History of the

 

Second Regiment

Bucktail Brigade

by

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Chamberlin,

Historian of The Survivors Association.

Revised And Enlarged Edition, With Complete Roster.

Philadelphia: F. Mcmanus, Jr. & Co., Printers, 1905.

 

 

Introduction

 

Contents.

 

CHAPTER TITLE PAGE
I. ORGANIZATION - THE PHILADELPHIA COMPANIES 15
II. TO HARRISBURG - REGIMENTAL ORGANIZATION 25
III. CONCERNING THE "BUCKTAIL BRIGADE" 32
IV. ON TO WASHINGTON - IN WASHINGTON 36
V. SOCIAL AND OTHER MATTERS 43
VI. DETAILS FOR DUTY - BREAKING UP OF THE CAMP 47
VII. WASHINGTON IN THE WINTER OF 1862-1863 54
VIII. TO THE FRONT - BELLE PLAIN 60
IX. VARIOUS HAPPENINGS IN AND OUT OF CAMP 68
X. NIGHT MARCH TO PORT CONWAY - ARTILLERY ENGAGEMENT AT POLLOCK'S MILLS 79
XI. CHANCELLORSVILLE 87
XII. IN CAMP AT WHITE OAK CHURCH 98
XIII. TO GETTYSBURG 108
XIV. GETTYSBURG - FIRST DAY 117
XV. GETTYSBURG, TO A FINISH 149
XVI. RETURN TO VIRGINIA - FROM PILLAR TO POST 166
XVII. FROM CENTREVILLE BACK TO THE "OLD STAMPING GROUND" - WARRENTON JUNCTION - MINE RUN - PAOLI MILLS  177
XVIII. CULPEPER - RACCOON FORD - A WOULD-BE INCAPABLE - AN APPEAL TO CAESAR - RESIGNATIONS 191
XIX. ACROSS THE RAPIDAN - THE WILDERNESS 204
XX. LAUREL HILL - SPOTTSYLVANIA 224
XXI. THE AFFAIR AT THE NORTH ANNA - TOTOPOTOMOY 244
XXII. FROM COLD HARBOR TO PETERSBURG 256
XXIII. FORT SEDGWICK (OR "HELL") - MAKING CONVERTS - WELDON RAILROAD 267
XXIV. FORT DUSHANE - FIRST MOVEMENT ON HATCHER'S RUN 278
XXV. IN WINTER-QUARTERS - EXCHANGE OF ARMS - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - SECOND WELDON RAILROAD EXPEDITION - SECOND HATCHER'S RUN (OR DABNEY'S MILL) 289
XXVI. TO ELMIRA, NEW YORK - GUARDING CONSCRIPTS - EXPEDITION TO FALL BROOK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND A BLOODLESS VICTORY - MUSTER-OUT AND FINAL PAY - HOME AGAIN 297
  APPENDIX 308
  ROSTER 323
  ALPHABETICAL INDEX  

 

Illustrations

 

WISTER, HUIDEKOPER, CHAMBERLIN, ASHHURST, O'HARA 30
GENERAL ROY STONE 32
PRESIDENT LINCOLN 42
MAJOR-GENERAL ABNER DOUBLEDAY 64
MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN F. REYNOLDS 84
MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER 90
COLOR SERGEANT SAMUEL PEIFFER 108
MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE 114
RELIEF MAP OF BATTLEFIELD OF GETTYSBURG 116
GENERALS CRAWFORD, KENLY, ROWLEY, BRAGG 118
JOHN BURNS 120
BELL, CHANCELLOR, KEYSER, WEIDENSAUL 128
BELL, HARTER, WIDDIS, RORER, CARPENTER, TOPPING 132
ADAMS, STRICKLAND, EDGETT, T. H. TRYON, EDMONDS 136
HARPST, FREY, ELVIDGE, RYAN, FILLMAN, NEES 140
HAUPT, LAUT, BOYD, HAUSMAN, KOOKER, CLARK 144
McPHERSON BARN AT GETTYSBURG 148
GENERALS NEWTON, CHAMBERLAIN, CUTLER, WADSWORTH 166
JONES, WRIGHT, VOORHIS, MORRIS 204
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT 210
EVANS, RAMSEY, HESS, KENSILL, HIMES, McCAY 216
MAJOR-GENERAL G. K. WARREN 228
McGINLEY, CRAGER, GHARET, KEAN, WEBER, STEVENSON 240
FOWLER, LYON, HARRIS, SELDEN, GUTELIUS, G. W. TRYON 292

 

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