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Marblehead (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
und between his feet, but did not harm him and he returned safely over the fireswept plain. The water is cold enough, boys, he shouted, but its devilish hot around the spring. The gallant deed and the merry jest drew cheers from those who, with bated breath, had watched the journey. Lieut. Brown, bareheaded, again called out: For God's sake, Colonel, let me have twelve men to work my gun. The men heard it and looked into each other's eyes. Can I? Snellen, the sailor soldier from Marblehead,—struck already by one spent ball,—limped to the front. I'm one boys! Who's the next? he said. Then Capt. Mahoney and Sergeant Billy McGinnis, of Co. K, Sergeants Cornelius Linnehan and Matthias Bixby, of Co. F, and twenty more immediately responded, and did excellent service. They replaced the broken wheels, brought ammunition from the limbers, and fired the guns. Lieut. Shackley had been lying by the side of Sergt. Benjamin H. Jellison, who bore the colors. Come, Jellison, let's g
Minnesota (Minnesota, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
all shot down. Men, lying flat behind large boulders, were struck. A shot would come over and strike a man in the back. Men were constantly seen hobbling off, with blood streaming from their wounds. During all this time, not a musket had been fired at the enemy. About this time a company of the First Minnesota regiment came up from Gen. Meade's headquarters, where it had been on duty. When this company reached the left of the position of the Nineteenth Massachusetts, its captain said: Here's the Nineteenth boys, now we are all right. Fall right in here,—and once again the boys of Minnesota and Massachusetts stood shoulder to shoulder, as at Antietam. After an hour and forty minutes of continuous firing, the cannonade ceased almost as suddenly as it had begun, and the men stood and shook themselves until the lines were reformed. The dense clouds of smoke obscured the field in front. They settled and rolled along, and, meanwhile, fresh guns were hurried to the crest
Key Point (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
ine of infantry from the left up to Webb's position where one of his regiments had retired a few paces. One spirited writer has fixed the immortal stamp upon that Single Line of Blue. After early morning, Lee's artillery could be seen massing in front. Conjecture easily anticipated the object: a tremendous cannonade on some point of the Union line, and an infantry assault ensuing. What point more likely than this conspicuous and central one? Events proved that Lee regarded it as the Key Point of the position. His policy of a fierce assault immediately following a heavy firing of guns with the purpose of piercing his enemy's centre declared his belief in the weakness of that point and his confidence in the successful issue. He had tried the left and been repulsed. He had tried the right and been thrown back. History must record the soundness of his judgment, and how victory barely escaped his grasp. Although the busy preparations of Lee's lines were evident, the morning wa
Seminary Ridge (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
t side, just below the shoulder, passing through his body and bearing him to the ground, literally torn to pieces. He was a man very much liked and respected. He had won his spurs in the ranks and was wearing his reward of merit on his shoulders in the badge of his hard earned commission, just acquired. The report from the second gun had not died away before another shot came over the ridge, striking among the gun stacks of the Nineteenth Massachusetts, and then every rebel gun on Seminary Ridge opened in one grand salvo, with concentric fire on Gibbon's Division. From this time on, for an hour and thirty minutes, the roaring of cannon and the bursting of shells from both sides was so incessant that the ear could not distinguish individual explosions. It was one grand raging clash of ceaseless sound,—the most terrific cannonading of the war. The woods in front seemed lined with flame and smoke. Pandemonium broken loose was zephyr to a cyclone in comparison. Each man fell p
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
all shot down. Men, lying flat behind large boulders, were struck. A shot would come over and strike a man in the back. Men were constantly seen hobbling off, with blood streaming from their wounds. During all this time, not a musket had been fired at the enemy. About this time a company of the First Minnesota regiment came up from Gen. Meade's headquarters, where it had been on duty. When this company reached the left of the position of the Nineteenth Massachusetts, its captain said: Here's the Nineteenth boys, now we are all right. Fall right in here,—and once again the boys of Minnesota and Massachusetts stood shoulder to shoulder, as at Antietam. After an hour and forty minutes of continuous firing, the cannonade ceased almost as suddenly as it had begun, and the men stood and shook themselves until the lines were reformed. The dense clouds of smoke obscured the field in front. They settled and rolled along, and, meanwhile, fresh guns were hurried to the crest
Norman J. Hall (search for this): chapter 29
mous Horse-Shoe occupied by Meade's forces, immediately to left the of the cemetery a knoll projected a little from the general direction of the Union lines. The knoll was crowned with a growth of small oaks constituting a prominent feature of the landscape. The slope of this knoll toward the enemy, and for a little distance to both left and right, was held by the Second Division, Second Corps, under command of Gen. John Gibbon. In it were three brigades, that of Gen. Webb on the right, Col. Hall in the centre and Gen. Harrow on the left. There was but one line of infantry from the left up to Webb's position where one of his regiments had retired a few paces. One spirited writer has fixed the immortal stamp upon that Single Line of Blue. After early morning, Lee's artillery could be seen massing in front. Conjecture easily anticipated the object: a tremendous cannonade on some point of the Union line, and an infantry assault ensuing. What point more likely than this conspicu
Meade (search for this): chapter 29
ed himself to the preparation of a repast,—mayhap his last. From about the centre of the famous Horse-Shoe occupied by Meade's forces, immediately to left the of the cemetery a knoll projected a little from the general direction of the Union linealls and bursting shells, which screeched down the path he was compelled to take, coolly walked down the slope toward General Meade's Headquarters and stooped over the spring. A round shot struck the ground between his feet, but did not harm him an on the artillery along the top of the ridge, thus throwing most of their shells into these lines. The headquarters of Gen. Meade, which were directly in the rear of the ___location of the Nineteenth, were shelled so severely that they were removed to me, not a musket had been fired at the enemy. About this time a company of the First Minnesota regiment came up from Gen. Meade's headquarters, where it had been on duty. When this company reached the left of the position of the Nineteenth Mass
Charles U. Devereux (search for this): chapter 29
did excellent service. They replaced the broken wheels, brought ammunition from the limbers, and fired the guns. Lieut. Shackley had been lying by the side of Sergt. Benjamin H. Jellison, who bore the colors. Come, Jellison, let's go and help, he said, we might just as well get killed there as here, and in a moment he was conspicuously showing great courage and coolness, walking from piece to piece, encouraging and assisting the men. Jellison was finally ordered back to the colors by Col. Devereux. During the cannonade, the Nineteenth and Forty-Second New York, composing the second line of men, suffered some loss, as did the first line, as the rebel gunners trained their pieces on the artillery along the top of the ridge, thus throwing most of their shells into these lines. The headquarters of Gen. Meade, which were directly in the rear of the ___location of the Nineteenth, were shelled so severely that they were removed to another position. The rain of shot and shell was conti
Cornelius Linnehan (search for this): chapter 29
. The gallant deed and the merry jest drew cheers from those who, with bated breath, had watched the journey. Lieut. Brown, bareheaded, again called out: For God's sake, Colonel, let me have twelve men to work my gun. The men heard it and looked into each other's eyes. Can I? Snellen, the sailor soldier from Marblehead,—struck already by one spent ball,—limped to the front. I'm one boys! Who's the next? he said. Then Capt. Mahoney and Sergeant Billy McGinnis, of Co. K, Sergeants Cornelius Linnehan and Matthias Bixby, of Co. F, and twenty more immediately responded, and did excellent service. They replaced the broken wheels, brought ammunition from the limbers, and fired the guns. Lieut. Shackley had been lying by the side of Sergt. Benjamin H. Jellison, who bore the colors. Come, Jellison, let's go and help, he said, we might just as well get killed there as here, and in a moment he was conspicuously showing great courage and coolness, walking from piece to piece, encour
Harrow (search for this): chapter 29
eade's forces, immediately to left the of the cemetery a knoll projected a little from the general direction of the Union lines. The knoll was crowned with a growth of small oaks constituting a prominent feature of the landscape. The slope of this knoll toward the enemy, and for a little distance to both left and right, was held by the Second Division, Second Corps, under command of Gen. John Gibbon. In it were three brigades, that of Gen. Webb on the right, Col. Hall in the centre and Gen. Harrow on the left. There was but one line of infantry from the left up to Webb's position where one of his regiments had retired a few paces. One spirited writer has fixed the immortal stamp upon that Single Line of Blue. After early morning, Lee's artillery could be seen massing in front. Conjecture easily anticipated the object: a tremendous cannonade on some point of the Union line, and an infantry assault ensuing. What point more likely than this conspicuous and central one? Events
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