The Fifth Army Corps (Army of the Potomac): A Record of Operations During the Civil War in the United States of America, 1861-1865G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895 - 900 pages |
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... miles from Bos- ton . These companies had all been raised within thirty - five miles of that city . On September 28 , 1861 , by special order from the Governor of Massa- chusetts , the regiment was created and Colonel Henry Wilson ...
... miles from Bos- ton . These companies had all been raised within thirty - five miles of that city . On September 28 , 1861 , by special order from the Governor of Massa- chusetts , the regiment was created and Colonel Henry Wilson ...
Page 24
... miles from Fall's Church , known chiefly as the scene of an ambuscade in which a train loaded with our troops had been caught the previous July . The 4th Michigan was detailed , and I obtained permission to accompany the expedition . A ...
... miles from Fall's Church , known chiefly as the scene of an ambuscade in which a train loaded with our troops had been caught the previous July . The 4th Michigan was detailed , and I obtained permission to accompany the expedition . A ...
Page 62
... miles from Richmond . When scarcely five miles from camp , the advance encoun- tered the enemy's cavalry pickets , and they were driven two or three miles from the main road northward , the detachment passing between the main body of ...
... miles from Richmond . When scarcely five miles from camp , the advance encoun- tered the enemy's cavalry pickets , and they were driven two or three miles from the main road northward , the detachment passing between the main body of ...
Page 64
... miles east of Peak's Station , and about two and a half miles south of Hanover Court - House . Benson's battery at once opened fire , the cavalry being placed on the left and rear in support , and Berdan's sharpshooters , and the 25th ...
... miles east of Peak's Station , and about two and a half miles south of Hanover Court - House . Benson's battery at once opened fire , the cavalry being placed on the left and rear in support , and Berdan's sharpshooters , and the 25th ...
Page 77
... mile west of the church , retiring at night to Allen's Mill on the road to Cold Harbor . On the 25th of June , the ... miles north of Mechanicsville , were attacked , and from that time skirmishing was con- tinuous from the point of ...
... mile west of the church , retiring at night to Allen's Mill on the road to Cold Harbor . On the 25th of June , the ... miles north of Mechanicsville , were attacked , and from that time skirmishing was con- tinuous from the point of ...
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118th Pennsylvania 16th Michigan 1st New York 3d Brigade 44th New York 83d Pennsylvania advance arrived artillery assault attack Ayres Battalion battery bridge brigade Brigadier-General Burnside Capt Captain Captured or missing cavalry Colonel column command Confederate Court-House Crawford Creek crossed directed division enemy enemy's eral Fifth Army Fifth Army Corps Fifth Corps fire Fitz-John Porter flank force Ford forward Fredericksburg front GEORGE SYKES GOUVERNEUR K Griffin guns Hill Hooker Humphreys intrenchments Jackson James killed Lee's Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Little Round Top Longstreet Major-General Manassas Massachusetts McClellan McDowell Meade miles morning moved movement night Ninth Corps occupied officers Pennsylvania Reserves pickets Plank road Porter position Potomac railroad rear regiment retired river Second Brigade Second Corps sent Sharpshooters Sheridan Sickles Sixth Corps skirmishers Sykes Third Brigade Third Corps troops Union army Warren Warrenton White Oak road woods wounded York Light