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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 7: the winter at Muddy Branch. (search)
the Brigade, under command of Brigadier Gen. N. J. T. Dana, at Harper's Ferry, on its way to reinforce Gen. Banks and Shields in the Shenandoe wagons, ammunition and supplies, and the regiment started for Harper's Ferry. The boats were lazily drawn along by mules up the Chesapeakng the bank at the foot of the mountains, which, as they neared Harper's Ferry, rose in steep crags and precipices with the Baltimore and Ohiohe 13th of March, the men landed, crossed the pontoon bridge to Harper's Ferry and formed in the street, on which stood the ruins of a United mped in Boliver, situated on higher ground above the village of Harper's Ferry. As the command stopped here for a day, the men had an opportuf winning in the great struggle. Company A was ordered back to Harper's Ferry as a Provost Guard, while the rest of the regiment marched on. the 15th of March, the Division started early on its return to Harper's Ferry and encamped on Boliver Heights, occupying the deserted houses,
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 8: the siege of Yorktown. (search)
Chapter 8: the siege of Yorktown. On Monday, March 24, the regiment left Boliver Heights at 7.30 A. M. for Harper's Ferry to join General McClellan's army, en route for the Peninsula. After two hours of tedious waiting at the Ferry, they crossed the river on single planks, placed end to end, along the railroad bridge just completed. On reaching Sandy Hook on the Maryland side, the men waited in the cold until 10 P. M. before the train arrived and when it came they beheld the freight cars as friends in which they had travelled before. The officers, however, rejoiced in a passenger car. After a tedious night's ride, the regiment reached Washington on March 25 and occupied the same Soldier's Rest as was provided on its first arrival at the Capitol in August, 1861, but the lodging, this time, was inside, instead of outside the building. In the morning of Wednesday they marched to a campground in the environs and during the brief stay there were much complimented for their exc
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 10: the march to the Chickahominy. (search)
ved with the names of the givers. Colonel Hinks sent the following explanatory letter from the field: Fair Oaks battlefield, Va., June 18, 1862. To his Excellency, John A. Andrews, Governor and Commander-In-Chief. Governor: The colors of my regiment are much worn and especially the State Color is so much dilapitated as to be entirely unfit for service. I request to be furnished with a new one, that the one I have may be returned to the State. It has never been dishonored and has successively waved at Washington, Baltimore, Harper's Ferry, Charlestown, Harrison Island, Edward's Ferry, Yorktown, West Point, and Fair Oaks and was the first to flaunt in the faces of the foes at Yorktown on the 7th of April on a reconnoisance as well as the first to be flung from the rebel works on the 4th of May, where it, together with its fellow stars and stripes, was placed upon a redoubt in the interior of the enemy's works before 5 o'clock A. M. E. W. Hinks, Colonel 19th Mass. Vols.
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 17: to South Mountain and Antietam. (search)
en coming toward the regiment, showing his ivory and toting an earthen pot of butter under each arm, fresh from a neighboring dairy or spring house. The effort to beckon him out of the way was comical but strategic. The officers managed to make good use of the butter. It was too much of a luxury to part with, orders or no orders. On the morning of the 14th camp was broken and the march resumed, but only the commanders knew what the objective point was. There were rumors that it was Harper's Ferry, the Potomac river, and other places. At first the road lay along the level Pleasant Valley and was very smooth and delightful in the fresh autumn air. After a march of a couple of miles, orders were issued to retrace the steps as the regiment was on the wrong road. This order did not please the men, but soon the command began to ascend a steep and high hill. For a good part of the way up the road was well shaded by large trees, making it cool and refreshing when the sun became high.
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 19: at Bolivar Heights. (search)
nt, under a flag of truce, and were met by officers of the regiment. Arrangements were made by them to bury the dead between the lines and the enemy asked that a party be sent inside their lines to care for Union wounded and bury the dead. Such a detail was furnished. Inside their line Jacob Hazen of Company C was found mortally wounded, and he died before the detail got through its labors. On September 19 the regiment marched 16 miles to Bolivar Heights, fording the Potomac at Harper's Ferry, at the same place it had crossed in the spring. Here on September 22, the command went into camp on the same ground where it had stopped in the previous march and from which it had started to join the army of the Potomac, not one foot nearer Richmond for all the hard marches and desperate fighting. It was not an encouraging thought. The tents were pitched on the side of the hill. Maryland Heights towered grandly on one side, while Loudon sheltered the other side and the front was
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 32: in pursuit of Lee. In camp at Morrisville. (search)
sion of the Second Corps, under command of Gen. Caldwell, and a force of cavalry, then made a reconnoissance to Falling Waters. The enemy was found entrenched in a hill across the river and a portion were captured by cavalry alone, the infantry not being engaged. The Brigade returned to camp about 9 P. M. and the enemy continued to move southward on the west side of the Blue Ridge. On the 15th of July a march of 27 miles was begun early in the day and at night the column encamped near Harper's Ferry. On the 16th,it marched to Pleasant Valley, remaining until the morning of the 18th when they crossed the Potomac at Berlin, marching to Hillsboro, Va., and down the East side of the Blue Ridge. On the 19th the column marched to Wood Grove, and on the 20th to Bloomfield, where they rested. The 21st saw them under way again at 6 A. M. and they tramped to Chester Gap, where the regiment was the support for the Third Corps in the storm of Wapping Heights. During the long and rapid march
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Index. (search)
................... 55, 118 Hancock, General, 177, 178, 209, 213, 215, 223, 225, 226, 229, 230, 239, 242, 321, 357 Hancock's Night Walkers. ........................................ 222 Haney, William...................................................... 331 Hapgood, J. ........................................................ 108 Hapgood, Oliver, ...................................................... 107 Hardy, Patrick, ...................................................... 152 Harper's Ferry, ................................................51, 150, 256 Harper, Robert,..................................................... 104 Harrington, Charles, .................................................. 353 Harrington, Timothy, .................................................. 188 Harris, Charles, ...................................................... 291 Harris, Mark A., ...................................................... 144 Harris, Sergt..................................