. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . .^ ♦ EN&l/l/ECRS ARMlToryvar V4 (l OiViSiO/W i^Lo) (20/V/SIOftf WWire) ^O^S* BLUE^ ARMY CORPS BADGES. i THE ARMY OF THE JAMES there was no disposition on our part to bring on an en-o-agement. Everything remained quiet until rounds from the battery on the hill were fired, butthe elevation of their guns carried the shot over ourheads. This position was held until nearly noon, when anorder was received from General Gilmore to withdraw andreport with the regiment to him on the turnpike. Headded to his dispatch that he had rec
. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . .^ ♦ EN&l/l/ECRS ARMlToryvar V4 (l OiViSiO/W i^Lo) (20/V/SIOftf WWire) ^O^S* BLUE^ ARMY CORPS BADGES. i THE ARMY OF THE JAMES there was no disposition on our part to bring on an en-o-agement. Everything remained quiet until rounds from the battery on the hill were fired, butthe elevation of their guns carried the shot over ourheads. This position was held until nearly noon, when anorder was received from General Gilmore to withdraw andreport with the regiment to him on the turnpike. Headded to his dispatch that he had received informationthat General Longstreets whole army corps was comingin upon our rear, and to move rapidly or we would be cut. HEADQUARTERS OF GEN. BUTLER AT BERMUDA HUNDRED. off. The picket line was immediately withdrawn, and theregiment started to the rear on double quick time. We had been preparing for dinner when the ordercame to withdraw. Our cooks of the officers mess hadraided a nearby plantation, and as the result had a largeiron pot full of chicken boiling over a fire in a negro cabmnear bv. When the order was received, the cooks wereequal to the occasion; seizing a fence rail they took thekettle from the fire and started with it upon then; should-ers, the chickens still boiling, and when we had arrivedback to the point designated, the cooks budt a fire andfinished cooking our dinner. Fighting had been going on more or less all along thewhole line, but with OQ decisive results, the enemy had 369 REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION moved out from their works in front of Richmond andattacked the advance of the i8th corps. General Gilmorehad received orders to move to the support of this part ofth
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