. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . CAPT. LOUIS HILLEBRAND, FIRST WM. R. PEDDLEand Captains Cook. After leaving here we bivouacked for an afternoon andnight at Belle Plain, a most barren and bleak stretch of coun-try, where the men were required to go at least a mile tofind wood or water, picketing and skirmishing with the enemyto Stafford Court House. There we found a court houseand jail with a few other buildings. The regiment remainedin camp near White Oaks Church, engaged in picket du
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . CAPT. LOUIS HILLEBRAND, FIRST WM. R. PEDDLEand Captains Cook. After leaving here we bivouacked for an afternoon andnight at Belle Plain, a most barren and bleak stretch of coun-try, where the men were required to go at least a mile tofind wood or water, picketing and skirmishing with the enemyto Stafford Court House. There we found a court houseand jail with a few other buildings. The regiment remainedin camp near White Oaks Church, engaged in picket dutyand other details, and working on the construction of PotomacCreek Bridge—a high trestle work which the Confederateshad destroyed—until the opening of the Battle of Fredricks-. 81 82 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT
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