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and camp, distance 13 miles. May 8th, John Gibbon, Capt. of Battery B, Fourth United States Artillery, having been appointed brigadier-general of volun¬ teers, is assigned to command our brigade and Col. Cutler returned to his regiment, the Sixth. May 10th, move down the river and camp on the bank im¬ mediately in front of Fredericksburg. May 11th, Maj. DufPera, upon a reconnaisance with a squadron of cavalry of the Harris Light, makes a dash upon the enemy's pickets on the plains at the mouth of the Massapanox Eun, captures a Confeder¬ ate officer and several men, succeeds in getting up quite an excitement in camp, from which action is visible by the troops, being on dress parade, the dashing major being placed under arrest for dis¬ obedience of orders for bringing on a skirmish, though it was evidently successful without much loss. While in this camp Cos. D and F of the Second are detached with the construction corps to assist in re¬ pairing bridges, the enemy making us plenty of work. They engage us in good honest labor. May S3d our division is reviewed by President Lincoln, being high¬ ly complimented for its splendid appearance and bear¬ ing on this auspicious occasion. May 26, cross the Rappahannock and pass out through the city on the Bowling Green road to Guinies Station and camp on grounds occupied and called Camp Alexandria by the enemy only a few days before, distance 8 miles. We suppose the object of this move was to form a junc¬ tion with the army on the Peninsular, a portion of which at this time occupied Hanover Junction, 26 miles distance. May 29th break camp, march back
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Object Description
| Title | Echoes from the marches of the famous Iron Brigade : unwritten stories of that famous organization |
| Source Title | Cullen B. Aubery's Echoes from the marches of the famous Iron Brigade |
| People | Aubery, Cullen B. |
| Author/Creator | Aubery, Cullen B.; |
| Description | The stories in this pamphlet were compiled in 1900 by Cullen Bryant Aubery, who had been a newsboy during the Civil War. Aubery rode out between pauses in the action at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, to sell newspapers about the first day of the battle to soldiers. He was attached to the Iron Brigade and was later captured and confined in Libby Prison. This unit history of the Iron Brigade gives a chronological summary of the Brigade's actions, as well as many humorous accounts of camp celebrations, camaraderie among soldiers, and tales of bravery. |
| Subcollection | Regimental Histories |
| Source | 56- 2658 |
| Source Type | regimental history; pamphlet |
| Place of Publication | Milwaukee, Wis. |
| Source Creation Date | 1902 |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWUH003000 |
Description
| Title | 20 |
| Source Title | Cullen B. Aubery's Echoes from the marches of the famous Iron Brigade |
| Regiment | 2nd Infantry; |
| Event Date | 1862-05 |
| Year | 1862 |
| Month | May; |
| State | VA; |
| People | Gibbon, John, Gen.; Duffera, Maj.; |
| Topic | skirmishes; review; |
| Source Type | regimental history; pamphlet |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | and camp, distance 13 miles. May 8th, John Gibbon, Capt. of Battery B, Fourth United States Artillery, having been appointed brigadier-general of volun¬ teers, is assigned to command our brigade and Col. Cutler returned to his regiment, the Sixth. May 10th, move down the river and camp on the bank im¬ mediately in front of Fredericksburg. May 11th, Maj. DufPera, upon a reconnaisance with a squadron of cavalry of the Harris Light, makes a dash upon the enemy's pickets on the plains at the mouth of the Massapanox Eun, captures a Confeder¬ ate officer and several men, succeeds in getting up quite an excitement in camp, from which action is visible by the troops, being on dress parade, the dashing major being placed under arrest for dis¬ obedience of orders for bringing on a skirmish, though it was evidently successful without much loss. While in this camp Cos. D and F of the Second are detached with the construction corps to assist in re¬ pairing bridges, the enemy making us plenty of work. They engage us in good honest labor. May S3d our division is reviewed by President Lincoln, being high¬ ly complimented for its splendid appearance and bear¬ ing on this auspicious occasion. May 26, cross the Rappahannock and pass out through the city on the Bowling Green road to Guinies Station and camp on grounds occupied and called Camp Alexandria by the enemy only a few days before, distance 8 miles. We suppose the object of this move was to form a junc¬ tion with the army on the Peninsular, a portion of which at this time occupied Hanover Junction, 26 miles distance. May 29th break camp, march back 20 |
| Digital Identifier | CWUH003018 |