Thursday, October 16, 1862
The Twentieth Massachusetts left Bolivar Heights at 6:30 this morning on a reconnaissance to Charlestown. As the advance unit the Twentieth led the reconnaissance and pushed a small unit of Confederates from Charleston in the driving rain. Remaining on picket duty for the day, the Twentieth braced for an attack but no additional fighting ensued.1
References:
1George A. Bruce, The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861 - 1865 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1906), 178.
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