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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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he divison guarded thecorps train, took it across Bull Run where they lay in line ofbattle all night. At 8 a. m., the division moved to Union Mills.On this day the 87th was ordered on picket, and had a slightskirmish with the enemy without any loss. On the 16th, threeregiments of the 3d Brigade and one regiment from the 1stBrigade were sent to Wolf Run Shoals to support Bufords Cav-alry. After seeing the cavalry safely across Bull Run, they re-joined the division the same day. Lee, foiled in his attempt to interpose between Meades armyand the city of Washington, returned to Manassas Plains, andthe following day moved to Buckland Mills, by way of Green-wich and bivouacked at sunset. October 21, the 3d Corps marched to Catletts Station on theOrange and Alexandria Railroad, where it remained four days.While in camp here, most of the men of the 87th, who had beencaptured at Winchester, returned to the regiment, thus materiallyincreasing its strength. The 3d Brigade on the 25th, marched to
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6 - 98 - Bealton Station to support Colonel Devens Brigade of cavalry,taking position under cover of a woods. In this engagementthe regiment and entire brigade were under a heavy artillery firefor several hours with shells bursting among them and allaround them. The cavalry while skirmishing tried to draw theConfederates into musketry range, but without success. Theenemy in this movement attempted to carry off the railroad ironof the torn-up track, between Rappahannock and Bealton Sta-tions. On the 28th, the 2d Brigade relieved the 3d, which re-turned to its former camp at Catlett Station. The camp wasmoved October 30 to a position near Warrenton, where theregiment mustered for pay the next morning, and remained inthis camp until November 7. The movement of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Corps to cross the Rap-pahannock, began early in the morning. Smiths Brigade leftcamp at 6 a. m., and arrived with the corps at Kellys Ford. At1 -30 p. m. of the 7th it formed in line to sustain the 1st Division

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