The Pursuit—Congratulatory Order—Fisher’s Hill—Gen. Emory—Mount Jackson—Mount Crawford—Cedar Creek—Build Breastworks—Surprise— Battle of Cedar Creek—Fall back to Kearnstown—Martinsburg— Thanksgiving, 168 CHAPTER XVII. Preparations for Winter—Log-huts—Break Camp—Winchester—Provost Duty—Baltimore—The Stables—Visit of Rev. Dr. Ware—Extracts from Letters, 178 CHAPTER XVIII. Departure from Baltimore—Arrival at Savannah—Desolation of the City—Sherman begins his March through the Carolinas—Conflagration— Gen. Grover in Command of the Post—Music in the Park—Marching Orders, 190 CHAPTER XIX. Hilton Head—Cape Fear River—Paroled Prisoners—Wilmington—Morehead City—Newbern—Back to Morehead—Fatigue Duty and Oysters—An Alarm—Battle of Petersburg—All aboard for Goldsborough—Sherman’s Army—Surrender of Lee—Assassination of the President—Surrender of Johnston—Morehead again—Transport—Rubber Coffee—Savannah, 197 CHAPTER XX. Change in Savannah—Southern Ladies and Clergy—Portion of the Brigade go to Augusta—Habits of the Country People—Jeff. Davis—Cos. C and G go to Darien—Arrival of First Division—Scarcity of Muster Rolls—Want of Transportation—Start for Home—Gallop’s Island—Reception in Cambridge, 209 IN MEMORIAM, 233 ROLL OF REGIMENT, 242 [Illustration: Story of the Regiment.] THE STORY OF THE THIRTY EIGHTH. CHAPTER I. State of the country in the summer of 1862—Call for six hundred thousand volunteers—The Thirty Eighth rendezvous at Lynnfield and West Cambridge—Visit of Cos. A, B, and F, to the City of Cambridge—Departure of the Regiment from the State—Passage through Philadelphia—Arrival at Baltimore—Camp Belger.