{"id":13844,"date":"2012-04-10T10:39:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T14:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-shannon\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2021-12-22T12:56:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:56:27","slug":"september-18-23-1862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/2012\/04\/10\/september-18-23-1862\/","title":{"rendered":"September 18 – 23, 1862"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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18th.
\nThis<\/span> morning Gen. directed
\nme to send an orderly on
\na certain errand. In doing
\nit found myself trying to
\nwake a dead man. Set
\noff after div. supply train
\nFound it near Rohrersville,
\nand brought it up to our
\nlines.
\nA<\/span> flag of Truce has been
\npassing between the contending
\nforces this morning. Our
\nmen are now busily at work
\nburying the dead. Here are
\nsome of the names that I<\/p>\n

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have copied from the rough
\nhead boards which have been
\nprepared.
\n1.<\/span> Henry J. Campbell
\nCo.<\/span> D, 10th Maine
\n2.<\/span> Geo. Stanley
\nCo.<\/span> D, 10th Maine
\n3.<\/span> C.J. Fuller
\nCo.<\/span> A, 10th Maine
\n4.<\/span> V. Mason
\nCo.<\/span> G, 10th Maine
\n5.<\/span> John McCristy [?]
\nCo.<\/span> B, 10th Maine
\n6.<\/span> Wm O\u2019Brien
\nCo.<\/span> B, 10th Maine
\n7.<\/span> Ed. Boney [?]
\nCo.<\/span> C, 10th Maine
\n8.<\/span> Capt. Furbish
\nCo.<\/span> I, 10th Maine
\n9.<\/span> Lt. Wade
\nCo.<\/span> I, 10th Maine
\n10.<\/span> Hugh M. Bradbury
\nCo.<\/span> H
\n11.<\/span> Chas H. Wentworth
\nCo.<\/span> H<\/p>\n

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12.<\/span> Chas M. Pressy
\nCo.<\/span> G.
\n13.<\/span> Soloman Maines [?]
\nCo.<\/span> G.
\n14.<\/span> John Trowbridge
\nCo.<\/span> B
\n15.<\/span>___ Covell
\nCo.<\/span> F
\n16.<\/span> James Eaton
\nCo.<\/span> K
\nCol. Beals wounded
\nThese casualties happened in
\nthe woods where we now have
\nour head quarters. T\u2019is a strange
\nsight to see men moving around
\namong the dead with so much
\nindifference. Last night when
\nI came up from the ammunition
\ntrain I brought along an armful of
\nstraw which served as my bed in
\nthe plowed field just beyond where
\nmany of our dead lay. The 10th
\nMaine boys are burying their dead
\nabout twenty feet from me as I
\nnow write.<\/p>\n

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17. Asa Reed
\nCo. K, 10th. Me,
\nSutler E. S. Bartlett
\nEast Stoneham
\nOxford Co.
\nMe<\/p>\n

Sept.<\/span> 19th
\nWoke<\/span> up this morning before
\ndaylight. Orders came from Gen.
\nMcClellan to advance skirmishers
\nalong the whole line. Did so at
\nonce and on our front met with
\nno opposition. Our men occupied
\nthe woods where the enemy lay last
\nnight. We rode through the woods
\nand some mile [sic] beyond. We found
\na large number of unburied dead
\nboth theirs and ours. There were
\nseveral officers, a large number
\nof muskets scattered around and
\nevery indication of complete demor-
\nalization. The Tunkers church was
\nriddled by our artillery fire. The
\nbattle field presented a sight<\/p>\n

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beyond description.
\n9th<\/span> Geo Longstead
\n5th<\/span> Va Jackson
\nWaggons came up and \u201cFrank\u201d
\ngot us breakfast of Eggs, ham, chicken,
\npotatoes, bread, and coffee. Lt. Col.
\nGreene eat with us. Just before
\nI had taken some coffee with Chaplain
\nAdams – 5th, Me. After breakfast division
\nmoved across the battlefield into the
\nHagerstown road and then beyond
\ninto position facing Sharpsburg our
\nline of battle nearly perpendicularly
\nto the Turnpike. Had just got into
\nposition when order came from Gen.
\nMcClellan to push at once toward the
\nriver.
\nWe<\/span> have now reached the
\nriver and our troops are in position.
\nThe enemy have crossed and have
\ntheir batteries lining the hills on the
\nopposite side of the river. Artillery
\nofficers think we shall have an
\nArtillery fight soon.
\nI<\/span> have been writing the<\/p>\n

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hospitals around here and find a
\ngreat many recent wounded. Major
\nRodgers tells me that the General
\nhas assigned me to the duty of
\npatrolling the sick.
\n_________,,_________
\nG. W. Veuters [?], 27th. N.C. Private
\nChas Smith. 27th N.C. Drum Major
\nWm Chesnut. 27th. N.C. Priv.
\nJ. M. Hardin. 27th N.C. \u201c
\nG. S. Johnson 27th N.C. \u201c
\nG. W. Mason 27th. N.C. \u201c
\nC. M. Parkes 27th. N.C. Hospital Steward
\nH. C. White 3rd Ark. Musician
\nSaml. Bowles 46th N.C. Priv.
\nL. B. McKening 3d Ark. Musician
\nW. P. Hampton 46th. N.C. Priv.
\nJ. A. White 27th. N.C. \u201c
\nWm J. King 30th Virg. Musician
\nS. M. Hudson 30th. Virg. Priv.
\nJ. P. Mitchell 30th. Virg. \u201c
\nD. R. White 3d. Ark. Musician
\nWm Malone 9th. Alab. Priv.
\nR. B. Clyde. 3d. Ark Musician
\nJ. B. Jackson. 3d Ark. \u201c
\nG. W. Delaunay 3d Ark \u201c
\nJames S. Piles 3d. Ark \u201c
\nA. B. Wood 3d Ark. \u201c<\/p>\n

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C. B. Baseler 30th Virg. Musician
\nAndrew Harris 46th N. C. Priv.
\nRobert Keyzer 30th. Virg. Musician
\nA. H. Cooper 3d. Ark Private
\nAllen King 27th N. C. \u201c
\nSaml. McDaniel 3d. Ark \u201c
\nJames R. Wharton 30th Va. \u201c
\nL. B. Pendleton 30th Va \u201c
\n_________,,_________<\/p>\n

Sept.<\/span> 20th
\nWe<\/span> are still here and
\nawaiting orders. Our Generals
\nare beginning to raise the question
\nof reorganization again.
\nSept.<\/span> 21. Sunday
\nWe received orders to march
\nlast night and immediately began
\nthe coldest march I ever
\nexperienced in my life. We took
\nthe road to Sharpsburg and thence
\nby the Hagerstown turnpike toward
\nWilliamsport.<\/p>\n

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We found the enemy not \u201cdrawn
\nup in line of battle\u201d exactly but
\ngone. Today is the Sabbath and
\nI trust it will be one of rest and
\nquiet. Such a day we have not
\nbeen favored with for some time.
\nLast<\/span> night\u2019s march carried
\nus through the old battle field
\nagain and by the little Tunker\u2019s
\nchurch riddled by our Artillery
\nfire.
\nW.<\/span> J. + myself sang \u201cLansign [?]
\nHoratius [?], quam divinit\u00e9 venum [?]\u201d +c.
\nto keep ourselves in good
\nhumor and to keep ourselves from
\nthinking how cold we were.
\n________,,________
\n22nd.<\/span>
\nMoved<\/span> last night again a
\nmile nearer Williamsport and
\nwent into camp.
\n23d.<\/span>
\nMoved<\/span> back again today through
\nDarnesville on to Bakersville
\nvery nearly.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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