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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, chapter 36 (search)
ported in the field with every veteran originally furloughed. There were with it, also, a number of deserters who had been apprehended by the officers. The regiment re-assembled in the state camp at Wenham and at 2.30 P. M. on the 15th of March, 1864, under the command of Major Rice, took the cars for Boston,—without a man missing. Boston was reached at 3.45 P. M. and the men marched to the depot of the Boston and Providence Railroad where they again took the cars for the front. At Groton, Conn., they left the cars and embarked upon the boat for Jersey City. At Philadelphia a stop of 24 hours was made and again were the men subjects of that splendid charity of the sons and daughters of Philadelphia,—the old Cooper Shop. The single gun which always saluted the arriving regiments gathered at once from their homes the noblest of her citizens to give aid to the tired soldiers. At Alexandria a day and a half were spent, and the men made the most of the time. A circus was showin