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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 20: to Falmouth, in pursuit of Lee. Burnside supersedes McClellan. (search)
off guard at 9 this morning and immediately went out on picket with the regiment. Before leaving camp a whole corps passed toward the river. Think an attack will be made soon. In the corps were the 28th, 35th, and 36th Massachusetts regiments. It rains quite heavy today. November 20th. Rained very hard last night. We returned to camp at 10 o'clock and immediately received order to pack up and move. We did so, marching about a mile and camped about a mile and a half from the river. Rains very hard, so we pitched our tents. November 22nd. Inspection day. Some of the men are building a log hut for the Colonel. Something to do all the time. The river was low. It was easily forded. There was a small cavalry force of the enemy and a battery of artillery occupying the heights, commonly called Marye's Heights,, beyond Fredericksburg town. Old Bull Sumner, as he was called without irreverence, wanted to push across and capture those heights, but was forbidden and, instead