ARRIVAL HOME AGAIN.
By the loud cheering
and blowing off of steam in the direction of New Berne, we knew the boys had
arrived. The regiment reached camp about noon, and a dirtier, more used-up set
of men we never saw. Our friends at home would hardly recognize us as the same
party who three short weeks before were parading at Readville. But we are now
"vets," of one fight "Rawle's Mill," which we are bound to
carry, and as we cannot get it on our flag, the smokers have engraved it on
their pipes.
We occupied our barracks
to-day. They are new and roomy, but built of green lumber, consequently will
soon be well ventilated. The bunks are better and more commodious than those at
Readville. Three double ones in each tier; the cook-room in the centre, with
fireplace on one side and room for the sergeants opposite.
SOURCE: John Jasper
Wyeth, Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass.
Dep’t of North Carolina from September 1862 to June 1863, p. 20
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