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Chickahominy (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
e picket lines. Thinking that it was sent for them and that it was an attack on the base of supplies, they dropped the stick and took to the woods, while the kettles were left, overturned, on the railroad. Dinner was not served that day to Company C. On the night of June 25, the enemy made an attack to break the line, but were repulsed. This attack was probably made to see if the Union forces were retreating. The troops on the right of the Army of the Potomac made a desperate attempt to cross the Chickahominy river, which ran diagonally through the Union lines, thus splitting the army in two. The enemy was as desperately determined that such a thing should not occur, as, once across, the investment of Richmond would be complete and their right would present a continuous line to the Union centre and left. Consequently the enemy hurled his strongest battalions against Porter's Fifth Army Corps, resulting in the battle of Mechanicsville on June 26 and Gaines' Mills on June 27.
Yorktown (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
d until the change of base of the army was inaugurated. Colonel Hinks was warmly complimented by General Sedgwick for his gallantry and skill and the excellent behavior of his regiment in the battle, which was given the name of Oak Grove. The loss was 43, of whom eight were killed, and one mortally wounded. Company G lost one third of the men lost in this engagement, having three killed and nine wounded. While the regiment had been under fire nearly all the time since arriving in Yorktown, this was the first square fight in which it had been engaged. There had been no opportunity for the use of tactics, as the woods were thick and little of the enemy could be seen. Never did I know before how hard it is to fight, wrote Sergeant Major Newcomb to his brother after this battle. It is not the marching or the firing that wears men, but the suspense of the slow advance and frequent halts, the increasing rattle of musketry, the devilish yells of our merciless enemy; till final
Oak Grove (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
On Wednesday, June 25, several regiments were seen to move out from General Hooker's position, Second Division, Third Corps and soon he sent for one regiment from Sumner's Corps to assist in his proposed attack on the rebel lines in front, at Oak Grove. The Nineteenth regiment was selected and received orders at 8 A. M. to fall in and file over the parapet to form the right of the Union line. After filing along through the dense foliage the regiment reached the wood and formed in line, havie they remained until the change of base of the army was inaugurated. Colonel Hinks was warmly complimented by General Sedgwick for his gallantry and skill and the excellent behavior of his regiment in the battle, which was given the name of Oak Grove. The loss was 43, of whom eight were killed, and one mortally wounded. Company G lost one third of the men lost in this engagement, having three killed and nine wounded. While the regiment had been under fire nearly all the time since a
John C. Chadwick (search for this): chapter 11
fall, and orders come thick and fast, the sweat oozes from every pore. It is not fear, but uncertainty that so strains the nerves and makes men live days in every moment. Colonel Hinks says in his report: My regiment performed to my satisfaction, there being no exceptions to the general good behaviour of officers and men in the performance of the difficult and trying duties required of them. I may, however, without injustice to others, acknowledge my indebtedness to Major Howe and Adjutant Chadwick for their assistance and gallant bearing upon the field under the heaviest fire, and particularly commend the bravery of Corporal O'Rourke, of Company E, who gallantly siezed the color (the flag of our Commonwealth) when its bearer, Sergt. Samuel H. Smith, was shot down, and continued to bear it through the fight. Moses Short, of Company G, died of his wounds. He was shot in the corner of his mouth, the ball passing down the neck, over the shoulder, down the back and lodging in the
Edward M. Newcomb (search for this): chapter 11
as 43, of whom eight were killed, and one mortally wounded. Company G lost one third of the men lost in this engagement, having three killed and nine wounded. While the regiment had been under fire nearly all the time since arriving in Yorktown, this was the first square fight in which it had been engaged. There had been no opportunity for the use of tactics, as the woods were thick and little of the enemy could be seen. Never did I know before how hard it is to fight, wrote Sergeant Major Newcomb to his brother after this battle. It is not the marching or the firing that wears men, but the suspense of the slow advance and frequent halts, the increasing rattle of musketry, the devilish yells of our merciless enemy; till finally, when at once the storm of bullets whirs over and on each side men begin to fall, and orders come thick and fast, the sweat oozes from every pore. It is not fear, but uncertainty that so strains the nerves and makes men live days in every moment. C
John Sedgwick (search for this): chapter 11
colors of the rebels, but they were so slow in moving that by the time the regiment was unmasked, the enemy were nowhere to be seen and it was too late. Orders then came for the command to withdraw and at 11.15 A. M. the men marched back through the woods to the earthworks, which for twenty days previously they had occupied under the continual fire of the enemy's guns. Here they remained until the change of base of the army was inaugurated. Colonel Hinks was warmly complimented by General Sedgwick for his gallantry and skill and the excellent behavior of his regiment in the battle, which was given the name of Oak Grove. The loss was 43, of whom eight were killed, and one mortally wounded. Company G lost one third of the men lost in this engagement, having three killed and nine wounded. While the regiment had been under fire nearly all the time since arriving in Yorktown, this was the first square fight in which it had been engaged. There had been no opportunity for the u
Benjamin H. Jellison (search for this): chapter 11
through the fight. Moses Short, of Company G, died of his wounds. He was shot in the corner of his mouth, the ball passing down the neck, over the shoulder, down the back and lodging in the thigh. It shattered his jaw and broke almost every bone in its course. David B. Ash was shot in the breast. The ball glanced off and struck his arm just above the elbow, shattering it so badly that it had to be amputated. John Tibbetts, of Company C, had a terrible wound in the shoulder. Benjamin H. Jellison had received two bullets in the chin where a minie ball had gone in one side of it and out the other. The wound of color Sergt. Samuel H. Smith was a peculiar one. Manfully steadying his color during the advance, he felt something strike his breast. Turning his head instinctively down and toward the side, another ball almost immediately struck him in the ear, passing into his throat and injuring the larynx. It was undoubtedly from a rebel sharpshooter in a tree. While encampin
John Tibbetts (search for this): chapter 11
earer, Sergt. Samuel H. Smith, was shot down, and continued to bear it through the fight. Moses Short, of Company G, died of his wounds. He was shot in the corner of his mouth, the ball passing down the neck, over the shoulder, down the back and lodging in the thigh. It shattered his jaw and broke almost every bone in its course. David B. Ash was shot in the breast. The ball glanced off and struck his arm just above the elbow, shattering it so badly that it had to be amputated. John Tibbetts, of Company C, had a terrible wound in the shoulder. Benjamin H. Jellison had received two bullets in the chin where a minie ball had gone in one side of it and out the other. The wound of color Sergt. Samuel H. Smith was a peculiar one. Manfully steadying his color during the advance, he felt something strike his breast. Turning his head instinctively down and toward the side, another ball almost immediately struck him in the ear, passing into his throat and injuring the larynx. I
Samuel H. Smith (search for this): chapter 11
dwick for their assistance and gallant bearing upon the field under the heaviest fire, and particularly commend the bravery of Corporal O'Rourke, of Company E, who gallantly siezed the color (the flag of our Commonwealth) when its bearer, Sergt. Samuel H. Smith, was shot down, and continued to bear it through the fight. Moses Short, of Company G, died of his wounds. He was shot in the corner of his mouth, the ball passing down the neck, over the shoulder, down the back and lodging in the thi that it had to be amputated. John Tibbetts, of Company C, had a terrible wound in the shoulder. Benjamin H. Jellison had received two bullets in the chin where a minie ball had gone in one side of it and out the other. The wound of color Sergt. Samuel H. Smith was a peculiar one. Manfully steadying his color during the advance, he felt something strike his breast. Turning his head instinctively down and toward the side, another ball almost immediately struck him in the ear, passing into h
Peter O'Rourke (search for this): chapter 11
s men live days in every moment. Colonel Hinks says in his report: My regiment performed to my satisfaction, there being no exceptions to the general good behaviour of officers and men in the performance of the difficult and trying duties required of them. I may, however, without injustice to others, acknowledge my indebtedness to Major Howe and Adjutant Chadwick for their assistance and gallant bearing upon the field under the heaviest fire, and particularly commend the bravery of Corporal O'Rourke, of Company E, who gallantly siezed the color (the flag of our Commonwealth) when its bearer, Sergt. Samuel H. Smith, was shot down, and continued to bear it through the fight. Moses Short, of Company G, died of his wounds. He was shot in the corner of his mouth, the ball passing down the neck, over the shoulder, down the back and lodging in the thigh. It shattered his jaw and broke almost every bone in its course. David B. Ash was shot in the breast. The ball glanced off and
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