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Title: History of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, prepared from official records, diaries, and other authentic sources of information
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Prowell, George Reeser, 1849-1928
Subjects: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 87th (1861-1865)
Publisher: York, Pa., Press of the York daily
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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d-erates in Maryland. Regimental and brigade teamsters arrived on this day fromPetersburg. August 25, one hundred men of the regiment were sent for-ward to throw up breastworks. Revielle was again beat earlyin the morning. An engagement was expected every day andpreparations were continually being made for it. There wasskirmishing all day on picket lines. The cavalry started at 4a. m. on a reconnoissance and returned at 5 p. m. They wenttoward Martinsburg, where they came in contact with a largeforce of the enemy. During the day the entire regiment was detailed to intrenchand worked nearly all the succeeding night, part of the time ina heavy thunder storm. The following day was quiet and peaceful, with no indicationsof a battle. - On August 28, the division moved two miles forward to sup-port the cavalry and halted in a large woods. The enemy hadfallen back, and were pursued by our cavalry. The divisionthen returned to its old position near C.harlestown, still in thefront of the army.
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> — 199 — The next day it moved forward again to support the cavalrywhich had met the enemy near Winchester and was driven backto within three miles of the Union camp. At 4 p. m. the divi-sion was again in line of battle. The 87th moved forward asskirmishers, and assisted the cavalry in driving the Confeder-ates back three miles. Firing ceased at sunset. Troops fellback, but lay in line of battle all night. August 30 our cavalry again dashed) up the Valley towardWinchester, which was now Earlys headquarters. RickettsDivision was three miles in advance of the balance of the in-fantry, belonging to Sheridans forces. On the last day of Au-gust the regiment was paid for two months. Major Ruhl, whohad become disabled on account of sickness received his dis-charge on surgeons certificate and returned home. CaptainLaniiis, having recovered from a wound received at Monocacy,returned to the regiment and took command of Company I. The nights were beginning to get cool, and the men begant

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