The Ninth New York heavy artillery : a history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out, with accounts of life in a rebel prison, personal experiences, names and addresses of surviving members, personal sketches and a complete roster of the regiment . an begiven. It is to be regretted that our commanding officers werenot more explicit. Dispatches on record in Washington showthat had they (the dispatches) been received earlier, our regi-ment had had no part in the Monocacy fight. Fortunately forour military reputation, we were in the b
The Ninth New York heavy artillery : a history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out, with accounts of life in a rebel prison, personal experiences, names and addresses of surviving members, personal sketches and a complete roster of the regiment . an begiven. It is to be regretted that our commanding officers werenot more explicit. Dispatches on record in Washington showthat had they (the dispatches) been received earlier, our regi-ment had had no part in the Monocacy fight. Fortunately forour military reputation, we were in the battle before they weresent. The truth of the whole matter was that all Washingtonwas badly scared, and with justice; only the timely arrival ofthe 1st and 2d Divisions of the 6th Corps saved the city frompillage and conflagration, and it was our heading off Early atMonocacy that permitted such result. Early himself in 1888told the writer that the sight of the Greek cross on the worksnorth of Washington was what induced his retreat. UI>—that 6th Corps, said a Confederate officer in front of the Cap-ital, we find it everywhere. For those who were taken prisoners a special chapter willbe given. Now we must follow the fortunes of the two battal-ions, to whose members the day at Monocacy was RETREAT AND PURSUIT. 135 CHAPTER XV. Retreat and Pursuit. The turnpike from Frederick to Baltimore is as straight andas hard as the hand of man can make it. Those who had a goodstart found the road a convenient one to follow towards Balti-more. Those who could, marched all night, and at some hourof the 10th readied Ellicott City, passing on their way College, named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton. thelast survivor of the signers of the Declaration, whose gener-osity had endowed this institution, one of the famous RomanCatholic enterprises of the state; but our boys are more inter-ested in food and raiment than in mind and religion, and didnot improve the opportunity
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