. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . her ofificers and men visitedon race days. — On Sunday, the i6th. Corporal Rhoades brought intwo deserters from the enemy very early, belonging to the sixty-fourthGeorgia. — On the 19th, Lieutenant-Colonel Edwards called GeneralCrawfords attention to the horse racing near Fort Dushane, as havinga demoralizing effect upon the army. — The next day theTwenty-fourth again took its tour at picket duty. — On Saturday, the SIEGE OF PETERSBURG—1864. 2/7 22d, General Warren sent down and arr
. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . her ofificers and men visitedon race days. — On Sunday, the i6th. Corporal Rhoades brought intwo deserters from the enemy very early, belonging to the sixty-fourthGeorgia. — On the 19th, Lieutenant-Colonel Edwards called GeneralCrawfords attention to the horse racing near Fort Dushane, as havinga demoralizing effect upon the army. — The next day theTwenty-fourth again took its tour at picket duty. — On Saturday, the SIEGE OF PETERSBURG—1864. 2/7 22d, General Warren sent down and arrested all the enlisted men at thehorse races. Several Generals and numerous other officers werepresent. — On the 24th, the Iron Brigade turned out to straighten theworks in front. All trees in camp were ordered to be cut down. — Allthe next day the Twenty-fourth was engaged in work on the newlines and clearing away the fallen trees. — On the 26th there wasnoticeably no picket firing. All soldiers very correctly divine thatsuch periods of silence are usually but preludes to something GENERAL SAMUEL W. CRAWFORD. The wagons were all packed and sent to the rear and orders receivedto be ready to move at 4 oclock the next morning. BATTLE OF HATCHERS RUN — CLEVER CAPTURE. Before winter began Grant resolved to gain possession of theSouthside Railroad which had become the main channel ofConfederate supplies. The Second, Fifth and Ninth Corps wereselected for this task of turning Lee right flank. The Boydton PlankRoad runs nearly parallel with the Southside Railroad, between thelatter and the Weldon Railroad. Hatchers Run is formed by severalaffluents, and it meanders around considerably. In this vicinity itheads in a southeasterly course. Thursday, October 27, 1864. Punctually at 4 A. M. theTwenty-fourth Michigan with the Iron Brigade (Crawfords Divisionand Fifth Corps), left camp, moving westward to where PoplarSpring Church had been burned ; thence south to
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