Journal History Of The Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry (1866)

JOURNAL-HISTORY SEVENTY-THIRD OHIO VOLUITEEK INFANTRY BY SARIUEL N. HURST, LATE COMMANDER OF THE REGIMENT. CI-IILLICOTHE, OHIO -- 1866. -- THIS volume has been prepared at the request of the Officers and Men of the Regiment whose history it attempts to record. Doubtless it has Illany errors and imperfections. The history of a regiment is so completely interwoven with the history of its brigade, division, corps, and army, that a general view of the movements of all is necessary to a just appreciation of tllc part borne by n single bnttalioi. Tllc writer presents tllc rcsult of his lalors, to tlie iuolllers and friends of tllc regiment, with tllc llopc that it will bc a valuable record. -- CONTENTS . -- Organization of the Regiment, .............................. Ordered to the Field, ......................................... Forced Marches on Romney and Moorfield, ............ Return to, and Encampment at, Clarksburg, ............ Change of Position to Weston, ............................. March across the Mountains, ................................ Battle at McDowell, ........................................... Position at Franklin, .......................................... The Army of the Mountains, ............................... Battle of Cross Keys, ......................................... Return to Strasburg, ........................................... Encampment at Middleton, ................................... Crossing the Blue Ridge, .................................... Camp Life at Sperryville, .................................... Battle of Cedar Mountain, ................................... ...................... The Rapidan and the Rappahannock, Battle of Freemans Ford, .................................. Artillery Duels, ............... . ......................... . Movements of the two Armies, ............................. 33 Battle of Second Bull Run. ............................. 35 In Front of Washington, ................................... 44 On the War Path Again, ................................... 46 Pairfax and Germantown, .................................... 47 March to Falmouth, ........................................... 48 Battle of Fredericksburg, .................................... 48 Encampment at Falmouth, ................................... 49 Burnside Stuck in the Mud. ............................... 50 Move to Stafford Court House, ............................. 53 The Spring Campaign, ....................................... 53 Battle of Chancellorsville, .................................... 55 Back to the Hills of Stafford, .............................. 61 The March into Maryland and Pennsylvania, ........... 63 The Battle of Gettysburg, ................................... 66 Return to Virginia, ............................................ 78 From Manassas Junction to Bridgeport, Ala., .- ........ 81 The Situation, ................................................... 82 Up the Tennessee River, ..................................... 84 Midnight Charge at Lookout Valley, ..................... 86 g ttle of Nissidn Ridge, ..................................... 91 Campaign of East Tennessee, ............................... 98 ....................................... ........................ Veteran Re.Enlistment, 106 . Homeward Bound, ................ 108 Back to Lookout Valley, .. .................................. 110 CONTENTS . vii Campat Raccoon Ridge ...................................... 110 The Army . Iovos, ........................................... 113 Rocky Faced Ridge, ......................................... 113 Battle of Resacca, ............................................ 116 On to Cassville, .................. . ....................... 121 Flanking Allatoona, ............................................ 125 Battle of New Hope Church, .............................. 125 ...............