. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . her day here. May I. This is May-day, and a fine one too. Startedat 10 a. m., crossed the river on a pontoon bridge, andmarched about five miles ; our forces have been skirmishingall this afternoon. The First Division has been for a wonder have escaped once. 2nd. Last night at dark moved half a mile to the frontand formed line of battle in the woods. This morning movedback that distance in an open field and threw up a rifle a few shells with the ene
. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . her day here. May I. This is May-day, and a fine one too. Startedat 10 a. m., crossed the river on a pontoon bridge, andmarched about five miles ; our forces have been skirmishingall this afternoon. The First Division has been for a wonder have escaped once. 2nd. Last night at dark moved half a mile to the frontand formed line of battle in the woods. This morning movedback that distance in an open field and threw up a rifle a few shells with the enemy. The EleventhArmy Corps was drawn in on our right. Had quite a battle. 3rd. The fight opened this morning on the right. Wewere under a fire from three directions ; in support of PettitsBattery. We were under a tremendous fire. The rebelsdrove us; have fallen back nearly a mile, have thrown up in-trenchments. It has been a big battle. 4tli. Remained in the trenches all day; the enemyshelled us two or three times, no one hurt; some of the pick-ets came in, strengthened our works, built traverses, little
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