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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 16: the march down the Peninsula. (search)
ed the men in line of battle across the road, faced to the rear and waited for the enemy to appear. As none came, he resumed the march for Fairfax Court House, arriving there on the next morning at daybreak, the men having by that time marched 63 miles in 64 consecutive hours, 24 of which had been in drenching rain. The regiment was left at Fairfax Court House, an extremely exposed point, to avert a threatened attack from the enemy's cavalry, while the rest of the brigade hurried on to Germantown, where they arrived just in time to participate in the fight at Chantilly, which took place during a terrible thunderstorm. But it was too late. In the dire moment they came upon a lost field. Although finally defeated, the troops were able to maintain their position until after dark and then orders were given for the march of the entire army back to the fortifications of Washington. On Monday, Sept. 1, the Union Army, falling back to Washington, entered Fairfax Court House. Porter'
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Index. (search)
............................. 329 Gardner, William,........................................ 106, 145, 193 Garfield, Joseph (K), ..............................................306, 323 Gately, James, ...................................................... 104 George, Wallace T., ................................................... 183 Georgetown, ......................................................... 122 Germania Ford, Va., .................................................. 275 Germantown, ........................................................ 122 Gettysburg, Pa., ................................................... 289 Gettysburg Campaign,..............................213 to 254 Gibbon, Gen., John, ..................... 200, 217, 221, 229, 233, 239, 321, 327 Gibbons, Willam, ................................................... 248, 286 Gifford, Joseph S.,.................................................. 145 Gilbert, Delos, .......................................