Page from Christian Fleetwood's Diary
This file appears in: Christian A. Fleetwood
This page describes the events of September 1864:
..Awaked at 11 1⁄2 to Hd Qrs. Got out the Regt and after much tribulations and several unsuccessful attempts to catch a nap we embarked on board a gunboat and debarked at Jones Landing. Marched up to works. Bivouacked at Deep Bottom...
Stirred up Regt. and, Knap[s]acks C. G. E. packed away Coffe boiled and line formed. Moved out & on. Charged with the 6th at daylight and got used up. Saved colors. Remnants of the two gathered and Maneuvering under Col Ames of 6th USCT. Marching in line & flank all day saw Gen. Grant & Staff, both Birneys [brother generals] and other “Stars." Retired at night. stacked arms & moved three times ending at a captured stronghold where we spent the remainder of the darkness with the usual diversions of moving Rec [Received ]in morning 193 recruits, Drilled a squad in morning. Rebels charged our line three times repulsed. Lying in ravine. one man killed. Moved in eve. Threw up entrenchments to protect flanks of position. First nights sleep since 27th
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