{"id":616,"date":"2012-03-27T09:02:52","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T13:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-shannon\/?p=616"},"modified":"2021-12-05T10:13:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T15:13:31","slug":"june-5-8-1862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/2012\/03\/27\/june-5-8-1862\/","title":{"rendered":"June 5 – 8, 1862"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nJune<\/span> 1862<\/span>
\n5<\/span>
\nNear Newbridge
\nNorth Side of the
\nChickahominy<\/p>\n
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The<\/span> Prince de Joinville
\nis a poet. Said he where our
\narmy was encamped at Tunstall\u2019s
\nStation\u2014\u201cOn this side Peace, on that
\nWar\u201d\u2014referring to the different
\nviews he obtained from the hill
\nwhere head quarters were established.
\nOn one side the cattle in heads
\nwere scattered through the broad
\ngreen fields, on another nothing but tents and solders and bayonets and
\ncannon and horses could be seen.
\nThe one a beautiful view of Peace
\nthe other a lifelike picture of War.
\nThis<\/span> evening we have
\nreceived glorious news from the
\nSouth West, and our men in<\/p>\n

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their camps are cheering loudly
\nover it.
\nHalleck<\/span> is reported as having
\ntaken 13,000 prisoners, 15,000 stand of
\narms 100 cars and 23 locomotives.
\nIf this be true, then Beauregard\u2019s
\nforce is probably dispersed and we
\nhave an unobstructed road to
\nthe gulf. Their army before Richmond
\nwill be disheartened while ours
\nwill be to an equal degree encouraged.
\nUnder the circumstances I should
\nnot be surprised if the city was
\nEvacuated without another battle.
\nEverything portends such a result.<\/p>\n

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Contrabands<\/span> still continue
\nto arrive in flocks many of
\nwhom tell interesting experiences.
\nSome however are surprising examples
\nof mendacity. One had seen all
\nthe well known rebel generals in<\/p>\n

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Richmond, including even Genl.
\nWashington.
\nAnother<\/span> very intelligent negroe [sic]
\ntold a story that wonderfully con-
\nfirmed previous true reports gained
\nfrom other sources. No cross-
\nexamining could disturb him.
\nI<\/span> have today hired one of them
\nfor a servant, and he proves to be
\na very faithful boy.<\/p>\n

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We<\/span> are still in the same
\nposition as before and not likely
\nto move for a long time. The
\nbattle of Fair Oaks daily becomes
\nlonger and longer as we glean
\nfurther details. Our list of killed,
\nwounded and missing will run
\nup to 7000; while that of the enemy<\/p>\n

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must be very much larger. This
\nproves to be one of the very hardest
\nfought battles of the war thus far.
\n* * * *<\/span>
\nFor<\/span> several days past I have
\nbeen unwell. Have therefore ac-
\ncomplished but little in the way
\nof writing here or elsewhere.
\nThis<\/span> afternoon I accompanied
\nChaplain Miller of the N.Y. 16th to
\nthe burial of one of the teamsters
\nof our division. It was a most
\nimpressive scene.
\nWe<\/span> had to wait an hour
\nfor the grave diggers to perform their
\ntask as hard was the soil. Then
\nthey brought the uncoffined remains
\nfrom a tent near by and laid them
\ngently in the grave. By this time
\na small party of teamsters had
\ncollected around and seemed deeply
\ninterested in these last sad offices<\/p>\n

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that were being paid to their departed
\nbrother.
\nOf<\/span> all services of the army
\nthat of teamster is perhaps the worst
\nin its effects upon the character and
\ndisposition. Teamsters are hated and
\ndespised and cursed. They are the
\nmost offensive looking men, go in
\nrags and tatters, with unshaved faces,
\ndirty, and their talk seems one
\ncontinual string of oath + invective.
\nNo doubt their peculiar duties go
\na great way in making them thus.
\nAnd so we should make allowance
\nBut notwithstanding as
\na class the teamsters are so brutal
\nand ugly to all appearances, they
\nhave hearts that can be touched. I
\nwas fully convinced of this today.<\/p>\n

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Having<\/span> lowered the body into
\nthe grave and the grave diggers having<\/p>\n

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taken their positions on either hand the minister
\nbegan the service by reading appropriate
\npassages of Scripture. As he read \u201cEarth
\nto earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust\u201d the
\nheavy sound of falling earth was thrice
\nheard in the grave. The reading ended,
\nthe chaplain knelt in prayer, and the
\nwhole party as if moved by one fervent
\nimpulse fell on their knees with him.
\nTo me this was a remarkable scene.
\nThere was an old man with long and
\nmatted hair, his hands clenched, weeping
\nas he thinks perhaps of other times more
\npeaceful and more Christian. Another
\nwith eyes closed and face raised toward
\nHeaven in entreaty may be. And here
\nare two little boys scarce a dozen years old
\nfair haired innocent looking kneeling with
\nus, too. A kind mother taught them
\nthis. They were Ambulance drivers.<\/p>\n

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