AND

WANDERING THOUGHTS;

OR,

WHAT I SAW IN CAMP, ON THE MARCH, THE BIVOUAC, THE
BATTLE FIELD AND HOSPITAL, WHILE WITH THE
ARMY IN VIRGINIA, NORTH AND SOUTH
CAROLINA, DURING THE LATE
REBELLION.

WITH A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF

THE SECOND OSWEGO REGIMENT,

EIGHTY-FIRST NEW YORK STATE V. I.;

A RECORD OF ALL ITS OFFICERS, AND ROSTER OF ITS
ENLISTED MEN; ALSO, AN APPENDIX.

BY B. S. DE FOREST,

LATE FIRST LIEUTENANT AND R. Q. M.

ALBANY, N. Y.:

AVERY HERRICK, PUBLISHER.

1866.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by

B. S. DE FOREST,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Northern District of New York.

AVERY HERRICK, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER,

NO. 496 BECADWAY,.

ALBANY N. Y.

TO THE VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS

OF THE

LATE UNION ARMY,

FOR THEIR PATRIOTISM, COURAGE AND FORTITUDE,

IN THE HOUR OF OUR COUNTRY'S TRIAL,

WHO STOOD AS A LIVING WALL

BETWEEN FREEDOM AND DESPOTISM,

THIS VOLUME IS

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.

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