. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . herefore, the i ith of May was spent in strength-ening the earthworks at Bermuda Hundred. On the 12th ofMay the movement toward Richmond was begun in earnest,and on the thirteenth the position i:i front of P\>rt Darling wasgained. On the morning of the fourteenth it was proposedto assault the works at Drewrys Bluff, but finally it wasconcluded to strengthen the Federal line by ordering up re-serves, and so the next two days were wasted. It was Butlersintention to offer battle the next
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . herefore, the i ith of May was spent in strength-ening the earthworks at Bermuda Hundred. On the 12th ofMay the movement toward Richmond was begun in earnest,and on the thirteenth the position i:i front of P\>rt Darling wasgained. On the morning of the fourteenth it was proposedto assault the works at Drewrys Bluff, but finally it wasconcluded to strengthen the Federal line by ordering up re-serves, and so the next two days were wasted. It was Butlersintention to offer battle the next morning after our enemy seemed to have retired into three square redoubtscommanding the roads, and these, with the field works con-necting them, were the outer fortifications oi iort line ran in a south-westerl)- course some three milesfrom the river, cowring the approaches to Ivicl-mond fromtliat quarter. What has occurred meanwhile within the rebel lines duringthese nine da\-s kj{ indecisive ui)cralions by the Arm\- of trieJames ? iiii: ■<l f -•(!? :.A. 3-//y. ,^ --•;. > X? x / /C^;-V I \ ■^- ^,^7 1-KASK loWMi;. CAITAIN 1). nkOWN. r AiN A. M. ckam:. .11 II I I NAM |.1\IN. 1 N A N T l. \V. II. The Battle of Dreivrys Bhtft. 1S5 (It has been my good fortune to have access to the histor\-of these movements by Colonel Fletcher of the Scots FusilcerGuards—^tor>^ of American War—v/ho says that he re-ceived his account from General Heaurei;ard himself) As soon as l^utlers movement uas discovered, }3eauregardwas summoned at once from Charleston, whence he broughtthree thousand men. Pickett and Hoke with ten thousandmen were hurried by rail from North Carolina, and probablythe very soldiers who disturbed us at Little Washington,were confronting us again as we lay on our arms at DrewrysBluff. The garrison of Wilmington, consisting of seven thou-sand under General Whiting, was hastened to Ri
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