lamp which smoked and flickered with every movement, filling

Yamhill, experiencing the usual routine of garrison life without any

incidents of much interest, down to the breaking out of the war of

the rebellion in April, 1861. The news of the firing on Fort Sumter

brought us an excitement which overshadowed all else, and though we

had no officers at the post who sympathized with the rebellion, there

were several in our regiment--the Fourth Infantry--who did, and we

were considerably exercised as to the course they might pursue, but

naturally far more so concerning the disposition that would be made