. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . f Patrick Henry. BATTLES OF BETHESDA CHURCH AND COLD HARBOR. During the afternoon of Monday, May 30, General Early(Confederate) moved his forces out on Old Church Pike to BethesdaChurch across Warrens left. Crawfords Division was sent to lookafter them and Cutlers Division (in which was the Iron Brigade)moved up to the support of Griffin. The Iron Brigade moved twomiles to the front and constructed earthworks under a heavy shell fire 254 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MICHIGAN. from t
. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . f Patrick Henry. BATTLES OF BETHESDA CHURCH AND COLD HARBOR. During the afternoon of Monday, May 30, General Early(Confederate) moved his forces out on Old Church Pike to BethesdaChurch across Warrens left. Crawfords Division was sent to lookafter them and Cutlers Division (in which was the Iron Brigade)moved up to the support of Griffin. The Iron Brigade moved twomiles to the front and constructed earthworks under a heavy shell fire 254 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MICHIGAN. from the enemys batteries. Rhodes Division of Earlys Corpsmoved up to attack them, but Battery B (Captain Stewart) movedout and kept them at bay till Crawford was fully in line on the left ofCutler. Just before dark, Ewells forces made a resolute attack uponthe entire Fifth Corps but was repulsed with a loss of many prisoners,and several high officers killed. At night the enemy retired leavinghis dead and wounded on the field. After the fight the Iron Brigadebuilt a strong line of works in less than half an ROUTE OF IRON BRIGADE TO BETHESDA CHURCH AND COLD HARBOR. grants campaign—1864. 255 Tuesday, May 31, was spent in burying the dead and bringing inthe enemys wounded. Just before sundown, the Twenty-fourthMichigan, under Major A. M. Edwards, was detailed for picket infront of the Division, the line being formed after considerabledifficulty, by reason of the density of the forest and thick the night sharp firing was indulged in at times by the picketson both sides. By another flank movement Grant planned to force a passage ofthe Chickahominy near Cold Harbor, and this night moved the SixthCorps (Wrights) around to the left. Some parts of the Tenth andEighteenth Corps had come up from the James River to help ourarmy. They were commanded by General Smith. On Wednesday morning, June 1, Lee having learned of thismovement withdrew Longstreet on his left who sec
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