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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: May 12, 1862., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Index. (search)
... ............................ 187 Chase, Samuel D., ................................................... 353 Chase, Volney, P., .................................................... 105 Cheney, George A., ............................................ 189 Cheney, John A., ..................................................... 144 Chester Gap, ......................................................... 256 Chiconi, Angelo, ..............................................103, 187, 323 Chickahominy Creek, ........................................... 71, 73, 84 Chickahominy River, ...........................................115, 116, 321 Choate, Elisha, ................ ....................................... 323 Chubbuck, David T., 112, 152, 181, 182, 192, 200, 247, 248, 257, 261, 299, 332, 334 City Point, Va., ...................................... .......... 345 Claffey, Thomas, ........................ 112, 119, 138, 151, 181, 186, 193, 201 Clare, James P., .....................
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1858. (search)
. . I determined to do what I could to get recruits; but I can do very well without them if I must. On the 11th of March the Twentieth left the camp at Poolesville, and were transferred to the Peninsula. They reached Yorktown on the 8th of April, and remained there until the evacuation of that place on the 4th of May. The regiment took no part in the actions at Williamsburg and West Point. They went up the York and Pamunkey to White House. On the 25th, Lowell writes from Chickahominy Creek, regretting that he is not in the advance with his brother. The severe fighting at Fair Oaks occurred on Saturday, the 31st of May, and Sunday, the 1st of June. The Twentieth was engaged the first day, but was not in the worst of the fight; on Sunday they were only spectators. Lowell describes as follows what he saw of the affair of Saturday, in a letter to a young friend:— We have at last been engaged in a regular battle, though the Rebels have been so shy in using their big
The Daily Dispatch: May 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 22 (search)
d to have recommended the abandonment of the works, deeming them untenable. The deserters all agree in stating that their troops were very much demoralized, and he came dis ed when the order to retreat was made, as they all anticipated having an engagement at this point. The deserters also agree in saying that the rebels had a force of 000,000 men on the peninsula, together with some 400 pieces of field artillery. From the best information received, they have fallen back to Chickahominy creek, beyond Williamsburg, where they are expected to make a stand. Immediately after the flight of the enemy becoming known, the troops were ordered under arms, and are now in motion from the right and left wings of the army. A large force, under Gen. Trueman, consisting of ca ry, artillery and infantry, are in the advance, and probably come up with the rear of the enemy before night, if they should remain near Williamsburg. Our gunboats have passed above Yorktown, and are now