Wearing the blue in the Twenty-fifth Mass volunteer infantry with Burnside's coast division, 18th army corps, and Army of the James . l position. Possibly, when the guerrillas were in thetown the people leaned towards secesh, and leaned quiteas much towards Unionism when the boys in blue promenadedtheir streets. We found the Mayor, James Norcum, a down-right Union man. Undoubtedly he was politic in his conductand did not by rash words, give the secesh occasion to shoothim at sight. He was, however, a true Union man. Hefurnished barracks, very commodious warehouses on the wharf,for the use of t
Wearing the blue in the Twenty-fifth Mass volunteer infantry with Burnside's coast division, 18th army corps, and Army of the James . l position. Possibly, when the guerrillas were in thetown the people leaned towards secesh, and leaned quiteas much towards Unionism when the boys in blue promenadedtheir streets. We found the Mayor, James Norcum, a down-right Union man. Undoubtedly he was politic in his conductand did not by rash words, give the secesh occasion to shoothim at sight. He was, however, a true Union man. Hefurnished barracks, very commodious warehouses on the wharf,for the use of the troops, and rendered every facility in hispower to make our stay pleasant. Sending out pickets uponthe roads, the troops remained through the night, and the nextday returned to Plymouth, excepting Company I, which wasleft at the crossing by the mill. There was no opportunity toget word to Lieutenant Forbes, and he was forced to act uponhis own discretion, which did not usually fail him. Findinghimself alone in the woods and left to his own resources, hewithdrew the company to Winfield, joining Lieutenant McLaneat that Scrgt. Calvin A. Wesson. Sergt. Frank L. R. Coes. Company A. Printing Co., Bustu WEARING THE BLUE. 187 On the 26th of March, companies A, E and H arrived atPlymouth, and, with the exception of Company I, which stillremained at Winfield, our regiment was together again. Cap-tain Parkhurst having returned to duty soon after, joined hiscompany there, relieving Lieutenant Forbes who rejoined theregiment at Plymouth. Parkhurst found his time occupiedin making preparations for such defence of the position asit was possible to make with so small a garrison. Thisgarrison consisted of the company under command of Lieu-tenant McLane, forty men, and Company I of sixty men,one hundred in all, Parkhurst being in command. McLanehad caused the erection of a long line of earthworks, inside ofwhich were three block-houses with necessary port-holes, one ofwhic
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