June 4, 1862. No. 10.
We've been living out here a week without any tents until
to-night, and General Pope is ripping and swearing because we dared to move
them up here without orders. He says we shall not move a thing back. The
colonel I am with is a regular army officer and he shows it all over, but I
like him very much so far. I won't get to go out on near as many scouts, for
will only go when the whole brigade moves.
SOURCE: Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an
Illinois Soldier, p. 96
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