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June 27th (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 21st (search for this): chapter 11
Chapter 11: battle of Oak Grove. 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, that when the men 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 f
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