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Title: Reminiscences of the Thirty-Fourth Regiment, Mass. Vol. Infantry

Author: William H. Clark

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Language: English

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REMINISCENCES OF THE
Thirty-Fourth Regiment,
MASS. VOL. INFANTRY.

_By WILLIAM H. CLARK_,
[PRIVATE, CO. E.]

PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR.

HOLLISTON:
J. C. Clark & Co.
1871.

TO GEN. WM. S. LINCOLN, OF WORCESTER,
SO LONG AND HONORABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE REGIMENT,
THESE SKETCHES ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR.

NOTE.

The Reader will please bear in mind that this little work does not claim
in any sense to be a _history_ of the Regiment; but simply the
recollections of the writer up to May 15th, 1864, when he received the
wound which disabled him from further military service.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. THE FAREWELL, 9

CHAPTER II. FUN IN CAMP, 11

CHAPTER III. HARPER'S FERRY, 14

CHAPTER IV. THE SKIRMISH, 18

CHAPTER V. NEWMARKET, 22

CHAPTER VI. INCIDENTS, 26

CHAPTER VII. IN MEMORIAM, 29

CHAPTER I.

THE FAREWELL.

It is the afternoon of a summer day, with but little breeze more than
enough to gently sway the folds of a new and handsome National Flag, which
is in full view of the multitude who encompass it. We have taken the
reader, in thought, to the spacious and beautiful Common in Worcester, on
the 15th of August, 1862.

A few words concerning this great gathering; the close attention of all
being drawn to the speaker's stand in its centre. Citizens of all classes
are here, gazing and listening, representing the population of the city
and suburbs. Its inner circles are clothed in the uniform of their
country's service, and stand in military o