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-<html><font size="+2"><b><u><center>Military Operations at Annapolis Junction, MD, 1861-1865</center></u></b></font></html> +====== Military Operations at Annapolis Junction, MD, 1861–1865 ======
  
 [[Timeline of Occupation at Relay House|Timeline of Occupation at Annapolis Junction]] [[Timeline of Occupation at Relay House|Timeline of Occupation at Annapolis Junction]]
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 5/3/1861 - **71st New York**. "...We started again at 10 P. M., and arrived at the Junction at 3 A. M. of Friday, the 26th...Here we were [...] away like sardines in a miserable, rickety old wooden building, which had evidently been used as a bowling-alley. We remained here...till about 7 P. M." - (NY) //Evening Post//, 5/3/1861 5/3/1861 - **71st New York**. "...We started again at 10 P. M., and arrived at the Junction at 3 A. M. of Friday, the 26th...Here we were [...] away like sardines in a miserable, rickety old wooden building, which had evidently been used as a bowling-alley. We remained here...till about 7 P. M." - (NY) //Evening Post//, 5/3/1861
  
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 5/4/1861 - "Letter from Annapolis Junction...On my return from Washington yesterday, I was unexpectedly detained at the Annapolis Junction...I found here the **69 regiment of New York**..The closing scenes of our evening during our stay consisted of cotillons and jig dances around blazing bon-fires, in which the whole regiment participated...1,400 men...They proceeded on to Washington last night..." - //Baltimore Sun,// 5/4/1861 5/4/1861 - "Letter from Annapolis Junction...On my return from Washington yesterday, I was unexpectedly detained at the Annapolis Junction...I found here the **69 regiment of New York**..The closing scenes of our evening during our stay consisted of cotillons and jig dances around blazing bon-fires, in which the whole regiment participated...1,400 men...They proceeded on to Washington last night..." - //Baltimore Sun,// 5/4/1861
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 This sacred day affords no rest to the soldier, At least this is the case here. The fatiguing exercise of preparing for inspection desecrates the morning of the Lord’s day; this is followed by inspection; then are collected a few who may choose to spend a few moments in the worship of God, when a hymn is sung, a short prayer offered, another hymn sung, after which the Chaplain reads a few verses of Scripture, makes a few lifeless remarks, and closes with singing and prayer; each exercise being as brief as decency will permit. During service the soldiers remain standing. In the afternoon a review, differing slightly from a battalion drill, is ordered, and from this a man cannot be excused by the plea of any religious scruples. The dress parade then closes what the soldiers call "the hardest day in the week." Under such influences, can it be wondered that the grossest immorality prevails and increases in the camp? The friends of the youth who are being ruined in the army will, I trust, implore the God of nations soon to close this war, if it be consistent with his purpose to liberate the oppressed. J. E. C." This sacred day affords no rest to the soldier, At least this is the case here. The fatiguing exercise of preparing for inspection desecrates the morning of the Lord’s day; this is followed by inspection; then are collected a few who may choose to spend a few moments in the worship of God, when a hymn is sung, a short prayer offered, another hymn sung, after which the Chaplain reads a few verses of Scripture, makes a few lifeless remarks, and closes with singing and prayer; each exercise being as brief as decency will permit. During service the soldiers remain standing. In the afternoon a review, differing slightly from a battalion drill, is ordered, and from this a man cannot be excused by the plea of any religious scruples. The dress parade then closes what the soldiers call "the hardest day in the week." Under such influences, can it be wondered that the grossest immorality prevails and increases in the camp? The friends of the youth who are being ruined in the army will, I trust, implore the God of nations soon to close this war, if it be consistent with his purpose to liberate the oppressed. J. E. C."
  
-- //Morning Star (Limerick, ME), 3/29/1862+- //Morning Star (Limerick, ME)//, 3/29/1862
  
 3/13/1862 - "Major Robinson, of the **Fifth infantry**, who for some time has commanded the railroad brigade at Annapolis Junction, has returned..." - //Baltimore Sun//, 3/13/1862 3/13/1862 - "Major Robinson, of the **Fifth infantry**, who for some time has commanded the railroad brigade at Annapolis Junction, has returned..." - //Baltimore Sun//, 3/13/1862
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 1/25/1864 - "The report...shows the number of patients in the various army hospitals...Annapolis Junction, 33..." - //Baltimore Sun//, 1/25/1864 1/25/1864 - "The report...shows the number of patients in the various army hospitals...Annapolis Junction, 33..." - //Baltimore Sun//, 1/25/1864
  
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 5/16/1864 - "COMMANDING OFFICER **NINETY-FOURTH NEW YORK VETERAN INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS**: You are hereby directed to bring your regiment by railroad to Annapolis Junction without delay, and there await orders from me. Report by letter to me on your arrival at the Junction." - OR. Vol. XXXVI, Pt II. 5/16/1864 - "COMMANDING OFFICER **NINETY-FOURTH NEW YORK VETERAN INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS**: You are hereby directed to bring your regiment by railroad to Annapolis Junction without delay, and there await orders from me. Report by letter to me on your arrival at the Junction." - OR. Vol. XXXVI, Pt II.
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 1865 - United States Christian Commission - "WORK AT CAMP RULISON AND HOSPITAL, Annapolis Junction. The Hospital at Annapolis Junction was established as a mere convenience. It was one of the most exposed, and uncomfortable, and least served of all the Hospitals of our district. Its location at the junction of the Baltimore and Washington, with the Annapolis Railroad, rendered it a conspicuous object, in view of the extensive travel between those cities. While hundreds and thousands were passing the premises in their railway flight every day, but few remained long enough at the Junction to make even the briefest visit to the camp. Dr. C. Bacon, the surgeon, occupied his post until the Hospital was discontinued, and George McNeal, Esq., the Acting Quartermaster, performed to the last the service usually attended to by delegates of the Commission and ladies, in ministering to the temporal necessities of the patients. Chaplain services were rendered, as before, by chaplains and delegates stationed at Annapolis. An occasional visitor from Baltimore or Washington, was to be seen on the premises. No assistance, however, of any account, was secured from such visitors. The patients were removed previous to the 10th of August, 1865, when both camp and Hospital were discontinued." -Report ..., v.4 (1866). United States Christian Commission. 1865 - United States Christian Commission - "WORK AT CAMP RULISON AND HOSPITAL, Annapolis Junction. The Hospital at Annapolis Junction was established as a mere convenience. It was one of the most exposed, and uncomfortable, and least served of all the Hospitals of our district. Its location at the junction of the Baltimore and Washington, with the Annapolis Railroad, rendered it a conspicuous object, in view of the extensive travel between those cities. While hundreds and thousands were passing the premises in their railway flight every day, but few remained long enough at the Junction to make even the briefest visit to the camp. Dr. C. Bacon, the surgeon, occupied his post until the Hospital was discontinued, and George McNeal, Esq., the Acting Quartermaster, performed to the last the service usually attended to by delegates of the Commission and ladies, in ministering to the temporal necessities of the patients. Chaplain services were rendered, as before, by chaplains and delegates stationed at Annapolis. An occasional visitor from Baltimore or Washington, was to be seen on the premises. No assistance, however, of any account, was secured from such visitors. The patients were removed previous to the 10th of August, 1865, when both camp and Hospital were discontinued." -Report ..., v.4 (1866). United States Christian Commission.
  
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