Maryland Heights, August 5, 1861.
We still are in the
same place my last letter was dated from, but instead of being in tents, we are
bivouacking again. Last Thursday afternoon, the order came that, as we were the
advance guard, we should not have our wagons and baggage liable to being cut
off. Everything was moved off in a hurry, and the men set to work building
shelters of bushes.
They are built like
long sheds, have posts every little distance, rafters and string pieces
connecting them. For the reason that we have two architects at the head of our
company, ours was the soonest and best built. Captain Curtis and I had an
elegant little bower made for ourselves where we live cool and comfortable.
SOURCE: Charles Fessenden Morse, Letters Written
During the Civil War, 1861-1865, p. 14
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