This was the common experience of all soldiers and we did not complain, we often said we would rather meet the enemy than to endure the fatigue of the march. The events I have tried to describe happened forty-seven years ago. Many who were with us then have answered the last roll call and passed over the majority. We who remain keep their memory green by strewing their graves with flowers on each recurring Memorial day, while those of our comrades who are sleeping in unknown graves in the south are not forgotten in our annual tribute of flowers. Soon the last old soldier will have gone to his rest, but his work will endure in a restored Union, a nation that commands the respect of the world. We did what we could, man or angels can do no more, we did not realize at the time in what a great work we were engaged. I am glad that I was permitted to live in those days, and take a little part in the great events that resulted in a reunited country, whose flag is honored wherever it flies. “OUR COMRADES” Where are the boys we marched with? Where is my old bunk mate? The majority crossed the river, The few on its margin wait, We will soon hear the call of the bugle, There is another river to cross, The boatman will ferry us over, May we all meet again without loss. [Illustration: GEORGE PERKINS _Adjutant A. L. Brown Post No. 162 Grand Army of the Republic._ _Past Commander A. L. Brown Post No. 162 Grand Army of the Republic._ _Past Chief Mustering Officer, Department of Ohio, G. A. R._] 149TH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ONE HUNDRED DAYS’ SERVICE This regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, O., from the 8th to the 11th of May, 1864, to serve one hundred days. It was composed of the Twenty-seventh Regiment, Ohio National Guard, from Ross county, and the Fifty-fifth Battalion, Ohio National Guard, from Clinton county. On the 11th of May the regiment left the state of Baltimore, Md. Upon arrival it was assigned to duty at various forts in and around the city, and remained there until the 29th of May, when it was ordered to the eastern shore of Maryland, and distributed at different points. About the 4th of July the regiment was ordered to Monocacy Junction, and on the 9th took part in an engagement with the enemy. The regiment lost in killed and wounded about thirty, and in prisoners over one hundred. After the battle of Monocacy it took part with the Sixth and Nineteenth Corps in the marches in Maryland and Virginia. Portions of the regiment were with the One Hundred and Forty-fourth when it was attacked by Mosby’s guerrillas, at Berryville, Va., August 13. The regiment returned to Ohio August 20, 1864, and was mustered out on the 30th, on expiration of its term of service. FIELD AND STAFF.