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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 71 71 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 40 40 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 22 22 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 19 19 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 9 9 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles 8 8 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 6 6 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Name Index of Commands 6 6 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 4 4 Browse Search
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion 4 4 Browse Search
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rom Michler's U. S. map, and the location of troops mainly from a map sketched by Col. Morgan, then Hancock's chief-of-staff, now deceased. We are opposite the entrance of the White Map of Boydton Plank Road, or Hatcher's Run battlefield, October 27, 1864 Oak Road, along which the right of Lee's line afterwards ran when Sheridan fought so famously for Five Forks. On the corner of it and the Plank Road stands (or stood) an unpretentious woodcol-ored hostelry, known as Burgess' Tavern or houht when we were aroused, and ordered to limber up preparatory to moving out. As we had expected to remain on the field and renew the contest next morning, this was an unlooked for order, but retracing our way through Where the Battery stood Oct. 27, 1864 mire and water, we emerged at Yellow Tavern just as the sun was breaking through the clouds. There we lay till noon, going thence to the camp in the rear line occupied by us on the return from Reams Station; thence, on the evening of the 29
s took me along at a lively pace to the Boydton Plank Road and down that historic thoroughfare we proceeded. I had instructed the driver not to tell me when we arrived at Burgess' Mill, wishing to test the accuracy of my recollection. But when he drew up at Burgess' barn and asked me if this was the place I had to give it up. Yet here we were at Burgess' Tavern, wrongly so called, sure enough and I had just crossed Hatcher's Run. On this very ground stood the lines of the Second Corps Oct. 27, 1864. Had I approached the spot from the Union side I think I should have recognized it. Here is the White Oak Road which enters the Plank Road from the west. Burgess' old house was torn down by the Rebels after we left on that October day, and a heavy line of works was built across the road connecting with a strong fort a few rods away on either side. The old barn into which Lieut. Smith was carried wounded was destroyed at the same time and a new one stands in its place. As I left the
1865, Allard, Lewis R.,26Boston,Sept. 9, 1862,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Allen, Joseph P.,27Boston,Sept. 7, 1864,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Allen, William.21Marblehead,Sept. 9, 1862,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Amsden, Charles W.,18Barre,Aug. 29, 1864,June 9, 1865, Apthorp, John P.,23N. Bridgewater,Sept. 9, 1862,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Ashcroft, Elias,29Boston,Sept. 9, 1862,June 9, 1865, Atkinson, Daniel W.,27Brookline.Sept. 9, 1862,Killed Oct. 27, 1864, Hatcher's Run. Va. Atwood. Edwin T.,25BostonSept. 9. 1862May 13, 1863, disability. Atwood, Sewell A.,30Lowell.Sept. 9. 1862,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Bailey, John W.,30Canton,Aug. 8, 1864,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Barker, Cornelius N.,43Cambridge,Sept. 9, 1862,May 27, 1863, disability. Baxter, John F.,30Charlestown,Sept. 9, 1862,June 9, 1865, expiration of service Beals, Horace B.,23Boston,Sept. 9, 1862,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Beck, Tobias,2