. History of the Fortieth (Mozart) regiment, New York Volunteers, which was composed of four companies from New York, four companies from Massachusetts and two companies from Pennsylvania . their rubber blankets on the wet ground, andwith a woolen blanket covering them they passed the night entirelyoblivious of the faUing rain or the condition of their clothing. Nearlyall of us remained awake to walk about and pass the desolate hourswhich seemed all the longer for the lack of fires, food and pastime^The officers were in the same predicament as ourselves, and Col. Rileyuneasily walked about, ni
. History of the Fortieth (Mozart) regiment, New York Volunteers, which was composed of four companies from New York, four companies from Massachusetts and two companies from Pennsylvania . their rubber blankets on the wet ground, andwith a woolen blanket covering them they passed the night entirelyoblivious of the faUing rain or the condition of their clothing. Nearlyall of us remained awake to walk about and pass the desolate hourswhich seemed all the longer for the lack of fires, food and pastime^The officers were in the same predicament as ourselves, and Col. Rileyuneasily walked about, nibbling a piece of hard-tack that some fortunatecomrade had shared with him. The Union wounded were nearly all brought in during the night and thenthe wounded rebels received attention. Only one man in our Company, aSergeant, shirked, and he claimed to have been so exhausted by the rapidityof our march as to be unable to proceed, and he therefore remained with theknapsacks to guard them. He was reduced to the ranks, but I withhold hisname, because in a few weeks he sealed his devotion to his country with his THE NEW YORKl PUBLIC LIBRARY; A»Tl>«, LfcNtJX ANtr). BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG. 147 blood and proved his bravery by volunteering to engage in a hazardousundertaking that ended with his death. On Tuesday morning we tenderly buried our comrade Greenlaw, who wasthe first member of Company H to be killed in battle, near the roadside wherehe fell, and those who saw his mangled head were awed by the sad then I have often wondered if his body was found when the killed atWilliamsburg were exhumed and buried in the National Cemetery. Whileburial parties were interring the Union dead, I walked over the battlefield,where the contest raged the fiercest. The dead of both armies were scatteredabout and remained in the same position as when they fell. The bodies hadassumed strange attitudes and they rested in every conceivable position. Oursoldiers had
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