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“Basket after basket
of provisions was passed around. The old battle scarred boys of the
battery, with their farmers’ hats were indeed an object of curiosity
to those sweet and dear ladies. Several boys could not resist the
tender smiles of the fairer sex; I was one of the first victims, so we
gave them our straw hats as souvenirs. I doubt not that some of those
hats are still treasured by some of the ladies in that locality yet.”
Private Henry Matthews, Stuart's Horse Artillery CSA
"The Army of the Potomac
was truly a beautiful sight and describes as grand but horrible the
passing of the wagons, ambulances, cannons, etc, which were coming
early dawn till nightfall. ... They camped around Emmitsburg. Their
campfires, as viewed from the college windows, almost led one to
imagine that this section for miles had received in one shower all the
stars of the heavens."
Dr. Thomas C. Moore, Mount Saint Mary's College |
