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brick from England. but so goes the world
As Col Cogswell toled a farmer on our
march from Harpers Ferry, who complained
and thought twas harde for us to burn
his rail fence, for fire wood, Coggy admited
that it might be hard, but he thought twas
a damed sight harder for his men to
sleep in the snow without fires. As a
naturale consequence that farmer had
no fence in the morning. like thousands
of others in Virginia. Wherever the army goes
every thing goes before it what was a forest
yesterday is to morrow a clearing with hard
ely a branch left up from the spot.
But I will tell you some news. on new years
day I received an apointment as Coperal
my first step from the meanest position
a man ever held, You ask me how I
fare, Well I have enough to doe, enough
to wear, and enough to eat, when
Lincons sechese Villians whome he keeps
in office, will let us have it, (Meigs & Co)
the S___s of B____s