Journal History of the Twenty-Ninth Ohio Veteran Volunteers, 1861-1865: Its Victories and its Reverses. And the campaigns and battles of Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, the March to the Sea, and the campaign of the Carolinas, in which it bore an honorable partSeCheverell, J. Hamp (John Hamilton)
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Journal History of the Twenty-Ninth Ohio Veteran Volunteers, 1861-1865: Its Victories and its Reverses. And the campaigns and battles of Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, the March to the Sea, and the campaign of the Carolinas, in which it bore an honorable part
SeCheverell, J. Hamp (John Hamilton)
Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 29th (1861-1865)
Private George Williams, company F, came off the field with his third
gun--two having been shot from his hands.
During August 10th and 11th skirmishing continued. In the afternoon of
the last-named day the 29th regiment was inspected. Adjutant Storer
reported eighty-three men only present for duty.
The Union army remained on the field three days, retiring, on August
12th, to Culpeper Court House, where it encamped. Our pickets,
going over the battle field on the 13th, reported that dead horses
were piled in promiscuous positions; dismounted cannons, wrecked
caissons, and broken firearms were everywhere, while the graves of
the fallen, singly and in trenches, were scattered over the entire
field, only the freshly heaped up earth marking the spots. In one spot
were the unburied bodies of a boy in blue and one in gray, their arms
interlocked as their brave souls went out to the God who gave them, the
one for the right, the other, it is hoped, forgiven for his misguided
championship of the wrong.
Twelfth, marched to Culpeper Court House, and went into camp. 13th,
put up tents and prepared to live. 14th, and all is quiet. 15th,
another inspection and review. There is one consolation if we do have
inspection every other day, there are so few men left that but little
time is consumed in doing so. 16th, 17th, and 18th, still in camp; was
inspected again, and at 6 o’clock on the evening of the latter day,
struck tents under orders to march; slept on our arms that night. 19th,
marched at 10 A. M., north to the Rappahannock, a distance of eleven
miles, and went into camp. Had only a small quantity of green corn
to eat. 20th, all quiet in camp. 21st, at 6 A. M. firing began, and
was kept up along the line all day; at 7 in the evening the regiment,
under command of Captain Schoonover, marched two miles and halted;
company H was sent forward to the picket line, and the regiment moved
at 6:30 A. M. along the Rappahannock; halted at 9:30; after a brief
rest the regiment again fell in, and marched till 12 at noon without
breakfast; sharp firing along the line; halted until 6 o’clock P. M.;
moved up the Rappahannock river two miles, halted, stacked arms, and
remained up nearly all night; (rainy) no tents or blankets, made our
bed of rails. Saturday, August 23d, at 6 o’clock A. M. the artillery
opened fire, and continued until 11 o’clock P. M.; remained on our arms
all day; at 10 o’clock P. M. moved a short distance up the river, and
the Twenty-ninth went on picket. 24th, and all is quiet; at 9:30 A. M.
the artillery commenced firing, which was kept up continually during
the day. 25th, artillery and musketry firing all along the line; at
8 o’clock P. M. the Twenty-ninth with its brigade moved up the river
four miles and camped for the night. 26th, no rations for breakfast,
but after a short time some green corn was procured, which filled the
bill. At 8 A. M. the artillery dueling again commenced and was kept up
the remainder of the day.
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