Pocket diary, 1862, and Bible. Veterans of the debacle at the first Battle of Bull Run from the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry looked to redeem themselves in 1862. From the siege of Yorktown (April 10-May 4), through Battles at Williamsburg (May 5), Fair Oaks (May 31-June 1), the Seven Battles Days (June 25-July 1), Oak Grove (June 25), Savage Station (June 29), White Oak Swamp (June 30), Malvern Hill (July 1), Pope’s Campaign (Aug 26-Sept 2), Bristoe Station (Aug 27), Groveton (Aug 29), and Second Bull Run (Aug 30, though not much involved), the regiment seemingly did nothing by fight that summer. There is little doubt that Charles Vickery represented the best of an active and effective regiment. During that eventful summer, the young corporal was recognized for his leadership and gallantry under fire, earning a promotion to Sergeant in May and a commission as 2nd Lieutenant at the end of the summer. Throughout, Vickery kept a faithful, daily record of the phenomenal run of battles in which his regiment was engaged, describing each in the terse, laconic style favored by many northern New Englanders. Some sample passages from the thick of the Campaign given a sense of his style: • May 4: In hot pursuit of the rebels. Camped three miles from them at night. • May 5: Overtook the rebels at Half past six in the morning at Williamsburg and opened battle which lasted all day. • June 1: Under arms all day. Heavy fighting to our right. • June 2: Under arms. Still they are fighting. A dreadfull hot day. The last entry in the diary, dated Dec. 10, 1862, describes the onset of the Battle of Fredericksburg: Over to the Eleventh Regt all the fournoon. Get orders to be ready to march at three oclock this afternoon. Vickery was wounded at Fredericksburg and although he managed to recover well enough to return to duty, he was wounded on the second day of the battle of Gettysburg, fracturing his spine, and dying of wounds. A terse, but highly effective chronicle of an exceptional soldier in exceptional times. Condition: Pocket diary with three pages per page, most pages filled in with one or two brief sentences in pencil. Expected wear with some pencil relatively faint.
Pocket diary, 1862, and Bible. Veterans of the debacle at the first Battle of Bull Run from the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry looked to redeem themselves in 1862. From the siege of Yorktown (April 10-May 4), through Battles at Williamsburg (May 5), Fair Oaks (May 31-June 1), the Seven Battles Days (June 25-July 1), Oak Grove (June 25), Savage Station (June 29), White Oak Swamp (June 30), Malvern Hill (July 1), Pope’s Campaign (Aug 26-Sept 2), Bristoe Station (Aug 27), Groveton (Aug 29), and Second Bull Run (Aug 30, though not much involved), the regiment seemingly did nothing by fight that summer. There is little doubt that Charles Vickery represented the best of an active and effective regiment. During that eventful summer, the young corporal was recognized for his leadership and gallantry under fire, earning a promotion to Sergeant in May and a commission as 2nd Lieutenant at the end of the summer. Throughout, Vickery kept a faithful, daily record of the phenomenal run of battles in which his regiment was engaged, describing each in the terse, laconic style favored by many northern New Englanders. Some sample passages from the thick of the Campaign given a sense of his style: • May 4: In hot pursuit of the rebels. Camped three miles from them at night. • May 5: Overtook the rebels at Half past six in the morning at Williamsburg and opened battle which lasted all day. • June 1: Under arms all day. Heavy fighting to our right. • June 2: Under arms. Still they are fighting. A dreadfull hot day. The last entry in the diary, dated Dec. 10, 1862, describes the onset of the Battle of Fredericksburg: Over to the Eleventh Regt all the fournoon. Get orders to be ready to march at three oclock this afternoon. Vickery was wounded at Fredericksburg and although he managed to recover well enough to return to duty, he was wounded on the second day of the battle of Gettysburg, fracturing his spine, and dying of wounds. A terse, but highly effective chronicle of an exceptional soldier in exceptional times. Condition: Pocket diary with three pages per page, most pages filled in with one or two brief sentences in pencil. Expected wear with some pencil relatively faint.
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