The Progress in Shreveport, Louisiana

Foraging Memoir From the Civil War Echoes of Honey and Escape

Private Theodore Gerrish of the Twentieth Maine recounts a foraging misadventure during a Loudoun Valley march. The tale follows a beehive haul, a provost guard chase, and a late night escape back to camp, ending with the soldiers learning of a staged capture. It also describes an August 1863 desertion execution witnessed by the Fifth Corps, with a solemn parade, band, and firing party surrounding two condemned men.