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HISTORY
OF THE
220d
Ementy= Second Regiment
OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK
From its Organization to 1895
BY
GENERAL GEORGE W. WINGATE
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PE. 1
NEW YORK : EDWIN W. DAYTON, PUBLISHER AND BOOKSELLER, 641 MADISON AVENUE.
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Wingate, George Wood, 1840-
F 8349 . 5419 History of the Twenty-second regi- ment of the National guard of the state of New York from its organiza- tion to 1895 ... N. Y. [c1896] 0.
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STATE HISTORIAN'S OFFICE, ALBANY, N. Y.
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THE LATE ADJUTANT-GENERAL JOSIAH PORTER.
COPYRIGHT, 1896 GENERAL GEORGE W. WINGATE
PRINTED BY CHA. FRANCIS, 30-32 WEST ISTH ST. NEW YORK CITY
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
ORGANIZATION OF THE TWENTY-SECOND .
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Banks and insurance companies decide to organize brigade of Union Grays; committee's advertisement and meeting for organization May 31, 1861, 1; civil officers elected, 2; hon- orary members of Union Grays, 3; resolutions appointing asso- ciate committee from banks and insurance companies, 3; stand- ing committees appointed, 4; amount subscribed, 5; James Monroe selected as colonel, 5. Company A-Its organization and its first officers, 6; its armory on Sixth Avenue, 9; its first company order, 9. Company B-Organized from Federal Chas- seurs and joins the Twenty-second, November, 11, 1861, 10; its first armory and officers, 11. Company C-Organized May 13, 1862, II; its first officers and armory, 11. Company D-Organized from different banks, 11; its armory and first officers, 12. Company E-Organization, armory and first officers, 12; disbanded in 1863, and reorganized in 1868, 12. Company F-Organized Jan- uary 8, 1862, 13; its first armory and officers, 13. Company G- Organized from White Ball Club, 13; its first officers, 14; be- comes "City Cadets," 14; joins Union Grays, 14. Company H-Organized from White Ball Club, 15 ; drilled as flank com- pany to act as skirmishers, 15; its first officers and armory, 15. Company I-Organized upon the departure of the regiment, June, 1862, 15; its first officers and armory, 15 (see also Chap. IV., page 36). Company K-Organized February, 1863, from "Lindsay Blues," 16; its first officers, 16: first general order issued to Twenty-second, 16; first parade of the Twenty-second, 17; strength of companies April 1, 1862, IS.
CHAPTER II.
FIRST UNIFORMS, ARMS AND OFFICERS .
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The "Strawberry Gray" uniform, 19; Enfield rifles imported by the regiment, co; sword bayonets not admired, 20; regi- mental headquarters procured in Fourth Street, 21; Col. James Monroe, description of, 21 ; companies' drill three times a week, 22; thorough course of instruction prescribed by Col. Monroe, 22; regiment joins the State National Guard, 23; officers of Twenty-second at this date, 24; how the National Guard was managed in 1861, 26; changes made by Gen. Shaler in 1863, 27.
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CHAPTER III.
THE FIRST CALL TO THE FIELD
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Retreat of Banks in the Shenandoah Valley, 28; excitement in Baltimore, 29; New York State Militia ordered to Washing- ton except the Twenty-second, 30; its Board of Officers demand that regiment be sent forward, 30; order directing regiment to proceed to Washington, 31; Col. Monroe's orders for the field, 32-33.
CHAPTER IV.
THE DEPARTURE FOR BALTIMORE
Regiment forms in Lafayette Place, May 28, 1862, 34; scenes during the assembly, 34; great enthusiasm during the march, 35; Company I is organized and follows the regiment the next day, 36; roll of the officers in the campaign of 1862, 36; officers not accompanying the regiment decided to forfeit their com- missions, 38; list of regiments sent by New York State to the front in response to this call, 39; breakfast at the Cooper Shop in Philadelphia, 39; strength of regiment in campaign, 40.
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CHAPTER V.
SERVICE AT BALTIMORE . :
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Threatening condition of the city, 41 ; camps of the New York regiments, 41 ; the Twenty-second establishes " Camp Monroe" at Patterson Park, 42; orders prescribing camp routine, 42: sentries attacked, 44; recruits arrive, 45; crowded condition of tents, 45; difficulty in commisariat during the first week, 46; rainy weather experienced, 46; first rifle practice by regiment, June 30, 1862, 46; industry of the officers, 47; Sanitary Com- mittee presents men with Havelocks; also testaments and hymn- books, 48; dress parades, 48; running the guard, 49; members snubbed by the secessionist ladies, 50; complimented by Maj .- Gen. Dix, 51; mustered into the United States service June 18, 1862, for three months, 52; assisting wounded from McClel- lan's army, 52; sad appearance that they presented, 52; disgust at the conduct of the funeral services at hospitals, 53.
CHAPTER VI.
ORDERED TO HARPER'S FERRY
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Reinforcements called for, to defend Harper's Ferry, 54; Col. Monroe reports the Twenty-second ready to move at once, 54; orders received at midnight, 54; regiment leaves camp at 9.30 A. M., 54; joy of camp followers at the delicacies abandoned in the tents, 54: diseomforts and dangers of railroad journey, 55; description of Harper's Ferry, 56: Bolivar Heights, 57; battery on Maryland Heights, 57; marched to camp on Bolivar Heights, 58; order prescribing routine of camp, 59; called to arms at
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dawn, 61 ; regiment removed to Camp Hill, 61 ; martial law and condition of country, 62 : severe orders from War Department against absentees, 63.
CHAPTER VII.
HARPER'S FERRY
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Regiments stationed there with the Twenty-second, 64; hours of drill, 64; terrible dust, 67; practical joke on Maryland cavalry causes trouble, 67; target firing practised, 63; bathing and its incidents, 71: tobogganing in Shenandoah Rapids, 73; lime water causes much illness in the regiment, 73; Fourth of July cel- ebrated by athletic games, 74; cartridge boxes required to be kept full, 74; dispute settled as to duties of sentry to obey officer of guard and of the day, 74; inspection by Gen. Wool and his compliments, 75; Gen. Miles the brigade commander, 75; death of Col. James Monroe, July 31, 1862, 70; deep grief of the Twenty-second, 76; the funeral, 76; monument erected by the regiment, 79; Lieut .- Col. Lloyd Aspinwall assumes command, 79; want of confidence first felt in regard to him, 79; he wins the respect of his command, So; his life and death, So: gray uniforms sent home, čo; also band, 81 ; army shoes adopted, SI ; detachments sent to guard railroad, 81 ; picket duty and its inci- dents, 82; sentries unable to see a fugitive slave, 84: crowds of contrabands in Harper's Ferry, 85 : the extreme heat in the day- time, 86; the cold at night, 86; thunder-storms, 89; pleasures of camp life, 90; songs of the War, go; the practical jokes, 90; pathetic scenes, 92; seizure of smuggled liquor, 94; long sermon by the chaplain, 95; officers elected in the field, 96; the annoy- ance from the flies, 99; the absence of small change, 100.
CHAPTER VIII.
AN ATTACK THREATENED
The men required to sleep in their clothes, 103: prisoners brought in, 103; raids on the railroad and its construction, 103 : McGrath's Battery opens on the rebel scouts, 104: officers stake out a star for a camp-fire, 105; Gen. Pope assumes command. 105; the grape-vine telegraph and its reports, 106: the reginient drilled as skirmishers to repel expected attack, 106; loading and firing muzzle-loaders when lying down, 106; a " Union" berry- woman exposed, 107; officers sent on courtmartial duty. 10 ;: ordered under arms, Ios; the breastwork on Camp Hill, It. G Company constructs gun platform in left bastion, In: tortini- cation badly planned, 112: how it was flanked at capture of Harper's Ferry, 113 (see also detailed account by Col. John Ward of the Twelfth, of the particulars of the attack and capture, appendix, page 655); Twenty-second instructed in artillery, I1 ;; position assigned companies behind breastwork, 117 : orders tor artillery drill, 117; regiments learn how to do everything with cannon but shoot them, HIS; blunder in polishing a brass Napo- leon gun, 119; the post reenforced, 120; new regiments utterly ignorant of drill, 120; instructed by non-members of Twenty- second, 120; discipline in Twenty-second compared with that of volunteers, 123.
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CHAPTER IX.
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ORDERED HOME
Ordered to return on August 24, 124; service of regiment tendered for ten days additional, 124; difficulty in securing its acceptance. 125 ; detachment sent to Winchester, 125; its narrow escape, 126; regiment returns and is hospitably treated at Philadelphia, 126; is received by friends at dock in New York, 126; Gov. Seymour's order of thanks, 127; Gen. Hallock's unjust attack on National Guard, 128; its answer by their officer., 129.
CHAPTER X.
GUARDING SPINOLA'S BRIGADE 130
What the brigade was, 130; on trials in its camp caused by sale of liquor, 130: Twenty-second ordered to guard brigade Sept. 14, 1862, 131 ; severity of guard duty, 131 ; matter exposed in the newspapers, 131 ; Gen. " Dick " Busteed reviews Twenty-second, 132; burlesque account of the review, 133.
CHAPTER XI.
A NEW COLONEL AND A REGIMENTAL ARMORY
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Col. Aspinwall elected colonel without opposition, 137; inspec- tions poorly attended, 137; K Company joins the Twenty-second, making ten companies, 139; State purchases and re-issues its Enfields to the regiment, 139; Palace Garden on Fourteenth Street leased by supervisors for a regimental armory, 140; regi- ment builds the administration building, 140; Board of Officers first meets in regimental armory May 5, 1863, 141; "Union Grays" abandoned, 14I.
CHAPTER XII.
ORDERED TO PENNSYLVANIA
Preparation for expected field service, 142; President and Sec- retary of War appeal to Governor of New York for troops, 142; correspondence between Gov. Seymour, Secretary of War, and Gov. Curtin, 143; New York sends 12,000 men immediately, 145; list of regiments sent by New York on this call, ; no other State has any National Guard, 146; further troops called for, 147.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE DEPARTURE FOR PENNSYLVANIA
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Regiment marches June 17, 1863, 148; the duty recognized as most serious, 148; enthusiastic reception in Philadelphia, 149: New York National Guard put under control of its division and brigade commanders, 149; organization of guard at this time, 149; incompetency of brigade and division generals, 150; how the First Division used to be handled on parade, 150; cause of
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placing these officers in command, 152; Gen. Wm. F. Ewen and his management of brigade, 153: officers who served in this campaign, 154; strength of the different companies, 156; on the train for Harrisburg, 156.
CHAPTER XIV.
HARRISBURG ·
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Camp Curtin, 158; the Pennsylvania "emergency men" un- organized and not friendly towards the New York troops, 159; Landis' Battery, 159; its officers and organization, 150; incidents of its first march, 160; impossibility of opposing disciplined troops with raw levies, 162; why was not Harrisburg attacked ? 163; Lee held in check by force displayed, 163; delays caused by want of discipline in new troops, 164; Gen. Couch reports to Secretary of War condition of affairs, 164; regiments ordered to Bridgeport, 165; regiments around Harrisburg, 166; Couch had only 250 men when Pennsylvania was invaded, 166; New York N. G. his only organized force, 166; many volunteers at work upon Pittsburg fortifications, but few at those of Harrisburg, 167.
CHAPTER XV.
IN CAMP ON THE SUSQUEHANNA
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The Twenty-second sent down the York road, 168; spends a rainy night in a barn, 168; establishes Camp Cox, 169; extor- tions practised in Harrisburg on soldiers, 169; reports in New York papers supposed · to be sensational and, in fact, accurate, 170; close approach of Confederate troops, 170; Gen. Couch to Secretary Stanton. 171; Gen. Couch to Gen. Hallock, 171; Gen. W. F. Smith to Gen. Couch, 171; Col. Reno reports 18, 000 Con- federates at Carlisle, 172; bridge across Susquehanna pre- pared to be burned, 172; roads blocked by swarms of fugitives, 172; Gen. Wm. F. (Baldy) Smith assumes command of all troops across the Susquehanna, 173; furlough members of Twenty- second return from New York to participate in expected battle, 173.
CHAPTER XVI.
FOKTIFYING BRIDGEPORT
Enemy reported close at hand, 174; troops required to be ready for an immediate attack, 174; spies fired on while escaping from camp, 174: enemy reported within four miles, 175; regiment digs rifle-pits, 175; builds a large one through the front yard of a "Copperhead" who did not think there were any rebels in the State, 175; fells a hickory grove, 175; detachment from New York joins the regiment. 176; regiment assembles for Sunday services, 177: interrupted by orders to march, 177; Gen. Couch to Secretary Stanton, that enemy is 19,000 strong and has opened with artillery four miles from his defences, 177: Couch's report of details .of advance. 177; York occupied by Gen. Early, 177: bridge at Columbia burned, 177; Confederates advance to within
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three miles of Harrisburg. 177: Company D Twenty-second ordered to relieve pickets and throw up rifle-pits on York road, 178 ; Twenty-sccond leaves its camp, 175; troops in fortifications in readiness for an attack, 179: buildings in front of forts demol- ished, 179; Lieut. Rand's, of Landis' Battery, account of the preparation in the forts, 179; Company G ordered to the front, Ico; other companies proceed to Bridgeport and barricade build- ings, engine-houses, etc., 18o; different barricades constructed, IS0; Twenty-second and Thirty-seventh make a night march to attack rebel advance, 181; work continued on June 19, 183: regimental headquarters under bridge across Susquehanna, IS3 ; left wing makes another night march, 185.
CHAPTER XVII.
HARRISBURG IN DANGER
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Poor condition of defences, 166; Fort Washington and its equipment, 186; mistakes in management of matters, 187; ner- vousness of officers, 187: Couch telegraphs Meade that enemy has 25,000 men between Baltimore and Harrisburg, and he has only 15,000 and 9,000 at Harrisburg, 188; Secretary Cameron to Presi- dent Lincoln, stating dangers of situation, 188; Secretary of War promises medal of honor to the New York troops that have volunteered, 189; promise never kept, 189; Confederates about to attack Harrisburg, 150; Gen. Lee's report, 190; Gen. Elwell reports he was starting to attack Harrisburg on January 29, 190; Gen. Rodes reports that he was ready to attack on 30th, but was ordered to retire, 190; Gen. Meade's circular that officers should address troops upon immense issues involved and authorizing commanders to direct death of any soldier who fails in his duty, 190; apparent want of system around Harrisburg, 191.
CHAPTER XVIII.
OYSTER POINT
Twenty second and Thirty-seventh ordered to march with nothing but canteens, 192; gross impropriety of this order, 192; object of march, 103 ; nothing being found, Gen. Smith returns, 193 ; alarm given and Gen. Ewen countermarches brigade, 193 : fired on when in column, top; Col. King orders skirmishers to hold wood, 104; details of the action, 104; section of Landis' Battery arrives at a gallop, 195; its accurate firing, 195; this fight marks the most northern pont of the Rebellion, 196; friend- ship established between Twenty-second and Landis' Battery, 197: loss of Confederates, 197; why they did not attack, 197 : regiment halted on its way to Bridgeport, 19 : its return sent back, 198: sleeps in road without rations or blankets, 195; Gen. Ewen held responsible by the troops, 199: Gen. Couch to Gen. Hallock that rebels were falling back, 199; Gen. Couch to Sec- retary Stanton that they were uniting. 199: Halle ck to Couch to make every possible effort to hold enemy in check on the Sus- quehanna until Meade can attack, 200.
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ADVANCE ON CARLISLE .
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Start at daylight on a breakfast of three crackers, 201; report that Carlisle was evacuated but rebel pickets close to it, 201; beauty of the country, 202; country people feed the passing troops, 202; Pennsylvania regiment attempts to pass column, 203; I Company sent forward, 204; forced march ordered, 204: no rests allowed, 204; the inefficient organization of the column, 205; Gen. Smith disgruntled and poorly supplied, 206; suffering of men from heat and fatigue, 207; want of ambulances, 207; men left where they dropped, 207; brigade arrives at Carlisle only 300 strong out of 1, 100, 208; poor management of the march, 208.
CHAPTER XX.
DEFENCE OF CARLISLE
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Stragglers join the regiment, 209; patriotic reception by citi- zens of Carlisle, 209; Twenty-second marches two miles south of town to meet expected advance of Confederates, 210; Carlisle attacked from the north, 21 ; spy tries to deceive Gen. Ewen, 213 ; Landis' Battery hurries to Carlisle, 214; Gen. Smith's arrival, 215 ; shells fired into town without notice, 215; Landis' Battery replies, 216; Twenty-second sneaks back, 219: cannon trained on it as it approaches town, 219: condition of affairs found in Carlisle, 220; attacking force commanded by Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, 220; letter to author from Col. T. S. Garnett (A. D. C. to Gen. Stuart) giving details of Confederate movements, 221 ; previous movements of Stuart, 221 : Garnett fired on by skirmishers at Carlisle, 222 ; send- ing in flag of truce, 222; firing on the town and burning of the barracks, 223; extracts from Stuart's official report, 223; Gen. Baldy Smith's official report, 226; his account of Sporting Hill (Oyster Point), 226; details of his holding Carlisle, 227; how Carlisle looked when Twenty-second entered it, 228; members of Landis' Battery wounded, 229; statement from R. W. Gilder, 229; streets blocked by barricades, 230; where the different companies of the regiment were posted, 230; position of the Thirty-seventh, 230; rebel officers carrying flags of truce not blindfolded, 231 ; fire afterwards concentrated in the Square, 231; detachment from Twelfth N. Y. N. G. aids in the defence, 233: scenes at the Court House, 234 : citizens of Carlisle volunteer as skirmishers, 235; Prot. Hillman's statement of their services, 235 ; scenes in house held by Company A of Twenty-second, 236 ; spy arrested by Lieut .- Col Cox, 237 ; attack expected from the woods, 237; position of artil- lery at the south part of the town, 238; over-estimate of the strength of the brigade deters the Confederates from attacking. 239; flag of truce again sent in and firing re-opened, 240; the noises of the night, 240; difficulty in keeping the tired men awake, 241 ; preparations in the morning to receive attack, 241 ; much less damage done to town than was expected, 242; the injured, 242; the damage to the town. 244; one woman attempts to arrest a company, 244; rest of the division within attacking distance, but does nothing, 245; Gen. Ewen's criticism on this omission, 245; they march towards Harrisburg on July 2, and
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do not reach Carlisle until July 3, 247: report of superintendent of railroads to Gen. Hallock, 247; Gen. Conch expected brig. ade would be captured, 246; his gloomy view of the situation. 248; Gen. Thomas's report to Secretary Stanton, 245; the brig- ade forms line of battle south of the town, and gets breakfast at 4 P. M., 249; marches in afternoon to a field near the burned barracks and camps in the rain, 250; some supplies arrive on July 3, 250; no change of clothing had for the next three weeks by any of the officers or men, 250; rubber blankets, over- coats and soap unobtainable. 251; ladies of Carlisle present a flag to the Twenty-second and Gen. Smith a silver urn, 251 ; scout- ing party towards Gettysburg witness cavalry skirmish, 251.
CHAPTER XXI.
MOVING TO INTERCEPT LEE'S ARMY .
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Gen. Smith orders division to march at daylight on July 4, 252; Twenty-second escapes being detained as a guard, 253; list of organizations composing Smith's Division, 253; why was Smith's Division kept idle twenty miles from the battlefield at Gettysburg from the ad to the 4th of July? 255; Meade cut off from communicating with Couch, but relies upon his holding the Susquehanna, 255; his report on his situation, 255; his telegrams to Couch, 256: Smith's report to Couch as to cause of delay, 2,6; Hallock advises Couch to push forward his troops, 256; Couch's telegrams to Gen. Smith, 256; Gen. Thomas to Stanton, 257; Secretary Stanton disgusted with the delay, 257; Gen. Smith reports the troops as waiting for provisions, 257; troops might have been pushed forward, 257.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES
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Division marches for Mt. Holly Pass on July 4, 258 ; delayed to receive for exchange 2,000 prisoners from First Corps Army Potomac, 250; they report Gen. MeClellan in command, 259; Meade unknown to the troops, soo: terrible thunder-storm floods everything, 260; fording Yellow Breeches Creek in a freshet, 261 ; night march in a tempest up a mountain road, 263 ; head of col- umn becomes stuck in the road and the rest of it lost, 265; encampment by the roadside. 265 ; privations of the troops, 266 ; the artillery horses exhausted, 250; on July 5 regiment marches to Laurel Forge, 269 ; a few four cakes obtained for breakfast, 270; march to Bendersville in the morning, where rations are obtained. 270 : Judge Henry E. Davies acts as a forager, 271 ; ignorance of troops as to the country, 272.
CHAPTER XXIII.
UNDER MEADE'S ORDERS .
Attempt to reach Gettysburg abandoned. 273: Gen. Meade's telegraph to Gen. Hallock, 273; Meade's chief of staff to Gen. Smith, that his reinforcement would be valuable, 273 : Smith sends staff officer to Meade. 271: Meade's order to Smith. He
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instructed Couch to cross and make a demonstration, always looking to his return to the Susquehanna, 274: that he seems nervous, 275; Secretary Cameron to President Lincoln. Couch will not move, as he believes his duty is to guard the Susque- hanna, 275: Smith reports that he proposed to put himself in Lee's rear, which would have been great service, 275 ; Smith tel- egraphs Gen. Couch, 275: Couch telegraphs Gen. Meade, 276; Smith sends Lieut. Rufus King to meet Meade, 276: his perilous ride around Lee's army, 276.
CHAPTER XXIV.
To NEWMAN'S GAP . . 278
Starved out at Bendersville, 278 : march to Newman's Gap, 278 ; preparations to resist the enemy, 278; Smith reports location of troops, 279 ; Couch reports Smith's position to Meade, 260; Meade's telegram to Gen. Couch, 230; order from Asst. Adjt .- Gen. Williams to Gen. Smith to proceed to Gettysburg to protect the wounded, 261; Gen. Smith to Gen. Couch stating his movements and asking for provisions, 231; Gen. Warren compli- ments Gen. Smith for- behavior at Harrisburg and Carlisle as being a great help, 2St; Smith away from all communication, 252 ; Gen. Couch to Adjt .- Gen. Williams, 2$2; member of the Fifty- sixth accidentally shot by one of the Twenty-third, 282; Gen. Smith reports he will immediately obey Gen. Williams's orders, 283; Gen. Meade authorizes Smith to continue pursuit and join the army at Middletown, 283; Gen. Smith to Gen. Couch that he is moving from Waynesboro and that many of his men are with- out shoes, 283: regiment obtains breakfast, 284; seeks to block the mountain passes, 284; what would have happened if it had met Lee's army half through one of them, 284 ; Gen. Sedgwick to Gen. Williams that rebel division was sent to check Smith, 254; Gen. Couch to Gen. Meade as to Smith's movements, 285 : Smith's summary of his march across the State, 285 ; the priva- tions sustained during it by the Twenty-second, 287: impos- sibility of spending any money, 267; expected attack on Lee at Newman's Gap, 258 ; fables of the march, 289.
CHAPTER XXV.
ALTODALE OR FUNKSTOWN . 290
July 7, regiment marches to Funkstown, 290; camps in a beautiful grove, 290; encounters Confederate prisoners, 290 ; heavy rain floods the camp during the night, 291; the scenes in the morning, 291; the shoes of many give out, 292.
CHAPTER XXVI.
JOINING THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
March to Waynesboro and Hagerstown, 293 ; division joins sec- ond division of Sixth Corps Army of the Potomac, 203 ; Waynes- boro cleaned out by the Confederates, 294; Gen. Meade's report of arrival of division, 294; Gen. Smith's report to Adjt .- Gen. Williams, 294; he suggests that the regiments of bis brigade be
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distributed among the Army of the Potomac, 295; Gen. Neil re- ports to Gen. Williams situation upon arrival of Smith, 295 ; Gen. Williams's instructions to Gen. Smith, 296: Gen. Smith re- ports to Gen. Couch that his men are much in need of shoes, 296; Gen.Smith reports to Gen. Williams that he found rebels strongly posted on right bank of Antietam, 297; commissary reports no rations; trains unable to move, from bad roads and broken bridges, 297; general order that an early engagement was certain and enjoining preparations, 297; arms rendered almost useless by wet weather, 293; strength of different organizations in the division on July 11, 1863, 295 ; gray uniforms objected to, 299.
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