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Canfield, by William A. Canfield + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: A History of the Army Experience of William A. Canfield + +Author: William A. Canfield + +Release Date: April 15, 2010 [EBook #31998] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ARMY EXPERIENCE--WILLIAM A. CANFIELD *** + + + + +Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images +generously made available by The Internet Archive/American +Libraries.) + + + + + + +</pre> + + + + +<div class="note"><div class="border"> +<p class="right"><strong><i>OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,</i><br /> +<i>Concord, N. H., March, 1869.</i></strong></p> + +<p class="blockquot"><strong><i>This is to certify that the author has served the country faithfully; +lost his arm at Petersburg; and is of good report by all who know him.</i></strong></p> + +<p><span style="margin-left: 6em;"><strong>(Signed,)<span class="spacer"> </span><i>J. D. Lyman</i>,</strong></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 14em;"><strong><i>Secretary of State</i>.</strong></span></p> + +<p> </p> +<h2>A HISTORY</h2> +<h4>OF</h4> +<h1>WILLIAM A. CANFIELD.</h1> +<p> </p><p> </p> +<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/title.jpg" alt="" /></div> +<p> </p><p> </p> +<p class="center"><strong>Sold only by Himself. Price 25 cents.</strong></p> +<p> </p> +<h4>MANCHESTER, N. H.:<br /> +PRINTED BY CHARLES F. LIVINGSTON.<br />1869.</h4></div></div> + +<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> + +<h3>A HISTORY</h3> +<h4>OF THE</h4> +<h2>ARMY EXPERIENCE</h2> +<h4>OF</h4> +<h3>WILLIAM A. CANFIELD.</h3> +<p> </p> +<h4>BY HIMSELF.</h4> +<p> </p> +<h4><i>PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.</i></h4> +<p> </p> +<h4>MANCHESTER, N. H.:<br /> +C. F. LIVINGSTON, PRINTER.<br /> +1869.</h4> + + + +<p> </p><p> </p> +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span></p> +<h2><i>PREFACE.</i></h2> + +<p><span class="smcap">Readers</span>: In writing this little book, I do not claim to issue a work of +choice language, nor to present any new facts or startling developements +concerning the general history of the war. My intention is simply to write +a short narrative of my life as a soldier in the Army of the Potomac and +South West, and in the Hospital.</p> + +<p>Having lost my left arm from a wound received in front of Petersburg, I +have taken this method of procuring sufficient means to enable me to +engage in some business by which I may gain an honest livelihood for +myself and family.</p> + +<p>Craving your kind indulgence, I bring my claim before you, hoping you will +grant it a favorable reception.</p> + +<p><span style="margin-left: 4em;">Yours respectfully,</span></p> +<p><span style="margin-left: 8em;">WM. A. CANFIELD.</span></p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span></p> + +<p> </p><p> </p> +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span></p> +<h2>HISTORY.</h2> + +<p>I was born on the 10th of June, 1840, in Thornton, a small town in the +northern part of New Hampshire. I was the youngest of six children. Our +parents were poor in this world’s goods, but rich in faith and in the +knowledge of God as it is in Christ Jesus. My early instructions were +limited to a common school, and I was deprived of this at the age of +twelve years. Had I improved even these few years, I might have been much +farther advanced than I now find myself. As it is, I have to regret many +misspent opportunities of my childhood.</p> + +<p>My parents, as I have said before, were rich in faith, and it was first in +their thoughts to instill into the hearts of their children principles of +wisdom, virtue and love. Especially did our dear<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span> mother, both by precept +and example, endeavor to lead us in the right way.</p> + +<p>The summer of 1853 I went to Franklin, N. H., to work in a hosiery mill. I +liked my work, had a good boarding place, and in a short time felt quite +at home.</p> + +<p>I had been there several weeks, and there had been an unusual interest in +religious matters for some time; many had already sought and found God. +One after another of my associates had found peace in God through the +merits of Christ, yet I remained unmoved.</p> + +<p>One evening several of the boarders invited me to go to the prayer +meeting. I went, little dreaming of the great blessing there was in store +for me that night. I felt no conviction of sin at this time, nor did I +until the invitation was given for those to arise who desired the prayers +of God’s people. To my surprise the whole party that came with me +manifested a desire to be prayed for. Then for the first time in my life +did I feel an earnest consciousness of God’s presence. My friends had left +me—God was with me, and I was afraid. Oh, how my poor heart shrank to +hide itself; how gladly would I have hid myself from the presence of God, +but I could not; the pure<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span> light of God’s love was shining into my sinful +heart, making every plague-spot clearly visible to my spirit’s vision.</p> + +<p>We returned home. My sister, being one of Christ’s little ones, invited +them to go into the sitting-room for a season of prayer. Thus was I again +left alone, but not long; for very soon I felt a gentle touch on my +shoulder, and heard sister’s sweet voice saying: “Come, Will, and pray +with us.”</p> + +<p>I went, and in earnest prayer entreated God for Christ’s sake to pardon my +sins. I did not plead long in vain, for Jesus was very near me, and when I +yielded my will to the Divine, how quickly He received me, and lovingly +sheltered me in His bosom. Thank God, I have found a hiding place there +ever since. When I came out of that room I was clothed and in my right +mind—I was no longer afraid. For was not God my father, Jesus my elder +brother, and Heaven my home?</p> + +<p>I could hardly wait until Saturday night, I desired so much to tell my +dear parents of my new-found joy. But the week soon passed away, Saturday +night came, and I was home again.</p> + +<p>I think my dear mother perceived the change almost as soon as she saw me. +I would here say<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span> that my father had for some time neglected family +worship, and was not enjoying much of spiritual life; but when I told them +of my new-found joy, father fell upon his knees praying fervently for +pardon for his neglect of duty, renewedly consecrating himself to the +Lord. Truly there was great rejoicing in that little cottage that night. +The family altar was again established, and we rejoiced greatly in the +love of God.</p> + +<p>The time passed very quickly until the autumn of 1858, when I went to +Manchester to work for my brother in a hosiery mill, and boarded in his +family.</p> + +<p>I soon connected myself with the M. E. Church in this place, and found +many warm friends. Among others, I became acquainted with Miss M. F. +Stewart, of New Hampton, N. H., and in due time married her. We had been +married about one year when the war broke out.</p> + +<p>My parents always taught us to reverence the stars and stripes; I loved my +country’s banner, and when rebel hands were raised to hurl it to the +ground, I felt as if I must go and bear a part in the great struggle. My +ancestors had fought bravely to establish the glorious liberty I had so +long enjoyed. It was hard, very hard, for me to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span> leave those whom I loved +so dearly, but still harder to sit with folded hands here at home, while +others were dying for the aid I could render. Frequently, when about my +work, would my eye fall upon my hands (I have often thought it strange), +and they seemed to reproach me every time I looked at them. At last I +could bear it no longer; I felt sure it was my duty to go, and go I must.</p> + +<p>I enlisted under H. D. Davis, at Manchester, N. H., July 12, 1862, in the +Ninth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. I went directly to Northfield, to +visit my parents and friends before going into camp. It is almost useless +for me to speak of the parting scene. I took leave of all my friends +except my wife and sister, with her husband. My aged parents were bowed +down with sorrow and grief. They had buried their oldest son and two +daughters; there were only three of us left—and now to lose me (for they +had little hope of ever seeing me again) was almost too much for them to +bear.</p> + +<p>We went into camp the first of August. Spent the first night in the +barracks. I did not sleep much, I assure you, every thing was so +strange—so much noise and confusion of tongues. But I<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span> soon became +accustomed to my surroundings, and found real attractions in camp life.</p> + +<p>I had always made it a rule to reprove sin whenever an opportunity +offered; but I soon found out what it meant to cast pearls before swine.</p> + +<p>Then I adopted another plan; it was this: first, to watch every +opportunity of doing a good turn for my comrades. I interested myself in +the loved ones they had left at home—in a word, I tried to make them love +me; and I succeeded far beyond what I expected. I do not think there was +one in our company who would have seen any harm come to me if they could +have prevented it. Then, when occasion required, I could reprove sin +without being reproached and made to understand it was none of my +business.</p> + +<p>Our time was mostly occupied in drilling, until the 24th of August, when +we were mustered into the United States’ service. On the 29th, we struck +tents early in the morning and marched to the depot, where we took the +cars for the seat of war. It was a sad time with us that morning, as one +after another bid farewell to loved ones. Very few of those brave men ever +returned. I had<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span> previously taken leave of my friends and told them I +should return to them again.</p> + +<p>We started from Concord about seven in the morning; large crowds were +gathered at the stations all along our route to encourage and cheer us.</p> + +<p>We arrived in Washington on the first of September; laid in the barracks +near the station that night. The next morning, I got leave to look about +the city, and must confess I was sadly disappointed. I had expected to see +something grand, and perhaps I should if I had traveled far enough. As it +was, about all there were to be seen were cows and goats, with vast +numbers of swine running at large in the streets. I went back to the +barracks not very well pleased with our Capital.</p> + +<p>In a very short time we had orders to fall in. We then crossed the long +bridge, and marched about three miles beyond, and camped for the night. +About midnight we received orders to turn out—the rebels were upon us. We +turned out in a hurry; formed a line across the road with bayonets fixed, +for we had as yet received no ammunition. We remained in line about twenty +minutes, and then started off on another road;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span> marched about two miles at +double quick; were then ordered back to camp, without seeing or hearing a +single rebel. The next day, we marched about six miles up the Potomac. +Here we found work chopping down trees, and throwing up fortifications.</p> + +<p>On the 4th of September, a part of the army of the Peninsula passed us on +their way to the second Bull Run battle. They were all worn out with +continual marching and fighting, and many looked as if they would fall by +the wayside. I said to myself as they were passing: Why are worn-out men +like these pressed to the front, while we are held back! Well, when the +order comes, we too shall have to go; until then, we must wait and shovel. +All I could do for them was to give them my ration of soft bread.</p> + +<p>The 8th of September was my first night on picket duty in an enemy’s +country. About nine o’clock it commenced raining very hard. I was relieved +about twelve; laid down near an old stump, and was soon fast asleep. When +I awoke, I found myself in a pond of water which nearly covered me. I +managed to get out of the water and back to camp. The result of this +ducking was the dysentery in its worst form. I was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span> compelled to go +directly to the hospital, and receive such care as they had to give.</p> + +<p>On the 10th, our regiment received orders to move. They joined the Second +Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Army Corps. Unable to walk I was carried +in an ambulance, until we came up with the regiment on the evening of the +11th, when I joined my company. My comrades soon made a good fire of rails +and did every thing they could for my comfort. J. W. Lathe got some green +corn and roasted it for me, and on the morning of the 12th, got me aboard +an ambulance again. I afterwards learned that he was reprimanded for +taking such an interest in me, and I shall ever remember his kindness with +gratitude.</p> + +<p>On the 13th, we arrived at Frederick City, Md. During the day it was +rumored that an order from Gen. Lee had fallen into Gen. McClellan’s +hands, which had so exposed the position of the enemy, that he soon gave +orders for the entire army to move forward.</p> + +<p>Our column took the main pike road to Middletown. We arrived on the south +side of the town after dark, and went into a field that had been recently +plowed, where we bivouacked for the night.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span>On the 14th, at the battle of South Mountain, the enemy occupied the side +and top of the mountain on both sides of the road. I will not attempt to +describe the battle, for I did not participate in it; I was left by order +of the surgeon in the hospital just established in the village. It was a +large two story building, situated on the east side of the town. That +night I was put in the second story. The room was filled with the wounded +and dying.</p> + +<p>At about three o’clock in the morning, I was obliged to go down. The moon +was still shining in all its beauty and loveliness over the western +hill-tops. As I turned the corner of the building a sight met my gaze +which baffles description.</p> + +<p>There were about thirty dead bodies, mangled in every conceivable shape, +covered with blood, with eyes wide open glaring at me. My very blood run +cold with horror, and it was some minutes before I could pass them. Since +then, I have become accustomed to such scenes, but I can never recall that +sight without a feeling of dread.</p> + +<p>On the 15th, the battle at South Mountain was still raging. All was +excitement. I had no thought of self now, but bent all my energies to the +task of caring for the wounded. There were<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> two others with me, and we +tried in every possible way to alleviate their sufferings. We brought them +water, washed their wounds, and spoke words of comfort. We had no +experience in such things, but did the best we could.</p> + +<p>The surgeon, who came round about nine o’clock, said we had done well. +After looking at some of the worst cases, he gave us orders, advising us +to do the best we could. For three days and nights I had neither sleep nor +rest, when I was compelled to give up and take my chance with the others.</p> + +<p>The ladies here, I shall ever remember with gratitude; they were very kind +to us, bringing us many luxuries we should not otherwise have had.</p> + +<p>I was now brought very low by the chronic diarrhea; I could hardly get up, +and still no help appeared in my case. True, the surgeon was very kind, +but I thought it rather hard when he told me “you must let it run. I +cannot help you, I have nothing to do with.”</p> + +<p>I had heard the ladies telling of one Polly Lincoln, who possessed much +skill. I thought perhaps she might cure me, so I made further inquiries in +regard to her, and learned that she lived most of the time alone in a hut +made of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span> logs, not far from the hospital. She gathered her own herbs, made +her own medicine, and performed wonderful cures,—so they told me.</p> + +<p>With the surgeon’s permission, I soon found her out and told her my +complaint. “Oh!” said she, “I’ll fix you all right in a week or two, only +keep up good courage.” And to work she went, at once; made me a nice bed +on the floor, and fixed me a dose of herb tea in a very short time. I felt +very comfortable, I can assure you, that afternoon, as I lay there on the +floor, watching that good old Samaritan in her humble home; my heart was +filled with gratitude, and I felt safe in her hands.</p> + +<p>There was only one room in the house, and that very poorly furnished; +still, every thing looked neat and home-like. There were two other +soldiers there at the same time; one from the 17th Michigan, with his leg +off, the other from Massachusetts, with his arm amputated at the +shoulder-joint. She took care of us all, and often assisted at the +hospital. I was with her two weeks, and then reported in person to the +surgeon in charge. He gave me leave to go back another week. At the end of +that time I was fit for duty. But I must not leave this good old mother +without saying<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span> a few more words. She was, in deed and in truth, a good +Samaritan to us all; and there are hundreds who can testify to the same +truth; hundreds who will remember her with heart-felt gratitude as long as +they live.</p> + +<p>The soldier from Massachusetts died in a few days; the other was able to +go home in four weeks.</p> + +<p>Some time after this, I received orders to report at Camp Convalescent, +Alexandria. I stayed there two weeks and then started off with a squad for +the front. We arrived at Aquia Creek, on Saturday, October 13. We were put +into camp there and told to wait until after the battle before proceeding +further. To wait there within sound of that terrible artillery-fire at +Fredericksburg, did not suit me. I longed to be with my comrades and share +their danger.</p> + +<p>With these feelings I went to the Provost Marshal and stated my case. He +gave me a pass to report to General Fry, at Falmouth, but instead of +reporting to him, I found my regiment over in the city and took my place +in the ranks. The boys were glad to see me, but said I was a fool for +coming into that slaughter-yard, as they called it. It was my duty, and I +was willing to take my chances with the rest.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span>We went on picket Sunday night, but were ordered to fall back across the +river about four in the morning, and at day-light we were in our old +quarters, there to do picket duty on the Rappahannock, as the boys said. +This was the most discouraging place that I was in during my stay in the +army. Any soldier who was there could tell some pretty hard stories of +that place. Our troubles there are too well known to every one at all +conversant with the history of the war, to need any comment.</p> + +<p>A few days after Burnside got stuck in the mud, we received orders to pack +up; this was good news for us; we felt sure we could get into no worse +place than this mud-hole.</p> + +<p>We got aboard the cars at Falmouth; arrived at Aquia Creek about dark, +then took the transportation boat and landed at Newport News. This we +found to be a change for the better; it was a very pleasant place. Here +they gave us tents, and plenty to eat as good as the army could afford. +There were some who were not satisfied; and if you had found them in +private life, you would have heard them growling continually about +something.</p> + +<p>Our regiment went into camp about one mile<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span> from the landing. Here we had +a good drill-ground; drilled six hours each day. I enjoyed my stay in this +place very much.</p> + +<p>Our next move was to take a boat for Baltimore. The boat was an old +rickety craft, and came near sinking, during a slight gale going up the +bay. Arriving at Baltimore, we took the cars bound for the South-West; +this was a very pleasant ride, although we were somewhat crowded.</p> + +<p>When we arrived at Pittsburg, we found a good supper awaiting us, and I +think those in charge of the tables can truly say that we did justice to +the hot coffee, ham, &c., that was set before us.</p> + +<p>Thanks to those true and noble hearts that were so mindful of their +country’s defenders. All along the route from Pittsburg to Cincinnati the +inhabitants threw into our cars baskets, boxes and pails, filled with good +things. This was a pleasant route, the scenery in some places being very +beautiful. I should like to go over it again, only under different +circumstances. I should be very glad to make the acquaintance of the +generous-hearted people of Ohio.</p> + +<p>Leaving Cincinnati, we crossed the Ohio river into Covington, Kentucky. +Here we again got aboard of the cars, and arrived at Lexington. We<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span> went +into camp about one mile from the city, in a beautiful grove; the +fair-ground was only a short distance from us. I think I never saw a fence +come down more quickly, and, as if by magic, a village sprung up, with its +streets running north and south beneath those beautiful shade-trees. A +crystal stream of pure water ran along in the valley below, which supplied +us with water for every purpose. We stayed here two weeks.</p> + +<p>On the 15th of April we packed up, and for nearly two months were marching +about from place to place. The people treated us kindly, but we could +easily discern where their sympathies were strongest. Now and then a slave +would come to us for protection. I remember, one Sabbath morning, a very +smart colored boy came to us, and about noon a constable came after him. +The colonel told him if “he could find him, to take him back to his +mistress;” this word was passed round in double-quick time. The boy was in +the first tent they came to, but as they were coming in he darted out past +them. Then a race commenced worth seeing; round and round the camp they +went; at last, the boy started for the woods, and the constable after him, +with four or five boys in blue following close upon the pursuer.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span> Seeing +the boy was likely to escape, the constable drew a revolver and levelled +it at him, but before he could fire he was knocked down without ceremony, +and I think got the worst of that hunt. This happened near Lancaster, +Kentucky.</p> + +<p>In a few days we recrossed the Ohio river, went aboard of the cars at +Cincinnati and in due time arrived at Cairo, Illinois, where there were +boats waiting for us; went on board at once; laid at the wharf that night, +and started down the Mississippi river early in the morning on our way to +Vicksburg. Our company had the upper deck, therefore we had a fine +opportunity to view the surrounding country. The rebels fired into us +once, but did no damage. We landed on the west shore, near Vicksburg, on +the 15th of June. We saw Grant’s fireworks on that doomed city for two +nights.</p> + +<p>On the 17th we took the boat and ran up the Yazoo river about twelve +miles, and <ins class="correction" title="original reads 'landen'">landed</ins> again. We went into camp on the east shore, about two +miles from the landing; made our beds of cane-brake, which was very nice. +Here we found an abundance of blackberries. While we were awaiting the +appearance of Johnston, we saw a great many things of interest; but we +were annoyed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span> greatly by snakes and lizards. Let us make our bed where we +would, they were sure to find us, and claim a part of our blankets for a +resting place. They were harmless, however, and we soon became accustomed +to them. The lizards varied in length from three to eight inches, and were +of various colors, gray, green, red, etc.</p> + +<p>The morning of the 4th of July dawned on us with all its beauty and +loveliness, and the birds seemed to be giving praise to God in +commemoration of our National Independence; with it came the surrender of +Vicksburg. In the midst of our joy, and throwing up of hats, we received +orders to fall in, and were soon on our way after Johnston. He fell back +as for as Jackson, and made a stand; we soon came upon him and the battle +commenced. For eight days we had more or less skirmishing, but it was not +such fighting as we had been accustomed to having while with the Army of +the Potomac.</p> + +<p>At last we made preparation for a general charge, but when we made it, we +found empty works. The bird had flown, and had set the business part of +the place on fire.</p> + +<p>The second day after we entered the city we turned back again; this was a +very hard march;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span> we started at the quickstep, and kept it up all day. Two +men fell dead by the roadside, while many others fell by the way; it was +very warm, and we could get no good water, but were obliged to drink red +mud as we passed through the low grounds and ravines along our route.</p> + +<p>As we retraced our steps, I noticed an aged lady sitting where I had seen +her two weeks before, at her cottage door, smoking her pipe of cob with a +stem two feet long, as unconcerned and contented, apparently, as if the +rude hand of war had not laid its devastating touch upon the country about +her. I do not know but what she is there yet; she seemed to enjoy her pipe +very much.</p> + +<p>In due time we reached our old camp-ground. After staying in camp about +one week, we again got aboard of the boat and started down the river. We +had not gone far before we run aground, and in backing off, broke the +rudder, and were obliged to lay there all night. In the morning a tug came +up and helped us off; they took on board a part of the Sixth New Hampshire +Volunteers, giving us more room. We were eleven days going up the +Mississippi river. I took up my quarters on the pilot deck, and enjoyed +myself much in looking at the scenery along the route; it was grand.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span>In due time we arrived at Cairo, Illinois; got aboard of the cattle train, +and were rolled away at railroad speed, till at length we arrived at +Cincinnati, and recrossed the river to Covington. Here we again got aboard +the cars, stopping next at or near Camp Nelson, Kentucky, where we had a +good camp-ground, and plenty of good water. The following day we were +ordered out for dress-parade; there were but twenty-five officers and men, +all told; the remainder had been excused by the surgeon in the morning, or +were sick with the “shakes;” so it will be seen that our regiment was very +badly used up.</p> + +<p>We remained here about a week, and then our regiment was distributed along +the Kentucky Central railroad, a company or two at each bridge, with +headquarters at Paris. Companies A and F were stationed at Kimbrae’s +bridge, so called, about one mile south of a pretty little village called +Cynthiana. There was a block-house on each side of the bridge, which made +us very good quarters. Our duty, which was to guard the bridge nights, was +very light, and gave us plenty of time to visit our neighbors.</p> + +<p>The people here were very kind and generous, with the exception of a man +by the name of Smith,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span> a union man, and because he was such he thought the +boys ought to work for him: cut up his tobacco, pick his apples, etc., and +take their pay in promises; but this soon played out, and I have no doubt +but what he lost ten times as much as it would have taken to fulfill all +his promises.</p> + +<p>In October, I was detailed acting Sergeant of the provost guard at +Cynthiana. Here I had a chance to become more acquainted with the +inhabitants, and learn their views in regard to the war. It was a nigger +war to most of them; but for all that, they treated us well with but few +exceptions.</p> + +<p>There were four churches in the place; two black and two white, so called. +I attended them all, but I liked best at one of the colored churches, as +they had the smartest preacher.</p> + +<p>In December, 1863, the State of New Hampshire sent us about four hundred +substitutes gathered from all parts of the country. About one-half of them +deserted.</p> + +<p>In January, 1864, we were ordered to Camp Nelson; went into camp on the +south-east side, near Daniel Boone’s cave. On the 25th, we broke up camp, +and passed through the following places: Camp Dick Robertson, Lancaster, +Stanford, Hall’s Gap, Cuba, Somerset, and arrived at Point<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span> Burnside on +the 30th, a distance of eighty-four miles February 1st, we were occupied +in fixing up our camp; while we remained here we drilled four hours per +day. On the 23d, we had orders to be in readiness to march. On the morning +of the 27th, struck tents, and took up our line of march; passed through +Somerset and Grundy, and forded Buck Creek, Church Valley.</p> + +<p>It rained very hard the second day and snowed and rained the third day, so +there were three inches of snow on the ground that night, and we were wet +and cold and covered with mud; but on the 4th of March, we arrived near an +ancient village called London; a distance of sixty miles. We remained here +till the 6th, when we started on our journey again, passed through London, +and, tired and footsore, arrived on the north side of Cumberland Gap, a +distance of fifty-six miles, on the 10th, just as the sun was setting +behind the western hills; having for supper only the crumbs of our morning +meal.</p> + +<p>On the 14, we again set out, passed through the Gap, Tazewell, Tennessee, +crossed Clinch river, Leonard’s Village, and arrived near Knoxville, on +the 17th, a distance of sixty-five miles. Here we joined the Brigade +again, and on the 21st took<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span> the road that led us across the Wildcat +Mountain to Burnside Point; a distance of one hundred miles. We arrived +there on the 27th about noon, drew rations, and continued our march. We +arrived at Camp Nelson on the 31st; a distance of seventy-six miles.</p> + +<p>This was a very hard march; I wore out three pair of army shoes, on this +tramp. We did not see an armed rebel on the whole route.</p> + +<p>April 2d, marched to Nicholasville, and again took the cars, reaching +Annapolis, Maryland, on the 7th. General Grant reviewed us at this place. +We remained here until the 23d, drilling, &c., when we took up our line of +march, passed through Washington, D. C., crossed the Potomac, and went +into camp on the other side, on the 25th; a distance of forty-six miles.</p> + +<p>On the 27th, we again started out and arrived on the plains of Manassas, +on the 28th; a distance of thirty-four miles. Here we remained till the +4th of May, when we again set out and arrived on the line of battle in the +Wilderness, on the 6th.</p> + +<p>Our Brigade had been in all day, and at night were scattered all through +the woods. Colonel Walter Harriman, of the Eleventh New Hampshire +Volunteers, was taken prisoner.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span>The morning of the 7th, being the third day of the battle, was opened with +a terrible roar of musketry all along the line of seven miles. It was +impossible for our Commanding Chief to see but a small portion of the +army, so a great deal depended on the Corps Commanders. I cannot describe +the dreadful carnage of the Wilderness.</p> + +<p>The killed and wounded were scattered through that vast forest of +underbrush, which, dry as tinder, and set on fire by the shells of the +enemy, was burning fiercely. The two lines charged back and forward; we +would gain a little ground in one place and lose in another. Just at dark, +we were ordered to the rear, and lay down to rest. But the next morning we +found ourselves on the old Chancelorsville battle-ground. Here we found +human bones strewn all over the ground.</p> + +<p>On the 9th, we moved about five miles to the left, and in rear of +Fredericksburg. A battle raged at Spottsylvania. On the 10th, we went on +to the line on the left; hard fighting all along the line. On the 11th, we +were ordered to the rear to another part of the line; it rained hard all +night. About five o’clock on the morning of the 12th, we received orders +to advance.</p> + +<p>On we went driving the rebel skirmishers before<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span> us. Now you might have +seen the gallant Hancock leading the second corps to victory; they came +upon the enemy unawares, and took two lines of works and seven thousand +prisoners.</p> + +<p>We being the right of the <ins class="correction" title="original reads 'Nighth'">Ninth</ins> Corps, formed on the left of the second. +We got in advance of the rest of the line while coming through the woods, +and formed on the left of the second just in season to receive the return +charge of the rebels. We opened on them as they came up in solid column in +front and on our left flank, and gave us a volley lengthwise which sent us +staggering back to the woods.</p> + +<p>We lost two hundred and twelve men out of five hundred, in less than five +minutes. I received a slight wound in the leg, but I assure you, it did +not hinder me from making good time for the woods. We soon rallied, and +went back to the line with only one hundred men to guard the colors; the +rest were scattered but came up during the day and night. Hard fighting +every day till the 21st. Then Grant made one of his masterly movements +round their right flank. Our Brigade started direct for their extreme +right, struck them about five o’clock, and made preparations for a charge, +but darkness set in, and about<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span> ten o’clock we started for the rear; +marched all night, and took our breakfast on the bank of the Pamunkey +river; continued our march, and on the 24th crossed the North Anna river, +under a severe storm of shell bursting over our heads; we then entered the +line. On the 25th, advanced our line about five hundred yards; 26th, hard +fighting, but nothing gained. During the night we fell back across the +river and burned the bridge.</p> + +<p>May 27th, we took up our line of march, crossed the Pamunkey river, and +went into camp; a distance of thirty-five miles. On the 30th, we started +out as rear guard for the brigade teams. May 31st, General Griffin ordered +our regiment alone into the woods to try the enemy’s strength; we passed +down into the ravine and up a steep bluff under a galling fire, but at +last we reached the top and held our position till the reserves were sent +to support both of our flanks; hard fighting all day.</p> + +<p>June 1st, 1864. All quiet till about ten o’clock; then the enemy charged +on our left and were driven back with heavy loss. They also charged on our +right in plain sight. Two lines came up on the double-quick till within +two hundred yards.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span> Then you might have seen a line of dusty forms spring +up as if by magic, and a sheet of fire burst forth which sent them reeling +back to their cover in the woods. They soon rallied again and came on with +double the force that had first assailed us. Just then, one of our light +batteries, of six guns, was placed in position in the woods, and gave them +grape and canister.</p> + +<p>On they came regardless of life and fearless as demons; but soon they met +a sheet of fire which seemed to consume them; they retreated to the woods +for the second time, and made no further attack on that part of our line.</p> + +<p>On the 2d, we fell back and moved about five miles to the left. At four +o’clock, they came down on us and tried to get in our rear; but all to no +purpose. We fought hard during the following day, but rested that night. +On the 4th, we moved about four miles, and formed on the right of the line +at Coal Harbor. Every one knows about this place. It will be sufficient to +say that we had work to do, and I think all were glad when the order came +to fall back.</p> + +<p>Just after dark, on the 11th, we started back and took our breakfast near +Whitehouse landing, and continued our march. Our next rest was near<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span> the +James river, where we remained until the 15th, when we took up our line of +march just at dusk, and marched all night and till four o’clock of the +following day. Forming on the line of battle near the Weldon railroad, we +went in on a charge, and fought more or less all night.</p> + +<p>On the morning of the 17th, we charged all along the line, drove the enemy +back, took several pieces of artillery, and more or less prisoners. +Advanced about one mile on the 18th, and during the night threw up earth +works in an old oat field near a peach orchard. On the 19th, we dug our +pit eight feet wide and three deep, throwing all the earth in front. Hard +fighting on the left. On the 20th, hard fighting all along the line. I +received a slight wound across my left temple.</p> + +<p>June 21st ended my term in the field. I was wounded in the left arm, and +had it amputated just above the elbow. Now for the hospital. I was carried +to City Point on the 23d. Thanks to the Christian and Sanitary +Commissions, which greatly relieved us, not only in furnishing so many +good things, but in sending to us those who always had a kind word for us +all.</p> + +<p>On the 30th, I was carried on board the hospital boat, and arrived at +Washington, D. C., on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span> the 1st of July, and was carried to Finley +Hospital. I was well cared for here, and my arm healed rapidly, while many +others sickened and died.</p> + +<p>On the 22d of August, I received a furlough for sixty days. I arrived home +on the 24th. I cannot attempt to describe my feelings as I crossed the +threshold, and placed this good right arm around the aged form of my +beloved mother, who tottered to meet me, and throwing her arms around my +neck, kissed me again and again. Not less welcome was the fervent “God +bless you, my son,” from father. My wife was absent at this time, at the +bedside of a sick sister, who died in about two weeks after I got home. +Then she returned to me, and entered into the general rejoicing at my safe +arrival.</p> + +<p>Soon after I came home the stump of my arm began to trouble me very much. +Gangrene set in, the stump swelled up and turned black. They carried me to +my sister’s, Mrs. Smith Hancock, in Franklin, where I was attended by Dr. +Knights of that town. For about three weeks my life was despaired of; then +I began to gain. Through the kind care of all and the skill of Dr. +Knights,—but more through the providence of God,—I was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span> spared; for +what, I do not know. God knows, and he doeth all things well.</p> + +<p>December 2d, I reported at Concord, and went into the Hospital there. On +the 8th, I was sent forward to Washington. Arrived there on the 11th, and +went into Finley Hospital. I was transferred to Manchester, N. H., on the +10th of January, 1865, and remained there till I received my discharge, on +the 29th of May.</p> + +<p>My story is told.</p> + + + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A History of the Army Experience of +William A. Canfield, by William A. Canfield + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ARMY EXPERIENCE--WILLIAM A. 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Canfield + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: A History of the Army Experience of William A. Canfield + +Author: William A. Canfield + +Release Date: April 15, 2010 [EBook #31998] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ARMY EXPERIENCE--WILLIAM A. CANFIELD *** + + + + +Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images +generously made available by The Internet Archive/American +Libraries.) + + + + + + + + + + _OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,_ + _Concord, N. H., March, 1869._ + + _This is to certify that the author has served the + country faithfully; lost his arm at Petersburg; and + is of good report by all who know him._ + + (Signed,) _J. D. Lyman_, + _Secretary of State_. + + + + + A HISTORY + OF + WILLIAM A. CANFIELD. + + + Sold only by Himself. Price 25 cents. + + + MANCHESTER, N. H.: + PRINTED BY CHARLES F. LIVINGSTON. + 1869. + + + + + A HISTORY + OF THE + ARMY EXPERIENCE + OF + WILLIAM A. CANFIELD. + + + BY HIMSELF. + + + _PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS._ + + + MANCHESTER, N. H.: + C. F. LIVINGSTON, PRINTER. + 1869. + + + + +_PREFACE._ + + +READERS: In writing this little book, I do not claim to issue a work of +choice language, nor to present any new facts or startling developements +concerning the general history of the war. My intention is simply to write +a short narrative of my life as a soldier in the Army of the Potomac and +South West, and in the Hospital. + +Having lost my left arm from a wound received in front of Petersburg, I +have taken this method of procuring sufficient means to enable me to +engage in some business by which I may gain an honest livelihood for +myself and family. + +Craving your kind indulgence, I bring my claim before you, hoping you will +grant it a favorable reception. + +Yours respectfully, + +WM. A. CANFIELD. + + + + +HISTORY. + + +I was born on the 10th of June, 1840, in Thornton, a small town in the +northern part of New Hampshire. I was the youngest of six children. Our +parents were poor in this world's goods, but rich in faith and in the +knowledge of God as it is in Christ Jesus. My early instructions were +limited to a common school, and I was deprived of this at the age of +twelve years. Had I improved even these few years, I might have been much +farther advanced than I now find myself. As it is, I have to regret many +misspent opportunities of my childhood. + +My parents, as I have said before, were rich in faith, and it was first in +their thoughts to instill into the hearts of their children principles of +wisdom, virtue and love. Especially did our dear mother, both by precept +and example, endeavor to lead us in the right way. + +The summer of 1853 I went to Franklin, N. H., to work in a hosiery mill. I +liked my work, had a good boarding place, and in a short time felt quite +at home. + +I had been there several weeks, and there had been an unusual interest in +religious matters for some time; many had already sought and found God. +One after another of my associates had found peace in God through the +merits of Christ, yet I remained unmoved. + +One evening several of the boarders invited me to go to the prayer +meeting. I went, little dreaming of the great blessing there was in store +for me that night. I felt no conviction of sin at this time, nor did I +until the invitation was given for those to arise who desired the prayers +of God's people. To my surprise the whole party that came with me +manifested a desire to be prayed for. Then for the first time in my life +did I feel an earnest consciousness of God's presence. My friends had left +me--God was with me, and I was afraid. Oh, how my poor heart shrank to +hide itself; how gladly would I have hid myself from the presence of God, +but I could not; the pure light of God's love was shining into my sinful +heart, making every plague-spot clearly visible to my spirit's vision. + +We returned home. My sister, being one of Christ's little ones, invited +them to go into the sitting-room for a season of prayer. Thus was I again +left alone, but not long; for very soon I felt a gentle touch on my +shoulder, and heard sister's sweet voice saying: "Come, Will, and pray +with us." + +I went, and in earnest prayer entreated God for Christ's sake to pardon my +sins. I did not plead long in vain, for Jesus was very near me, and when I +yielded my will to the Divine, how quickly He received me, and lovingly +sheltered me in His bosom. Thank God, I have found a hiding place there +ever since. When I came out of that room I was clothed and in my right +mind--I was no longer afraid. For was not God my father, Jesus my elder +brother, and Heaven my home? + +I could hardly wait until Saturday night, I desired so much to tell my +dear parents of my new-found joy. But the week soon passed away, Saturday +night came, and I was home again. + +I think my dear mother perceived the change almost as soon as she saw me. +I would here say that my father had for some time neglected family +worship, and was not enjoying much of spiritual life; but when I told them +of my new-found joy, father fell upon his knees praying fervently for +pardon for his neglect of duty, renewedly consecrating himself to the +Lord. Truly there was great rejoicing in that little cottage that night. +The family altar was again established, and we rejoiced greatly in the +love of God. + +The time passed very quickly until the autumn of 1858, when I went to +Manchester to work for my brother in a hosiery mill, and boarded in his +family. + +I soon connected myself with the M. E. Church in this place, and found +many warm friends. Among others, I became acquainted with Miss M. F. +Stewart, of New Hampton, N. H., and in due time married her. We had been +married about one year when the war broke out. + +My parents always taught us to reverence the stars and stripes; I loved my +country's banner, and when rebel hands were raised to hurl it to the +ground, I felt as if I must go and bear a part in the great struggle. My +ancestors had fought bravely to establish the glorious liberty I had so +long enjoyed. It was hard, very hard, for me to leave those whom I loved +so dearly, but still harder to sit with folded hands here at home, while +others were dying for the aid I could render. Frequently, when about my +work, would my eye fall upon my hands (I have often thought it strange), +and they seemed to reproach me every time I looked at them. At last I +could bear it no longer; I felt sure it was my duty to go, and go I must. + +I enlisted under H. D. Davis, at Manchester, N. H., July 12, 1862, in the +Ninth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. I went directly to Northfield, to +visit my parents and friends before going into camp. It is almost useless +for me to speak of the parting scene. I took leave of all my friends +except my wife and sister, with her husband. My aged parents were bowed +down with sorrow and grief. They had buried their oldest son and two +daughters; there were only three of us left--and now to lose me (for they +had little hope of ever seeing me again) was almost too much for them to +bear. + +We went into camp the first of August. Spent the first night in the +barracks. I did not sleep much, I assure you, every thing was so +strange--so much noise and confusion of tongues. But I soon became +accustomed to my surroundings, and found real attractions in camp life. + +I had always made it a rule to reprove sin whenever an opportunity +offered; but I soon found out what it meant to cast pearls before swine. + +Then I adopted another plan; it was this: first, to watch every +opportunity of doing a good turn for my comrades. I interested myself in +the loved ones they had left at home--in a word, I tried to make them love +me; and I succeeded far beyond what I expected. I do not think there was +one in our company who would have seen any harm come to me if they could +have prevented it. Then, when occasion required, I could reprove sin +without being reproached and made to understand it was none of my +business. + +Our time was mostly occupied in drilling, until the 24th of August, when +we were mustered into the United States' service. On the 29th, we struck +tents early in the morning and marched to the depot, where we took the +cars for the seat of war. It was a sad time with us that morning, as one +after another bid farewell to loved ones. Very few of those brave men ever +returned. I had previously taken leave of my friends and told them I +should return to them again. + +We started from Concord about seven in the morning; large crowds were +gathered at the stations all along our route to encourage and cheer us. + +We arrived in Washington on the first of September; laid in the barracks +near the station that night. The next morning, I got leave to look about +the city, and must confess I was sadly disappointed. I had expected to see +something grand, and perhaps I should if I had traveled far enough. As it +was, about all there were to be seen were cows and goats, with vast +numbers of swine running at large in the streets. I went back to the +barracks not very well pleased with our Capital. + +In a very short time we had orders to fall in. We then crossed the long +bridge, and marched about three miles beyond, and camped for the night. +About midnight we received orders to turn out--the rebels were upon us. We +turned out in a hurry; formed a line across the road with bayonets fixed, +for we had as yet received no ammunition. We remained in line about twenty +minutes, and then started off on another road; marched about two miles at +double quick; were then ordered back to camp, without seeing or hearing a +single rebel. The next day, we marched about six miles up the Potomac. +Here we found work chopping down trees, and throwing up fortifications. + +On the 4th of September, a part of the army of the Peninsula passed us on +their way to the second Bull Run battle. They were all worn out with +continual marching and fighting, and many looked as if they would fall by +the wayside. I said to myself as they were passing: Why are worn-out men +like these pressed to the front, while we are held back! Well, when the +order comes, we too shall have to go; until then, we must wait and shovel. +All I could do for them was to give them my ration of soft bread. + +The 8th of September was my first night on picket duty in an enemy's +country. About nine o'clock it commenced raining very hard. I was relieved +about twelve; laid down near an old stump, and was soon fast asleep. When +I awoke, I found myself in a pond of water which nearly covered me. I +managed to get out of the water and back to camp. The result of this +ducking was the dysentery in its worst form. I was compelled to go +directly to the hospital, and receive such care as they had to give. + +On the 10th, our regiment received orders to move. They joined the Second +Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Army Corps. Unable to walk I was carried +in an ambulance, until we came up with the regiment on the evening of the +11th, when I joined my company. My comrades soon made a good fire of rails +and did every thing they could for my comfort. J. W. Lathe got some green +corn and roasted it for me, and on the morning of the 12th, got me aboard +an ambulance again. I afterwards learned that he was reprimanded for +taking such an interest in me, and I shall ever remember his kindness with +gratitude. + +On the 13th, we arrived at Frederick City, Md. During the day it was +rumored that an order from Gen. Lee had fallen into Gen. McClellan's +hands, which had so exposed the position of the enemy, that he soon gave +orders for the entire army to move forward. + +Our column took the main pike road to Middletown. We arrived on the south +side of the town after dark, and went into a field that had been recently +plowed, where we bivouacked for the night. + +On the 14th, at the battle of South Mountain, the enemy occupied the side +and top of the mountain on both sides of the road. I will not attempt to +describe the battle, for I did not participate in it; I was left by order +of the surgeon in the hospital just established in the village. It was a +large two story building, situated on the east side of the town. That +night I was put in the second story. The room was filled with the wounded +and dying. + +At about three o'clock in the morning, I was obliged to go down. The moon +was still shining in all its beauty and loveliness over the western +hill-tops. As I turned the corner of the building a sight met my gaze +which baffles description. + +There were about thirty dead bodies, mangled in every conceivable shape, +covered with blood, with eyes wide open glaring at me. My very blood run +cold with horror, and it was some minutes before I could pass them. Since +then, I have become accustomed to such scenes, but I can never recall that +sight without a feeling of dread. + +On the 15th, the battle at South Mountain was still raging. All was +excitement. I had no thought of self now, but bent all my energies to the +task of caring for the wounded. There were two others with me, and we +tried in every possible way to alleviate their sufferings. We brought them +water, washed their wounds, and spoke words of comfort. We had no +experience in such things, but did the best we could. + +The surgeon, who came round about nine o'clock, said we had done well. +After looking at some of the worst cases, he gave us orders, advising us +to do the best we could. For three days and nights I had neither sleep nor +rest, when I was compelled to give up and take my chance with the others. + +The ladies here, I shall ever remember with gratitude; they were very kind +to us, bringing us many luxuries we should not otherwise have had. + +I was now brought very low by the chronic diarrhea; I could hardly get up, +and still no help appeared in my case. True, the surgeon was very kind, +but I thought it rather hard when he told me "you must let it run. I +cannot help you, I have nothing to do with." + +I had heard the ladies telling of one Polly Lincoln, who possessed much +skill. I thought perhaps she might cure me, so I made further inquiries in +regard to her, and learned that she lived most of the time alone in a hut +made of logs, not far from the hospital. She gathered her own herbs, made +her own medicine, and performed wonderful cures,--so they told me. + +With the surgeon's permission, I soon found her out and told her my +complaint. "Oh!" said she, "I'll fix you all right in a week or two, only +keep up good courage." And to work she went, at once; made me a nice bed +on the floor, and fixed me a dose of herb tea in a very short time. I felt +very comfortable, I can assure you, that afternoon, as I lay there on the +floor, watching that good old Samaritan in her humble home; my heart was +filled with gratitude, and I felt safe in her hands. + +There was only one room in the house, and that very poorly furnished; +still, every thing looked neat and home-like. There were two other +soldiers there at the same time; one from the 17th Michigan, with his leg +off, the other from Massachusetts, with his arm amputated at the +shoulder-joint. She took care of us all, and often assisted at the +hospital. I was with her two weeks, and then reported in person to the +surgeon in charge. He gave me leave to go back another week. At the end of +that time I was fit for duty. But I must not leave this good old mother +without saying a few more words. She was, in deed and in truth, a good +Samaritan to us all; and there are hundreds who can testify to the same +truth; hundreds who will remember her with heart-felt gratitude as long as +they live. + +The soldier from Massachusetts died in a few days; the other was able to +go home in four weeks. + +Some time after this, I received orders to report at Camp Convalescent, +Alexandria. I stayed there two weeks and then started off with a squad for +the front. We arrived at Aquia Creek, on Saturday, October 13. We were put +into camp there and told to wait until after the battle before proceeding +further. To wait there within sound of that terrible artillery-fire at +Fredericksburg, did not suit me. I longed to be with my comrades and share +their danger. + +With these feelings I went to the Provost Marshal and stated my case. He +gave me a pass to report to General Fry, at Falmouth, but instead of +reporting to him, I found my regiment over in the city and took my place +in the ranks. The boys were glad to see me, but said I was a fool for +coming into that slaughter-yard, as they called it. It was my duty, and I +was willing to take my chances with the rest. + +We went on picket Sunday night, but were ordered to fall back across the +river about four in the morning, and at day-light we were in our old +quarters, there to do picket duty on the Rappahannock, as the boys said. +This was the most discouraging place that I was in during my stay in the +army. Any soldier who was there could tell some pretty hard stories of +that place. Our troubles there are too well known to every one at all +conversant with the history of the war, to need any comment. + +A few days after Burnside got stuck in the mud, we received orders to pack +up; this was good news for us; we felt sure we could get into no worse +place than this mud-hole. + +We got aboard the cars at Falmouth; arrived at Aquia Creek about dark, +then took the transportation boat and landed at Newport News. This we +found to be a change for the better; it was a very pleasant place. Here +they gave us tents, and plenty to eat as good as the army could afford. +There were some who were not satisfied; and if you had found them in +private life, you would have heard them growling continually about +something. + +Our regiment went into camp about one mile from the landing. Here we had +a good drill-ground; drilled six hours each day. I enjoyed my stay in this +place very much. + +Our next move was to take a boat for Baltimore. The boat was an old +rickety craft, and came near sinking, during a slight gale going up the +bay. Arriving at Baltimore, we took the cars bound for the South-West; +this was a very pleasant ride, although we were somewhat crowded. + +When we arrived at Pittsburg, we found a good supper awaiting us, and I +think those in charge of the tables can truly say that we did justice to +the hot coffee, ham, &c., that was set before us. + +Thanks to those true and noble hearts that were so mindful of their +country's defenders. All along the route from Pittsburg to Cincinnati the +inhabitants threw into our cars baskets, boxes and pails, filled with good +things. This was a pleasant route, the scenery in some places being very +beautiful. I should like to go over it again, only under different +circumstances. I should be very glad to make the acquaintance of the +generous-hearted people of Ohio. + +Leaving Cincinnati, we crossed the Ohio river into Covington, Kentucky. +Here we again got aboard of the cars, and arrived at Lexington. We went +into camp about one mile from the city, in a beautiful grove; the +fair-ground was only a short distance from us. I think I never saw a fence +come down more quickly, and, as if by magic, a village sprung up, with its +streets running north and south beneath those beautiful shade-trees. A +crystal stream of pure water ran along in the valley below, which supplied +us with water for every purpose. We stayed here two weeks. + +On the 15th of April we packed up, and for nearly two months were marching +about from place to place. The people treated us kindly, but we could +easily discern where their sympathies were strongest. Now and then a slave +would come to us for protection. I remember, one Sabbath morning, a very +smart colored boy came to us, and about noon a constable came after him. +The colonel told him if "he could find him, to take him back to his +mistress;" this word was passed round in double-quick time. The boy was in +the first tent they came to, but as they were coming in he darted out past +them. Then a race commenced worth seeing; round and round the camp they +went; at last, the boy started for the woods, and the constable after him, +with four or five boys in blue following close upon the pursuer. Seeing +the boy was likely to escape, the constable drew a revolver and levelled +it at him, but before he could fire he was knocked down without ceremony, +and I think got the worst of that hunt. This happened near Lancaster, +Kentucky. + +In a few days we recrossed the Ohio river, went aboard of the cars at +Cincinnati and in due time arrived at Cairo, Illinois, where there were +boats waiting for us; went on board at once; laid at the wharf that night, +and started down the Mississippi river early in the morning on our way to +Vicksburg. Our company had the upper deck, therefore we had a fine +opportunity to view the surrounding country. The rebels fired into us +once, but did no damage. We landed on the west shore, near Vicksburg, on +the 15th of June. We saw Grant's fireworks on that doomed city for two +nights. + +On the 17th we took the boat and ran up the Yazoo river about twelve +miles, and landed again. We went into camp on the east shore, about two +miles from the landing; made our beds of cane-brake, which was very nice. +Here we found an abundance of blackberries. While we were awaiting the +appearance of Johnston, we saw a great many things of interest; but we +were annoyed greatly by snakes and lizards. Let us make our bed where we +would, they were sure to find us, and claim a part of our blankets for a +resting place. They were harmless, however, and we soon became accustomed +to them. The lizards varied in length from three to eight inches, and were +of various colors, gray, green, red, etc. + +The morning of the 4th of July dawned on us with all its beauty and +loveliness, and the birds seemed to be giving praise to God in +commemoration of our National Independence; with it came the surrender of +Vicksburg. In the midst of our joy, and throwing up of hats, we received +orders to fall in, and were soon on our way after Johnston. He fell back +as for as Jackson, and made a stand; we soon came upon him and the battle +commenced. For eight days we had more or less skirmishing, but it was not +such fighting as we had been accustomed to having while with the Army of +the Potomac. + +At last we made preparation for a general charge, but when we made it, we +found empty works. The bird had flown, and had set the business part of +the place on fire. + +The second day after we entered the city we turned back again; this was a +very hard march; we started at the quickstep, and kept it up all day. Two +men fell dead by the roadside, while many others fell by the way; it was +very warm, and we could get no good water, but were obliged to drink red +mud as we passed through the low grounds and ravines along our route. + +As we retraced our steps, I noticed an aged lady sitting where I had seen +her two weeks before, at her cottage door, smoking her pipe of cob with a +stem two feet long, as unconcerned and contented, apparently, as if the +rude hand of war had not laid its devastating touch upon the country about +her. I do not know but what she is there yet; she seemed to enjoy her pipe +very much. + +In due time we reached our old camp-ground. After staying in camp about +one week, we again got aboard of the boat and started down the river. We +had not gone far before we run aground, and in backing off, broke the +rudder, and were obliged to lay there all night. In the morning a tug came +up and helped us off; they took on board a part of the Sixth New Hampshire +Volunteers, giving us more room. We were eleven days going up the +Mississippi river. I took up my quarters on the pilot deck, and enjoyed +myself much in looking at the scenery along the route; it was grand. + +In due time we arrived at Cairo, Illinois; got aboard of the cattle train, +and were rolled away at railroad speed, till at length we arrived at +Cincinnati, and recrossed the river to Covington. Here we again got aboard +the cars, stopping next at or near Camp Nelson, Kentucky, where we had a +good camp-ground, and plenty of good water. The following day we were +ordered out for dress-parade; there were but twenty-five officers and men, +all told; the remainder had been excused by the surgeon in the morning, or +were sick with the "shakes;" so it will be seen that our regiment was very +badly used up. + +We remained here about a week, and then our regiment was distributed along +the Kentucky Central railroad, a company or two at each bridge, with +headquarters at Paris. Companies A and F were stationed at Kimbrae's +bridge, so called, about one mile south of a pretty little village called +Cynthiana. There was a block-house on each side of the bridge, which made +us very good quarters. Our duty, which was to guard the bridge nights, was +very light, and gave us plenty of time to visit our neighbors. + +The people here were very kind and generous, with the exception of a man +by the name of Smith, a union man, and because he was such he thought the +boys ought to work for him: cut up his tobacco, pick his apples, etc., and +take their pay in promises; but this soon played out, and I have no doubt +but what he lost ten times as much as it would have taken to fulfill all +his promises. + +In October, I was detailed acting Sergeant of the provost guard at +Cynthiana. Here I had a chance to become more acquainted with the +inhabitants, and learn their views in regard to the war. It was a nigger +war to most of them; but for all that, they treated us well with but few +exceptions. + +There were four churches in the place; two black and two white, so called. +I attended them all, but I liked best at one of the colored churches, as +they had the smartest preacher. + +In December, 1863, the State of New Hampshire sent us about four hundred +substitutes gathered from all parts of the country. About one-half of them +deserted. + +In January, 1864, we were ordered to Camp Nelson; went into camp on the +south-east side, near Daniel Boone's cave. On the 25th, we broke up camp, +and passed through the following places: Camp Dick Robertson, Lancaster, +Stanford, Hall's Gap, Cuba, Somerset, and arrived at Point Burnside on +the 30th, a distance of eighty-four miles February 1st, we were occupied +in fixing up our camp; while we remained here we drilled four hours per +day. On the 23d, we had orders to be in readiness to march. On the morning +of the 27th, struck tents, and took up our line of march; passed through +Somerset and Grundy, and forded Buck Creek, Church Valley. + +It rained very hard the second day and snowed and rained the third day, so +there were three inches of snow on the ground that night, and we were wet +and cold and covered with mud; but on the 4th of March, we arrived near an +ancient village called London; a distance of sixty miles. We remained here +till the 6th, when we started on our journey again, passed through London, +and, tired and footsore, arrived on the north side of Cumberland Gap, a +distance of fifty-six miles, on the 10th, just as the sun was setting +behind the western hills; having for supper only the crumbs of our morning +meal. + +On the 14, we again set out, passed through the Gap, Tazewell, Tennessee, +crossed Clinch river, Leonard's Village, and arrived near Knoxville, on +the 17th, a distance of sixty-five miles. Here we joined the Brigade +again, and on the 21st took the road that led us across the Wildcat +Mountain to Burnside Point; a distance of one hundred miles. We arrived +there on the 27th about noon, drew rations, and continued our march. We +arrived at Camp Nelson on the 31st; a distance of seventy-six miles. + +This was a very hard march; I wore out three pair of army shoes, on this +tramp. We did not see an armed rebel on the whole route. + +April 2d, marched to Nicholasville, and again took the cars, reaching +Annapolis, Maryland, on the 7th. General Grant reviewed us at this place. +We remained here until the 23d, drilling, &c., when we took up our line of +march, passed through Washington, D. C., crossed the Potomac, and went +into camp on the other side, on the 25th; a distance of forty-six miles. + +On the 27th, we again started out and arrived on the plains of Manassas, +on the 28th; a distance of thirty-four miles. Here we remained till the +4th of May, when we again set out and arrived on the line of battle in the +Wilderness, on the 6th. + +Our Brigade had been in all day, and at night were scattered all through +the woods. Colonel Walter Harriman, of the Eleventh New Hampshire +Volunteers, was taken prisoner. + +The morning of the 7th, being the third day of the battle, was opened with +a terrible roar of musketry all along the line of seven miles. It was +impossible for our Commanding Chief to see but a small portion of the +army, so a great deal depended on the Corps Commanders. I cannot describe +the dreadful carnage of the Wilderness. + +The killed and wounded were scattered through that vast forest of +underbrush, which, dry as tinder, and set on fire by the shells of the +enemy, was burning fiercely. The two lines charged back and forward; we +would gain a little ground in one place and lose in another. Just at dark, +we were ordered to the rear, and lay down to rest. But the next morning we +found ourselves on the old Chancelorsville battle-ground. Here we found +human bones strewn all over the ground. + +On the 9th, we moved about five miles to the left, and in rear of +Fredericksburg. A battle raged at Spottsylvania. On the 10th, we went on +to the line on the left; hard fighting all along the line. On the 11th, we +were ordered to the rear to another part of the line; it rained hard all +night. About five o'clock on the morning of the 12th, we received orders +to advance. + +On we went driving the rebel skirmishers before us. Now you might have +seen the gallant Hancock leading the second corps to victory; they came +upon the enemy unawares, and took two lines of works and seven thousand +prisoners. + +We being the right of the Ninth Corps, formed on the left of the second. +We got in advance of the rest of the line while coming through the woods, +and formed on the left of the second just in season to receive the return +charge of the rebels. We opened on them as they came up in solid column in +front and on our left flank, and gave us a volley lengthwise which sent us +staggering back to the woods. + +We lost two hundred and twelve men out of five hundred, in less than five +minutes. I received a slight wound in the leg, but I assure you, it did +not hinder me from making good time for the woods. We soon rallied, and +went back to the line with only one hundred men to guard the colors; the +rest were scattered but came up during the day and night. Hard fighting +every day till the 21st. Then Grant made one of his masterly movements +round their right flank. Our Brigade started direct for their extreme +right, struck them about five o'clock, and made preparations for a charge, +but darkness set in, and about ten o'clock we started for the rear; +marched all night, and took our breakfast on the bank of the Pamunkey +river; continued our march, and on the 24th crossed the North Anna river, +under a severe storm of shell bursting over our heads; we then entered the +line. On the 25th, advanced our line about five hundred yards; 26th, hard +fighting, but nothing gained. During the night we fell back across the +river and burned the bridge. + +May 27th, we took up our line of march, crossed the Pamunkey river, and +went into camp; a distance of thirty-five miles. On the 30th, we started +out as rear guard for the brigade teams. May 31st, General Griffin ordered +our regiment alone into the woods to try the enemy's strength; we passed +down into the ravine and up a steep bluff under a galling fire, but at +last we reached the top and held our position till the reserves were sent +to support both of our flanks; hard fighting all day. + +June 1st, 1864. All quiet till about ten o'clock; then the enemy charged +on our left and were driven back with heavy loss. They also charged on our +right in plain sight. Two lines came up on the double-quick till within +two hundred yards. Then you might have seen a line of dusty forms spring +up as if by magic, and a sheet of fire burst forth which sent them reeling +back to their cover in the woods. They soon rallied again and came on with +double the force that had first assailed us. Just then, one of our light +batteries, of six guns, was placed in position in the woods, and gave them +grape and canister. + +On they came regardless of life and fearless as demons; but soon they met +a sheet of fire which seemed to consume them; they retreated to the woods +for the second time, and made no further attack on that part of our line. + +On the 2d, we fell back and moved about five miles to the left. At four +o'clock, they came down on us and tried to get in our rear; but all to no +purpose. We fought hard during the following day, but rested that night. +On the 4th, we moved about four miles, and formed on the right of the line +at Coal Harbor. Every one knows about this place. It will be sufficient to +say that we had work to do, and I think all were glad when the order came +to fall back. + +Just after dark, on the 11th, we started back and took our breakfast near +Whitehouse landing, and continued our march. Our next rest was near the +James river, where we remained until the 15th, when we took up our line of +march just at dusk, and marched all night and till four o'clock of the +following day. Forming on the line of battle near the Weldon railroad, we +went in on a charge, and fought more or less all night. + +On the morning of the 17th, we charged all along the line, drove the enemy +back, took several pieces of artillery, and more or less prisoners. +Advanced about one mile on the 18th, and during the night threw up earth +works in an old oat field near a peach orchard. On the 19th, we dug our +pit eight feet wide and three deep, throwing all the earth in front. Hard +fighting on the left. On the 20th, hard fighting all along the line. I +received a slight wound across my left temple. + +June 21st ended my term in the field. I was wounded in the left arm, and +had it amputated just above the elbow. Now for the hospital. I was carried +to City Point on the 23d. Thanks to the Christian and Sanitary +Commissions, which greatly relieved us, not only in furnishing so many +good things, but in sending to us those who always had a kind word for us +all. + +On the 30th, I was carried on board the hospital boat, and arrived at +Washington, D. C., on the 1st of July, and was carried to Finley +Hospital. I was well cared for here, and my arm healed rapidly, while many +others sickened and died. + +On the 22d of August, I received a furlough for sixty days. I arrived home +on the 24th. I cannot attempt to describe my feelings as I crossed the +threshold, and placed this good right arm around the aged form of my +beloved mother, who tottered to meet me, and throwing her arms around my +neck, kissed me again and again. Not less welcome was the fervent "God +bless you, my son," from father. My wife was absent at this time, at the +bedside of a sick sister, who died in about two weeks after I got home. +Then she returned to me, and entered into the general rejoicing at my safe +arrival. + +Soon after I came home the stump of my arm began to trouble me very much. +Gangrene set in, the stump swelled up and turned black. They carried me to +my sister's, Mrs. Smith Hancock, in Franklin, where I was attended by Dr. +Knights of that town. For about three weeks my life was despaired of; then +I began to gain. Through the kind care of all and the skill of Dr. +Knights,--but more through the providence of God,--I was spared; for +what, I do not know. God knows, and he doeth all things well. + +December 2d, I reported at Concord, and went into the Hospital there. On +the 8th, I was sent forward to Washington. Arrived there on the 11th, and +went into Finley Hospital. I was transferred to Manchester, N. H., on the +10th of January, 1865, and remained there till I received my discharge, on +the 29th of May. + +My story is told. + + + + +Transcriber's Notes: + +Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_. + +The following misprints have been corrected: + "landen" corrected to "landed" (page 21) + "Nighth" corrected to "Ninth" (page 29) + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A History of the Army Experience of +William A. Canfield, by William A. Canfield + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ARMY EXPERIENCE--WILLIAM A. 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