Reveille at three
P.M.; started at half-past four; marched through Burkittsville, and went into
camp at half-past nine A.M. Seven miles.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 278
Reveille at three;
started at half-past five; marched through Burlington, Va., and went into camp
at half-past ten.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 278
Reveille at four;
started at six A.M.; marched through Princeton, and went into camp at nine
o'clock.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 278
Reveille at two;
started at four A.M.; went into camp at half-past ten. Twelve miles.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 278
Reveille at four
A.M. Left Rectortown at half-past six, and marched through Markham. Went into
camp at Manassas Gap at three P.M. Thirteen miles.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 278-9
Reveille at
half-past three; started from the Gap at five A.M., and went into camp at three
P.M. Weather hot. Fifteen miles.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 279
Reveille at three,
and started at half-past six. Marched to within three miles of Warrenton, and
went into camp at three P.M. Marched ten miles.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 279
Reveille at three;
started at half-past five; marched through Warrenton, and went into camp two
miles from the town.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 279
Reveille at two
A.M.; started at half-past four; marched about a quarter of a mile, and went
into battery. Started again at eleven; marched five miles, and went into camp.
Raining all day.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 277
Reveille at two
A.M.; started at four; marched by Emmettsburg and through Utica, Md., and went
into camp at five P.M. Roads very muddy. Twenty-seven miles.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 277
Reveille at four
A.M.; started at half-past six; marched to Middletown, and went into camp at
six P.M. Saw a squad of rebels. Fourteen miles.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 277
Reveille at three
A.M.; started from Middletown at half-past five; marched over South Mountain,
and went into camp at the foot of it. Seven miles.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 277
Reveille at three
A.M.; started at half-past six; marched by Boonsborough to Antietam Bridge,
where we went into position at one P.M. Eight miles.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 278
Reveille at three
A.M.; started at half-past six; formed a new line about a mile from where we
left, and advanced again at four P.M., and stopped there all night.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 278
Reveille at three
A.M.; started at four; marched through Kediesville and over South Mountain, and
went into camp at eight P.M. It rained in the afternoon, and a lot of horses
gave out. It was the hardest march in the campaign. Twenty miles.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 278
It was rumored this
morning that we march tomorrow at 5 a. m. Little attention was paid to this,
however, and the men were enjoying themselves as usual, gathered in groups
around their camp fires, which the cool mountain breezes rendered grateful, singing
songs, spinning yarns or writing letters to loved ones at home. About 9 o'clock
the official order came: "Reveille at 3; march at 5." Rations were to
be drawn, which occupied us until nearly midnight, and left little time for
sleep. Again was there a change of program, and we were notified that reveille
would sound at the usual hour. At last we retired to rest, thinking to get two
or three hours of quiet sleep. Alas, the "glorious uncertainties of
war," I had hardly closed my eyes in sleep or so it seemed to me ere our
Orderly Sergeant came around to every tent "Fall out, boys; pack up; we
are off immediately." We have soldiered too long to stop and ask
questions, be our curiosity ever so great, so out we fell, packed our traps in
silence, and awaited orders.
We had not long to
wait. Colonel Luce soon came around to each company and said, in his mild,
quiet way, "Put on your things, men, and fall in on the color line without
further orders."
In less than fifteen
minutes from the time we were first aroused our brigade was in motion, filing
down the ravine silently as a band of Indians upon the warpath. We marched
directly to the ferry, south of the city, crossed over, and a little after
daylight formed in line about two miles from the landing.
The road from the
city followed a ravine running south about a mile, then turned abruptly to the
right, winding around the hills in a southwesterly direction. At or in rear of
this angle a cannon was placed in position to sweep the road for about half a
mile. This piece was supported by the Twentieth Michigan. In advance half a
mile, and on the left of the road, the Second Michigan was concealed in a
cornfield, while on the right, and a little in advance of them, another
gun was masked and supported by the Seventeenth. Still further on, and to the
left, were two more pieces of artillery, supported by the One Hundredth
Pennsylvania. Not a sign of these movements could be seen from the road. Here,
then, is a most ingeniously contrived trap. Where is the game? And what?
SOURCE: David Lane, A Soldier's Diary: The Story of
a Volunteer, 1862-1865, pp. 97-9
Reveille at four
o'clock; started on our march after a "hearty cup of coffee." Struck
inland and marched around Lake St. Joseph, through one of the most beautiful
countries I ever saw; the plantations large and residences elegant; one in
particular, Judge Bowie's, was one of the most elegant places in the South; the
flower garden eclipsed anything of the kind I ever saw. Most of the men had
bouquets stuck in their muskets. My horse had his head decorated with them.
This elegant place was in ruins by the time we got there. The house had been
burned, as were most of the residences around the lake, and all the cotton
gins. Most of the owners had fled and left their houses to the care of the
servants. I must say that the officers did what they could to prevent it, and
General Ransom halted the brigade and said he would have any of his command
severely punished if caught in the act of setting fire to any building, yet
while he was talking, flames burst forth from half a dozen houses. Marched
eighteen miles.
SOURCE: Joseph
Stockton, War Diary (1862-5) of Brevet Brigadier General Joseph
Stockton, pp. 13-4
Revillie early, at 8. A. M. went on board the Ben Stickney, 50th on board Peytonia, both large boats were fired on above Helena. Peytonia had 4 men Killed 4 wounded. Stickny one wonded Genl Lu. Wallace & Luit on board the Ben Stickny. At 8:20 leave for below Meet the A with an Ill cav Regt on board meet several boats not loaded with soldiers. Officers on a gay. No enlisted men allowed in cabin this evening. going to dance. 2 recruits recd 13th assigned to co G. fills our co to the minmium. finest kind of weather
SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, Vol. XIII, No. 8, Third Series, Des Moines, April 1923, p. 574
Reveille sounded at
half-past two A.M. Started from Hartwood Church at nine o'clock, and marched to
Weaverville. Went into camp at seven P.M., after a march of twenty-three miles.
The day was very pleasant, and the roads good.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 275
Reveille sounded at
two A.M. Left camp at five o'clock, and marched to Manassas Junction, where we
went into position on the left of the railroad, at three р.м. Marched nineteen
miles.
SOURCE: John Lord
Parker, Henry Wilson's Regiment: History of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry, the Second Company Sharpshooters and the Third Light
Battery, in the War of the Rebellion, p. 275
