. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . 9^ 4^ .vCw^ ■> a^^*^. MARCH TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK. 83 CAMPS WARD AND CHANDLER—GUARDING RAILROAD. On Saturday afternoon, the 22d, the regiment marched sevenmiles and halted for three days at Camp E. B. Ward, named afterthe Detroit citizen whom the mob of July 15 was going to hang onthe Campus Martins for his Union sentiments. At this camp CaptainWilliam J. Speed was appointed Division Judge Advocate; CaptainC. B. Crosby was seriously ill but loth to go home so long as he coulddo dut
. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . 9^ 4^ .vCw^ ■> a^^*^. MARCH TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK. 83 CAMPS WARD AND CHANDLER—GUARDING RAILROAD. On Saturday afternoon, the 22d, the regiment marched sevenmiles and halted for three days at Camp E. B. Ward, named afterthe Detroit citizen whom the mob of July 15 was going to hang onthe Campus Martins for his Union sentiments. At this camp CaptainWilliam J. Speed was appointed Division Judge Advocate; CaptainC. B. Crosby was seriously ill but loth to go home so long as he coulddo duty; General Meredith, late Colonel of the Nineteenth Indiana,had been assigned to command the Iron Brigade, and LieutenantJ. M. Howard, Jr., was promoted to Aide on his staff. Tuesday, November 25. The regiment was this day assigned toguarding about ten miles of the railroad from near Acquia Creek onthe Potomac towards Falmouth on the Rappahannock, oppositeFredericksburg, with headquarters at Brooks Station, about five milesfrom the Potomac. The location was upon Accaceek Creek, the oldIndian names still prevailing in Virginia, an
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