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Halltown (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
ound. At 12 M. moved to Crook's left and remained in reserve. August 28: Marched at 1 A. M. and camped eleven and one-half miles from Charlestown, in position held on the 21st inst. September 3: Marched to a position near Clifton and remained until Sept 19. September 19: Broke camp at 3:30 A. M., crossed the Opequon Creek at 9 A. M. To fill in the incidents of this period of apparently erratic movement, resort must be made to Colonel Beckwith's narrative. He writes, While at Halltown, Colonel Olcott and quite a number of men, who had been away wounded and sick, returned to the regiment and increased its strength and appearance materially. On the 16th we started back down the valley, marched all night and passed through Winchester at 8 o'clock in the morning and got some pies and eggs with jewelry advertisements which the inhabitants mistook for greenbacks. On the 21st the enemy drove in our pickets and we were sent out on the skirmish line and skirmished all day. On t
Mount Crawford (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
to issue rations at 8 A. M. Marched again at 12 M. and camped at Cedar Creek. September 24: Marched at 6 A. M. Found the enemy in position at Mt. Jackson. Formed line preparatory to an advance, when the enemy withdrew. The brigade held the advance, constantly skirmishing with the enemy, till 6 P. M., when it camped for the night six miles beyond Newmarket. September 26: Marched without interruption to Harrisonburg, and camped on the hills east of the town. September 29: Marched to Mt. Crawford. September 30: Returned to camp near Harrisonburg. October 5: Marched to Mt. Jackson. Camped at 6 P. M. October 7: Marched to Strasburg, camped on Shenandoah River at 1 P. M., and remained in camp till Oct. 11. October 11: Marched to near Front Royal, camped at 4 P. M. October 13: Moved to Millwood, camped at 4. P. M. October 14: Marched at 2 A. M., reached our present camp near Middletown at 4 P. M. In this advance up the Shenandoah Valley and return, frequent skirmishes with t
Bridgewater, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
ry pleasant results. Beckwith relates an experience he had which will stand for the manner in which like conduct was treated by some of the officers, not all of them: On the 29th we were ordered into camp, and the officers had their tents put up. I thought I would take a stroll into the country and see if I could not gather some more of the luxuries with which it abounded, when we first got to a new field. So with Goodman who was a first rate forager, I went out to a little place called Bridgewater and secured a fine supply. We were not gone over two or three hours, but when we got in sight of the camping place I saw that the troops had moved. Going to where the regiment had camped we found our traps, and getting them on we started to catch the regiment, loaded down with our commissary supplies. We got to Harrisonburg and found the regiment in camp at its former location. We were pretty well tired out, but managed to get a hearty meal and a good night's sleep. The next morning
Spottsylvania (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
e knew the men we had been fighting and we considered them as good as any, if not the best, in Lee's army, but they were no match for us on open ground. It was voted a luxury to be permitted to fight on a fair field instead of in the jungle we had been in, from the Rapidan to the James, and it did us great good. We knew that the Louisianians of Rappahannock Station were there, the Alabamians of Salem Church, the Virginians and Georgians of the Wilderness, and Dole's and Battle's men of Spottsylvania, and we did not fear them with a fair chance. But we were deeply depressed by the loss of Generals Russell and Upton. While it was reported that Upton's wound would not permanently disable him, we feared it would. Of all the battles in which the brigade had been engaged since the writer was detailed to duty at brigade headquarters, this was the first in which he had not been under fire. In crossing the field later in the afternoon he came to a point where the two lines of battle mu
Millwood (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
camped for the night six miles beyond Newmarket. September 26: Marched without interruption to Harrisonburg, and camped on the hills east of the town. September 29: Marched to Mt. Crawford. September 30: Returned to camp near Harrisonburg. October 5: Marched to Mt. Jackson. Camped at 6 P. M. October 7: Marched to Strasburg, camped on Shenandoah River at 1 P. M., and remained in camp till Oct. 11. October 11: Marched to near Front Royal, camped at 4 P. M. October 13: Moved to Millwood, camped at 4. P. M. October 14: Marched at 2 A. M., reached our present camp near Middletown at 4 P. M. In this advance up the Shenandoah Valley and return, frequent skirmishes with the enemy occurred. The country was beautiful and fertile, and the men lived high on what they were able to obtain in one way or another, but sometimes with not very pleasant results. Beckwith relates an experience he had which will stand for the manner in which like conduct was treated by some of the office
Opequan Creek (United States) (search for this): chapter 18
. August 11: Marched at 5 A. M. and camped six miles from Winchester, southeast. August 12: Marched at 7:30 A. M. in rear of trains, camped at Middletown. August 13: Crossed Cedar Creek at 7 A. M., halted eleven and one-half miles from Strasburg. Enemy found in position at Fisher's Hill. Recrossed Cedar Creek at 10 A. M. and camped on old ground. August 16: Commenced march to Winchester at 10 P. M. August 17: Continued march, passed through Winchester at 8 A. M. Camped on Opequon Creek at 4:30 P. M. August 18: Marched at 6 A. M. via Berryville and camped two miles from Charlestown. August 21: Enemy appeared at 8 A. M. Skirmished all day. August 22: Retired at 2 A. M. toward Harper's Ferry. Camped on former ground. At 12 M. moved to Crook's left and remained in reserve. August 28: Marched at 1 A. M. and camped eleven and one-half miles from Charlestown, in position held on the 21st inst. September 3: Marched to a position near Clifton and remained unti
Clifton, Arizona (Arizona, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
icated and erratic movements of the period from the 7th of August to the 19th of September. The itinerary of the brigade is given in a report made by the Adjutant General of the brigade as follows: August 10: Marched at 6 A. M., camped at Clifton, fifteen miles. August 11: Marched at 5 A. M. and camped six miles from Winchester, southeast. August 12: Marched at 7:30 A. M. in rear of trains, camped at Middletown. August 13: Crossed Cedar Creek at 7 A. M., halted eleven and one-haped on former ground. At 12 M. moved to Crook's left and remained in reserve. August 28: Marched at 1 A. M. and camped eleven and one-half miles from Charlestown, in position held on the 21st inst. September 3: Marched to a position near Clifton and remained until Sept 19. September 19: Broke camp at 3:30 A. M., crossed the Opequon Creek at 9 A. M. To fill in the incidents of this period of apparently erratic movement, resort must be made to Colonel Beckwith's narrative. He writ
Front Royal (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
skirmishing with the enemy, till 6 P. M., when it camped for the night six miles beyond Newmarket. September 26: Marched without interruption to Harrisonburg, and camped on the hills east of the town. September 29: Marched to Mt. Crawford. September 30: Returned to camp near Harrisonburg. October 5: Marched to Mt. Jackson. Camped at 6 P. M. October 7: Marched to Strasburg, camped on Shenandoah River at 1 P. M., and remained in camp till Oct. 11. October 11: Marched to near Front Royal, camped at 4 P. M. October 13: Moved to Millwood, camped at 4. P. M. October 14: Marched at 2 A. M., reached our present camp near Middletown at 4 P. M. In this advance up the Shenandoah Valley and return, frequent skirmishes with the enemy occurred. The country was beautiful and fertile, and the men lived high on what they were able to obtain in one way or another, but sometimes with not very pleasant results. Beckwith relates an experience he had which will stand for the manner in w
Strasburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
. August 11: Marched at 5 A. M. and camped six miles from Winchester, southeast. August 12: Marched at 7:30 A. M. in rear of trains, camped at Middletown. August 13: Crossed Cedar Creek at 7 A. M., halted eleven and one-half miles from Strasburg. Enemy found in position at Fisher's Hill. Recrossed Cedar Creek at 10 A. M. and camped on old ground. August 16: Commenced march to Winchester at 10 P. M. August 17: Continued march, passed through Winchester at 8 A. M. Camped on Opequointerruption to Harrisonburg, and camped on the hills east of the town. September 29: Marched to Mt. Crawford. September 30: Returned to camp near Harrisonburg. October 5: Marched to Mt. Jackson. Camped at 6 P. M. October 7: Marched to Strasburg, camped on Shenandoah River at 1 P. M., and remained in camp till Oct. 11. October 11: Marched to near Front Royal, camped at 4 P. M. October 13: Moved to Millwood, camped at 4. P. M. October 14: Marched at 2 A. M., reached our present camp
Tumbling Run (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
Of this fight Colonel Beckwith gives the part taken by the 121st New York. About 2 o'clock of the 22d we moved farther to the left, and then forward through some woods down a hill. Coming out of the woods we came to the railroad, and could see across a ravine, the Rebel works. The gulf was spanned by a trestle work and a number of us started to cross it, but we had gone only a few steps when we discovered a gap burned in it, and we had to go back and go down the bank, cross the stream (Tumbling Run), and climb up the steep bank on the other side through the brush and briars. We used them to pull ourselves up by, but going up we were protected by the extreme steepness of the hill, from the Rebel fire. When we reached the top they were on the run, having left their breastworks, thanks to Crook's operation on the left. I do not think we could have carried their works in our front by assault. The ground was so rough that we could not have reached them in any sort of order, or in suf
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