{"id":680,"date":"2012-03-29T08:29:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T12:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-shannon\/?p=680"},"modified":"2021-12-05T10:13:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T15:13:31","slug":"june-29-1862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/2012\/03\/29\/june-29-1862\/","title":{"rendered":"June 29, 1862"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nJune<\/span> 1862<\/span>
\n29<\/span>,, Sunday<\/span>
\nAbout<\/span> an hour after sunrise
\nthe march was resumed and
\nat about 9 ok a.m. we reached
\nSavage Station which was the
\nchief medical d\u00eapot (sic) of the army.
\nHere we found McClellan and
\nhis staff, innumerable hospital
\ntents with their innumerable sick
\nand among them many of
\nmy friends. There was Lt. Col.
\nMarsh with his severe wound
\nthrough the neck and who
\nrecognized me at once. Col. Pratt,
\nCapt. Stevens, Lieut. Atwood and
\nLt. Lemont. S+A besought me
\nto get an ambulance for them
\nand after much difficulty I
\nsucceeded.
\nWhat<\/span> horrid wounds!
\nwhat bloody sights!<\/p>\n
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1862 June<\/span>
\n29th<\/span>. Contd.<\/p>\n

Rumor<\/span> was that the enemy
\nwere on our heels and that our
\ndeparture must be hastened. So
\nambulances were hurried off. Stores
\nthat could not be transported
\nwere destroyed, and the troops
\ngot into position on the surrounding
\nhills for defense. Gradually the
\nvast plain was cleaned and the
\nvarious columns of troops moved
\nforward. The baggage trains
\nwere unaccountably long, and
\nthe babbling of teamsters was
\nindescribable. The halts were
\nso long and frequent that
\nI was ready to despair of our
\never getting through.<\/p>\n

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Having<\/span> seen our division
\noff I pushed on to the head of<\/p>\n

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the column in search of the
\nGeneral whom I found busily
\nat work cleaning the roads
\nand directing the trains.
\nWe<\/span> halted for a short
\nrest I know not where but it
\nwas at a house where were
\nthe temporary head quarters of
\nGenl. McClellan. Here we had a
\nlittle sleep from which we
\nwere soon aroused by the
\ncry of \u201cDivision under arms.\u201d
\nThe troops were hurried into
\nposition and batteries planted
\nand the trains moved on. But
\nthis proved only to be a stampede.
\nAbout<\/span> sundown we
\nreached Genl. Peck\u2019s head quarter\u2019s [sic].
\nHis troops we at once relieved. Here
\nI met Maj. Robie who begged me
\nto let him have a little of my
\nclaret.<\/p>\n

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Here we met Genl. McClellan
\nagain and his staff\u2014my lemons
\nwere of great service in assuaging
\nthe thirst of several wounded
\nones among whom I noticed
\na little drummer boy. What
\ngroans from the poor sick
\nand wounded!
\nWe<\/span> laid down to sleep
\nearly but did not sleep long, for
\nthe constant interruptions. The
\nGeneral was so fatigued that
\nhe dropped to sleep at once and
\ncould not even be aroused when
\nCol. Torbert [?] came to learn what
\nbridge he was to destroy. Then
\nthe General would talk incoherently
\nabout Bottom\u2019s bridge. The
\nDr\u2019s supper of beef soup in can
\nand hard bread was excellent
\nand was devoured voraciously.
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