Fellow soldiers in life, let them slumber in death Side by side, as becomes the reposing braves That sword which they loved still unbroken in its sheath, And themselves unsubdued in their graves. ” Note. Company D of this regiment was placed on detached service as “Provost Guard, ” and stationed at Alexandria, Va., on [...]
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Near Occoquan range of the carbines of this party, and fell back in Discovering the weakness of the force opposed to loss to Stuarts troopers of fifteen in killed and wounded, regiment in 1862 were killed in action 20, died of wounds 10. of disease 60, wounded in action 58, with 170 taken prisoners. In [...]
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Our brave little General Buford called out, Boys, save our army, cover their retreat. ‘ He was answered by three hearty cheers. At this time the rebel artillery opened fire on our infantry, as they hurried along the road to Centerville. The order came, ‘By fours front into line! The men came up in fine [...]
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So ended the battle of Cedar Mountain, or of Cedar Run, as the Confederates call it. None was more desperately fought during the war. A part of the sanguinary struggle was fought hand to hand, under the dark pall of smoke that obscured the moon. ” The regiment also became heavily engaged in the great [...]
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but the rebels, though victorious, advanced with great caution, and finding themselves confronted by fresh batteries, recoiled, after a sharp artillery duel, and took shelter in the woods. Rickett’s guns continued vocal until midnight, but of course to little purpose. Meantime Sigel’s corps began to arrive, and was sent to the front abreast of Rickett’s, [...]
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Had victory been possible they would have won it. Early’s brigade of Ewell’s division held the road, and was so desperately charged in front and on its right flank that it held its ground only by the opportune arrival of Thomas’s brigade of Hill’s division; while the left of Jackson’s division, under Taliaferro, was so [...]
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Calling on Pope as he left Culpepper, Banks asked if there were further orders, and was referred to General Roberts, Pope’s chief of staff, who was to accompany him and indicate the line he was to occupy, which he took, Roberts saying to him repeatedly before he left, There must be no backing out this [...]
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The regiment remained at Williamsport until June 12th, 1862, when it again entered Virginia, moving via Martinsburg to Front Royal, reaching there on the 16th. It soon entered upon General Pope’s Virginia campaign joining tkat portion of Pope’s army under Banks. ! It was engaged with the enemy at Orange Court House, July 16th, and [...]
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I looked upon this matter as an unwarranted attack upon the soldierly honor and millitary character of this gallant brigade, and I have taken the trouble to write this not for the purpose in turn of assailling the menory of General Taylor, but rather because duty to my comrades requires that truth should be substituted [...]
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1st Maine Cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Doty; 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, commanded by Colonel Lawton; 1st Virginia Cavalry, commanded by , and composed of loyal West Virginians; 1st Maryland Cavalry, commanded by and composed of loyal Marylanders; 1st battalion “Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry, ” recruited” along the banks of the Potomac, besides the 8th [...]
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