. A history of the Eighth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, including its service as infantry, Second N. H. Cavalry, and Veteran Battalion in the Civil War of 1861-1865, covering a period of three years, ten months, and nineteen days . - Lovejoy was one ; JohnnyBurton another, and a sub. by name of Risley, said that he wanted one more shot at Risley and he staid too long and were gobbled.(Lieut. John C. French says we held this 2d position asskirmishers for over tzvo hours before the i)rfantr\ came upS)The regiment fell back to the woods to another clearinof. BENJ.
. A history of the Eighth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, including its service as infantry, Second N. H. Cavalry, and Veteran Battalion in the Civil War of 1861-1865, covering a period of three years, ten months, and nineteen days . - Lovejoy was one ; JohnnyBurton another, and a sub. by name of Risley, said that he wanted one more shot at Risley and he staid too long and were gobbled.(Lieut. John C. French says we held this 2d position asskirmishers for over tzvo hours before the i)rfantr\ came upS)The regiment fell back to the woods to another clearinof. BENJ. S. WOODS, CO. I). (As he enlisted.) New Hampshire Volunteers. 413 and were ordered to the rear of Nims and Mercantile bat-teries as their support. Then Dick Taylor and Polignacsdivisions charged down on us in three lines and we wereenveloped on both flanks. The feeble line of infantry wasswept away and the cavalry covered the retreat as well aspossible for four miles undl we passed the protecdng wallof the 19th Army Corps. Our whole force engaged wasnot over three thousand, while the enemy had five thou-sand infantry, three thousand cavalry, and proportionateartillery. The foregoing was written off before Colonel Landrumsarticle was published. Of the latter, Lieutenant Newhallnow says: It is a good account of the last part of thefight, but Landrum and all other infantry officers knewnothing of what our cavalry was doing for hours beforethey came up. Later. Maps drawn by Lieutenant Newhall have beenreceived illustrating the movements of Second New Hamp-shire Cavalry as above rela
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