. History of the First Regiment (Massachusetts Infantry), from the 25th of May, 1861, to the 25th of May, 1864; including brief references to the operations of the Army of the Potomac . U] you shrink from snch a meeting ?Forward I Give the hero greeting I From TOUT hearths and homes and altai^,Backward hurl your proud assaulters:He is not a man who falters. Hush! The hour of fate is nigh 1 On the help of God rely 1 Forward I We will do or die! — G. Ha^iiltox. THE morning of Sunday, June 29. was spent byGen. Hookers division in cheerfully submit-ting to the various trivial sacrifices of persona
. History of the First Regiment (Massachusetts Infantry), from the 25th of May, 1861, to the 25th of May, 1864; including brief references to the operations of the Army of the Potomac . U] you shrink from snch a meeting ?Forward I Give the hero greeting I From TOUT hearths and homes and altai^,Backward hurl your proud assaulters:He is not a man who falters. Hush! The hour of fate is nigh 1 On the help of God rely 1 Forward I We will do or die! — G. Ha^iiltox. THE morning of Sunday, June 29. was spent byGen. Hookers division in cheerfully submit-ting to the various trivial sacrifices of personal pro-perty they were called upon to make, comprisingtrunks, apparel, mess-chests, mattresses, cami>stools,tent-furniture, <tc.; and in smashing up generallywhatever might be serviceable to the enemy. Cook-ing-utensils were broken or perforated; tents cutm tatters from end to end; tables, chests, chairs,desks, and bedsteads, split open or broken to was a carnival of destruction. The regiment wasthen marched out to the front, with orders to hold aredoubt at the right of tlie Williamsburg Road, untilthe division fell Vjack. The morning was damp, and 1. #4*^&?. DESTRUCTIOX OF THE RAILKOAD TR-UN. DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. 215 just then, as by a special dispensation of Providence, athick fog came up which entirely hid our operationsfrom the enemy. Their pickets were within less thana thousand paces, but not a movement could they see ;and we were left entirely unmolested until every re-doubt had been abandoned, all the guns drawn off, andthe roads by which pursuit must be made blocked upwith heavy trees felled across them by the camps, woods, and fields were covered with thedebris of military supplies. Thousands of our bestmuskets lay around with their stocks shattered, barrelsbent, or locks jammed in ; tons on tons of ammuni-tion, piled up and set on fire, or spilled into runningwater; barrels of beef and pork, of coffee, sugar,beans, and rice, poured o
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