. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . , mind and soul had been constantlyinvigorated by the best surroundings the earth affords, could. ^^,y^, ^^f//^ INCIDENTS. 97 not endure the damnable conditions existing on the peninsulaand the Chickahominy swamp. When the regiment strucktents to leave here, there were present for duty only aboutthree hundred and fifty men. Saj^s a letter from Captain John W Bean, Company I :— During this Seven Days battle some incidents occurred thatshould be mentioned. At Malvern Hil
. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . , mind and soul had been constantlyinvigorated by the best surroundings the earth affords, could. ^^,y^, ^^f//^ INCIDENTS. 97 not endure the damnable conditions existing on the peninsulaand the Chickahominy swamp. When the regiment strucktents to leave here, there were present for duty only aboutthree hundred and fifty men. Saj^s a letter from Captain John W Bean, Company I :— During this Seven Days battle some incidents occurred thatshould be mentioned. At Malvern Hill the Fifth was orderedto support a portion of the batteries that were to withstandGeneral Magruders furious charge in three lines of battle,which it did. During the night the army began the retreat,but the Fifth was forgotten and left behind without orders. Atdaylight the enemy began to advance, when Captain Sturte-vant, who was in command, discovered that the Fifth alonewas confronting Lees hosts. We were not long in gettingawaj, and the enem}- followed so closely that when we gotin sight of our division camp, they were dropping solid shotamong our rear guard. At Harrisons landing when the men were suffering
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