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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 19 : at Bolivar Heights . (search)
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 20 : to Falmouth , in pursuit of Lee . Burnside supersedes McClellan . (search)
Chapter 20: to Falmouth, in pursuit of Lee. Burnside supersedes McClellan.
At 2 P. M. on Oct. 29 the Nineteenth regiment joined its brigade and took up the line of march for Falmouth, in pursuit of Lee. Gen. Couch was in command, Gen. Sumner having been granted leave of absence.
The day was beautiful, the sun shining brightly in a clear sky and the air just cool enough to make marching comfortable.
Not having drawn winter clothing, the men were not heavily encumbered and some were actually destitute of suitable covering for the frosty nights, but, thanks to the Virginia farmers, there were plenty of rail fences and fires were kept burning all night, around which gathered the insufficiently clad and they were thus kept from actual suffering during the first week.
After that it was colder, with snow and rain storms, and all suffered more or less.
The crops were not all harvested and that added to the comforts.
Leaving camp soon after sunrise the brigade filed into the Cha
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Roster of the Nineteenth regiment Massachusetts Volunteers (search)