. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . ovement of the armies, and to co-operatewith the Army of the Potomac in the advance uponRichmond. It was a march of about six miles from Ar-lington Heights to Alexandria; we reached there earlyin the day, and were soon on board the steamer. While at Arlington Heights and upon one of mytrips to Washington, I learned that the 9th Army Corps under command ofGeneral Burnsidehad arrived fromthe \\est wherethey had been oper-ating in the west-ern army, and werein camp at Annap-olis. The 9th NewHampshire I^egi-ment was in the 2dBrigade and 2d D
. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . ovement of the armies, and to co-operatewith the Army of the Potomac in the advance uponRichmond. It was a march of about six miles from Ar-lington Heights to Alexandria; we reached there earlyin the day, and were soon on board the steamer. While at Arlington Heights and upon one of mytrips to Washington, I learned that the 9th Army Corps under command ofGeneral Burnsidehad arrived fromthe \\est wherethey had been oper-ating in the west-ern army, and werein camp at Annap-olis. The 9th NewHampshire I^egi-ment was in the 2dBrigade and 2d Di-vision of the 9thArmy Corps. I went one day toAnnapolis expect-ing to find mybrother, Captain Copp, not thenknowing of his vis-it to New Hampshire upon leave of absence, and therefor the first time I learned that he had gone home expect-ing to meet me there. Upon our arrival at AlexandriaI was told that the 9th Army Corps was on the road fromWashington to Alexandria: here, I thought was an op-portunity to meet mv brother. Our conunand was on 331. GEN. AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE. REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION board the vessel, and it was unknown at what hour weshould sail. I told Colonel Bell of the efforts of mybrother and myself to meet in New Hampshire and ofmy failure to find him at Annapolis, and not having seeneach other for three years, I would like to take thechance of going up the turnpike towards Wash-ington to meet the 9th Corps, and as a matter offact the head of the column was already in sight. said, We are liable to sail at any moment, but youmay take the chances if you wish to do so. I told himthat I would, and that I would report to him in someway on or before his reaching Yorktown. I thought it was unadvisable to take a horse, notexpecting that it would be a long tramp before findingthe 2nd Division and the 2nd Brigade, and the 9thN. H. Regiment. The Pioneer Corps of the army was already enter-ing the streets of the town. The Pioneer Corps i
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