. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . ght of the 6th Corps, andPowell, formerly Averills, on the extreme left, our lines ex-tending thus from North Mountain to the vicinity of FrontRoyal. Never was there a morning better fitted for Earlyspurposes than this. The air reeked with moisture, and not till9 oclock could men be sure of where they were. His plan was to make a feint upon our right, and to attackin force the left. He had learned from h
. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . ght of the 6th Corps, andPowell, formerly Averills, on the extreme left, our lines ex-tending thus from North Mountain to the vicinity of FrontRoyal. Never was there a morning better fitted for Earlyspurposes than this. The air reeked with moisture, and not till9 oclock could men be sure of where they were. His plan was to make a feint upon our right, and to attackin force the left. He had learned from his sightly signal-sta-tion on Massanuttan mountain that our left was lightly pick-eted, and that the cavalrv force was small. He accordingly de- * Just before the Battle of Cedar Creek, Early declared he would bein Pennsylvania on election day, November 8th, or in hell; a remarkcharacteristic, but as far from realization as Beauregards similar onebefore Shiloh, viz., that he would water his horse, on the given night,either in the Mississippi or in hell. These rebels appeared to be veryready to accept hell as their alternative destination. THE VALLEY AND CEDAR CREEK. 171 A4jt. ncwtowhJ*. From Chaplain Haynes lOth Vermont. CEDAR CREEK BATTLEFIELD. 172 NINTH NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY. terinined to move a column between the base of the mountainand the river ithe north fork of the Shenandoah), to ford thesame, and then to fall upon our left and rear. The plan wasthat of Fishers hill, in reverse. To secure the utmost quiet,swords and canteens were ordered to be left in camp. Therebel infantry to make this attack consisted of three divisionsof the 2d Corps, viz., Gordons, Ramseurs and Pegranis, allunder General Gordon, while Early himself was to follow withKershaws and Whartons divisions, and to attack as soon asGordon had engaged, the latter to be ready to assail at 5 was to lead his cavalry against the Union right, whileLoniax was to look out for the Federal cavalry to
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