. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . was vanquished by Meade and was falling back onRichmond. Therefore, the nth of May was spent in strength-ening the earthworks at Bermuda Hundred. On the 12th ofMay the movement toward Richmond was begun in earnest,and on the thirteenth the position in front of Fort Darling wasgained. On the morning of the fourteenth it was proposedto assault the works at Drewrys Bluff, but finally it wasconcluded to strengthen the Federal line by ordering up re-serves, and so the ne
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . was vanquished by Meade and was falling back onRichmond. Therefore, the nth of May was spent in strength-ening the earthworks at Bermuda Hundred. On the 12th ofMay the movement toward Richmond was begun in earnest,and on the thirteenth the position in front of Fort Darling wasgained. On the morning of the fourteenth it was proposedto assault the works at Drewrys Bluff, but finally it wasconcluded to strengthen the Federal line by ordering up re-serves, and so the next two days were wasted. It was Butlersintention to offer battle the next morning after our enemy seemed to have retired into three square redoubtscommanding the roads, and these, with the field works con-necting them, were the outer fortifications of Fort line ran in a south-westerly course some three milesfrom the river, covering the approaches to Richmond fromthat quarter. What has occurred meanwhile within the rebel lines duringthese nine days of indecisive operations by the Army of theJames ?.
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