Twelve Months with the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry in the Service of the United States

by Harry Endicott Webber

(Signed)

John R. Brooke.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, bon-fire, bonfire; vender, vendor; pedler, pedlar, peddler; banquetted; rendezvouing.

[Pg 16,] 'in kahki' replaced by 'in khaki'.
[Pg 28,] 'wild with excitment' replaced by 'wild with excitement'.
[Pg 31,] 'union delagates' replaced by 'union delegates'.
[Pg 33,] 'esprit du corps' replaced by 'esprit de corps'.
[Pg 34,] 'lies unequivocably' replaced by 'lies unequivocally'.
[Pg 51,] 'faith and allegience' replaced by 'faith and allegiance'.
[Pg 74,] 'was no sepage' replaced by 'was no seepage'.
[Pg 99,] 'an egg nogg' replaced by 'an egg nog'.
[Pg 100,] 'Massachuchusetts Volunteer' replaced by 'Massachusetts Volunteer'.
[Pg 103,] 'regiimental parade' replaced by 'regimental parade'.
[Pg 106,] 'hygenic measures' replaced by 'hygienic measures'.
[Pg 115,] 'Massachusettts and the Twelfth' replaced by 'Massachusetts and the Twelfth'.
[Pg 117,] 'trial for absense' replaced by 'trial for absence'.
[Pg 135,] 'assigend quarters' replaced by 'assigned quarters'.
[Pg 138,] 'floatsam taking' replaced by 'flotsam taking'.
[Pg 142,] 'mannor of life' replaced by 'manner of life'.
[Pg 153,] 'rythmic swing' replaced by 'rhythmic swing'.
[Pg 184,] 'After consulation' replaced by 'After consultation'.
[Pg 219] et al, 'Aid-de-camp' replaced by 'Aide-de-camp' (5 occurrences).
[Pg 221,] 'April 28, 28, 1899' replaced by 'April 28, 1899'.
[Pg 278,] 'Woods, Fred C.,' entry has a line missing in the original text.
[Pg 312,] 'Infanty, May 6' replaced by 'Infantry, May 6'.
[Pg 344,] 'Massachuestts Infantry, May 6' replaced by 'Massachusetts Infantry, May 6'.
[Pg 371,] 'Massachusettts Infantry, May 6' replaced by 'Massachusetts Infantry, May 6'.
[Pg 380,] 'Hong Kong for Manilla' replaced by 'Hong Kong for Manila'.
[Pg 380,] 'to be funnished' replaced by 'to be furnished'.