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Henry Jackson Howe (search for this): chapter 11
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. 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
James Porter (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.
E. W. Hinks (search for this): chapter 11
opened a brisk fire of about three rounds and the rebel force began a precipitated retreat. Colonel Hinks called upon his men to give three cheers. Upon hearing this, a regiment of the enemy that h down upon the right of the Nineteenth joined their fellows in their advance upon Richmond. Colonel Hinks at once ordered Cease Firing and as soon as the smoke had cleared away, the remainder of thesey regiment had come down and partly covered the left wing of the Nineteenth Massachusetts. Colonel Hinks tried to have them moved out of his way, so that he could make a charge and capture the coloe 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 befear, 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 t
Joseph Hooker (search for this): chapter 11
On Saturday, June 21, at 11 P. M. the regiment moved forward and pitched tents in the rear of the rifle pits which stretched from the railroad at the left, to Hooker's redoubt. Here it remained during the rest of the stay of the army at this point. The tents were pitched in such a manner, in the rear of the rifle pits, thainto the air, they would seemingly remain stationary for an instant and then descend with increasing rapidity into the works of the enemy. At the left, where General Hooker commanded, the country was more open in front. On Wednesday, June 25, several regiments were seen to move out from General Hooker's position, Second DivisioGeneral 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 foliag
David B. Ash (search for this): chapter 11
st 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 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 hi
E. V. Sumner (search for this): chapter 11
in the forts and redoubts sent their shells into the woods. While the bombs from the mortars would mount high into the air, they would seemingly remain stationary for an instant and then descend with increasing rapidity into the works of the enemy. At the left, where General Hooker commanded, the country was more open in front. 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, having passed several skeletons clothed in gray, rebels who had been shot in venturing too near the line, where their comrades had not dared to come for them, or perhaps did
Charles B. Warner (search for this): chapter 11
y K was then extended as skirmishers to the right, and the regiment moved forward in line with the injunction not to fire as there were some of the other Union regiments in front of them. Moving cautiously forward, the bullets began to make unpleasant music as they whistled through the blueberry bushes. Some of the men busied themselves in picking off the ripe berries by the handful and eating them as they moved along, unmindful of the bullets which spattered around them. Second Lieutenant Charles B. Warner, of Company H, was sent forward to reconnoitre. He ran forward through the hot fire and returned in safety, but, five minutes afterward, while he was standing in the centre of a group of three officers, a stray shot pierced his breast. With a sharp cry he fell and expired, being the first officer of the regiment to be killed in battle. Suddenly, while the regiment was at a halt, the skirmishers began firing and fell back to the right of the regiment, when the companies on
1st (search for this): chapter 11
n fell in there would be a line of battle already formed. The rifle pits were about eight or ten feet high, with a deep ditch back of them. The breastworks consisted of logs and fence rails, with earth thrown up against them, breast high, making a redoubt with embrasures for field artillery. They were connected with a curtain or line of earth work, behind which the infantry were posted. The redoubts were placed at distances to give a raking or cross fire of the ground in front. On the first night when the pits were occupied by the Nineteenth Massachusetts there were many alarms. On Monday night a sharp fire was heard in the woods in front. The men were at once under arms and most interested auditors of the contest. The shouts of the enemy drew near and it was thought that they would engage the men in the rifle pits, but they contented themselves with merely holding the woods. In this contest the artillery stationed near the Nineteenth took part, also siege guns, mortars and
June 26th (search for this): chapter 11
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.
June 25th (search for this): chapter 11
ould mount high into the air, they would seemingly remain stationary for an instant and then descend with increasing rapidity into the works of the enemy. At the left, where General Hooker commanded, the country was more open in front. 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 Nithat 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 r
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