Post by BrentKoivopolo888 on Jul 18, 2022 22:34:44 GMT -6
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1862
08/01--
FRIDAY
/I/ Scarcely had our Regt. the 14th La. recovered from the fatigues of the hard-fought battles of Richmond, in which it took a conspicuous part, than we with the 5th La. were transferred to Ewell's Division, then encamped near Gordonsville(, Va).
About 9 p.m. we left Richmond for Gordonsville. Our trip was anything but an agreeable one. The cars were densely crowded, perfumed with tobacco smoke and smelled strongly of the whiskey with which the men were unfortunately but too well supplied. For some hours we must have made very slow time, for about 11 p.m. we heard distinctly the report of our artillery shelling McLelland's (sic, McClellan's) camp and his gunboats below Richmond.
1862
08/01--
FRIDAY
/I/ Scarcely had our Regt. the 14th La. recovered from the fatigues of the hard-fought battles of Richmond, in which it took a conspicuous part, than we with the 5th La. were transferred to Ewell's Division, then encamped near Gordonsville(, Va).
About 9 p.m. we left Richmond for Gordonsville. Our trip was anything but an agreeable one. The cars were densely crowded, perfumed with tobacco smoke and smelled strongly of the whiskey with which the men were unfortunately but too well supplied. For some hours we must have made very slow time, for about 11 p.m. we heard distinctly the report of our artillery shelling McLelland's (sic, McClellan's) camp and his gunboats below Richmond.