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Identifier: StoryOfTheShermanBrigade.theCampTheMarchTheBivouacTheBattleAnd
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Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Hinman, Wilbur F
Subjects: Sherman-brigade United States-History-Civil War-1861-1865 Regimental histories Ohio Militia
Publisher: Alliance, O. The author
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vision and brigadeorganizations were gradu-ally broken up. The brig-ade staff melted away, andCaptain Charles H. Baker,of the Sixty-fourth, andCaptain Wilbur F. Hinman,of the Sixty-fifth, who hadbeen members of GeneralBrads household for sev-eral months, returned totheir regiments. About the middle ofOctober the Sixty-fifthmoved camp six miles, join-ing the Sixty-fourth at tin-water tank on the railroad.This place was named CampSherman, in remembranceof the worthy progenitor ofthe Sherman brigade. Ifthe truth be told, the camp did not reflect as much honor uponhim as his name did upon the camp. It will be understood thatthis observation applies to the location and surroundings, and notto the soldiers who dwelt there for five weeks. As a matter offact we were—except for an occasional norther, of which I willpresently speak—much more comfortable there than at CampIrwin. At the latter place wood had become so scarce that wewere obliged to haul it in wagons two or three miles, At Camp
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