paulcalloway
03-07-2004, 01:20 AM
April 20, 1862
Mozart Regiment
On Picket Near Yorktown, VA., April 15.
... We left Old Point and crossed over to Hampton on the 24th, where we were treated to a battalion drill, or company drill, in the morning, and a brigade drill in the afternoon, and a dress parade after that. Roll call eight times a day and short allowance. ...
Source: Writing and Fighting the Civil War: Soldier Correspondence to the New York Sunday Mercury, Edited by William B. Styple. Belle Grove Publishing, Kearny, N.J., 2000. p. 82.
Mozart Regiment
On Picket Near Yorktown, VA., April 15.
... We left Old Point and crossed over to Hampton on the 24th, where we were treated to a battalion drill, or company drill, in the morning, and a brigade drill in the afternoon, and a dress parade after that. Roll call eight times a day and short allowance. ...
Source: Writing and Fighting the Civil War: Soldier Correspondence to the New York Sunday Mercury, Edited by William B. Styple. Belle Grove Publishing, Kearny, N.J., 2000. p. 82.