Memories of the 149th RegtNYVolInft., 3d Brig., 2 Div., 12th and 20th AC . )ortion of the regiment,with the Ooth and lo^d N. V., sui)[ a l)attery on the leftr Huse. The wounded that were ahle to help themselves were sentadt«e nnahle to walkwere sent in and>uhinces uver tlie river in the sanu- the way thcv were met l»v (tch. .Slocum, who i;-ave them a. GEX. JOHN W. (,KARY. Tvind wonl. althoimh l)usy attendinj; to the wants of com-mand and providiiiLT tor its future disposition. The country from Chancellorsville to the Ford is uneven^nd the di^taiuc liy Ioad ahout
Memories of the 149th RegtNYVolInft., 3d Brig., 2 Div., 12th and 20th AC . )ortion of the regiment,with the Ooth and lo^d N. V., sui)[ a l)attery on the leftr Huse. The wounded that were ahle to help themselves were sentadt«e nnahle to walkwere sent in and>uhinces uver tlie river in the sanu- the way thcv were met l»v (tch. .Slocum, who i;-ave them a. GEX. JOHN W. (,KARY. Tvind wonl. althoimh l)usy attendinj; to the wants of com-mand and providiiiLT tor its future disposition. The country from Chancellorsville to the Ford is uneven^nd the di^taiuc liy Ioad ahout four miles, hut to the faint ancemed much greater. At a hou^e near thePord wasa tiehl ho>i>ital witli an opci-ating tahle umler a treeiii-^the front yard. Near this was a pile of arms, legs and feet,ivnd ahout the^tahle the grass was trampled tlown and coa ered 112 MEMOIRS noth X. V. IXFT. with lunnaii l)lo<»(l. The scLiie was sicktiunu-. and tVw had thephysical courage evtii to suhiuit to an (.xaniiiiaticju at such a])Ia(.-e. Those who liad not passed on to the river, erosse<l thepontoon hridges, ascended a liill for a ndle or more, tnrned tothe left, and after a short distance found tlie wagon and am-munition train parked in an open field slieltereil by a piece ofwoods from view of the i-nemy. On one side of the field, int
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