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John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 6: (search)
rder to fall back with the rest of the corps, which we did, and upon the extreme left of the retreating army marched to Greenwich, and then bivouacked. Maj. Gen. Birney: Testimony before the Committee on the Conduct of the War, Vol. I., 1865. The fe following is undoubtedly a good synopsis of the affair: My division had a little fight at Auburn before we reached Greenwich. Two brigades of cavalry under Stuart attacked the head of my column. The fight lasted about thirty minutes, and resuwith spirit a distance of fully six miles, which brought us, in the darkness, at 9 o'clock, to the little settlement of Greenwich, where we bivouacked for the night. Daylight of the ensuing morning gave us a better view of our surroundings. There ed. Lossing says between the Third and Second corps, but he is wrong, as the whole of the former encamped at or near Greenwich that night. Swinton says Sykes's Fifth Corps and Warren's Second, which is more probable. His first resolve was to ab
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 7: (search)
had executed the work of destruction on their return. That night we camped at Bristow Station, and the next morning crossed the battlefield where Warren had had his hardest fighting. We counted, in passing, fifteen rude headboards over the graves of soldiers belonging to the Seventh, Fifteenth, and Twenty-sixth North Carolina regiments. Then there were other graves unmarked, and the stench from the carcasses of dead horses that lay putrefying was sickening. Our march this day ended at Greenwich, which we had occupied just one week before. Wednesday morning, at 7, we were again under way, but at 11 A. M. went into camp at Catlett Station. While here we moved camp twice, and were inspected by Capt. Randolph on the 23d, and Capt. Sleeper on the 25th. The weather being quite cool, we made ourselves as. comfortable as possible by stockading our tents and building fireplaces. At this station (October 27th), Lieut. Thos. R. Armitage was detached for duty in Battery K, Fourth Reg
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Index (search)
F., 31, 67, 183, 207, 303, 346, 350. Gould, Chandler, 31, 82, 148, 163, 255, 349, 350, 351. Gowell, Asa L., 149, 150, 151, 163, 203, 205, 255, 288, 351, 404, 441. Granger, Lieut. H. H., 17, 18, 19, 23, 31, 133, 199, 200, 202, 205, 231, 284, 313, 314, 323 333, 343, 344, 358, 362, 365, 367, 368, 375, 397. Granger, Capt. D. A., 368. Granger, Louis E., 371. Grant, Lieut. Gen., 168, 190, 194, 195, 212, 214, 217, 218, 224, 226, 234, 235, 240, 249, 257, 266, 271, 278, 297, 413, 421, 425. Greenwich, 139, 142, 154. Green, Chas. W., 325, 326, 339. Green, Lieut., Milbrey, 376, 377, 382, 383, 385, 386, 388, 399, 407, 409, 414. Gregg, Gen., 132, 141, 214, 225, 299, 327, 352, 363, 364, 374. Gross, W. Y., 101, 206, 207, 255, 304, 402, 408. H. Haley, Michael, 205, 206, 207, 350. Ham, Llewellyn, 84, 117, 147, 206, 402, 403, 404, 405. Hanson, S. A., 47, 81, 83, 84, 86. Handlin, John D., 207, 350, 406, 441. Harrington, Otis N., 31, 84, 115, 117, 147. Hancock, Gen. W. S., 101,