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Title: A Chautauqua boy in '61 and afterward; reminiscences by David B. Parker, second lieutenant, Seventy-second New York, detailed superintendent of the mails of the Army of the Potomac, United States marshal, district of Virginia, chief post office inspector
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Parker, David B. (David Bigelow), 1842-1910 Parker, Torrance, b. 1872, ed
Subjects: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Virginia Postal service -- United States Chautauqua County (N.Y.) United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives United States -- Politics and government 1865-1900
Publisher: Boston, Small, Maynard
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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to the little Monitor. We remainedthere, within a few rods of the Monitor, for a while,and suddenly the whole place was in confusion. A tug-boat came to us and ordered us back, as they didall other transports, into the Rappahannock River.Aboard the Monitor everything was excitement. Awn-ings were taken down. We saw men soaping the deckswith tubs of soft soap. Her anchors were taken up,and she steamed out toward Norfolk. In spite of theorders repeatedly given us to go with the other trans-ports to the Rappahannock River, General Sicklesmade the Captain continue out after the Monitor. Wecould then see the cause of disturbance. What lookedlike the roof of a house could be seen coming fromNorfolk, with two steamers convoying. This was thesecond appearance of the Confederate ram, Merrimac,which had sunk the Congress and Cumberland, and inturn had been disabled by the Monitor in the famousfight a month before. The Monitor again boldly pro-ceeded toward her, and General Sickles had our ship
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c in •<£ WAR THROUGH GETTYSBURG 13 swerve off toward the Rip Raps, from where we couldsee the engagement. A few shots only were ex-changed, and the Merrimac put back to Norfolk andnever came out again. Her machinery was somewhatdisabled, and she was destroyed and Norfolk evacuatedsoon afterwards. Our Division was landed in Cheesemans Creek, andwe marched up in front of Yorktown, where a siegewas begun. After the evacuation of Yorktown, andon the 5th of May, we were engaged all day in thebattle of Williamsburg. I remained with the regimentand was somewhat free to go and come. After partof the day I gave what help I could to the Surgeon,who operated and dressed wounds near the fightingline and had his Assistant Surgeon establish a fieldhospital further back, to which wounded were carriedafter the first examination and first relief. The Con-federates had slashed the timber before Williamsburg,and our Division took position in this slashing. Gen-eral Heintzelman, the Commander of th

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