Thursday, June 25, 1863
The Second Corps left Thoroughfare Gap this morning after a well-needed four-day rest. Confederate Cavalry General James Ewell Brown (J.E.B.) Stuart, on one of his famous raids, attacked the rear of the Union Army as they departed from Thoroughfare Gap. As the Second Corps reached Haymarket, a short distance from Thoroughfare Gap, Stuart fired upon the Second Division, of which the Twentieth Massachusetts was a part, exacting casualties. Heavy rains halted the advance of the Second Corps as they made evening camp during a deluge.1
References:
1George A. Bruce, The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861 - 1865 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1906), 263.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Letters from the Front - Doctor Nathan Hayward
Monday, June 22, 1863
Doctor Nathan Hayward penned a hasty letter to his father from Thoroughfare Gap, informing him that the regiment was moving rapidly north. Doctor Hayward expressed that the rapid march in the intense heat had taken casualties among the regiment and that they had paused for rest. He expected that they were prepared to move or to defend from an attack. He closed his letter by reassuring his father that "I am very well and enjoy the change highly." 1
References:
1Nathan Hayward, "Letters," Association of Officers of the Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment, Reports, Letters and Papers Appertaining to Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, vol. 1, p. 427, Twentieth Massachusetts Special Collection, Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts.
Doctor Nathan Hayward penned a hasty letter to his father from Thoroughfare Gap, informing him that the regiment was moving rapidly north. Doctor Hayward expressed that the rapid march in the intense heat had taken casualties among the regiment and that they had paused for rest. He expected that they were prepared to move or to defend from an attack. He closed his letter by reassuring his father that "I am very well and enjoy the change highly." 1
References:
1Nathan Hayward, "Letters," Association of Officers of the Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment, Reports, Letters and Papers Appertaining to Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, vol. 1, p. 427, Twentieth Massachusetts Special Collection, Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Arrival at Thoroughfare Gap
Sunday, June 21, 1863
On Friday the Twentieth Massachusetts departed from Sanger's Station, passing Centerville yesterday and the Manassas (Bull Run) battlefield this morning. By evening the regiment arrived at Thoroughfare Gap for evening camp and four days rest. 1
References:
1George A. Bruce, The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861 - 1865 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1906), 263.
On Friday the Twentieth Massachusetts departed from Sanger's Station, passing Centerville yesterday and the Manassas (Bull Run) battlefield this morning. By evening the regiment arrived at Thoroughfare Gap for evening camp and four days rest. 1
References:
1George A. Bruce, The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861 - 1865 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1906), 263.
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