Civil War Soldier Ltr Corpl John Peak Cushing Camp Near Yorktown Letter Sheet 62

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Civil War Soldier Ltr Corpl John Peak Cushing Camp Near Yorktown Letter Sheet 62:
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Civil War soldier letter, 3 pages in pencil, Pvt John Peak Cushing, 8th Mass Infantry (also was with 19th Mass), Camp near Yorktown April 23, 1862 to his brother, on a beautiful two color illustrated letter sheet showing George Washington and Elmer Ellsworth in fancy frames surrounded by 4 Flags and a shield. They represent the first officer killed in the Revolution (War) and the first killed in the present Rebellion.Talks of being sick, leaving Muddy Branch for Winchester, old camp near Balls Bluff, I had to nurse being the wellest, 3 of the men died while I was there, regiment was at Fort Monroe, took steamer from Fort Monroe, in charge of six men, saw the chaplain, I was taking his horse that was coming the next day on the steamer, he had no bridle and no strups on the saddle, so I made a bridle, trees in blossom, passed by Hampton that was burned, saw a man from Mass whose horse was burned, he told me to tell the Mass boys to give them fits (the rebs)
More interesting content, Cushing writes like a 4th grader, grammar and spelling is OK but his handwriting his poor. Signs in full John P. Cushing. Letter sheet is quite scarce and desirable for the letter sheet collector.
John Peak Cushing

Residence Scituate MA; a 25 year-old Blacksmith.Enlisted on 4/15/1861 as a Private.On 4/30/1861 he mustered into \"A\" Co. MA 8th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 8/1/1861 at Boston, MAOn 8/28/1861 he mustered into \"H\" Co. MA 19th Infantry He was discharged for disability on 11/29/1862 at Washington, DCHe was listed as:* Wounded 6/30/1862 Glendale, VAPromotions:* Corpl 8/24/1861 (As of Co. H 19th MA Inf)Intra Regimental Company Transfers:* 12/15/1861 from company H to company I (Estimated Day)Other Information:born 3/19/1836 in Scituate, MAEIGHTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA(INFANTRY)
THREE MONTHS
The 8th Regt. Mass. Vol. Mil., \"Minute Men,\" was called to Boston by Special Order No. 14, issued on the afternoon of April 15, 1861, by the Adjutant General of Massachusetts. Having only eight companies, one company was added from the 7th Regt., a Salem unit, and one from Pittsfield, taken from the 1st Battalion of Infantry. Leaving the State April 18, it proceeded to Annapolis, Md., on its way to the national capital. At Annapolis two companies were placed on the frigate CONSTITUTION, guarding her until she was safely removed to the harbor of New York. Another company was detached to do guard duty at Fort McHenry near Baltimore, Md. The remainder of the regiment, after repairing the road-bed from Annapolis to Annapolis Junction and restoring the rolling stock of the railroad, proceeded to Washington, arriving April 26. Not until April 30 were the men mustered into the service of the United States. On May 11 the regiment was ordered into camp at the Relay House, Md. Here Col. Munroe resigned on account of age and ill health, and was succeeded by Col. Edward W. Hinks, an officer destined to attain high rank before the war was done. On July 2d the entire regiment was ordered to Baltimore, Md., the left wing arriving in the morning and the right wing in the evening of the following day. On July 29 it was ordered to Boston, Mass., and here on August 1, 1861, it was mustered out of the service.Source: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors & Marines in the Civil WarNINETEENTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
THREE YEARS (Re-enlisted)
The 19th Regt. Mass. Vol. Inf. was organized at Camp Schouler, Lynnfield, having for its nucleus the 1st BattalionRifles. The rest of the regiment came from Boston andvicinity. By Aug. 28, 1861, the entire regiment had beenmustered into the service with Col. Edward W. Hinks as itscommander, and on that day it was forwarded to Washington,arriving Aug. 30. Assigned to Gen. Lander\'s Brigade, Gen. Stone\'s Corps of Observation, it picketed the Potomac duringthe fall of 1861, advancing to Harrison\'s Island October 21 andcovering the retreat of the troops from Ball\'s Bluff. Thewinter of 1861-62 was spent at Muddy Branch guarding thePotomac in front of Darnestown and Rockville. In March, 1862, the regiment, now in Dana\'s Brigade,Sedgwick\'s Division, was sent to the Shenandoah, but shortlyafterward the entire division was ordered to the Peninsulawhere it arrived Mar. 30, and was attached to Sumner\'s (2d)Corps. It took part in the siege of Yorktown in April and wasengaged at Fair Oaks, June 25. At Glendale or Nelson\'s Farm,June 30, it lost 145 officers and men of whom 33, includingMajor Howe, were killed or mortally wounded. Returning from Harrison\'s Landing to Alexandria the lastof August, early in September it joined in the advance towardFrederick, Md. It arrived at South Mountain on the 14th justafter the battle was done. At Antietam, Sept. 17, it washeavily engaged in the West Wood, suffering severe lossincluding Col. Hinks who was badly wounded. At Fredericksburg,Dec.11, the 19th was one of the regiments of Hall\'s Brigade,Howard\'s Division, Couch\'s (2d) Corps that crossed the riverin boats under fire and fought their way through the streets ofthe city. Two days later it was in the assault on Marye\'sHeights, losing 104 officers and men including 8 color bearers,23 being killed or mortally wounded. The winter of 1862-63 wasspent near Falmouth. During the Chancellorsville campaign in May, 1863, with Gibbon\'s Division the 19th was left in Fredericksburg insupport of Sedgwick\'s (6th) Corps and suffered small loss. At Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, it was heavily engaged near the Clumpof Trees capturing four Confederate Flags and losing nearly 50per cent of its numbers. On October 14 it was engaged at Bristoe Station, and again at Robertson\'s Tavern, November 27,during the Mine Run expedition. It spent the winter at Cole\'sHill near Stevensburg. Here Dec. 20, 160 officers and men re-enlisted for three years. As a part of Webb\'s Brigade, Gibbon\'s Division, Hancock\'s (2d) Corps the 19th was in action at the Wilderness, May 6, andwas heavily engaged at Spottsylvania, both in the assault on the bloody Angle, May 12, and in the general assault, May 18. At North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, and in front ofPetersburg the regiment was engaged almost continuously untilJune 22, when the 2d Corps was outflanked near the JerusalemPlank road, where the 19th lost all but 40 of its officers andmen. These, with a remnant received from the 15th Regt. Andmany returned convalescents and recruits preserved theregimental unit. In July and August it was present in bothactions near Deep Bottom and at Reams\' Station. On August 30,98 men whose terms of service had expired were discharged todate from August 28, 1864. The regiment was on duty in the forts and batteries aroundPetersburg until October when it was engaged with loss atBoydton Road. About Dec. 12, it was ordered to Fort Emorywhere it remained until the spring campaign of 1865 opened. OnFebruary 5 it was engaged at Hatcher\'s Run, and in Aprilparticipated in the final assault on Petersburg and the pursuitof Lee\'s army toward Appomattox. After the surrender of theArmy of Northern Virginia the regiment, increased by recruitsto 20 officers and 645 enlisted men, marched back to Washingtoncity, and on June 30 was mustered out at Munson\'s Hill. Returning to Massachusetts, on July 20 it was mustered for thelast time at Readville, and there paid off and discharged. Source: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors & Marines in the Civil after battle report: Report of Capt. H. G. O. Weymouth Nineteenth MassachusettsInfantry, of the battle of Antietam.HDQRS. NINETEENTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS,Bolivar, Va., September 29, 1862.COL.: At your request I forward to you the following report of thepart taken by this regiment, in connection with the First Minnesota, duringthe engagement of Sedgwick\'s division on the 17th instant:The Nineteenth Regiment was on the extreme right of the second line ofbattle, the Minnesota regiment being on the right of the first line, when theMinnesota was the last regiment in its line to leave the position, and wasimmediately followed by the Nineteenth. A stand was made by the latterregiment, at the command of Col. Hinks, on a slight elevation, where itwas directly joined by the former. Soon slight elevation, where it wasdirectly joined by the former. Soon Col. Hinks gave the order to fallback still farther, and immediately fell, severely wounded. The commandthen devolved upon Lieut.-Col. Devereux, who reported to Col.Sully, as the superior officer then on the field, informing him of the woundof Col. Hinks. Under command of Col. Sully, both regiments werewithdrawn to a close stone wall, where preparations were made to receivethe enemy should he attempt an attack. Col. Sully remained in commanduntil the troops were withdrawn by command of Gen. McClellan.Believing the above statement to be correct, I remain, sir, respectfully,yours,H. G. O. WEYMOUTH,Capt., Commanding Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers.Col. ALFRED SULLY,First Minnesota Volunteers.Source: Official Records: Series I. Vol. 19. Part I, Reports. Serial No. after battle report: Report of Col. Arthur F. Devereux, Nineteenth Massachusetts Infantry. Taneytown, Md., July 7, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part which my regiment took in the late engagement near Gettysburg: On the evening of July 1, the corps was halted about 2 miles from the battle-ground. At daybreak of the 2d, were marched to the front, this division forming in columns of regiments by brigade on the right of the road, with its front toward the right of the position held by our army. Remaining there perhaps an hour, it crossed the road, and, by a countermarch of regiments, assumed a front in an opposite direction, the Second Brigade on the right, the Third Brigade on the left, and the First Brigade in the rear as reserve, two regiments, each of the Second and Third Brigades, being thrown in advance of the column in position behind some fences. The division rested there during the day. About 5 p. m., some time after the Third Corps had been engaged on our left, Col. Mallon, commanding Forty-second New York, and myself were ordered by the brigade commander to follow a staff officer, whom he pointed out, but whose name and rank I do not know, which was done, my regiment leading. Just before this, our attacking columns of the Third Corps, which had at first advanced, had begun to give way, and when we reached the rear of their position, a distance of perhaps an eighth of a mile from where we started, were completely broken, and running to the rear in great confusion. I asked the officer leading us what was the object intended for us to accomplish and what position to take up. He answered, \"In support of Humphreys\' division.\" I pointed out to him how useless to attempt to form a support for a division in the open field with two small regiments, numbering but 290 men together, and when that division was so much broken and fleeing in such confusion. He gave me no satisfactory answer, and at that moment galloped off. Left to ourselves, I suggested to Col. Mallon that the two regiments be formed behind the crest of a short knoll some distance in our front, there to lie down, wait until our retreating line, which was right upon us then, had passed, deliver a volley by the rear and front ranks, to check the pursuing enemy, and then make good our retreat. We gained the position without delay, lay down until everything in front and on both flanks had passed us to the rear, then, giving the command to my regiment, I fired two volleys, as, I believe, also did Col. Mallon. It became necessary then to retreat immediately to avoid capture, the enemy\'s line outflanking us on the right and left hundreds of yards to each side, and very near--so near, indeed, that both regiments captured several prisoners. The retreat of the two regiments commenced in good order, Col. Mallon\'s regiment leading, my regiment marching in his rear. In a short time we met the second line of our men pressing forward. Passing through them a distance of perhaps 25 yards, we halted, as did also the line we had just met. At this point the two regiments rested on a slope fronting the enemy, exposed to their artillery fire, which was very hot, unable to use our own fire on the columns of the enemy because of the line in front, in consequence of which the two regiments withdrew for shelter behind the crest. By this time it was quite dark, and in about half an hour Capt. Leach, of the brigade staff, brought orders for us to rejoin the brigade in the old position. We rested there all night, and in the morning the two regiments were put in support of a battery at that point, the other regiments in the brigade lying in front under the wall. Everything remained quiet on our front until 1 p. m., when, at a signal of a gun fired to our left, a most terrific cannonade commenced on the batteries and the troops in the center of our line, a portion of which was held by our brigade. It was the most terrific cannonading of the war. I have been told that one hundred and ten pieces of the enemy were firing upon our center at once. The men lay quiet and steady, and I am sure none of my regiment left the position where I ordered them to lie down. The cannonade lasted two hours. The battery behind which we lay was disabled in the first hour\'s cannonading. The captain of it asked me if my men would volunteer to assist in manning his battery. I told him yes, and sent immediately 6 men to carry ammunition, and at a further call shortly after, 20 more to assist in working the pieces. I desire here to mention the gallant conduct of Second Lieut. Moses Shackley, who insisted on joining the volunteers, walking from piece to piece, encouraging and assisting the men, although I told him that it was not required of him, and advised him to lie down with the regiment for shelter. Just about 3 o\'clock the enemy\'s cannonade slackened, and columns of attack appeared emerging from the woods across the open field in our front. They advanced gallantly upon our position, which was held firmly excepting immediately upon the right of our brigade line, at which point the left of the next brigade of our line seemed to give way in some confusion. Just then Maj.-Gen. Hancock appeared on the left of my regiment. I ran to him, and asked permission to advance it to the point needed. Receiving it, I marched my regiment with all speed, obliquing to the right through the battery, and reached the desired point directly behind Col. Mallon\'s regiment, which, being on my right when we started, had reached there first. There was considerable confusion here, from the men running to the rear from the first line, and the two mentioned regiments coming up on a short space closely following each other, joined also by the Twentieth Massachusetts, having repulsed the enemy from their immediate front, but who still strongly pressed the attack at this point where our lines had given way. For an instant it seemed to hang in the balance whether we should drive the enemy out of our works, which they had entered, or they succeed in carrying the position; but I firmly believe that the extraordinary exertions of a few officers, among whom were conspicuous the brigade commander and staff, Lieut. Haskell, of the division staff, Col. Mallon, and some officers of my own regiment whom I saw, the line was carried back to the rifle-pits, driving the enemy out. Just at this moment the enemy, as if actuated by one instinct, threw down their arms in a body, burst into our lines by hundreds, delivering themselves up as prisoners, and the battle was won, very few of the enemy attempting to retreat across the field to their own lines. We must have killed, wounded, and captured the entire attacking column, with comparatively few exceptions. I might add here that when the enemy first broke our lines, and our men rallied to retrieve the lost ground, the enemy\'s artillery again opened on our troops collecting at that point, and continued to fire after the position was retaken, seemingly intended for their own troops, who had delivered themselves up in such numbers. During the obstinate fight at this place, the two lines being actually hand to hand, my regiment captured four regimental colors from the enemy--one by Corpl. Joseph H. De Castro, Company I; another by Private John Robinson, Company I; another by Corpl. Benjamin F. Falls, Company A, and another by Private Benjamin H. Jellison, Company C. A fifth one was handed to me by a sergeant of my regiment, but on representations from Gen. Webb that he took the colors and gave them to my sergeant for safe-keeping, it has been delivered over to him. Three of the four taken by my regiment were taken from the hands of the rebel color-bearers, the fourth picked up beyond the stone wall. Three of these (the Fourteenth, Nineteenth, and Fifty-seventh Virginia, and marked with the numbers of their regiments, respectively) have been turned over to the brigade commander. The fourth I am unable positively to account for, but have been informed was probably carried off the field by Maj. Rice when wounded, and by him taken home. That four were taken by my regiment, as above stated, I am sure, as I have minute statements in each case from company commanders whom I called on for a report.* It would be difficult to distinguish further than I have the individual officers and men under my command. The field and line officers universally and the men under my command behaved as steadily and as gallantly as men could do. I have but one instance of failure to report, that of Corporal [E. Augustus] Nichols, Company C, who was brought back, going to the rear, during the infantry fight. Respectfully, A. F. DEVEREUX, Col. Nineteenth Massachusetts, Comdg. Regt. Lieut. William R. Driver, A. A. A. G., Third Brig., Second Div., Second Corps. __________ * Medals of honor awarded to Corporals De Castro and Falls and Privates Jellison and Robinson for the capture of these Flags.Source: Official Records: Series I. Vol. 27. Part I. Reports. Serial No. Report of Maj. Edmund Rice, Nineteenth Massachusetts Infantry. NEAR BLACKBURN\'S FORD, VA., October 17, 1863. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of this regiment during the engagement at Bristoe, Va., October 14, 1863: At the first appearance of the enemy the regiment was marching by the right flank along the railroad, when they were suddenly separated from the advance of the brigade by a battery of artillery breaking the column, thereby causing a delay of some minutes. As soon as the battery had passed, the regiment advanced on the doublequick until they joined the brigade, when they were halted and formed into line of battle behind the railroad track. The enemy advanced, and after a severe contest with the skirmishers in our immediate front, drove them in. At this point Colonel Mallon, commanding brigade, being severely wounded, Lieutenant-Colonel Wass assumed command of the brigade; therefore the command of the regiment devolved upon myself. Observing that the skirmishers were being hard pressed, I ordered the men to reserve their fire until the skirmishers had retired and the enemy were within about 100 yards. The regiment reserved its fire until seeing that the enemy would advance no farther, when they poured into them a terrific fire, which caused them to make a hasty retreat. Having received orders from Lieutenant-Colonel Wass, commanding brigade, to throw out a line of skirmishers in my front, I immediately deployed my two flank companies as such, which advanced and captured a large number of the enemy who had concealed themselves in a house and ditch. Among the prisoners were a field officer and several line officers. After the capture of the prisoners Lieutenant Thompson, who had command of the two companies, seeing that the enemy had deserted a battery of five guns in front of us, and not being desirous to weaken his line, allowed 3 men, Sergeants Corrigan and Malony and Private Johnson, of Company E, to advance to the pieces, which they did, and brought in one piece, with the limbers, and 4 horses. He immediately sent word to the brigade that there was more artillery there, and requested men to bring them in, which were immediately furnished from this regiment and First Company of Andrew Sharpshooters, they bringing in two pieces more. The men behaved admirably, and I would state that the gallantry of the conscripts far exceeded my expectations. Respectfully submitted. EDMUND RICE, Major, Commanding Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers. Lieut. WILLIAM R. DRIVER, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. Source: Official Records CHAP. XLI.] THE BRISTOE, VIRGINIA, CAMPAIGN. PAGE 284-48 [Series I. Vol. 29. Part I, Reports. Serial No. Reports of Lieut. Col. Edmund Rice, Nineteenth Massachusetts Infantry, of operations August 12-25. HDQRS. NINETEENTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, In the Field, August 23, 1864. COL.: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of my command during the late movements north of the James: Broke camp in the afternoon of the 12th instant, and took up the line of march in brigade toward City Point, which we reached at 9.30 p.m.; rested for the night. Drew rations next morning, and at 2 p.m. embarked on transport, moved out, and anchored with the rest of the fleet. Weighed anchor at 10 p.m., and arrived at Deep bottom at midnight, where we disembarked at 7 a.m. of the 14th. After a short rest moved off in brigade and occupied the ground of the fight of 26th ultimo, but were almost immediately ordered forward to the support of the First Division, which was engaging the enemy and where we were shelled by them. Lay in support of skirmishers until 4 p.m., when the regiments in its place in the brigade charged the enemy\'s works, which, besides being of a formidable nature, lay upon the other side of a deep ravine. We became much exposed here before the descent, having 2 killed and 4 wounded, but succeeded in occupying the enemy\'s advanced rifle-pits until night, when we fell back under orders, and having reformed in brigade took up a new position in rear of works, which latter we occupied next day, supporting a section of Sixth Maine Battery, which opened fire at 1.45 p.m. and continued engaged until dusk. The night of the 16th was spent in quietness. 17th, very little firing in our front all day, Flags of truce going out twice. The night same as previous one. At 4 p.m. of the 18th, the right being heavily engaged, the enemy opened on us with his artillery and the men placed in readiness to receive any advance which might be made. At 9 p.m. took ground to the left at some distance, which brought us in proximity to the river, when the regiment (together with the Twentieth Massachusetts) was detailed to throw up works. This occupied the night. The day and night of the 19th it rained incessantly, and nothing of importance transpired in our immediate front, beyond that the enemy was observed to have strengthened his position. All quiet on the 20th, at dusk of which we received orders to retrace our steps toward Petersburg. The night very dark and a heavy rain falling contributed to make the march in the highest degree laborious. We crossed the last pontoon upon the Appomattox at midnight 20th-21st, and arrived in camp at 9 a.m. of the latter day. Notwithstanding the small strength of the regiment, it performed a considerable share of the picket and fatigue duties of the expedition, and in the charge of the 14th, the majority being recruits who had not been under fire before, behaved in a manner which exceeded my expectation. Respectfully submitted. EDMUND RICE, Lieut. Col. Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, Cmdg. Lieut.-Col. RUGG, Cmdg. First Brigade. ----- HDQRS. NINETEENTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, In the Field, August 28, 1864. COL.: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by this regiment during the late operations on the Weldon railroad, near Reams\' Station: Upon our arrival at the railroad the regiment occupied for a short time the works upon the north side, when it was ordered out as skirmishers to protect the front of the remainder of the brigade, which was engaged in destroying in a more complete manner railroad property, &c., which had been but partially damaged. The regiment was called in toward evening and with the brigade occupied for the night the works on south side of the road. On the morning of the 25th this command in the brigade laid for some time in a corn-field near the road, whence we moved down the road to support skirmishers, which had become hotly engaged with those of the enemy, and also were in support of a battery which lay upon our left point, and which was engaged with some of the enemy\'s artillery. We were withdrawn from here early in the afternoon, and making a detour through the field before alluded to, arrived in rear of the First Division (which occupied the works herein first mentioned) and laid in close support. The enemy charged at this time, and were handsomely repulsed. About 3 p.m. we were detached from the brigade and occupied some very slight works upon the rise of the hill, in rear of the corn-field, in easy fire of the enemy\'s musketry and in full view of his artillery. The latter was not slow to take advantage of this and opened on us with his guns, and for some time this regiment was under a terrific shower of shell and solid shot, which, together with the enemy\'s musketry, compelled us to lie close. At this time the right of the troops occupying the front line of works was flanked and driven in with great confusion, and this regiment, under the impression that the brigade was about to charge and endeavor to turn the fortunes of the day, advanced toward the enemy on the double under a galling cross-fire, but observing that my command alone had charged, I halted and re-formed them behind a couple of houses, and we returned and took our place in the brigade. The enemy had by this time turned the left of our lines and came pouring in. The fire at this moment coming from three points (front, rear, and left), and the enemy\'s shelling being kept up with much effect, this command was withdrawn at dusk, when I re-formed my men and marched to the rear under orders, having lost 24 men wounded and missing. Respectfully submitted. EDMUND RICE, Lieut.-Col. Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers. Lieut.-Col. RUGG, Cmdg. First Brigade. ----------- No. 53. Report of Capt. Isaac H. Boyd, Nineteenth Massachusetts Infantry, of operations October 24-28. HDQRS. NINETEENTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, October 29, 1864. CAPT.: I have the honor to report the operations of my command during the past three days, as follows: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Massachusetts, respectively (which are temporarily consolidated for field purposes), left camp near Fort Bross at about 2 p.m. 26th of October, and bivouacked about a mile outside our works on the Weldon railroad that night. October 27, marched at 5.30 a.m. five or six miles and reached a small rebel work, which was carried by the division, the Nineteenth and Twentieth forming part of the second line in the assault. I then received orders from the brigade commander to deploy the Nineteenth as skirmishers, which was done, and orders were then received to advance. The regiment advanced to an old mill, where it assembled and joined the brigade. We then marched to the Boydton road, to the left of which it formed in line of battle under fire, and advanced into the woods. Moved by the right flank into the road, and then into a field to the left of the same and beyond the woods, and again formed in line of battle parallel with the woods under fire. The Twentieth was then joined to the Nineteenth, when by the orders of the brigade commander, I sent an officer and thirty men from the Nineteenth to prolong the skirmish line of the left. These men having been left on the ground did not return to the regiment until to-day. Lieut. Schoff, in compliance with orders from the same source, was sent into the woods with twenty men to aid the Seventh Michigan in capturing prisoners. A portion of these men captured a major and several line officers, and over 40 men. Serg. Daniel J. Murphy, Company F, Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, took the colors of the Forty-seventh North Carolina Regiment, and distinguished himself by bravery. At sundown the brigade moved to the other side of the road into a large field. The regiment recrossed the field under fire, and was ordered to take up position near the house on the road. There, after throwing out pickets front and rear, it remained until some time after all the troops but the Twentieth had moved to the right, and until a portion of the wounded were removed. The regiment then followed the Nineteenth Maine down the road, joining the brigade; marched all night and reached Fort Bross at about 4 p.m. on the 28th. There were no men killed or wounded in the regiment. One sergeant and 11 privates are missing, probably all prisoners. Respectfully submitted. I. H. BOYD, Capt., Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, Cmdg. Regt. Capt. RYERSON, Acting Assistant Adjutant-Gen., First Brigade. Source: Official Records CHAP. LIV.] THE RICHMOND CAMPAIGN. PAGE 307-87 [Series I. Vol. 42. Part I, Reports. Serial No. Report of Lieut. Col. Edmund Rice, Nineteenth Massachusetts Infantry, of operations February 5-7. HDQRS. NINETEENTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, February 12, 1865. CAPT.: I have the honor to report the following operations of this regiment during the 5th, 6th, and 7th instant: At 4.30 a.m. of the 5th we broke camp, marched out, and massed with brigade. The brigade moving out to the left, this regiment was sent forward to support cavalry skirmishers. At 8.30 a.m. two companies were deployed to the front, under command of Lieut.\'s Stone and Libby, and another in charge of the adjutant and Lieut. William H. Tibbits. The latter found the enemy in the vicinity of Armstrong\'s Mill, at Hatcher\'s Run, and drove them steadily until progress was impeded by the ford. This latter was occupied by skirmishers from this regiment all day. That part of the regiment still in reserve was then sent forward, and the whole were placed on the skirmish line, where they remained all night, the works on the opposite side being occupied by the enemy. The regiment in this position during the 6th and 7th, and on the evening of the former day participated in checking the advance of those of the enemy\'s troops which had repulsed the Third Division of the Fifth Corps. The regiment lost on the 5th, 1 officer killed and 1 man killed and 4 wounded; on the 6th, 1 man wounded. I have the honor to be, captain, very respectfully, EDMUND RICE, Lieut. Col. Nineteenth Massachusetts Vols., Cmdg. Regt. Capt. WILL GILDER, Assistant Adjutant-Gen., First Brigade. Source: Official Records PAGE 215-95 N. AND SE. VA., N. C., W. VA., MD., AND PA. [CHAP. LVIII. [Series I. Vol. 46. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 95.]We now offer domesticFREE SHIPPINGfor all Civil War and paper items. Please inquire for any international shipping charges . It depends on to what country. Shipping for these items is our actual cost.

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