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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, chapter 35 (search)
new men won't finish this job, old men must, and as long as Uncle Sam wants a man, here's Ben Falls. Then spoke Mike Scannell: It is three years since I have seen my wife and children. I had expected to go home when my time was out and stay there, but we must never give up this fight until we win and I am with you to the end. Others expressed themselves in the same way, and when the word was given,— All who will re-enlist, step one pace to the front —every man advanced. In Company C, Ed. Fletcher said: They use a man here just as they do a turkey at a shooting match,—fire at it all day and if they don't kill it, they raffle it off in the evening; so with us, if they can't kill you in three years, they want you for three more, but I'll stay. Many declared that they would not serve again in any infantry regiment and expressed a preference for the heavy artillery as it was always stationed in a fort where the work was not so hard and the danger not quite so great. The subject<
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 37: the Wilderness Campaign. (search)
Several times, the rebels in front raised a white flag and when the men started forward to see what was wanted they were met by a volley which sent them to cover. Once a white flag was hoisted over the breastwork in front of Company C and Edward Fletcher and an orderly sergeant of some company in another Massachusetts regiment, mounted the works and found several rebels on the other side. The sergeant asked them if they wanted to Come in and the one nearest him said that they did. Then drop your guns said the sergeant, and come over. Instead of coming over, he suddenly raised his musket and shot the sergeant through the head. Fletcher instantly shot the treacherous rebel in the head and jumped back among his comrades. The men of the Nineteenth supposed that when they were relieved they would be withdrawn, but this was not the case. They only fell back a rod or two, re-filled their cartridge boxes and fell in again with the line around the knoll where they kept at work until
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Index. (search)
........................................... 145 Fitz, Henry,............................. ...................... 188 Fitzgerald, Edward, ...................................... .. . 104 Fitzgerald, John, ....... ............................................ 293 Fitzgerald, Patrick, ........................................... 248, 288, 328 Flannigan, James, ................................. ........... 144, 323 Flat Run Church, ................................................... 275 Fletcher, Edward,..... .... ................................. 282, 310 Fletcher, James, ...................................................... 39 Fletcher, Mrs., ........................................................ 39 Fletcher, William E.,....................................... 285, 328, 359 Flinn, Patrick,...................................................... 331 Flint Hill Road,..................................................... 123 Flynn, Richard,........................................