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Warrenton (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
at to Centreville race between the two armies return to Warrenton reminiscences affair at Rappahannock Station return toed over the east side of the mountains to the vicinity of Warrenton. The army headquarters were, we believe, at Warrenton; tWarrenton; there is a branch of the great Midland line leading northwest to this place, which was our immediate base of supplies. This the point on this ridge six or eight miles southwest of Warrenton and three miles northwest of Sulphur Springs, the most an seen moving north along the Sulphur Springs road toward Warrenton. This retirement of the cavalry was declared by the knows, the booming of cannon was heard in the northwest as at Warrenton. The head of our column must be at Warrenton Junction, ny hoped that some of the fragrant leaf might be found in Warrenton. We were not disappointed. The morning after our arrival at Warrenton was the beginning of a typical Indian summer day; the air was delightfully exhilarating. After water-cal
Meadow Mills (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
n? we asked of a bystander. Pull a tooth, he replied. We did not remain to witness the denouement. One would have thought that the two skirmishers might have endured the struggle the longer, as their prospective victim was exhausting his vitality by strokes in the air and abnormal exhalations. But the poor fellow had soon an opportunity to expend any surplus energy that he might possess, for the next week, it being the second in September, we moved beyond Culpepper, C. H., near where Cedar Creek makes its way to the Rapidan, through pawpaw bushes and other small wood growth. We were now well on the right of the main line; if an advance were contemplated, we should be in the van; if a retreat, we should share the honors that pertain to the rear-guard in such a movement. That our coming here was only the commencement of a more extensive enterprise, seemed evident from shadows cast before, or straws which indicated the course of the wind. For example, cavalry were retiring fr
Cumberland Valley (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
Chapter 12: From Gettysburg to Brandy Station march to Frederick in Cumberland Valley return to Virginia Warrenton Sulphur Springs stone House Mountain reminiscences retreat to Centreville race between the two armies return to Warrenton reminiscences affair at Rappahannock Station return to Brandy Station reminiscences A hard forced march from Gettysburg to Frederick, via Emmetsburg, Maryland, commenced on the night of the 5th of July; we encountered on the way Sisters of Charity, proceeding to the hospitals in Pennsylvania to minister to the wounded, as is ever their wont when the occasion for their services occurs. Our arrival at Frederick was in the midst of rain, that had been falling more or less through the previous twelve hours, and we were quite hungry. After a brief halt in this town, where we saw the Tenth Massachusetts Battery and had the pleasure of greeting Capt. Sleeper, who had been our third in command, it became apparent that we were not
Piedmont, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
otomac and the Rappahanock, and what a wealth of wild fruit there was! It is estimated that the free use of blackberries at this time saved the medical department thousands of dollars. We have seen a brigadier, during a few moments' halt by the way, filling with the luscious fruit the tin dipper which he usually carried at his saddle. This valley region which we were now traversing, together with both slopes of the eastern range of mountains, which bounds it, is known in geography as the Piedmont region, and covers an area of nearly 7,000 square miles; its northern boundary is the Potomac; its southern limit, the south state line of Virginia. The upper waters of the affluents of the Rappahannock are a little north of the centre of this district. One of these streams, called Hedgeman's River, we crossed the third week in July, and moved over the east side of the mountains to the vicinity of Warrenton. The army headquarters were, we believe, at Warrenton; there is a branch of the
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
ion return to Brandy Station reminiscences A hard forced march from Gettysburg to Frederick, via Emmetsburg, Maryland, commenced on the night of the 5th of July; we encountered on the way Sisters of Charity, proceeding to the hospitals in Pennsylvania to minister to the wounded, as is ever their wont when the occasion for their services occurs. Our arrival at Frederick was in the midst of rain, that had been falling more or less through the previous twelve hours, and we were quite hungry. ry pole, and the chasing of the pig, and to partake of the good things that might be afforded. So hilarious, not to say uproarious, was the returning crowd which streamed down the east slope to their camps, that a reverend chaplain of another Pennsylvania regiment, who was holding a meeting in a nook at the foot of the hill, felt constrained to criticise the unseemly actions of some of the revellers. It having been intimated that a soldier correspondent of a Pittsburg paper would write a glowi
Centreville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
the train, to be anon swept out and relegated to a side-track. Every one seemed instinctively to realize that we were making a race with the Confederates for Centreville. How did we know? No one could tell. How did we know time and again our destination, when suddenly set in motion forward, or hurried back to retraverse some e great Midland track, having gained considerable advantage in respect to a start northward, although we have the outside track. Now was a race in earnest for Centreville. A night march, dark and chilly; the sutlers crawled between the column and the railroad track, halting when the procession paused, and hastening along when its was avarice punished, but morals meanwhile corrupted. How we crossed Broad Run beyond Bristow, passed Manassas and over Bull Run and climbed to the summit of Centreville, the All-seeing eye alone perceived. We were arrayed upon the height in the morning, and retained the position during that day and the following night. On t
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
extraction. He was on the sick-list, because of chronic diarrhea. O——, the surgeon, who was of Teutonic origin, and who hailed from one of the Middle States, said one morning: M——, vat state your bowels vas in dis morn? M——, who had much deference for the doctor, replied: Orange County, New York, sir. As November of 1863 wore away, the opinion gained ground among the rank and file that we were fixed for the winter, and we presume that this was the tenor of the story that comrades' letters bore to their loved ones at home; but Gen. Meade, knowing that Longstreet had been detached for service in East Tennessee, and counting upon a material depletion of the force then beyond the Rapidan, led the Army of the Potomac across that river on the 26th of the month. During the severe cold weather of this period, some of our command were either on guard or on the march every night during the eight days that elapsed between our departure from this camp until we recrossed at Ger
Goose Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
crossed that river about two miles below Harper's Ferry, entering Virginia at the same point as in the previous year, six weeks after the battle of Antietam. It was during this week that news of the fall of Vicksburg reached us,—the complement of the encouraging report from our own army, which the press had already transmitted to the West. The military outlook from a Union standpoint had never before been so promising. We moved up Loudon Valley, bivouacked one night upon the banks of Goose Creek, made yet another day's march southward, and halted. There was a demand for fodder for the horses; the following day, therefore, found us scouring the by-ways for sequestered barns where sizable haymows might be found, or for unmolested stacks. Seldom was a place visited in this part of Loudon County where we were not assured that the proprietor was a good Union man, and were cautioned by the officers in charge of our little expedition, not to yield to any temptation that might present
Brandy Station (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
Chapter 12: From Gettysburg to Brandy Station march to Frederick in Cumberland Valley return to Virginia Warrenton Sulphur Springs stone House Mountain reminiscences retreat to Cenhe two armies return to Warrenton reminiscences affair at Rappahannock Station return to Brandy Station reminiscences A hard forced march from Gettysburg to Frederick, via Emmetsburg, Marylandld be verified or fulfilled? It was an exciting race; for a good stretch of the way, past Brandy Station, we sped, sometimes at a trot, always at quickstep. It must have been past noon when our di of the column; we were soon on the south side of the river and were rapidly marching toward Brandy Station, as though bent upon placing ourselves in Lee's rear. Now it was the turn of the Confederatigilance until the last nail was driven. While thus alluding to the humors of the camp at Brandy Station, it occurs to us to notice the curious mistakes that would arise in conversation between pa
Gainesville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
sed by the Alexandria and Orange Railroad, south of Warrenton Junction, through Fauquier Springs, west to the valley that lies at the west slope of the Blue Ridge, and reaching back along the line of the railroad and the Warrenton pike, toward Gainesville. The Confederate force lay south of the south fork of the Rappahannock, between that stream and the Rapidan, a part of their forces lying south of that river, and their front extending west to the Blue Ridge. Any flank movement at this timived. We were arrayed upon the height in the morning, and retained the position during that day and the following night. On the morrow after we marched south, along the Warrenton pike, crossed Bull Run by the Stone Bridge, and pushed on to Gainesville on the Manassas Gap road; here a locomotive was standing facing the gap; it had probably brought cars with some supplies, possibly some men, from Alexandria, switching off at Manassas Junction. The enemy must have paused somewhere along their
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