History of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, prepared from official records, diaries, and other authentic sources of information . onsiderable time, with orders to remain quiet, themen got chilled through and through. Some of them began tokick their feet together. This was taken up along the whole line and soon the noise itcreated drew a fire from the Confederate pickets, when severalmen of the battalion were wounded. An order was given tolie down, but the men resting on the frozen ground, began againto kick their feet together. This drew another fire from theenemy, when a
History of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, prepared from official records, diaries, and other authentic sources of information . onsiderable time, with orders to remain quiet, themen got chilled through and through. Some of them began tokick their feet together. This was taken up along the whole line and soon the noise itcreated drew a fire from the Confederate pickets, when severalmen of the battalion were wounded. An order was given tolie down, but the men resting on the frozen ground, began againto kick their feet together. This drew another fire from theenemy, when a private of Company C had an ear shot off. Hegave such a loud yell that it excited great merriment among his•comrades. Another man was struck in the heel. With thisincident the kicking ended. As early as the evening of March 30, General Wright was in-structed to be prepared to assault the enemys works in hisfront. On the evening of April 1, he was directed to make theattack at 4 a. m. the next day. The point selected in front ofUnion Forts Fisher and Welch, was decided upon after themost careful consideration. There was not light enough to see. until 4:40 a. m. When the signal gun was fired from FortFisher at that hour the columns moved promptly, broke overthe enemys picket line and charged in masses over the maindefenses. The battalion on this assault ran against a strong line ofabatis. While breaking through this and in crossing a wideditch, it was exposed to an enhlading fire from the left, losingtwo officers and several men. Captain Tearney then led hismen with the brigade, toward a fort in front, but was temporar-ily checked. Orders were given to move against another fort ashort distance away, but being unable to take that point, thebrigade fell back. After reforming it assaulted a fort betweenthe other two mentioned and captured it with the point of thebayonet. After mounting the works the battalion was swungto the left when the men could see the guns of this fort turned
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