. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . hink it is theirplu( k which kee[is th_-in up. , ,.,.,,,,, ] •; ■■ i.:ybyy^>i :,,■ /:,.(n[- /;,> H -imnJ I .r 204 Tiveniy-first Rc-Jiiiucnt Connecticut Volunteers. Sunday, May 2 2( papers did not give anything like a correct account of thefight on Monday. The Twenty-first was at that time assigned toHeckmans brigade, and although we fought five hours in one ofthe most diflicult situations in which a regiment can be placed, weare not mentioned at all in the published
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . hink it is theirplu( k which kee[is th_-in up. , ,.,.,,,,, ] •; ■■ i.:ybyy^>i :,,■ /:,.(n[- /;,> H -imnJ I .r 204 Tiveniy-first Rc-Jiiiucnt Connecticut Volunteers. Sunday, May 2 2( papers did not give anything like a correct account of thefight on Monday. The Twenty-first was at that time assigned toHeckmans brigade, and although we fought five hours in one ofthe most diflicult situations in which a regiment can be placed, weare not mentioned at all in the published accounts. But this is ofno consequence, excej>t as it shows the incorrectness of 1 can discharge my duty acceptably to Him, what others maysay or think is of little mcinent. Some officers go so far as to saythat the stubborn fight made by the Twenty-first in the fog andobscurity of the woods saved the entire corps from destruction onthat morning. But how that may be I know not. I only knowthat we tried to do our duty in the sight of God. ■J t:( N/ f:-. ■ ■ GKNKKAL ri-YSSICS S. CKANT. Operations On and Near the James River. CELJi^-Frcsys, 2?:iv. OPERATIONS ON AND NEAR THE JAMESRIVER. (vJXJISrE, ISGiJ Iinnicdiately after the battle of Drewrys Bluff, ColonelArthur H. Button, of tiie Twenty-first Connecticut Volun-teers, who had previously occupied the position of Chief ofStaff under Major-General William F. Smitii, was assigned tothe command of the Third l)ric:;tde of the First DivisionI^ighteenth Army Corps. The brii^ade was composed ofthe Twenty-first Connecticut, Fifty-ei^ditli Pennsylvania. OneHundred and Eighty-ei<^hth , and Ninety-secondNew York, and occupied a position near the center of theline of intrenchments stretchinc^^ from the James to the Appo-mattox Rivers. Here we were for several days engaged in strengthening theworks upon our front, while nearly ever\- night we were calledout to repel some assault of the enemy, w
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