Quotes About Bivouacs

Behind them the two cohorts marched along, the novices learning from Cracolyna's veterans how best to keep themselves comfortable in overnight bivouacs. And not to dice with veterans.

As Chamberlain was coming to realize, his ability to withstand the hardships of army life and disregard its hazards meant that his current existence, so different from his life in Maine, tapped a psychological need. Growing in him was the suspicion that he was a soldier by nature and that bivouacs and battlefields were his homes.