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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01083 5053
1861
1865
THE
THIRD
NEW HAMPSHIRE
AND ALL ABOUT IT.
p.2,
BY D. ELDREDGE,
CAPTAIN THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE VOL. INF.
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BOSTON, MASS. : PRESS OF E. B. STILLINGS AND COMPANY. 1893
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June '64.]
move without at once becoming almost invisible. There were three or four regiments in all in our succoring force. Our associates were all placed in front ; and we (poor Third New Hampshire !) were placed in the rear of the moving columns, so that we had to "take their dust" as well as our own. Patter, patter went the feet, and the clouds of dust were well-nigh intolerable. The writing of this almost causes a sense of suffocation. Not many rods did we go ere every man looked every inch a rebel. At every convenient place we halted for a breath of air. To add to our discomfort, dead and dying horses were encountered at intervals of a few rods. The stench and the dust formed such a horrible combination that no attempt will be made at description.
We marched in this way say about four miles inland, when we reached a small earthwork thrown up by our forces, and there halted. Firing was heard in the distance, gradually coming nearer and nearer, and continuing for about an hour. In about another hour the ad- vancing cavalry of Sheridan came in sight as we lay in the woods, and the dust-covered cavalrymen rode past us like so many spectres. Each was the exact counterpart of the other, - horses and men too, -and all covered completely with fine dust. It was the most forlorn looking lot of troops the writer ever saw. Men and beasts were equally and fully tired out. The riders sat mechanically in their saddles ; the horses moved as if by machinery. Sad, sad, they all looked, as they rode by us! and the many "led" horses spoke of the numerous fatalities to comrades. During the passage of these troops the writer had laid aside his blouse, and had quite a search to find it, it being so thickly covered with dust. After the passage of this force, we were ordered to the landing and "home." If the dust had been troublesome before, it was doubly so now, after the passage of this army of horsemen. We returned by the same steamers, ar- riving at our eamp same night, about 9 o'clock. A diary says only the Sixth Connecticut went with us.
All day of the 25th and 26th, there was heavy firing in the direction of Petersburg. The 26th was Sunday; but we had no services, the larger part of regiment going on picket. A shower about 5 P.M., the first for a long time, was very much appreciated.
Two men are credited (?) with having deserted the Third New Hampshire on the 28th. The deserters were substitutes of Co. H. and took informal leave of their comrades while on the picket line. A diary records the seeing of very large droves of beeves moving toward Richmond, all day long.
Our dead and buried serenade band was dug up,-exhumed in part, as it were, - and comprised the following : -
Orderly Sergt. Chase of A Banjo.
Sergt. Hammett of A Tamborine.
Sergt. Woodburn of C
Bones.
Musician Spencer of K Violin.
They played very sweetly and softly before the tent of Lient. Woodbury on the evening of the 27th, and the instruments showed no ill effects from the long burial.
506
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
[June '64.
Troops, troops, again, and fresh arrivals, too. The Nineteenth Army Corps, or portions of it, arrived on the 29th, and were put at once en route for Petersburg.
What of the Department of the South? On the 29th a transport arrived at the fleet from Hilton Head, having on board five rebel generals and forty-five field officers, who were to be held as hostages for the proper treatment of a like number of our officers, whom the rebel authorities at Charleston were to place under our fire ; and this precious freight was anchored under the guns of our old friend the Wabash. There were at that date about 7,000 men in the Depart- ment, under Gen. Foster.
The firing near Petersburg continned all day of the 20th. We were mustered for pay on the 30th, and also treated to a dose of picket. June 1864 is brought to a close with the regiment decimated in numbers, not many men or officers being on duty.
SUPPLEMENT.
IMPORTANT ORDERS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
General Order 206, of the 3d, said that General Orders 76 (of 26 Feb. ) and 196 (May) were not intended to remit the Dry Tortugas sentences, but to add thereto (see the Order).
General Order 213, of the 18th, provided that all absent officers (sick and wounded) not fit for field duty, but able to sit in general court-martial, should report their names to the Adjutant-General's Office.
General Court-Martial Order 173, of the 18th, furnished a curiously-worded sentence of a deserter from a Michigan regiment. He was to forfeit pay, etc., and be sent "to his regiment for duty in irons." (? ! )
General Order 216, of the 22d (Act of Congress), provided that. after 1st May 1864 the pay of infantry be as follows : -
Sergeant-Majors
$26.00
Quartermaster Sergeants 22.00
Commissary
22.00
First Sergeants .
20.00
Sergeants
18.00
Corporals
16.00
Privates
22.00
Principal Musicians
75.00
Leaders of Regimental Bands
16.00
Musicians .
33.00
Hospital Stewards. 1st Class
2d
25.00
66
3d
23.00
24.00
507
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
June '64.]
IMPORTANT ORDERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
(The orders for June 1861 are culled more closely than hereto- fore. A large majority of them concern the decisions of general courts-martial and are unimportant in this connection. )
General Order 82, of the 6th, directed the enlisting and organiz- ing of white troops in Florida, to be called the " Florida Volunteers," and who were not to do duty out of the State, except in an emergency. The order directed the enrollment and organization of all white males in the Department, between the ages of 18 and 50, to be known as militia.
The Department of the South Statistics for June 1864 are : Total troops, 10,125 ; cases sick, 2,357; died, 16; cases wounded, 63; died; 2.
The Monthly Return shows : - -
Field and Staff
6 men,
8 officers.
Co. A
81
3
B
83
3
C
87
2
D
76
2
E
81
3
F
76
3
G
78
3
H
80
3
I
80
66
3
K
76
66
3
Present aggregate
804
36
840
Aggregate last report
837
32
869
On detached service : 1 field officer, 1 officer of C and one of H. Missing in action : 1 (A. E. George of _1).
Promoted to 2d Lieutenant : Geo. II. Giddings, 1st Sergeant of B; John S. James, Sergeant of D; Joseph Ackerman, Sergeant of F; James E. McCoy, Ist Sergeant of F.
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant : 2d Lients. Dodge, IJazen, White, Morrill and Hitchcock.
Promoted to Captain : 1st Lieuts. Wadlia and Kirwin.
Assignments to companies of the officers promoted : Giddings, to A ; Dodge, to B; Wadlia, to E; Hazen, to F: Ackerman, to F; White, to G ; Kirwin, to II; Morrill, to HI ; McCoy, to H; Hitch- cock, to I; James, to I. (Morrill is the only one promoted, who is detached. )
Joined from " desertion " : C, 3; D), 1; HI, 1 : total, 5.
Gain by error : One man of Co. I, dropped last month (see last month).
Maj. Randlett is detached as Provost Marshal, Tenth Army Corps. 1st Lieut. Woodbury of C is detached as Ordnance Officer, at Department Headquarters. 1st Lieut. Morrill is on duty in the Signal Corps.
Officers wounded in action : Capts. Maxwell and Libby, .Jr., and 2d Lients. Tredick and MeCoy.
508
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
[June ' 64.
On daily duty : 2 wagoners and 34 privates.
Absent men : 7 sergeants, 21 corporals, 3 artificers, 218 privates. Prisoners of war: E, 3; H, 1 : total, 4.
Absent with leave : E, 1.
Absent in arrest: B, 1; G, 1 : total 2.
C and D have no 2d lieutenant. .
A B C
D
E
F
K Totals.
Sergeants .
5
5
10
5
5
5
5 6
5 8
5
Corporals .
8
8
8
7
8
6
1
1
1
1
1
Musicians
2
2
1
2
2
2
0
39 51 48
42 422
Wounded in action 2
2 2
5
6
5
5
4
6 38 1
Absent sick
24 14 22 19 26 17 29 13 15
19 198
Killed in action
1
2 2
4
3
3
1
2
1 21
Died of disease
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1 0 3
Discharged for disability 1
0 0
0
0
0
0 2
0 3
1 0
0 0
2
Deserted
1 0
0
0
1
7
8
Wagoners
1
1
1
1
1
2 17
2
On duty
38 43 50 42 37 32
5 8 0 G
1 1
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JULY, 1864.
ULY did not open with much ceremony, though its first day was warm -decidedly so. War matters were very quiet. The chief item of the day was the order of Gen. Butler, repeating that of Gen. Grant, prescribing the means of transportation of the Armies in the Field ope- rating against Richmond. We were much interested in that portion which provided for a regiment of infantry : 2 wagons, 3 wall tents for field and staff, 1 other tent for each other officer, 1 shelter tent for each two non-coms., soldiers, servants, or camp followers. This order meant much, though providing for a little. It meant more war and less fuss and feathers - more ex- posure, more fighting, more marching, more bivouacs.
The two lines of pickets were getting very familiar. Exchang- ing papers and trading tobacco and coffee were being carried on to a greater extent than was considered prudent by conservative officers ; and yet it went on day by day, increasing rapidly in volume. A little set-back in this line occurred in the Seventh New Hampshire (on our right). Two of that regiment were gobbled up, on the 1st ; and, as if to repay the loss in part, one rebel deserted to that regi- ment later in the day.
We got occasionally some of the goods distributed by the Sani- tary Commission, and always through the efforts of our Chaplain.
We were approaching the Fourth : and gloriously we could cele- brate it if we could celebrate peace that day ; but there was no peace. Every man in the regiment was on duty the 3d.
In the Department of the South on the 3d, a boat expedition went from Morris Island at 2 A.M. to capture Forts Johnson and Simpkins; but failed through mismanagement. The troops were Fifty-second Pennsylvania, One Hundred and Twenty-second New York and 60 men of Third Rhode Island. Gen Foster's censure fell most heavily on the Fifty-second Pennsylvania.
The " Glorious Fourth," upon its dawn found us in the trenches. Every gun (cannon ), from the James River on the right to Petersburg on the left, was loaded during the forenoon : and at mid-day they sent our iron compliments to the rebel lines, causing momentary conster- nation. The troops were paraded behind our works, and all the bands played " Yankee Doodle " and " Hail Columbia." The rebels,
(509)
510
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
July ' 64.]
fearing an attack, were kept under arms nearly all the afternoon. The only celebration was in a quiet way, by individuals, who drew the designated allowance of "Diamond B," and - put it where they thought it would do the most good. At nightfall an artillery duel cecurred, continuing so late that we could see the fuses and trace the shells through the air, thus giving us pyrotechnics not entirely harm- less, but intensely interesting.
Our regiment furnished a detail of choppers on the 5th, to cut a road from Gen. Brooks' to Gen. Butler's Headquarters, for facilitating signalling by the Signal Corps. The entire regiment went on picket at night, not however including the field and colors.
Our time was now fully occupied in guarding the fortifications, picket duty and fatigue details. Our works were being rapidly strengthened, a 100-pounder being mounted near the river on the 6th. We began to draw rations of whiskey on the 7th, for the excessive duty, though strange to say no mention is made in the Chaplain's diary of this important event. There was quinine with the whiskey ; but that made no appreciable diminution in the quantity swallowed. Several diaries mention blackberries about this time, and it may be assmned that they grew near by and were gathered and consumed by our men as opportunity offered.
It pleased our Chaplain, and us too, on the 10th, to have services ; and there was heavy firing towards Petersburg during the forenoon. We went again on picket at night.
About this time the writer, being on picket and opposite the " Ravine," so called, near the James River, undertook to exchange papers with the rebels on the opposite side of the ravine. He was unwilling to take any chances whatever (being an officer), and pro- ceeded very cautiously, attempting to arrange all preliminaries by motions. He instructed two of his men to cock their pieces and be ready to shoot at the least and first sign of treachery. He pro- ceeded into the bushes a little way, and waited and watched, being fully in sight of ins two men. No one appeared ; but instead the rebel had come out on the trunk of a fallen tree and, advancing to near the top of it, peered out and down upon the writer as he stood there waiting.' HIe noted that the writer had not come out unarmed, and at once moved back and out of sight, the writer doing the same. The attempt thus failed ; and it would have been surpris- ing indeed had it succeeded. One of his men then arranged for and exchanged papers, without the slightest difficulty ; and the writer at once sent the papers to the Boston Herald and the Boston Journal, with his name on the margin.
Our daily routine continued, and the war, too. A new arrange- ment of duties began on the 13th, a picket detail (additional) going out for three days and taking post considerably to the left (say four miles or more) of our camp. The first detail numbered 100. Our regular picket duty appears on this date to have been established by men detailed in specific numbers, rather than, as before, by regiment or by companies.
A Richmond paper of the 13th, which fell into our hands, mourn- fully predicted the early fall of Atlanta, and other evils.
511
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
July '64.]
The excessive duty, bad climate and poor quality of rations, was using up our men very appreciably. As evidence of the truth of the last statement, a diary says : "Living very poor- hungry all the time. Hope they will pay us off soon. Havn't lived so poor since I enlisted."
For a little change, we had a midnight alarm on the night of the 17th, and turned out, lying in the trenches till morning.
Gen. Terry, our Division Commander, on the 18th relieved Gen. Brooks of the command of the Tenth Corps. For several days about this time we had sent 250 men on picket. We were blessed with an early rain on the 19th, the first for many weeks, bringing a drouth to an end.
At Sumter, on the 20th, the commanding officer, Capt. John C. Mitchell, was mortally wounded while in the act of looking through a telescope in the southwest angle of the fort.
The Ninteenth Corps, or a part of it, landed on the 20th; and we had a pleasant meeting with some of the Fourteenth New Hamp- shire.
We were considerably elated on the 22d, by despatches an- nouncing Sherman's successes at Atlanta.
Maj .- Gen. D. B. Birney took command of the Tenth Corps on the 23d, relieving Gen. Terry.
We had a dress parade and services on the 24th ; but it was not a very large affair, there being only about 200 men in camp. Our corps badge was designated on the 25th by Gen. Birney, and was to be " the trace of a four-bastioned fort, to be worn on the top of the cap or the side of the hat. . The badge to be cut from red cloth for First Division, from white for Second Division and from blue for Third Division." The baggage was to be marked same colors, by stencil.
Of the three days' tour, on picket, to the left, a writer says : " They were long, weary days. I wrote, read, sang, walked, sat, slept - anything to fill in the time. The line commanded by me was like a horseshoe or crescent, and did not connect with any other line, thus leaving two gaps for rebels to enter by. The left gap was a meadow, and supposed to be impassable for troops. The right gap was a deep and rough ravine, through which none would ever think of passing except with a gun in his hand and war in his heart. The various posts were so situated that it was impossible to visit them during the night. An attempt to do so would have been equivalent to a through ticket to rebeldom. Ou the second day, I sent out a reconnoitring party, which soon returned with the joysome intelligence that a heifer and a few sheep were not far away, and were susceptible of capture if a little strategy was resorted to. We performed a strategie movement, losing the sheep, but bringing about the de- struction of this trusting and rustic heifer. We . dressed' this heifer in true soldier style, and cut the carcass into convenient pieces, distributing a portion among the various posts ; and the balance was sent to camp, to the Colonel and other officers, with our compliments.
512
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
[July '64.
Later a few porkers were seen, but were so coy we did not succeed in decoying them to a shootable spot; and they hastened back to their friends."
About this time, we heard rumors of a mine at Petersburg : of the immense size of it and the immensity of the damage it was to do when exploded. Some of the rumors were that the city of Petersburg was wholly undermined, and would be utterly destroyed. We could only pity the boys at work in the mine, and thank our stars we were at Bermuda Hundred doing picket duty and living on hard-tack and coffee.
The great explosion took place on the 30th. The troops all along the line were under arms nearly all day, not knowing what the result might be. As this mine explosion was an important affair, the reader is referred to accounts of it in the press of the period, it being too voluminous to repeat here.
The month passed out on a Sunday, during which day we were inspected by Lieut .- Col. Plimpton, and had no services, the Chaplain being quite ill. During the month that portion of the regiment not already provided were armed with Spencer rifles.
SUPPLEMENT.
IMPORTANT WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS.
General Order 225, of the 7th, provided that all the troops serving with the Army of the Potomac, under Gen. W. F. Smith (" Baldy "), be severed from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina and constitute the Eighteenth Army Corps, and that Gen. Butler remain in command of the balance of the troops, with Head- quarters at Fort Monroe.
General Order 226, of the 8th, referred to rations (see " Rations ").
General Order 227, of the 9th (Act of Congress), said it would be lawful for the Executive of any State to send recruiting officers into any of the States in rebellion except Arkansas, Tennessee and Louisiana, to recruit volunteers.
General Order 231, of the 18th, provided that Hospital Matrons be paid $10 per month and one ration.
General Order 232, of the 19th, was a call for 500,000 mnen (see "Calls for Troops ").
General Order 233, of the 19th, directed that Kentucky be added to the list of States where the writ of habeas corpus shall be sus- pended.
General Order 235, of the 26th, provided that on and after that date volunteers serving in three-years' regiments, who may have at date of re-enlistment less than 60 days to serve, may re-enlist in their own companies or regiments, for one, two or three years, the new
1
513
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
.July '64.]
term to begin with re-enlistment. They to be paid bounties as follows : One year, $100; two years, $200; three years, $300 : one- third to be paid at re-muster, and no furloughs to be promised.
General Order 236, of the 28th, was the approval by the Presi- dent of Gen. Grant's order of 21st, assigning Maj .- Gen. D. B. Birney to the command of the Tenth Army Corps, relieving Brig .- Gen. A. H. Terry, temporarily commanding it.
IMPORTANT ORDERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
General Order 108, of the 14th, authorized the issue of whiskey with quinine, in prophylactic doses, to enlisted men during the warm months, particularly to men in malarious districts or after excessive fatigue.
General Order 112, of the 31st, relieved Brig .- Gen. Wm. Birney, U. S. Volunteers, from the command of District of Florida, and as- signed Brig .- Gen. J. P. Hatch to its command. Gen. Birney was ordered to report to Gen. Butler at Fort Monroe, in accordance with the order from the General-in-Chief of the Army. Gen. Hatch was relieved from District of Hilton Ilead by Gen. E. E. Potter, who thereafter commanded that as well as his own District of Beaufort.
The Department of the South Statistics for July 1864 are : Total Troops, 9.859; cases sick, 2,879; died, 54; cases wounded, 105 ; cases died, 10.
The Monthly Return shows :
6 men,
8 officers.
Field and Staff Co. A
80
66
3
R
82
3
C
86
3
D
74
2
F
79
. .
3
F
72
..
3
3
66
G H
2
3
I K
74 78 78 76 85
2 35
820
Aggregate last report
804
36
840
No wounded. no deserters, no recruits reported.
Joined from desertion : F, 1 : G, 1.
Died of wounds : A, D, E, F, H and I, each 1.
Discharged for disability : F. 1.
Missing in action : G, 3.
On detached service : 1 field officer ; B. C. and D, 1 officer each. Absent sick : 1 officer of G.
Absent on leave : B, C, and D, 1 officer each.
Each company reports 2 cooks on daily duty ; and otherwise on daily duty : A, 2; B, 3: C. 1 ; D, 1 : F, 1 ; G, 1 : H, 1; 1, 3.
On leave of absence : Dr. Burnham. Capt. Dow of B, Capt. Trickey of C', Capt. Maxwell of 1).
3,5
Present aggregate
1.
513
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
.July '64.]
term to begin with re-enlistment. They to be paid bounties as follows : One year, $100; two years, $200; three years, $300 : one- third to be paid at re-muster, and no furloughs to be promised.
General Order 236, of the 28th, was the approval by the Presi- dent of Gen. Grant's order of 21st, assigning Maj .- Gen. D. B. Birney to the command of the Tenth Army Corps, relieving Brig .- Gen. A. H. Terry, temporarily commanding it.
IMPORTANT ORDERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
General Order 108, of the 14th, authorized the issue of whiskey with quinine, in prophylactic doses, to enlisted men during the warm months, particularly to men in malarious districts or after excessive fatigue.
General Order 112, of the 31st, relieved Brig .- Gen. Wmn. Birney, U. S. Volunteers, from the command of District of Florida, and as- signed Brig .- Gen. J. P. Hatch to its command. Gen. Birney was ordered to report to Gen. Butler at Fort Monroe, in accordance with the order from the General-in-Chief of the Army. Gen. Hatch was relieved from District of Hilton llead by Gen. E. E. Potter, who thereafter commanded that as well as his own District of Beaufort.
The Department of the South Statistics for July 1864 are : Total Troops, 9,859 ; cases sick, 2,879; died, 54; cases wounded, 105; cases died, 10.
The Monthly Return shows :
Field and Staff
6 men,
8 officers.
Co. A
80
3
B
82
3
C
86
3
Đ
74
2
F
79
3
F
72
..
3
G H
74
3
2
I K
78 78 76 785
2 35
Present aggregate
820
Aggregate last report
804
36
840
No wounded. no deserters, no reernits reported.
Joined from desertion : F, 1 : G, 1.
Died of wounds : A, D, E, F, H and I, each 1.
Discharged for disability : F. 1.
Missing in action : G, 3.
On detached service : 1 field officer : B. C. and D, 1 officer each. Absent sick : 1 officer of G.
Absent on leave : B, C, and D, 1 officer each.
Each company reports 2 cooks on daily duty ; and otherwise on daily duty : A, 2; B. 3: C. 1 ; D, 1 : F, 1 ; G, 1 : 11, 1; 1, 3.
3
Ou leave of absence : Dr. Burnham. Capt. Dow of B, Capt. Trickey of C. Capt. Maxwell of D).
3,5
514
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
[July '64.
Lieuts. Parker and Donley are sick in regimental hospital.
Sick in quarters : Adjt. Copp, Capt. Wadsworth and 1st Lieut. Hazen of F, 2d Lieut. James of I.
1st Lieut. Trickey has been promoted to Captain (Co. C), and 2d Lieut. Eldredge to 1st Lieutenant (Co. E).
Co. D has no 2d lieutenant, Co. H has no 1st lieutenant, and Co. K has no 2d lieutenant.
2d Lieut. Atherton of E is on duty in D.
Capt. Houghton of I is serving on a general court-martial.
Capt. Libby, Jr., of G is absent wounded.
Capt. Dearborn of A and Ist Lieut. Woodbury of C are still detached as Ordnance Officers.
In command of : B, 1st Lieut. Dodge of B ; C, 2d Lieut. Connelly of B; G, 1st Lieut. White of G ; D, 1st Lieut. Edgerly of D.
Capt. Allen has been discharged for disability.
1st Lient. Morrill and 2d Lieut. Tredick have died of wounds.
1st Sergt. Donley of E and 1st Sergt. Atherton of I have been promoted to 2d Lieutenants and assigned : Donley to C, and Atherton to E.
Died of disease : Thomas Burke of Co. C.
Missing in action : G, 3 (all 16 May) .
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