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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 2: Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights—Darnstown, Maryland.--Muddy Branch and Seneca Creek on the Potomac—Winter quarters at Frederick, Md. (search)
how much this march tired a foot-man, for I walked the whole of it: my orderly led my horse. We did lead the brigade to Frederick, and there, in its outskirts, we passed the night; and next day, the fifth of December, notwithstanding the assurances of General Banks to me that it was not the intention to put our army into winter quarters, only to place them where they could be moved easily by rail, we went into winter quarters, and remained until the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year 18&2. On the turnpike, towards Baltimore, about three miles from Frederick City, in Maryland, turn to the left and follow for a few rods a small stream, and it will lead to a fine growth of timber, which, gently falling away towards the south, opens upon a grassy field. In these woods and upon this slope was located the camp of the regiment. The underbrush was cleared away, and trees that interfered with the regularity of our camp cut down. The wood became a delightful grove, where the sun