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United States Civil War
FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
It was about 5 o'clock P. M. on Monday, the 30th, that the regiment entered the field. The darkness and smoke combined rendered it extremely difficult to distinguish objects at even a short distance. The regiment remained under fire till relieved and ordered out.
"Major Fairbanks was severely wounded and taken off the field, when I assumed command, the senior Captain, E. T. Sherlock, being absent on account of a wound received at Williamsburg. Collecting the remnants of the regiment (in which I was zealously assisted by Adjutant O'Callaghan), I gave them a few hours' rest. At an early hour in the morning of the 1st of July we started on towards the James river, where we arrived at about 6. 30. At 10 o'clock the regiment, together with the division, moved back upon a hill, where the brigade was assigned to the support of a battery.
Civil War
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