History of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, prepared from official records, diaries, and other authentic sources of information . — H3 — 19th, Ewells Corps came out of its works, and made an attackwhich was repulsed. This delayed our movement till the 21stof May. Early in the morning of that day the entire army began tomove. The 6th Corps brought up the rear, and guarded thewagon train. The 9th Corps passed it before crossing the PoRiver. In the afternoon of the 21st, Hills Corps in force, at-tacked the rear of the 6th Corps, but was repulsed by RussellsDivision, including
History of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, prepared from official records, diaries, and other authentic sources of information . — H3 — 19th, Ewells Corps came out of its works, and made an attackwhich was repulsed. This delayed our movement till the 21stof May. Early in the morning of that day the entire army began tomove. The 6th Corps brought up the rear, and guarded thewagon train. The 9th Corps passed it before crossing the PoRiver. In the afternoon of the 21st, Hills Corps in force, at-tacked the rear of the 6th Corps, but was repulsed by RussellsDivision, including the 1st Brigade of Ricketts Division. Inthis affair Eli Farrar and Daniel March, of Company H, weretaken prisoners. The march now continued, the balance of the day and all At noon on the 22d the 6th Corps halted four hours at GuineaStation on the Fredericksburg and Richmond Railroad, a dis-tance of 12 miles from the place of starting. At 4 p. m. theCorps took up the line of march, went five miles farther on, andbivouacked for the night on a large plantation. At 7 a. m. themarch was begun over the turnpike leading to Hanover CourtHouse. The day was very hot. After a movement of ten milesthe corps halted, and went into bivouac about two miles fromthe North Anna. The Army of the Potomac on this movement southward pass-ed through a fair and fertile region under the highest state ofcultivation. Broad fields of large plantations rolled off in all — H4 — directions. The homes were mansions, pillared and porticoedyafter the fashion of that day among the aristocratic folk ofold Virginia. The occupants in ante-bellum days, dispensed alavish hospitality. Some had twenty, others as many as fifty,and a few of the rich planters owned as many as five hundredslaves
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