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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 86 (search)
ay, the twenty-eighth of June, the battalion rejoined the brigade, and remained with it at Cold Harbor all day. On Sunday, the twenty-ninth of June, Brigadier-General Jones assumed the command of the brigade. We marched to the bridge across the Chickahominy, but it was not in a condition to enable us to pass, and we returned to our camping ground of the previous day. On Monday, the thirtieth of June, the brigade crossed the Chickahominy, and proceeded to a point near the White Oak Swamp, in Henrico County, where it halted for the night. On Tuesday, the first of July, the brigade crossed the White Oak Swamp, and proceeded toward Malvern Hill. In the latter part of the day, a heavy cannonade to the front announced to us the conflict which was then in progress. A little after five o'clock we were drawn up in line of battle, about one hundred paces in rear of the first brigade, in a body of woods beyond a church, of which I have been unable to ascertain the name. Whilst we wer