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John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 6
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 14
Chapter 14:
June 20-Aug. 2s, 1864.
To the rear
boot and saddle
the Corps badly used on the Jerusalem Plank Road
a dry time—where we dug the First well
he Sanitary Commission
by the right flank
Deep Bottom
rain at last
the Weldon Railroad.
It is a well-known fact, that, inasmuch as the artillery of the army was abundant, and the opportunities to use it all had been limited, there were several batteries which had scarcely been called into action during the campaign, unless for siege duty at Cold Harbor, having been kept with the reserve artillery.
As the Tenth Massachusetts had not been of that number, it was not unlikely, so we reasoned, that we were now to lie off awhile, rest the horses and men, and give some one else a chance; and it was in this expectation that, having joined the Artillery Brigade on the following afternoon (Monday, June 21), we went somewhat to the rear and parked, in spacious order, in a large field skirted with woods.
But we were doomed
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Mortuary list to date , 1909