Tuesday, October 13, 1863
In response to Confederate troop movements the Second Corps remained only one hour in Fayettesville before Union General George Meade ordered another march to his exhausted troops. The Twentieth Massachusetts marched all day as the Second Corps advanced with cavalry to Auburn, arriving at 9:00 P.M.1
References:
1Richard F. Miller, Harvard's Civil War: A History of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 2005), 294.
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Sunday, October 13, 2013
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Night March to Fayettesville
Monday, October 12, 1863
In response to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's advance across the Rappahannock River Union General George Meade ordered the Second Corps, of which the Twentieth Massachusetts was a part, across the Rappahannock River again in a grueling night march to Fayettesville. The men were exhausted and hungry, as their rations had been depleted.1
References:
1Richard F. Miller, Harvard's Civil War: A History of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 2005), 293.
In response to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's advance across the Rappahannock River Union General George Meade ordered the Second Corps, of which the Twentieth Massachusetts was a part, across the Rappahannock River again in a grueling night march to Fayettesville. The men were exhausted and hungry, as their rations had been depleted.1
References:
1Richard F. Miller, Harvard's Civil War: A History of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 2005), 293.
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