Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Major E. Whittlesey” in chapter 3.28 of Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3.:

...o pickets, each division had a good line of them. My aide, Major Charles H. Howard, assisted in connecting them between divisions, and during the 2d of May that fearless and faithful staff-officer, Major E. Whittlesey , rode the entire circuit of their front to stimulate them to special activity. Those of Devens were thrown out at a distance from a half-mile to a mile and stretching well around covering our right...
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