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The history of the Fifteenth Connecticut volunteers in the war for the

defense of the Union, 1861-1865. By Sheldon B. Thorpe.

Thorpe, Sheldon B. (Sheldon Brainerd), 1838-1924.

New Haven, The Price, Lee & Adkins co., 1893.

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heardby theboys thesecond

e i ng o n a n d th e s ou n d o P o pe s

u n y on w i th o t he r e ar t hw or s

h andw henw elluponthe

ntsuddenly " f i ledright about

ie ldandhalted. Neither

up andtheboyswere

groundsupperless. Duringthe



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utthe ladsw eretoow eary

r t. T h e ne t m o rn i ng ( S u n da y

ra inarri ed andthedayw as

mp. I tw asa li e lySunday

ndboys agoodlyportiono w hom

homes andC hurchandS unday

ccasion showedlessdesire

sministrationsthanforanoppor

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.

— - GU A R D DU T A T L O N G B R I D G A N D F O R T

U R W E E K S I N W A S H I N G TO N C A MP C A S E Y

S E M N A R Y P C K E T DU T S I C K N E S S

O R TH E A R M O F T H E P O TO MA C MA R C H

Y L A N D— A R R I V A L A TA C Q U I A C R E E K —

E D R I C K S B U R G.

aslocatedinacommandingposi

eeestate inV irginia andw as

ono theheightsf orsucha

hthev iew w asmagni icent.

oWashingtonmadesupplieseasy

tthrongso v isitorsadded

cene. Westw arda longthe

licatednetwor o f orts

w iththede enseso the

ept. ist armsw ere issuedtothe

ey ri les . Theseweaponsw ere

ie ldpatternandpresenteda

hestoc sw eref inishedw ith

h o we e r w h ic h w as a t e rw ar d

orthispurpose. Eachmanw as

hundredroundso ammuni

armsw asorderedthe

h i t e pi t hi l y re m ar s : " B e o r e

hadlearnedw hichendupit

us e t .

o i s io n al B r i g a de

31 1 6 2 .

mstobeissuedthise eningtoyourregiment andtheammuni

nceonthere uisitionthatwassignedf oryouatthiso f ice .

a s C a se y B r i g .U . S . A .



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marchingorderstothef ront.

hehadnotprayedf orany

d it i s n ot b e li e e d t ha t a ny o t h e

be o r e te n ts c o ul d b e st r uc t h e ed i ct

dasenseo re lie w asf e lt.

notto k nowthattheywho

mrodwereilly f ittedtogo

dtheblunderingorderbeen

c as e o t h e 1 t h C o n n . t h ey

tmosttoupho ldthehonoro

sitw as thecommand

t h at n i gh t . O n t h e 3d M c C a l l s

nthew ay f romthesecond

a i n B r i dg e . A l a s w h at a r e e l a

ac ened bearded tattered be

oopeddownupontheslop

u s es " l i e a w ol o n t he f o l d "

entsintheir handsand

o u ri n g sc r ap s o " s o t b r ea d "

c o ul d t he s e bl a c e n ed a n d in m a ny

hoeless hatless blan etless be

? C o u l d t he s e o f i c er s w it h d us t y

ts scarcelyabadgeo ran

ootsore bethe ircommanders?

andpanoplyo w ar? B ut

sw asthesight itw asnone

ro enco lumnso Pope

se r at B u l l R u n a n d no w on s w i t

n asiono Maryland.

say thatthisincidenthadasa lu

i c er s a nd m e n. B o t h s p ra n g to t h e

ne notk now inghow soon

o thesecomradesmightbe

mmediatedutyo the

stheguardingo theWash

ridge andthecommissarystores

ortw asav eritabledeath-

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atmarshesborderingthe

m i ds t o a m o st f o u l an d f e e r

irw asf il ledw ithpo ison and

theNorthitf astened

guebecamepre a lentin

menumbereditsv ictimsby

cameasecondsummonsto

rc , Md. w asnamedasthe

sw erestruc , andthecommand

er wasli ewisecounter

edthatitshouldmo e

ashington. A ccordingly

ongB ridgeandw entinto

theun inishedWashington

teGen. C asey shead uarters.

weremuchcontracted.The

edatthef ortandthebridge

urnwasassignedf ortwenty-

adssunnedthemsel esunder

heauthoro the irmilitary

show himtheyw ereaptpupils.

eo theveteransatthisla teday

oo edatthemata ll . A non

rs dril lw asestablishedandthe

re ullyinstructedintheir

store. Whiteglo esand

edby theo f icers andonthe

itsf irstparadebow toa large

eref orthesucceedingdays

pdsuccession andthecom

iciency . Onthe i th dress

ulationhatsandshoulderscales

ubtthattheterm" C asey s

pplied thenvanished.

ys butnotf ore ertolast.

ertoreturntoC ampC hase



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T.

badegood-byetothecattle

e" ho le inthegroundguard

ashingtonpies "

the irplumed

es bac

dditiontothe

ent one

iew sand

pelledto

iercesun

ats tw o

trussedup

f orthe

u bl i c o f i c ia l

rtyendorse

e t no e f o r t wa s

ereputation

ained asthebestdrilled

enseso Washington south

5thw asmadeaparto Gen.

ndputunderlightmarchingorders

andonehundredroundso

utthene tday itw asdetached

camp.Thecausef orthis

w asduetoC o l. Wright sand

e f orts. Theregimenthad

a nd w as u n i t t o mo e .

rf oundthecommandstillat

m ou s f o r ce s we r e mo i n g f o r a

herew asane pectationthatthe

This f eelinggrewtobe

ayer particularlyasthemonth

debil ita tingroundo dutyon

continued.A tonetime

ento thef orcehadsuccumbed

es. Neithero f icersnor



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pt. Malaria li eanightmare

rushingallenergyandhope

asw erethevaporso the

p s o r d ea d ly e e n a s wa s t he f e e r

e r ne n e it h er t h er e n or i n a ny

ongregatedN orthorS outh

stantdestructionto the

i n th e a ir a s o e r t ho s e ac c ur s ed

dhereconcerningthe

dgeduringtheperiodj ustmen

asdisagreeable ithadthee le

a nd " m ea n t bu s in e ss . I t w a s

ion a lso asan" eye

humannature. C apt. White

thusw rites:

s t he o n ly r o ut e f o r t r a e l l ea d

hingtonintotheSouthern

c h oo l f o r t he s t ud y o h u ma n

heWashingtonendo L ong

2 h a e j u s tl y b ee n s ty l ed a u n i e r

en anywhereelseinthe

doubledea lingandduplicity

Thef irstt imethe15thC . V .

t up i n t he f o r m o a b o lo g na

ef irstt imeite ersaw av eri

ostensiblydesignedf oraDutch

rea lity f i l ledw ithbottledR hine

tchsutler l i ing w asthere.

emembered ascompanya ter

mptuousq uarterspro ided

ebridge theregimentw asf irst

to-be- orgottenlu uryo

leep " anditw asw hileonthis

egimentencounteredforthef irst

electablecompound

f f i c er s a nd m e n w i t h f e w

thislastnamedordealw iththef or-



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ew w hopre erredthe ir

grantedthe indulgence butthe

rredthe irw his ypla in w ere

asana iomw ithS urgeonH ol-

w hi s y m i e d a s a d os e w as

ystem andthere oreper ectly

h e tw o we r e gi e n s ep a ra t el y t h e

ey liabletoaccumulate — inthe

guardtosubmite ery thing

n.Passeswerecare ully

e u e nt l y th e ir b e ar e rs m a n or

andnight ine itherdirection

t e am s te r s s u tl e rs c i i l ia n s c o u r te

e gr o es o n f o o t m ou n te d i n

acease lesstidea longthisartery .

otbeo er-estimated andv igi

ed. R i erpatrolboatsw ere

nsunsetand sunrise lest

temptitsdestructionby

nceandsa etyo thearmy

pendeduponitse istence.

bertheregimentw ascon

ew H ampshire 147thNew

s yl a n ia u n de r t he n a me o t h e

r i g a de f o r t he D e e n se o W a s h

. W r i g h t c o mm a nd i ng . A t t h i s

ose o theregulararmy w as

itsinstructor andneither

derhistuit ionf oundmany idle

gscheduleshowstheroutine

e:

. 1 5.

5 to 7 .1 5 .

m a de b y L i e u t .E d w in W , B i s h o p.



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8 . 3 0 to 9 .3 0.

to11. 00.

1 2 .0 0 .

1. 00.

o4.00.

g 7 . 30 .

toits f irstrealsurprise

h o O c t o b er . A n a l a r mw a s

d ni g ht t h e f i r s t t im e t he " l o ng

camp.Theresponsewas a

d so l di e rs . C o . K w a s f i r s t i n

andansweringtoroll-call

thercompanieswereclose

sheldan hourormore

e m be r o rd e rs w e re i s su e d to

e m i na ry V a . a p oi nt a bo ut s i

nd b a c o A l e a n dr i a. C o . I

tday to layoutthecamp. The

med.Thef eelingwasuni

uthaddonehershareandmore

apita lo thenation. Theregi

he3d. C ompanyK be ingon

e w asreca lledatnoon andit

twhenthelatter le t

theratsinandabouttheo ldbuild

gsinlineat" attention"

slearnedthatthisa larmcamenearbe ingthecauseo acourt



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TH E U N I O N . 27

emarchw asashortone

in a ry w as r e ac h ed a t 6 p . m . S i b le y

oroccupancy.

growncold andthe

lyclad warriorsbitterly.

idedandallhandsburrow ed

The15thw asherebrigaded

mpshire 12thR hodeI sland

ersey underthecommando

D. R . Wright. H ardlyhad

e orea largedeta ilwasordered

ordWard. Thiswasnotsatis

posedtheyhadturned their

ashington. F ortunate ly

w odays.

eatherbegantoaddnum

t hi n a w ee o t h e re g im e nt s

s ey o r o n th e m or n in g o t h e 7 th

tedf itf o rduty. Onthe8 th

tironsto esw assecuredand

o r e ac h t en t .

mpC asey " atF air a , wason

dredrodssoutho theSemi

h al w e st o A l e a n dr i a. A

buildingsser edasq uarters

omeo thesetenementsw erecon

denecessarybythealarm

w ashopedthatw iththe

ento w interthehea lth

mpro e. S uchw asnotthe

stw hilethere . Onthecontrary

ngly.Malarialand typhoid

a il ingdiseasesw hichthes il lo

ercome. Thef irstv ictimto

E , f o l lo w ed b y h is c o mr a de

sergeantstogetthe irre uisitionsf i l ledthatbree ya ternoon



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b e rt s o A , T a ll m ad g e an d K e a t

and o H ; S m it h o I ; B a sse tt t he

M u n so n F o o te a n d I v e s o K .

a nd T al lm ad ge o A , h ad d ie d at C a m p

o emberw asphenomenally

ragedclosingupat nightwith

onthegroundandanicycrust.

nt usua llyoccurringw hilethef orce

urmilessouthw estf romcamp.

main employment.Theregi

nnerlineo thede enseso Wash

mapointonthePotomacf our

ridgetoaplacecalledSnow dens

omilesbe low theA ccotinc turn

eredbyC ol. Wright sbrigade

t. The15thC onnecticut

thisdistance f The" Grand

teo er400men(usua lly ta en

w hocarriedtw odays rations.

astheycametobe called o f ered

oraging. Theregionw asthinly

amilieswerecompelledto

ilantw atcho erthe irdairies

.27 wasnotallowedtopass

b o e s f i l le d w it h N e w E n g l a nd

nglandhomesarri edinample

me-honoredinstitutionw ask eptin

hati thesutlerdidmissa

hati thecommissary lostasus

as et? Whati a llthecow s

on A r l in g to n H e i g ht s O c t . 1 .

o f a c t th i s gu a rd c o ns i st e d o 4 7 2 me n d i i d ed i n to f o u r " s u pp o rt s .

upo oneC apta in threeLieutenants si sergeants ninecor

ates a llf romthesameregiment. Thesesupportswere

e e " r e l ie s o 3 9 m en c o ns i st i ng o o n e li e ut e na n t t w o se r

andthirty - threepri a tes. Eachsupportco eredele en

cposthadthreemenonit. Thepostsw ereonehundredsi ty

r es" laysomedistance intherearandthef rontw asco ered

theC on ederate lines.



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d d is c om o r t th e y ha d n e e r k n o w n

e perienceagainina llthe ircam

donthismarch thanat

ryo theregiment.The

pedf romo f icia lsourcesenu

betweenWashingtonand

S p er ry M cG ui re .

nd .

unday thesuncameout

ilyonthegroundandthe

ouachadbeenmadeina

resw erek indledto" dryout"

outthirtyo thehundred

ampC aseyobtainedtranspor

o r A c u i a C r e e o n an o l d

steamer.Theyreached

t a n d u n ab l e to f i n d th e r eg i

essintheirblan etsinthe

aunionw ase f ected.

penedwarmandsmo y.The

ubsidedandthesnow ga ew ay to

f w asheredraw nasaration

e o r e it c o ul d b e us e d h o we e r

n andthecolumnheaded

cho si m ileswasmadeand

ight. Nooneseemedina

ceptthecommandingo f icer

o lles.

otesitassigni icantthata lw aysa terwardw henmolasses

ordersquic ly f o llowed.



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TH E U N I O N . 31

theregiment. Thisk now l

de entohimuntilthemorn

wa s a s f o l l ow s :

ph

A r m y o t h e Po t om a c.

de A c u ia C r e e , V a .

withyourw holecommand ta ingthe

dreporttoMa . Gen. Sumner sendingan

tructionsw itha listo yourregimentsandthe

mands. A . E . B urnside Ma . Gen. C ommanding

archwasleisurely re

w asunnecessary to in uire

t h e e p e di t io n .I t w a s ap p ar e nt

to open.Throughinter

n a n tr y c a a l ry a r ti l le r y

hebaggageo w ar theregi

up towardthef ront.

c l oc i n t he a t e rn o on a

ef romtheR appahannoc ri er

cityo F rederic sburg.



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I .

S B U R G .

terarri alatF rederic s

he15thw iththe8 th nth

a n d 4t h R . I . u n de r t he c o mm a nd o

now nasthe2d

n 9 t h A r m y

s R i g h t G ra n d

a r f r o m 3o c lo c , a s

treachedits

suedand

ethem

orthenight.

R P B A D G . -r- , , . .. . -. - , .

aidto the

pasitw asunderstooditsloca

eweatherwaswarm.

u r o c l oc o n t he n e t m o rn

tac onthecitybegan. Gen.

leryto dislodgethesharp

argebroughtthe15th toits

searsbeingunaccustomedtothe

o w a r.

ith80roundso ammunition

armsat8 a . m. L i ethemost

i t l ay i n a s ta t e o e p e ct a nc y

rti l lery f ire . A bout4p. m.

anditf i ledoutupona large

e llscouldbedistinctly seen

tcity. H ereC o l. W right

othetroops a lleginghisinabil

dturnedthe command

eut. C o l. To lles.



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TH E U N I O N . 33

e12thitwasaga inunder

l oc s e t ou t f o r t he f i e ld . G en . H a r -

etocrossatthemiddlepon

hourswereconsumedin

ichwasnearlyoppositethe

below thepierso theburned

s10o cloc w henthe

ghtsinano ldsun enroad

d e ns e p al l o f o g a nd s m o e

hungo erthecityand

ond. N eithero thearmies

dunderitsco er S umneron

l i n on t h e le t c r os s ed t h e ri e r

boutthreeo cloc thef og

t he C o n e d er a te l i ne s o n Ma r ye s

Gen. H arland sbrigade

nseblueribbonf romtheri er

mto theridgebehind w ait

ecentrepontoonbridge. I t

herebe lbatteriesandamost

pportunitywas-notwasted

b a tt e ry q u i c l y o pe n ed o n t he

i editsf irstcompliments

a cy i n t he f o r m o a p e rc u ss i on

o. B , w oundingthreemen *

osf o llowedinrapidsucces

ycamewaswatched

erest notunmingledw ith

appilynoothersw ere

mnw asw ithdraw nalittleouto

ledi ersiono therebe l

wedtopass unnoticedbythe

teryo 20poundersreturnedthe

elwascontinueduntilsunset.

tartedaga inf ortheri er.

crossing ascontemplated

nandPardee. Thef ormerdiedandw ascarriedacrossintothe

n. Laterhisbodyw asremo edunderaf lago truce.



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C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S

rodsbelow theo ldstone

mainstreetduringthenight.

ingtoaddtothedestruction

rebeldeadlaywherethey f e ll

a rdens— intheyardso the

se l es riddledw ithshot or

e ll blac enedandburned

it ingandhome-li e . Trees

cesdestroyed thestreetstornby

ty spopulation Withthe

w b la c s a n d an o c ca s io n al f a m il y i n

art the inhabitantshadsud

ginmanycasesthe irhouseho ldgods

o the in aders. Theusual

edcity f o llowedasamattero

ye f o r a n ey e . F r o m ma n y o t h os e

eddwellingsandf rome ery

p-shootershadf orhours

ocrosstheri er. Thisw asthe ir

matew ar are butitbrought

ingo thecityonthe ir

e t m or n in g D e c em b er 1 3 t h e

wasnobeatingo the

ar a n d v e r y q u i e t. R a t i o ns

hardbreadw eredistributed.

andconse uently therew asno

e r da yl i gh t a s ti r o t h e f o r c es i n t he

o cloc theattac began.

hetimethatthe15thw asamong

uently therew asagenerala iro

themenatleast thatthislarge

mentw ouldbeamongthef irst

w asnotthecase. Thebri

heban o theri erbe low the

duringtheday. I tw asa

lter f orthemen. Directly in



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TH E U N I O N . 35

lessthanamiledistant death

strodecon uerortheen

iseo thef ie ldw asdis

cessantratt leo theri les

uedroar theshoutso the

pite ulcrac o the lightbat

issilesinthea ir ando era ll

hehea ygunsuponeither

ondonlytoGettysburg.

spositionthatmanyo

bythe U nionguns.A

B e n a m in s — w as u s in g d e e c

htheresultthattheshe lls

r t he r e se r e s . A f e w we r e

unded. The15th how e er

ht a ll thecon lictseemedto

ewasahurried callto

andinaf ew momentsthebrigade

ie ld. I thadscarce lycleared

anddeployedinlineo battle

ire . Therew asasw i tad ance

no erastreamandacrossa

slightriseo grounda f orded.

dressed a f ew w erewounded

hastormo leadandiron

p j u s t cr o ss e d as w o ul d h a e

ere.

indicatedf orthebrigade

itsarms spreaditsblan etsand

reca llonthate ent ul

the iryoungad utantpassing

eentreatingthecompanies

o f e r o r t o " k e e p q u i et .

ghadnearlyceased but O,

eithadbeen. S aysPa l ry :

aycametoanend. F i teen

woundedalongthe ban s



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andtheA rmyo thePotomac

dthanitwaswhenthe sun

d er a ls h a d ha d a d ay o h a rd

andtheyhadnothingtocheer

sso dutynoblydone.

eithersidemaneu eredf or

dw oundedw ereq uietly

na lri leshotcrac edoutonthe

combatantsw eretoow eariedto

e tent.

swereempty andatearly

c to thecity forrations

bero the latterw erepic ed

erguardw eremadeto" to te"

aduptotheircomrades. I tw as

daddlingw arriorsprotestedthey

mentthenightpre ious and

heo f icero thedetailw asa

onthatasitw asSundaymorning

hurch.

undaymorning December14th.

tenlongbe oresunrise

dewasorderedbac into

e n e i g h t o c l o c p a ss e d a n d u nd e r

sa largef orcew asseen

estreetsran so men

g.Presentlytherumorran

urnsideinpersonwould

e ighteenpic edregiments

w hi c h th e 1 5t h C o n n w as t o b e on e .

9 o cloc .F inalinstruc

ise ent the" suddenly indis

out— be ltsweretightened— bay

r em o e d f r o m g u ns — m e ss a ge s g i e n

andthearmedhoststood

rthecommandtomarch.

as n o t gi e n h a d it b e en t h e

edashedj ustasf ruit lessly



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TH E U N I O N .

or sasdiditscomradesthe

orcesstoodinline inthat

w hichonly theyk now w hoha e

assignedthem.

l oc t h e or d er w a s gi e n t o

ledw iththeannouncementthe

Theregimentremainedin

ccasionallyanartillery

brea outf ora f ew minutes

etlinesgotsomewhat

e itw asaq uietSunday . B oth

theirarms.

ndthebrigadestillin the

nnonadingontherightand

w ithanoccasiona ldemonstration

antryad ance. It became

icersthatGen. Leedidnot

e n si e . T hi s l e t b u t on e

retreat Therewas

yGen. B urnsideo hismenin

myduringtheday asi maneu

hepic etlinesweresharply

idencemani estedo an

sbe lie w asa lsogeneral

f oggyande ceeding

theregimentw hichhadstretched

etw asq uietlyaroused

c li c o a b u c l e l e d ou t o

erethepic etf iresburned

dthetwolines uneasily

heparto the15thanight

Theactua lf actw asthatGen.

. Towarde erycrossingco l

tlystreaminginthe mostor

mmandw asgi ene ceptto

Thepontoonbridgeshadbeen



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wi t h ha y a nd d i rt a n d e e r y pr e ca u

rmyo erq uic lyandno ise less

thef ront( now therear to

w asamongthevery lasto the

city andcrossedtheri er

c l oc i n t he m o rn i ng . I t

dcampground

ity inthemidsto ahea y

otatentwasstandingon

e c t ha d b ee n p ac e d t o go f o r wa r d

ichmond. Therew as' nothing

d ie r t o do b u t se l ec t t he s o t e st ( ? )

t h e " d r ap e ry " o h i s bl a n e t

bebeatenbythepitiless

weatherwasmildandhe

uscampaign butithad

seasoning the15thC onn. The

swerereturned company

t andinasurprisingly short

onamartialappearance.

portappearedinthepublic

E L Y O N R E G M N T .

e g i m en t C . V .

s io n 9 t h A r m y C o r ps

e c. 1 7 1 6 2 .

n ce w i th o r de r s I h a e t h e ho n or t o t ra n sm i t

theoperationso mycommandinthe

urg togetherwiththenameso thosek il led

ngagement.I nobediencetoGeneral

edDecember10 mycommandformedinthe ir

m. Dec. 11 andremainedunderarms

edingnight. On thef o llowingday at8

ne o m a rc h l e t i n f r o nt a n d pr o ce e de d

ontheR appahannoc , w herethey

tow ardsnighttheymarchedo erthe

ie r .



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rederic sburg andremainedunderarms

f o llowingmorningtheymarched le t

t on t h e so u th s h or e o t h e ri e r w h er e t he y

sesandremainedduringthe dayunder

p . m .t h ey t o o t h e li n e o m a rc h a nd

ttleunderthebrow o thehil l intherearo

se " a litt le totheright w herethey layupon

tmorning w hentheymarchedbac tothe

erarmsduringthatdayand nightand

httheyaga informedinlineo battleon

t h e " S l a ug h te r H o u s e " a n d a t e r

metw ohoursw ere atabout10o cloc ,

" and' ' F , " weredetachedonthenighto

hC . V . onpic etduty. Tw ocom

" I , " w er e a ls o d et a il e d on t h e ni g ht o t h e 15 t h

yatthepontoonbridge.

ngagementwereasf ollows v i .:

a r no c m i nn i e ba l l th r ou g h th e h an d . C o . B ,

ortallyw oundedintheheadbyashell since

n w oundedbyashell legamputated; W ill iam

a n l e s e e r el y . C o . C , C o r p . C h a s .

eheadandshoulder se ere ly. C o . E,

dedintheleg se erely; MichaelB uc ley

erecontusion O rrinB eers w oundedin

homasO w ens w oundedintheheadbyour

o r d H e i gh t s n o t da n ge r ou s ly S u r ge o n H .

w oundedinthehead notseriously .

I deemitj usticetoC o l. Wrighttosay

ota ecommando hisbatta liononaccount

p re i o us l y re c ei e d y e t he w a s pr e se n t wh e n

healthw ouldpermit ina idingmeandin

themen.

robedientser ant

E L TO L L E S ,

d g 1 5 th C . V .

eta iledtoassist inburyingthedeada terthebattle . C orp.

rsthattheyburied400U nionso ldiersinonetrench andthat

werestrippedo e ery thingbutunderclothes. TheC on ederate

tobury thedeadhorses w hichtheyv eryproperly re usedto

i e ld o u r bo y s st r uc u p u J o h n B r o wn s B o d y " e t c. G e n.

d c om ma n de d t ha t t he ' d d Y a n e e s on g b e st o pp e d o r



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werespentin preparing

es po lishinge uipments

enerallysettlingthings.

acti eandinterestinge ercisesw ere

ichoneo theveterans

ecember1 . To-daypreparations

ngsomeo thememberso the

o thebrigade. Themense lected

encedhorsemen hadthepre

ha eplacedastrong rope

ndf astenedtoatentpindri en

rses' w erethehardiestand

ce somestandingatleast10

ndingly strong. Ow ingtothe

s insomecasesf i eandsi

hesameanimal( ? ) S ucha

oengrosstheattentiono the

y butasthesemountedmen

ersiontocon ersew iththe ir

no the iratt itude the ir

ullyhunguponthemlarge

nhea y letterssuchlegends

d.

e d.

wereshoweredon these

tionthe iro f icershado

lnessduringthelatebattle.

terthereturnwasheld on

theregimentw asonpic eton

i n f r o nt o t h e ci t y. T h e ci t i e n s

mes andtheC on ederate

othew aters edge. C on

ndsometradinginco f eeand

thestream.( Memberso



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ithpleasurethearmymule

the irsleepingf ormsinthe

e w o t h e 9t h C o r p s by G e ns .

too placeonthepla in near

andserene asurprisee en

tla titude. Manypri atebo es

son andthese w ithaspecia l

andvegetables madetheoccasion

ightwasclearand themoon

hourf orstri eorbitterness.

s be o r e th e h ot m u z l e s o a

oneachside hadhurled

a lley now stoodv arious

eo ldtimetuneso the

ousandso so ldiers. A sthe

musicalselectionsonbothsides

G ir l I L e t B e h in d Me " a nd

mmonimpulse thestrainso

o m e " b r o e o u t ri gh t l e t a nd

ndf oe t i l lthea irw astremulous

withthearmiesstill con

omethingo e citementhad

ntduringthe lastdayso

days rationsw ereordered

htheadmonitiontobeready to

o ti c e. H o w e e r n o m o e f o l

t h G e n. B u r n s id e r e i e we d t he

w eathernow begantogrow

re uent. Hutsw erebuilt in

placesandmudchimneys.

hegreatest demand.

toted somethingmore

sshoulders andthe latterin

possibleto f ind. " S prings"

ere butthesur acedra inage



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w edintothem ladenw iththe

acamp. Whis ey rations

te butnote enthehottest

u o r e e r d is t il l ed c o ul d g et t h e

rederic sburg. Therewasbut

oupser edattheWashington

2 .

a f ectedthehealtho the

cersandmenbegantogi ew ay

u a le d t ha t o F a i r a S e m

w asthepre a il ingdisease.

ordersw erereadatdressparade

re g im en t o G e n. B u r n s id e s

animmediatemo emento the

c. The15thwasundermarching

tmorning. B utasatthat

a ll ing theorderw ascounter

entonpic etatthef ront.

rainf ellincessantly but

urnsidebeganhissecond

erandtroopsw eremo ing

openasyethas been

tricablesnarlandcon usion

Thevocabularyhasnotbeen

essit. Pontoons arti lle ry

w agontra ins becamehopelessly

mo e. S a idasergeantnot

Hea enmutteredatthedeedand

I f s o t h en t h at " a n ge l "

mecondit ion w ithunlim ited

orbusiness. I tw asmudthat

ent— mudthatsa edthousands

t ha t s pa r ed t h e A r m y o t h e

gde eat. Onthe23d the

sreca lledandthesunshone

oregretsw eref e ltatthe

rise ne itherw asanymorti ication

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thisannouncementinbroad

theenemy slines " B urn

theboysagainturnedatten

winterq uarters.O nthe

w -stormsetin butsuchgoodpro

n" stoc ading" thetentsthat

rf e llona le e l noseriousdis

eday f o llowing theregiment

onths payw hichf urther

orso theV irginiaw inter.



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.

R O M F R E D R I C K S B U R G N E W P O R TN E W S

F F O L K — ¦ E D N TO N R O A D — TH E PR O V I

R C H R O A DS K I R M S H D PA R TU R E F R O M

B urnside slastplanto

achangeo baseo theA rmy

e5tho F ebruary thebrigade

rs andthene tday too the

ee . Transportsw ere inw ait ing

sedonboardthesteamerJ ohn

e nt b o re a w ay d o wn t h e ri e r f o r

he7th. Thisbeauti ulspotw as

on o t h e 8 t h ( S u n da y . H e r e

srece i edtheregiment.

eone.Twomonthsat

t h it s f e t id w a te r i t s i n su f i c ie n t

arrow accommodationsli e

h a d ta e n t he " s a nd o u t o

nthehospita l. B ut

uarters withamplelight

nall plenti ulrations coupled

tastheseaa f orded themen

olef orceearlyregainedits

s w a s ma d e at N e w p or t N e w s .

er s t oo s h or t f u r lo u gh s . C o m mu n i

asuninterrupted and" C apt.

s" broughtmanyaremindero

ity intocamp. E x cursionsto

herpo intsweref re uent.

on inedtobattalionand

edthecommando theregimentatthispo int F eb. 13th.



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TH E U N I O N .

ccasiona lre iew . R ations

o t b r ea d a nd v e g et a bl e s we r e is s ue d .

w orthyo remembrance.

ere issuedtobrea camp

tingtransport.Theregi

o cloc inthea ternoonand

l a te i n t he e e n in g . A l l h an d s

o cloc a . m. w henthey

penttheremaindero the

thecity. Transportation

S u f o l , V a . a n d at n o on t h e

nthe latterv il lage. C amp

tancewesto thetown

er. Thearri a lw asnonetoo

erethetentspitchedbe orea

andonthemorningo the21st

ow ontheground. I tw ashere

anen orcedcompanionship

sh o e l b e ca m e v e r y we l l

o thesame. Thereasons

guedutybecameapparentwhen

eet scannononA pril io th

e orethecity . I tw asthen

eltoomucho earthhad

c w asincommando the

o n g st r ee t i n hi s e f o r ts t o f o r ce

o l a s i n a v i s e .F r o m th e h ou r o

eplaceuntilhisdepartureon

yonthe irarms sotospea .

airlywellintrenchedalongthe

e r . B o t h f o r c es l a y wi t hi n e as y

ther andsor.t ies reconno issances

neithersideany rest. I tw as

ningsof arthatthe15th

t h e 22 d C o n n a r ri e d

ments. Gens. Ha llec andDi

me m be r t he h o t co f e e t he 1 6 t h P e n n. f u r ni s he d u s on o u r



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andatacouncilo w arit

should beheldatall

demonstrationsw ereorderedby

toimpresstheenemywitha

thede enses. A coupleo

nsemondandtoo partin

e20ththe8thC onn.

pt u re d a n ea r th wo r w i th f i e

menthadbeenunderthe

o l. To lles. Onthe1 thaspecia l

artmentassignedL ieut.-C o l.

o t h e 8 t h C o n n . t o t h e 15 t h a n d h e

tday . C o l. U phamcamew ith

Origina llya f irstsergeant

aw s e r i c e at B u l l R u n . A t

h e 8 t h C o n n h e e nt e re d t ha t

o . K , andf orga llantry

6 2 w a s pr o mo t ed t o t he r a n o

M ar c h 1 6 3 h e w as c o mm i ss i on e d

esamecommand.

. Pec orderedareconno issance

enth 15thand1 thC onn.

t h e 1 t h C o n n. l e d th e a d a n c e .

0 0 or 7 0 0 0 me n u nd e r Ge n . C o r co r an

mostlynew troops w iththe

h I n d .

ortDi .A marcho

oretheenemy spic etsw ere

speedilydri eninandthen

distinctly seen. A chargew as

handthebrigadedashedin.

ac disputinge eryyard

beenco eredinthisman

ounted ledthe15th andw hen

r egimentwasf arinad

e e n b ei n g on i t s ow n s i r mi s h

encounteredwhichv igor-



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sandtheob ecto therecon

sheditwasdeemedprudent

a f a i r th e r eg i me n t ha d f i e m e n

o m D o ug a l d i ed t h e ne t d a y.

f icialreport:

. V .

wY o r ) ,

. May 2d 1 6 3 .

p e ci a l O r d er s N o . 7 , I h a e t h e ho n or t o

port: A pril19thI assumedcommando

nginbi ouacatthewor sontherighto

tremaineduntilA pril24th w hen w iththe

t h C o n n . V o l s . c o mm an d ed b y C o l . B e a c h

eareconnoissanceontheroad thisregiment

he r s on t h e le t a t e r ad a n ci n g so m e

tow ithdraw quietly andresumedour

ortU nionatabout6 o cloc a . m. The

ounded oneo w homhassincedied. On

a n or d er f r o m C o l . F o s te r c o mm a nd i ng l i ne

ondandF ortUnion f ormingapro isiona l

5 th a n d 1 t h C o n n . V o l s. u n de r c om m an d o

entw asre lie edonthe2 thby the11 th

am p ed o n G en . H a r l an d s l i ne o d e e n se n e ar

reporto Ma orOsborn commandingregi

oursrespect ully

A M

V .

t h e ne w f o r t i n w hi c h th e

oc ( inlabor w ascom

ebig100poundergun was

boutthist imealsothe loca

hangedtonearGen. Getty s

an d s f r o nt . H e r e i t wa s n e ar

n e h un d re d t hr e e ti m es N . Y . "

eriors il l inma ingthe

wor so thef ortsearned

S c h w ar t o D . Do ug al a nd W i l li am s o H , a nd L e g o o I .



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n " T h e ba s e t m a e r s o t h e

aboutthef irsto May thepressureupon

esbecamesogreatthathew as

eparationsf orapossible

ameapprisedo thisandwas

arture andi possiblepre

htheC on ederatef orcesgather

e llors il le V a . A ccordingly

asorderedbyGen. Pec , May

necticutbrigadeboreanimport

er thanademonstration

hePro idenceC hurchroad.

n.Getty.S e eralregiments

th a r ti l le r y c a a l ry & c .

thC onn wereheldin

ntheyw ereorderedtothe

eo theotherregiments. Dur

15thw asatonetimee posed

eo a rebelbattery andw hy

nobodyk new.Theygained

e r j u s t as a s t or m o g r ap e a nd

the irheads. Ev enw hile ly ing

y thef ireo therebelsharp

o ty trees. I tw asatthis

nHolcombw asthreetimescom

ts.Duringthenight the

f icialreport:

V .

. M ay 4th 1 6 3 .

h e ho n or t o s ta t e th a t at 8 o c l oc p . m. o n t he

ers I marchedf romcampw ith320enlisted

hthebrigade crossedthebridgeonthe

oa d . A b o ut 1 . 30 o c l oc a . m. I r e ce i e d

thNew J ersey regimentontheright

w o co m pa n ie s e ng a ge d w h ic h I r e li e e d a nd

sitionuntildus , w henI rece i edorders



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TH E U N I O N .

lineat theburnthousenearthebridge.

houserecei edorderstoproceedtocamp

. m. * O u r l o s s o n e k i l l ed f o u r wo u nd e d

ery respect ully

. U PH A M

t h C . V .

ssaultnotonlydelayedthe

ederatef orces butitw assuch

a c a a l ry m o e me n t so e f e c t

wa s d ri e n b ey o nd t h e B l a c -

u f o l w a s ra i se d . A l t h ou g h

nemyremo edallimmediate

the15thw asstil lcon ined

duty . Thesamev igilancew as

thef orti icationsk eptup

theboys. A changeinthe

oundtwoorthreetimes

mto" F ortC onnecticut" near

rethey remaineduntiltheirf ina l

eoccasiono oneo thesesudden

mentcomingin f rom

sarydepartmentgonef i e

hecampsutlerhadhis

b u t f o r s o me r e as o n ha d n ot g o tt e n

ryandthemodestre uest

hisstoresandopenupa

edemurred buta lasf or

w asnotsusta ined. Noone

thow ithappened butw henall

erymadsutlerandagenera l

s ca me i n .



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C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S .

ds . T h is w a s ca l le d " R a i d N o . i .

wasA d .B rown whowas

ba llo so tbutter. This

utits lesson.I ttaught

hatthey accompaniedthe

enienceasw ellasthe irow n.



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B E R R Y R A I D P O R T MO U T H , V A . S O U T H

.: — E X E C U T O N O F TH E D S E R T R S W A L E S

L G U A R D A N D F A T G U E DU T I N A N D

F O L K , V A .

imentw asinspectedbyC ol.

tobrea camponthemorrow .

t d a y at n o on t h e 8 t h a nd 1 5 th

tationand

s mo u th V a .

dat

sgoing

m i le s f r o m |

psac s

. A stop

y a n d on

bar ed

bia f or

he r i e r a t th i s pl a ce a f o r de d t he

thoughastayo butf our

e l t im p ro e d . O n t h e 2 t h r e e

andtheregimentaga in

mbiaboundf orWhiteH ouse

numberswereconcentrat

ngw hichwastheentiredi is

asconnected.I twasthere

onwastrans erredbyorder

ntf romthe9tharmycorpsto

ss a ti s a c ti o n o o f i c er s a nd m e n.

s wa s m ad e a t W h it e H o u s e

ly ist commencedthatserieso

testedtheenduranceo the

erbe ore . Theco lumnw asput

durgedf orw ardtheentireday

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atw ase cessi eandthe

ption.TherebelC ol.Pem-

omedistancebeyondthe

il le andthatpointw asdesignated

stday smarch. KingWill iam

. Thisplacew asreachedand

ng. A scoutingparty f rom

o up l e o h o rs e s hi d de n b y th e C o n

ndv eryconsideratelygathered

rderly andMa orO sborne

rsona luse. Theorderso the

estrictconcerningf oraging

armyregulations. C o l. U pham

a d o C o m p a ny C ' s m e n bo r ro we d

maspringhouseontheplantation

ed. C orporalGri f ino that

niono hiscommanderan

s a ow ingashisbe lie that

d happenandrestitutionwas

etheboyshadnoopportunity

ma egoodthe loss. Some

tonandf ow lsw erecompla ined

arby butthew ell- now nchar

e g S t a te " b o ys r a is e d th e m ab o e

n. O n t h e n i gh t o t h e 2d t h e

randyS tation andonthe3d

nreachedTaylor sF armslate

tintocamp. Thew eather

andmenhadf a llenouta lla long

yk eptcominginby twosand

ngdaystheC onnecticutbri

ew hilethemainf orcew ent

on andthereengagedtheenemy .

h e 5t h ( S u n da y , t h re e d ay s r a ti o ns

eorderedto getunder

o c l oc , m ar c hi n g un t il 3 o c l oc

t m ad e a b ri e h a lt f o r b re a f a s t



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TH E U N I O N . 53

s S t a ti o n. A t 7 a . m. i t w as

marchedcontinuouslyuntil4

liamC ourtH ousew asreached

ltoobrie nightforthe

e andat5o cloc ne tmorn

upandputinmotionf or

g. A f i e h o ur s m a rc h l an d ed

place aboutnoon.I twas

ouldbemadethereto" rest

rehadbeense endays(and

a lmostincessantmarchingo er

dunderthehottesto suns but

gmadeatthist imeonthe

therdirections andthe ir

a edmorese ere ly than

he8 thopenedw ithrain butby

ereunderarmsandonthe

bouttwentymilesw ereco

andtheregimentbi ou

hesecondday smarchw as

chandbroughtthemnear

ng. O nthe iothYor tow nw as

ay sw or , butnotcontentw ith

ningthecommandw aspushed

ampw aspitchedandtw enty -

w edthemen. Onthe12ththe

r B i g B e t he l f i t e en m i le s d is

ybyeasystagestheregiment

day f o llowing( J uly13th

o r P or t sm o ut h V a . t o t he o l d

rtentsw erestil l standingand

ngoodorder.

whatitis nowbelie ed

toy ie ldoneo thegrandest

hisdemonstrationonthe

ondw ascorrectintheory ithad

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derw asw anting. Saysthe late

rreadbyhimin1 71: " There

arwhenaboldandrapid

edusav ictory asonthatocca

tw assof oo lishly throw naw ay .

edindo ingw hatshouldha e

yo theregimentdidit

ableappearanceasonits

e pedition. C lothingwasin

it ion e uipmentsw ornand

ngwithv ermin andf a ilure

rprise madethisonceproud

humiliation.N early

a n a rm y i s sa i d to h a e s o me

s instancetherewasnota

n le s s S e r gt . B e e c he r s s a ti s a c ti o n

hosaidhesaw amile-post

toR ichmond.

saree lastic andw iththe

ogetherw iththe issueo new

ations the15threco ered

B l a c b e rr y R a i d " b e ca m e bu t

ridicule .

19 theregimentwasorderedon

blicappearancesince itsarri a l.

guntheerectiono houses

dthecampbegantoputona

genuitywasshowninthe

bu i ld i ng s p a rt i cu l ar l y th e o f i

thoughcontractedinarea had

ome. Manybroughthouse eep

eirw i es andsuchdwellings

ndtastetheN ewE ngland

ow toe hibit.

theregimentuntilaboutthe

r a p e ri o d o t w o mo n th s t h er e

outineo guardandpic et



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re iew w ithnow andthenadeta il

omef ort madeupthecommon

h o we e r o c cu r re d t o di s tu r b th e

w hichwastheunwarrantable

a e r o C o . P b y pr i a te D ou gh

ertyw asunderthe in luenceo

mpsutlerw asfurnishingthe

rw asunderorderstota ehim

dw hile inthedischargeo his

ner.Doughertywastried

ow ingOctober andsentenced

P o rt s mo u th V a .

nsrelati etoGrandGuardsare publishedf ortheguid

andw illbestrict lyobeyed:

randGuardsarestationedatB ow ersHill a tDeep

ss i ng o t h e N o r o l a n d Pe t er s bu r g R . R . w i t h t he r o ad f r o m

ersHill . TheGrandGuardatB ow ersH illw il lconsisto aSec

q u a dr o n o C a a l ry a t l ea s t 15 0 m en s t ro n g a n d o o n e co m pa n y

st 8 0 m e n st r on g a n d w il l p ic e t t he r o ad t o S u f o l a s f a r a s th e

oano eandS eaboardR . R . asf arasthe9thoriothmilepost.

illbesimilarlyconstitutedando e ualstrength andwill

mpC analf oratleast10miles.

R .R .willconsisto aC ompanyo C a alryatleast6 0strong

. f o r 2 o r 3 mi l es i n t he d i re c ti o n o S u f o l ,

a nd A r t i l l er y o n Gr a nd G u ar d w il l b e re l ie e d e e r y 24 h o ur s

h e C a a l ry a s ma y b e ar r an g ed b y C o l . S . P . S p e ar C o m d g C a

rtil leryw ill. deta iltwosections da ily f orGrandGuardduty one

h e o t he r f o r D ee p C r e e .

G ua r d wi l l b ec o mm a nd e d by t h e S e n i or O f f i c er o a l l ar m s on

w illbehe ldresponsiblethattheordersf romDept. C orpsand

ersarecarriedout thoseunderhiscommandobey theorderso

o t h e Da y a n d o G e ne r al O f f i c er s w ho m a yv i s it a n d in s pe c t th e

constantcommunicationisk eptupbypatrols andsentinels

dGuard thattheroadsinad anceo hispostarepic etedwell

ghlyscouredby patrols.

a llo f icersw homaybeca lledupontoper ormGuardduty

ionsf orOf f icersonOutpostsandPatrolduty publishedby the

w hichsomanycopiesha ebeendistributedthatitshouldbe

y O f f i c er . H e r e a t e r O f f i c er s o n Gr a nd G u ar d a nd p i c e t w il l b e

biity andnoe cusew illser ef orignoranceo duty .

G O . W .G TT .

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e . * T h e mu r de r o B a e r h ad

estra in particularly thesa leo

u e nc e f o r a c ou p le o w ee s o r

illedguardhouseandmoreor

ongthemen.

eptemberrumorswerepre

eo base andasi incon

tinthev icinityw ouldnow and

f orspecia lser ice . Onthe

l. Uphamrece i edorderstode

, E , H , K , u nd er c om ma nd o

n d pr o ce e d to S o u th M i ll s N . C ,

he canal.Thebattalion

and marchingaboute ight

f o r t h e n ig h t. T h e ne t m o rn i ng

ainat4o cloc , andat1p. m.

Guardlinesweresetand

e itt ingtheoccupationo a

C o l. To llesw ithascouting

uredabloc aderunnera lleged

00inhispossession. f Thetimew as

pic etandf atigueduty and

ry themonotony f orsome

t h e f i e c o mp a ni e s o t h e 15 t h wh i ch

th togetherwiththebal

n . w e re o r de r ed t o j o i n th e

thoutdelay.Thisdetachment

onthe12th andmadethedis

h a l , ; ) ; a f e a t in m ar c hi n g

n thene tdayother

ongthemthenthPenn. ca

ountedenougho the lat

withtwocompanies

a rm ed w it h S h ar p s r i l es . H e

onedbyPresidentJ ohnson.

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00ca a lryandmountedin antry

onf ooto about300mus

mmandnumberednearlya

archingorder. Thef orcegot

o n t he a t e rn o on o t h e 13 t h

ghtataplaceca lled" The

daylightthene tmorningthe

dly forw ardtow ardPar v il le

pturingaguerrillanestat that

ypartial.The enemy

ttoo tothe irhee lsandthe

randfourmenw erecaptured a lso

lstandso arms a smallquantity

af ew roundso o ldartil le ry

meunimportante uipage. The

hedetachmentreturnedto

day f o llowingreachedtheiro ld

i ecompaniesremainedat

ngerw henordersw ererece i ed

ccordingly onthe22d camp

umnheadedforPortsmouth

ening. Thesamenight

he8thandf i ecompanieso

a irGroundsatN or o l to

Dr. Wright. Hew ashung

etwo regimentsreturned

lowingmorning.

sedtheshootingo thetw o

hC onn. WalesandV andall.

nishedtwentymenasthef iring

o L i e ut . B o w ns o C . T h e

armstow itnessthee e

na larmwasspreadthat

edina longthe lineo the

f o l R a il ro ad a nd a d et ai l o 1 0 m en

hw assentoutonpic ettw el e

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su f icienttimew asreca lled. The

dlittleo importancehis

idedbetweenguardduty

e n se s o N o r o l . T h e bo y s

ntheuseo thea eandthe

of ee lableto intrenchthem

nditions.

o ember C hap.Millerf ound

ea lthastocompelhisreturn

w ithw iththeutmostre luc

arted sympatheticasawoman

ostunderhim hew ask indly

sandmenw hetherengagedinhis

orprocla im ingf romthedoor

m e u p an d g et y o ur m a il . T h ro u gh

gtonHeightsa" regimental

medw itha largemembership an

ourishedhope ullydowntothe

6 5 w he n t he r e gi m en t w as

nhisretirementhe issued

ter:

W O R D .

C E R S A N DS O L D E R S O F TH E I 5TH R E G M N TC O N N .V O L S .:

ma n y o y ou b e en a c u a in t ed w i th t h e

monthspastI ha ebeenseriouslycontempla

signingmycommissionasyourchaplain

ndcounse llo r. I t ism -duty to -day anda

huso f icia lly in ormyouthatconsiderations

e ledmetoresignandurgetotheutter

e llw ords.

r i n j o y a n d so r ro w i n t he q u i et o t h e

e o t h e f i e l d o u r he a rt s a re w el d ed i n a f e c

terests bymutualactionin sceneso

inganddeath suchasarealonepresentedinthe

rsincetheregimentw asrecruited ha ew e

blishedatC ampC hase in1 6 2. I tsmembershipreached

llmemberso New E nglandchurches. Therew eremanycon

nt. TheL ord sS upper-wasce lebratedononeoccasionatSu

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andprayedthatGodw ouldblessusinour

tethegloryo ourbe lo edland together

w e r e o i c e d a n d wh e n th o us a nd s o b r a e

crushedandbleedingunderthemaddened

w eha emingledourtearsandsympathies

dstric enathome.

thanthatw ef indourse l esf riends

especia lly isthepresentmomentoneo

spa in ulasit ispeculiar. I amto lea e

a ng e r — o s t ri e w hi l e I g o t o p u rs u e my

theGospel amongststrangers anddis

w ar. S ince I cameamongyou myonly

ntodoyougood caringforyourbodies

mingtoma eyourli e inthearmyas

planningandcountenancinginnocentpas

dri eaw ay" dullcare andasv igorous

en w hencalledtoduty gof orthassured

erribleasanarmywithbanners.

e f a i le d t o me e t yo u r e p e ct a ti o n y e t I a m

eresteemmeasamanw hoseheartwasin

dw hosesympathiesw eree erenlistedw hen

allw ithouthesitation. OnthismatterI

thehistoryo my laborsisw iththeregiment

ywithsome w hoseheartsI ha esoughtto

nthedayo ad ersity andw ithothers

s t I h a e l e d to t h e se r i c e o t h e b l es s ed

disonhigh. N e erhasadaypassed

o r e Go d h a e I p l ea d f o r y ou t h at y o u

nandrestraininggraceaboundamongst

I h a e o n ly t o r ei t er a te t h e le s so n s I h a e s o

d. If youw ouldmainta inthereputationo

ulandcherishthosee lementso character

andma egoodso ldiers cherishthespirit

ersona lprideandpatrio tism. C herishtheB ible

andpracticethesameinyourli es then

ongue temperandtemperance.A llow

perhapsI oughttosty le itarecommenda

c an g o t o di i n e se r i c e. K e e p al i e t h e

luenceso homeinthisparticular. It is

here isnoS abbathinthearmy . B asedeclara

e e b u t f e w i a n y u t te r i t s a e t h os e wh o

d s l a w a n d th e G os p el o h i s so n J e s us C h r i s t .

r t h at o u r S a b ba t h pr i i l eg e s ar e f r e u e nt l y

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ngGenera lsha ee erintentionallydese

ssuing" orders. incon lictw iththeS ab

ePresident — incon lictw iththecommand

mb e r th e S a b b at h D ay t o k e e p i t h ol y .

me i yourSabbathsarethustobedis

youcanthew holew eighto yourin luence

re ligiousw orshipintheregimentbya

ndance.Thiswilldoyougood andcheer

a in. ( sincere lydesireyoumayspeedily

I sha llyethopetogreetyouonyour

lhopeto j o inw ithyouinthesongo v ictory

elionandtherebell ious. MayGodpreser e

ushallcomef orthf romthecloudsand

itsattendants itsha llbetodwellinthesun

red — aU nioncementedasitw il lbeby the

becomeat. oncetheen yandtheprideo

on .

ct s a ny o y o u sh a ll f a l l de e n di n g th e

d O r d e r y o u wi l l no t b e f o r g ot t en . I n t h e

h e ho u se h ol d o t h e S t a te o t h e N a t io n

ef ragrantandyourdeedso v a lorf orm

heroes agarlandtohangaboutthenec

r e u e n at e d gr a nd e ur t h e j o y o f u t ur e

ndsheltero theoppressedo a llcl imes.

uetothecountry inthepresentcontest and

henameo C onnecticut theS tateyou

w elle pressed—

e f l a g o S t a rs

tripesandbars

a lorrose;

herblows.

f i e l d

nswordandshie ld

heguests

onf easts.

sshalltell

rheroesf ell

e a n d W h it e a nd R e d

irbloodwasshed.

d s ol d ie r s — S o l d i er s a ls o o o u r L o r d a nd

ist thenw illyoure o icethroughtheblessed

w hichf earandsorrow andsu f eringand

alowedupandlostli ebubblesonsomecalm



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T H E U N I O N . 6 1

t he m a ny t o e n s o k i n dn e ss y o u ha e

orbearance yourencouragementandthe

o yourpersonalesteem. I mustnotf a il

eva luableandune pectedpresentation

cersw hosef riendshipandcon idenceI am

a e e e r s ha r ed .

tinueitspulsationsI shallholdyou

ndingrate ulremembrance. I w il l

sandbestw ishesda ily andw henthe

g h t m a yy o u an d I . a s v i c t o rs t h ro u gh t h e

d enteruponeterna lpeace persona lpar

theredeemedo ersorrow sinand

L L .

y ou t h e L o r d ma e h i s f a c e

graciousunto

p h is c o un t e

L E R ,

onn. V o ls.

e gt . C o nn . V o ls . N o . 2 9 1 6 3 .

ngbeenmadethatthe

nqualityandquantity L t. C o l.

igation withthef ollowing

C o n n . V o l s .

a .

6 3 .

w i th o r de r s re c ei e d f r o m y o ur H e a d u a r

onortosubmitthef o llowingreporto theq ua lity

nsissuedtothemeno the15thC . V .

C o . ( " A " ) r ep or t th e q u al it y o a ll r at io ns

t i on o S a l t B e e a n d Po r . T h es e a re o t e n

ralthingthemendonotcompla ino the

i c er s o " C o . F " r e p o rt t h at t h e S a l t P or d r aw n f o r

pisrustyandverypoor notone-ha l be ing

n d C o f e e v e r y g oo d s u ga r g oo d .C a n d l es

notabletodraw enough. Potatoesv ery

r y go o d w i th t h e e c e p t i on o R i c e w h ic h



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C o.D" reportthatthef ullallowanceo

ithaf ew e ceptions theq ua lity isgood.

C o.I " reportthattheq ualityo theF resh

llygood theq uantity insu f icient ow ingto

mmissary insteado usingSca les guessesat

q u a nt i ty i n su f i c ie n t q u a li t y v e r y po o r.

q uantity scant. Potatoesandonionsare

d a ys . C o f e e a nd S u g ar q u a n t it y b ar e ly

tygood. Otherrationsasgoodascanbew ished.

e e r y da y a n d is s ue d a t th e r at e o o n e ( i

s s m al l a nd b a re l y su f i c i en t q u a li t y go o d.

d ( } { ) o a c an dl e f o r f i e ( 5 d ay s.

C o.C " reporttherationso C o f ee S ugar

ndF reshmeat short. NoMolassesorR ice

C o.H " reportthattwenty-two( 22 poundso

d on e- ha l ( n i p ou nd s o C o f e e ar e dr aw n

i t y -t h re e ( 5 3 m e n. T h e Po r i s su e d to

r . Mu c h o t h e S a l t B e e h a s be e n un i t f o r

y po o r. R a t i o ns o S . B e e a n d S u g ar s h or t .

C ompanyE " reportF reshB ee f air bothas

ty . S a l t B e e a n d Po r q u a li t y an d q u a n ti t y

t the latternotbe ingf itf o rcoo ingpurposes.

tandq uantitygood. R iceandDriedapplesare

sissuedattherateo atablespoon ultoa

daccordingto theprescribedamount.

greaterv arietyintheissueswouldbe

C o.K " reporttheissueo F reshB ee isgen

3 t o s e e n ( 7 p o un d s. R a t i o ns o S . B e e

la t te r o v e r y po o r q u a li t y. B r e a d g o od . P re

30 daysnovegetablescouldbeobta ined.

now issuedattherateo tw o-thirds(% )

tw o ( 5 2 m en e e ry t en ( 1 0 d ay s. C o f e e an d

hort the latter inone instance f a ll ing

p o un d s in t e n ( 1 0 d a ys a n d in e e r y dr a wi n g

hr e e ( 3 p o un d s.

C o.G" reporto S altB ee , enoughisdrawn.

n on c e in f o u r ( 4 d a ys h a rd l y en o ug h f o r o ne

a ltPor , onlyenoughf orcoo ingpurposes.

re rs { } ( ) o a b a rr e l on c e in t e n ( 1 0 d a ys f o r

u ga r i ns u f i ci en t. T he S a l t B e e s ti n s a nd

u se . F r e s h be e g e ne r al l y go o d. S a l t P o r ,

usea lone. Potatoeso tenone- third{ lA )



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mesverypoor. Otherrationsgenera lly

o " C o . B " r ep or t q u al it y o S a l t B e e a nd P or

ew daysunusua lly so . Of o therrationsthe

o q uantity insu f icient.

t s o t h e di f e r en t C o . O f f i c er s I f i n d

l t Po r a r e po o r a n d in m a ny c a se s i ns u f i

a l t B e e a r e al s o o t e n v e r y po o r. O f F r e s h

o t e n in s u f i c ie n t o s u ga r a l w ay s i ns u f i c ie n t.

O M B E ,

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R O M PO R T MO U T H , V A . P Y M O U TH N E W

C B A C H E L O R ' S C R E E K L I T T E W A S H I N G

A L O F C H A P A I N J O H N B .DO O L I TT E

R D DU T — E X E C U T O N O F D S E R T R S .

1 6 4 w as o bs er e d by t he r eg i

risonmanner withwheel

greasedpo les greasedpigs

o J a n ua r y th e f i r s t s no w f e l l

na t io n " l i e wi s e f e l l . T he l a t

ppreciated.I tconsistedo

re d b ar r el s b o e s e t c. o

andsundries gatheredinNew

N e w Y e a r gi t t o t he b o ys . T hi s

easta lsoemphasi edanimport

t o m ar t h e cl o se o t h e si

egimentatPortsmouth f or

ngsdigestedere awarning

h t o b e re a dy t o b re a c a mp a t a

ina lorderw asdelayeduntil

e t d a y s a w th e f a t a n d s le e l o o

ourcompanieso the1 thC onn.

ar , andthenceon

ulding boundforMorehead

o at l e t h e r wh a r a t 1 1 o c l oc t h a t

yw asmar e lousforsti l lness

atteras butnotw ithstanding

thanguishthatitonly

m. Nobeautyo seaors y

enthroughthewretchedspec

s

a bl e m ea n s t h e " q u a rt e rs " o t h e me n a nd o f i c er s c au g ht

ntmo edandw ereentire lyconsumed. " N o insurance "



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toMoreheadC ityonthe

andtheregimentgladly trans

ground. L aterintheday it

ew B erne reachingthatcityabout

hesamee eningwenton

yer boundforP lymouth N .

1 st a n d i0 2 d Pe n n. a n d 8 5 t h N . Y .

the latterplacethene t

hedahal m ileormore inthe

gimentw astheref orbusi

h C o . s A , E , K , u nd er Ma o r

thadetachmento the1 th

. Y . ( t h e f o r c e am o un t in g t o ab o ut

ma n d o C o l . M a nw e ll o t h e

ordereduptheC how anri erto

suppliesatC o lera in N. C . The

tw oboatssosoonasthedar

dgo inguptheri erabout

anding. E x tremecautionwas

w asabrightmoonlightnightand

theenemy scountry .

ownoutandarapidmarcho

adeintothe interior.The

litt lea termidnight

oughtobagthei nmates.

stanceo f ered astheguard

ndthecaptureo thestores

b o ut 2 0 0 0 0 0 po u nd s o p o r ,

rsuppliestoobul y toremo e

esandmules withsome

w ay. Theob ecto thee pe

retreatwasinorder.A

entoreachtheboats. J ust

ing orw henwithintwoor

antationwasf oundonwhich

w eredisco ered. A detailw as

w hilethemainbodyk epton

metheroutedrebels w hohad



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htopursue cameupw iththis

Thef iringattractingthe

s b o rn e L i e ut . L i n s l ey o K ,

ertheretreat w hichw as

h th e w ou n di n g o o n e ma n ( i n 8 5 t h

c ep ti on o s om e hi e s o h on ey

hotfortheboystota e

re s a e l y br o ug h t o f , e e n

oo l it t le o C o . K , s t uc t o

thottwentymile

ddroppeddowntheri er

e ircampatP lymouthne t

peditionundercommando L ieut.

mdiate ly setinmotion. F ortu

o theC o lonel sreporthas

chf urnishesthebesthistoryo

rs 1 5 T R e g t . C o n n .V o l . I n a n tr y

a nu ar y 31 1 6 4 .

eportthat inobediencetoordersf rom

proceededonthenighto the29thinst. on

oitwithmycommand consistingo

1 0 3d a n d 10 1 st P e nn . 8 5 t h N . Y . 1 t h a nd

antry w ithsome50sailo rsandmarinesw itha

ecommando L t. C omg. F lusher amounting

f terreachingC edarL anding w edis

edo erlandtothetow no Windsor in

, r e ac h in g t he c a mp o t h e R e b el f o r ce s a t a

ne tmorning aboutthree- uarterso a

mpI di idedmyforce. Thedetachment

en n . an d 8 5 t h N . Y . u n de r t he c o mm a nd o

orderedaroundandacrossthef ie ldstooccupy

ood il le roadsatWinstonGate w hile

the15thand1 thC onn. V o ls andL ieut.

mm a nd I p r oc e ed e d to m a e a n a tt a c i n

ecamp I f oundthattheentire f orcehad

g ne a rl y a ll o t h ei r c am p e u i pa g e. I t h en

stonGate. Onarri ingatthatpo int

pw ithhiscommand. Hein ormedme

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TH E U N I O N .

uringacontinua lf ireonhismen. I then

e l l C a p t . H o g g ar d a nd L t . C o m g .F l u sh e r

opic etandho ldthemainandby - roads

yo theR ebelcamp w hilewithmy

tothebridge s irm ishingtheroadsome

nmyway . ThebridgeI f oundtobea

n d no t h a i n g t o ol s t o wo r w i th I c o ul d n ot

a ll y a s I w o u ld l i e t o h a e d o n e . I , h o we e r

eetdeepw ithdry rails andf iredit.

erecontinuallyf iredoninambush

Ha ingaccomplishedw hatI couldhere

i l l ag e w h er e I f o u nd t h at C a p t . J o h ns o n s

me o M a o r C r a n de l l s c o mm a nd a s si s te d b y

, hadbeenacti e insearchingthev il lage.

e er butv erylittleinthe wayo go ernment

onebarre lo por andasmallq uantityo

ee peditionbeing asf arasw ehadbeenable

red reachingC edarL andingonehourbe ore

t8 p. m.

s h ou l d be d o in g i n u s ti c e to M a o r

h N . Y . L t . C o mg . F l us he r L t . B e ag le

o f i c er s d i d I n o t ma e m e nt i on o t h e z e a l

o-operatedwithme duringthee pe

acopyo C apt. Hoggard sreport showing

rri ednearthetow n:

a nu ar y 31 1 6 4 .

proceededontheB ombshellupthe

a n d la n de d a t J o s e p h C o o pe r s a n d t he n t oo a

s c r os s in g t he . C o s h a i r o ad a n d W e bb s

ow nandaroundtotheWintonroadatthe

ingtherea terday . I remainedtheretil lthe

ndsor w henI thenproceededtoWindsorand

es capturingonenegroman.

pt .C A L V I N H O G GA R D

. V o l s.

thearticlescaptured v i .:2 caseso

re nt m a e a n d ca li br e 3 k e g s o p ow de r 1 b o

containingassortedclothingande uipments

eto musica linstruments 1seto camp

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7mules 8 horses 3saddles and2small

robedientser ant

L E S

C o m g. E x p e di t io n .

. G e n.

lbemarle .

brie .O nF ebruary3d

r edontheC ollyer. Many

rson whichtheboat

edioushoursspentinw ait ingto

f a c t th e 1 5 th d i d no t e nt e r N e w

ya terlea ingP lymouth.

taw aited asitf i ledinto

nemymoresecret more

thane erlay inari lepitor

w or , crouchedinthatcity

onitsv ictims.

dinbarrac sonthe

e N e u se r i e r . H a r dl y h ad i t

w quartersbe oreadetailw as

w ithabatcho prisoners

w ing( C ompaniesA

M a . O s b o r ne w a s

C ree , anoutposteightmiles

too thecarsearly inthe

stinationaboutnoon.

orf i emilestoa place

a n d we n t in t o ca m p. M a .

nsw eretore in orcethepic et

heoutermostde enses

rri l lasandbush-w hac ersin

patro ls now andthene changed

ddedinteresttotheduty.

4thparticularly adashw asmade

thnosuccess. R econno issances

belterritory andthoughthey



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g sti l lser edtok eepthe

ning. S omew illremem

ew oodsnearthecree .

ddutyatthispost until

asorderedtoreturntoN ew

nightre o ineditscomradesat

herightw ing asabo e

theregimenthadnot

rddutyinthecity and

ew earthw or sneartheri er

owardthelasto March

raportiono the15th(130

ometoC onnecticuttovote . The

hicha llow edsomethisconces

rs pro o edmuchbitter

s h ow e e r t o " k i c a n d th e

ecomradesdepartforN ew

themonthonatw entydays

e n t o s p ec i al i n te r es t w as t h e a f a i r

N . C . O rdersw ere issuedon

r i l 1 t h t o go a t o nc e t o th e r el i e

15thembar edonthe

ndthe17thMass. ( actingin

P ilo tB oy . B othboatsgot

g reachingL itt leWashington

e la n di n g h e a y f i r in g w as

entymilesdistant. Gen. Ho e

marle hadattac edthe

tedlaterinits surrenderand

thC onn. so longbrigadedw ith

itsarri a lw asquartered

ro thetown. C ompanies

df orgarrisonduty inF ort

balanceguardedthepic etline .

ionf ortsinthev icinityhad

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aptureo P lymouth be ore

thisregimenthadbeenta en

shotincold blood bythe

t h e ba l an c e o t h e co m ma n d

rtoaplaceo sa ety . This

there orew ithoutproperartil le r

o intereston. bothsides

e25thaU niongunboat

e n e a r F o r t J a c s o n an d n oi s il y

rections.O nthe27ththe

f r o m th e i n e s ti t ur e o P l ym o ut h

s.A nimmediateattac

ashington themainde ense

, o the15th.

or consistedo three

L o n g To m " t w o br a ss t w el e

ores andathree inchsteel

atterwasrea lly theonly

ewase ce llent. Sergt.

itandmadese erale f ect

t a h ad c h ar g e o a " 3 2 " o n t he

tandboredsomanyho lesw ith

methree- ourthso a

ohnnies" f ledinterror.

asdeta iledonthegunattheeast

ehadf oratargetanoldbric

antandsupposedlyunoc

r o un d G ri f i n k n o c e d i n it s

asw armo rebe lsissuedf rom

e eryUniongunthatcould

ddow n. Mucho thecredit

ypracticew asduetopri a te

, t h e o nl y m an i n t he f o r t wh o k n e w

eces.L ateronthe5th

ed. Duringthea ternoonmoreor

placeandaf ew menf romother

.

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ndthathede erredtheattac

entforce . Thatnightthew hole

rarmsinthebreastw or sand

t im e h ow e e r m o e m en t s

ee acuationo theplace. The

w ithdrawnonthe27th and

lo we d t he n e t d a y.

etf iring thenightpassed

thathadachie edsuchdis

openedagainatsunrisewith

enemydidnote enreturn

etlyw ithdraw n a iidse era l

i erduringtheday.That

F o r t W a sh i ng t on w as d i sm an t le d

nboardthetransportsby the

the30thf irew assettothe

esandothergo ernmentbuild

sca lledin. The15thw asthe last

reastw or s.

lacewasmadeascomplete

una o idableconse uencemuch

e r ed . T he e a c ua t in g f o r c e

w B ernethatnight. S and

ual andtheo ldq uartersin

hedne tday .

pecialO rderassignedthe

uty inthecity . Thefo llow

thisguardmayser etoreca ll

dtherewith.

ers.

rd H o u s e .

r e s.

0 — C r a e n S t r e et J a il .

sQ uarters.

ttheMailWhar .

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sH ead uarters.

h ar .

n ce S t o r e s.

oa d D ep o t.

d sQ uarters.

use.

eyors.

rs.

r s.

er s O f f i ce .

suryB uilding.

nentiono therebe lcom

orcesinallpossible ways

a lengagement. Sortieson

nt. Onthe4th adashw as

s e ( m e nt i on e d ea r li e r , a n d ou r

thesametimetherailroadcon

thMoreheadC ity thebaseo

mercityw ascut. The" Ov erland

yw illremember anironclad

ecewashastilydispatched

rthew oods. I tsshe llshad

t d a y C o l . U p h am w i th a f o r ce

ntdownonatransporttothe

ttoo latetosecuretheperpe

ny andheasic man w as

peedilyrepairedand

rhadreachedN ew B erneand

minguptheboys thethermom

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day J uly31st. C haplainDoo litt le

or. Hew asapla in unosten

nest sympatheticandsincere .

swiththeboys whether

y learnedtogi ehimunlimited

t.

doccurredonee ent how

tsinall itsmercilessnessthedis

t h e e e c ut i on o s e e n

and14th. Threeo these

ru i ts o t h e 15 t h R o b e r t C l a r e

o C o . E , a nd G eo rg e B e rr y o C o .

ma s B a e r 2 t h N . Y . ;

T i mm on s a nd Du f y

a e r w as s h ot o n t he m or n in g o

pino la andtheremainingsi on

otten. L ieut. Merriamw asplaced

ution. Thef iringdeta ilw as

uads eachcontainingtenmenand

yo the latterpri a te ly to

i s s u a d p u tt i ng a b l an c a r

ns thusnooneinlineabso

spieceisdeadlyor not.

tblind o ldandseatthev ictimon

l is r e ad y t he o f i c er g i e s t he

heorderto f irebute ight

ischargethe irpieces theremain

o ldingthe irsinreser e

y no t p ro e f a t al . I n t h is i n

tw oo thecasestocom

sisalwaysdoneat theclosest

ner esaso ldiermorethan

oarmy li e . Thes irm isher

oo llypic hisv ictimata

estcompunction butwhen

ealreadyin theagonieso

tosatis ycomplete ly thedread

h e v i s i b ly s h ri n s . A f t e r th e



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nedthebodiesandpronounced

e f u r th e r du t y o t h e co r po r al t o

o h i s v i c t im l o os e n th e b an d ag e

thatthebody isplacedina

f in. Theentire f orce

rhedpasttheremains thata ll

disobedience. I nthecases

ictimsw erehardenedw retches

nionso ldiers. Thenight

onw illberememberedby the

treetj a ilasanoccasiono

sed. C lar , C o ll insandB erry

Middletown C onn. They w ith

ecruits reachedthe15that

4th. Thene tday thetrio

March27th— theywere

outsw hilema ingtheirw ay

nesf andtriedandcondemned

he lessonwasasalutary

o C o . A , i s c o rr e ct i n h is l i st o

tanothercaseduring theser

pedit ionconsistingo 75men

tachmentso ca a lryandarti l lery

ar t ed f o r . A p a rt o t h is

th.

tance.

ry . Destinationun now n.



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( C O N T N U E D Y E L L O W F E V E R E X P D T O N

L L S GR E A TF I R E E X P D T O N TO

N .C

eo A tlantareachedN ew

t w a s si g na l i e d b y th e f i r in g o

ottenandagenera lj ubileeo a ll

ingthisuproar how e er there

e o f i c er s o t h e 15 t h wh o c ou l d

ty inthemidsto there o ic

annonw ereboomingwith

pit i lessthanman enteredthe

truc hisv ictim. S ergt.

d ie d th at d ay o y el lo w f e e r. S e e ra l

ndbil iousfe erhadoccurred

utinthecaseo R ogers S ur

symptomsw hichga ehim

H ew asnoa larmist buttothe

departmentq uietly statedhis

atonce butresultspro ed

dgmentandaswellhisgrand

hedisease. Here then

stwhombreastwor swere

idnotbecomegeneraluntil

pt. a tw hichtimethegarrison

t h e 15 t h w as r e mo e d a n d su c h

tedascouldgetaway . P ri a te

onallsides andtheregiment

th i rd o i t s e f e c ti e s e r i c e

nginthee treme.

suresthatcouldbe

abodyo menw eresetin

5th tw oo theo ldcommis-

o thiseminentphysicianthatacaseo thisnatureoccurredas



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daspossibleplaguespots

dtochec thedisease.The

repletion andmanypri ate

orthatpurpose. Thew eather

romthe9thtothe2 tho

ourdeathshadoccurred butonthe

eappearedtota eamoref ata l

meuntilthe31sto O ctober

whichoneormoremem

o u r or f i e o t he 1 5t h di d no t gi e

rblescourge. O nthe4tho

nthadbecomesow ea enedthat

p r o o s t du t y by t h e is t N . C .

nthe istand15tho Octoberthe

destructi e lim it. A terrible

retchedcity . F unera lescorts

ets andtherewerehardly

ndthe il l . NorthandS outh

oronthepo isonstruc , swelter

caseoccurredNo . 6 th and

theboysbegantomend. Not

rousetheirspiritswasthe

andaboutthist ime andthe

edtore lie etheterriblestrain

nd.

iedo yellowf e erat

. T h er e co r d is c o mp i le d f r o m th e

. B e c l e y an d G eo r ge W . S m i th :



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TH E U N I O N . 79

ercenesso theepidemic

madeonthe regimentin

nO ctoberane peditionunder

a isw asdespatchedtoE v ans

natthispoint toinsertthe

1 2 " w h ic h t he v e t er a ns w i ll

somewhatwiththeirpayrolls.

o n n. . V o l . I n a n tr y

O c t ob er 27 1 6 4 .

g.noticesthatsomemeno thisregiment

ero ercoat w hileothersha emutilated

go thecape. Thisisw rong.

panieswillberigidinthe irinspections

issuesasmaybenecessary toha ee eryman

hileallmutila tedclothingwillbereplaced

S A M U E L TO L L E S .

d t .

e mb e r th e e pi d em i c ha d s o f a r

wasorderedto returnto

euponre lie edthe istNorth

soldposts.

interestwasthebigf ire

o ad s t re e ts S u n d a y N o . 2 0 th .

deredoutas af iredepart

rcelyanditappearedprob

tywouldbedestroyed. Se

elyblownupto staythe

a li uorstore inthece lla ro

surroundedbyhea yw oods. Therewasaf ortcommanding



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enso ldiersatthetimeo the

esew ask il ledoutright and

er.Theotherswereco

ditw asonlyby theutmost

ere leasedf romthewrec

edit. Duringthefo llow ing

ga inanditseemedf ora

thedaywouldberepeated.

dinlargenumbersbut

tanceto themilitarywhich

eut. -C o l. Poor P ro ost

rderedthenegroesto f a ll in

dily toldthatitbe ingS unday

ea God slaw byw or ing.

peatedcommandcoupledwith

o l e r i nt o t he i r v e r y f a c e s .

y w ou n de d a t e r wh i ch i n t he

n o C " t h e co l or e d tr o op s f o u gh t

assubdued.

o .22d remindingtheboys

w E ngland. The lasttraceo

andthoughthev acantplacesin

mindedthe li ingo the ir

adrega ineditsner eandelas

w asobser edincampw ithas

was possibleinthecir

nparticular signali ingitsel

ad" inthechapelw iththe

speechesandmusic.

re issuedforanad ance

n st o n t o f e e l t h e en e my a n d i

ty. Thise peditionw ascom

n n. 5 t h R . I . 2 5 th M a ss . i 3 2d N .

a a l ry w i th a s e ct i on o a h o w

einlightmarchingorder w ith

dsi ty roundsammunition.

precededtheothersby

wayat midnightin^ a

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T H E U N I O N . 8 1

hGro e " w hereaha ltw asmade

sunrisetheco lumnstartedand

w henitcameupw iththe

eterri icra in themudandthe

rcew ascompelledtogo into

df ata lto theob ecto

tmorning( S unday Decem

aining butthecommandgot

oc , t h e 12 t h N . Y . C a a l ry i n

m. struc therebe loutposts.

underascatteringf ireuntil

asreached— about4p. m. — w here

sreportedtherein orcement

de layabo ementioned and

de erred. Theca a lryand

thatnightandbecame

e tmorningwhilescout

erecompelledto f all

uthwestC ree tothemainf orce .

andthef orcesgathered

entymilesweremade

m. theco lumnreachedC ore

ca m p a c o ld h u ng r y t i re d

. A marcho ninemilesthe

5thhadthead anceand

eduponbyguerril las brought

r s C r e e a n d th e nc e b y ca r s to

ed w iththee ceptiono the

themostdisagreeableandf ruit less

te erundertoo .

heo f icia lreporto the

lyw ereengagedwiththeenemy :

Y . C a a l ry

e w B e r ne N . C ,

n A s s t . A d t . G en . :

thehonortoreportthatinaccordancewith

I startedw ithmycommand w hichcon

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men atday lightonthe iothinstant andpro

e , " w h er e I r e po r te d i n pe r so n t o C o l . C h a s.

nstructedbyhimtota ethead anceo the

. O n r e a ch i ng ' ' M o se l y s F o r d I

enemyw how erestationedbehindri le

, anddro ethemf romtheirposit ion

eds irm ishersandmyhow it ersection.

t w es t C r e e , ' ' o n t he n i gh t o t h e nt h i ns t . ,

sf romtheC olone lcommandingtosenda.

manduptheroadtowardsKinstonto" f ee l"

ron underthecommando C apt. V an

a p ar ty o a bo ut f i t y ( 5 0 o t he e ne my s c a

beyondS outhwestB ridge anddro e

themorningo the12thinst. I sent

rsunderthecommando L ieut. Pierson w ho

emile f romS outhwestB ridgeby the

arti l lery andcompelledtoretirea terha

sion.

e12thinst. theenemy sarti l leryengaged

outhwestB ridge butw eresilenceda ter

abouttwentyminutes.

S o u th we s t C r e e a b ou t 9 a . m. 1 2 th i n st .

houtanyoccurrence onthemorningo

ecasua lt iesandse i ures.

nn C troop ta enprisonerbetw een

dKinston onthechargeo theenemyon

D a i d so n h o wi t e r s ec t io n s l ig h tl y w ou n d

shellduringthearti l le ryengagementat

hemorningo the12thinst.

onemorta lly inhow it ersectionduring

atSouthw estB ridgeonmorningo the

l o st i n c ha r ge o C a p t . V a n V a l e n bu r gh

to nthinst.

a b an d on e d as u n i t t o tr a e l .

C a p t. H . W a t i n s I t r oo p a n d in s e r

euo oneabandoned.

troop.

dturnedo ertoR egt lQ . M.

a o r 12 th N . Y . C a a lr y



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I .

TH E Y E A R 1 6 5 E X P D T O N TO L I T T E

N E X P D T O N TO C O L E R A I N A R R I V A L

R O M S H E R MA N ' S A R M — S E C O N D R A I D

A S H I N G TO N D PA R T U R E F R O M N E W

E A DV A N C E O N K I N S T O N .

dwithoutmorethanordinary

o theacti ity inw arcir

perationso GrantandS her

w ascomparati e lyquiet.

pswithinthestateat thistime

" thosew hohadenlistedf orits

e pectedneitherto lea e its

essi e . ( Manysuchw eremet

erneandK instonin1 92.

orcesatthef ormerplaceaf airly

toplease itse l andtodo

omeamostpopularo f icer

heR e . J ohnB . Doo litt le

dtrappingsasaC hristmasgi t.

butebestow eduponan

n.

blac sce lebratedtheanni

ncipationproclamationw ithcon

anywillremember. O nthe9th

e3dN. Y . batteryw ounding

ew eatherw asmildandthe

e ce llent.

f i t y m en u n de r C o l .

endays rations w asdispatched

nareconnoissance. I t

moref orcethanw ase pected

ayw ithse era lmenw ounded

orthetreatmentrece i ed.



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sosuccess ulasthat

derC apt. R obertO. B radley

radleyw ith150meno the

ecompanyo theL oya lNorth

nderC apt. Hone tw opiecesarti l

e andthew holeundercom

, l e t N e w B e r ne o n th e 1 t h a nd

he21sttoC o lera in ( sceneo

ileatthe landingatthe latter

anga lea andw entdow nin

rw ithherstemontheban ;

ew B ernef oranothertrans

struc outonane pedit ioninto

urcit i ensw erearrestedf or

mationtotheenemyandthe ir

iscated. A mongthe items

ourba lescotton se enba leso

i n g to b ac c o 1 1 1 b o e s p l u g

112to115 poundseach

a lue. Thera idstruc ter

strict andnoresistance

ran gotaw aywiththesupplies

neunharmed.

ebruarymilitarymo ements

nts.I twasthedeter

rnmentto f orcemattersto

seasonw oulda llow . Tothis

ef orcesinNorthC aro linaw as

comingupf romtheS outh.

tq uantit ieso lumberand

edtoB achelor sC ree , to

son theroutetoward

strongdetachmentw as

eadC ity . Onthe12thatra in

r o m S h e rm a n s a r m y a n d on

enf romI ll inoisreachedour

nintheser icef i emonths

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T H E U N I O N . 8 5

heyweredesignedas

n s a r my b u t so p o or l y f i t t e d f o r

ndser iceo thatarmyasto

cordinglytheywereassigned

amf ordril landinstructions.

dw asde isedonLitt le

redmeno the15thand200

w i th f o u r ho w it e r s un d er c o m

m o the latterregiment started

e 15 t h wi t h tw o o t h e

byboat; theothersby

onw asreachedne tday

orcesj o inedandlayoutside

ghtw henthe in antry

Thene tmorning( 19th

andagaindeployedoutside

apt. Grahamw ithhisca a lry in

surroundingcountry

andwounduptheday by

o u r o f i c er s a n d tw e nt y -o n e

-embar edonthe" E scort

ernew ithoutthe losso a

ebruary tw oo f icersand59men

c a a l ry v o l u n ta r il y c am e i nt o c am p

f o llowedthene tdayby

ameregiment. Thisaction

ourage.Theair beganto

eapproachingdisso lutiono

the2 ththeregimentw as

t hs p a y a n d on M a rc h i st t h e

romulgated:

o B e a u o r t

M ar ch is t 1 6 5 .

ct e clusi eo postgarrisonsand

e23dC orps w il lbetemporarilyorgani ed

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o anhourw asmadef ordin

hemostpartlay throughw oods

ea ternoontheroadw asf ound

ntimbertodelay themarch.

assagef ortheartillery.

eptw ellinad ance butnoenemy

e eningwhenC apt. Graham

rebelpic etposts. Thef orce

no therailroadw iththeDo er

e r to o t h em a n d a ha l t wa s

asthrownoutandthe bri

placew ask now nas" Gum

orningo the7th thef o llowingorderw as

2dDi ision

t.

h a m

ade 2dDi ision:

mportanttohusbandthearti l le ryammuni

able hopeyouw illnotpermitthesections

ndthe irammunitionuse lessly . Whenthere is

ingyourshotsdoe ecution thengi e itto

. I a m C o l o n el y o ur s r es p ec t u l ly

B . G . C o m ma nd in g.

egoing thef o llowingmem

. U pham w rittenhurriedly

aper:

e h i s he a d u a r t er s a t or n e ar J a c s o n s

erightascloseaspossibletoS outhw est

w it h G en . Pa l me r s l e t . M a o r C i a r s o n wi t h

a a lry tomo eontheB rit ishroad his

tow ardstheupperTrentroad. B ev ery

in ormationpossiblew ithregardto

pt h o c r ee , a s w el l a s o e n em y s s t re n gt h

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e t s we r e ca l le d i n at n o on a n d

dew asorderedf orw ard. The

n. P al m er s d i i s io n h a d re a ch e d

ious andestablishedits

e o theenemy.The

dorderstore lie ethisregiment

place intheF irstdi ision.

tt inghisopeningremar s

n ar r at i e w e q u o t e C o l .

a d u a rt e rs 1 5 TH C o n n . V o l . I n a n tr y

p r il 15 1 6 5 .

M o rs e

a t e o C o n n . :

ho MarchthearmymarchedonK inston

2 d B r i ga d e in a d a n ce t a i n g th e D o e r

o thew ay lay throughswampsandw as

y fe lledtrees w hichhadtobecutthrough

theartil le ryandtra ins. N oenemywas

hw estC ree , w henitw ase identthatthey

assageo thatstream andheldthecross

antrywellentrenched. A bout2p. m.

r de r ed t o t he l e t t o r el i e e a p o rt i on o t h e 2d

n t h en a t J a c s o n s M i ll s . A r r i i n g th e re

o t h e is t B a t t al i on ( L i e ut . C o l . T ol l es , w e re

s theremaindero thebatta lionf urnish

ic etlineconnectingwiththe troopson

thso amiledistant. Theotherbrigadeso

am p a t W i se s F o r s a m i le a n d a ha l i n

sco eredbyca a lry w how eredirectedto

pperTrentroad w hichw ouldprecludethe

ypassingourle tun now ntous. During

ne underL ieut. C o l. To lles w aspushed

undredyardso theenemy sw or sand

a. m. o the8 th theenemyopenedonusw itharti l-

dbyourguns andthes irm ishersbecame

i ingin ormationthatabodyo theenemy

donourle t I o rderedthe27thMass. into

formingacrosstheB rit ishroadw iths ir

thf lan s. A boutnoontheenemymade

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ttac uponthe27thMass.Directing

the15thchangef ronttomeetit andthe

tthecrossingo theB rit ishroad I pro

ndf oundtheenemytoha epossession

i e l d a n d a d a n ci n g ra p id l y g a in e d th e r oa d s

mmunicationw ithL ieut. C o l. To llesand

hesametimetheenemyad ancedonour

urpic etline intwo a lmostcomplete ly sur

oweresooncompelledtosurrender.

pingwasL ieut.B owman whowithaf ew

ahotf iretoma ethe irescape. F roman

a g g w h o wa s p re s en t o n th e 8 t h a n d a t e r

learnthattherearattac w asmadeby

6 , 0 00 s tr on g

e ce i e d b y me o t h e ap p ro a ch o t h e

romtheGeneralcommandingha ingf a llen

nemy .

osso C apt. B assett. Hew asmortally

shline j ustbe oretherearattac . H e

h u l o f i ce r.

torecei ereportsf romcommanding

u na b le t o g i e a m or e c om pl e te r e po r t b u t wi l l f o r

k nown.Theregimentisatpresent

A R L E S L . U P H A M

gR egiment.

theengagement.

edingreport C ompaniesA ,

I , C a p t . B u t t ri c s w er e o rd e re d t o

ndthebrigademo edf orw ard

ryopenedf ireandthere

oratimebutw ithlitt lee f ect.

theN. Y . regimenttheC on

sseeingtheboldstandta enby

crossthecree andopenedascat

w oundingaf ew men. C o l.

w ingso the15thoneach

a di n g f r o m W i s e s F o r s t o

I , 3 d N . Y . A r ti ll er y ( 2 g u ns a

Mass. C o l. B artho lomew

d o n th e e t r em e l e t a t a r i g ht a n gl e

e 15 t h. [ S e e d ia g ra m .



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e n. C a r t e r s l i ne o b a tt l e ( o r

r d i d no t e c e ed 5 0 0 ya r ds .

J a c s o n s M i ll s o n S o u t hw e st

nearbyw hichhadnow cometo

de endthiscrossingthe

mallearthw or initsrear

unso a lightbattery .

the e eningo the

mpaniesA andI w erepushed

andk now ingthatdisco ery in

therebe lf ire protected

e enseastheyw ereableto

napsac s anda litt leearth

andplates.( Therewas

company . I tw asnotmuch

ser edpartia lly toconcea lthem

.Thenightpassedq uietly

pwithin ourlines.I tdoes

i n c om m an d o t h e f o r c e

isioncommandersw ith

theyw ouldprobablymeet and

artercommunicatedany

rigadeo f icers.

ementseemsw retchedly

tacompetenthead. Nopa ins

r te r t o mo e u p h is r e se r e s

or s. The17thand25thMass.

oughit issupposedthef ormer

l an . I f s o i t ga e n o

c h o H o e s f o r ce s n e t d a y

hroughli eatorrenton

e s i d es t h is i t c an n ot b e s ho w n th a t

westC ree atanyotherplace

lsw ascontemplated onaccounto

ollenf romtherecentrains

cesshouldha ebeencon

sdi isionquietlyw entinto

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sposit iono f orces unless

seemshardly justi iablewhile

scountry . On theotherhand

C o hadinstructionsno

optheenemy andawaitorders

mmanderScho ie ld. Onething

thatw hate erpo licyhemay

h e l e t e n ti r el y o ut o s i gh t t he

herebelcommanderassuming



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bytheC on ederateartillery

t th e m il l s h or t ly a t e r 9 o c l oc

th. Theposit ionw asasindi

ram.The15th wasearly

orthatmatterithadbeeninline

ery littlee posureo f orces

pearingparticularlyan iousto

. Y . battery repliedtothe

tso themorningw erethus

ge. The in antrywasq uiet as

ingforposit ion ande cept

ere waslittletoindicatethe

ngforcesuntilaboutthe

o n w h en t h e so u nd o m u s e t r y

tirredupintheboysthe

thebeginningo thestruggle

w or upthe lineuntila ll

h istheywerenotdisappointed

amegeneralandwascon

hours butw ithfew ercasua l

e ct j u d ge d b yt h e f o r c e * i n

o itsf ire . Theattentiono

asthusnota llowedtobe

omthebusinesstheyhadon

w oreaw ay. A l itt lea ter11

C o l . U p h a m o t h e ad a n ce o

h ro a d o n h is f l a n . H e

erstoa ertthisattac , but

dthatbe oreourf orces

ew ithhiscommandhadsw ept

0 0 by C o l . T o ll e s in T h e De m oc r at i c L e e r S e p t. 2 1 7 1 .



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e15thC onn regimentatK ins

hemchangef rontthreeseparate

asi onparade. Wehadto

oretheywouldsurrender.

o f icersandmenw ereentit led

sonerso w ar andI be lie e

meinstancesw ereshow nthem.

ud n ot w i n in t h is u n e u a l c o n

t h e re a r t h e f l a n , a s t or m o

moment w asthinningtheir

t he y we r e sw i t l y be i ng e n e l op e d

enMa orO sbornere luctantly

at andthebatta liontoo to

se le topenf orescape. On

n ow f r e ed f r o m al l h in d ra n ce

ictoriousf orcecanproduce.

ngf ullyoccupiedwithbusiness

now o thebrea behindthem

ht themf romtherear.

nosignso w a ering. L ieut.

o C o . C . ( s u pp o rt t o C a p t . B u t

ingw ithhismeninaditch w asthe

ro u t o t h e le t w i ng . I n t h e na t

ew ouldha erece i edanimme

butnonecame. He" he ld

emywasw ithintenrods w hen

rightandreportedtoC o l.

e f irstintimationthe

t h e ne a rn e ss o t h e en e my . H e

call inthes irm ishers andit

ndtoC apt. B uttric sthat

C o . D w as w o un d ed . B y t h i s ti m e

rmationandtherew asagen

struc f orthew oodson

posedGen. Pa lmer sdi is

ss irm ishersw erethe last

butonceunderw ay they ranon

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ha ecarriedhimalongtoo

priateandin accordancewith

ohissuperioro f icerthan

soughtoutC o l. To lles. H im

onaf i e - ra ilf encenearhis

arently themostunconcernedman

theenemywasstil lk eptup

stlingaroundhim. " Welh

C o l on e l v e r y ca l ml y " w h at t h e

"

th e r ep l y " f o r u s to l e a e t h is

w e wa s n t w a nt e d he r e. A n d

nsbadegood-byetohead

dinthew a eo theretreating

moreto relateinconnection

f lighto lessthanathousand

rceranplumpintothenet

m. A strongdetachmento the

thecree low erdow nand

wenthedi isionso C arter

f e e r y a e n ue o e s ca p e f o r

rf o llowedasamattero

w asw ithC o. C , inthe le t

inandF inniganhadit in

pelledattheircapturetogi e

aswiththerightw ing in

ubbardandMar in. B y the

" theysucceededingainingthe

to-day intheC apito lat

ersacredre licso theS tate .

ollowedthecaptureo the

nies " tousethecurrentw ar

gh o u r bo y s r e li e i n g th e m

aportablenature . A f ew

t as t h e Y a n w a sn t i n v e r y

dictatehowhewould

l ly e nd e d by h i s gi i n g up e e r y-



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other. B ruta lityw asinsome

nyo thecapturedmen

ssertiono theNorthC aro lina

o thatspecia lleniencyw asshow n

uc yade ense. F orinstance

c eddow nwiththebreecho a

co a t ta e n b y a C o n e d er a te

lsowassnatchedby apri

s g o ld w at c h wa s t a e n f r o m

rdredeemedwithC apt. White s

r g e ss w a tc h w as t a e n e t c. e t c.

whowas notcompelledto

ndtohiscaptor.

swor borelittlesimilarity

hemorning.Thecompanies

t h e o f i c er s t h e ga l la n t

lly intrepidB ishopwere

helattermorta lly . C apt. B assett-

iteandLieut. B urritthadeach

a n d f i l e t we n ty - o u r we r e

wounded.

thecasualtieso theregi

romtheC onn. R ecord:

t R o b e r t O . W i l l i am s

lbridgeWright

. M . C a m p

U N D D.

o h n Mo o re

nE. Pa lmer

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B auer

U N D D.

M. White

r

U N D D.

.

U N D D.

r g t . . e g el m ey e r m or t l y .

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U N D D.

y L i e ut . B u r r it t

H e n r y T . H o a dl e y

sonS. S mith

.

U N D D.

o r p. F r a n P hi li ps ( m or t l y.

o h n K e a rn e y ( m o rt a ll y .

o n at h an M o rs e J r .

a r e yE . B u r ns

sF isher

o hn D .J e n i ns

s Ta t e

the2dB rigade 2dDi ision

dorsedasf o llows: 15thC onn.

o un d ed a n d mi s si n g 1 5 o f i c er s 6 5 7

. — K il led w oundedandmiss

2 00 m en .

u ta nt R a n d L i eu t. B o w ma n w it h

dedingettingclearo theenemy .

tremeright.A singular

ta linterposit ionhappenedto

o litt leduringtheengagement.

lorso therightw inghe

ubbardtoretireouto

sf ire j ustthenbecominga larm

ndemurred claimingit

side" theboys" buta ter

ctantly f e llbac . A pri a te

pedintothevacantseatand

hisf ie ldw asthereco ery

B ible lostonitatthattime. I t

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T H E U N I O N . 101

adssowellthatI w entdownone

totheo ldH ullroadaheado

artedbac tosee i I could

o r I d i d no t wa n t th e J o h nn i es t o

no t g on e f a r b e o r e I m e t th e

battle f ie ldandtheya ll

t h e f i r s t wa s L o p e r t h e

rtt imecameC ol. Uphamand

I t h in t h at h e b el o ng e d to t h e 17 t h

onhorsebac , andshortlya ter

ubbardw iththeoldf lagf lutter

himyouw ouldthin thathe

J ohnnies' w eresendingthe

hm a s f a s t a s t he y c ou l d b u t he

aphicallydescribeshis

w iththenationa lcolorand

only thattheguardw as

nw henw ithdraw ntocompara

p t i t f l y in g i n th e f a c e o t h e en e my

angetargetgreatly tothe

h e f o r c es i n r es e r e .

. T ow ne r o C o . C . * " T he

eredatthe millweresent

af ie ldhospitalintherearo

erethosew oundsre uiring

edressedby theC on ed

atthisplacethatPa lmer o

mamputated. Tow ardnightw e

ree anduptoK inston. We

buildingstandingonthe

u a re a t e r cr o ss i ng t h e ri e r .

ereattendedto andthesur

alongin thenight.A s

w erepassedintoanupperroom

orandf ortunatew erethey

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r e nc h o C o . E , * " I t to o u s

inston distancef ourmiles-

heboysk eptj o iningus

cers. Wearri edthereat4

. m. w henwew ereputonthe

dsboro w herew earri edat9

it e s pe a i ng o t he m at te r s ay s: " W e

cloc p. m. andta ento

astrongposit ionw ithintherebe l

therew ef oundsomemen

. W. B ishopinablan et.

ssiontoassist them.S oon

Ma . O sbornew asbroughtin.

l remainedw ithO sborneand

ncecamef orthemathal -past

m is s io n o D r . Ma t he w s t h e C o n

remainw iththem w hichwas

mcom ortableasw ecouldon

dstayedby themwithouta

onthetrainf orGoldsboro

mpletewithoutallu

omeo itso f icersconcern

Q u o t in g C o l . T ol l es % " W h i l e

df ight consideringtheodds

eun ortunate innotrece i ing

erej ustlyentitled.That

ntnoonecandeny.The

mustnotrestw iththe15th. butw ith

ando thearmy . Therew as

o v igilance inthatdirection.

ead ance k nowingthat

rceo morethandoublethe ir

teenhourshadbeencontending

thistimesome6 , 000or7 000

somethingo eramile inour

o llections. $ SeeDemocraticL e er 1 71.



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o r ce m en t s to a r ri e p r e

nK inston notdreaming

ightingo aseriousnature

heyw ouldbeca lledupon

elingthussecurethe

are ulgenera lshouldha e

ereneglected.This

tuneo the15th andw hilew e

ongenoughf orGen. C arterto

pidblunderbyconcentratinghis

e c ei e d f r o m t h at o f i c er t h e

syandrightshouldha e

o emo edonthemain

oundthementire lyunprepared

a in: " O urlitt le iso latedbrigade

w asthemainco lumn he ldat

c e c om p os e d o H o e s C h e a t

S . D . L e e s d i i s io n s un t il G e ns .

apprisedo thedangerandin

w asnot andw eallk new

ightingchance. Theonly

rstithadbeenpossible f orus

orthemainco lumntogetin

lt. F oratimea terwards the

e i s t as a f i g ht i ng f o r ce i n t he

cedinthemosttryingposit ion

he loto so ldiers andithadhero

mingf orceo theenemy in

ceasedtobeasurprise .

o theLyonR egiment. The

ostmemorabledate ina ll its

ycloseditw asonatornand

w asinKinston apart( the

a n d a pa r t ( C o . K ) o n t he w ay

d r ap i dl y n ea r in g W i s e s F o r s

edthethan so Gen. C arterf oritsga llantry inF ie ldO rder



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rceattentionw illbedirected

f ortuneso itsimprisonedcom

apt. Munson remainedaspro

r n e u nt i l re l ie e d b y th e 1 t h

h7th. Onthe8 th ittoo

rK inston go ingabouttwenty

era ilroadw asa a ilable and

ods. Thene tmorninga

ughtitto themainarmyat

t h i s c om p an y t he r e mn a nt s o t h e

thitscoloneland itscolors

ani ation.

arter sf orcesinthrowing

heTrentroadandother

es. Toward6 o cloc the

edhispic etlinebutw as

se e r al i n e f e c tu a l as s au l ts . T he

eentirenight wasemployed

arationforthecomingstruggle.

heU nionf orcestowithdraw

obablethattheenemywould

t.

nn musteredfordutyas

a s. L . U p h a m L i e ut . P . C . R a n d

C o . K . B e s i d es t h e ab o e

ourothersnotnamed and219

specialdutyand6 in

a to t al o 2 3 .

ddamp.R ainhad

ringthenightandthe intense

ad antagetobothsides. B etw een

. therebels irm ishersmadethe ir

ontheUnionbreastw or sw as

aneu ering andGen. C arterdis

tit . The15thhadaplace in

snotuntilnoonthattheenemy



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couragetoma eadirectassault.

Thisw asv a liantly repulsed

e secondchargewas

w ithnobetterresults. A f ter

ttac morev iciousthanthe

centre buthereaga inthe

e ua l andthecolumnso the

time.Therewas noq ues

in t h is a t ta c . I n s p it e o t h e

armedtothevery f ooto our

l e to a d a n ce f a r th e r an d r e u s in g

orceswerea li e immo able .

o f i g ht i ng f o r a n ho u r or m o re

ercould wish.O urartillery

rtinthis engagement send

rtrangethatit wasneces

iono thebreastw or sthat

e ecution. A s intimated the

a s re n ew ed a g ai n o n th e l e t a n d

ht butbothweree ua lly

saultsanumbero theenemy

ourlinesandsurrendered.

con lictandGen. Ho ew ith

. The15thsustainedno loss

i l t o r ec e i e i t s sh a re o t h e en e my s

w asamplymadeupto itonthe ioth.

, a n a id o n G en . P al m er s

swhathesaw o thef ightonthe ioth.

ad r a n up t o o ur l i ne I f o u nd a

tnotengaged. L oo ingo er

po int I saw directly inf ront

distant arebe lbrigade

oracharge. Turningtothe

O f f i c er w h yd o y ou a l lo w t ha t f o r m

ealmostmo ingenemy . ' W ait

w a s th e c oo l r ep l y. ' O p e n

byordero Gen. Palmer ' I



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andinamomentmorethe

htothe stormingcolumn

ttoco er. Passingf urther

eune pectedlyonL ieut. B ow

the15thandthenationa l

irst learnedo thedisasterto

posingf orcewasto

n b ac o n K i n s t on a n d f r o m t he

mo ef romburningsupplies

i d en t a n e a c ua t io n o t h at

as donesohurriedly

werele tbehind.The

e sF or suntilthe14th

cupyKinston. It mo ed

hea ternoon andattempted

modeo na igationw asnot

dapontoontrainw assentf orf rom

e d n e t d a y a n d al l h an d s we r e

o cloc andw entintocampon

ity. Dr. Ho lcombehadpre

spitalintheL eno irHouse

recarried. F atigueparties

oremidnightavery respectable

regiment.

spreparedbyC apt.George

andreadatthereunionthatyear.

6 5 i t b ec a me a p pa r en t t o th e

nN orthC aro linathatthe

omethingmore instorefor

disusedporto entrydis

running actingaspro ostguard

ttleris y butnon-glorious

heenemy scountry . We

ncedthatwhenwewentinto

w enttocarry thef lag andcarry



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TH E U N I O N .

nthe lastf ew months a ll

othisconclusion.Grant

andaroundR ichmond

ceptf orthemerestse l -de ense

eraga inwouldaf orcebe

nunderhiscommand tocap

outherntow ninUnionhands.

eontheheelso B utleronthe

theverymomentw hileB utler

gressthe impossibil ityo do ing

erasI nlet hadactua lly cap

e f e c ti e l y se a le d t he p o rt o

o us andS herman—

seh — hada lmost" w or ed

b b y d is e mb o we l in g t he C o n e d

olute lynothingtoclingtoe ither

ptitstwoarmiesinthef ie ld

ston andlea ingtothosetw o

thattheironlypossiblehope

somewhereandbegina

lidate? WouldL eeremain

ohnstonstri e tounitewithhim?

noneo theclosedports pos

ndho ldaposit ionw hereLeecould

hiswasacasew hicho f icers

sedonlyinanundertone

e d is c us s ed i t e e r yw h er e w e

ly timesinN orthC aro lina .

w erenotmista enin

t h es e " l i e l y ti m es w ou l d

e lotitw astooperatef rom

ne. I ndicationsweresoonseen

oot- loose inthe iro ldf ie lds

ow w ithusinf uturemarches.

anuary theentire23dA rmy

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ereonthe linew hichTerryhad

ginthecaptureo W ilm ington

i e t h ou s an d o t h is f o r ce u n de r

a r te d v i a M o re h ea d C i t y f o r N e w

l C o s u pe r se d ed P a lm e r in c o m

reorgani ationaswasnecessary

dmo emento theentire

y ar r i e d w as a t o nc e p ro i d ed

and27thMass. w ereconstituted

S e c o n d Di i s io n D i st r ic t o

ce d u nd e r co m ma n d o C o l . U p h a m

o storeshadmeantimebeen

rne andonThursday March

dmarchingorders. C arsw ere

a c he l or s C r e e , w h i c h wa s t he n

loadleadingtoKinston and

d a t e r de b ar i n g t o D o e r s

a nc e o f i e m i le s a n d en c am p ed

herwasasun indtousas

ouacforthenightw asmadeina

.

erGen.C o , didnotlea e

e tday andthe27thMass. had

a y M a rc h 3 d t h e 15 t h br o e

archedtoC oreC ree , w herew e

i ne d b y B a t te r y C , 3 d N . Y .

inednearlya llday butclearedup

ourbi ouacinlightmarching

misedtoha elesso discom

emainedhereduringSatur

e 4t h a nd 5 t h a n i o us l y e p e ct i ng

ompaniments andf ina lly on

e d . I t i s a v e r y ea s y th i ng f o r a

ncetoorderswith" three

r sa c , a s w e ha d o n Th u rs d ay

oeasyathingtoma etheo ld



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s. ha ingreportedonSunday

ightarti l le ryandas uadron

posedtobeactingw iththebri

easto eachw aspresentandon

rch7th.

onthatnight the15thwas

nproperorderf orbattle . I tw as

etandobser ation andthat

omef ourhundredw estern

hattanooga w hichwereenroute

herman andw hichhadbeen

sthenearestw ayo reaching

emporarilyincorporatedin

eo thembeingassignedto

additionalcompaniesbeing

redbydeta ilf romourregiment.

awmen almostine ualnum

nsomerespectsnotanad an

dril lo rdiscipline had o

e in t h e " 1 5 t h C . V . " a n d

mentmoreunwieldythanit

ntemplate i underf ire . On

cc e ss o m e n C o l . U p h a m

eparatebatta lions L ieut.-

o therightw ing andMa or

h therightw ingw ason

he a y s i r mi s h li n e in f r o nt o

w o r s o n t he w es t s id e o S o u th

onlyaboutthreehundredyards

he linee tendinga longour

t h e Do e r r oa d . Th e l e t w i ng

w as i n l i ne a b ou t f i e h u nd r ed

e s i r mi s h li n e a n d to t h e le t

iththeDo erroad. The27th

erighto thesameroad and

o l. Uphamw ereaboutonehun

ntherearo the27thMass.



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. A r t il l er y C a p t . C a n n c o mm an d ed

naboutona linew iththe le t

e27thMass. Theentirebri

ghto March7th. N of ires

co f eew aspossible. A t incup

om e s am i ss t o a s ol d ie r a n d be o r e

w asq uitew ellprotectedby

dirt" w hicheachso ldierhad

withhisplateorcupf oraspade

dar nessw henhew asa

sthansleepy .

iringf romtherebelbat

light ando coursew ew ere

uieti the J ohnniesdid. The

enchedinourimmediatef rontand

s w asnotlessthan2 500men.

essthanha l asmany. O ur

ter sDi ision inthev icinity

n e ar l y tw o mi l es i n o ur r e ar . I t w i ll

rebrigadewasreally" on

teetho a largely superiorf orce

whate ermadeforasupport

n cy . C r o s si n g th e J a c s o n s

rearo ourbrigadeandlead

h e B r i ti s h ro a d a n d on t h is a s

e t w aspostedadetachment

a a lr y.

ietly themennotonthe

o r t h e ir c o f e e a n d at a b ou t 7

ss. w asmo eddow ntheB rit ish

urle tw ing andf ormedacross

miletoourle tanda litt le to

therebelsopenedw itha llthe ir

tasli e ly f orusastheycould

he irwor sandchargingus.

dly andourpic etlinega e

gethisheadabo ethebreast-



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beenourposit ionf acedtheother

r e a n d ga e t h e or d er t o " r a ll y

hew esternrecruitswerethe

da llw erethere inlessthan" one

Therewasa lullf o ra

w f aceds uare ly toourf ormer

w andmanyo the27thMass.

nginf romw hatw asnow our

ohnniesga eusbutlitt le

ingo the le tw inghadbeen

andthathadbeenvery

e.Therebelscouldnottell

gtheme ceptasthey j udged

admadethatli e lyenoughto

ous. H adourbrigadebeen

ieldonthisoccasion

w ou l d ha e m ar c he d o e r u s wi t ho u t

dattac edthemainco lumn.

wasdoing owingtoour

ow w ithw hatw asle to

hus ga etherebsanother

thematbay f orsomelitt le time.

how e er thatw hentheyshould

morerushf orw arda llw ould

pt. White thin ingtheremight

rtherightw ingtoescape

directiono theNeuse

theco lorbearerstoC o l. To llesw ith

hopingthereby tosa ethem

meanstheco lorsw eregotten

tthatmomentthethic esto

o r p . Ge o rg e W . M a n i l l e o C o .

at h w ou n d wh i le m a i n g th e e f o r t.

e n ue o e s ca p e f o r t h e ri g ht w i ng

o llessoonfoundw henhemo ed

werecompletelyhemmed

allyprisonerso w arthough

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le twingandthe 27th

edesperation.Therewas

w th e re w as n o t f o r u s a f i g ht i ng

hchf romthef irst ithad

ow astoga intimef orthe

dinessf ortherebelassault.

c ti e l y as t o e nt i re l y de e a t th e

w hi ch w as t o ta e C o ' s m ai n

ri e itbac indisorderto

de w hichHo esupposed

heldatbay theentirerebe l

H o e s C h e at ha m s a nd p ar t o

io n s u n ti l t he d i i s io n s o R u g e r an d

pprisedo thedangerand

w asthentoo latef orthe

conno iterf orposition and

ttac onthene tday they

o di i s io n s en t ir e ly r e ad y t o re c ei e

w epoureda li e lyvo lley into

uarters w hichstaggeredthe ir

bringitonw ithamoref uri

andthen asw ew ellk new

ymarchedo erusinhow ling

onerso w ar. C apt. B assett

e ad f r o m a gu n sh o t wo u nd M a o r

ishopw erebothmorta lly

meno the15thC onn. andthe

temporarilytoitweredead

nf ortyothersw erewounded

sasprisonerso w ar.

n n c e as e d to e i s t as a

f ie ld. I thadbeenplacedinthe

he erf a llstothe loto

o icallyhe ldano erw helming

nchec untilhisattac ceasedto

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TH E U N I O N .

ua ltermsandgetmost

nceasprisonerso war

atne eraregimentmarched

terrightto f ee lthatithad

ndw ell. Thef ault i f ault

rbrigadew herearebelf orceo

ncouldcomebetw eenitandthe

f romtherear w ascerta inly

igade oro itsco lone lcommand

er icee erhadbetterreason

nderingtoanenemy ino er

dthe15thatS outhWest

a o s u rr e nd e r wa s n e e r f o r a

itherbyo f icersormen. The

altostandinthe wayo

l o ng a s p os s ib l e t o m a e n o

surrender andtoceasef ighting

eenforcedouto ourhands

bers. Thiswedid tothesac

i n de e d b u t th a t in a s p ir i t as

mateaso ldier.

o b r a e r y mi g ht b e m en

t buttomentionsometo

r s wo u ld b e i n i d io u s. O n e h o w

b e na m ed a s t yp i ca l o a l l w i th

ny . Lieut. E dw inB ishop

bledf athersti l l l i esinthis

tanto the15th duringthisen

andbeingA ctingA ssistantA d

ebrigade. WhenC ol. To lles

o ehiss irm ishlineby the

itnecessarilyde o l edon

ey theorder. Todothishe

groundw hichhada lldaybeen

ebelin antry f ireatshort

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opw entwitha llthea lacrity

ouldonanerrando pleasure

e lbulle tpiercedhisspineand

oa idcouldreachhim his

eserthim. A llthata ternoon

scarriedhim totheold

anduntiltw odaysa ter

dto lea ehimly ingonthe

ro u nd H o s p i ta l i n G ol d sb o ro i n

aptors hecon ersedascheer

harmed a lthoughhew ellk new

ays probablybutaf ew hours

r u l h ou r s o m i se r y he w on t h e

oneo hiscomrades w how ere

ndina lastf arewellby the

w hichhef acedthedeathhe

yw hotheregottheirdeath

e.

inawasnow rapidlye acu

s. Thearmyhadf a llen

the13th Gen. C arterissued

cialcopyo w hichwassent

d u a rt e rs 2 D D i i s io n

t

, M ar ch 13 1 6 5 .

)

desirestoe presshisthan stothe

hiscommandforthe irga llantry intheaction

ch w iththeco-operationo aportiono the

d C o r p s r e pu l se d a s e e r e a t ta c o t h e en e my

iorf orcecon idento turningourle t.

S herman sarmyandtheold armyo the

otherin coolnessandsteadiness while

orthef irstt imeunderf iree hibiteda

chpromisestoma ethemthee ualso the

f ie lds. B ycommando

. P. C A R T R .

A . G .



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TH E U N I O N . I J 7

o i s su e d an o r de r t r an s

n f r o m th e 2 d Di i s io n

stDi isionunderPa lmer.

ostduty inKinston. The

themsel escom ortable and

mo edtw oorthreetimes at

e s ta b li s hi n g it s el o n t he J o h n C .

magni icentsiteo erloo ing

o n.

byacomradef atthe

e re ea lsanebbtide in

w rites " Ourrationsnow

o ur h ar d ta c , a s po on u l o c o f e e

ga r . F e e li n g th e n ee d o s o me

heandthreecompanions

oragingonthe irow naccount

s 2 d o . e g gs 1 p e c m e al

mmolasses. [ I t isnottobe

ly instanceo thek ind

entwerenotarduous.They

ceduties.Therail

andw ithinaw ee a ter

citytrainswereregularlyrun

eboysbuiltroomyq uarters

nderthesoothingw armtho the

a y .

A p r il i s t: " T o -d a y S c o t t an d

a n d wi t h th e u se o s o me

hw e' drew ' andourshe lter

ortable litt lehouse8 f eets uare

upin. Madeabun w ide

hw eplacedtw otic sf i l led

e a f l o or a n d do o r o g o o d si e .

e a w r it i ng d e s , a c h ai r a s t oo l

G . W . S m i th o K . % D i ar y .



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partureo theprisonersfor

E L DO N C L O V E R S TA T O N S A L I S B U R Y

E U T. B I S H O P DA N V I L L E D A TH O F

O R N E — C O R PO R A L P H I L L I P R I C H M O N DA N D

O N P A R O L E O F T H E 1 5TH .

The15thwasta enby

Kinstonduringthea ter

edup. A lle ceptthe

af ew allow edtoremainw ith

tra inf orGo ldsboro N . C . ;

9 o c l oc i n t he e e n in g .

dinthe F airGrounds an

highboardfenceandaline

asco ldandra iny andthe

b i tt e rl y . S t r i pp e d o e e r yt h in g o n

n e it h er o e r co a t no r b la n e t . S o

madeatthiscrueltythat a

entotheC ourtH ouseand

plishedthroughthe

t h e ci t i e n s o G o ld s bo r o. O n

hedepottotheF a irGroundsthe

manyo theresidences spo e

nsomeinstancesga ethem

yalsocarriedawarmbrea

morning. I naf ew instances

therawrationsissuedto the

dreturnedthemw ithsuchaddi

ma e. I tw asanune

thene tday thew ounded

n. Onthemorningbe orestart

tedtheplacew herethe rw ere



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f a st o c o f e e b ea n so up a nd

w edthe irsympathy invari

sistedthemingettingon the

boroaportionw asta en

dtheremaindertotheC ourt

rn e L i e ut . B i s h op C o r p . M an -

ncerw ereta eninaspringless

ettothef ormerplace.

ew aspassed f romthebal

nyo southernladies(? )

bleedingmen. A ttheC ourt

sandeightlineo f icerso the

e w pr i a t es a n d so m e o t h e

. Thesuncameoutatnoon

w retchesa litt le ; aration

m e al a f e w d ri e d pe a s an d f i e

anw asissued andtheC on

onwaspro idedand

erehustledonboardcarsfor

woundedremainedbehind.

er e o r e f o r t he p r es e nt w e

the largerbody. Thedis

oWeldonisse enty -e ight

about4o cloc a . m. and

wereunloadedin anopen

ithtents. Threedays rations

tra inedhea ily theboys

e w p r in c ip a ll y t he o f i c er s

s in a n o ld c h ur c h f c o o i n g

a llsto e inf ronto the

dingwasdoneatthisplace

10. 00 andasmallpieceo corn

orelatewith muchpleas

bulldo ing arebe lguardat

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morningtof i l lse era lcan

therailroadtan . Therewas

npostedatthatpo int. C apt.

scustodianthathe wasv ery

the laddertothetan . A f ter

eyw iththisrepresentati eo

hepersuadedhimto lethim(W hite

e( theguard f i l ledthecan

dation. U pw enttheguard and

y f il led butasthef e llow

C apt. Whiteca lleda" ha lt "

w aho le throughhimi

henhehadk epthimup

e hew asa llow ed. tocome

g u n v e r y me e l y ' n e it h er

tter f orf earo thecon

f orgi inguphisarmsw hile

12th a llhandsw ereroused

rdthecarsf orGaston N. C ,

i l le ( o r M as o ns J u n ct i on .

eetanda termarchingabout

in thePinewoodsalong

w asatthispo intthatC apt.

sleymadethe irescape. [S ee

rchw asresumedne tmorn

hereaboutsweremadeduring

thedetachmentintoC lar s

i ouacw asestablishednear

icersbeingquarteredinano ld

y .

wasa detailf romthe12th

ditsspitebyestablishingan

aroundtheprisonersand

r s e e r al o t h em w he n s om e d is

asherea lsothatMrs. Mahone

Gr i f i n .



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T H E U N I O N . 121

nera l w ithhertw inboys came

n s . *

ponthe publichighway

4 th a b ou t 8 o c l oc , a n d ni n et e en

ngtheday . C ampw as

data placecalled

n e ar a s a w -m i ll o w ne d b y a U n i on

h e Da n R i e r . Th e n e t m o rn

osstheri erinsmallboats

ramphadbeenmadew hena

Trapstationnearara ilroad.

w enty - ourhoursw ait ingf or

chw ere issuedo por and

henstartedon. Tenmilesw ere

ternoonthroughoneo the

ndra incommontoNorth

aysthecampw aspitchedthat

ceca lledC lo erS tation and

eetdeepandthenightso

heireyestoseeany thing.

ationsw ereaga inissuedandthat

u c t h e R o a no e r i e r c r os s

nsiderably thew orseforthe

y rece i edf romSheridan s

w asa largef ortatthis

d-pieceso a lightca libre .

icersJ w eredetachedf romthe

toR ichmond.

1 ) t h e e l e e n th d a y o t h e ir

re theguardhadbeencomposedo

e s o N o r th C a r o l in a " b u t i t wa s

p o r ti o n o t h e 23 d a nd 2 t h

rginia . Thenew guardconducted

cewithmilitaryusages

C a p t . R . O . B r a d l ey C a p t . W i l l ia m C . B u r ge s s C a p t .

C apt.R eubenWaterman C apt.M.A .B uttric s L ieut.N ewell

u g u st R o d r i gn i , L i e ut . G ra y L i e ut . B e a c h.



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theboys. Thisguardhad

d ha inghadabrie tasteo

dw asdisposedtobeaslenientas

sw eremadeonthe17th thene tday

he20th theystruc theR ich

oadatapo intw herethe

e" intersectedit. S e enteenmiles

hatday.

o u r t H o u se 3 m i le s f r o m

by thecolumn w hichcontinued

w herecampw asmadeand

ortw asconstructedw ith

.Theprocessionwasnow

the22dtheboysweremarched

tw omileseach andw entinto

herebelcapita l. Theguards

igilanceandtheboyswere

di f erencebetw eencaptors

morninganeasymarch

erontheoppositeside o

hm on d a n d at h a l p a st 9 a . m .r

omK inston , L ibbyPrisonopened

m.

w a r H o w wi d el y d i f e r en t f r o m

nsteado acomponentparto

0 0 mo r e " r a i s ed i n 1 6 2 t o l i t

c e o t h e ea r th h e re w as N e w

oiceregimentw hichhadthreat

s on g t o " h a ng J e f . D a i s o n

umblednec andheelsintoa

o itspossessions treatedas

e d l i e b e as t s a n d co e r ed w i th

aconw eref urnishedduring

d wo o le n b la n e t s is s ue d ( o n e f o r

adnone. Themenw ereq uar-



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ro theprison. Thetw of o llow

terest butonthe2 th the ir

y inthemorningo thatday

transportsand underaf lag

a m es r i e r t o C h a pi n s F a r m.

rswasatA i en sL anding some

c . Thisdistancewas

f o o t . T he s t ea m er s N e w Y o r

ting andat2.30p. m.the

nnapolis.Theycomplained

condit iono theboats but

ulrationso " hard-tac and

t he C o n e d er a cy h ad b e en u n ab l e to

C ampParo le March27th

. Thecompletedestructiono

ceorderedbytheauthor

ssuedlater. L ater greatly

men they foundthesesuits

nstitutedanin uiry * con

withthe declarationthatthe

umetoclothe paroledprisoners

pense. TheGo ernment

eredthedestructiono theo ld

sedtosupply thenew . I t is

manso treatedhasav alid

eo thisj ourneyf rom

w emustreturnamomentto

n t h e e e o s e t t in g o ut f r o m th a t

i n o E , a n d a m em b er o t h e 27 t h

missariesbyourmen and

ions f urnishedduringthe

Gri f inhaspreser edacom

es. I tw il lbeseentheyw ere

er.N ootherrecord

t t er t o C o l . F . D . S e wa l l c o mm a nd i ng P o st .



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TH E U N I O N .

nthe cars.Therewas

tr a in a n d in s u f i c ie n t ro o m a n d

llnesso the irwoundsthe

uncomplimentarytotheir

achedatsunset.W henthe

ero co loredw omenboardedit

d b i sc u it e t c. w hi c h by o r de r o

edourmen onthesuppo

ederateso ldiers. Themista e

tthesupplyw ase hausted.

su s " s a id a f a t a un t ie " G o o d L a w d

b u t it w a s to o l at e .

totheprisonstoc adeand

gsabout12x 1 each.

hbun sbutnobedding.A

Theircompanionsinthis

utf i ehundredprisoners

m y r o ug h f e l l o ws b u t go o d

eta ilo themsel esas

dcaredf orthemine eryw ay

behad.Thesurgeonin

df e llow withoutf ee lingorsym

r y e co f e e r y e br e ad

erlastingdisgracebeit

eo themen(recruits

sasdesertersandw ere letouto

sj eeringthemastheyw ent.

suppliesbegantofa llshort

w ellmenw erecutdow none-ha l ;

drawmealsasbe ore

orasbare ly tosusta inli e .

osenotsose ere lydisabled

o r e e r y co m o r t m a na g ed t o h ol d

na litt le . Notsow ithaf ew

i e ut . E d w i n W . B i s h o p M a .

an i l le o t h e C o l or G u ar d .



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I w en t t o se e L i e u t . B i s ho p w h o

andf oundhimly ingona

blan ets. Heseemed

astry ingtopullthrough.

thatthebra ef e llow wastry ing

k newhisowncondition

sbornew asbesidehim. * *

di ed a t 8 o c lo c , F r i d ay

c o f i n w as p r oc u re d a nd h e

c ade. Hisnamew ascutin

o a W e s t er n r eg i me n t w h ic h

h i s gr a e . * * * *

the21standw asburiedin

thingw asswarmingw ithver

obeclean. Thousandsand

shadoccupiedthatdreary

scarceandtheentireareao

wedandre-burrowedwithcel

ages w hileo erheadtheclayhad

whuts thatwouldholdtwo

suche tremitiesf orco

orced.

boysatthis" retreat " it

gsf ortheC on ederatebrass

tsidethestoc adetof a orthe

sw asthesigna lfor

mers " astheprisonersw ereca lled

ionbysingingN orthern

ingsucharac etasf re

heconcert.

2d therebelauthorit ies

ro les andonthea ternoon

eprisonerswereorderedtof a ll

theUnionlines. Themedi

ngsomeo theworst

gthemMa orO sborne , but

me andit isthoughte eryman

n. Sergt. Tow ner* mentions



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pro idedandunusua lcare

com ortable yetnothingcould

r S m i t h o t h e C o l or G u ar d .

dnear by.

ehospitalwas destinedto

n or d er c a me o n t he 2 t h t o se n d al l

ardwithdespatch.O nthe29th

ded andtheyw ererousedat

rnew asunabletostart. A

r es u ma b ly f r o m hi s w ou n d a d a y

iscondit ionw asnotencouraging.

a lw ea nessw assomethingo

ioustoenlistment hisli e

ndcomparati e lu ury yetthe

w arne ercausedhima

dohis duty.Thoughhis

morta l yetitseemedutterly to

im. Somethingo a f ee lingf ast

uldne erseeo ldC onnecticut

esandappea lso hiscomrades

pluc " hehade erbeencredited

cehimtoattemptthe

ssadlybadehimandaf ew others

brea f astlessandw ith

carspro idedtota e

borne lingereduntilA pril6 th

d o p r i s on e rs ( f o r ty - i e

n ot f a r f r o m 10 o c l oc a t n ig h t.

sta ento" C astle

aysitwastoa buildingopposite

erplace itwasthef e erish

P h il l ip s w as a m e mb e r o C o . I , a n d o t h e C o l or G u ar d . H e

nhisarm nearthee lbow. TheC on ederatesurgeonsad ised

sob ected thew oundw asthere oredressedw ithsuchmeans

-o f bootlegsuppliedtheplaceo splints. Mosherspea so

encheer ulinhissu f ering; hisw ho lethoughtseemedtobe

dhewentbeyondhislittle strength.Thecoldnightride

eensboro andthesubse uentcampinthef ie ldconsumedthe

diedatDan ille A pril13. H issonR ileyw asnota llow ed

terlea ingKinston.



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le . Utterlye hausted they

d.N aturecouldendureno

noon( 30th theyweretrans erred

ecei edthe irf irstrationo

ngNew B erne. Themedica l

erthemk indlyandthediscom

inameasureo ercome.

2 d t h ey w er e t ol d t o be i n

ughthe linesne tday . I t

c em e nt . A t 7 o c l oc a l l wh o

tothe landingandboardedano ld

riedin wagons.The

w asslow anditw assunset

sreached. No arrangements

eenmade.Therewasstill a

esbetw eenthemandtheUnion

tedthosew hocouldw al too

esinblan ets andstarted

eoranyk now ledgeo thew ay.

nessandtherough

emberedbyourheroes.

yingtheircomradesby" relie s

ontedby thepic etso Gen.

r ed . T h ey w er e t a e n w it h in t h e

to f indthemsel esunderthe

deta ilo menassistedthemto

achedabout9o cloc inthe

timef romlea ingR ichmond

adef romtheU nionbatteries

nthe irhearing. Un now n

tdayo thestruggle f orthe

a b u t a du s y p i c e t e p l ai n ed t h e

sa id " Mar sGrantisgi in

boutmidnighttransporta

sf oundandthey reachedF ort

ternoon. Therethey learned

ichmond. Thetransportcon

arri ingthereA pril4th



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TH C O N N E C T G U TV O L U N T E R S .

themainbodyo theregi

terathoroughreno ation apor

rsonPar H ospita l a t

hichplacethirtyday f urloughs

insmalls uadsthemengrad

mes.



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.

O F L I E U T. WI L L I A M GO O DR I C H N A R R A T V E O F

H E R E S C A P A N D R E C A P TU R E O F C A P T.

I E U T. L I N S L E Y C A PTU R E O F P R I V A T

A P T. J O H N D .W H E E L E R ' S • C A P TU R E A T

. C . A N D I MPR I S O N M N T — S E R G T. TO W N E R ' S

tthisstageo thehistory

sona lreco llectionso thedisaster

berso theregiment. These

redsomeyearsago.S ome

ions andinoneortw o

dailypress.

O F L I E U T. GO O DR I C H .

t . W h it e .

c t th a t pr e i o us t o t he a f a i r

perhapstoocom ortably

ne w hileShermanwassw inging

toS a annahandthenceupthe

aleigh.

romtheregiment f irst

o N e w B e r ne a n d a t e r w ar d t o

ptoGen. I nnisN. Pa lmer com

. C . g a e m e d ut i es o s u ch a

timpossiblef ormeto

m en t s o t h e 15 t h C o n n. V o l s . y e t

openf oritandf e ltthattome

o f argreaterinterestthan

egimentinthecommand. Now

o l s g o t up t o t he f r o nt o K i n s

Theprelim inariesha ea lso

rysa eonlyavagueremem

w ithGen. S cho ie ld scom-



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dassumingcommando

n. V o ls passedouto Gen.

wasbrigadedwithother

do C o l. UphamasB rigade

roopsw ereassignedtothe le to

lmer sdi isionheldthe

hardlyengagedinthea f a ir

ew B ernetow ithinashortdis

madew ithoutf atigueortrouble

heN euse w hereweranup

df oundourprogressopposed

ohearf urtherf romhead

morningo thedayTo thebigf ight

r o de b a c f r o m th e f r o n t

ie ld. Hardlyhadwedis

esw henthesoundo f iring

d i t di s ta n t f i e o r s i m i le s .

mountedinshort orderand

d es t r id e I ' v e e e r t a e n i n

a n o ld c a a l ry o f i c er a n d

n g t o o t h e le a d w e

oseup anditw asn tlong

a t t he f r o nt . G en . S c h o i e ld

ownthe linetow ardthe le t

g Gen. Pa lmerandsta f go ing

oundonlydesultory f iring.

ema ingthisdemonstration

peningcommunicationswith

edidnotk now how neartous

idk now andthatw asthat

asinourf rontw atchingfora

hourlinessoastocutthe

apscaptureN ewB erne.

tproposetopermithimto

ss ulhisattemptw asispro en

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TH E U N I O N .

usbutf oundit impossiblew ith

ew B erneandcomingup

w epre entedhise ecutingby

s F o r s a n d by m e et i ng h i m

e d hi s r ig h t f l a n . S o h e h ad

S h e rm a n s p r o i m it y c au s ed

ion.

t io n o n th e l e t w as a t ta c e d

iercenesswhichaccom

stra its andthef ie ldinf ront

edupinmanyplacesthreeand

desperatetheattac andhow

isit ingthe le to ourline

e r t he f i g ht s a w sa p li n gs a n d

byascy the f romthe

a n tr y f i r e w h il e w ho l e li m bs w er e

esthemsel esri enasunder

a r t il l er y f i r in g .

en . S c h o i e ld s w e go t r ig h t

mersoonhadushurry inga ll

therehadbeenanydisasterto

rdthe le to ourdi ision

broughtmetotherighto the

de a t o nc e t o th e f r o n t e p e ct

wnthe line butj ustbe ore

mtheJ ohnniesburstinf ront

d bygoodchancemissingme but

my g o od m a re s f l a n . A s t h e

mingaroundintoogreatquan

thoughtbettero my intention

sosentmyorderlyw ithmy

to range andw entupon

s . A r r i i n g th e re I f o u nd o u r

odcareo themsel es andlet

h a e t h e gr e at e r pa r t o t h e f u n

n g to p a ss a l on g t he l i ne t o o

opingposition notcaring

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ptoourline ma inga

I f oundabattery inposit ion

edtothef ront andha l dow n

to t h e le t g i i n g a go o d ch a nc e

r e. L o o i n g ou t t o th e f r o n t I

ssightsina llmyarmye peri

a h un d re d y ar d s to t h e f r o n t a n d

ebelbrigadegettinginto

entlyabouttocharge. I hurriedly

ingf ortheo f icerincharge

m " w hydoyoupermitthis

n t w i th o ut a n e f o r t to d r i e

l ie d " w ai t in g f o r o rd e rs s i r.

penf ire immediate lyw ithcanister

ero Gen. Palmer " andinless

rite hehadtheba llopened and

wthanen iladingf ire they

ndinshortorderw ehadthem

lequic t ime assisted

w hichaccompaniedthearti l

r th e c lo s e o t h e wa r I m et t h e

l a nd a n d as c o n e r sa t io n g re w

o u nd h e wa s i n th e f i g h t b e o r e K i n s

aboutmy litt lepartinsending

bac q uic erthantheycame.

nda terse era lquestionsand

w asmybrigade andhaditnot

ndedbatteryo arti lle rycutting

I ' dha ebeeninsideyour

nu t es . t o ld h i m I w a s gl a d

a llo rderonmyparthadmet

ndpra isedhimforha ing

contro l astoha ltunder

a lly f inea lignment. He replied

m us t b la m e yo u f o r i t b u t yo u

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airwassoono er soI passed

noccasiona l" z ip" toma e

asinf ront andw hiledo ing

lyacrossL ieut. B ow man

dw ithhimsomemeno the15th

blueregimenta lco lor. I w as

auseI k new the15thw as

th e l e t s o a s e d h im

thew orldareyoudo ingherew ith

astheregimentmo edto? "

orrow " L ieutenant they

thesef ew andhow w egot

w . H e f u r th e r sa i d th a t th e

d anceo the linesretreated

houtnoti y ingthe in antryso

regimentk new ithada

a n ot h er f i r e f r o m l e t a n d re a r

bsbro ethroughthebrigade

ly surroundingthe15th lea

urrender. Imaginemy f ee l

ewereallmyoldcomrades

dorcaptured andthedearo ld

ndasI thoughtw ithhardlya

I f e lt l i ecry ingandhad

aya terw ard. How e ertame

te llo aregimentbe ingsur

ha ingsmallreporto the ircon

itdoesnoto tenhappentoha e

myasthe rebelsawardedthe

edaysoona terthesurrender

hNorthC aro linaC on ederate

head uartersta l ingtothemem

a n d as w a s mo s t na t ur a l h a d a gr e at

Duringhiscon ersation( o

o usasconnectedwithany

t h e ba t tl e o K i n s t on o h o w

r i e u s b ac o r f l a n u s

yw eremet andf urthersa id



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re nc e o a r my l i e h e h ad

n e e h i bi t io n o h a rd f i g ht i ng a s

o n n r e gi m en t . " W h y w i ll

a id h e " I s a w th e mc h an g e f r o n t

gthef ightanddressup as

toentire ly surroundthem

ender. I f youhadmoremen

so o ne r h a e b e en o e r . H e

asi suchmenando f icers

tmentthanordinarypris

dspecia lf a orsw ereshow n

bra ery .

ic o t h e f i g h t a nd k n o w

w illcerta inlybegladtok now

w asf ullyappreciatedbyaf oe

arenotdisparage.

ttlepartta enbyusonthe

metote llyoumoreaboutthe

ese era lm ilesaw ay f romthe

ldingourparto the lineasfar

e d id n t s e e an y th i ng o i t o n ly

ew sandorderstomo esome

rsdidn tcome buttheB at

s w as o e r an d H o e d id n t g et i n.

ento thewholearmyf ol

a y a t e r H o e r e tr e at i ng

nston blowinguphisports

ousramo w hichwehad

butashortt imetogeta

r t o K i n s to n a n d be o r e v e r y

nngf romMoreheadC ity

rS herman sarmy . Thiscom

resoonbac aga ininN ew

ters.

H E R ' S A C C O U N T O F H I S C A PTU R E A N D PR I S O N

E .

aso erpow eredwehadorders

u r wa y o ut . I b u c l e d on m y



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ore I reachedthehouseatthecross

head uarters itw asmissing. I

aw oo lenandrubberblan et

arasthew oodss irt ingthe

ad t he c o mm a nd f r o m a " r e b "

u r gu n " I t h ou g ht a l i e

deadhero andI obeyedthe

eryhumaneman. I did

deduntilheca lledmyattention

ypanta loons; itw asonlya

ncheslongand aninchdeep

erwardf oundinmyshoe andI

marchedmetoKinston. I

usewitha largenumbero

dinK instonthatnightand

yby theC on ederatenurses.

O neepisodeI remember

erence inrebe lsoldiers.

n t he n i gh t o t h e 8 t h o M a rc h

anwhocapturedme another

anddemandedmycanteen

ardclubbedhismus etand

ometothewrongplaceto

f urtherto ldhimhehadbeen

intheYan ee shandsatthe

ted andthatnobodycould

w hilehehadchargeo him.

swearing.Whenwe cameto

e I h a d wi t h my g u ar d f o r a p lu g

pieceo baconandsomecorn

o n on t h e f o r e no o n o t h e 9t h

atGo ldsboro inthemiddleo

esaw ourcomradesw ho

ngroundina cattlepen.

w e r et a e n t o th e C o u r t H o u se .

o thew omentreatedus

r l h is t or y , e e n i n i t in g u s to

ha eourwoundsdressed



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romtheguard. I thin that

w erehal loya l f o rmanyo

ngswithoutbeingseen.

aN ew Hampshireregi

iooC on ederatebil l and

o pr o cu r e a tu r e y f o r h i m a nd

nf inesty le anda llthe

the ioththesurgeonannounced

souto thereassoonaspos

s h a d ta e n K i n s t on a n d we r e

ef oundOsborne B ishop

themorese ere ly

rswhenwegot there.

rebelwoundedonthesame

thus ak indandhelp ul

rdsgetw aterforusonthat

ghtupinS a lisburyne t

t or y . W e d e b ar e d f r o m th e

serablehole S a lisbury

e lbluebutnotdiscouraged.

q uartersoutsidethestoc ade

rmingw ithvermin. B asins

re ingreatdemand. TheC on

a eournursesdoublerationsfor

andsuchrations C orncobsand

nd. soup madeo onepart

occasiona llyadisho bean

allandblac w ithnomore

bleB shot ' -andtherew ere

o w ater. A tonetimethey

tf orus. Wellitw asasur

asurprisebecausew henyoula id

f o i ts el , i t wa s so f u l l o

ne B ishopandPhil lipssu

theyha egonetotheirlast

n sa y t h e C o n e d er a te s u r

ertohe lpus. Of tenthey



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eyandeggsf orthosewho

o eraw ee , andduring

ourcomradespassedaway

shop w hoborehissu f erings

e ere lywoundedthroughthe

re c lu d e re c o e r y . I g a e h i m a

ed andw edida llw ecould

otf orgettomentionthek ind

nthemainprisontowardus

icerso Westernregimentsga e

onea ternoon andw ere. com

bo carsw ithnoseats

o roominthepassenger

w asmadetotheguardto

uttheo f icerrepliedw ithan

rsw eregoodenoughf orus

d he h o pe d w e wo u ld a l l di e b e o r e we

tday light w elandedat

llage andw eremarchedtoa

awayandle tw ithnothingto

ours oruntila tra ino paro led

go inghome threw outo the

adandbacon.That night

ga emyblan etstoPhil

y thef ireourguardhadmade.

reloadedup inthebo cars

Dan ille . Herew ew ereput

w asf a irly com ortable .

w eredea lttous. Ourstay

ongenoughfordeathtocla im

t h e co l or g u ar d . W e l e t D a n

ybrea , thist imenotinthe

i t a n d ro d e al l d ay a r ri i n g

hee ening. Wew ereat

Thunder w herew espentthe

rredtoLibbyPrisonthene t

edinli esheep cornbread



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uttousandw ew eree pected

w ew ereta enoutonSunday

a f l a g o t r uc e b oa t f o r o ur l i ne s .

w as s i c a n d ne a rl y b ea t o ut a n d

w as. I determinedtopush

andw asgladenoughw henI saw

ur eyB end.

A N DR E C A PTU R E O F C A PT.W H I T A N DL I E U T.

t. L insley le ttheco lumnat

.I nthelanguageo thef ormer

ma ebettertimemarch

con enienceo theguards

hemearly inthee eningand

ewoods.Theyreached

m . s u pp o si n g to f i n d a br i dg e o e r

tthatpoint butw eredisap

estreamtwoorthree miles

tinwhichtheycrossedit as

eirdismayhad landedonan

reduntilano ld" dugout"

rban le tbyaf reshet. This

mo edtothew aterand

positeshorewasreachedin

etwainlostnotimeingetting

hisw asS unday March12.

n a" f orcedmarch" north

andinthee eningtheycame

ri erataplacecalledScotts-

ybutarebe lguardw as

toapprehenddeserters.

m t ha t o ne J o e Mo s le y o h i s

a lly f erriedrebe ldesertersacross

securethemapassage— hew as

preciousbito in ormationand

ryman. Nothingmorew as

osley . A notherco lored



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T H E U N I O N . 141

erethenputintore uisit ion w ho

ithf ood butf oundMosley

houldbeta eno er. The14th

oodstil le ening w henthey

othweresurprisedatthe

eratthispo int andtheclose

e lpic etsw hocouldpla inlybe

ampf ire.

g t h ey f o u nd a s u a d o

nderchargeo thef erryman

e r s i o w h om h a d br o ug h t

ie ld. Thenightwasnotpar

snotw ithoutj ustatw inge

ysteppedintheboatandlay

on ederates thisf ee ling

edwhenachaincare

smanclan edloudlyon

w ereunderw ayandacross

uic lyreachedandthey

enthesharpcommand

edthern. A companyo

y inf ront andw ithle e lled

at. Therew asnohelp. The

nsandthe partywere

ow nw hatbecameo the

insleyw ereta entothe

guardcommandedbyC apt.

u r st b ot h o N e w B e r ne N . C .

entlemanlyinthee treme.

eardf romNew B ernesince

erateser ice andtheirprisoners

much o importancecon

soccupationo thatplace.

dthemrespect ulande en

e e f u r th e r me n ti o n C h a p . X I V —

L i e ut . L i n s l ey v i s it e d C a p t. D u gu i d at h i s re s id e nc e i n N e w



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O F WI L L I A MH .N I C H O L S .

o C o . I , w a s ca p tu r ed w h il e

esoutsideourlinesatKins

y t he n o to r io u s cu t -t h ro a t O ' C o n n o r

as.Therewasnoescape.

ntothecountry w herethree

o be rt s C o . H , 1 24 th I n d. M ar ti n

4 th I n d. a nd J o hn O p p er C o . K , 1 19 th

er s l i e h i ms e l , w e re c o n i n ed . A t

ehadinhispossessionaf ew

stonf amily entrustedtohimto

n a me o S u t to n i n N e w

ssf romC ol. U phamtothe latter

ril lasw asoneC apt. C araway

uttons andw hointerceded

hismessageandcontemplated

ly.Thissingularcircumstance

o ne r s l i e a s O ' C o n n o r wa s

w intheC aro linas andin a

es.

ortheguerrillacamp

w enty - ourhoursreachedit in

C onnorbecameinto icated

eshotNicho lshadnotC apt.

n t h e n th o A p r il t h ey

, andw ereturnedo ertothe

, do ingguardduty there .

t h is r e gi m en t N i c h ol s f o u nd a

w h o k n e w N e w H a e n we l l a n d

ithmar edf a orw hile

smadeup andthecapti es

hmond. Onthe12ththeyw ere

. ; o n t he 1 3 th a t G as t on o n t he 1 4 th

ey remaineduntilthe1 th on

H ereparo lesandtw odays

dthem w hichtheyaccepted.

t h w i th o ut r a ti o ns o r a c en t



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TH E U N I O N .

i e th e y se t o ut o n t he r o ad t o

htheyw ereatB e ll ie ld.

theassassinationo P resident

lsnotesthatthepeopledenounced

he20ththey reachedour

rg andw ereta eninby the

H N D .W H E E L E R ' S C A P TU R E A N D I M PR I S O N M N T.

ee lerwascapturedbyGen.

Pl ym ou th N . C , A p r il 20 1 6 4 .

ctingA ssistantI nspectorGen

Gen. Harlandcommandingthe

i s io n 9 t h A r m y C o r ps . H e w a s

bout1900ina llwereta en

ndf ilew eresentdirectto

e o f i c er s a m on g t he m C a p t .

prison. Goodf ortuneassigned

he1 thC onn. w hohadspent

etreat " andhadlearnedhow

c o n i n em e nt .

dedatB ermudaH undred

t h er e we r e up wa r d o 8 0 0 U n i o n

nd R i c h m on d . O n t h e 6 t h o t h at

o f t o D an i l l e V a . f o r

inedthere inano ldf actory

henundercondit ionso needless

n Ga. Heretheyw ere

ade w ithits" deadline" —

sgallery forthesentries— and

pthepen.B ytheendo

f i c er s h ad r e ac h ed t h at p l ac e . C i r

saryf ortherebelauthori

abetterplaceo sa etyand

dedinthreeparties. Thatto

w asassignedbetweensi and

ber w astrans erredtoastoc

a a n na h G a . a n d a t e r a st a y



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R O M S E R G T. TO W N E R S D A R Y .

owner saccounto hisimprisonmenthas

ilydrawnonby thew riter to il lustratethe

dedprisonersf romKinstontoR ichmond .

p e ri e nc e i n S a l i sb u ry P r is o n

n a g r u f o l d f e l l ow c a me

rememberhimforpouringsome

urrationsconsistedo

o r y e br e ad a b ou t t hr e e by f o u r

a n d ri c e so u p t h e so u p wa s

romiseo meatonce ine ight

erely f lourandwater m i ed

s ol i di t y y o u ca n j u d ge . O u r

e d an d o f e n si e f o r w an t o

r c h , t h e ra t io n s o t h e

edone-ha l butours

entintoseeL ieut. B ishop

lding andf oundhimly ing

pw ithblan ets heseemed

astry ingtopullthrough. I

thebra ef e llow wask eeping

agetheotherswhenhe

shopeless. Ma orOsborne lay

cpriestcametoseeus andhe

myk nowledgewhov isited

o p di e d at 8 o c l oc , F r i da y

.

ereta entoa largeopen

ht; thew indblew strongly

andasmanyo ushadneither

ts w e su f e r ed b i tt e rl y f r o m t h e

r co a t a n d s o ga e m y b la n e t t o

* * A f t er a rr i i ng a t Da n

marchingdow nthestreet a

c er s o n th e b al c on y o a h o te l

posingw ew ere ' S herman s

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henhegotathim ' butour

t o ' t a e i n M ar s B o b o u t o t h e

tsupthisway . R ations

here butthethingw emost

morningo the29th w e

tota ethecarsf orR ichmond.

r o m la c o f o o d an d c on d it i on

t amongthemC orpora lF ran

borne. Wele tthemunder

pitalandturnedtow ardR ich



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I .

T A T K I N S TO N T H E 1 5TH A G A I N R E U N I T D

U A R T R MA S T R B O W N S P R I V A T

H O O L TA X L I S T O F K I N S TO N " C A M P

G A " — M U S T R O U T O F U . S .S E R V I C E —

N N E W H A V E N , C O N N .

u pa t io n o K i n st o n t h e f o l

o B e a u o r t

M ar ch 1 , 1 6 5 .

V o l u nt e er I n a n tr y a nd B a t t e ry A , 3 d

ee r A r t i l le r y ( d i s mo u nt e d a r e he r eb y t ra n s

i i s io n D i st r ic t o B e a u o r t B r i g. G en .

g t o th e is t Di i si on D is tr ic t o B e a u o rt

eay toB rig. Gen. I . N . Pa lmer comd g

d e. B y C o mm a nd o MA J . G N . C O X ,

Ma .andA .A .G.

March ra ilroadcommuni

erneandK instonw asrestored.

elatter placewerecutdown

edutyw aslightandthisf orce

c ie n t. O n t h e 2 5 th c a mp w as

nsideo thetown andstill

o t he J o h n C . W a s h in g to n e st a te *

seatonhighgroundnortho

typicalsouthernplantation;

sall highlyculti atedlay

nsion. Thesla eq uartersw ere

thoughtenantedthenonly

rin1 92; buildingsgo ingtodecayandaruinouscondit ion



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T H E U N I O N . 149

ew compla intsreachedhead

ledtopay f orw hatthey too .

andB risto l tw oe ce llentcar

n a ps a c b o e s " c o mr a de s w il l s o

rw illanyonef orgettheC on

intheri eroppositethecity

mmunitionwhichsundry

aionally f ishedupf romthe

e ma i nl y C o l t s r e o l e r s t h e

dS tates andw eresto lenby the

V a . T he c ra t w as n e e r u se u l to

b e in g t oo l a rg e f o r t h e r i e r . I t h a d

e w henourf orcesreached

upationo the latterplace the

ni s hi n g a f r e e e e n in g s ch o ol f o r

striedbypri ateR ogerso E .

byaf ew o hiscomradesas

completesuccess. Theschool

o thechurches w ithan

orty . R ogersbecameenthusi

dthew or correspondinglypros

eschoo lnumberedonehundred

nMay17th tw ohundred

he 1 t h t w o hu n dr e d f i t y

unesomethingo erthreehun

ro l le d o a l l ag e s f r o m f i e

ando er. Notcontentw ith

er m is s io n o h i s o f i c er s s t ar t ed a

sof ortheco loredpeople w ith

o upw ardo tw ohundred.

e w ereheldandtheeagerness

asw ellastheprogressmade w as

ghR ogers w or w aso

othedepartureo theregi

themostbene icia lresultsf o l

ecuretheco-operationo tw o

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T C O N N E C T C U T .V O L U N T E R S .

rwardslearnedthattheschoo ls

emidsummer.

i enheretoshow the

e me m be r s o t h e S o u th e rn C o n

t e nt o t h ei r p os s es s io n s. I t i s

L i st o K i n s to n f o r 1 6 4 w hi ch

A l l e n o D w h en o u r f o r c e s

rtHouse inthatcity.

t o t he " Y a n

netothe

my .

O F

0 50 .0 0 7 8 2 5. 00

0

05 O .O O

butf ew namesf roma

C o. Whatthenmustha e

a luationo theS tate?

1 6 5 t he l on g e p e c te d or de r

erne preparatory tobe ing

c e a n d t he n e t d a y at 8 o c l oc ,

welltoK inston. N ew B erne

hours andthecommand

nt i on .



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T H E U N I O N . 151

ca lled" C ampC hattanooga "

ethe city.Thef ollowing

dQuartersR ende v ous

. C , J u ne 6 , 1 6 5 .

. U p h a m 1 5 th C o n n . V o l u nt e er s i s

ommando C ampC hattanooga.

I G .G N . PA L M R .

C a pt .a nd A . A . A . G .

toper ormhere e cept

errypic ingpartiesw erenum

amusementsde isedtow hile

ina lordersshouldcome. On

w eretrans erredtothe7thC onn.

gimentbro ecampand

e. Laterthesameday itw as

. S . s e r i c e a n d re m ai n ed t e m

F o s t e r s W h a r " u n ti l t he

h e du s t o t h e S o u th o f i t s f e e t

t on b o ar d t he s c ho o ne r " R e c r u it "

. F i e u ne e nt u l da ys w er e

andthemetropoliswas

J u l y 4t h 1 6 5 t h e v e t er

ew yardso w herethey

tenmonthsandsi daysbe ore .

esecuredbyrail f orN ew

t h e a t e rn o on t h e ti r ed d u st y

entproudlymarchedupthe

e ts — n e e r s o be a ut i u l t o th e m

nd-clappingandhurrahso a

onn w asagaininGod s

enJ ournalandC ourierinitsissueo

efo llow inginconnectionw ith

ent:



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arri edinthiscityonTues

c l oc a n d wa s g i e n a mo s t co r di a l

eI n ormationw asrece i ed

a ternoonthattheyw ere

a n d wo u ld l e a e o n t he 3

t a nt p r ep a ra t i n w a s ma d e to g i e

ation. Ma orMans ie ldand

ously tow or andw eresuc

tteringdegree. Gen. R usse lland

G ua rd G ra ys L i gh t Gu ar d C i t y

s e N o . 1 N e p tu n e H o s e N o . 2

dmarchedtotheheado the

Theusua lformso military

w hentheprocessionmarched

o llow ingorder:

d .

nd S t a f .

estreettoC hapel to

t o Y o r , t o C h ap el t o Te mp le t o

c edarmsandw entintothe

a terta ingthe irplacesaround

hishonorMayorScranton

espeech. I nclosing he

t e yo u r su f e r in g s an d I r e tu r n to

w H a e n o N e w H a e nC o un ty

c o rd i al g r ee t in g . I t i s v a i n f o r m e

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e ll i t s tr a ig h t.

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t h e bi t er w a s bi t te n a n d a pa i r o

or e it. Nicho lsw orethem

D GU A R D T N T A TF A I R F A X S E M N A R Y .

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S E Y ' S F A I L U R E T O S E C U R E A B R I G A D E R ' S

O L . W R I G H T.

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mlyattachedtoC o l. W right

. H ew asimpressed

menandthee f iciencyand

cers. I tw ascerta inly thegreatest

ha epa idtothetimbero

ndtothe j ustnesso thepride

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er Gen. C aseypromisedC ol.

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S L O S TR A T O N S .

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N TA T L O N GB R I D G .

I N , C O . A .

he f a l l o ' 6 2 t h e de t ac h me n t

nendo L ongB ridgew asin

r e n c h as o f i c er o t h e gu a rd .

tastothepassageo persons

na andunlesstheclearest

ucedo righto w ay f urther

longcameonedayano ld

sw eresatis actory butw ho

re lo ciderinhisv ehicle.

redheshoulddepositthe" l i u id

guardhouseandreturntohead

erpass. Theodoro theapple

emptationtothe" re lie " loung

wassampledso liberallythat

peared.L ieut.F rench

" sensed thesituation

eredhismentof il lthebar

w ater " w hichhadnosooner

ri enhome thanthe

ththepropercredentials.

oadedthebarrelonhis wagon

nhisw ay re o icing.

O F P R I S O N L I F E .

. P. DA Y , C O . B .

n. V o l s f r o m it s f o r ma t io n i n

2 h a i n g wi t h C a p t. T h eo d or e

rnes ra isedacompanyunderthe

p a ny N e w H a e n G ra y s w h ic h

mentasC o. B , o w hichI

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M or e he a d C i t y N . C . I w as

L i e u te n an t o C o . A , O c t .

ap p oi n te d A c t . A s s t . A d t . G en e ra l o n

e a c h c o mm an d in g t he C o n n . B r i

th a t o f i c er a n d th e 1 t h C o n n .

pril20 1 6 4 a tera

yC on ederatetroopsunderthe

e a s si s te d b y th e r am A l b e r -

nd m ys e l f o r t he f i r st t i me u n de r

s. W ew eretransportedupthe

H a l i a , N . C , f r om t he re b yc ar s

al n e e r f o r g e t my f i r st

ace. A f terbe ingsearchedby

Turner w eascendedaf lighto

w hichwasacrow do

edemons. Menw ithscant

chedf romayear scon ine

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derstandw hatw asmeantby

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atname.

po thestairsw ef ound

f i c er s m a ny o w h om h a d be e n

ongtime w ew erequestioned

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meonew ek new intheprison.

r ot h er * o D r . C o w le s o t h e

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i b b y f r o m A p r i l 2 t o M a y 6 .

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f orherew eweresheltered. The

tbutmanyo theprisoners

romhomecontainingpro isions

the irprisonrationswith

ortunate . F romL ibbyw e

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V a . w he r e we w er e c on i n ed i n

e. A f tera f ew days stay

ta ecarsf orMacon Ga.

po si daysinbo cars

rcon ey ingcattleandhad

ew eoccupiedthem. Herew e

o u r me n i n a ca r n o r oo m t o li e

rstanda lltheway . We

enwearri edatMacon and

pen f ormerlyusedasthe

noshelterherefortw ow ee s.

pplyo boardsw asf urnished.

msel esbytunneling.

etunderthedeadline toget

new eresuccess ul fo ritcould

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hcree thatranthrough

urrationsherew ereapintand

nd a h a l a p i nt o s o rg h um

cantrationo w oodtocoo it

composedo thecoband

ndbe orew eate itwesi ted

hedf ullo ho les. We

onthatf are . A f ew times

rnished butthatw asagreat

o e w a s to S a a nn ah G a. w he re w e

. hospita lgroundsandf ur

compla intstoma easto

rewewereguardedbythe

. w hichhadta enpartinbattles

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ereguardedbytheH ome

b o ys a n d ol d m en . I h a e o t e n

mar o Gen. Grant that

cradleandthegra eto increase

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e . I o f e re d to t ra de a j a c -

h e wa s an i ou s to h a e t h e k n i e b ut

s h i s gr a nd a t he r w h o wa s

didnotgetthemittens.

na h f r o m J u l y 29 t h to S e p t . 1 3

r e or d er e d to m o e t o C h a r le s to n S .

rf ireo theU nionbatterywhich

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n inedinthe j a ilyard betw een

w henitrainedtheyardo er

ter thencamedow nthescorch

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i c er s w er e t a e n s ic .

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emorecom ortable butv ery

oyedhearingtheshe llf rom

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amenearenoughtodousany

edthemonotonyo ourcon ine

aboute eryha l hour. In

orputtingusunderf ireour

ua lnumbero rebe lprisoners

sland underf ire f romthe

tsuit them andsostrong

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df romMorrisI sland.

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harleston manyo themen

o theye llow f e erand

shells. Wew erethensent

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o logs. I f itra inedw eput

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oundsw ereusedtotrac thepris

escape. O neo f icerw hotried

ngledby thehoundsthat

undscameintothecampearly

n e e r w en t o ut a l i e . A n

w i th p r o e c ti n g tu s s c a me i n to

utthreehundredo f icersw ere

im andinlesstimethanI can

sdistributedamongthosew ho

tobenear. I ha ebeento ld

thatitw assotoughthey

eonly f la orithadw asgarlic.

actionwithourgo ern

oners becausew ew erenot

ngew assomethingthatw asalw ays

m o e d b ut n e e r s ee m ed t o

on inedandsu f eringwere

hemanyhardthingssaid and

otef orpresidentta en

s h ow s h ow l oy a l th e yw e re w h en w e

inco lnhadf orhisoppo

w how asthe ido lo themenin

otew ascounteditstood1 024

orMcC le llan.

ar w a s Th a n s g i i n g da y .

nglandboysinourmess and

ha eaThan sgi ing

hungryw emightbea ter

te e n ou g h to r e ce i e a b o f r o m

ncepies pic les preser es

messhadprocuredsomemoney

outh. We boughtatur ey

d er a te m o ne y a b ou t t wo w ee s

n g da y . W e d i i d ed o u r ra t io n s o

i rd f o r h e wa s n ot v e r y f a t

ga ehimallhecouldeat.

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edastic w asrunthrough

erthef irebycrotched

nsa llnightturningandbasting.

etthatdinner. Weallpronounced

o wn t o . F o r m y pa r t I n e e r

that.

theprisonerswasshot

ornocausew hate er ashe

eandthirty f eetf romthe

6 4 w e mo e d i nt o t he c i ty o

inedinthe insaneasy lum

coldesto thew inter

eterandlessf ue l su f ering

de posure . F romC olumbia

thead anceo Gen. Sherman

ew daysa terw ele t. On

i n sb o ro u gh N . C , w e ra n o e r

h ro w in g t he e n gi n e o f t h e tr a c .

ethecattlethat were

hemcutupanddi ided

irstrationo f reshmeat

S a a n na h f i e m o nt h s be o r e.

gettingthe locomoti eonthe

arounditw hichtoo about

ainwerea numbero

w hohadf ledf romC olumbia

n s a r m y . Th e yp a ss e d us o n f o o t

ea ethe ircars andw e

uldbysinging U nion

mthatS hermanw asj ust

ouldbew ellf o rthemto

sw eremadew econtinuedon

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TH E U N I O N .

enhundredprisoners w hohad

derson il le tobee changed.

ebeyondalldescription

ledthe" wellprisoners.

osttheirreasonandsomef rom

eeblenesswereobligedtocraw l

es o e r t he f r o e n g ro u nd f r o m

a eustoWilm ington

an g e b u t wh i le w e we r e on o u r wa y

aryandna a lf orcecaptured

hee change. How e erthe

ur r e le a se a n d on F e b . 2 , 1 6 5

thecityweenteredtheUnion

rsandStripesf orthef irst

escribethatscenewould

ed cried sang dancedand

oy .

ilm ingtonw etoo trans

f romtherew erea llow edtogo

I r e ce i e d a l ea e o a b se n ce

to D a n i l l e V a . t o r ec o e r t he

rne w hodiedtherewhileapris

w H a enw ithhisremains. I

m en t a t K i n s to n N . C .

r e o L i e ut . D ay a t P ly mo u th a s s ta t ed

to C o l . E . S . B a d ge r o R a l e i gh N . C .

thatthetrophyw asstil l ine istenceandinthe

sresw ereta entosecure itsreturn w hich

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eisa li e totherespon

v e r y f a c u lt y i s q u i c e n ed

thesecurityo hiscomrades.

r di l y a n d st e ps o u p on h i s

.S uddenlyhepauses

abruptly inhistrac smaybe

himsel , standsirresolute

y . A llthista esplacewithin

minuteorless butduringits

s w homayha euninten

the lines se i euponhis

rtunitytocomeintocamp

yha epic edupontheout

isease

O F C A PT. E DW I N A . TH O R P , C O . K , 2 9TH C O N N .

ed .

1 5t h C o nn . i n 1 6 2 a nd w as

w hichcapacity I ser eduntil

3 . A t t h at t im e I r ec ei e d no ti i c a

. H . R u ss el l o N e w H a e n

w asagraduate , thathew ould

gh G o . B u c i n gh a m a l i eu t en

omeoneo theco loredregi

pro idedI couldpasstheneces

shington. I a tonceapplied

at i ng m y wi s he s a n d wa s t he f i r st

t h C o n n t o r ec e i e o n e f o r

owedinduetime andI was

dassignedtothe1 thU. S .

r throughthe inter entiono

I w a s tr a ns e r re d t o th e 2 9t h C o n n .

beenf orde lay inrece i ingmy

eran edasseniorcaptainin

amptheregimentwasre

. B u r n si d e w h o as e d t ha t i t be

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omposedo coloredtroops.

ted andtheregimentproceeded

rtoA nnapolis A pril2d.

t h e co l or e d tr o op s t o ar r i e i t

butincompanyw ithtw o

oredtroopsitwasshortlya ter

atore lie eparto the ioth

e a u o r t ab o ut A p r il 2 t h . Th e

ndedA ugust8th thetime

ling especia lly inmar s

ty. Duringparto thetimeI

e ta c he d l in e o p i c e t s o c

ose islandslate ly sweptby the

li e .

ermudaH undredA ugust

ayw asheldinreser e inthe

Wew ereengagedinvarious

t h w he n w e f u r n is h ed t h e f i r s t

troopsundermycommand in

r s h e ad u a rt e rs . T he n e t d a y

sinf ronto Petersburg

erf iretillS eptember25th

topreparef orasecretmo e

asparto the iothC orps the

httothenorthsideo the

De e p B o t to m a n d to o p a rt i n t he

29thatS pringHillandC hapin s

dleo thea ternoon w hilethe

I w as w o un d ed a n d ta e n t o th e

encetotheo f icers hospita lat

a t e r a br i e l e a e o a b se n ce

returnedtoA nnapo lisand

o inmyregimentinf ronto

ry 7 1 6 5 . W e r e ma i ne d i n wi n te r

p r i l 3d 1 6 5 . O n t h a t mo r ni n g

oredaylightby thee plo

eC on ederatesdestroy ingthe ir

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T H E U N I O N . 201

edoesinf ronto therebel

i c hm on d t o wa r d wh i ch C o . s

he d f r o m t h e pi c e t l in e

romtw odesertersthef irst

a c ua t io n o t h e ci t y. I t w as a

ethef irstregimentinthe

edmarchingw ew ereableto

donlyby the2dB atta liono

oGen. Weit e l shead uarters.

eclipsede entheterri ic

gcity f orw ek new thewar

marchedf orPetersburg

u s t in t i me t o l ea r n o t h e de a th

nt. I naf ew daysitwassent

ssist inguardingthegreat

there inthe latterparto

yPo inttopreparef orthe

nderGen. S heridan.

steamerB lac stone

h . A f t e r sp e nd i ng a f e w da y s at

i n al l y re a ch e d B r a o s D e S a n ti a go

t d a y st a rt e d f o r B r o wn s i l le

atle f ie ldo R esacadelaPa lma.

s il le t i l lmusteredoutOctober

dso commendationf orthe

heyweretractableand

e l i n a l l th e q u a l i ti e s o a s o ld i er

creditf orthebrigadeo

o presentingthemost

anybrigadeineitherthe

c or t h e A r m y o t h e J a m e s.

T R V I E W S A 15TH M A N .

B A R N E S O F C O . B .

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o ne r s ta e n o n on e o t h e ra i ds .

w at e r a n d a t e r de l i e r in g t he m

thef ortress marcheddow n

itf orthereturnboat. O ur

andloungedaboutthew har

heboysalwayswouldunder

guardw how aspacinghisbeat.

yw erescatteredaboutonthe

n up o n on e o t h em . S o o n a t e r

nsauntereddow nthew har ,

n v i s i b l e e c e pt t h at h i s

rthanw eintheran sw ere

. I too himtobeanenlisted

e intheQuartermaster s

nonaneighboringbale and

wa l s t h e gu a rd a n d sa ys " N o

s ir . " W e l l I g ue ss t ha t s

erous " remar edmyneighbor

hay . I donotremember

mf irstorheme buthe

s f r o m m y re g im en t e t c. w h er e

himI w asdow nf romPorts

ohnnies" thathadbeencaptured.

ncommandinthatsection

pswerethere andwhether

ngoodspirits etc. a lso

nsandf ina lly asatug-boat

ar ed " therecomesmyboat "

a y " w a l e d a t i n to t h e

lar( tome f lagatthestern

daguardw hoitw asthatw ent

as " Genera lGrant. The

otseemtok now him norw as

romthef ortress. I hadnot

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nlynonew erew ithhimonthe

themsel esontheboat.

w ase ersounassuming?

N TO F TH E MU S I C H A L L P U B L I C M E T N G

2.

dwiththegreatMusicHa ll

H a e n i n J u l y 1 6 2 s ho ul d no t

onaccounto theprominence

because itre lectedthesentiments

a r D e m oc r at s " o t h at t i me .

toaddressthatmeeting

Gallagher. Whenitcamehis

ancedtothef oot- lights throw ing

s o a n d dr a wi n g f r o m h is p o c e t

hrustitonthetablewitha loud

could: " C it i ens thisregi

ldinsideo thirtydaysi it

wedwasbeyondalle pres

nn w asf ina llyplacedinthe

erf riendandsupporterthan

D R U M M R ' S M S H A P .

.R . MA C K A Y .

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rs.

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"

creed theman-at-arms

thene erceasingdril lo the

desiredsub ection. With

therbrains ormachines

sinw ar a lladmitthatw ithout

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smalls uadsatC ampC hase

es uedressparadesand

erne.

deo theregiment.

i c er m i gh t h a e b e e n e n i o us o

odimento whatdiscipline

botho f icersandmenscarce ly

wereinprogress.There

er w henthegra ityo the

ied indeedtheyutterly

ndbro eoutintoonepro longed

brigadeguard mount.

hismeninsuperbarray . Ev ery

per ectionande eryso ldier

. Whenthee o lutionsreached

parades thatwindybody

timesbe ore w hilethe lines

ss. Onthereturn thetime

inthisinstance themusicians

y thef orce e erymanblow

shthebigbassdrummanbring

gsuchgyrationso hisdrum

lourish. I tw asanimposing

s b o so m ( o f i c er o t h e da y

andA d utantR andv ow ed

ngli e itbe ore . Suddenly

upouto theground

ebigdrum B ushcaughthistoe

p we n t th e d ru m st i c s i n t he a i r

cianontopo hisdrum the

ecarriedbotha long thedrum

heproneonhisstomachw as

egsf ly ingina lldirectionsin

s to p .W e l l i t w as a s i gh t .

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TH E U N I O N .

icrousnesso thescene

sible andsuchamightyburst

romthethroatso theboys

e r h ea r d be o r e or s i nc e i n a ll

N GO F MA J O R O S B O R N E , A TTH E B A TT E

, 1 6 5.

a ys G e or g e W . S t o d da r d o C o .

o nt o h i s te n t i n t he r e ar o t h e

e n. H o e s f o r ce s c am e u p

oseatthea larmandw asinthe

sswordasthef irstv o lleywas

woundedatthatf ire . Stoddard

lacedhiminablan etand

inthedirectiono ours ir

ashea yandtheywere

dhisw oundtomo eslow ly .

t h e re b el h o rd e wa s u po n t he m a n d

e n o r mo r e wh o s ur r ou n de d t he m

commencedri lingthe

t a i n g th e re r o m a ha n ds o me g o ld

ho h a d j u s t c o me u p s e i e d t he

C o n e d er a te o f i c er n e ar s a id

a llow yourmentorobady ingo f icer

t h e 15 th C o n n " " N o t i I k n o w

i c er b u t f o r a l l t ha t t he w a tc h w as

ghthethie w assentunderguard

ae linesacrossSouthw estC ree .

ousburden wereordered

mill w herethey le tthe

rgeo theC on ederatesurgeons.

rtunate inpreser inghis

U p c a m e a d ir t y " g r a y- b ac "

andasho el andbringing

thetallpri a te sheadw itha

n , I w an t t ha t h at " a t t h e sa m e ti m e

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Now " sa idthe J ohnnie

b el t " w hi p pi n g ou t a b ig k n i e

itf romhisprisoner. The

ntobeconcernedlestthene t

heclotheshew ore butthat

nn i e s a ys S t o dd a rd : " W h a t ar e

e lintheplaceo arms

" Y a n , I a m ap it -s in e r f o r a

f y o u- u ns " w a s th e r ep l y a n d

ullyaccompaniedhimto

F TH E F L I GH TA N DR E -C A PTU R E O F C A PT.

I E U T. L I N S L E Y , I N M A R C H , 1 6 5 .

G M. WH I T .

edre erence ismadetothisincidentin

ethattime thef o llowingpaperhasbeen

n e e n a t t h e ri s o r e pe t it i on t o g i e i t

thema or-generalincom

r N e w B e r n e N . C , t h e 15 t h

ass. w ereplacedinaposit ion

ederatessurroundedandcaptured

startedonf ootf orR ich

o r ce o t h e V e t er a n R e s er e o

y. O nenight soona terthe long

pt. Whiteescaped accompanied

. L i n sl e y o C o . K , 1 5 th R e g i

nri erthey f oundaboatw hich

hemtotheoppositeshore they

oundthattheyhadlandedon

sedlessthanha l o theri er.

rails tiedtogetherwithgrape

y reachedthemain- land w henthe

dtheyw ereobligedtoswim.

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TH E U N I O N .

a n p a st t h e pr i me o l i e

greedtobringus agoodsup

nandcornbreadsoona terdar

rryw herew ecouldgetacross

be oredaylightthene tmorning.

ettynearlyusedup butL ieut.

tlygettinghissecondwind.

thevergeo despondencyordis

w hene erI begantosw ear

milingwithsomenew idea.

brotherwith ourtwenty

oourhidingplaceontime

nginsearcho him andw hen

A v o u ld f i n d hi m a s h e di d . H e

r eyandthechic enandthe

enew sthatthef erryhad

rruptedinitsoperations but

yele eno cloc thatnight.

soonmade andele en

s a t th e a pp o in t ed r e nd e v o u s i n c on

oredman w hof orthirtyyears

erry . Heto ldusthathehad

mL ee sarmy w how ith, the ir

omplete w erewait ingtogo

t andhew asa ra idthey

sasnotbe ingo " the irk ind

a lly inducedhimto leadustothem

o n e r en c e we c o n i n ce d t he m

a n e e s a n d go t t he m t oc o n

erw iththem. Theywere

minedloo ingseto men.

a' tidalwa e' o deserters

melea ingL ee sarmyand

themounta inso WestV irginia .

usandf ortwohoursre used

heboatandgoo erw ith

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wasto entrapandarrest

weretry ingtogetaway

a te s e r i c e. W e f i n al l y co n i n ce d

n e ' Y a n s a n d ab o ut m i d

df la t-bottomed s uare-

tartedacross. Theri erw as

apid andtheboatw asheld

mbyacablestretchedf rom

nningthroughrudetac leat

ow . Wecouldsee lightsonthe

icientlynearwherew ewereappar

nga llcon idence intheo ld

as ednoq uestions butsilently

edthe landing up

nyo rebe lsoldiers. We heard

a nd k n e wt h ey w e re e e r y on e

ctly intotheboat andthencame

oiceo thecapta inasheorderedthe

arms andmarchashore.

tw asstillasdeathintheboat

emo ed. Thecapta inrepeated

themoneminuteto laydow n

ore orhew ouldgi ethe

aminutemustha epassed

a n d th e n on e o t h e de s er t er s

rchedout thenanother

ndianf ile theya llstepped

o w hattothemw asprettycer

eresitt inginthesterno

e. Unnoticedbyus- theo ld

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ssiblebulle tsunderthesterno

hthisfacef arenoughabo e

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achedtoclutchhimby the

tdo it. I w hisperedaselectiono

e t e a r a n d th e y mu s t ha e b e en

e at o n ce s u n o u t o e a r sh o t a n d I

e .

in ita tioncametousf rom

thenL insleyandmysel

ainhadsentthe deserters

andhenowmarchedus

rt e rs .

urcaptorw asC apta inDu

a r o li n a re g im en t a n d th a t hi s

eg a n w as i n N e w B e r n e N . C .

tdea laboutNew B erneand

menthadbeentheref ormore

oonf e ltasmuchathomew ith

a Y a n h i ms e l . H e g a e u p

ebeingondutya llnight and

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ourbetrayalbytheold col

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pttheconstantstreamo

gupintothe mountains.

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nningthef erry legit imate ly

atatnightitw ashisconstant

tw oorthree loadso deserters

cefortheser ice .

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toarresttheold f erryman

oundhisnec andtheother

himtosayhislastprayer. Old

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d th e c ap t ai n : " Y o u s j i s t

o f , M ar se e y ou h an g me . I

l de r e st o d e f o l s i n d is w h ol e

me andcomesrighttomy

e li e a n r u n d e f e r r y j e s t de

a g a h ea p mo r e ga m e n y e w o u ld e

e.

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ustodian. YoungWisedidnotride

t h e ca r h o we e r . H e p l ac e d a

mus etsonthecarw ithus

inthecaboose.

tthatridetoR ichmond. The

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escouldbeused and

dow ngradew asreachedw e

d at t h e me r cy o f a t e. O u r o n l y

to lie f la tonthenarrow

engtho thecarroo , and

sbestwecould.O ur

s ets andoneo themhis

sorry f igurew henatlastw e

andtheymarchedustothehead

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ingayenoughstyletoma eup

o h i s gu a rd . I t h in h e i s th e

hohasinrecentyearsbeenquite

o lit ics buthasnow ta enup

or city . Theseturnedus

ma r sh a l a n d th e n bi d u s a v e r y

erethenthoroughlysearched

herethesearchingw asper

dquiteanamountingreen

dta entheprecautiontosecrete

heliningatthe bottomo

rclothingw assocompletely

othek neesthattheydidnot

ow egotpastDic Turnerw ithout

s . A s a r e s ul t o o u r e f o r t

L ibby twodaysinad anceo

nt.

O F T H E S W O R D O F C A P T. TH E O D O R E R . DA V I S .

ne o M a y3 0 th 1 8 9 a p pe a re d

S T A N D F O U N D .

. M t d R i l es G ol ds bo ro N . C , s ay s th at

hatplacesupposedtoha ebelongedtoa

t he h a nd s o a n o ld n e gr o — G r e en E v e r et t . O n

wng: " P resentedtoC apt. TheodoreR .

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his result:

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s.

randwasv erygladtohearf romyou.

andleo thatswordI hadpublished.

wordcost himf i edollars andi you

dhonorable letter pra isingtheo ldnegro

tf orlessmoney f orhew antsanarticleto

papersaboutit. I w il ldoa llI canf or

ou r f r i en d

S DU N B A R .

atC apt. Da isw rotethe

andsentsu f icient" green

speedy returno hisw eapon.

ngwhenitarri ed anditis

themostpreciousmemen

e ueath.

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rtyandspontaneousC hristmas

thatdonatedby theregiment

N . C . A f t e r dr e ss p a ra d e on t h e

9 1 6 4 t h e co m ma n d wa s f o r me d

d S e r gt . R e i l ly o C o . C , o n b eh a l

intotheenclosureava luable

ndpresentedthesameto

o litt leasane pressiono

was heldbytheregiment.

etelysurprised and

ssinghisthan s sa idthis:

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manthereweretw othingsthat

onew asahorseandtheothera

o n t o th i rt y y ea r s o a g e a n d

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courage andw henthis' crue l

ap s bu t w e wo n t t a l o t h at

usteredout" hishorsew ith

thew arandcon eyedhimto

remainedse era lyearsand

m t o N e b ra s a t o o t h e

gwithhim. A bout1 90theo ld

o t h e f a m i ly a n d ma y be

T H E R E G M N TA L B A TT E F L A G A T TH E

I N S TO N .

A N T S .F . L I N S L E Y , C O . K .

C o . C . W h e n c om i ng o n t o

no on o M ar ch 7 1 6 5 I w as

irm ishlineo the le tw ing

yardsinitsrearinaditch

adethroughthe plantation.

erybac o J ac son sMills

ments openedf ire w hichnecessi

he le tinmyposition other

o p en e d t h e ne t d a y w e oc c up i ed

n.

hensione istsamongsome

thee actstatuso theregimen

a n d it i s w it h a v i e w t o gi e

thatthisarticle isw ritten.

sentto C onnecticutf orrepairs

gNew B erneandhadnotbeen

suppliedbyabluesil stand

. S . g o e r nm e nt a n d wa s

ao anyk ind. Thisensign

w ingandthenationa lco lor

teraspre iously stated

t h e f i e l d b u t th e f o r me r wa s n ot

p lu c i l y k e p t f l y i n g an d t he

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embero theguardw ith

ceptC orpora lMan ille

ed. Ne ertheless he

dw henourf orcesbro e

etreat. H ehadscarce lypassed

artersw henhefe ltunabletogo

preciouschargeo ertome.

ndF innigano mycompanysoon

wasgenera lby thistime w e

tand intothewoodswell

ingtoescape. S uddenlyw e

alt surrenderthoseco lors "

ebe lso ldierse i edthesta f .

-becaptoramomentandf rom

iecewas notloaded nor

gcomradenearhim. I t

wasrather uncalledf or

rw ithonehand drew my

r a n d in t h e sa m e br e at h G ri f i n

paringtoma earushandcap

u s t at t h is c r is i s C a p t. B u r g e ss

herebelin antry now

hichinthee citementI had

ad isedoursurrender. Weaccord

g. Ourcaptorcarriedit into

n andaparto thew ayw e

L V I R G N I A M A TC O .

o t h e so - ca l le d " B l a c b e rr y

w a s th e d es t ru c ti o n o a n i ro n b ri d ge

ri ero erw hichsuppliesw ere

atearmy f romR ichmond. Gen.

o w h ic h t he 1 5 th C o n n w a s a pa r t

ay lor sf armw hilethemain

destroythisbridge.W hile

the lads w homitistobef eared

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b ba t h , f a n cy i ng t h ei r U n c l e

arenotca lculatedtosusta inthe

ersusedtoha eino ldC on

loo aboutf orada intyor

essyouthw asoneS toddard a

h o e m bo l de n ed b y t he e a mp l e o

t h e 3d N . Y . c a a l ry s t ar t ed o u t

n h is o wn a c co u nt . ( I t i s i n e r re d

beenane emplaryyoung

heclearo thecamperehe

l a r o C o . D o u t on a

ustrioheld aconsulta

reedtof orma" l im itedpart

ncapital— -notha ingacent

mbar inthemeatandpro

dnotta e longtodraw upthe

plantationo oneC ol. C rane

elarmy andthitherwardthef irm

albee-hi espresentedthe ir

andW adewasespecially

e r sa c w i th h o ne y " j u s t to e a t

w " buttheseniormembero

hattheystood moreinneed

ng w hichcounse lpre a iled

themansion. Onlyaf ew

appearedtobeho ldingthef ort

andthese onbeingquestioned

n a d er s t ha t a f l o c o s h ee p

erthehil l. Thisw ascheer ul

ew meatmar etroseatonce.

dta e ita ll buttheothers

notwhiletheywerethereat

b e a d o n a f i n e " c o s se t t " a n d i n a

e h ad i t s hi d e o f , a n d th i s pi e ce o

hungbyitsheelstoa gun

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denedtransgressors ha

bro entheSabbath f right

sla inthe litt le lamb rounded

ra idingthea oresaidbee

o r t he p a rt n er s s o m uc h t im e wa s

weetunderta ing thatthe

mpbecamebro en. I tseems

olumnhadune pectedly

andtheremorselessgripo the

dow nonthem. Whimpering

u a ll y o n o a a i l t h e i r en t ir e

andthemsel esignominiously

dtentunderguard w ithsome

sa ltpor andhard- tac l i e

assertedthatin thesmall

heheado thef irmgotloose

regainedaportiono the

i t ma y t h e ar r es t b ro e u p " T h e

tC o. " andtheconcernw ent

C E R N I N G " T H E B L A C K B E R R Y R A I D .

S D B A R N E S , C O . B .

J u n e 1 6 3 G en . J o h n A .

ea o a " b a c d o o r at t ac o n R i c h

enttroopsbeingsentf romthat

eeatGettysburg. Gen. Getty s

y s S t a ti on " n ea r N o r o l , o n tr an s

n w herew eencampedonthehis

wallis surrender. V erynearour

able w eretheo ldlineso

eesinsomeinstancestw of eetin

. S oona terday lighton

uly1w ecrossedthePamun ey

theburnedra ilroadbridge. I t

i r s t " c a t i s h. W e s a w a n

o b i g " c a t s " w hi c h he s a id

ilroadbridge. Weriggedupa



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g wo r ms f o r b ai t a n d th e n sa t f o r

ta nibble.H untingup

desomeremar sabouthis

w e t ol d h im h e l ie d a n d th a t th e re

heri er. He insistedtherew as

o o s . " H o o s a l l ri g ht w he r e

wedhimsomenicef atearth

inned. " C omew idme " sa id

o lloweddow ntothesutler s

h a l p o un d b ai t " a n d in a

poundo so tgreencheese. We

ly buta terputtingonabit

ut the" tideturned more

rummond andcat ishw eigh

poundsw erecaughttil lw e

camp.Thesecondday

ono Dr. F ounta in w hose

Patric H enry. The inmates

t h at b e au t i u l h om e t o th e b la c s

entswerescatteredinall

nn. B rigadew eref ullye one

it many litt learticlesw ere

andsomeo ourmennearly

a ingsomeo thesediscarded

ion.

ay inw hichthe

Thatnightthe15thC onn.

o h n Ta y lo r p la n ta t io n i n a

w asinstac s theboys

orf orage. Westayedthere

l y 4t h a n d on t h at d a y th i s ho a ry

diersf romtheporch

tthisplantation andinsome

redw heattoo f ireabout

terrible forcedmarche lse

nyo themensleptwhile

musingtohearthevarietyo

timesincethe lasthalt.



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esuddenlyagainsthisf i le

" w h at s a n ot h er h a lt c a ll e d f o r "

at ithadnotbeen ten

f a l l in " w as g i e n b u t up o n

amininghisw atch w ould

ohadelapsed andthenwould

admarchedasleep.

ssinstances.Men

ok eeptheirplacesintheran s

close s irm ishingw iththerear

behindandpic edupby these

edeathinmostinstances

emorse lesslyasaSiou I ndian.

e irprime andthetroops

menf romthehil lso N ew

e oreseensuchaw ealtho blac

lineo march. O necould

n pic morethanhecould

ca l li n g th i s ti m e sa y s " g a th e re d

tersf ullf romthev inesw ithin

eptusinhea lth. F re uently

uartcapo berries crushthem

ea inginthe irhardtac ,

utes itw asnomeandishthen.

berries thenpourtheminto

a litt lew ater thismadeaf ar

anthatdraw nf romsome

geo asi -muleteam. I tw as

w i ld f r u it t h at g a e t h e e p e di

l a c b e rr y R a i d .

ef anciedthatwhen

oughf orthetransports

maindero thewayhome

o n t ra n sp o rt s o n " g u n b oa t s "

r" shoe" tow nsinMassachu

entire lengtho thatpenin

tt le - ie ldo B etheltoF or

thew ay insti l ingdust such



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ic edituponamarch

Thenagain w ew ere in

deep anduptothearm-pits

w how erea lwaysatthe" short

anda lw aysloadeddow nwithguns

s h a e r sa c s c a nt e en s b l a n e t s

munition f ry ingpans etc. e tc.

emadethatlong andtoil

t lastreachedHampton. A na ide

edina teryearsthattheGen

e ualedit consideringits

edistanceco ered andthe

etroopsatthef inish.



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R C O R P WA R PO S T R S N A R R A T V E O F

. H A R T L I E U T .-C O L . TO L L E S ' O P R A

U TH M L L S PR O MO T O N S F R O MTH E

TH E R R E G M N T A R E L I C O F F R E D

R G V A . B I L L N I C H O L S A N D TH E " TA R

T O N S N A R R A T V E O F C A P T. W A T R M A N .

R C O R P .

I N S L E Y , C O MPA N Y K .

rgani edouto theC onn.

o u s e L a n d i ng i n 1 6 3 . I w a s de

rewereaboutse enty-

ctedw ithit andourdutieswere

march clearawayobstruc

and w hengoingintocamp

o f i c er s a n d pr e pa r e i n p ar t

cupationo thecommand.

thecorpsper ormed wasin

ebaggagetrains.These

oronereasonandanother bad

beingthemostf re uent

histhecasea terlea ing

g. Now ordso minecan

e ationo thatoccasion.

themudwasdeep theroad

eamsterswere impatient the

uleswereugly.

dthatthe latteranimalsweresw ornatso

rdri ers thatthey too learnedthe language

t h e Pi o ne e r C o r ps w a s

. While itsmembersw ere

u ty f a t ig u e se r i c e wa s f a r

a n d it r e u i re d a we l l se a so n ed

ef ormedaseparatedetach-



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ttogether andw erea lw ays

rgency.

r a se e r e da y s m ar c h a c o m

emadethatoneor more

nout " only tocomestraggling

t w henthe laborw asa lldone.

of re uentlyon" B illy

C , t h a t he w as l o o e d u po n a s on e

g W i l li a m C o u rt H o u s e

nlateasusua l. Dutieso one

getherw ithasearchf ora

c en t " b l ac b e rr i es " o t h at

edistancef romcamp andon

t by o n e o m y m e n w ho i n

apoorB il lyH oganhadbeen

y q u i c w o r , a n d I r e l e ct e d

oo hardonW illiamand

en t a n d no w th e s ic m a n wa s

I espiedinthedistancea

ginsolemnattitude nearour

moundo f reshearth. None

asI drew near andagreat

ustthenHogancameup

L i e ut e na n t i t s m e . I g o t o ut o

b e bu r ie d a li e . T h en t h e

nityv anishedinanin

laughterf o llowed.

mentHoganreachedcamp

adhisblan et and regardless

undasleep. In myabsencese

orpsq uietlydugatrench and

ully la idhim init. Then

w ithaw ill. B il ly soonw o e

" andcommencedyell ing" stop

ra O ' i m n ot d e ad y e t " a n d ma d e

done hewassothor

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st o n a e i n h an d h e t hr e at e ne d

na" J ohnny w hoattempted

blu f edhimandescapedto

smouth thepioneercorps

e r ec t in g a f l a g - st a o n t he

nglyw eprocuredf romthe

tonehundredtw enty f eetin

do bloc sandropesf romthe

ard attemptedonenighta ter

oposition.O urrigging

f ortandw ewerecompelled

g" untilne tmorning. B e ore

er w erecei edmarching

edaboutf ourmilesnearerPorts

dnotw ellcarryour" bigstic "

nn ra iseditsomedayslateramid

rpswasmadebusyputting

i e l d an d S t a f o f i c er s . Th e se

. C o l. U pham L ieut.-C o l.

rne C haplainMiller S urgeonH ol

andtheassistantsurgeons each

llingabout10 1 . I naddit ion

on o C o . K , a n d my s el b u il t

eso thesamemateria l. They

ndow sanddoor anddi ided

apartments.E achcabin

l ac e a n d ch i mn e yb u il t o b r ic s

w hichwere" con iscated"

ityo Portsmouth. The

producedf romaphoto

ampw asbro enuponour

aro lina representsC apt. Mun-

dings.

rpswereresumedon

dk eptupf oratimea terthe

erne buttheorgani ationwas

atterplace.



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.

E W H A V E N , C O N N . J U L Y , 1 6 2.

E G M N T

horityo theGo ernorby the

H A V E N .

onenlist ing i w ithin30days $ 50. 00

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dtomeettheC ommitteeatonce.

N R E G M N T

andmarchtoWashington

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S H O P B . L .B R Y A N ,

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.

M R I D N , C O N N . J U L Y , 1 6 2.

TO F TH E

C I T Z E N S O F M R I D N whoare

e f o r t to s a e t h e N a t io n i n

rere uestedtomeetatthe

TO N TH U R S DA Y E V E N ' G

1 6 2 a t7 1- 2o c lc , t o c on su lt up on

P B L I C S A F E T . A l l

o ernmentcallsloudly

mustrespondnoblynow in

S , a s s he h a s do n e in t h e pa s t.

O R D X O N , C Y R U S N O R TH R O P E S Q .

pea ersw illbepresenttoaddress

I U H T H n n. O . H . P . A T T

E W I S , H on. WA L T R B O O TH ,

O O K S , C H A R L E S PA R K E R ,

D E D .V I U N D PA R K E R ,

t h . 1 U J . a n d nu m er o us o t he r c it i e n s.



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T H E U N I O N . 225

O F C H A R L E S E . H A R T C O MPA N Y I .

n C o .I , J u ly 2 t h 1 6 2 a nd

corporal. I nthiscapacity I

so theregimentuntil I obta ined

w B e r n e N . C , i n t he s p ri n g

er t o a pp e ar b e o r e Ge n . C a s ey s B o a r d

candidatesforcommissions

e ingraised. I w asf ortu

terw iththegradeo f irst

edmydischargef romthe15th

n r e p or t in g f o r d u t y at W a s h in g to n

is a K y . a n d re c ei e d a c om m is

egt. U . S . C o loredTroops

nocapta in nornosecondlieu

emounta inregionso eastern

n th s a n d we r e th e n tr a ns e r re d t o

nd i n t he A r m y o t h e J a m e s.

n o t h e 25 t h A r m y C o r p s u n de r

ereassignedtotheF irstB rigade

d i n t he w i nt e r o 1 6 4 - 5 w er e

o w or satF ortHarrison

eretheregimentw asdailyunder

e C o n e d er a te p i c e t l in e s an d t he i r

l mo e o o u r f o r c e s to t h e le t a n d so

mondandPetersburg w ew ere

rdHatcher sR unandplaced

h C o r p s. W h e n t he f i n al d e no u e

edw iththearmy bro etherebel

werepresentatLee ssurrender

ppomatto . I w aspromotedto

om p an y J u l y 8 t h 1 6 5 .

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cordworthyo remembrance.

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ticipate thecommand w ith



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e25thC orps w asorderedto

aineduntilmusteredoutin F eb

w e r e f i n a ll y d is c ha r ge d a t L o u i s i l le

t h e 1 09 t h ca m e f r o m n in e d i f e r

nsha ebeenheld andthe

ndianapo lis.

. TO L L E S ' O P R A T O N S A T S O U TH M L L S .

T .

M i ll s N . C ,

ortoreportthatincompanyw ithMa or

a a l ry a n d tw e nt y m en o h i s co m ma n d I

oL ebanonMills f ourmilesw esto this

dso threeandf ourha ebeenseenin

metotime butI w asunableto f indany. The

thew esternbrancho thePas uotan

ef orhorsemen I proceeded incompany

htmendismounted toandacrossthe

ewesto w hichw ecapturedaf ew under

cumstances.H ehadspentthenight

usua lcrossingo theri er w hereour

a n d w h en c a pt u re d w as f i e m i le s f r o m

identintentiono crossingourlinesatsome

apedetection. H isnameisF a l O den-

to b e a r e u g e e f r o m Go l ds b or o N . C . H e

ngo ldandS outhernS tatemoney inhispos

ero w atches. I sendyoutheprisoner

ect ully Yourobedientser ant

s S o u t h Mi l ls .

ns A d t.Gen.S outhMills

onortoreportthatI accompaniedMa or

ty o h i s co m ma n d ( c a a l ry t o C a m d en C o u r t

sendingpartiestothedi f erentlandingson

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d e ru n ne r n am e d Do u gl a ss a c i ti e n o P a s u o

inhispossessiontwohides. Theboatwas

onourarri a la tthe landing hadj ust

e andmadetheirescape.A cartand

r ry b r ou g ht i n to c a mp . H a i n g he a rd

eengueril lashadbeenseenintheneighbor

orM. strengthenedhisad anceguard

dsasw ellashecould consideringthe

taboutmidway f romtheC ourtH ouse

theco lumnw asf ireduponbyaparty

ordero asw amp supposedtobethe

e k i l li n g Pr i a t es T a gg a rt o C o . F a n d

a nd w ou nd in g Pr i a te H o o e r o C o . C . Ma o r

dhiscarbineersasq uic lyaspossible

amp butw ithoutbe ingabletoo er

amdenC ourtH ousew ewere in ormedby

pt. Hugheshadagueril labanduni ormed

tcouldlearnnoparticulars.

w h at I l e ar n t ro m d i f e r en t s ou r ce s I

isconsiderablepassingonthePas uotan ,

useandthisplacebymeanso smallboats.

guard toyourhead uartersT imothyDoug

r a s m en t io n ed a b o e . H i s s to c o h i de s

enablemetotransportthebodieso those

u l ly Y o u r o b ed i en t s er a n t

s S o u t h Mi l ls .

F R O M TH E 15 TH C O N N . T O O TH E R

J o h n B . W i l l et t t o is t L i e u t . C o .

e a y A r t i ll er y. 1 6 5 .

og e W . A l l e n t o C a p t. C o . E , 2 9 th

or ed . 1 6 4 .

r a n E . L i tt le t o is t L i e ut . C o .

. I . ( M a o rb yb re e t . 1 6 4 .

o rg e W . B u n n e ll t o i st L i e ut .

. C . I . 1 6 5 .

h a r le s G ri s wo l d to C a p t . C o . B , 2 9 th



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e n r y G. M a rs h al l t o is t L i e u t . C o .

ls . 1 6 4 a nd C a p t. C o . I , 2 9 th C . V .

GH o r t o n to M a o r 1 t h N . Y .

w i n A . T h or p e to C a p t . C o . K ,

4 .

l a re n ce M . C l a r t o i st L i e ut . C o .

. 1 6 4 . C a pt ai n M ay 1 2 1 6 5 .

w i n A . K e n ne y t o C a p t. C o . F ,

y A r t . 1 6 5 .

P i li p E . C h a pi n t o is t L i e u t . C o .

y A r t. 1 6 4 .

hn H i l l to i st L i e u t. C o . G 2 t h U .

i ll i am B . P e a s e to i s t L i e u t. C o .

. I . 1 6 3 .

u g u s tu s B o d w el l t o 5 th R e g t . I n

3. ( N otmustered.

a r l es E . H a r t t o C a p t . C o . E . 1 0 9t h

4 .

To ma s D un l ap J r . t o C a p t. C o . F ,

4 .

c ha rd K . W o o dr u f t o C a pt . C o . C ,

4 .

F R E D R I C K S B U R G V A .

t re a t o B u r n s id e s A r m y

o F r e de r ic s b ur g t h e wr i te r

odenchair droppedonthe

sshoulder hecarriedit

ortiono thew ay tocamp

meandwasf lungaside.

theredit inand" toted" itto

possessionduringallthe

o theregiment andto-day in

rmsandaw elcometoany

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O L S A N D TH E " TA R -H E E L .

s o C o . I , w as b e in g c on

ichmond( seehisnarrati e ,

ewasplacedin arailroad

mrades. B etw eenE n ie ldand

w h en e e r t he t r ai n s to p pe d t h ey w er e

sityby the" N orthC aro lina

e s " c a ll e d " t a r - he e ls " f r o m th e ir

eproducto thepinetreeso

onedayas uado these

s ee n a " Y a n " b e o r e a n d

hiscompanions obser inga

i c h ol s f e e t e n te r ed i n to t h e

nw iththe irw earer:

pullo f themboots.

ss n ot .

uI wantthemboots.

.

ap " addressinghiso f icer " C an t

t he m bo o ts ? "

ouldanswer N icho lssa idto

h e re s a f e l lo w t ha t h as n t c o ur a ge

nerinaf ight butisj ust

manalready ta en. Now i

ndcomeintothis carand

h e i s we l co m e to t h em . T h e in i

bera lsprin lingo " cuss-

lsk epthisboots.

ybeo interest asshowing

d. Toe erymanthef o llow

llowed:

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T C 0N N E C T C U 1 V O L U N T E R S .

rdbread ortw enty - two

o r o f l o ur o r t we n ty o u nc e s

i ll o b e an s o r a n ou n ce a n d

a o c o f e e o r on e- i t h o

nceso sugar.

lo v i n eg a r.

n o u n ce o s o ap .

g i ll s o s a lt .

es( desiccatedorotherwise w ere

nt. I ncampsnearcit ies or

notinterrupted andthe

snotpossible f ortheso ldierto

dhim.Thiswasthecase

sC haseandC aseyandatPorts

e . Muchlessthanthef ull

mpaniesat theseplaces

aspa idthemincashby theGo

dbeusedin anymanner

ponamarchorinthef ace

uppliesw erehabitua lly " short.

o thecontractorsthano the

w asa lw aysthecasetheso ldier

f o r h e ne i th e r re c ei e d t he r a ti o n no r

or.Theworstswindleswere

read andsa ltbee ( " sa lt-

d . P robably thepurestand

urnishedw astheco f ee. The

uestion thev inegarw asmade

dthebeansf re uentlyharder

cartridges. Thesa ltpor w as

ef reshbee , f reshbreadand

erissued. Thetoughest" hard

d o ut t o u s wa s a t F r e de r ic s b ur g i n

mendarednoteatit indaylight

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o C o. D isresponsible f or

tertheengagement betw een

undredbo eso thisbread

edtothecattle inthecommis

elatteranimalsnot beenon

t io n t h e y wo u ld h a e k i c e d i t

ri er. Thew riterhasoneo

. s" senthomeduringthatcam

itwouldbeinterestingto

espreparedby theboys and

manu acture . S uchtermsas

l- i r e st e w " e t c. e t c. w e re a p pl i ed t o

byastranger heno longer

esso theirtitles.

O F C A PT. R E U B E N W A T R MA N , C O MPA N Y F .

7 th o M ar ch 1 6 5 M a .

w erewatchingtheC on ederate

mpanyw asonpic etonthe

er a lsw eheardthesoundo

ro s s th e c re e a n d k n e w th a t

w erebeingconstructedthere .

renoonw henthef ina lattac w as

ycompanyw asdri enin. We

onhow e er andf e llbac on

ssingthroughthew oods I

ngw oundedontheground. I

thhim buthew asbeingcared

saccount andorderedmetoget

aspossible ora llw ouldbe

r a n s a t o nc e a nd e e r y ma n

msel . I w entthrougha litt leopen

ingourf lagstillw a ing

therear concludedtherew as

a tera ll andasI hadate

rdinner satdow ntore reshmy

. W h i l e mu n ch i ng i t I h e ar d



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L L E C T O N S O F S E R GT.H E N R Y C .B A L D

I T TO F R E D R I C K S B U R G V A . I N 1 92.

F E V E R S C O U R G A TN E W B E R N E .

B U TR I C K S , C O . I .

o o u r hi s to r ia n I w r it e

ecollectionso N ew B erne

thatdread ulscourgeo

he m o nt h s o S e p te m be r O c t o b er

6 4 . W h i le I s ha l l ne e r f o r ge t t ha t

snotgoodenoughtoenableme

cy these era ldatestow hichI

l lude. I thin thestate

rliestintimationwehad

eunwelcomev isitorinour

e r gt . R o g e rs o C o . B , g a e

i c ti m i n th e 1 5t h C . V . I

e ty t h at w a s f e l t b y o f i c er s

o f icia llydeclaredthatthe

S e r gt . R o g e rs w a s ye l lo w f e e r .

on ersationw ithSurgeonHol-

hatw ehadyellow f e erinthe

a n d se e r al g e nu i ne c a se s i n ou r

hingbutanearly f rostcould

eso thediseasew hichw ould

ndta eaw aymanyo our

sad icew as" k eepcoo l

d e c i te d e a t an d s le e p re g u

tyo goodcommissary .

ehadattac edourregi

entalhospitalwasbecoming

andse era lo myow n

madeitapracticeto

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rablemannerinwhich the

menta lhospita lw ereadministered

andhiscorpso assistants. I

theun ortunatepatients

ata llrece i edasmuchcare

ble consideringthegreat

urgeons.W hothatv isited

sethreemonthso gloomand

orgetthescenestherew itnessed

rcomradessu f eringinthe

terribledisease? A sI now

olcombehadthreew ards w here

th e f e e r w er e r ec e i e d ; t h e

hepatientw asinitsf irststage;

iseasehadassumedadanger

third w herethepatientw as

p e o r e co e r y t h is D r . H o l

f inishingroom.

e p t e mb e r t h e f e e r h ad

sposit ioninNew B erneandhad

hecit i ens thatthemilitary

tousastothesa etyo the

urregimentw erea f lictedw ith

anyhaddied thatitw asf eared

stroyedbythescourge i

stduty . A ccordingly early in

tsw eremadetore lie etheregi

orthC aro linaC o loredV o l

w asorderedtoapo intsome

eenN ewB erneandMore-

result itsoonbegantoreco er

ortunate ly formyse l ,

w aso f icero thedayandw as

ch inchargeo theco lored

Thiswasmysituation dur

thoutre lie .

essedinthe streetso

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T H E U N I O N . 235

denter ahousewherethe

ysomemembero thehouse

n st a nc e s w h er e e e r yo n e o t h e

sbed oronthef looro the

I obligedtosendoneo the

sterw ithordersf orthecus

chtocon ey theremainsto

erymorningthesescenes

ationdailygrowingworse

tober. A t nightwew ere

resburningona lltheprincipa l

genumberso barrelso tur

wereconsumed.

t h e gu a rd s c ar c el y a

hestreetsa ternight a ll;

osttopostinthedischargeo

toberidingthroughaplace

egloomhadta enupits

e r t he r e we r e lo n g ni g ht s a m

hemduringthatseasono dread

r a s I k n o w n o t a s i ng l e ma n o

at t ac e d b y th e f e e r a n d it

oloredpeopleseemedto be

s. Thegreatlossw asamong

hadsoughtshe lterandpro

butf oundinstead inmany

gra e.

restingscenesthatI now

teraf ew coo lnightsinearly

o w r e me m be r t he d a te I r e ce i e d

ertocausee erybuildingin

erdw ellingorstore tobeopened

udbee pected. A ccordingly the

indsof araspossible the

thevarioustenements and

uildingsmustbeopened e ither

orby theapplicationo thea e

guard w hene ertheorder



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rly inN o emberaslightf rost

metoputintoe f ectpre ious

ostguardwaspromptly

intos uadsandassignedtothe

ecity ; eachs uadbeingunderthe

issionedo f icer. Theorders

uildingandcause ittobeopened

topermitthef reeaccesso the

possible f orcibly i necessary.

utedsystematicallyandwith

heparto theguard andin

emeetwithoppositionon the

a llseemedtorecogni etheorders

rdthee pulsiono thefe er

obligedtoopenby f orce

usiness e itherby f orcingthe

w indow s. Mosto thosew ho

thestoreso thecity had

ndoninga llthe irstoc andsee

ces sosoonasitbecamee i

adbecomeepidemic.

egreatestsourceso an

wastheprohibitiontosend

ewisenoopportunitytore

ere; astrictquarantinewas

m a ny w e e s w e w e re a n i o us r e

s w hile theyk now ingthe

e inN ew B erne w eree ua lly

are dreadinglestthef irst

ngtidingso death. How

oicingw hena terthef irst

w elcomeannouncementthatthe

ed andmaila llow edtoarri e

tosay thatnosteamere er

onateandtendermessages than

steamerlea ingNew B erne

uarantine .



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leitga epromisethatthe

r w as b r o e n h a d th e r es u lt t o

ratef ora f ew days those

seasebeingapparentlyhurriedout

nonew casesappearedandw erea l

ethedangerline andf rom

erf earo ourterriblev isitant.

atewhenthe regimentre

ndresumeditsdutyaspro

orememberthatitw asw ith

ctionthatI w e lcomeditbac

ashappyinthe thought

e d a s o f i c er o t h e da y

noticeyougi ethenumbero

a s s i t y c a nn o t sa e l y di s

butithasa lw aysbeenmy impres

ute ightymen. I nthe list

he n a me o L i e ut . T ho mp s on * o

u ty w i th L i e ut . B o w ma n t o b e

hisli e andtodow hatw e

hoursascom ortableaspos

lle erdesiretobepresentat

cter.

etosay thatw hilethe15th

anybattlesassomeother

notbe lie ethatany regiment

nderwentanythingthat

dread ule periencew e asa

edtoendureduringthe reign

" a t N e w B e rn e.

F A C T C O N C E R N I N G TH E Y E L L O W F E V E R

N E W B E R N E .

F U R N I S H E D B Y A S S I S TA N T S U R G O N E DW A R DO . C O W L E S .

owf e erintheoriginal 13th

o g e rs C o . B . B u t t h e f i r st c a se

sshouldbeaddedtothe listrecordedinC hap. V I I :

Th om ps on O c t .2 9 1 6 4 . C o .H , H e nr yC . L o r d S e p t. 1 , 1 6 4 .



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ro mensentusf romother

. ThiscaseoccurredinJ une

erDr. C ow les care . Thesymptoms

sew erethoseo ye llow fe er

hequestion hemadean

olcombetoseethere

sionso ye llow f e erw ere

andw hentheyw erepo inted

heshruggedhisshouldersand

llcatch herebe orethe

. C ow lesreportedthecaseas

r t o Dr . H a n d M ed i ca l D ir e ct o r.

ortwiththere uestthatthe

asthepublicationo itw ould

oldiers andthroughthe

srepliedthatthediagnosis

h e d ou b te d i t r e e r re d h im t o

adwitnessedtheresulto the

amilia rw iththedisease ha

icoyearsbe ore . Thencame

gnosistobiliousremittent

notobeyed onthegroundthatthe

w asitstruth ulness. Dr. Ho l-

dDr. C ow les diagnosisw ere

u bs e u e nt e e n ts .

o c or r ec t i n th i s t h at " o u r

n. I na ll therewereabout

pidemicisverymild tw o-

largepercentage.

rpso assistants" consistedo

tilthe latterwasattac edby the

y o a " c on tr ac t su rg eo n. A s e e ry

o r i n a se e r e ep i de mi c i s

dtwo assistants itwill

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es.

, J un e2 9 1 6 4 .

ew spaperprintedonthe

appingpaperpossible in

n A l l e n o C o . D . I t i s p re

tle ideao thecosto f amily

tsissue intheC on ederacy .

PetersburgR egisterasfo llow s:

B e e , $ 2 . 50 p er p ou nd . C h ic e ns

s e e n ty - i e c e nt s p er

o r n m e al $ 2 . 0 0 pe r b us h el .

te lcharges $ 7. 00perday .

B e e , $ 4 . 0 0 p er p o un d . B a c on

ter $ 10. 00per

00 p e r do e n . F l o ti r

a r d $ 5 . 00 p e r po u nd .

u r $ 2 0 0. 0 0 pe r b ar r el . W h e at $ 2 0 .0 0

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r b us h el .

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L E C T O N S .

. B A L DW I N , C O . H.

dtothememberso the15th

y s te r Po in t i n J u l y 1 6 2 t o

enf ina llydischargedinJ uly

sinde libly impressedonthemem

oo it in initsentirety. A s

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tthatde light ulA ugustday

onsitstarts A tonepo intI

laughter assomescenecomes

con ulseaf unera lprocession

emistyas thechangepre

ento su f eringandhero ism

odo ci i l i a t ion sgrow th.

asI do inthef adinglight

mf reetosay therew ereamongthe

t h is c o mm a nd a s l o t y i de a ls o

anappreciationo the ludi

dinany regimentintheser ice .

tedonthe retinao the

o li enow andsaw itthen so

ite ithergra eorgayareto

atheringobli iono years it

o rt imeisf asthasteningthe

t" inthe lasttentingplacef or

th C . V .

ms a s i I c o ul d w ri t e a v o l um e

so thosethreeyearsstored

memory butI w il lbe

rdaf ew suchreco llectionsas

dtheattentiono moreentertain

e erputonacorpora l s

whenSergt. H . T . Hoadleyand

obetent-matesaboutA ugust25

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. Wehadnohospitalandhe

s t ra w un d er a " t e nt - l y j u s t

q u a rt e rs . H e s e n t f o r m e a nd r e

etterhometohisf amily. H e

hope ulepistle tothe" o ldw oman"

r e ad i t a ll o e r t o hi m . H e

lyandsa id" I ne erhadno

oseehimagain andhewas

ometimetoma ehimcom

l l o wi n g da y he d i ed a n d I w as

estoopenagra e. Wedug

itbe ingthef irstburia lo one

rginia . Themilitaryburia lw as

ieut. Penrose. Therew ere

H marchedouttothegra e

eadmarch. Threev o lleys

p en g r a e a n d th e n th e c om

erstomostli e lymusic. This

ressedmemorethanthehun

wi t ne s se d . I h a e s i nc e o t e n

theo ldw omangetthatletter? "

o h n L e on ar d o C o . E , a nd

th i n i n g o " W h e e y e de i l s "

h i s o t e n wo e u p t he w ho l e

tosw earandmany to laugh.

h i ms e l s u f i c ie n t to i m mo r ta l i e

h a d n ot l e ss t h an f o u r or f i e w ho

linthatdirection. Paddy

asf amousasB il lyHogandid

ldrelateahundredinstancesw here

causeo mirthsuchasne er

camp. Hereareaf ew .

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w entintose era ltentsand

n pl a te w ar e " H . C . B . N o t

w enttodinnermyspoonw as

y toMcManus tentandf ound

s a id I , " W h a t a re y o u do i ng

h a d th a t sp o on f r o m N e w

ed P at . I s ai d " I ' l l be t my n am e is

t show edhimontheunderside

. H e g a e d at t he l et te rs f o r a

imed: " Ta e itandbed d

r o m N e w H a e n o ut .

s a t N e w B e r n e w h en t h e

P a t ro s e f r o m h is b u n v e r y

ndle . He thenpulledamess-

bednearly f ullo bo iledcab

h i s bu n , t o o a t a st e ( I w a s

ha p pe n ed t o b e aw a e a n d th e n

" I ' l l ha e s om e v i ne ga r " a nd

ordstartedf orthecoo

abbageonthebun . H ehad

oreTomC annon w hosecamp

t " d r o p pe d f r o m h i s bu n l i e a

-place f i l ledbothhandsw ith

thastily intothecabbage at

shingthecandleandthen

intohisbed.Patsoon re

shiscustom " Och w her

a n d th e n ad d ed " I ' l l h a e m e

distinctlyheardthev inegar

egetable.Thenamouth

o l lo we d b y a sp i tt i ng s o un d i m me d i

rf romPatinthesew ords " O

l l b e e e n w it h y e f o r t h is y e t.

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TH E U N I O N .

romhisquartersandthreatened

house. Orderw asf ina lly re

edtomuttero erando er

pi n s o h .

pipeanditcausedhisarrest

nguardoneday inN ew

s etaga instthef enceandstooped

ustashestruc thematch

romthewindwithhis cap

da y r od e u p. S a y s P a t " h o ul d o n

peandI ' l lsa luteye.

stwhenthe" grandrounds"

roperlyandrece i edthe re

ly instructedhimw hattodo

butinsteado say ing" turn

rounds " hestuc hisheadin

corporalthegrandrounds

e.

t isonearthorhasgonetothe

butI sha llalw ayscherisha

himf ortheamusementhe

seyears.

er p a rt o N o e m be r 1 6 2

b le y t en t s a t F a i r a S e m i

ttoo somemenandtoredow nan

t h e na t i e s t o m a e a c o o

uencehew asputunderarrest.

outrigiddisciplineandall

n d th e s ub e c t o w ho w o ul d b e

placew asf ullydiscussedinthe

hereo theta lltents. That

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h e ar d s om e o ne c a ll i ng f r o m f a r o f

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cruit. O nehipw asbro en

wohundred pounds it

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agonscameupwithorders to

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mies. Theonlymeanso light

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y" goodmorning. I tw as

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erently w ithabulle tho le

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as w ithoutha lting andthen

e a s n ac " w i t h h im .

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ardand tough noepicure

tmorethanI didthat eaten

to a llthatsu f ering.

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ightmurder butatit I w ent

wsintotheo ldbaggagew agons

ycars andnotuntila ter8

su f ererloaded. Thatnightwas

or.Therewasnolight in

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sttwentytimes andat

w as g i e n t ha t s en t a t hr i ll o

thetra intotheother. I nthe

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ld f oritseemedtomehedid

l oc o n t he m o rn i ng o t h e

Goldsboro.Twowagons

a ethew oundedtotheold

somedistancef romthetrac .

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pmedisappeared andf rom

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andasI carriedthe lastone

so morningcamestraggling

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enttowor dressingthew ounds

e M a o r O s b o rn m y f i r s t a t t e n̂

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tmeantScho ie ldw ascoming.

asC orpora lA lleno the

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r " y o u ma y l i e t w o da y s n o t

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thetruth. I didupthe

n he a s e d i I w o ul d f i l l a n d

w hi c h I d i d . H e p u f e d a

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rso age butasardentw ith

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w as I h e ld h i s he a d on m y ar m

th to f orcesomebrandy

hadbeenamputatedat

coldandtherewas not

o ne - ha l t h e me n a n d on e o t h e

t h e bl a n e t I h a d sp r ea d o e r p oo r

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neesandattendedtoeach

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ss . O n t h e m or n in g o A p r il n t h

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c a me t h er e . I m a de a n e f o r t

ldnotmo e. ThenI hearda

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e o r d ie t o -d a y. I h a d co me

e w wh e re I w as . I w as i n t he a n te

t ra w b ed . I s p o e a n d Dr . B .

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" k e e p q u i et y o u ha e b e en

n e e r m or e t en d er l y nu r se d a

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c o ul d t al a n d ea t . S m i th a n d

buta lltherestw eregetting

ar inw ereeachminusa leg

ndw iththea ido someim

n e t f e w d ay s w en t q u i c l y

ameintoseeusandseemed

ndly. A C on ederatebrought

sw ordtohim whichw asta en

so erthetimew hichinter eneduntil

w henourlitt lepartyarri ed

e. H e r e C o l . B . m e t h i s wi e

mMassachusettsto f indhis

eparated andf romthatday

r m et a n y o t h at p a rt y . I w a s

m on t hs e t r a pa y a nd m y d is

andas edtobesenttomyregi

May7thf oundmeagainamong

h andw homI w antedtogo

ens etchessha llpro eo

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minthemindo any reader

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d ye s te r da y by S h e ld o n B . T h or p e o

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a llchurchinthecountryhe

suitable inscriptiontobe

oo r a d i s ed t h e us e o t h es e

arn.

sa m e sp i ri t I t h in I m a y pr e

ayw iththedeclaration: Thisis

la t es t o t he p l ai n m a tt e r- o - a c t

. L i n sl e y an d t he s p ea e r p ai d

a . l a st S e p te mb e r.

th C o n n m a yh a e m a rc h ed

spotspitcheditstents— or

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. TheseareF rederic sburgand

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tsf e er- riddensentrypost

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tmen thepla in thatplain

re uently trottedduringthe

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t he r e se r en e a s e e r . O h y e s

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chw ehadf a llen anda lsothat

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ryontotheR appahannoc .

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n 1 6 2 b u t in a c o m o r ta b le c a r

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Mary J aneR emer. Hisremoteancestorw as

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