The National tribune., 1909-04-29

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! was then moving toward Antietam, and
our Colonel was directed to report with
! his regiment to certain officers and
join the movement of the main army,
but he declined on the ground that his
men We're not drilled and not yet fit
| for active service, and IL the regiment
was ordered to the front he would re-
| sign. The result was that the 33d
Mass. went to Alexandria, and did pro-
vost duty for awhile. then went into
| the field at Fairfax Station, where drill
Of the most efficient kind was kept up
necessarily when the weather would
permit. 49,
We were made part of the Eleventh
Corps, and the members of the regi-
ment will remember the regimental,
brigade and division drills we were put
thru under the thoro discipline of Col.
AIaggi. drills which we found of great
value later on
While our division was on duty at
Thorofare Gap that Fall an order came
ED to Fortress Monroe to join the
41st Mass. on its way south.
The Colonel preferred to keep the
two flank companies, so sent Cos. A
and K. and had L and NJ take their
places on the right and left of the regi-
ment as A and K, SO our company Cd
became Co. A.
| Our next important move Was OH
Dec. 10, 1862, when we marched, wad-
ed and plunged thru the mud and slush
to Fredericksburg. reaching there just
at night as the battle closed, and made
Yourselves as comfortable as we could
in the mud till morning.
The next day we went into camp
above Falmouth, and remained there
till the famous Burnside stuck-in-
Ithe-mud' effort proved failure.
Ia ffnr-. ont hll fn ftnr nj
Icinity of Stafford Courthouse, and went
into camp for the rest of the Winter
with the Eleventh Corps.
In May, 1863, We were at the battle
lof Chancellorsville, on the extreme
1 right of Hooker's line of battle. In
the afternoon of the day when Lees
larmy made the crushing charge on tha;
part of our line, before that charge was
made. our brigade was sent out front
into the woods, it was said, to assist
in bringing in prisoners. We got back
inside of our lines about midnight, and
went TO the rear, and were held in re-
serve till the battle was over and the
army recrossed the Rappahannock.
our regiment then returned TO its
old camp. near Stafford Courthouse
and remained there till sent on a spe
cial march, with other troops, to Bev.
erly Ford. where the head of Lees
army was discovered on its way toward
Maryland From there it was a race
up the east side of the Blue Ridge and
across the Potomac, with rapid and
hard marching till the climax came al
Gettysburg.
on the morning of July a.. as tho
Eleventh Corps was on the march from
| Emmitsburg TO Gettysburg. cannonad-
ing vas heard ahead and the corps
was rushed to the scene of the battle
which had begun between the First
Corps and cavalry and the advance OF
Lees army. The infantry opened rank.
and the artillery went flying to the
front. We were in the Third Brigade
Third Division of the Eleventh Corps
and the battery of steel guns with u.
went into position in front of the GENE.
terry, little to the left of the main en-
trance and on the opposite. side of the
baltimore turnpike Just about thi.
time Gen Reynolds, commanding tn,
First Corps, was killed when the enc.
T my charged into the village, and tn,
command of all the troops then on tn,
held deVolved upon Gen. o. o. Howard
commander of our corps
He selected Cemetery Hill as th,
center of his line of battle. and quickl,
began 10 place the troops at hand a
the right and left of this center. ON
brigade went into position s,ipportin.
: this steel battery. and our regimen
i formed line just to the right of tn
battery. This was about noon Late
our regiment was moved over to tn,
fright near the angle, where the 5tl
Me- Battery was in position at righ
angles with our line. facing Gettysburg
! and prepared to rake the front of ou
l position if the enemy charged upon u
= as they did just at dark. Very sool
/ after the 33d took its position at th
I right of the battery Co. A was sent ou
in front as skirmisfers, under com
rnand of Lieut.. Waugh. We went dowI
the lane and out onto an elevation be