The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-12

plChet line III the lace or an alert enc my, exposed to snow and sleet, without any winter quarters and without com fortable tents In October it was or dered to march from Darnestown to reinforce General Stone and reached Edwards Ferry the day after the dis astrous battle of Balls Bluff, when it was ordered to cross the river and re- new the attack; but the order was couptermanded and the regiment went into camp at Muddy Branch, December 18th, company crossed the river and burnt the mill which was being used by the rebels at Dam No. D. Colonel Ferry was prostrated with fever but In three weeks thereafter recovered and re- turned to the regiment. During the winter the regiment was encamped at Darnestown and other places in the vii cinity and In attachments at all the lords intervening. In December Sibley tents were received and that made life much more pleasant. The winter was spent in ceaseless movements along the river, in which a degree of celerity was exhibited, which won for the Fifth the sobriquet of 'the foot cavalry"
 September 4th, 1862, the Fifth once more crossed the Potomac and with the main army proceeded towards the lords where Lees army was crossing into Maryland. It halted at Frederick, where it remained nearly three months mending its shattered ranks Colonel Chapman here returned to the regi- ment, but his health was seriously inl- paired by his experience in rebel pris- onS.
 December 18th the regiment was as- signed to the Twelfth Army corps un- der General H w. Slocum and proceed led to near Fredericksburg Here there was a rest for a short time and then or ders were received to proceed to Staff ford Court House. The great wagons were loaded and dragged on four miles day and men were most of the time on half rations. While at Stafford Court House Colonel Chapman's i'll health forced him to resign and he was succeeded by Colonel Warren P. Pack CT, of Groton, who went out as captain of Company G. At Stafford Court House the men once more built them selves huts and occupied them. with only the usual incidents of camp life, until the army was thawed out in 1 April, 1863
 April 27th, 1863, the reveille was sounded at three in the morning and | three hours later the men were in line; l liberal rations were supplied and the | march for Culpepper was taken up 1 At four the next morning the men, having been under arms for twenty five hours, dropped down in the woods and slept till seven. A few hours later 1 they were in motion again towards Fredericksburg At the Rapidar Com- panies A and H unpacked all the am- munition from the mules and carried 1t 1 across by hand. The day preceding | Jackson's assault on the Eleventh corps the Fifth, with some other regi- l ments went on 8 reconnaissance in 1 force towards Fredericksburg and were exposed to the fire of the rebel batteries | for two hours.
 l Jackson's bold attack in the rear threw the regiment into some disorder and Colonel Packer and five other of- | flcers were captured, but a rally was made and position near by held. Col onel Packer said the whole regiment might have been captured had the reb- els been little bolder Later the Fifth moved off to the left and formed por- tion of the third line, lying in very exposed position, where Captain Ben ton was killed and many wounded. The battle of Charlottesville was a serious blow to the Union army, as those who have read the history of the war know. It was the result of a seri- ous blunder by some one In the en- gagement the Fifth lost one killed
 (Captain Benton), eighteen wounded and forty captured. Though the battle was a rebel victory; yet there was eff 1 fected one result which from Union .standpoint almost compensated for the repulse Jackson was dead!
 He was fired upon by mistake by his own men and soon after died of his | wounds. After Charlottesville the Fifth shared the fortunes of the Army of the Potomac to Gettysburg, where it was held in reserve much of the time i; I and having been subjected to little in- fantry fire, it's losses were light, three
 wounded and five captured comprising
 all. After the battle the Fifth joined
 in the pursuit of Lees shattered army, which continued without much of in
 terest until Lees army occupied the | Court House. Here the regiment went l into camp for short time, and then with the Twelfth corps was transferred l from the Army of the Potomac to rein force the Army of the Cumberland in | Tennessee
 During the winter the Fifth had not
 been enervated by any luxury; but it
 had done more marching than any oth-
 CT regiment. In ,mid-winter it made a forced march from Darnestown and back again; and of this Major Henry
 E. Stone wrote to a friend: When
 tell you that the snow was driving all
 day, and ankle deep, that the men had
 just marched hundred and thirty
 miles with scarcely two days rest; that
 their feet were sore and blistered,
 many of them without shoes and using old rags and handkerchiefs to tie up
 their feet and keep them out of the
 snow, you may appreciate the march
 and the indomitable perseverance of
 our men to accomplish 1t. Some of the
 boys were compelled to fall out from l exhaustion; and the poor fellows wept
 bitterly because they were unable to stand up longer"
 About this time Colonel Ferry issued
 an order in which he reminded the men that their enemies were those who were
 in arms against the government and the persons and property of. citizens
 who were not in arms were to be sa-
 credly respected; whoever maltreated