. Annalen der Armee der Cumberland: . 29. Dezember, als die Division auf Stewarts Creek biwackelte, ließ Leutnant Millards Frau Abschied nehmen. Wir hatten erwartet, am nächsten Morgen in den Kampf zu gehen. LieutenantMillard lehnte sich auf einen Maisschock, blickte in den blauen Himmel, dachte an seine Frau, denn Soldaten denken an Ehefrauen und kleine in solchen Zeiten. Hiskameraden spekulierten über die Chancen der Schlacht, ab und zu ausdrücklicher Neid, dass Millard so fest schlafen könnte. Plötzlich sprang er von seiner Couch, und, Lieutenant Pirtle rufend, wiederholte er das Resultat der hisfancies zu ihm, in Vers,

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. Annals of the Army of the Cumberland: . 29th of December, whenthe division bivouacked on Stewarts Creek, Lieutenant Millards wife badehim good-bye. We expected to go into battle next morning. LieutenantMillard reclined on a shock of corn, looking into the blue skies, thinking ofhis wife, —for soldiers think of wives and little ones at such periods. Hiscomrades were speculating on the chances of battle, now and then expressingamiable envy that Millard could sleep so soundly. Suddenly he sprangfrom his couch, and, calling Lieutenant Pirtle, he repeated the result of hisfancies to him, in verse, which he entitled Whisper Good-Night, Love, Tuesday night (30th of December), while the division was bivouacked in frontof Murfreesborough, he composed and arranged the music for the piano.The next day five hundred and eight of Millards comrades were bleeding onthe field of battle. I dont know what our music-loving lady friends maythink of our soldiers song; but indeed it touches soldiers hearts. ^j„©E^.^t©4^ ¥ ..-^^ p-^-6-^ JQ^.. Pajor-€cneral James ^. gejgleg and ^taff; James S. Negley, Major-General of Volunteers, commanding2d Division, 14th Army Corps, was born December 26, 1826, inEast Liberty, Alleghany county, Pennsylvania. His family isof Swiss descent; and its members are very numerous andamong the most respectable and influential in the county. Hisearlier days were spent in the quiet of home, and employed inobtaining a plain practical education in the English branchesas taught in the common schools of Pennsylvania. After passingthrough the preparatory studies, he entered college, but had leftit, and was preparing himself for mercantile pursuits, when themilitary ardor of his nature, then already attracting commentand attention, was fully aroused by the declaration of war withMexico and President Polks call for troops. Though not ofage, young Negley enlisted in the Duquesne Grays, at that timeone of the finest companies in the State, and thus became a pri-vate

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