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PVT. BLAKEMAN DRAWS TENT QUARTERS AFTER GEN. MCLEAN COMPLIMENTS THE CONNECTICUT YANKEES

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PVT. BLAKEMAN DRAWS TENT QUARTERS AFTER GEN. MCLEAN COMPLIMENTS THE CONNECTICUT YANKEES
A nice war-date A.L.S., by Pvt. J. Henry Blakeman (wounded in the chest at Gettysburg July 1, 1863), Co. D, 17th Conn. Vols., 4pp. 8vo., "Camp 17th Regt. Conn. Vols. near Brook's Station, Va., Feb. 15, 63", in part: "…we are now very comfortably situated in our new houses which you will gain some idea of by looking at the…plan…which I have drawn at the commencement of this sheet…it is 10 feet long by 6 1/2 feet wide and high enough to stand erect…there are tow bunks, one above the other…have potatoes three times a week and onions and tea…by order of Gen. Stahl commanding 11th Army Corps…great quants of troops have been shipped from this vicinity to N. Carolina…Gen. [Nathaniel] McLean told us we should…stay where we are for some time. He…rode through our camp while we were building and said he was glad to see us getting on so well as he was afraid we were suffering from the cold…said he, 'Yankees are sure to get along somehow.' Quite a compliment to the Yankees from an Ohio man…the Col. [Noble]…has not drilled the Regt…since we left Conn….if he tries to give any order on review…he generally gets it wrong…the quartermaster [Lt. Hanford N. Hayes, resigned July 18, 63]…was arrested for selling provisions belonging to the Regt…he was restored to his office…". Very good.