Identifier: newjerseyrebe00fost (find matches)
Title: New Jersey and the rebellion : a history of the service of the troops and people of New Jersey in aid of the Union cause
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Foster, John Young
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Publisher: Newark, N. J. : M. R. Dennis
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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onor to report that the officers and men engaged in the operation mo>tgallantly did their duty, and performed the work entrusted to them in a manner worthyof their old services and well-earned reputation. Thanks are due to Brigadier-GeneralDe Trobriand, commanding First Brigade, who had, a general supervision of thisdelicate movement, and gave it his undivided attention ; and to my other brigade andregimental commanders, who performed their parts to my entire satisfaction. Also, tothe different battery commanders on the line, avIio fully carried out instructions, andeffectively silenced the guns of the enemy that opened on us. It is with deep regret 1have to report the death of Lieutenant-Colonel George W. Mickel, Twentieth IndianaVolunteers. He fell on Saturday morning, on the ground wrested by him from theenemy with marked ability and his usual gallantry, and died with the consoling feelingof u victory—the most arduous and important part of which was due to his generousefforts.
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SKETCH of rtu>ENTRENCHED LINE S in theIMMEDLVTE FRONT PETERSBURG Surveyed under tlie direction ofN.Muhler Major of Eiigrs. Bvt.Col. U.S.A. SCALE 7r.S.LinesEnemys Lines. THE SECOND BRIGADE. 179 30th, the brigade joined the remainder of the division, under GeneralMott, at Poplar Grove Church, in the vicinity of which two orthree small works of the enemy were carried on the following day.His main line, however, defied assault, and our men withdrew withsome loss, the Second Brigade losing twenty-three men in all.29Here the corps remained until October 6th, assisting in the con-struction of earthworks, when it returned to its old position, andsteadily advanced its lines from day to day toward the SouthsideRailroad, fortifying both front and rear.80 w> In this tight one of my New Jersey sergeants was struck by a cannon ball, whichnearly severed his leg, leaving it united by only a shred of skin. Pulling out his knife,he coolly cut it olf with his own hand! Then, asking if he had not d

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