. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . olunteers. reckless daring of the man, prepared to witness the tragicend. He had advanced more than half the distance, and theincreasing storm of shot had been without effect, and hecontinued on the even tenor of his way, amid the renewedand increasing fire of the enemy, and still he lived. Heapproached the rifle pits. Will he reach them safely ? No,he cannot. No man can pass through that terrible showerof leaden rain unscathed. And still he neared the end of hisjou
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . olunteers. reckless daring of the man, prepared to witness the tragicend. He had advanced more than half the distance, and theincreasing storm of shot had been without effect, and hecontinued on the even tenor of his way, amid the renewedand increasing fire of the enemy, and still he lived. Heapproached the rifle pits. Will he reach them safely ? No,he cannot. No man can pass through that terrible showerof leaden rain unscathed. And still he neared the end of hisjourney, and the storm continues, and if possible is harderthan ever. A few more steps and he will be safe. A terribletension is on both the rebel and the Union troops, and look!he is safe, and as he steps down into the friendly rifle pits,both the blue and the gray break forth into the wildestcheers. After the cheering subsided, down comes the order from theCommander : Put that man under arrest, which was en-tirely proper, for company cooks, even when drunk, must notbe disorderly to the extent of risking their valuable (30T ANY PIES FOR SALE, AUNTY Eighteenth Army Corps. %JJ CHAPTBE ^ZATII. EPORT OF OPERATIONS OF FIRSTDIVISION, EIGHTEENTH ARMYCORPS, September 20-bla. a:ru3L 30-tla., 1864. [n pursuance to verbal orders received from Major-Generald, commanding Corps, this division moved from its lateup on the line between the Appomattox and James Rivers9 p. m. on the night of September , and marched with-t noise in the direction of Aikens Landing on the Jamesver. At 3 a. m., on the twenty-ninth, in obedience to written3ers received at that hour, the division, with Brigadier-neral BurnhanVs (Second) Brigade, leading, crossed thenes River near Aikens Landing on a pontoon bridge, andcing the road to the left, moved in the direction of theemys works at Chapins Farm. Previous to breaking camp on the night of the twenty-eighth,o regiments of infantry, forming a part of Briga
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