. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . JACOB KEITH,Co. C. Killed nt Cold Harbor, June i, 1S64. 86 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. losing 5000 killed and wounded. To retain this position Leehad left General Earlys command to hold the works. The pontoon boats were carried on the backs of the menof the brigade to the river in order to deceive the enemy. The crossing was made afterconsiderable trouble with theConfederates, their skirm-ishers, however, being drivenback from their rifle pits to theBo
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . JACOB KEITH,Co. C. Killed nt Cold Harbor, June i, 1S64. 86 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. losing 5000 killed and wounded. To retain this position Leehad left General Earlys command to hold the works. The pontoon boats were carried on the backs of the menof the brigade to the river in order to deceive the enemy. The crossing was made afterconsiderable trouble with theConfederates, their skirm-ishers, however, being drivenback from their rifle pits to theBowling Green Road, Aftergetting possession of this road,our brigade, taking the ad-vance, moved along that roadto the right in the direction ofFredericksburg, meeting theenemy in a fortified positionat Hazel Run, the Sixty-fifthNew York (the Chasseurs)leading, charged and drovethe enemy back, clearing theway for entrance into thetown. The Twenty-third thentook the advance, and, with a heavy line of skirmishers, pro-ceeded in the early morning, under a heavy fog, to within thirtyyards of the stone wall, at the foot of Maryes Heights. Here itlaid until about 11 A. M., when a grand assault was made onthe Heights by two stormin
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