{"id":888,"date":"2012-04-03T09:27:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T13:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-shannon\/?p=888"},"modified":"2021-12-05T10:13:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T15:13:31","slug":"august-29-31-1862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/2012\/04\/03\/august-29-31-1862\/","title":{"rendered":"August 29 – 31, 1862"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nAugust<\/span>
\n29<\/span>
\nAnandale<\/span><\/p>\n
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We<\/span> reached here yesterday
\nand went into position on the
\nleft of Gen. Smith.<\/p>\n

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30<\/span><\/p>\n

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Received<\/span> the march today.
\nJust as we passed Fairfax C.H.
\nthe General sent me forward to obtain
\nall information possible relative to
\nthe fighting of yesterday the events
\nof today and our present line of battle.
\nCould learn nothing of Gen. Butterfield
\nwho with other portions of Gen. Porter\u2019s
\ncorps arrived at Centerville about the
\nsame time as myself. Went to
\nPope\u2019s head quarters. No one there.
\nAfterward saw Gen. Griffin, who could<\/p>\n

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tell me nothing. Then road [sic] up to Warrenton
\nPike to see for myself. Met Gen. Sturges
\nand talked with one of his aids but
\nlearned nothing.
\nAfter<\/span> passing Cub Run met a
\ngentleman who was serving as an
\nengineer on Gen. McDowell\u2019s staff,
\nand who told me much that was
\ninteresting.
\nRode<\/span> back to Centerville and
\nthere saw 350 Rebel prisoners near Pope\u2019s
\nhead quarters, good looking men but
\npoorly clothed. Shortly after met
\nthe division coming up. The orders
\nwere for us to push on up the
\nWarrenton Pike. The march was
\naccordingly continued until we
\narrived a mile beyond Cub Run.
\nThere our division halted for a
\nrest.
\nGen.<\/span> Slocum and a few others,<\/p>\n

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among them myself, went into a
\ndoor yard near by and sat down.
\nWe had not been there five minutes
\nbefore our attention was drawn to a
\nlarge open space of country on the
\nleft of our position across which
\ntroops seemed to be moving, not in
\norder but confused and straggling like.
\nThe more carefully we observed the
\nmove it looked like a general
\nfalling back of our troops. And soon
\nenough it was. Our left had been
\nturned. In half an hour our army
\nwas pouring down the Warrenton Pike.
\nBatt\u2019y D went into position on the left
\nof the Pike supported by our infantry.
\nThe stream poured by for over an hour
\nand then we fell back in order to
\nCenterville.
\nWolcotts<\/span> battery and the 2nd Brig.
\nremained on the further side of Cub<\/p>\n

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Run all night. Gen. S. + staff returned to
\nCenterville with the remainder of the division.
\nTried to sleep but couldn\u2019t. Too wet, too
\nhungry, too tired.<\/p>\n

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31st<\/span><\/p>\n

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This<\/span> morning woke early and
\nenjoyed a fine cup of coffee made
\nby our orderlies, fine fellows from the
\n2nd. Regular Cavalry. It began to
\nrain and because Gen. Newton lost
\nmy poncho I got wet through. No
\nmatter. Soon mounted and rode to
\nthe front with Gen. Slocum. Passed
\nbeyond Cub Run to the battery that
\nhad been in position all night, and
\nmade arrangements to retire to
\nCenterville. After the battery and
\nsupport had crossed the Run, I<\/p>\n

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superintended the destruction of the
\nbridge.
\nWe<\/span> went into position on the
\ncrest of the hill just this side. While
\nthere I observed the skirmishing of our
\nCavalry pickets as they advanced and
\nit was a beautiful sight. The enemy
\nretired and I could distinctly see them
\nas they passed across the road on the
\ntop of the opposite hill. Soon they posted
\na gun on the pike and sent a
\nfew shell at us. A battery was got
\ninto position and replied.
\nMeanwhile<\/span> we retired to Cen-
\nterville and the 2nd. Brigade took up
\nposition on the left of the work
\noccupied by the troops of Gen. Newton.
\nVisited<\/span> Gen. Pope\u2019s head quarters. Saw, beside him, Heintzelman and Sumner.
\nJoe<\/span> got us some bread, ham,
\nand coffee.<\/p>\n

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Opinion<\/span> is general that the enemy
\nhave gone round our right flank, and
\nthat it is utter folly for us to remain
\nhere.
\nRodgers<\/span> is sick and has gone to
\nWashington. I am trying to serve for him.
\nGwindon [?] and I are the only ones left with
\nthe General.<\/p>\n

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September<\/span> close at hand,
\nA year of strife finds us further than
\nwe ever were before from the settlement
\nof this question.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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