. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . indicate evacuation. Thus matters stood—we still in the city, till just at dark ashell came whistling from a rebel gun right toward us and burstjust across the street from us. It was undoubtedly aimed at ourfires, over which the boys were busily engaged cooking their sup-pers. No damage was done save the spoiling of an evening meal,a^ the boys were obiged to douse the glim at once. Soonafter this we marched again to the outskirts of the city, and laythere for <..!r,e two hours until o
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . indicate evacuation. Thus matters stood—we still in the city, till just at dark ashell came whistling from a rebel gun right toward us and burstjust across the street from us. It was undoubtedly aimed at ourfires, over which the boys were busily engaged cooking their sup-pers. No damage was done save the spoiling of an evening meal,a^ the boys were obiged to douse the glim at once. Soonafter this we marched again to the outskirts of the city, and laythere for <..!r,e two hours until ordered to cross the river, which we(lid :it Dine oclock Monday niglit. We reached our campafter an hours march and were tired enough to enjoy a good SS Twenty-Jirsf Regiment Connecticut Volunteers. nights rest, which we got. I have seen it stated in some papersthat the troops were eager for another fight, but I have seen noeagerness manifested in this vicinity to get into such a slaughter-house as was the plain where our noble troops were butchered soinhumanly on Saturday last. am, yours, etc., F. WASH DAY. PalnioHill and NeivJ^oyt iVeiiJ. ^c) c:e3:.a.:e^t3±]i^ viii. ^ALMOUTH AND NEWPORT NEWS. (2Sro-^;oa:r, IGeS-FetDX^ULaTTy, 1G63J Durinc^ our stay of nearly four months at Falmoutli, Vir-ginia, from November 19, 1862, to the 13th of tiie followingMarch, some events occurred aside from the battle of Freder-icksburg worthy of special notice in our history. Of tiieseperhaps the most grievous was an epidemic of t}phoid fc\erwhich carried off many of our number. This was directlytraceable to the excessive hardships and exposures of themarch and the camp, lack of tents and unfavorable first camp after reaching Falmouth was occupied for onlyone week, and was by far the most objectionable of all. Itwas located on a level plain of clayey .soil, with an unevensurface, caused by the alternate elevations ruid depressions ofa planted field. The depressions between t
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