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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 18: the battle of Antietam. (search)
left were firing toward its rear and left. The others yelled to them What are you doing? Don't you know any better than to fire into our third line? One of them replied: You had better look back and see if they are the third line. Where was the third line? No one knew! The wood was clear of any enemy in the immediate rear, but to the left was the rebel line extending back beyond the road and marching down, rolling up the brigades and firing into them. Gen. Sumner was talking with Col. Kimball, commanding the Fifteenth Massachusetts regiment, when Maj. Philbrick of that regiment shouted: See the rebels! Gen. Sumner looked in the direction in which Maj. Philbrick pointed and exclaimed My God, we must get out of this! Howard's brigade was then facing toward the west. He was at once directed to face it to the southwest, but there was not time before the blow fell. French's division had not yet arrived near enough, so that the left of Sumner's Corps was not properly closed on
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, chapter 25 (search)
vents. The enemy knew exactly the route the regiment would be compelled to take and came on pell mell. Just as they turned the corner they were greeted with a volley which threw them into confusion and turned them back. The men of the regiment made a rush for the river, gained the pontoon bridge, and Major Rice, with Lieut. Donath and half a dozen men with axes severed the shore lines which held the bridge on the south side, then leaped into the boats and poled across. The bridge slowly drifted down with the current to the north shore and the enemy did not dare follow, as the north side frowned with batteries. Chancellorsville, so far as the Nineteenth Massachusetts was concerned, was over. Casualties May 3-4, 1863. wounded Co. A. Sergeant Henry O. Beal Corporal Marcus Kimball Private Charles W. Merrill Co. B. Private Martin Barry Private John J. Wells Co. F. Private Asa W. Greene Private John Towle Co. G. Private Jackson Dawson Co. H. Corporal George P. Thomas
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 39: capture of the regiment. (search)
d, Well, it's twenty years since I came to this country, and you're the first man who ever called me a Yankee. Take the flag for the compliment. The men were marched to a field outside the city and camped for the night. The roll was called and it was found that 153 of the Nineteenth had been captured and that 1600 men and 67 officers, all told, in the corps were prisoners. The names of the enlisted men captured are: SergeantGiles D. Johnson. SergeantMichael Scannell. SergeantMarcus Kimball. PrivateJames Dunn. Irving Walker. Albert Wszlaki. SergeantFrancis Osborn. PrivateSamuel A. Bridges. Patrick Brestow. James Kelley. Thomas Stringer. SergeantMilton Ellsworth. PrivateTerrence Thomas. Francis Bradish. William E. Fletcher. George B. Otis. James Ridlon. Thomas Stone. SergeantNelson B. Knights. CorporalAbram Warner. PrivateJacob Brill. Clarence P. Crane. Charles J. Chamberlain. William P. R. Estes. Patrick Fitzgerald. Charles B. Mills. Michael Kelly.
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Index. (search)
........ 330 Kent, James A.,...................................................... 187 Kent, James G.,................................................... 144, 187 Kent, Sewell S.,...................................................... 147 Kimball, Colonel,..................................................137, 148 Kimball, Marcus,....................................... 208, 328 King, Rodney,..................................................... 292 Knapp, William D.,.......................Kimball, Marcus,....................................... 208, 328 King, Rodney,..................................................... 292 Knapp, William D.,.............................200, 258, 265, 290 Knights, Nelson E.,.......................... 145, 188, 288, 292, 323, 328 Knox, Charles B.,............................................... 104, 107, 108 Koppitz, Charles,................................................... 363 Krantz, Earnest,.................................................. 330, 348 Lacy House,............................................. 164, 202, 203, 209 Landron House,.................................................. 308, 309 Lander Camp,..