. A history of the Forty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . Clellan and President Lincoln ira field of about 200 acres near Baileys Cross Roads. It was the larg-est number of troops ever reviewed at one time. There was a perfeclsea of heads as far as the eye could reach. From 9 oclock a. m. til1 p. m. every road leading to the review ground was crowded as faias you could see. At 1 oclock the President and General made theiiappearance on the ground. They were greeted with cheers from themen as they passed, and our band struck up Hai
. A history of the Forty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . Clellan and President Lincoln ira field of about 200 acres near Baileys Cross Roads. It was the larg-est number of troops ever reviewed at one time. There was a perfeclsea of heads as far as the eye could reach. From 9 oclock a. m. til1 p. m. every road leading to the review ground was crowded as faias you could see. At 1 oclock the President and General made theiiappearance on the ground. They were greeted with cheers from themen as they passed, and our band struck up Hail to the Chief. Asalute from the batteries was also fired as they came upon the ground Last Sunday General McClellan came to see us parade, and wherwe were done he told our Colonel that our regiment was the besldrilled and finest looking regiment he had ever reviewed. That wassomething big for the Commander-in-Chief of the army to say, wherthere are so many fine regiments in the field. Last Tuesday night, a messenger came into camp post-haste, witlthe report that our pickets had been attacked by the rebels and driver. CAPTAIN EUGENE ARUS NASH. The subject of this sketch was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y.,in 1837. His family has furnished soldiers in all of our nationalwars. His brothers, Clinton D., Silas C„ and E. Hart were faithfulsoldiers in the Civil War. The subject of this sketch served as Privateof Co. A, Sergeant and 2d Lieutenant of Co. H and Captain of He was wounded in the battles of Second Bull Run and BethesdaChurch and was in all the battles in which his regiment was engageduntil wounded the second time. He was Acting Adjutant of the regi-ment from May, 1862 until the following October and Assistant In-spector-General of the Third Brigade from January, T803. until Febru-ary, 1864. He saved the flag fronv capture at the battle of Laurel Hill,when all the color-guard had been killed or disabled and commandedthe regiment during the next ten clays. He was co
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