As I mentioned before, there were a lot of characters in Captain Lilly's battery. There were also several God-fearing temperance men as well. This story, taken from Henry Campbell's journal, is not about those men. The story takes place September 3rd, 1862, just two days after they received their 3" ordnance rifles.
Sept. 3, 1862
"Drew our horse from Louisville. - Bragg expected across the river. - Great consternation in Louisville. - Battery ordered to the south side of the river. - Horses had to be hitched up in harness that had never been put together before, - by inexperienced hands. - Everything in confusion - guns sent down to the ferry one at the time. - All across by 12 o'clock. - Camped east of the city at the Fairgrounds. - Completely dusted out by the cavalry passing us, - retreating from Lexington. 19th & 20th Indiana Batteries are camped near us. - Water scarce - dust 6 inches deep, - troops passing us constantly for the city. - Drill every day. - General Boyle gave us orders to be ready for battle at a
moment's notice. - stood harnessed and hitched all night. - Mess No. 1 broken up. Now mess with the Captain - have a tent to myself behind his. - Bragg’s Cavalry in the neighborhood. - Citizens all gone into the city, and a great many across the river. - Boys made a raid on a fine house - just across the road from our camp - last night. - This morning on opening my eyes, I found the Captain’s tent full of long dark looking bottles, jugs, demijohns, &c. Each man that was on the raid last night, thinking he ought to make the Captain a present had left him a mark of their esteem in the shape of sundry bottles of wine, brandies &c, until his tent was literally full. - Some not content with this display of their regard had filled buckets with whiskey and placed them inside along with the remainder of the plunder. - Captain Lilly knew nothing of this until his eyes discovered it the next morning. Camp full of wine, brandies, & whiskies of the very finest quality. - Everybody drunk. - A wagon load of it was collected and returned the next day, - but still every hollow log and stump was full of it. - Lasted for weeks afterward."
The original owner of the whiskey and wine told Captain Lilly that it was valued at around $
Sept. 3, 1862
"Drew our horse from Louisville. - Bragg expected across the river. - Great consternation in Louisville. - Battery ordered to the south side of the river. - Horses had to be hitched up in harness that had never been put together before, - by inexperienced hands. - Everything in confusion - guns sent down to the ferry one at the time. - All across by 12 o'clock. - Camped east of the city at the Fairgrounds. - Completely dusted out by the cavalry passing us, - retreating from Lexington. 19th & 20th Indiana Batteries are camped near us. - Water scarce - dust 6 inches deep, - troops passing us constantly for the city. - Drill every day. - General Boyle gave us orders to be ready for battle at a
moment's notice. - stood harnessed and hitched all night. - Mess No. 1 broken up. Now mess with the Captain - have a tent to myself behind his. - Bragg’s Cavalry in the neighborhood. - Citizens all gone into the city, and a great many across the river. - Boys made a raid on a fine house - just across the road from our camp - last night. - This morning on opening my eyes, I found the Captain’s tent full of long dark looking bottles, jugs, demijohns, &c. Each man that was on the raid last night, thinking he ought to make the Captain a present had left him a mark of their esteem in the shape of sundry bottles of wine, brandies &c, until his tent was literally full. - Some not content with this display of their regard had filled buckets with whiskey and placed them inside along with the remainder of the plunder. - Captain Lilly knew nothing of this until his eyes discovered it the next morning. Camp full of wine, brandies, & whiskies of the very finest quality. - Everybody drunk. - A wagon load of it was collected and returned the next day, - but still every hollow log and stump was full of it. - Lasted for weeks afterward."
The original owner of the whiskey and wine told Captain Lilly that it was valued at around $