. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . othing but a skirmish line in the works. The next bat-tery was playing upon us, Come on, boys, lets take is hard work to get the men out of the shanties in the firstworks, but some go forward and soon the next battery is we go, and our men enter the next battery and camp, butforgetting all order, organization and discipline and beginningto think of plunder, the enemy in small force tu
. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . othing but a skirmish line in the works. The next bat-tery was playing upon us, Come on, boys, lets take is hard work to get the men out of the shanties in the firstworks, but some go forward and soon the next battery is we go, and our men enter the next battery and camp, butforgetting all order, organization and discipline and beginningto think of plunder, the enemy in small force turns upon usand drives us back, capturing some. When at the second the direction of General Keifer, we get into position the sixguns we had there taken, and by this time there was need ofthem to operate against the enemy, who had driven our menout of the third fort and were working the guns against turned their guns against them, used their own ammunitionand made it tell well. We fired rapidly, probably half an a result, one of their guns was found to be capsized and thecarriage broken. By the other gun lay its gunner with half BREAKING THE L. > SAILORS REEK. ... 230 NINTH NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY. of his head blown off, and near by. another with his thighsmashed, also a rebel officer who had bitten the dust. Theenemy was driven again. Then having no horses we had toleave our captured guns and again press on as infantry, andon we went. After taking six forts, twelve guns and manyprisoners we halted. The prisoners we greeted with Goodmorning, a tine Sunday morning, etc. We then turned backand directed our course along the line of works lately occupiedby the enemy and towards Petersburg. ... At night weshovel a little dirt for protection, in case the enemy should comedown upon us. We lay down to rest, feeling that we haveworshiped God with a vengeance. The long drill in the forts,on light guns as well as heavy, on this day bore excellent men fell
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