. Memoirs: historical and personal; including the campaigns of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade . s, by invitation, where we spent a verypleasant evening, were agreeably entertained by the ladies, andregaled with delicious wine and cake—a treat both rich and rare. The next morning a cavalcade of ladies came out to see usleave, finely mounted and showy in their habits. Severalbouquets were thrown to the company, and in the rush of theboys to get them, one of the horses vvas frightened and the fairequestrienne thrown, whithout, however, any serious Welch and ra3self rec
. Memoirs: historical and personal; including the campaigns of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade . s, by invitation, where we spent a verypleasant evening, were agreeably entertained by the ladies, andregaled with delicious wine and cake—a treat both rich and rare. The next morning a cavalcade of ladies came out to see usleave, finely mounted and showy in their habits. Severalbouquets were thrown to the company, and in the rush of theboys to get them, one of the horses vvas frightened and the fairequestrienne thrown, whithout, however, any serious Welch and ra3self received bouquets, with cardsattached, from the ladies we had called upon at Dr. Youngs—gi-ateful mementoes to a soldier, and such as are calculated tosmooth some of the rough places ixi his rugged path. Two days march, through one of the richest and finestcountries in the South, brought us to the camp of the brigade,six miles from Port Gibson and two from Grand Gulf, wheie wewere warmly received by our colonel and the command generally,who were all glad again to see old company G back among Gen. Bowen. HISTORICAL AND PERSONAL. 271 CHAPTER LXX. GENERAL BOWEN IN COMMAND GRAND GULF AND ITS SITUATION. Upon our iin-ival, we found General Bowcn in charge of thebrigade, having succeeded in obtaining a transfer to the com-mand of the Missouri troops. He was an officer of very fineappearance, and had already won the confidence of the men,though almost an entire stranger among them, except to theFirst—his old regiment. By his fine address and managementhe had secured the respect and esteem of all. The camp was in a very pleasant situation, two miles fromthe river; the nearest point was Grand Gulf, where heavybatteries were now being planted, and quite an extensive line ofrifle-pits had been thrown up. The men were granted the privilege of going to the river bythe commanding general, or within one mile of camp in an}-other direction, at their pleasure, provided they were punctu
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