In Camp with L Company, Second Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry

The author recalls service in a state volunteer infantry company, tracing organization, training, and daily camp life from peacetime drills through mobilization. He describes marksmanship contests, construction and use of an armory, drills in extended order, and preparations as war loomed, including personal feelings at departure and scenes of public sendoff. The narrative mixes unit administrative details, duties such as guards and escorts, and practical hardships like tenting and bedding, while honoring officers and fallen comrades and conveying the comradeship, discipline, and patriotic fervor that shaped the soldiers' experience.