Three Years in the Army
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ISBN13: 9780217902199
Paperback|9780217902199
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 1861. they were prompted to inquire what regiments were guard ing the river, and when the oft-repeated answer was the Thirteenth Mass., they were astonished at our number, and were interested to know what arms we carried. A Yirginia paper, published in Martinsburg, brought across the river by a Union man, contained an editorial warning the people about trusting themselves too near the river, as there was a regiment from Massachusetts, several thousand strong, with a gun that could carry like a piece of artillery. In order to carry out so extensive a system of pickets it was necessary to make large and frequent details of men from each company, the particular dates of which are omitted, and only the larger ones mentioned. Co. D sent to Hagerstown. Returned on the 7th. Nov. 5. A.11 of Company B, except twelve men, returned from provost duty in town, to camp. Nov. 26. Companies A, B, E, and H sent to Hancock. Dec. 7. Company C sent to Dam No. 5. Dec. 8. Co. G sent to Dam No. 5 to relieve Co. C. Company K sent to Dam No. 4, but was overtaken Dec. i1. hy an order to return. Co. C sent to Dam No. 5, but returned before night. Companies D and K sent to Dam No. 5, but re- Dec. 14. . . . turned same night. Dec. 17. Company I sent on picket. Dec. 18. Regiment sent to Falling Waters. Dec. 19. Returned to camp at Williamsport. Dec. 20. Companies D, C, and G returned to Williamsport. 1862. Jan. 2. Companies E, A, B, ami 1I arrived from Hancock. Jan. 5. Companies C, D, I, and K sent to Hancock. Jan. 10.' Companies C, D, I, and K returned from Hancock. Feb. 12. Company D sent to Hagerstown. Feb. 24. Company D returned from Hagerstown. Feb. 26. Company D sent on a reconnoissance across the river. Returned the same day. It was...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217902199 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217902197 |
| Weight | 1.20 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.83 In |
| List Price | $26.16 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 372 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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