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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 17: to South Mountain and Antietam. (search)
after the Confederates had left it, and camped on the outskirts. Here the command was brought into close column by division, and a rigid order against foraging was read. Lee's proclamation of a few days before had been couched in terms which he thought would cause the citizens of Maryland to rally about the Confederate flag and it was probably thought wise to restrain any undue trespass by the Union forces. Lieut. Reynolds had brought with him from the Peninsula a colored boy named Henry Johnson who had acquired a reputation for keeping the officers of the Lieutenant's mess well supplied with the necessities of life. While the Adjutant was reading this order prohibiting foraging, Henry was seen coming toward the regiment, showing his ivory and toting an earthen pot of butter under each arm, fresh from a neighboring dairy or spring house. The effort to beckon him out of the way was comical but strategic. The officers managed to make good use of the butter. It was too much of
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Index. (search)
........................... 324 Jerusalem Plank Road,................................................ 326 Jettsville, Va.,........................................................ 363 Jewett, D. J. M. A.,................................... 183, 189, 231, 288, 356 Johnson, Charles A.,............................................ 249, 262 Johnson, George,...................................................... 330 Johnson, Giles D. W.,..................................... 284, 328 Johnson, Henry,..................................................... 127 Johnson, Loring,...................................................... 324 Johnson, Peter,.................................................... 330, 348 Johnson, President,............................................... 364, 365 Johnson, William,............................................... 292 Johnston, General,................................................... 74 Johnston, Robert A.,......................................