Orders were soon received to retire, which movement I believe to have been a mistaken one. “Falling back to Chancellorsville, and marching off to our right about one mile, we encamped for the night. On Friday morning the brigade was sent out upon a’ reconnois-sance along a road leading to the Rappahannock, whose banks we [...]
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around which and in the woods troops were being massed. Fighting was in the meantime going on at Chancellorsville and along the whole line, and at 10 o’clock A. M. on Sunday, the brigade was moved to the ‘ White House, ‘ where it remained until the enemy’s shells compelled a temporary shelter in the [...]
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On being relieved we occupied the front line of works until 3 o’clock P. M. of Wednesday, when the already overworked brigade was detailed to cover as a rear guard the recrossing of the army to the east banks of the Rappahannock, which duty was performed with the fullest success. Rain began to fail at [...]
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It is unnecessary to mention individuals when all did their duty. The reputation of the regiment is even enhanced among their brethren, in arms, and we are as ready to meet our country’s foes, notwithstanding our thinned ranks, as we were before this movement began. We are proud of our State and proud of the [...]
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We left Hanover on the evening of the 1st, with the brigade marching to a place near the battlefield of the 2d during the night. On the morning of the 2d we were formed in line of battle, in reserve, where we remained until about 4 o’clock P. M., when we (with the brigade) were [...]
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Men never behaved more gallantly than did the soldiers of the 1st Michigan in this battle, and it would be impossible to mention each case of individual gallantry and bravery when all did so well, but I would mention the name of First Sergeant Joseph F. Bird, of Company A, who particularly attracted my attention [...]
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The 1st Michigan remained here until the 11th of October, when the army fell back to Centre-ville, the regiment meeting the rebels at Culpepper and Brandy Station on the 13th, and on the 14th at Bristow Station. It again advanced and rested on the 1st of November at Three Mile Station, on the Orange and [...]
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Participating in the advance to Mine Run, the regiment crossed the Rapidan at Germania Ford on the 27th and being in the reserve did not become engaged although in front of the enemys works at Mine Run from the morning of the 29th to the evening of the first of december when it fell back [...]
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On the morning of May 1st we broke camp at Beverly Ford, on the Rappahannock, and marched to Brandy Station, where we bivouacked and remained until the 3d at noon, when we marched to near Culpepper, where we halted at sundown and remained until midnight, and again resumed our march toward Germania Ford, on the [...]
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Captain Bradish, a most gallant officer, being killed, Captain Stanway severely wounded in the arm at the very muzzle of a rebel gun, and Adjutant Raymond wounded in the foot while carrying orders from myself along the line. From this time out, for eight successive days, we were either in a fight or skirmish, losing [...]
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