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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 16 : the march down the Peninsula . (search)
Chapter 16: the march down the Peninsula.
On the 16th of August the order to pack up was received and the baggage was sent down the river to Fortress Monroe.
The train of the Third Brigade, Second Division, Second Corps was placed in charge of Lieut. John P. Reynolds, Jr., and Lieut. John G. B. Adams of the Nineteenth Massachusetts regiment.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the regiment fell in, ready for the march, but the final orders did not arrive until nine o'clock the following morning.
The regiment bivouacked on the parade ground during the night and the march for Yorktown was begun at 9.00 A. M. The troops went by one route and the wagon trains by another.
These trains extended a distance of 40 miles in a single line.
The march down the Peninsula, as a whole, was not hard, although the dust was so thick that the men could not see five paces in front of them.
The road was lined with dead horses and the weather was very hot, although pleasant.
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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 32 : in pursuit of Lee . In camp at Morrisville . (search)
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Roster of the Nineteenth regiment Massachusetts Volunteers (search)