Difference between revisions of ".NDY.NjQ4"
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
24th Joseph Winslow's father came to see him and stayed all night. | 24th Joseph Winslow's father came to see him and stayed all night. | ||
25th A fair but cold day. ---------- began very early in the morning in front of Petersburg and continued until daylight. The rebs made an assault on the 9th Corps breaking that line and forcing our men back to the railroad and turning our own artillery upon our own men. The brigade call sounded the assembly and then at once to forward. We leaped from our heels and fell in to line and marched out, without any breakfast, and up to brigade headquarters and from there down the road below corps head-quarters and lay down for awhile, when the firing ceased with the 6th and 9th corps. Here we took the privilege to cook coffee. | 25th A fair but cold day. ---------- began very early in the morning in front of Petersburg and continued until daylight. The rebs made an assault on the 9th Corps breaking that line and forcing our men back to the railroad and turning our own artillery upon our own men. The brigade call sounded the assembly and then at once to forward. We leaped from our heels and fell in to line and marched out, without any breakfast, and up to brigade headquarters and from there down the road below corps head-quarters and lay down for awhile, when the firing ceased with the 6th and 9th corps. Here we took the privilege to cook coffee. | ||
| + | |||
| + | (Note along side of page:) | ||
| + | Private S. F. Esterbrooks died Mar 24th of typhoid fever at emery general hospital Washington D.C. | ||
Revision as of 16:36, 8 March 2017
�128 Rebels break our lines
March 21st 1865 It storms and the wind blows hard. Newel Smith stayed with me over night. 22nd Albert Roberts came from the hospital to the regiment. 23rd No news of importance. 24th Joseph Winslow's father came to see him and stayed all night. 25th A fair but cold day. ---------- began very early in the morning in front of Petersburg and continued until daylight. The rebs made an assault on the 9th Corps breaking that line and forcing our men back to the railroad and turning our own artillery upon our own men. The brigade call sounded the assembly and then at once to forward. We leaped from our heels and fell in to line and marched out, without any breakfast, and up to brigade headquarters and from there down the road below corps head-quarters and lay down for awhile, when the firing ceased with the 6th and 9th corps. Here we took the privilege to cook coffee.
(Note along side of page:) Private S. F. Esterbrooks died Mar 24th of typhoid fever at emery general hospital Washington D.C.