History of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, prepared from official records, diaries, and other authentic sources of information . ed headquarters on the east bank of the MonocacyRiver near the railroad bridge. The Union forces at his com-mand were about 2,500 men. Such was the condition of affairs when General Grant decidedto send the 6th Army Corps, then lying five miles south ofPetersburg, to the assistance of General Wallace, and to thedefense of the National Capital. This corps, now under com-mand of General Wright, had seen almost continuous fightingfor sixty days. It
History of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, prepared from official records, diaries, and other authentic sources of information . ed headquarters on the east bank of the MonocacyRiver near the railroad bridge. The Union forces at his com-mand were about 2,500 men. Such was the condition of affairs when General Grant decidedto send the 6th Army Corps, then lying five miles south ofPetersburg, to the assistance of General Wallace, and to thedefense of the National Capital. This corps, now under com-mand of General Wright, had seen almost continuous fightingfor sixty days. It fell to the lot of Ricketts Division to movefirst. Although the ranks were much depleted, his men werein excellent condition ready and eager to meet in battle arraythe invading foe then moving toward the city of Frederick inWestern Maryland. Early in the morning of July 6, just as the sun was rising,this division, with two days rations, began the march. Theroads were dusty, the sun was hot, and before they had reachedCity Point, a distance of twelve miles, the blue uniforms of thesoldiers were tliickly covered with the dust of old Virginia. At. LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES A. STAHLE. — 175 — City Point they embarked for Baltimore. The 14th New Jersey,.and part of the 87th Pennsylvania, with Colonel Truex and hisstaff, boarded the steamer Columbia at noon, and sailing downthe James River they reached Fortress Monroe at 9 p hile passnig through Hampton Roads, where the Monitordefeated the Merrimac two years before, the Columbia an-chored half an hour. The ride up the Chesapeake was delight-ful, for the weather was cool and bracing, and the air invigo-rating. The military band of the 87th played its best selections,including Maryland, my Maryland, and the men of bothregiments applauded. Some of the men fell into a deep, sound•sleep early in the evening, while others sat on deck and watchedthe soft rays of the moon shed a liquid light over the placidwaters of the bay. Adjuta
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