. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . ^ 18^(•€» ■^yj^- - r*^*-i*^,^5^-i-V^ii><« ^- -. »^. ?^^;.-h^ ^iJ.:^^ LEES RE TREA T 209 Lee left on the night of the 4th and the morningof the 5th. The pickets of the Fifth were the first to dis-cover his retreat. Scattered over the field and among thetrees were twentj-five thousand small arms. Lees lossmust have been thirtj- thousand. The army spent the 5thand 6th in burying the dead, then pursued Lee by a flankmovement to, and across, the Potomac river. Julj- 5, the
. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . ^ 18^(•€» ■^yj^- - r*^*-i*^,^5^-i-V^ii><« ^- -. »^. ?^^;.-h^ ^iJ.:^^ LEES RE TREA T 209 Lee left on the night of the 4th and the morningof the 5th. The pickets of the Fifth were the first to dis-cover his retreat. Scattered over the field and among thetrees were twentj-five thousand small arms. Lees lossmust have been thirtj- thousand. The army spent the 5thand 6th in burying the dead, then pursued Lee by a flankmovement to, and across, the Potomac river. Julj- 5, the regiment and brigade marched from thebattle-field, on the Baltimore road, five miles. Great rain dur-ing the da}. Camped at Two Taverns. On the 6th, Unionwounded were passing on the road to Baltimore. On thejtli, marched eight milts to Taneytown; rained. On the8th, marched to within four miles of Frederick city, twenty-five miles, passing through Woodsborough and rain storm, and mud knee deep. July 9, marchedthrough Frederick city, Jeffersonville, Birkettsville, over themountain. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. Hapgood was leftsick at Frederick city, by S
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