. To sacrifice, to suffer, and if need be, to die : a history of the thirty-fourth New York Regiment. he march we halt for a few hours, along with the entiredivision of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, about 11,000 men, on a splen-did farm, owned by a man by the name of Eltham. There were moreguests at table than the host invited. And there were others. Forjust now the army Is attacked in front, rear, and flank, by armies ofmosquitoes. Their onslaught was sudden and vigorous, and carried the day, leaving the field covered with the bodies of theirvictims. The weather, also, was
. To sacrifice, to suffer, and if need be, to die : a history of the thirty-fourth New York Regiment. he march we halt for a few hours, along with the entiredivision of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, about 11,000 men, on a splen-did farm, owned by a man by the name of Eltham. There were moreguests at table than the host invited. And there were others. Forjust now the army Is attacked in front, rear, and flank, by armies ofmosquitoes. Their onslaught was sudden and vigorous, and carried the day, leaving the field covered with the bodies of theirvictims. The weather, also, was an enemy in itself; for it was blisteringhot, and the men were completely whipped out with the march. Scoresfell out; but at Xew Kent Court House they had a chance to catch up,and the whole army again got its wind. The reports at that timeshowed that there were sick men in the Army of the Potomac. Thursday, the 15th, we are on the road again, and come to a littleplace called Austins Church. This march to Austins Church was atough one. The mud was over shoetops; the soil was a sticky clay,. 1862 CAPTAIN IRVIXG D. CLARK- -1903 The Peninsular Campaign
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