. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . tablets to mark the positions of our reg-iments on the now historic field of Gettysburg. As chairman of thatcommittee it is doubly a pleasure for me to receive from you thisunique memorial, which is at the same time a monument to the braveryof our New Hampshire soldiers and the generosity of the New Hamp-shire legislature, marking not only the position held at such fearfulcost by the regiment, but also the spot where the gallant Cross receivedhis death wound. It will stand
. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . tablets to mark the positions of our reg-iments on the now historic field of Gettysburg. As chairman of thatcommittee it is doubly a pleasure for me to receive from you thisunique memorial, which is at the same time a monument to the braveryof our New Hampshire soldiers and the generosity of the New Hamp-shire legislature, marking not only the position held at such fearfulcost by the regiment, but also the spot where the gallant Cross receivedhis death wound. It will stand for generations to come as a just trib-ute by our beloved state to the men whose valor has made the wheat-field of Gett3sburg immortal. The inscription on its face tells its owntale, and when the story of the battle is told hereafter in poetry or inprose, the deeds of the Fighting Fifth of New Hampshire and itsgallant colonel will never be forgotten. On behalf of the AssociationI receive it, and assure you that it will be well cared for, and kept inproper condition. The exercises closed with singing of America. ff n. CHAPTER XXI. Pursuit of Lee—Leave Army of the Potomac — Arrival atWashington—En Route for Home—Life at Concord—Con-scripts—At Boston Harbor—Again En Route for the South—At Point Lookout, Md.—Back to the Front. On Juh 26, 1863, we find the regiment near Warrenton,Va., encamped in a rocky pasture. The days were hot, thenights cool; the men wearj-, foot-sore and destitute of rationsand clothing. The army and the corps were in earnest pur-suit of Lee. Early in the day an order came for the Fifth toseparate from the brigade, the corps and the arm3% and tomove by cars to Alexandria and Washington. The destina-tion was supposed to be Point Lookout, Md., to guard pris-oners of war with the Second and Twelfth New HampshireVolunteers, all under General Oilman Marston. On the 27thof July we went on board box cars for Alexandria, arrivinglate in the afternoon
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