WE LOSE OUR MAJOR.
I learn that Major
McCafferty has resigned and is going to leave us. I am sorry to learn that his
ambition for fame is so soon gratified. I think a good deal of the major and
shall miss him very much. He is a man of great good nature and a good deal of a
humorist, and at times he makes considerable sport for the boys. The major's
resignation creates a vacancy which, according to military rules will be filled
by the ranking captain which is Capt. Pickett of company A. This will change
the formation of the line, bringing company B on the left, and ranking second
in the line. So, step by step, we ascend the ladder of fame.
LIVING HIGH.
. . . . . . . We are
now living in clover, having little else to do but to keep ourselves, clothes,
arms and equipments clean and in good order. We do a little guard duty and the
rest of the time is spent in reading, writing, card-playing and walking about
town, seeing the fun and enjoying ourselves. Our rations are of good quality
and variety. We now have our fresh beef three times a week, with all the soft
bread we want. With our government rations, and what we can buy, such as
oysters, fresh fish, chickens, eggs, sweet potatoes, etc., we are running at a
high rate of speed. We often contrast this with our life at the inlet.
SOURCE: David L. Day, My Diary of Rambles with the
25th Mass. Volunteer Infantry, p. 52
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