Wearing the blue in the Twenty-fifth Mass volunteer infantry with Burnside's coast division, 18th army corps, and Army of the James . course much exag-gerated, (as usual), Lieutenant Woodworth concluded tohalt where he was. He told the men that they had heardthe order to go to the regiment, and he proposed to obey theorder and join the regiment, and, saying that he wanted nounwilling service, asked how many men would stand by him infinding the regiment and furnishing them needed men stepped to the front, One pace forward ! andonly one man declined to step forward. Woodworth
Wearing the blue in the Twenty-fifth Mass volunteer infantry with Burnside's coast division, 18th army corps, and Army of the James . course much exag-gerated, (as usual), Lieutenant Woodworth concluded tohalt where he was. He told the men that they had heardthe order to go to the regiment, and he proposed to obey theorder and join the regiment, and, saying that he wanted nounwilling service, asked how many men would stand by him infinding the regiment and furnishing them needed men stepped to the front, One pace forward ! andonly one man declined to step forward. Woodworth told himto go to the rear, as he did not want any man with him whohad any fears. With the fifteen true men of Companies C andD, he moved forward, hoping to be able to reach the Twenty-fifth Regiment and supply its wants. General Weitzel soonappeared and halted the Lieutenant and his party, saying thatif they went on further, they would bring up in ordered Woodworth to hasten with the men and wagonto the rear with all speed. The order was obeyed, and afterwandering about under many difficulties for some little time,. Corpl Julius D. Hill. (?HAIILES II. ASIIIJY. Company H. Ilrlhttype Printing Co., £ustun. WEARING THE BLUE. 289 the remnant of the regiment with what was left of HeckmansStar Brigade was found at the White house, in rear of thewoods. Of the sixteen men who marched with Lieutenant Wood-worth, fifteen of them came out safe and sound, the only onewounded being the man who hesitated in the performance ofduty, and left his comrades to their fate. Colonel Pickett, commanding the Star Brigade, made reportto Division Headquarters, as follows: — On the 15th, at the suggestion of General Weitzel, a small work was thrownup in our front, composed of logs, branches of trees, etc. Throughout theclay brisk firing was kept up between the skirmishers, two companies of eachregiment being constantly on duty, relieved at intervals of two hours. Duringthe day our position
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