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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 18: the battle of Antietam. (search)
Gen. O. O. Howard, filed into the field in the rear, forming the third line. Gen. Sedgwick commanded the Division and took his position between the first and second lines and there led the charge. Only about forty paces separated the lines from each other. It was a very faulty formation. The Division moved in three lines, each composed of a Brigade, without a skirmisher in front, in close order, and without connection or support on either flank. The faulty formation, as explained by Carleton, the Boston Journal's famous war correspondent, was probably due to the, fact that Sumner had been educated as a cavalry commander. Cavalry tactics form bodies in the mass, rather than in deployed lines. It seems probable that in this formation he used the tactics of the cavalry instead of the infantry. Hooker's gallant corps was compelled to fall back, with Hooker wounded, and then came the order for the advance of Sumner's Second Corps. At the command Forward the men climbed the fen
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Roster of the Nineteenth regiment Massachusetts Volunteers (search)
20th M. V. Jan. 23, 1864. Carey, Silas E., priv., Aug. 24, ‘61; 18; not mustered; no service. Carleton, David, priv., (H), Dec. 9, ‘61; 44; disch. disa. Sept. 19, ‘62. Carleton, Daniel W., priv., Carleton, Daniel W., priv., (A), July 26, ‘61; 27; wounded June 25, ‘62; disch. disa. Oct. 24, ‘62, Carleton, Everett, priv., (A), July 26, ‘61; 23; wounded Sept. 16, ‘62; transf. to V. R.C., Nov. 6. ‘63; disch. disa. Aug. 27Carleton, Everett, priv., (A), July 26, ‘61; 23; wounded Sept. 16, ‘62; transf. to V. R.C., Nov. 6. ‘63; disch. disa. Aug. 27, ‘64. Carleton, Geo. B., priv., (B), July 26, ‘61; 20; wounded Sept. 17, ‘62; disch. disa. Jan. 14, ‘63. Carleton, Samuel, priv., (A), July 26, ‘61; 43; disch. disa. Mar. 12, ‘62. Carmichael, JoCarleton, Geo. B., priv., (B), July 26, ‘61; 20; wounded Sept. 17, ‘62; disch. disa. Jan. 14, ‘63. Carleton, Samuel, priv., (A), July 26, ‘61; 43; disch. disa. Mar. 12, ‘62. Carmichael, John E., priv., (D), July 25, ‘61; 34; N. F.R. Carney, Robert, priv., (E), July 25, ‘61; 32; killed in action, July 1, ‘62. Carpenter, John, priv., (G), Aug. 23, ‘61; 22; killed in action, June 25, ‘6Carleton, Samuel, priv., (A), July 26, ‘61; 43; disch. disa. Mar. 12, ‘62. Carmichael, John E., priv., (D), July 25, ‘61; 34; N. F.R. Carney, Robert, priv., (E), July 25, ‘61; 32; killed in action, July 1, ‘62. Carpenter, John, priv., (G), Aug. 23, ‘61; 22; killed in action, June 25, ‘62, Fair Oaks, Va. Carr, Hugh J., priv., (F), July 27, ‘61;24;abs. wounded Dec. 13, ‘62; M. O. Aug. 28, ‘64, Co. G Carr, Moses F.,
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Index. (search)
e, ..................................................... 146 Carey, Philip, ........................................................ 91 Carpenter, John, ............................ 103 Carlton, Daniel W, ............................................. 103 Carlton, David, ..................................................... 104 Carlton, Everett, ................................................... 143 Carlton, George B., ............................................... 144 Carleton, Journal Correspondent, ........................ 134 Carr, Hugh J., ............................................ 26, 152, 188 Carroll, John, ........................................................ 105 Carson, Aaron, ......................... ... ......... ................ 106 Case, Harrison E., .................................................. 105 Cassidy, Francis, ............. ...................... 143 Catharpin Road, ............. ......................................... 306 Catlett's