. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . llowed, aquick pace was taken through Catletts to Kettle Run, within a mileof Bristow Station. It was after dark, but only a brief halt wasallowed for supper. Colonel Morrow informed the men that it was necessary to goforward still further that night, as it was a question of speed whetherthey or the enemy would first reach the Centerville Heights. Allday the weather was hot and roads dusty, many falling out of theranks exhausted and sinking to the ground. For three miles beforethe h
. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . llowed, aquick pace was taken through Catletts to Kettle Run, within a mileof Bristow Station. It was after dark, but only a brief halt wasallowed for supper. Colonel Morrow informed the men that it was necessary to goforward still further that night, as it was a question of speed whetherthey or the enemy would first reach the Centerville Heights. Allday the weather was hot and roads dusty, many falling out of theranks exhausted and sinking to the ground. For three miles beforethe halt for supper at Kettle Run, the men became frantic for water,as there was none save now and then in some mudhole or slimy frogmarsh. Crossing Kettle Run after an hours halt, by stepping from stoneto stone in the darkness, and later in the night Broad Run also, in theglare of torches and bonfires on the bank, by an improvised bridge ofrails, they marched all night and reached Manassas Junction just beforesunrise on Monday morning, June 15. The night march was tedious, HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH /Jii^ofi 7M/v»-£i/6s,>SS. THE MARCH FOR GETTYSBURG. FROM CHANCELLORSVILLE TO GETTYSBURG. I49 though but for the need of sleep not so exhausting as in the heat ofday. The halt for breakfast was made on the very spot beside theManassas railroad track where the rest of the Iron Brigade made theirmorning meal after retreating from the bloody field of Gainesville,August 29, 1862. They had remained on the field till midnight tobury their dead, but ere the task was done had to retire, and atsunrise halted on this spot. After a rest of four hours, the Iron Brigade passed on over theplains of Manassas, by the fortificatins and Beauregards earthworks command the wide plain sloping towards theheavy timber that fills the Bull Run valley. Dark and gloomy seemtheir depths and over tree tops can be seen the Heights of Centerville,six miles beyond, which form the o
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