History of the Eighty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865 [electronic resource]: comprising an authentic narrative of Casey's division at the Battle of Seven Pines . el tents with neighboringregiments, or at a private house in Suffolk. The last night at Suffolk, December4, the Chaplain of the 176th Pennsylvania Regiment (drafted troops) preachedwhat proved to be a farewell Suffolk sermon to the 85th men, many of whomwere present. At 3 oclock A. M., the men were routed out from sound reposeand shortly after 4 A. M., with Wessells entire brigade, were rapidly marchingon the
History of the Eighty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865 [electronic resource]: comprising an authentic narrative of Casey's division at the Battle of Seven Pines . el tents with neighboringregiments, or at a private house in Suffolk. The last night at Suffolk, December4, the Chaplain of the 176th Pennsylvania Regiment (drafted troops) preachedwhat proved to be a farewell Suffolk sermon to the 85th men, many of whomwere present. At 3 oclock A. M., the men were routed out from sound reposeand shortly after 4 A. M., with Wessells entire brigade, were rapidly marchingon the Somerton road towards the Chowan River. Shortly after daybreak itbegan raining, making the roads muddy, filling the gullies and ditches to over-flowing, making the march much more tiresome and difficult, especially so to themen who had recently returned as convalescent from the hospitals. However,23 miles were covered before a halt was made for the night. The following day,December 6, the column was in motion at daybreak, and after a march of only7 or 8 miles, during which the Regiment passed through Gatesville, N. C,bivouacked a mile or two beyond, not far from the Chowan The above map embraces all the points traversed by the Eighty-fifth Regiment from FortMonroe to Norfolk on the Steamer S. R. Spaulding, thence to Suffolk by rail; the recon-naissances in the direction of the Blackwater; the march from Suffolk to the Chowan River;the journey on the transport Lancer clown the Chowan, through the Albemarle, Croatan andPamlico Sounds, up the Neuse River to New Berne; from New Berne to Morehead City, whereit embarked on the transports Ranger, Port Royal, and Maple Leaf, for South Carolina; alsothe point at which it did duty last in Virginia, Norfolk and Portsmouth. The smaller oneembraces all the points the Regiment traversed after it arrived on the Peninsula. It is repro-duced here by courtesy of the Century Company. 1862 SUFFOLK AND BLACKWATER 209 On Sunday, December 7,
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