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Title: History of the Fifteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Haines, Alanson A. (Alanson Austin), 1830-1891
Subjects: United States--Army--New Jersey Infantry Regiment, 15th (1862-1865). New Jersey--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
Publisher: New York : Jenkins & Thomas, printers
Contributing Library: Rutgers University Libraries
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, and passed through Westminster—where the enemys cavalry were the night before—about 5 P. M., and thence six miles toward Manchester, to a point about eight miles from the Pennsylvania State line. The next day (July 1st) we lay in position until dark, being in the vicinity of General Meades proposed battle-ground. At dark we were formed in line upon the road, but did not move until 10.30 P. M. We were moving all night, at times by forced marches, and when the roads were blocked, at slow and tedious pace. The troops were kept awake by music from the band and beating of drums from the drum corps. Our line of march was five miles south-westerly until we struck the Littlestown turnpike road; thence north-westerly across Pipe Creek and through Littlestown, reaching Gettysburg at 3 P. M, of the 2d of July. We had thus made a 80 FIFTEENTH REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS. march of thirty-five miles within sixteen hours. We made no halt,excepting for a few minutes at a time, and weve mostly without
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food. Only twenty-five men were reported absent from the entire brigade, and several of these came up a few hours later. This was FORCED MARCH TO GETTYSBURG. 81 one of the most severe marches of the campaign, and is memorable to all the men of the Sixth Corps. Lees army was centring for Gettysburg—a place to them of vast importance, but whose strategical points, favorable for a defensive battle were wholly unknown to General Meade. General Doubleday compares it to the hub of a wheel, having seven great roads and a railroad leading out of it. With our troops in possession of Gettysburg, we could cheek the enemy on any of these roads, as we would hold the centre. The enemy in possession could shorten and strengthen his line to Williamsport, whence his supplies of ammunition must come, and would be ina condition to strike in any direction. The Confederates moved very deliberately. Hills corps, on the night of June 30th, bivouacked only seven miles from Gettysburg,and could have reached it b

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