. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . ELIAS ,Co. 1. 298 HISTORY OF THE TVVENTV-THIRD REGIMENT. Keyes. Couchs Division, to which we were attached, belonged toKeyes Corps. Our advance up the Peninsula was slow and tedious,although no enemy was seen until we reached Yorktown. Pending thesiege of that place we were occupied in watching Warwick River. The battle of Williamsburg followedthe evacuation of Yorktown, andour Brigade, after marching all daythrough a drizzling rain and mudankle-deep, reac
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . ELIAS ,Co. 1. 298 HISTORY OF THE TVVENTV-THIRD REGIMENT. Keyes. Couchs Division, to which we were attached, belonged toKeyes Corps. Our advance up the Peninsula was slow and tedious,although no enemy was seen until we reached Yorktown. Pending thesiege of that place we were occupied in watching Warwick River. The battle of Williamsburg followedthe evacuation of Yorktown, andour Brigade, after marching all daythrough a drizzling rain and mudankle-deep, reached the battle-field in time to support some ofHookers troops in making theirfinal charge. Before we had advanced farenough from Fortress Monroe tosee the enemy. General Grahamwas relieved from duty and Gen-/(•ral Wessels, also of the regulararmy, put in command of theBrigade. General Wessels was ina short time succeeded by an-other regular ollficer, GeneralAbercrombie, who was with usat Fair Oaks, and retained the command until after the second battleof Bull Run, fought by General Pope. We crossed the Chickahominy at Bottoms Bridge about the 25thof May, and advanced within five miles of
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