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k.ciallyandump-f, by irveycon ition. stent ireat-itried your ty jley’s n of back-ition,leoceoday.sIYBUTTLi OF SPOTTSYL VAH IACAPTURE OF REBEL -GENERALS STEWARTAND JOHNSON.It was on a dirk and /ainy night, late on the nth day of NIayt 1894, during the series of ihe Wilderness fighis that General Meide obtained orders of General G^ant tor General Hancock no move Ins corps near the Rebel left and, if jios.ible, to get a lodgement under 1-ee's left wing, Accordingly every Company Com mander was ordered to make an in spectio.. of equipments and accoutrements, The Orderly Sergerant of each Company had the unpleasant duly of prying into or inspecting ever) knapsack. roll of blankets or tents, •and, particularly, haversack. No tin cup, plate, or any metallic thing could be left outside or where the least chance of rattle or nuise could occur. Orders were given that strict-est dicipline should be observed, and any speaking above a whisper waBprohibited.After all was in readinesi, the 64th N. Y.—again ahead-^.instantly led off toward the enemy’s left. The darkness was intense and the individual soldier had no means of knowing where to move only by the touch o! elbows or the contact of his ole leaner, or when to halt until he bumped against thw man ahead^of him,.or felt
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Cattaraugus Times
Cattaraugus, New York, US
Fri, Jun 25, 1909
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