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shore we pushed on as fast as possible towards Newbern which is a nice little Citty lying up the Neuse river
and had a good nights sleep, the next morning we came to this camp, which is on the bank of the river
They had a chain of breastworks leading from the river, away back in the woods I dont know how far
The fleet after setting us on shore sailed up the river and walked into the rebels shore batteries in
fine style the rebels had sunk vessels all across the river but our boats got through somehow and drove
On the Potomac River Near the Villiage of Antietam Md Sunday Sept 21/62 Dear Mother I had just commenced
commanding position on a range of high hills on the opposite side of a stream called the Monochey River
morning of Sept 19th we found the enemy had left and we moved foreward about 3 miles to the Potomac River
It is pretty warm here but we do not suffer any yet, we are encamped on the bank of the Trent River,
We have moved our camp since my last letter and are now on the Newbern side of the Trent river, we have
to Culpepper from there we went to Cedar Mountains from there to Kellys Ford on the Rappahannock river
Thursday morning last before daylight one of our Regts, commenced to throw a Pontoon Bridge across the River
when the Rebel sharpshooters opened on them from the houses along the bank of the River, and our Artillery
morning our side made an advance driving the Rebel Skirmishers back about a mile and a half from the river
as we got up the Rebs cracked away at us, last night all the troops fell back on this side of the river
line, for more than a mile, so that I had to keep my Eyes open, we were posted along the bank of the river
fight a front of our force started in pursuit, but the rebels had set fire to a bridge which crosses a river
Our regiment marched slowly up to the river and as our boys were about lived out we spread our blankets
We are now encamped on the banks of the river about 2 miles from the city and we have things very comfortable
The Croton Dam, originally built in 1842 on the Croton River, was the first clean water system in New
The situation is high, and overlooks the North River.
as unfit for sea purposes—which hulks the invading British army brought round and anchored in our river
desired to attend the ministrations of a regularly ordained clergyman, on the Sabbath, had to cross the river
regular and full, and had many accessions from Flatbush, Gravesend, and from New Amsterdam, across the river
It was feared that the British fleet might make an attempt to land, and cross the river in the same way
were, the majority of them, so near the Old Ferry, that water was relied upon to be obtained from the river
were some of the peculiarities of domestic life in the Dutch settlement here on both sides of the river
was sent over in "a small Norsey-Barque of 25 tons," to begin a fort at the mouth of the Connecticut river
under ground, a passage of Acheron-like solemnity and darkness, In Greek mythology Acheron is the river
Those stretched away down to the river, from the upper part of Fulton street.
far, on farms, or occasionally away in the lumber woods, or perhaps taking a trip down or up the rivers
THE FOUR CROSSING RIVERS.
all come together, and, as it were, fall in and deliver and transfer to each other, like four big rivers
George—when he heard he was wounded, on the day of the battle, he left every thing, got across the river