A Day That Wouldn't End Once again, I spent my day on a forty-mile forced march. The Sabbath is not viewed during war if it is at all in the army. The morning was hectic, as the bugle sounded we had been given thirty minutes notice to gather our belongings and fall in rank. We broke camp unexpectedly which meant taking everything we could carry with us. In the early morning hours, a cool breeze …showed first 75 words of 1284 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1284 total…voice of the pickets ringing out in the silence of the night. If you have never experienced this you will be unable to imagine what this is like. Extra duty was a favorite punishment among officers. As if they knew what hard work it was to be a soldier without it! An enlisted man can begin envy and hate those that wear the brass but I try my best not to hold that against them.