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− | � | + | � 70 Evacuation of Fredricksburg 1864 [same dark pencil as the rest of the page] |
+ | May 28th This town was evacuated in the forenoon. The sick and wounded was taken onboard of transports, and the able bodied men marched to Port Royal, having a hard days march and ariving at dark. No signs of the enemy as we expected. | ||
+ | 29th A fair day. Each corps men wer formed into a squad by themselves. Seargt Stoner and a few others wer detaled to go to the wharf and unload transports. Albert Roberts and I was detaled with many others to guard teams acrost the country to the armey. | ||
+ | 30th A fair day. We started with the train at five oclock A.M. A hard march. We camped at Newtown and I went on picket with 23 men which I had command of on the march. Three negro-es came into our line in the night to asertain if they would be alowed to run away with us, and returned for thair folks but did not get in in time to leav with us in the morning |
Revision as of 17:59, 30 March 2017
� 70 Evacuation of Fredricksburg 1864 [same dark pencil as the rest of the page] May 28th This town was evacuated in the forenoon. The sick and wounded was taken onboard of transports, and the able bodied men marched to Port Royal, having a hard days march and ariving at dark. No signs of the enemy as we expected. 29th A fair day. Each corps men wer formed into a squad by themselves. Seargt Stoner and a few others wer detaled to go to the wharf and unload transports. Albert Roberts and I was detaled with many others to guard teams acrost the country to the armey. 30th A fair day. We started with the train at five oclock A.M. A hard march. We camped at Newtown and I went on picket with 23 men which I had command of on the march. Three negro-es came into our line in the night to asertain if they would be alowed to run away with us, and returned for thair folks but did not get in in time to leav with us in the morning