. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . was carried across the river (on the Union side),and there buried. The man in Company A who was wounded wascarried to ihe sliore soon after he was hit and put aboard tlie gun-boat, where he was well attended to. Monday night we were ailtaken aboard the gun-boats and carried across the river, when wemarched to camp. A few days ago a body of cavalry went across the river, wentnearly to Chuckatuck, and took up the body of the cavalryman,who was killed and buried there. They brought him acro
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . was carried across the river (on the Union side),and there buried. The man in Company A who was wounded wascarried to ihe sliore soon after he was hit and put aboard tlie gun-boat, where he was well attended to. Monday night we were ailtaken aboard the gun-boats and carried across the river, when wemarched to camp. A few days ago a body of cavalry went across the river, wentnearly to Chuckatuck, and took up the body of the cavalryman,who was killed and buried there. They brought him across theriver and buried him on this side. Soon after we buried him (atthe time he .■^hot;. ihv rebels came and dug him up to get hisboots, but we had taken them off betore we buried him. 124 Twenty-first Regiment Counecticut Volunteers. Our regiment is now about six miles from Suffolk, on the Nanse-mond River, building a battery. Our company is doing guardduty at Genera! Duttons headquarters, al)out a mile from theregiment. We have enough to eat and drink and enough to do. (Signed) Wm. B. ^N -^.^:^:^vSki>^^!^.u:.:%^^%!!y:j/i^,, M 13LSlNts> . ..,,. ,M,d ■// Denvers Hill, White House, Yorktaivn. 125 oi3:_/^iTEi=i 3:. ROWERS MILL, WHITE HOUSE,YOKKTOWN. l^-Ta^r-j J-CLXie and Jxily^, 1863. After the enemy left SufTolk, it was decided to change theline of defense for the twin cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth,bringing it nearer the base of supplies. By this means weshould have a shorter distance to guard and fewer menwould be needed. Consequently Suffolk, with all its re-cently constructed forts, was abandoned, and a line ofdefense marked out in a radius some seven miles fromPortsmouth. To this new position we were ordered on the13th of Ma}-, and after marching thirteen miles, went intocamp at Bowers Hill near the railroad. Mere wc remainednearly a month and a half in what proved to be a pleasantand enjoyable camp located on the ground once held b
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