. History of the First Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers, 1861-1865. Personal records and reminiscences. The story of the battery from its organization to the present time . ■M^n^UKm^^ianafZMsamaat Mwmas--^—r«BiMie««i DEEP BOTTOM, JULY AND AUGUST, 1864. (See page 525.)W/> Bot/om, August 6, 1864.^ CHAPTER XXX. FORT HE Battery left Deep Bottom on August 25th, being-relieved by the 17th New York Light Battery(Captain Clark). The Battery left the reservecamp at p. m. and marched to Point of Rocks,reaching that place at ; after resting half anhour the march was resumed and
. History of the First Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers, 1861-1865. Personal records and reminiscences. The story of the battery from its organization to the present time . ■M^n^UKm^^ianafZMsamaat Mwmas--^—r«BiMie««i DEEP BOTTOM, JULY AND AUGUST, 1864. (See page 525.)W/> Bot/om, August 6, 1864.^ CHAPTER XXX. FORT HE Battery left Deep Bottom on August 25th, being-relieved by the 17th New York Light Battery(Captain Clark). The Battery left the reservecamp at p. m. and marched to Point of Rocks,reaching that place at ; after resting half anhour the march was resumed and the Appomattoxcrossed. The order had been to proceed towardsPetersburg, but a staff ofificer met the Batteryand ordered it to return to Redoubt Converse on Spring Hill, the 29thConnecticut being ordered in support. An attack was expected at anyminute and the Battery was kept harnessed up. The expected attack did not take place; the reason was known later,,when the telegraphic code used by the Confederates had been captured andthe messages intercepted. They showed that a daring attempt had beenmade to explode a mine in front of Butlers line, and, during the confusion,an attack was to take place with the object of capturing the pontoon bridgeacross the Appomattox. For some unexplained reason the mine did notexplode and the
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