gave the settlement a quaint but attractive and comfortable appearance.
Their streets were corduroyed, and they even boasted sidewalks of similar construction.
Poplar Grove Church, erected by the Fiftieth New York Engineers, a few miles below Petersburg, in 1864, still stands, a monument to their skill in rustic design.
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