The regiment was supplied with ammunition
Hermes Evelyne in the exigency by the 71st New York State Militia. On the way, Col. Hermes Kelly Bags Haskins, A. D. C. to Gen. Barnard, informed Hermes Jewelry Col. Pease that a large force of the enemy had appeared on the opposite side of the Potomac, near Ft. Ethan Allen, which was the only defense to this bridge. It was feared that Hermes Birkin 35 by a sudden dash, the enemy might possess themselves Hermes outlet of this crossing. Accordingly the 117th Regt., anda New York Battery were required to defend it. Col. Pease was directed, on his arrival, to mine the abutments and authorized to destroy the bridge, whenever, in his judgment, the emergency should warrant such a proceeding.Daylight came soon after we reached the place. The morning wore off, and with it evidently, the danger, for at noon we received orders to return to camp, which we did immediately. Thus ended a diversion, which was often afterward facetiously alluded, to as the Battle Hermes Birkin 30 of Chain Hermes Evelyne Hermes Kelly Bags Bridge. There were none killed, Hermes Wallets none wounded, but it was Hermes handbags well known Hermes Evelyne that on the march down, two or three got severely Hermes Lindy Bags frightened. We had scarcely reached our c amp in the gr ve before we v received an order to remove Hermes Kelly 32 quarters to Hermes Belt Ft. Pennsylvania, Hermes Birkin 40 a distance of less than Hermes Birkin Bags half a mile. The work of moving was not Hermes Birkin 30 itself an evil, but, by this change we were deprived of the shelter afforded us by the grove, our new camping Hermes Wallets ground being destitute of tree or .shrub. We removed the same afternoon. After a sojourn of only a day or two at Ft. Pennsylvania, the regiment was ordered to Hermes outlet change again. This time, required to remove about four miles westward, for the purpose of garrisoning Ft. A lexander and Fts. Hermes Birkin 35 Franklin and Hermes Birkin Bags Ripley, the two latter being in an unfinished state.
While the regiment Hermes Belt was Hermes bags at Tennally Town, the Hermes Lindy Bags battles between Gen. Pope Hermes Evelyne Bags and Stonewall Jackson were going on. During the conflict, we Hermes Jewelry could in the same instant, see the Capitol and hear the sound of light artillery employed by the contending forces. Our removal to Ft. Alexander took place on the 30th Hermes Birkin day of August. Fort Alexander and its supporters, Franklin andRipley, were all armed. These Forts were arranged in a Hermes bags triangle, which, Hermes Kelly Bags with their connecting Hermes Bags Outlet fortifications, formed nearly a half Hermes Kelly 32 circle on the summit of a high bluff Hermes Birkin on the north Hermes handbags bank of the Potomac, and commanded Hermes Kelly 35 it for a distance of five or more miles, while their guns could sweep the country for an equal distance in any direction. In consequence of the Hermes Kelly 35 inclination of its bed and the ragged rocks Hermes Lindy upon it, Hermes Birkin 40 the river at this point presents a rapid, while intervening it and the far reaching hill side, like a silver band, Hermes Kelly lies the Ohio and Chesapeake Canal, whose placid surface was then but rarely disturbed by a passing boat. The prominence of our Hermes Lindy new camping ground afforded the daily enjoyment of scenery the most grand Hermes Bags Outlet and picturesque.