History of the Fortieth (Mozart) regiment, New York Volunteers, which was composed of four companies from New York, four companies from Massachusetts and two companies from Pennsylvania (1909) (14782642713)

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Title: History of the Fortieth (Mozart) regiment, New York Volunteers, which was composed of four companies from New York, four companies from Massachusetts and two companies from Pennsylvania
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Floyd, Frederick Clark, 1837-
Subjects: United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 40th (1861-1865) United States. Army New York Infantry Regiment, 14th (1861-1865) United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: Boston, F. H. Gilson Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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MiUtary Commander Staunton, and thesewagons were constantly employed in carting supplies to the hospital and toCamp Parole, where, after the Pope and Antietam Campaigns, there were atone time about a dozen Mozarters, among whom were Comrades Cobb andErnst of my own Company. They called upon me several times, and Ientertained them with such hospitality as the hospital rules allowed. I sawErnst never again after he was exchanged and released from parole, for hewas among the killed at Gettysburg. A glance at my diary informs me that I lost all I had during the SevenDays Fight, except my haversack, canteen, and tin dipper, and adds further-more, Oh, the bean soup I have eaten from that dipper, and the coffee Ihave drunk from it. It was a precious rehc, but alas, it mysteriously dis-appeared from where I had given it a place of honor, with the canteen, uponthe wall of my sleeping room. I would give much for those souvenirs now,and I have never ceased to lament their enigmatical taking off.
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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AfTOft, L£NOX ANftTU.»EN fOuNO*TlOI«. CHAPTER XXIV.BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE. In early October President Lincoln startled the world by his Eman-cipation Proclamation, about which I wrote a communication that waspublished in the New York Times. My roommates at the hospital, Corporals Mead and Sawyer, were goodsingers and both played the flute. Sometimes one would play and then theother, while the remaining two would sing. I played no instrument exceptthe piano and organ, but we had neither of these in our room. OccasionallyI called at the Chaplains residence for practice and sought to regain the pro-ficiency I had lost while serving at the front. We enjoyed our seasons of songfestival, we three, and the hours we passed in our comfortable room, which,for the time being, was our home, and we improved every opportunity toenjoy this feature of our hospital existence. Another Surgeon, Dr. T. A. McParlin, had come to us early in October torelieve Dr. Getty, wh