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Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
rders. They came Saturday afternoon, September 24th, and in the evening we moved from camp up into the main trenches before Petersburg, relieving Battery D, Fourth Regulars, of the Tenth Corps. The same evening eight recruits arrived from Massachusetts. The light of morning revealed a novel and interesting sight We were in Battery XIV, For the information of the uninformed it may be stated that every fort in the Union line was named, and every part of the line constructed for the useonce more, another battery Eighth Ohio. appeared to relieve us, and we took our final leave of Battery XIV. Lieut. G. Fred Gould September 22, Sergeant G. Fred. Gould was commissioned as First Lieutenant in the 29th Unattached Co. of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, and William E. Endicott as Second Lieutenant in the 30th Unattached Co.; but the latter did not accept his commission. He was a prisoner of war at the time but later declared his preference for the post of a cannoneer to th
Brattleboro (Vermont, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
d was commissioned as First Lieutenant in the 29th Unattached Co. of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, and William E. Endicott as Second Lieutenant in the 30th Unattached Co.; but the latter did not accept his commission. He was a prisoner of war at the time but later declared his preference for the post of a cannoneer to that of a line officer in either Heavy Artillery or Infantry. Morning reports. 1864. Aug. 26. Private A. B. Spooner died of Chronic Diarrhea at General Hospital, Brattleboro, Vt., Aug. 20, 1864. Aug. 27. B. G. Hooper sent to brigade hospital. Received notice of 20 days leave granted Capt. Sleeper, Gen. Orders 229 Headquarters Army of Potomac Aug. 25, 1864. Aug. 28. Privates Foster, Goodwin, Starkweather, Ewell, Devereux, and 0. P. Brown sent to hospital. Aug. 29. Four horses shot by order Capt. Miller —Glanders, farcy and wounds. Aug. 30. E. J. Wilson and R. G. Gilley temporarily detached at Artillery Brigade Headquarters. Sept. 1. Died Aug. 27,
Reams (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
am, Michael Farrell, G. W. Blair. Oct. 14. Two recruits received; Peter Terbriggen, Wm. Osborn. Private A. L. Gowell returned to duty from general hospital. Oct. 15. Private H. N. Bemis returned from brigade hospital; Private E. C. Jewell sent to brigade hospital. Oct. 17. Notice received of Serg't Chandler Gould's death by Chronic Diarrhea at U. S. Hospital, Beverly, N. J. (?) Oct. 5th. Oct. 19. J. H. Knowland sent from brigade to general hospital. Corp. Geo. A. Pease sent to brigade hospital; Private E. C. Jewell returned to duty. Private E. J. Wilson on detached service at Art'y Brigade Headquarters in confinement. One horse died, worn out. Oct. 22. Lieut's J. W. Adams and W. G. Rollins transferred on Morning Report from present on special duty to absent on detached service. Oct. 23. Private C. A. Mason severely wounded and missing since Aug. 25, 1864 dropped from the rolls, killed in action. [Died on the field and was buried in a family lot near Reams.]
Beverly (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
s. Conners, J. P. Allen, Patrick Foley, Geo. T. Cranston, Patrick Carr, Jere. O'Connell, A. P. Follett, Michael Birmingham, Michael Farrell, G. W. Blair. Oct. 14. Two recruits received; Peter Terbriggen, Wm. Osborn. Private A. L. Gowell returned to duty from general hospital. Oct. 15. Private H. N. Bemis returned from brigade hospital; Private E. C. Jewell sent to brigade hospital. Oct. 17. Notice received of Serg't Chandler Gould's death by Chronic Diarrhea at U. S. Hospital, Beverly, N. J. (?) Oct. 5th. Oct. 19. J. H. Knowland sent from brigade to general hospital. Corp. Geo. A. Pease sent to brigade hospital; Private E. C. Jewell returned to duty. Private E. J. Wilson on detached service at Art'y Brigade Headquarters in confinement. One horse died, worn out. Oct. 22. Lieut's J. W. Adams and W. G. Rollins transferred on Morning Report from present on special duty to absent on detached service. Oct. 23. Private C. A. Mason severely wounded and missing since Au
Petersburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
tch for us, either in the number of guns or their calibre, and whenever their pieces, in position directly opposite Battery XIV, opened on our line, they drew upon themselves not only our attentions, but those of the guns in Battery XIII, and Fort Haskell on our right, and of two 32-pounders in Fort Morton. These latter sent their ponderous projectiles with a rattling crash, beside which our 10-pounders seemed as muskets,—and with a precision that almost invariably closed up the business on th of 1864. Meade. It resulted in a loss of more than twenty-five hundred men, and the extensions of our lines to Poplar Spring Church, in whose neighborhood tile Battery was afterwards located. Butler, it will be remembered, captured and held Fort Harrison in this movement. One evening, just before sundown, at a time when our line was very thin, an infantry officer came along to say that the Rebels were intending a tremendous assault on this part of the line, which, if they had by any means
Annapolis (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
om brigade hospital. John F. Sullivan, private Co. I, 4th N. Y. H. Art'y, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd A. C. detached to this Battery as bugler per Special Order No. 237 Headquarters 2nd Corps. Private Geo. K. Putnam, a paroled prisoner at Annapolis, Md., wounded and in hospital. Sept 19. One horse died—Glanders. Sept. 21. Corp'l T. Beck, eight men and two caissons returned from Ammunition Train. Hiram Warburton sent to brigade hospital. Sept. 22. First Sergeant Chas. E. Pierce and Serg't Geo. F. Gould discharged for promotion by S. O. No. 304, War Dep't A. G. O. Sept. 23. Notice received of John Millett, paroled prisoner sick in general hospital Div. 2, Annapolis, Md., Sept. 14. Sept. 24. Notice received that of the 15 men transferred to Battery K, 4th U. S. Art'y, 11 are present for duty, 4 absent, sick (John H. Carr, Aug. 12, W. E. Hooper, Aug. 13, J. W. Hayden April 13, W. M. Bastable May 12, 1864). Sept. 25. James D. Smith sent to brigade hospital. Eigh
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 18
numbered, beginning at the right of the line near the James and numbering toward the left. a few rods to the right of Fort Morton. The works we had left three months before, so hastily and rudely constructed, had given place to a fortified line soMine failure, to guard against the possible issue of another such attempt. In full view at our left front, opposite Fort Morton, were the ruins of the Elliott Salient, the undermined fort, much as they were left on that memorable July 30th. Sinc only our attentions, but those of the guns in Battery XIII, and Fort Haskell on our right, and of two 32-pounders in Fort Morton. These latter sent their ponderous projectiles with a rattling crash, beside which our 10-pounders seemed as muskets,handler Gould sent to general hospital Sept. 26. Oct. 1. Private Harmon Newton died at Lincoln General Hospital, Washington, D. C., of Phthisis Sept. 18, 1864. Oct. 2. Ten (10) enlisted men returned from Battery K 4th U. S Art'y, viz:—T. A. Ca
City Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
attery XIV Artillery as Sharpshooters warlike Pyrotechnics a six-gun Battery again marching orders. As there must come an end to all things earthly, so we found our season of rest no exception to the rule, and the camp began to wear a business-like aspect. By the 11th of September we were once more supplied with the requisite number of horses and harnesses, rubber buckets, tarpaulins, and all the paraphernalia of a battery completely equipped. September 20th a detail went down to City Point and brought back four 3-inch Parrott guns. They were beauties and gained our regard at once, completely usurping the place the Rodmans had held there. We were now ready for active service again, and having been made happy by a visitation from the paymaster, who left us two months pay and settled our annual tailor's bill with the government, we were relieved from further expectation and delay by receiving marching orders. They came Saturday afternoon, September 24th, and in the evening
Cemetery Ridge (Oregon, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
ing against them the points would come about breast high, and as one might not crawl through them below, and could scale them only with great difficulty, they were an efficient defence. Outside the fraise, deep trenches and covered ways led to the picket line, itself a strong fortification, where the pickets kept watch of the Rebels. Beyond this again lay the Middle Ground; then the Rebel pickets; and on the ridge beyond, the enemy's main line. Still farther up towards the crest of Cemetery Ridge, for so it was called, another strong line had been erected since the Mine failure, to guard against the possible issue of another such attempt. In full view at our left front, opposite Fort Morton, were the ruins of the Elliott Salient, the undermined fort, much as they were left on that memorable July 30th. Since the catastrophe the Rebels had straightened their line, and the rifle-pit of their picket line now crossed the front of the ruins. . . .A horrid chasm one hundred and thi
George Fred Gould (search for this): chapter 18
4, orders came for us to draw out quietly at dark, at which time the limbers. were driven up to receive the ammunition chests once more, another battery Eighth Ohio. appeared to relieve us, and we took our final leave of Battery XIV. Lieut. G. Fred Gould September 22, Sergeant G. Fred. Gould was commissioned as First Lieutenant in the 29th Unattached Co. of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, and William E. Endicott as Second Lieutenant in the 30th Unattached Co.; but the latter did not acand in hospital. Sept 19. One horse died—Glanders. Sept. 21. Corp'l T. Beck, eight men and two caissons returned from Ammunition Train. Hiram Warburton sent to brigade hospital. Sept. 22. First Sergeant Chas. E. Pierce and Serg't Geo. F. Gould discharged for promotion by S. O. No. 304, War Dep't A. G. O. Sept. 23. Notice received of John Millett, paroled prisoner sick in general hospital Div. 2, Annapolis, Md., Sept. 14. Sept. 24. Notice received that of the 15 men transfer
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