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Title: A brief history of the 69th Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers (electronic resource): from its formation until final muster out of the United States service
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: McDermott, Anthony W Reilly, John E
Subjects: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 69th (1861-1865)
Publisher: Philadelphia : D.J. Gallagher & Co., printers and publishers
Contributing Library: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library
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d three captured. GLENDALE. At White Oak Swamp, the regiment rested until about 10oclock in the morning, when the march was made to NelsonsFarm close to the Charles City Road, and parallel to the Swampat that point. A furious onset was made on the lines of thePennsylvania Reserves on our right front. Gen. Hooker wasto McCalls left, but fearing the latter officer would not be able tohold out, moved his division to the right in support of McCall,and called on Gen. Sumner for a brigade to strengthen hisright, who accordingly called upon the Sixty-ninth and led it toa position in the rear of and in support of McCalls Division, whowere then being driven from their position. After forming lineof battle in a ravine at the foot of a hill on which were posted twobatteries, the men were ordered to lay down and wait until theenemy emerged from the woods through which McCalls menwere then being driven. Gen. Sumner turned to Hooker andsaid, General, I cannot spare you a brigade, but I have brought
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you the Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania, one of the best regiments in mycorps; place them where you wish, for this is your fight, Hooker.Though under heavy fire from the enemys guns at the time, themen of the Sixty-ninth gave three rousing cheers for their gallantold Corps Commander as Sumner was leaving them with thefinal instructions to wait until they could see the whites of theenemys eyes and to aim low. We did not have long to waithowever, for soon the Reserves, being overpowered by num-bers, were obliged to give way, some of their regiments retreatingthrough our ranks in the wildest disorder, the enemy pressing soclosely after that the German battery on the hill in front ceasedfiring and retreated, also abandoning some of their guns, whichwere surrounded by the advancing foe, who made desperate at-tempts to capture them, but the Sixty-ninth kept up a deadlyfire on them from the foot of the hill and kept the enemy fromturning the abandoned guns on our lines. Seeing they were stillpressi

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