. History of the Seventh Massachusetts volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion of the southern states against constitutional authority. 1861-1865. With description of battles, army movements, hospital life, and incidents of the camp, by officers and privates; and a comprehensive introduction of the moral and political forces which precipitated the war of secession upon the people of the United States . hisstrongly fortified position. July 15, marched fifteen milesto Boonesboro. Gen. Meade had now taken the line ofadvance that the great strategist McClellan had, the yearbefore later in t
. History of the Seventh Massachusetts volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion of the southern states against constitutional authority. 1861-1865. With description of battles, army movements, hospital life, and incidents of the camp, by officers and privates; and a comprehensive introduction of the moral and political forces which precipitated the war of secession upon the people of the United States . hisstrongly fortified position. July 15, marched fifteen milesto Boonesboro. Gen. Meade had now taken the line ofadvance that the great strategist McClellan had, the yearbefore later in the season. July 16, marched fifteen milesto near Berlin, where the regiment rested two days. Theweather was simply terrible, and many of the men weresunstruck upon those fearful long and hot marches. July19, crossed the Potomac at Berlin, and marched ten milesto Wheatland. July 20, marched ten miles to near 22, marched five miles and bivouacked. We were now on the same line of advance that McClellansave to one of his most trusted lieutenants. The authoritiesat Washington had, in their experiment of removing McClel-lan from the Peninsula, thrown the burden of defence of theCapital upon the Union army, and relieved the rebel armyfrom a like responsibility. They had sacrificed in the ex-periments of Pope, Burnside and Hooker not far fromforty-five thousand men, and were substantially upon the. JAMES HOLEHOUSE,Private Co. B. WITHDRAWAL OF ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH CORPS. 159 same ground as in the first year of the war. The Southwas getting exhausted in a measure, not from the militaryability of Stanton or Halleck, but from natural causes. July 23, marched eighteen miles and bivouacked in thewoods. July 24, marched to near Ashbys Gap, and haltedfor dinner, then marched back to Orleans. July 25, marchedfifteen miles and encamped two miles from Warrenton,where we remained in camp resting until September 15th,when we marched five miles to Sulphur Springs. The reg-iment had marche
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