US Civil War
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_Friday, March 25._--The Army of the Potomac is to be divided in three corps. The Second will be consolidated with the Third corps, and commanded by General Hancock; the Fifth c...
1. Chapter 1E-text prepared by the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libra...
3. Chapter 3_Saturday, March 22._--We left Harper's Ferry in the morning. During the afternoon, the battery was loaded on railroad cars at Sandy Hook. The train started by seven o'clock in...
6. Chapter 6_Tuesday, June 9._--Changed camp again, but moving a short distance only. The Thirty-fourth New York regiment started for home, their time of service having expired. A heavy cav...
4. Chapter 4_Friday, August 1._--The rebels opened on us with a battery last night, from the south side of the James River, killing seven men, and damaging several transports. Our gunboats...
7. Chapter 7_Saturday, September 12._--Morrisville. The Second corps left camp at ten o'clock A. M., marched to Bealton Station, from there to Rappahannock Station, going in camp for the ni...
5. Chapter 5_Saturday, November 8._--Marched in the morning with only four horses to a gun. Passed through Salem and Rectortown. Generals McClellan, Burnside, and Sumner, rode past the line...
2. Chapter 2_Wednesday, September 4._--After returning from a battery drill, orders awaited our section, in command of Lieut. J. A. Tompkins. We left Darnestown at five o'clock P. M., going...
9. Chapter 9_Saturday, June 4._--Battle on Gaines' Farm. At the appointed time, we went to take position on Gaines' Hill, but were disagreeably surprised to find no fortifications at all. T...