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Hanover County (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.4
Incidents of the skirmish at Totopotomoy Creek, Hanover county, Virginia, May 30, 1864. By T. C. Morton, late Captain Company F, Twenty-sixth Virginia Battalion of Infantry. It was about dark, on the 30th of May, 1864, that the Twenty-sixth Virginia battalion, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel George M. Edgar, to which my company (F) belonged, was drawn up in line on a hill in a cultivated cornfield, above a small creek called Totopotomoy, and not far from Atlee's station on the railroad between Hanover Junction and Richmond, Virginia. Our command was attached to Breckenridge's division, and we had a battery in line on our right, commanded by Major (now Judge) William Mc-Laughlin. Soon after getting in position, orders came for us to throw up breastworks in our front. There were few, if any, spades or shovels, but the men realizing the necessity for the order, as a heavy force was immediately in our front, split their canteens, making scoops of them, and, together with their bayo
Totopotomoy Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.4
Incidents of the skirmish at Totopotomoy Creek, Hanover county, Virginia, May 30, 1864. By T. C. Morton, late Captain Company F, Twenty-sixth Virginia Battalion of Infantry. It was about dark, on the 30th of May, 1864, that the Twenty-sixth Virginia battalion, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel George M. Edgar, to which my company (F) belonged, was drawn up in line on a hill in a cultivated cornfield, above a small creek called Totopotomoy, and not far from Atlee's station on the railroad between Hanover Junction and Richmond, Virginia. Our command was attached to Breckenridge's division, and we had a battery in line on our right, commanded by Major (now Judge) William Mc-Laughlin. Soon after getting in position, orders came for us to throw up breastworks in our front. There were few, if any, spades or shovels, but the men realizing the necessity for the order, as a heavy force was immediately in our front, split their canteens, making scoops of them, and, together with their bay
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.4
opotomoy Creek, Hanover county, Virginia, May 30, 1864. By T. C. Morton, late Captain Company F, Twenty-sixth Virginia Battalion of Infantry. It was about dark, on the 30th of May, 1864, that the Twenty-sixth Virginia battalion, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel George M. Edgar, to which my company (F) belonged, was drawn up in line on a hill in a cultivated cornfield, above a small creek called Totopotomoy, and not far from Atlee's station on the railroad between Hanover Junction and Richmond, Virginia. Our command was attached to Breckenridge's division, and we had a battery in line on our right, commanded by Major (now Judge) William Mc-Laughlin. Soon after getting in position, orders came for us to throw up breastworks in our front. There were few, if any, spades or shovels, but the men realizing the necessity for the order, as a heavy force was immediately in our front, split their canteens, making scoops of them, and, together with their bayonets and their hands, for the soil
Patton (search for this): chapter 1.4
if it had been spoken. Five officers, friends in Edgar's battalion, Captain Read, Captain Swann, Adjutant Craig, Lieutenant Patton and myself, had met under the shade of a small tree, and lying around on the grass discussed the situation. Finall my left leg now if I could have my life guaranteed. So would I, said Captain Read. I would give my left arm, said Lieutenant Patton. They might have the tip of my ear, darn 'em, said Captain Swann. Well, remarked the Adjutant, I'll take my chance in the summing up it turned out that every one of these five officers had been shot—Read in the leg, Morton in the head, Patton in the body, Swann on the side of the head, sure enough losing the tip of his ear, while poor Craig was the only one kill the breastworks, many of them wounded and several left dead in the timber; among the wounded were Captain Read and Lieutenant Patton. The day wore on, the sun was getting down in the west, and the enemy were evidently massing in our front, while
Totopotomoy (search for this): chapter 1.4
Incidents of the skirmish at Totopotomoy Creek, Hanover county, Virginia, May 30, 1864. By T. C. Morton, late Captain Company F, Twenty-sixth Virginia Battalion of Infantry. It was about dark, on the 30th of May, 1864, that the Twenty-sixth Virginia battalion, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel George M. Edgar, to which my company (F) belonged, was drawn up in line on a hill in a cultivated cornfield, above a small creek called Totopotomoy, and not far from Atlee's station on the railroad between Hanover Junction and Richmond, Virginia. Our command was attached to Breckenridge's division, and we had a battery in line on our right, commanded by Major (now Judge) William Mc-Laughlin. Soon after getting in position, orders came for us to throw up breastworks in our front. There were few, if any, spades or shovels, but the men realizing the necessity for the order, as a heavy force was immediately in our front, split their canteens, making scoops of them, and, together with their bay
John Swann (search for this): chapter 1.4
ar the creek. Captain Pratt, from Derrick's battalion, was on my left, and Captain Swann, from ours (Edgar's), was on my right. The men concealed themselves behinde, for the enemy's line was within ear-shot. Answering in the same tone, Captain John Swann, whose company was on my right, came up and asked me What orders I had? t was strongly fortified and well manned from right to left, and though, as Captain Swann had predicted the night before, many of our men had fought their last fight been spoken. Five officers, friends in Edgar's battalion, Captain Read, Captain Swann, Adjutant Craig, Lieutenant Patton and myself, had met under the shade of a said Lieutenant Patton. They might have the tip of my ear, darn 'em, said Captain Swann. Well, remarked the Adjutant, I'll take my chances, fellows, I wouldn't givofficers had been shot—Read in the leg, Morton in the head, Patton in the body, Swann on the side of the head, sure enough losing the tip of his ear, while poor Crai
Yanks (search for this): chapter 1.4
enant Patton and myself, had met under the shade of a small tree, and lying around on the grass discussed the situation. Finally, I remarked, Well fellows, we are in for a big fight, no doubt of it, and I would give my left leg now if I could have my life guaranteed. So would I, said Captain Read. I would give my left arm, said Lieutenant Patton. They might have the tip of my ear, darn 'em, said Captain Swann. Well, remarked the Adjutant, I'll take my chances, fellows, I wouldn't give the Yanks the tip of my finger-nail to let me off from anything. Well, as all the world knows, the next day, the 3d of June, 1864, was fought the great battle of second Cold Harbor, one of the bloodiest of the war, and in the summing up it turned out that every one of these five officers had been shot—Read in the leg, Morton in the head, Patton in the body, Swann on the side of the head, sure enough losing the tip of his ear, while poor Craig was the only one killed. Strange, wasn't it? The afte
Rio (search for this): chapter 1.4
ant and asked what that meant. Said he, I don't understand it; he is not one of our company. In another moment, however, it was all plain. A Yank was seen advancing to meet the Johnny, as they called our boys, also carrying a white flag, and they were on a trade. I understood afterwards, that during the lull in the firing one of the enemy's pickets had called across to his vis-a-vis. Hello, Johnny! Got any good tobacco? Yes; good as you ever chawed! How'll you swap for some first-class Rio? All right. Well, meet meat the creek, and don't you fellows shoot till I get back, and we won't either. So the swap was made, whether with the consent of any officer, I never knew, but I dreaded the consequences of letting the Federal soldier get that near to our line, lest he should spy out its thinness. The whole thing may have been concocted on that side with that very end in view, for soon after the men had returned to their posts, there was an unusual stir among them over in the pin
Craig (search for this): chapter 1.4
oping to and fro of couriers and orderlies, and the something indescribable in the faces of the general officers, meant business as plainly as if it had been spoken. Five officers, friends in Edgar's battalion, Captain Read, Captain Swann, Adjutant Craig, Lieutenant Patton and myself, had met under the shade of a small tree, and lying around on the grass discussed the situation. Finally, I remarked, Well fellows, we are in for a big fight, no doubt of it, and I would give my left leg now if loodiest of the war, and in the summing up it turned out that every one of these five officers had been shot—Read in the leg, Morton in the head, Patton in the body, Swann on the side of the head, sure enough losing the tip of his ear, while poor Craig was the only one killed. Strange, wasn't it? The afternoon before the battle, our command was ordered to take position in line. A force of dismounted cavalry occupied the field, and were lying behind a low ridge of earth they had hastily thro
Breckenridge (search for this): chapter 1.4
on the railroad between Hanover Junction and Richmond, Virginia. Our command was attached to Breckenridge's division, and we had a battery in line on our right, commanded by Major (now Judge) Williaml, but it seemed as if all the gun and mortar batteries in Grant's army had been let loose on Breckenridge's devoted division. His few batteries responded with spirit, and returned the fire until the but the troops were not dislodged from their position. We ascertained afterwards that General Breckenridge, having taken his position after dark, had by some mistake gotten nearly a mile beyond then daylight disclosed our position to the enemy he concentrated the fire of his heavy guns on Breckenridge, who found himself the centre of a long line of artillery practice, while the other batteriesg and panting behind that grateful shelter. But General Lee's object had been accomplished. Breckenridge's command was aligned with the rest of the army, and his front was strongly fortified and wel
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