. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . e front. Our first camp was on the main line of defense,some distance to the right of the fort, which we occupied tillthe beginning of winter, when we changed our position, takingthe camp once occupied by the Forty-first United StatesColored Troops. Here we remained in reserve, directly inrear of, and one hundred rods from our former position. Thiscamp we shared with the Fortieth Massachusetts quarters were very comfortable, and we had no reasonto compl
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . e front. Our first camp was on the main line of defense,some distance to the right of the fort, which we occupied tillthe beginning of winter, when we changed our position, takingthe camp once occupied by the Forty-first United StatesColored Troops. Here we remained in reserve, directly inrear of, and one hundred rods from our former position. Thiscamp we shared with the Fortieth Massachusetts quarters were very comfortable, and we had no reasonto complain of the conveniences enjoyed during the movements of General Grant had compelled the enemyto lengthen their line of defense till it was now thirty-sevenmiles in extent, reaching from White Oak Swamp on theirleft to Hatchers Run on their right. Eight miles of this linewas north of the James. As we now settled down for our winter quarters we foundthe most of our energies directed to picket duty As thewinter of 1864-1865 was unusually severe, our work wascorrespondingly hard. We now felt the effects of our previ-. wit. ww- v U ?. *- **i i vv\ Ai e- 3
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