The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion / History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish / Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster

Author:George P. Bissell & Thomas McManus & Henry Hill Goodell & Samuel K. Ellis
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865, Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865, Mississippi River -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 25th (1862-1863), United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Connecticut
Published: 2008-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

May 25th. At about 9 A.M. we were relieved and called in. As we were being relieved by the Twelfth Maine we had to pass over a place commanded by the sharpshooters of the enemy. The bullets whizzed most unpleasantly near, killing one man of the Thirteenth Connecticut. We thought that after being relieved we should get some rest. But about as soon as we got into camp we were ordered to fall in again. We marched out of the woods, over the hill and the entrenchments taken the day before, immediately coming under a sharp fire from the Rebel sharpshooters. We were immediately ordered to fire upon them and drive them out. After a sharp skirmish of half an hour we drove them clear out of the woods and into their rifle-pits. We then occupied the woods, and we kept up such a sharp fire upon them that not one of the rascally Rebs dared lift his head above the works. We were just in time to save the Twelfth Maine from being flanked and cut to pieces.

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