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CHAPTER XLIII.
The l' giment ordered to the front from Deep Bottom .- 1 visit trots G. S. Hazard, President of the Board of Trade, Eufalo .- Maj. Nash honorably discharged .- Return of Col.
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Dandy .- Two Hundred Recruits arrived .- The Fight on the Darbytown Road, October 27th .- The Troops retire behind their works for winter quarters .- The muster out of the "Old Men."-Their return to Buffalo, 313
CHAPTER XLIV.
Col. Plaisted issued an Address to the Third Brigade .- Col. Dandy in command of Brigade, Capt. Brunck of Regiment. -The "Old Men" of the Regiment mustered out .- Their Reception by the Board of Trade .- The Address of the President, G. S. Hazard .- The Promotions in the Regiment. -Arrival of Recruits .- Executions of Deserters .- Occupa- tion of Troops in winter quarters .- Gen. Butler relieved .-
Gen. Ord in command-Rebel Deserters, . 320
CHAPTER XLV.
Routine of Camp Duties before Richmond .- Promotions dur- ing the winter .- Grant's movement on the left .- Sheridan's Grand Cavalry Raid .- Brigade, Division and Corps Reviews, attended by President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, Grant and many Ladies .- The fine appearance of the Army at this date .- Moved March 27th for the south side of the James at Hateher's Run .- Advanced upon the Enemy's Works, ... 326
CHAPTER XLVI.
The steady advance upon the Enemy's Works .- The Rebels assault on the morning of April 1st .- They are successfully repulsed .- Regiment continues to intrench .- The advance April 2d, and Storming of Fort Grigg in the rear of Peters- burg-Promotions in the Regiment March 30th, 333
CHAPTER XLVII.
The assault of Fort Grigg in the rear of Petersburg .- The work assigned to the First Division, Twenty-fourth Army Corp-The bree of Maj. Dandy of the One Hundredth New York .- The Fort taken,'and garrison nearly all killed E'and wounded .- The pursuit of Gen. Lee .- AArrival at Burkes-
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ville .- Pass through Farmville, and reach the Rebel Army at Appomattox .- Fighting the last Battle .- Surrender of Lee's Army .- Its Parole .- News of the President's Assassi- nation .- Return march .- Entering Richmond, 339
CHAPTER XLVIII.
The One Hundredth joins the Brigade at Appomattox .- The frturn march to Richmond .- Our reception by the resident Trop4,-Encamped outside City .- Reception of Second, Fifth and Sixth Corps and Sherman's Army .- Incidents and rutine of Camp Life .- Inspections and reviews, 346
CHAPTER XLIX.
Gen. Foster in command of Division on leave .- Gen. Osborne in command .- Return Soldiers from Andersonville .- Leaves of absence and passes to the City .- Resignation of Capt. Stowits .- Letter of Gen. Dandy .- Appointment of Capt. Cook as Acting Assistant Adjutant General .- \ Corps Re- view and Gen. Gibbon's farewell order .- Arrival of the One Hundredth at Albany, and muster out .- Presentation of Battle Flags of the One Hundredth Regiment to the Buffalo , Historical Society, by Lieut. Col. Warren Granger, Jr., ..... 352
CHAPTER L.
Closing Words .- Reflections upon the War so successfully ended, and the brilliant and hopeful future of this Young Republic, 359
APPENDIX.
Biographical Sketches. In Memoriam :
Colonel James Malcolm Brown,. 363
Lieutenant Colonel Phineas Staunton, 366
Major James H. Dandy, 368
Captain Michael Bailey, 369
Captain William Richardson, 371
Captain Frank C. Brunck, 371
Lieutenant John W. Wilkeson, Jr., 373
Lieutenant Charles Severance Farnham, 376
Lieutenant Samuel S. Kellogg,
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Biographienl Sketches. In Memoriam : PAGE. Lieutenant Rodney B. Smith, Jr. 378 Adjutant Herbert H. Haddock, 379
Lieutenant Charles H. Runckle,
380
Lieutenant Azor Hilton Hoyt,
381
.Lieutenant Cyrus Brown,.
382
Lieutenant James H. French,.
382
Biographical Sketches of Surviving Officers :
Brigadier General Gustavus A. Scroggs, 383
Brevet Brigadier General Calvin N. Otis, 386
Major Daniel D. Nash, 387
Lieutenant Colonel Lewis S. Payne, 389 Brevet Colonel Warren Granger, Jr., 393
Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Walbridge. 394
Major George H. Stowits, 396
Lieutenant George G. Barnum, Jr. 398
Captain Oscar F. Richards, 399
Lieutenant Alfred Lythe, 400
George S. Hazard, .. 403
Buffalo Board of Trade,. 405
Erie County Savings Bank, 406
Commissioned Officers,
407
Muster In Roll, Field and Staff Officers, 410
Company " A,"
410
"B,"
411
"C,"
412
"D,"
413
" E,"
414
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"F,"
415
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"G,"
416
" H," 417
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"I," 418
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"K." 419
List of' Names Recruited by the Board of Trade, 421
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CHAPTER I.
ORDER OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT TO GEN. G. A. SCROGGS. - NUMBER OF MEN RECRUITED FOR THE "EAGLE BRIGADE."-STATEMENT OF ADJT. GEN. STONE- HOUSE. - NOMINATION OF GEN. SCROGGS FOR BRIGA- DIER-GENERAL. - ORIGIN OF THE ONE HUNDREDTII REGIMENT.
The struggle for National life was upon us. The people were aroused. The War Department, Au- rust 19th, 1861, issued to Gen. Gustavus A. Scroggs. of the city of Buffalo, N. Y., the following order :
WAR DEPARTMENT, August 19th, 1861. Gen. G. A. SchOGGs, Buffalo, N. Y .:
SIR: - You are hereby authorized to raise and organize a bri- Fule of four full regiments, to serve for three years or during the
T'! is acceptance is with the distinct understanding that this De- forint will revoke the commissions of all officers who may be ! i.d incompetent for the proper discharge of their duties.
You will promptly advise Adjt. Gen. Thomas, at Washington,
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the date at which your men will be ready for mustering, in accord- ance with General Orders relative thereto.
[L. s.]
I am, Sir, Very respectfully, Your obed't servant, THOMAS A. SCOTT, Asst. Secretary of War.
Gen. Seroggs received the order August 22d, and immediately entered upon the duties assigned him. Being authorized, he established a camp at Fort Por- ter, designating it Camp Morgan, overlooking Ni- agara river, the harbor of Buffalo and the adjacent shore of Canada ; and at once took the necessary steps for successfully recruiting, by establishing offices at different points in the city, county and surrounding country.
Barracks, a mess house, guard house and other buildings were constructed for the accommodation of' recruits assembled and assembling, sufficient to ac- commodate fifteen hundred men.
Recruiting continued at Buffalo, and at other places, under the authority of Gen. Seroggs, until the 16th day of August, 1862.
From the receipt of the order, August 22d. 1861. to the 16th day of August, 1862, Gen. Seroggs en- listed and caused to be enlisted and mustered into the service of the United States at Buffalo, two thousand and twenty-one men : and the aggregate of enlistments at other stations established under the order, was one thousand five hundred, making three thousand five hundred and twenty-one men; and the troops so
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enlisted were organized into companies and regiments, and entered the service of the United States.
The regiments, which were to constitute the " Eagle Brigade" were as follows: One in Buffalo, to be commanded by Col. James M. Brown; one in Sing Sing, by Col. John P. Jenkins; two in New York vity, by Col. Daniel Ullman and Col. George B. Buck- ingham, respectively.
J. B. Stonehouse, Assistant Adjutant General of the State of New York, in a communication to Bvt. Lieut. Col. R. J. Dodge, U. S. A., chief mustering officer at Albany, gives the number of companies, regiments and different arms of the service into which the men recruited by Gen. Seroggs were mustered. He fur- ther states the reason why the brigade did not take the field as such ; which was the urgent demand for troops, and the consolidation of all available recruits, that the army might have their services at once.
The Adjutant General says, that Gen. Scroggs was nominated by President Lincoln for Brigadier Gen- eral of Volunteers, in July, 1862, but was not con- firmed by the Senate. His name, with many others, was not acted upon, because the number nominated exceeded the number authorized by Congress.
The President personally assured Gen. Seroggs that his name should be sent to the Senate when a varmey occurred; but Gen. Scroggs in the mean- She was prostrated with typhoid fever, and was con- Ded to his room for over seven months, and hence unable to look after the matter.
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It is justly due Gen. Scroggs and the public that these historical facts of the "Eagle Brigade " should be recorded, that all may know the origin of the One Hundredth Regiment, and the starting point of its existence.
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CHAPTER II.
ORDERS FOR RECRUITING. - CAPT. D. D. NASH RAISED FIRST COMPANY. - GLOOMY PROSPECTS FOR RECRUITING. - LIABILITIES OF GEN. SCROGGS. - AID OF WILLIAM WIL- KESON, ESQ. - SCROGGS RELIEVED. - CAMP MORGAN ESTABLISHED. - NECESSARY BUILDING PROVIDED. - REGIMENT RAISED, AND NAMED THE ONE HUNDREDTII. -DONATIONS AND CAMP INCIDENTS. - ORDERS TO LEAVE EXPECTED.
The first order issued for raising a company for the One Hundredth Regiment was to Capt. Walter B. Moore, of LeRoy, Genesee county, and was dated September 2d, 1861.
On the 18th of September, 1861, Gen. Scroggs i -- ned orders to Capt. Daniel D. Nash, of Springville, Erie county, to Capt. John Nicholson, Capt. Charles F. Morse, Capt. Michael Bailey ; on the 21st to Capt. P. Edwin Dye; on the 24th to Capt. Charles H. Henshaw; on the 26th to Capt. George Hinson, all of Buffalo; on the 9th of October, to Capt. Lewis S. Payne, of Tonawanda; on the 19th of October, to Copt. Charles E. Rauert, of Buffalo. At this time the
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headquarters of Gen. Seroggs were at the "Old" Court House.
At this juncture of military affairs in the history of the organization of the One Hundredth Regiment, there was no pressing demand for troops. One hun- dred dollars United States bounty was all the induce- ment offered, and at that time it was ordered not to be paid till after the expiration of two years' service.
It was in the fall of the year, with a prospect of cold and uncomfortable quarters for the coming winter ; all of which seemed to add despondency to gloom, and was anything but cheering to officers engaged in recruiting.
The 25th of September heralded Capt. Daniel D. Nash, with a company from Springville, as the first offering toward the formation of the "Eagle Brigade."
Comfortable quarters were at once provided for the men at Fort Porter, now Camp Morgan, in honor of the Governor of the State of New York. Gen.
Scroggs assumed responsibility. Recruiting pro-
gressed with reasonable rapidity. No public meet- ings, fairs, shows nor benefits were held in aid of the regiment. It was recruited wholly by the enterprise of its officers and men.
Brevet Brig .- Gen. C. N. Otis loaned fourteen hun- dred dollars to officers for recruiting, which was promptly paid at the first payment of the regiment. The recruiting of the regiment was simply a work of dogged, stubborn resolution on the part of its officers, which filled its ranks and established its existence.
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Gen. Seroggs had incurred a heavy indebtedness in the ercetion of the necessary buildings at Camp Morgan, for which the United States Disbursing Offi- cer. Lieut. Cutting, refused to pay.
Then, William Wilkeson, Esq., came promptly to his aid. He went to Washington, had an interview with Adjt. Gen. Thomas, whom he describes " as a revere, abrupt and imperious man "; but ultimately procured an appropriation to pay off the debts con- tracted, and for building additional barracks, and more : got the mustering officer, Lieut. Cutting, re- moved, and Capt. Fleming appointed, who rendered all the needed assistance for the comfort and care of recruits.
Gen. Scroggs affirms that, William Wilkeson saved him, when on the verge of ruin, in consequence of debts contracted, by his Washington diplomacy, and that to him more than any other civilian the One Hundredth Regiment is indebted for aid in getting ready for the field. Without display, Mr. Wilkeson gave much time, labor and money toward providing men for the army, for which a consciousness of duty performed must be his reward.
October 12th. Surg. Martin S. Kittenger was appointed by Governor Morgan and ordered to report to Gen. Seroggs for duty. During the fall and winter, donations were made from individuals and from the public schools of the city, of socks, comfort- er-, mittens and many other needed articles, which the wldier found to be of valuable aid.
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Special donations were made to captains of particu- lar companies by intimate friends. Capt. Gardner of Co. "D," and Capt. P. Edwin Dye of Co. "H," were recipients of such favors.
November 1Sth. The regiment had assumed pro- portions, and was favorably noticed by the press of the city and county.
November 22d. The teachers of the public schools of the city presented to Capt. P. Edwin Dye, who as principal of public school No. 16 had entered the service, a sword, sash, belt, pistol and camp trunk. Sandford B. Hunt, superintendent of schools, Hon. Victor M. Rice, N. B. Barker and Samuel Slade, made appropriate and patriotic remarks, to which Capt. Dye responded with emotion and military enthusiasm. .
November 30th. Maj. C. N. Otis was presented with a horse by Messrs. E. W. Ensign, Charles En- sign, Thomas LeClear, C. J. Wells, D. S. Bennett and John Allen. Maj. Otis returned thanks in fitting terms.
During the winter patriotic meetings were held in the mess room at Camp Morgan, and were addressed by Chaplain Cook, O. F. Presbrey, Geo. II. Stowits and others.
December 21st. Rumors of small pox at camp were circulated, which were promptly rebuked and denied by Surg. Kittenger.
At this date, the regiment was a fixed fact. Com- pany and battalion drills were ordered, and recruiting
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continued. Friends came and went, though many indulged the vain hope that the regiment would not he needed, and that its members would see their homes, instead of the tented field.
.January 1st, 1862. Hundreds of men were clam- · rous for passes, and the indulgences of a happy new wear. Calls were made by the officers at the houses .i' friends in the city. Drills were suspended. A new year's dinner was given to the officers of the " Eagle Brigade," Gen. Scroggs presiding. Toasts, regular and irregular, were given with the usual re- ·Penses, by S. B. Hunt, Maj. Drew, William Wilkeson, Capt. Fleming, Maj. Otis, Joseph Warren and Lieut. Sturgeon, U. S. A. The best of feeling prevailed.
January 3d. Col. Brown and Gen. Seroggs con- ... lidated companies. Adjt. Chadwick presented Lieut. Col. Staunton with a camp set, as a "new war's gift." As was usual with men unaccustomed to military restraint, and the long detention in bar- racks, so near the excitements and amusements of a large city, many irregularities and indulgences wwurred. The influences of a chaplain were needed. The regiment, as yet, was unprovided.
January 6th. William D. Murray came to remain . assistant surgeon.
January 9th. Rumors that the brigade was soon to be sent into the field. Field officers were mustered Du service by Capt. Fleming, U. S. A.
January 14th. Col. Brown paraded the streets of the city with six hundred meu. 2*
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January 19th. The regiment received its name, as the One Hundredth N. Y. S. Volunteers. Gen. Scroggs selected the name, or number of the regiment, though not seventy regiments had then left for the seat of war. Officers at that date were allowed to choose a number for their regiment, and hence men familiar with our military history rank the regiment as raised in 1862, as then they were named in regular order. The remainder of the month was occupied in daily drills, and the usual camp routine. Maj. Robie finished the payment of the troops.
February 5th. Col. Quimby examined officers in tactics.
February 10th. "General Orders " were received for the regiment to be ready to move within twenty- four hours' notice.
February 13th. Orders to leave countermanded. Capt. Bailey and Lient. Lynch presented with sword, sash and belt.
February 17th. Gen. Scroggs gave dinner to all officers of the regiment.
February 22d. The regiment took part in the celebration of Washington's Birthday, and was favored with the post of honor on the right.
March 1st. Surg. M. S. Kittenger expressed his obligations to the ladies of Lockport for hospital stores. The regiment was in daily expectation of orders to move, which were near at hand.
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CHAPTER III.
MARCHING ORDERS. - BROKE CAMP. - LEFT FOR ALBANY. - ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE FOR NEW YORK. - PASS- ED 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.
The order for movement came. Life at Camp Mor- gan was at an end. Fears of not entering the field were dispelled. Camp was broken at 7 A. M. Regi- inent left the city of Buffalo at 10 A. M. The ex- "hanged adieus of friends had been given, and the One Hundredth Regiment was nearing its theatre of suffer- ings. Albany was reached at 6 A. M. the following lay. Regiment crossed the ice on foot. Arrived in New York city at 5 P. M. The men were quartered at Park Barracks, and were provided with cooked ra- tions. The officers stopped at hotels in the vicinity. Sunday morning, March 9th. AArms of the Enfield Tostern, with accontrements. were issued to the men, as well as camp equipage. Orders to leave at + P. M.
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Men in readiness and lay on arms all night. Moved at 9 A. M. Monday morning to Jersey Ferry, crossed, took ears for Philadelphia, arriving at Camden, oppo- site, at 8& P. M. Crossed, and, as it by instinct, took the line to the " refreshment saloon," one of the proud enterprises of the Quaker city, where it is said every regiment passing through the city had been fed during the war. We know that every soldier there enter- tained passed from those loaded tables with a heart overflowing with gratitude to the loyal hearts of that loyal city.
In the quiet of evening the regiment marched through the streets of Philadelphia, and at 11 P. M. started on train for Baltimore, arriving at Washington March 12th, Wednesday, 6 P. M. Passed the night in the Soldiers' Rest near the railroad depot. Formed regiment on railroad track at 9 A. M. Thursday, March 13th, and marched through Pennsylvania avenue, to Fourteenth street and Meridian Hill, where tents were pitched, and the regiment began its first lessons in camp life.
As a matter and faet of history, the One Hundredth was the only regiment that left the city of Buffalo per- feetly organized and complete. It was full, its officers were appointed and commissioned, and wherever it appeared en route for its eamp at Washington, it was eminently acknowledged to be a most superior regi- tient, especially in the city of Washington.
As soldiers march and fight on their stomachs, Maj. Otis, who had great care for the men, set about get-
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ting rations, that grumbling might be quieted, which wymed ever to be the right of a soldier. They were obtained. The soldier's duty was upon him. Gun wcontrements, knapsack, tent, cooking, clothing, com- jany and battalion drills, all in regular succession, demanded the attention of the men, if proficiency à a regiment, in most of these essentials, was to be .Mained.
During these March days, rain, wind and disagree- able weather seemed to be the rule, which made the tamp muddy and unpleasant.
March 18th. The regiment was assigned as the fifth Battalion, First Brigade, Casey's Division. Col. W. W. IT. Davis of the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania, the senior colonel, was in command, an officer of experience in the Mexican war, a gentleman ofculture, and universally esteemed by the officers and :- 1. The fortunes of the One Hundredth and One Hundred and Fourth were long linked together amid the vicissitudes of the camp and field.
Col. James M. Brown, in command of the One Hun- dredth, was personally unknown to the writer. Hay- ing had knowledge of a soldier's life and duty in Mex- 1 ... he certainly knew what should be expected of a -bier and of his fellow officers. He is said to have twen severe in his discipline, though in charity it can to. said that it was in accordance with his conceptions of military and military service. His tragical end at Fair Oaks, with his brave and superhuman exertions on that fatal field go far toward establishing his repu-
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tation as a soldier, and one fit for the trust committed to his charge.
Tuesday, March 19th. Orders were received to march with three days' cooked rations in haversacks. Marching orders countermanded; canse, a want of transportation. Ten days more were given to drilling and further perfecting the men and officers in their needs for active service.
March 21st. A grand review of Gen. Casey's Di- vision of over twelve thousand men. The One Hun- dredth Regiment had the left of the First Brigade. The Division elicited commendation for its soldierly appearance. Squad, company and brigade drills continued daily. Guard duty, roll calls, and the ne- cessary company and regimental reports, were strictly attended to.
Friday, March 28th. The President and Cabinet visited the various camps, creating much enthusiasm. On one occasion the carriage of the President halted at the eamp of the One Hundredth during that beau- tiful sight in military discipline, a dress parade, while he and his wife expressed themselves much pleased with the bearing and faultless appearance of the regi- ment. Uniforms and rations were distributed to the men, and marching orders were received as the regi- ment were returning from brigade drill.
Saturday, March 29th. Orders to move at 2 P. M. This created great excitement among the troops, and in a moment all was hurry and bustle to get ready. Dinner was swallowed in a twinkling, and the small
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quantity of surplus baggage still on hand quickly dis- pred of. The regiments, in full uniform, were in line wwon after two, but the wagons did not arrive until nearly four. At this hour the bugle signal from head- quarters sounded, and the division took up its line of march down Fourteenth street. As the troops marched down this broad avenue to the sounds of martial mu- je from numerous bands, and the rays of the declin- ing sun reflected back from the glittering bayonets and polished equipments of twelve thousand men, the spectacle was unusually fine. The men had put on :wir best uniforms to march through the city, and appeared clean and neat in every particular. A large crowd had assembled at Willard's and along the street to witness the departure. We crossed Long Bridge, -topped upon Virginia soil, and took the road to Alex- andria. The night was dark and chilly. The men weighed down with their loaded knapsacks, well filled haversacks and equipments, and unused to marching, Non became wearied and began to straggle, which in- creased as we advanced. We reached the suburbs of Alexandria at ten o'clock, and bivouacked in an open full on the road side. The men lay down wrapped in their blankets, but the cold wind drove sleep away Irvin almost all eyes. No wood, could not cook pro- si-ions, snow and rain, and camp afloat, one expanse of shish, mud and water. The storm continued for two days. Orders came to go on board transport. Ile brigade to embark the next morning, March 31st. on steamer Constitution, for Fortress Monroe. In
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line at four, and marched into town about day-light. The vessel not ready, and the men had to stand sev- eral hours in a drenching rain with the mud shoe-top deep. Five regiments were put aboard. Lieut. Wal- bridge of Co. "H," was detailed as acting quarter- master, and, as the sequal shows, a judicious appoint- ment. The vessel was aground and could not move. The rain fell in torrents through the night. Those on the upper decks were soaked with water. Started at six o'clock. Got aground near Aquia Creek. Lay till S A. M. next day.
Arrived at Fortress Monroe at 2 P. M., April 1st. The Constitution was the largest vessel in the world, next to the Great Eastern. When aground she lay fast embedded in the mud, broadside to shore, with thirty-five hundred men on board. Two regiments were temporarily transferred to another steamer, and water started in three boilers. A tug pulled her from the bar. The regiments returned, and that evening the Constitution was anchored between the Rip Raps and Fortress Monroe. Near lay the little Monitor, which had just achieved a success over the iron clad Merrimac, and was an object of great interest.
She looked not unlike what the rebels called her, " A cheese box on a raft." The regiments were trans- ferred to other steamers and taken to Newport News.
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