was not effected until in the evening, after which the Twenty-ninth camped for the night. 29th instant,--marched at 7:30 A. M. on the direct road to Chancellorsville. About 10 o’clock A. M. General Slocum came up and orders were received for the Twenty-ninth regiment to send out a line of skirmishers on the right of the road, which was done, the regiment passing through an open field and entering the timber, forcing the enemy back; marched on the flank through the woods and thick undergrowth for several miles, were then ordered to join the brigade. We reached Chancellorsville late in the afternoon of April 30th, where we found a small force of Confederate soldiers who were engaged in throwing up earthworks near the Chancellor house, at a point where the roads crossed, one leading to the United States ford, and the other to Fredericksburg. The Twenty-ninth regiment, with its brigade and division, were the first Union soldiers to enter the place. A number of prisoners were taken, and late in the evening the Twenty-ninth moved a short distance southwest from the main road and the Chancellor house into a piece of timber and bivouacked for the night. CHAPTER VIII. 1863. Battle of Chancellorsville--March to Leesburg, Littletown, and Gettysburg. The morning of May 1st dawned upon a scene of bustle and active preparation for the bloody work which was to follow. Troops had been arriving during the entire night from the direction of the United States ford, and the light of early morning revealed an almost solid mass of blue-coated soldiers filling the open fields and woods in the vicinity of the Chancellor house. They were mainly from the Fifth, Eleventh, and Twelfth corps. At about 8 o’clock A. M. the Twenty-ninth, with its brigade and division, made a reconnoissance in force, and after marching about one-half mile the division formed in line of battle, and in this position was moved about the field until afternoon, when the lines were generally moved to the east through the timber, the right resting on the road. Moving perhaps half a mile we found the enemy in strong force, his artillery masked in the road. During this time some skirmishing and artillery firing was indulged in, and several of the Twenty-ninth were wounded. Late in the afternoon we moved to the rear under a heavy fire from the rebel artillery. Reaching the place we had left in the morning we set to work throwing up breastworks. The rebels advanced and our skirmishers kept up a rattling fire all night, while the regiment worked like beavers preparing the works for the coming conflict. The Second division, commanded by John W. Geary, occupied about the left center in the order of battle.