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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALULY COLLECTION
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HISTORY
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ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT
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NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS:
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A RECORD OF ITS SERVICES FROM ITS MUSTER IN TO ITS MUSTER OUT; ITS MUSTER IN ROLL, ROLL OF COMMISSIONS. RE- CRCITS FURNISHED THROUGH THE BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO, AND SHORT SKETCHES OF DECEASED AND SURVIVING OFFICERS.
BY GEO. H. STOWITS,
Late Major One Hundredth New York State Volunteers
BUFFALO, N. Y. PRINTING HOUSE OF MATTHEWS & WARREN, Office of the " Buffalo Commercial Advertiser."
1870.
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JAMES M. BROWN. . Col 100 th N.Y.S.Vols.
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Stowits, George H 1822-
History of the One hundredth regiment of New York state volunteers: being a record of its services from its muster in to its muster out; its muster in roll, roll of commissions, re- cruits furnished through the Board of trade of the city of Buffalo, and short sketches of deceased and surviving offers. By Geo. H. Stowits ... Buffalo, Printing house of Matthews & Warren, 1870.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, BY GEORGE H. STOWITS,
. In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
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TO
WILLIAM WILKESON, EsQ.,
FRIEND OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT IN ITS TIME OF NEED, IS THIS VOLUME RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, FOR SERVICES RENDERED THE REGIMENT IN ITS ORGANIZATION,
BY THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE.
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Months and years have elapsed since we separated as members of the " Grand Army," engaged in that sublime and holy work of preserving the unity of the best and freest government in this or any other age. Whatever of personal feeling, either toward our superior officers or comrades in arms, once held sway in our hearts, now has gone, stifled by the judgment of deliberate thought and cooler emotions. At this date, remote from the stirring and exciting events of camp, field, bivouac and trench, it is with effort that we force the facts clearly to mind, that we were actors in that bloody drama so recently closed, and that the One Hundredth Regiment, with conscious pride it can be said, performed its share of active, etfec- tive and honorable service as a constituent element of the conquering loyal army of the republic.
At no time, when in service, nor since, had we thought of writing a history of the One Hundredth Regiment. It was long before we could consent to undertake the work. We knew that no reliable records existed, and
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those carefully kept by Surg. Kittenger, together with regimental and company baggage, were sunk with trans- port at Fortress Monroe, during our last campaign before Richmond, and in pursuit of Gen. Lee.
From private diaries, newspapers and personal experi- ences, we have been enabled to trace the career of the regiment through its eventful term of service. We do not claim positive accuracy. Names and dates of the dead, wounded and missing, their sufferings and personal incidents, are not detailed, for want of reliable authority. A complete history of the regiment cannot be written. Its fractional elements, and their diverse characteristics make it impossible. The original men, its additions through the Board of Trade, conseripts, substitutes, and finally its consolidation with the One Hundred and Fifty- eighth and One Hundred and Forty-eighth New York State Volunteers, found the One Hundredth Regiment, at its muster out, not the regiment that left Buffalo, March 7th, 1862, for the seat of war.
The general reader will find a connected detail of most of the events connected with the history of Sumter, from its first bombardment, in 1861, to its re-possession by the government in 1865; also a biographical sketch of every ofheer killed and dying of wounds, and of those who have died since the war, that belonged to the One Hundredth Regiment; and a short notice of the Board of Trade, and a sketch of its President, during the time the One Hundredth was under its fostering care.
To the Committee in charge of the work, Maj. Daniel
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D. Nash, Lieut. Col. Charles E. Walbridge, Capt. Oscar F. Richards, and Lient. Alfred Lythe, our thanks are due for sympathy and encouragement; to Gen. G. A. Seroggs, for facts relative to the organization of the regi- ment; to Bvt. Brig. Gen. C. N. Otis, for diaries during his service as major and lieutenant colonel; to G. S. Hazard, for statistics of recruits furnished as president of the Board of Trade; to Mrs. Phineas Staunton, wife of the late Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, for her husband's diary, and other valuable papers; to Mr. and Mrs. War- ren Granger, for a collection of newspaper notices and communications, orderly arranged in a scrap book; to Billa M. Judson, regimental clerk, who, in his thought- fulness, had preserved many valuable papers and orders, which have been of invaluable service; to Lient. Col. L. s. l'ayne, for facts of individual services as the scont of the regiment ; to W. W. H. Davis, Colonel of the One Hun- dred and Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for his cheerful assent for the use of facts, dates and description of local- ities from a history of the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, written by the Colonel, who commanded the Brigade, at times, to which the One Hundredth and One Hundred and Fourth were attached, affording him superior facilities for information denied a subordinate officer. The Colonel will please accept the gratitude of the author, and the same is tendered to all here mentioned, as well as others for valuable aid ren- dered in the prosecution of this work.
We are conscious of our inability to do full justice to
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the heroism, sufferings and incessant duty of the mem- bers of the One Hundredth Regiment. Its slain heroes, the records of its battle fields, and its constant place at the front, all are parts of its history, and well may the city of Buffalo accord its meed of praise to its officers and men for services faithfully and heroically performed.
With these words we give our labors to the public, hoping that the story of the regiment, simply told, will add some little to the histories of regiments that saved a Nation and honored a grateful people.
GEO. H. STOWITS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
COL. JAMES M. BROWN.
LIEUT. COL. PHINEAS STAUNTON.
BREVET BRIG. GEN. CALVIN N. OTIS.
BRIG. GEN. GUSTAVUS A. SCROGGS.
LIEUT. COL. LEWIS S. PAYNE.
GEORGE S. HAZARD. MAJ. DANIEL D. NASH.
LIEUT. COL. CHARLES F. WALBRIDGE.
LIEUT. AND BREVET COL. WARREN GRANGER, Jr. MAJ. GEORGE H. STOWITS.
LIEUT. AND BREVET CAPT. JOHN WILKESON, Jr.
LIEUT. SAMUEL S. KELLOGG.
LIECT. AND BREVET CAPT. GEORGE G. BARNUM. CAPT. OSCAR F. RICHARDS.
LIEUT. ALFRED LYTHE.
LIEUT. RODNEY B. SMITH, Jr.
CAMP ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT, GLOUCESTER POINT, VA. CAMP ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT, MORRIS ISLAND, S. C.
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER -I.
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Order of the War Department to Gen. G. A. Scroggs .- Num- ber of men recruited for the "Eagle Brigade."-Statement of Adjt. Gen. Stonehouse .- Nomination of Gen Seroggs for Brigadier General .- Origin of the One Hundredth Regi- ment,
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CHAPTER II.
Orders for Recruiting .- Capt. D. D. Nash raised first com- pany .- Gloomy prospects for recruiting .- Liabilities of Gen. Scroggs .- Aid of William Wilkeson, Esq .- Scroggs relieved .- Camp Morgan established .- Necessary buildings provided .- Regiment raised and named the One Hundredth. -Donations and Camp Incidents .- Orders to leave ex- pected,
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CHAPTER III.
Marching Orders .- Broke Camp .- Left for Albany .- Arrival and departure for New York .- Passed through Philadelphia and Baltimore, and arrival at Washington .- In Camp at Meridian Hill .- Ordered to Fortress Monroe by the way of Alexandria .- Arrival at Newport News,
CHAPTER IV.
Arrival at Newport News .- Encamped .- Changed Camp .- Rain and discomfort .- Arrival of Gen. Mcclellan .- Army moyes forward .- Reaches Warwick Court House .- Siege of Yorktown commences -Works too strong to be assaulted. -Gen. Naglee in command of Brigade .- He makes an
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Armed Reconnaissance .- Troops behaved well .- Naglec led the charge in person,
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CHAPTER V.
Batteries nearly completed .- Enemy evacuate Yorktown .- Retreat toward Williamsburg .- Gen. Mcclellan pursues .- Battle of Williamsburg .- The Troops march through the town .- Pursuit continues .- Reached New Kent Court House .- Rain, Mud and Short Rations are the sufferings of the Army .- Arrive near the York River Railroad, eighteen miles from Richmond,
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CHAPTER VI.
Marched near to Bottom's Bridge, twelve miles from Richmond. -Crossed the Chickahominy .- Col. Brown sick .- Weather very warm and showery .- Skirmish at Savage's Station .- Pickets within five miles of Richmond .- Casey's Division encamped at Seven Pines .- Pickets attacked by Rebels. -They were driven back .- Severe storm .- The approaching battle of the 31st of May,
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CHAPTER VII.
The Soldier's first battle .- Its effect upon him .- Its results .- The position of Casey's Division .- The signal of the Enemy to open the Fight .- The Charge of Naglee's Brigade .- The One Hundredth on the left of Richmond roadl .- Its Charge through the Slashing .- The loss of Col. Brown, Lieuts. Wilkeson and Kellogg. - The backward movement. - Encamped one and a half miles in the rear of former camp,
CHAPTER VIII.
The conduct of Gen. Casey's Division, as given by Col. Davis of the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania .- Its ropu- tation sustained .- Its losses prove its bravery .- The long hours it held the enemy in check shows its stubborn cour- age .- Its defeat by overwhelming numbers .- The conduct
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of Gens. Casey and Naglee .- Their bravery and enthusiasm. -The Battle Field .- The Burial of the Dead and care of the Wounded,. 67
CHAPTER IX.
The Rebels attack the " Excelsior Brigade."-Gen. MeClellan visits the Troops .- Brigade Inspection .-- Weather rainy and cold .- A rear movement commenced .- Raid of the Rebels .- Battle of Oak Grove .- Battle of Mechanicsville .- Battle of Gaines' Farm .- McClellan changes base to James River .- Gen. Naglee in command of Rear-guard .- The retreat commenced .- Bridge destroyed .- The Rebels in pursuit,
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CHAPTER X.
Sick and Wounded left at Savage's Station by order of Gen. Mcclellan .- The Army had changed front and was still moving to James River .- Surgeon Kittenger left with the wounded and taken prisoner .- Gen. Naglee still holds position in command of the Rear-gnard .- Rebels in pur- suit .- They attempt to Storm the National Batteries on Malvern Hills .- They are repulsed with terrible loss, .... 80
CHAPTER XI.
Gen. McClellan visits the Troops .- Naglee's Brigade received him in silence .- Men engaged upon works of defence .- President Lincoln announced to visit Troops .- Failed to come .- Sent regrets .- Communication from Common Council of Buffalo .- Drilling and fatigue duty .- Rebels appeared on opposite side of river .- Soon driven away. -Gen. Hooker sent to Malvern Hills .- Army ordered to move .-- Movement began .- Board of Trade of Buffalo adopts the Regiment,
CHAPTER XII.
The return march still continues .-- Knapsacks on Canal Boat sunk .- Fished out, but spoiled .- Moved through Williams- burg .- Halted and mustered the Army .- Arrival at York-
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town .- Ordered to Gloucester Point .- Capt. Morse with Recruits from Buffalo .- One Hundred and Fourth Pennsyl- vannia within the Fort .- One Hundredth New York en- camped without the Fort :- Col. Staunton in charge of Working Parties .- Col. Davis on a Reconnaissance,.
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CHAPTER XIII.
The results of the Peninsula Campaign .- Call for Three Hundred Thousand Men for the War .- Three Hundred Thousand for Nine Months .- A Draft of an equal number. -Board of Trade of Buffalo send Recruits .- Col. G. B. Dandy appointed Colonel .- Lieut. Col. Staunton sends in his Resignation .- War Meetings in Buffalo .- Action of Pub- lic School Teachers .- Order of Supt. Sackett to prepare lint .- A Whiskey Mutiny in Camp .- It was quelled, and the " Little Disturber" issued,
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CHAPTER XIV.
The men stole a Barrel of Whiskey .- Rumor of a Raid on Williamsburg .- Regiment under arms .- Col. Dandy ar- rived and assumed command .- Lieut. Col. Staunton Re- signed and lett for the North .- Reernits arriving .- Lieuts. Greiner and Guthrie di-charged .- Drills and Reviews .- Change of Camp .- The Sibley Tent .- Chaplain Linn ar- rived with Flag from Board of Trade .- Raid to Gloucester Court House under command of Gen. Naglee, 105
CHAPTER XV.
Rumors of leaving Gloucester Point .- The necessary pro- motions made .- The Camp at Gloucester Point .- Arrival and visit of Warren Granger, E-q., from Buffalo,-Arrival of One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania .- False alarms .- Brigude has Marching Orders .- Shipped with Sealed Orders .- Arrived at Fortress Monroe .- Left and An- chored at Beaufort, North Carolina .- Encamped at Carolina City .- Col. Davis in command of Brigade .- Gen. Naglee in command of Division .- Drill and preparation for a move somewhere,
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Col. Dandy resumed command .- Drills continued .- Troops ordered to embark .- Transports in waiting .- Tents struck January 19th, 1863 .- Embarked .- Lay at anchor till Jan- uary 29th .- Sailed southward .- Orders opened off Wil- mington .- Destination Port Royal, South Carolina .- An- chored at Port Royal, between Forts Seward and Wells .- Troops kept on board Transports for some days .- Went ashore for air and exercise .- Fatigue Party sent ashore to dig wells and prepare for pitching camp, 119
CHAPTER XVII.
Gen. Naglee's Letter and General Order to the Board of Trade of the City of Buffalo .- The Names the General recom- mended to be placed upon their Flags .- His rehearsal of their Services .- His final cheering words for their future welfare .- The Regiment ashore at St. Helena, S. C .- Pitch- ing camp, digging wells and washing .- Some difficulty with the Negroes .- Cabins burned .- The work of a few restless spirits,
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CHAPTER XVIII.
Camp on St. Helena removed one and a half miles .- Camp pitched, cleared and regularly laid out .- The Island of St. Helena .- Absence of Stones .- Locality of Camp .- Ar- rival of Mail .- Its influences upon the Men .- Drills, inspec- tions and reviews .- Gen. Naglee reviews two Brigades .- Good rations, beef and bread .- Difficulty between Gens. Foster, Naglee and Hunter .- Strife settled by Adjt. Gen. Thomas .- Gen. Naglee ordered North to report to the War Office .- Ilis farewells,
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CHAPTER XIX.
Gen. Naglee's farewell order .- St. Helena Island, its beauty. fertility, and position .- Grand Review by Gen. Hunter .- Company, battalion and briga le drills .- Rigid inspections. -Exercise in landing from Transports .- Ignorance of the common soldier of coming events .- Col. Dandy's Special
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Order to the One Hundredth Regiment N. Y. V .- March- ing Orders .- The process of arrests, and their disposition. -The washing days of a Regiment, 136
CHAPTER XX.
Regiment struck tents on St. Helena, and marched to Trans- port Erpounder .- Embarked .- Disembarked at Hilton Head .- Changed Guns .- Embarked .- Sailed for Stono In- let .- Aground on a bar .- Crossed safely .- Eneamped on Cole's Island .- Unsupported for several days .- Troops ar- rived .- Landed on Folly Island .- Skirmished and scouted the entire Island .- The difficulties, sufferings and delays of the campaign, 142
CHAPTER XXI.
The Siege of Charleston .- Fort Sumter .- Its first reduction. Its reinforcement .- The leaving of the women and chil- dren .- The activity of the National Government .- The base of operations at Port Royal .- Former reduction of all the Forts and Towns along the coast .- Desertion of Beaufort. -Expeditions to Stono River and James Island .- Rebel Fortifications .- Fort Sunter to be reduced, 148
CHAPTER XXII.
Preparations for the attack upon Charleston by both Army and Navy .- The defences of the City of Charleston .- The Obstructions in the Channel .- The position of Troops at the north end of Folly Island .- April 7th, the Navy move up to attack Sumter .- Bombardment continnes one hour and forty minutes .- Keokuk lost, Fleet withdrawn .- Number of Guns and their character .- The small loss of the Ironclads, 154
CHAPTER XXIH.
The Night after the Bombardment. - The One Hundroith Periment relieved .- A Battery planted .- sixty Rebels sweep around the head of the Island .- Battery withdrawn .- One Hundredth ordered to Cole's Land .- Landed on Cole's Is-
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land .- Ordered to Folly Island .- Went into Camp .-- A view of the situation .- Position of Troops .- A description of Beaufort, the Newport of the South, 162
CHAPTER XXIV.
Regiment pitched Camp on Folly Island .- Paymaster arrived. -Paid troops for six months .- Chaplain Linn went North. -Camp moved .- Roads were constructed .- Co. "H" de- tached to Pawnee Landing .- Promotions made .- Pieket, fatigue, drills and inspections continued .- Weather very warm .- Co. " C" detached to south end of the Island .- Gen. Gilmore succeeds Gen. Hunter .- Active operations ex- pected, 168
CHAPTER XXV.
Batteries to be constructed on the north end of Folly Island. -The condition of the Island when first visited .- The good health of the One Hundredth Regiment .- A visit to Beau- fort .- The Raid of Col. Montgomery with Negro Troops .- The great changes in public sentiment since the opening of the war .- Weather warm .- The Resignation of Lieut. Col. Otis .- His honorable discharge .- Companies detailed alternately at the head of the Island .- Rebels shell the Island,
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CHAPTER XXVI.
Prosecution of the works at the north end of the Island .- Resignations .- Completion of Batteries, 3d July .- All Troops available sent to Folly Island .- Time fixed for opening the 10th July .- Capt. Payne, the Scout .- Gen. Strong in command of the Assaulting Troops .- Gen. Sey- mour in command of Batteries .- Batteries opened .- Rebels fled .- Prisoners taken .- Three-fourths of the Island taken. -Fort Wagner assaulted, July 11th .- A repulse .- Troops intrench, . 182
CHAPTER XXVII.
Gen. Gilmore's Congratulatory Order to the Troops .- Special mention of Gens. Strong and Seymour .- Capt. L. S. Payne.
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-A second assault to be made on Wagner .- Batteries brought from Folly and planted before Wagner .- Other Troops ordered on to Morris Island .- Severe fatigue and dangerous picketing .- July 18th, at the edge of evening, the assault to be made .- The Ironclads to assist .- Brigades of Seymour, Putnam and Strong .- Strong led the advance. -The Bombardment continued all day .- At night the Troops assaulted and were repulsed, 190
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Repulse at Fort Wagner .- The Killed and Wounded .- Col. Dandy's Letter to the Board of Trade .- The Bravery of the Assaulting Columns .- The Island to be held .- Folly Island the base of supplies .- Troops encamped at the south end of Morris .- The erection of works commenced .- The " Left Batteries."-The Batteries at the first and second parallels .- The Swamp Angel, its construction, cost and use, 198
CHAPTER XXIX.
Commands changed since the charge on Wagner .- Details sent North for Conscripts and Recruits .- The large increase of Sick on the Island .- The Siege prosecuted with vigor .- Reinforcements arrive from the North .- Folly Island one vast Camp .- A Boat Infantry established .- Capt. Payne, the Scout, taken prisoner .- Christian and Sanitary Commis- sions .- Surgeon Kittenger and his course in the discharge of his duties, 206
CHAPTER XXX.
Gilmore's Land Batteries opened on Sumter Angust 17th .- The Ironclads assisted .- The Bombardment closed on the 23d .- Sumter was pronounced useless for offensive opera- tions .- The Siege continued .- The third, fourth and fifth Parallels were opened .- The Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Drove in the Enemy's Pickets-The Sufferings and Casual- ties among the men - An expedition against Battery Gregg. -It was unsuccessful,
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CHAPTER XXXI.
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A third assault on Wagner was ordered .- The Rebels had "varnated .- The Forts and Island ours .- The Forts to be rebuilt .- Gen. Gilmore congratulates in General Orders .- He is commissioned as Major General .- Details for duty on picket and fatigue are constant and regular .- Weather (w'1 and disagreeable .- Arrival of Recruits .- The usual 221 routine of camp duties,
CHAPTER XXXII.
Re ciment still on Morris Island .- Major D. D. Nash returned to Regiment .- Batteries open on Charleston .- Execution of a Deserter .- Words about Negro Troops .- Their morale aud merit as soldiers .- Deserters from Charleston .- Depar - ture of Col. Dandy and Recruiting Party for Buffalo .- Re- enlisted Veterans arrived .- Their Reception by the Ladies of the Great Central Fair, Mayor, Military and Citizens, ... 228
CHAPTER XXXIII.
The Spring Campaign of 1864 .- Transfer of the One Hun- dredth Regiment from Morris Island to Gloucester Point .- The relation of successive events in the history of Sumter till its restoration by the Government .- The state and con- dition of Charleston .- The Quenching of Fires by our Sol- diery .- The Retreat of Gen. Hardee's Army, 236
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Closing of the Recruiting Office at Buffalo .- The Regiment or- derel from Morris Island to Gloucester Point .- Prepara- tions for a Summer Campaign .- Embarked on Transports. -Landing at Bermuda Hundred .- Gen. Butler in com- mind .- Marched to the Petersburg and Richmond Rail- road .- Fought the Enemy, tore up the Railroad and des- troyed the Telegraph,. 243
CHAPTER XXXV.
The Fight at Walthall Junction .- The Report of Col. G. B. Dandy and favorable mention of officers and men .- The
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adroit movements of Gen. Butler on City Point and Ber- muda Hundred .- The building of works from the James to the Appomattox .- The advance on the 12th and 13th of May .- The taking of one of the outer Forts of the works at Drury's Bluff .- The charge of the One Hundredth Regi- ment and their sufferings, 249
CHAPTER XXXVI.
The advance on Fort Darling .- The Skirmishers of the One Hundredth .- The wounding of Lieut. Hoyt .- The taking of the Rail Fence .- The advance of May 16th .- The fatal results .- Again within Intrenchments .- Duty in Camp and on the Picket Line .- The reported assaults of the Rebels on our line .- Gen. Walker taken prisoner .- Gen. Butler re- inforces Grant,. 256
CHAPTER XXXVII.
The Regiment still at Bermuda Hundred .- Constant firing of the Rebels on our Pickets .-- They evacuate their works .- We entered them, reached the Railroad, and tore up track for three miles .- Assailed by Pickett's Division .- The Rebels repulsed .- We held their Pits .- They assault on the 17th of June .- Are repulsed .- The Brigade ordered to Deep Bottom .- Made a landing and intrenched .- Capt. Granger charged the Grover House and drove the Rebels,. 266
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
The Position of the Grover House .- The assistance of the Gunboats .- The Rebels shelled .- Our position at Deep Bottom contrasted with that on the Bermuda Front .- The Works on our Front were made strong .-- The Brigade was reinforced .- July 27th Hancock and Sheridan moved upon our right .- The whole line moved .- Co. " K," Capt. Granger, made another charge .- Capt. Richardson killed .- IFis body was not recovered, 274
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Preparations for the advance on the north side of the James at Deep Bottom .- Hancock's Corps and Gregg's Cavalry
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with Terry's Division of Birney's Tenth Corps .- Moved out uf works at Deep Bottom on the morning of August 15th. -The One Hundredth charge and take a Battery of four guns .- Made a connection with Hancock and moved to the front, and led the charge on the enemy's works at Fussill's JEill+ 281
CHAPTER XL.
The charge on the Rebel Works, August 16th .- The Regi- ment repulsed .- Fell back and threw up Intrenchments .- The Rebels attack and are repulsed in turn .- The dead were buried under a flag of truce .- Withdrew on the night of the 1Sth-Moved to old camp at Deep Bottom .- Regi- ment lost seventy-three killed, wounded and missing .- Paymaster arrived .- Money expressed home.
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CHAPTER XLI.
IT unevek and Gregg withdrawn from the north side of James River .- The One Hundredth again at Deep Bottom .- Or- dered to the Trenches before Petersburg .- Occupied the position held by the Ninth Corps .- Gen. Burnside .- Life in the Trenches .- Col. Dandy gone to Buffalo .- Few officers for duty, 296
CHAPTER XLII.
Withdrawal of the Regiment from the Trenches of Petersburg. -A few days' rest at the rear, preparatory to another move. -Moved on the evening of the 25th Sept .- Crossed at Deep Botten .- Took Fort Harrison, Spring Hill and the entire line of the Rebel Works .- The works were turned, and we we resulted 7th Oct., and gave the Enemy a severe and blirly repulse .- Withdrew and camped a few days at 304 Dorp Bottom .- Returned to the front,
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