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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 22: crossing the river at Fredericksburg. (search)
defeat any attempt to cross the river in my front. There were many remarkable escapes during the day. Private O'Connell, one of the recruits who had joined Co. C at Bolivar, had seven bullet holes in his overcoat collar, some of the bullets having gone deep enough to cut his shirt collar, but not harming him. At daybreak on the morning of the 12th the right of the Union line was withdrawn from the warehouse and the regiment stacked arms and remained on Caroline street until noon of the 13th. This period of inaction gave the men an opportunity to look around at the ruin which had been caused by the Union artillery. The city had suffered heavily,—in one house nine cannon shot holes were counted and fragments of shells, broken plaster and demolished roofs everywhere greeted the eye. Some members of Company D entered a fine house and found the table in the dining room just as the family had left it,— the food untouched and the coffee cups full. Some of the chairs were tipped over
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, chapter 23 (search)
men engaged, 104 were lost, the aggregate being: commissioned officers killed, 1; wounded, 8; enlisted men killed, 13; wounded, 75; missing, 7. The command of the regiment devolved upon Capt. J. F. Plympton and it was ordered to fall back to the position of the rest of the brigade, and this was done in good order. At midnight, the regiment was relieved, marched back to the city in the rain and bivouaced. The slaughter had been beyond description. It is said that on the evening of the 13th, because of the dead and wounded the plain looked blue, but on the following morning it appeared white, for the enemy had stripped the dead for the sake of their clothing. The fate of the men in the First and Second divisions of the Second Corps, who had preceded that containing the Nineteenth Massachusetts had been similar to its own. Gen. Burnside's official report of his losses was: Killed, 1180; wounded, 9028; missing, 2145. Says Sergt. Foster of the regiment: No one who has not witne
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 32: in pursuit of Lee. In camp at Morrisville. (search)
n of Hagerstown, and formed in line to the right of the road to repel an expected attack of the enemy. It remained all night under arms and in the morning moved across the road toward Williamsport, forming on the left of the Division line, which, during the night had moved to that point. Here it was learned that Port Hudson was in the hands of Banks. During the day of the 12th, the men were engaged in throwing up breast works, anticipating an order to attack the enemy at the dawn of the 13th, but when the daylight came, Lee had again escaped. Remaining there until daylight of the 14th, the brigade, with the First Division of the Second Corps, under command of Gen. Caldwell, and a force of cavalry, then made a reconnoissance to Falling Waters. The enemy was found entrenched in a hill across the river and a portion were captured by cavalry alone, the infantry not being engaged. The Brigade returned to camp about 9 P. M. and the enemy continued to move southward on the west sid