Monday, November 3, 1862
The Twentieth left Bloomfield early in the morning and arrived at Ashby Gap by noon to the sounds of heavy artillery fire. The regiment immediately formed a line of battle and remained in formation for the rest of the day without incident.1
References:
1George A. Bruce, The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861 - 1865 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1906), 180.
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