A. Very much. I didn't get even a piece of bread, but I saw some that had that. I received nothing personally until we passed a mile and a half, perhaps, beyond Sharpsburg, and there I obtained a little buttermilk.
Q. Just state in this connection what rations the troops had received from the time they left Philadelphia to the time that you reached Sharpsburg?
A. After leaving Philadelphia, received nothing until we got to Altoona. There the men were served with sandwiches and coffee—one or two sandwiches and a cup of coffee to each man. These provisions were handed in to the men. Then on arriving at Pittsburgh they were served with similar things—sandwiches and coffee.
Q. During the night of Saturday you had nothing?
A. We had nothing after marching to Twenty-eighth street.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. At what time did you get the last rations?
A. About three o'clock on Saturday afternoon.
Q. And you did not get anything after that until you reached Sharpsburg?
A. Nothing at all—excepting once in a while a soldier had put into his haversack an extra piece of bread.