The History of the Ninth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Second Brigade, First Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, June, 1861- June, 1864E. B. Stillings, 1899 - 543 pages |
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32d Mass artillery batteries bivouac bootmaker born in Boston born in Cork born in Ireland brigade camp Captain captured cavalry Colonel Cass command COMPANY Confederate credited to Boston currier died of wounds disability Oct Discharged for disability enemy enemy's enlisted Aug enlisted June 11 Fifth Corps fire flank forces ford Fredericksburg front Gaines infantry Jackson James John July 26 June 9 Killed June 27 laborer Lieut Lieutenant line of battle Longstreet's Malvern Hill married McClellan Michael miles Mill morning Mustered in Aug Mustered in Feb Mustered in June Mustered out June night Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers o'clock P.M. officers Patrick picket Potomac resi residence Bos residence Boston residence Marlboro residence Milford residence Salem Richmond river road Second Corps Sergeant Sergt Sharpsburg shoemaker single Sixth Corps soldiers Spottsylvania term Thomas Transferred to 32d troops Union Vols Washington Wilderness Wounded July Wounded June 27
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Page 285 - OF THE NINTH COMMENDED BY THEIR COLONEL. " What though the field be lost! All is not lost — the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate. And courage never to submit or yield : And what is else not to be overcome.
Page 35 - old systems and the Word; Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne,— Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own.
Page 225 - tis something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his. and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my
Page 206 - General Jackson in intercepting the retreat of the enemy. Gen. DH Hill's division will form the rear guard of the army, pursuing the road taken by the main body. The reserve artillery, ordnance and supply trains, etc., will precede General Hill.
Page 89 - CAVALRY RAID — THE POSITION OF THE UNION ARMY GENERAL LEE's AND JACKSON'S PLANS. BEFORE THE BATTLE. " Many a heart that now beats high, In slumber cold at night shall lie; Nor waken even at victory's sound. But oh! how bless'd that hero's sleep, O'er whom a wondering world shall weep!
Page 17 - Swiftly our pleasures glide away, Our hearts recall the distant day With many sighs: The moments that are speeding fast We heed not, but the past, the past More highly prize.
Page 393 - And now with shouts the shocking armies clos'd. To lances lances, shields to shields, oppos'd; Host against host the shadowy legions drew, The sounding darts, an iron tempest, flew; Victors and vanquished join promiscuous cries, Triumphing shouts and dying groans arise, With streaming blood the slipp'ry field is dy'd, And slaughter'd heroes swell the dreadful tide.
Page 147 - COLOR BEARERS FATHER SCULLY'S THRILLING EXPERIENCE. " Hand to hand, and foot to foot; Nothing there, save death, was mute : Stroke, and thrust, and Hash, and cry For quarter, or for victory, Mingle there with the volleying thunder.
Page 206 - Ohio railroad, capture such of the enemy as may be at Martinsburg, and intercept such as may attempt to escape from Harper's Ferry. General Longstreet's command will pursue the same road as far as Boonsboro,* where it will halt with the reserve, supply and baggage trains of the army. General McLaws, with his own division and that of Gen. RH Anderson, will follow General
Page 285 - will, And study of revenge, immortal hate. And courage never to submit or yield : And what is else not to be overcome.