CHAPTER IV.

LIFE IN TENTS.

Life in a Sibley—The Stove—The Pastimes—Postage Stamps as Money—Soldier’s Letter—“Nary Red”—Illustrated Envelopes—Army Reading—The Recluse—Evenings of Sociability—Pipe and Ring Making—Home Gossip—Music and the Contrabands—War Song Revived—The “Mud March” Prayer 61