Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 51838-h.htm or 51838-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/51838/51838-h/51838-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/51838/51838-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/personalreminisc00morg Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR OF 1861-65 [Illustration: W. H. MORGAN] PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR OF 1861-5 [Illustration] IN CAMP—EN BIVOUAC—ON THE MARCH—ON PICKET—ON THE SKIRMISH LINE—ON THE BATTLEFIELD—AND IN PRISON by W. H. MORGAN Lynchburg, Va. J. P. Bell Company, Inc. 1911 Copyright, 1911 by W. H. Morgan TO THE MEMORY OF "THE LOVED ONES AT HOME" WIFE—FATHER—MOTHER THIS BOOK IS TENDERLY AND LOVINGLY DEDICATED PREFACE I launch this little volume upon the great ocean of books, craving the indulgence of the kind reader for its shortcomings and imperfections, with the hope that it will not be viewed with a critic's eye, and that its imperfections may be charitably passed by. I have endeavored to relate my experiences in the great war of 1861-5 just as events occurred, as if I were detailing them to family or friends in private, or, as I have sometimes done in the past, at gatherings of veterans and friends during the past years. The old huntsman delights to tell of his tracking game in the snow, the chase through the woods and fields of the fox, deer and bear; the old sailor spins his yarns of the adventures and perils of the deep; the old fisherman will sometimes tell a big fish tale, and the old soldier is wont to join in with the rest and tell of his life in camp and field. This last I have endeavored to do in the following pages after the lapse of many years. I might have spun out the story much longer, but believing that brevity is often the soul of writing, as well as of wit, I have endeavored to "be brief and to the point." W. H. MORGAN. _Floyd, Va._, January 23, 1911. CONTENTS CHAPTER I Personal—Organization—Roll of company. CHAPTER II Enter the service—Trouble about arms. CHAPTER III On to Manassas—The 11th Regiment—The 1st Brigade. CHAPTER IV Battle of Blackburns Ford—The battle begins—The enemy driven back— Incidents of the battle. CHAPTER V