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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
Rebel Capitals, p. 113, and Walcott's 21st Mass., p. 264. one member of the 4th Regiment was killed and two wounded, while two very valuable lives, those of Lieutenant Greble, U. S. A., and Maj. T. Winthrop, were sacrificed; and the discouragement of a first defeat formed the beginning of the war. The several detachments of infantry, with a section of regular artillery, in command of Lieutenant Greble, left Newport News rather late the night before the Big Bethel affair. Colonel Phelps, Major Stuart of the Engineers and the writer accompanied Lieutenant Greble, who had the left in the line of march for about three miles. During the walk back to camp ColoLieutenant Greble, who had the left in the line of march for about three miles. During the walk back to camp Colonel Phelps stated that, in his opinion, the detachments coming from Camp Hamilton and those going from Newport News, commanded by inexperienced officers, would meet in the early dawn, mistake each other for the enemy, then a contest between friendly troops, resulting in a slaughter of our own men, the alarm of the enemy, their esca