. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . egular Army. Six months after his retirement, in 1886,he died at Philadelphia, and was buried at West Point, thesurvivors of the Twenty-third escorting his body to the train. On the night of the 13th the regiment was sent to theextreme right of the Left Grand Division at Hazel Run holdingthis position until the army recrossed the Rappahannock, onthe night of the 15th. Loss, 22 men. The principal inci-dents in this battle werethe laying of the pontoonbridges in front
. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . egular Army. Six months after his retirement, in 1886,he died at Philadelphia, and was buried at West Point, thesurvivors of the Twenty-third escorting his body to the train. On the night of the 13th the regiment was sent to theextreme right of the Left Grand Division at Hazel Run holdingthis position until the army recrossed the Rappahannock, onthe night of the 15th. Loss, 22 men. The principal inci-dents in this battle werethe laying of the pontoonbridges in front of thetown and the desperatefighting to get possessionof it. This and the lowerbridges gave a crossingfor the army. The enemyhaving the ridge and hillswell entrenched, while ourarmy had the plains, gavethe Confederates the ad-vantage. Burnside con-cluded to turn the enemysright and sent GeneralMeade, with his division, skirmishers holding the line. the Pennsylvania Reserves, to assault the Confederate positionat Hamilton Crossing. This was done with great deter-mination and gallantry, Meade piercing to his third line, 84 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT not being properly supported, he was compelled to return,the division covering itself with glory. Another assault on the key to the position was made bythe Second Corps, on the left, at Maryes Heights. Theycharged the position five times by divisions, losing 5,000killed and wounded. These troops of the Second Corps weresome of the best in the Army of the Potomac and made a des-perate and heroic attempt to carry the heights. However, theassaults proved failures. Darkness coming on, the army layawaiting the enemys attack, but on the night of the 15th, itrecrossed the river. Loss: Union, killed and wounded 12,503 ;Confederate, killed and wounded 5,575. The old town of Fredericksburg, which gave the name to the battle, was the home of themother of Washington. Itwas a brick town, founded inthe colonial days, and itswharves
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