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| + | {{:{{ :harpers.pdf |CAMP LIFE AT RELAY, Harper's new monthly magazine, April 1862}} | ||
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| 4/25/1861 - "...Thursday morning...we took up our line of march for Washington Junction...We arrived at the Junction early on Friday morning...Squads of fifteen men each were then placed between the Junction and Washington city, to protect the track...Early on Saturday the train picked us up and took us to Washington." - Mancellar F. Roll, **71st New York State Militia**, //New York Daily Herald//, 5/3/1861 | 4/25/1861 - "...Thursday morning...we took up our line of march for Washington Junction...We arrived at the Junction early on Friday morning...Squads of fifteen men each were then placed between the Junction and Washington city, to protect the track...Early on Saturday the train picked us up and took us to Washington." - Mancellar F. Roll, **71st New York State Militia**, //New York Daily Herald//, 5/3/1861 | ||
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| 5/15/1861 - "The Relay House military post was held on Monday by about 1,000 of **New York Infantry, under the command of Col. Lyons**. This force has since been reinforced by troops from Washington, including the **Eight Massachusetts Regiment**, making 2,000 or 3,000 in all there." - //Baltimore Sun//, 5/15/1861 | 5/15/1861 - "The Relay House military post was held on Monday by about 1,000 of **New York Infantry, under the command of Col. Lyons**. This force has since been reinforced by troops from Washington, including the **Eight Massachusetts Regiment**, making 2,000 or 3,000 in all there." - //Baltimore Sun//, 5/15/1861 | ||
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| + | 5/15/1861 - **6th Massachusetts**. "...our tents...had come up..those for our company were pitched on the extreme south end of the ridge we occupy." - //Massachusetts Spy//, 5/15/1861 | ||
| 5/15/1861 - "...on Wednesday evening...the Massachusetts and New York troops, who have been encamped on Federal Hill...to convey them to the Relay House. The entire body embraced about 450 of the **New York Eighth Regiment **and 500 of the **Massachusetts Sixth and Eighth Regiments**..." - //Daily Exchange//, 5/17/1861 | 5/15/1861 - "...on Wednesday evening...the Massachusetts and New York troops, who have been encamped on Federal Hill...to convey them to the Relay House. The entire body embraced about 450 of the **New York Eighth Regiment **and 500 of the **Massachusetts Sixth and Eighth Regiments**..." - //Daily Exchange//, 5/17/1861 | ||
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| 7/31/1861 - "As announced yesterday, the **Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, and Cook's battery of Boston artillery**, passed through the city yesterday morning, en route for home. On Monday afternoon [7/29], one-half of the **Fourth Wisconsin Regiment**...was conveyed from Camp Carroll to the Relay House, Washington Junction, to take the place of the **Sixth Massachusetts Regiment**." - //Baltimore Sun//, 7/31/1861 | 7/31/1861 - "As announced yesterday, the **Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, and Cook's battery of Boston artillery**, passed through the city yesterday morning, en route for home. On Monday afternoon [7/29], one-half of the **Fourth Wisconsin Regiment**...was conveyed from Camp Carroll to the Relay House, Washington Junction, to take the place of the **Sixth Massachusetts Regiment**." - //Baltimore Sun//, 7/31/1861 | ||
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| + | 7/31/1861 - **4th Wisconsin** "Our location is a most beautiful one, in a grove, overlooking the country for miles around. We take the place of the Massachusetts 6th...Col. Paine occupies a beautiful gothic cottage, lately occupied by Lt. Murray, secessionist, as his headquarters. The hospital is also in the building." - //Sheboygan Journal//, 8/14/1861 | ||
| 8/1/1861 - "The **regiment [6th Mass]** left their old quarters at the Relay House on Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock." - //Boston Post//, 8/1/1861 | 8/1/1861 - "The **regiment [6th Mass]** left their old quarters at the Relay House on Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock." - //Boston Post//, 8/1/1861 | ||
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| 9/1/1862 - "The **147th Pennsylvania** has just been located in the vicinity of the Relay House, in charge of a portion of the road for some distance." - //Alexandria Gazette//, 9/1/1862 | 9/1/1862 - "The **147th Pennsylvania** has just been located in the vicinity of the Relay House, in charge of a portion of the road for some distance." - //Alexandria Gazette//, 9/1/1862 | ||
| - | ca. 9/3/1862 - "We reached our destination about sundown and camped just beyond the Viaduct, on a grassy hilltop...We named our camp "Camp Wool, near Relay House, Md."...The next morning we commenced laying out our camp...After a few days we moved camp to the other side of the Viaduct on high ground in an apple orchard in rear of the Relay House Station." - Three Years with the Adirondack Regiment: 118th New York Volunteers Infantry By John Lovell Cunningham | + | ca. 9/3/1862 - "We reached our destination about sundown and camped just beyond the Viaduct, on a grassy hilltop...We named our camp "Camp Wool, near Relay House, Md."...The next morning we commenced laying out our camp...After a few days we moved camp to the other side of the Viaduct on high ground in an apple orchard in rear of the Relay House Station." - Three Years with the Adirondack Regiment: **118th New York Volunteers Infantry** By John Lovell Cunningham |
| + | 9/5/1862 - "...our camp is about a half of a mile from washington junction we have got a very plesant place it is located in a heigh hill about thirty rods from the railroad on one side and about a half of a mile on the other we | ||
| + | are also surrounded by four or five other ridgiments we have got our tents built we have to lay six in a tent"- 9/5/1862 letter of James Oscar Tyrel, **118th New York**. | ||
| 9/17/1862 - "At the time of the battle of Antietam, the Relay House was the scene of great activity...the **118th New York Vol. Infantry, 138th Pa. Vols. **and** Battery B, 5th New York Light Artillery**...the **138th Regiment**, were soon ordered to other points for service..." - History of the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry | 9/17/1862 - "At the time of the battle of Antietam, the Relay House was the scene of great activity...the **118th New York Vol. Infantry, 138th Pa. Vols. **and** Battery B, 5th New York Light Artillery**...the **138th Regiment**, were soon ordered to other points for service..." - History of the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry | ||
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