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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gold, Cornelius, B., 1839-1921 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://collections.conncoll.edu/gold/fa.html">Cornelius Gold Papers</a>, Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, Connecticut College Subject The topic of the resource United States -- History -- Civil War (1861-1865) -- Sources Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Hilton Head S.C. March 16 1864 My dear Mother The three "Billy-dooses" came safely and sweetened me in tripple [sic] measure, a day or two ago. It was partly as good as being there to share your jubilee only through letters. Such reports do not make me homesick, but on the contrary give a home feeling wherever I am by bringing you all nearer in spirit. It does not so much matter where our bodies are, if the wings only touch. Nothing adds more to my happiness here, than to know of bright days at home. I suspect Henry had a tearing time with the girls, and you a happy one in the midst of all. Not every mother can boast such a jolly crew of children, good children, too are they not! The scape-grace was well out of the way this time. It must have been sweet relief to be rid of such an animal for once. And as for me, (since it is I who say it + not you) [Page 2] I am glad to have ministered to your joint enjoyment even by absence. But that visit is over now and -- Mr. Woodruff did not come by the Arago today! How sorry I am. I would not selfishly wish to cut short his visit at home but am growing hungry for a sight of the good man. You see we have been quite without a shepherd these seven weeks and we only made provision for an absence of 20 days. "The calves are a blattin' in the barn"! Sadly as we miss him however, the Light of Port Royal did not wholly depart with him. Almost without a human leader certainly with no "ruling spirit" aside from the Spirit of God men meet and are moved with one impulse strong + deep. The "Tongue of Fire" is among us. Indeed it seems to be abroad, kindling the Country, with a flame purer than mere patriotism. It will help our cause. For when the national sacrifice burns with fire from heaven, no rebel hands can guard it. There are three meetings in town [Page 3] each week on Sunday, Tuesday + Thursday evenings, not crowded, but with a good and increasing attendance of right earnest workers, full-hearted men. They remind me much of the old noon-prayer meetings in New York. I think I told you of my call from George Bissell, but not of the last surprise. Charlie Goodyear appeared suddenly at our tent door the other day, on his way with his regiment to Beaufort. We had just found out our whereabouts, though he had been several days in the vicinity. Mr. M. and I walked down to the dock with him and had quite a little visit with him. Likely enough he will be back here again soon when the acquaintance may be renewed with a trice. You do not know what a fellow- feeling we fellow townsmen have for each other. We have occasional accessions of recruits to the regiment in small parties. The largest, 41 men, came yesterday. Among those who joined some weeks ago was an [Page 4] old first Lieutenant of this regiment, who had been discharged the service on account of ill health, and on recovery, volunteered again as a Private in the 6th Conn. I see in the Colonel's list of recommendations to the Governor, is that of this man for promotion to 2nd Lieut. Please thank Fanny Stanwood for a nice letter she sent me last mail, since I can not possibly do it myself this week, and I am sure she would not wish me to. I am bravely over the foolish days when the frist [sic] duty on reading a letter was to write one in return. I am sorry to say some of my friends are of the same mind with me in this matter, as is quite evident from their long waiting. With me duty + desire do not always keep company. I want to write "dreffully." This time, even you, must let me off with this little. It shall not be so next week if I can help it. Am feeling in Prince Condition, and presume am really so. The rebels have not yet surrounded us, and may find it difficult to do so on an island with gunboats keeping guard. Cornelius. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data manuscript letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cornelius Gold, 6th C. V. I., March 16, 1864 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865) United States.--Army--Military life Description An account of the resource Cornelius Gold writes to his mother about life in camp, homesickness or the lack thereof, new recruits, and meeting up with fellow townspeople. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-03-16 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/083f8870af2383137af493199212e7a9.pdf fa087699b4b0afebed136d66f4fed3e5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cornelius Gold Papers Description An account of the resource A collection of correspondence between Cornelius Gold and his family, written between 1862 and 1866. The bulk of the correspondence is from Gold to his mother. There are also several pieces of correspondence to his brother and individual letters to other family members. This collection includes two letters from Romulus Loveridge, a lieutenant in the 3rd US Colored Infantry. The collection also contains a 62 page journal kept by Gold on his voyage from New York to Hong Kong and from Hong Kong to England in 1861-1862. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gold, Cornelius, B., 1839-1921 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://collections.conncoll.edu/gold/fa.html">Cornelius Gold Papers</a>, Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, Connecticut College Subject The topic of the resource United States -- History -- Civil War (1861-1865) -- Sources Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document New Haven Hotel Tuesday Morn My dear Mother Was ever such a lucky fellar as I! Out again with a “General Pass” which means-liberty to come + go when I choose, reporting at camp once each day “til further orders”- This favor was granted yesterday at request of Uncle Winthrop who asked the General for it after breakfast - Gen’l Hunt’s answer was “yes of course you shall see him before dinner” - He himself wrote + left the pass in the Colonel’s office where I was called + rec’d it - You may be sure I was not slow in making ready to go - Uncle Winthrop + Aunt May arrived in a carriage the same instant + were ready for me at the camp entrance - We drove directly to West Haven reaching there at ½ past 4 PM - drank tea with Aunt E + the children staying there till 8 o’clock - I helped Uncle W. upstairs to his room in the hotel, heard two interesting [Page 2] letters from the little boys in Washington, then enjoyed a fine moonlight walk back to camp. I shall go to Bridgeport today to meet Lillie + should she not come, try again tomorrow. I feel right well all the time, and though my present circumstances are far from unpleasant, am quite ready to be off. “the sooner the quicker” This is an excellent season to visit Carolina. Romy is there. Though I would not have him reduced to the ranks for my sake, I confess I wish he were not so high above me just now. I suppose I must “line my straps” before renewing his acquaintance. It may be easier to wait for peace than do that. I can wait most cheerfully. The sight of commissioned shoulders does not make me hungry for like honor, since I see the class of men who bear them - good, bad + indifferent like us privates. Two or three captains in our camp are now under arrest for something or another. One large man about 50 years old was perched on a barrel head all yesterday, with [Page 3] a large placard on his back, “I went to church + got Drunk.” Only a few days since the same fellar had his sergeant stripes pulled off him, for a like offence. All this interests you amazingly no doubt., but recollect its all I have to talk about. You must expect camp scandal + little else, since your boy’s life is to be there. While in it, I pass most of the time lounging, but as much as possible with my limited bodily exercise in reading, or writing notes to my friends, not many of these last however. Walking up and down the ground is rather stupid business. thank fortune, over now since I have larger liberty. Morris Island drilling will exercise me plentifull, enough I’m thinking. This weather is delightful. Uncle + Aunt are through breakfast + about to take a ride in the morning air. Cornelius starts for Bridgeport presently. shall 4 hours of waiting there + shall take the life of Victor Hugo for company. Good morning - Your aff. Cornelius Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data ALS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cornelius Gold, 6th C.V.I, August 1863 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865) Soldiers--Conduct of life Description An account of the resource Cornelius Gold writes to his mother about camp life in New Haven and being able to get leave to visit family in the area. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-08 https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/66f24d44919cf5b45a4e8ab7fe8cdec2.pdf 274cb23bff0acbf119675518d3a192e5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cornelius Gold Papers Description An account of the resource A collection of correspondence between Cornelius Gold and his family, written between 1862 and 1866. The bulk of the correspondence is from Gold to his mother. There are also several pieces of correspondence to his brother and individual letters to other family members. This collection includes two letters from Romulus Loveridge, a lieutenant in the 3rd US Colored Infantry. The collection also contains a 62 page journal kept by Gold on his voyage from New York to Hong Kong and from Hong Kong to England in 1861-1862. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gold, Cornelius, B., 1839-1921 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://collections.conncoll.edu/gold/fa.html">Cornelius Gold Papers</a>, Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, Connecticut College Subject The topic of the resource United States -- History -- Civil War (1861-1865) -- Sources Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data manuscript letter Text Any textual data included in the document Hilton Head S.C. Feb 29, 1864 My dear “Family”, February has gone, or is going out like a lamb, and our Winter vanishes softly in the mild misty twilight of a spring evening. It has been “no great shakes of a winter”, for a Connecticut boy but “what there was of it” I am glad to see go. Sand is a poor substitute for snow, and windy dirt-storms is not cold, are neither beautiful nor anything else but dirt. I suppose however, that our southern neighbors think it must be highly nutritious for Northern “mud-sills” to diet on Carolina gravel, and glory in their “hospitable shores”, “Bad luck to ‘em”! They have been feeding our boys in Florida in even worse fashion rifle balls by the gallon. It would make your heart ache to hear the tales the maimed ones tell of the battle, the repulse, and the long weary march of wounded men left behind in the street, who would walk till they died rather than fall into rebel hands. I will tell you as near as I can the story of one, a private in the 47th N.Y.Vols, this regiment has been encamped close by us til the expedition and out of more than 700 who went into the fight upwards of 200 answered to roll call at the close, the rest killed, wounded + missing. Feb. 30. I thought I had the “world shut out” at 9 o’clock last night, and a good hour to spend with you before bed time, but a good [page 2] friend knocked at the door, and I let him in with a groan. I felt it was my only chance to write you this mail, and he talked and stayed till eleven o’clock, my fault as much as his for we both enjoyed the confab, but when he was gone I shut up my portfolio and laid it away with disgust. It is the close of one month and beginning of another, so that for a few days we are over-run with work. I shall have the pleasure of writing Muster Rolls far into this night, have only a moment now while waiting for the other clerk to come and help. I think I have told you what I am “doing in the Adjutant’s tent”, but since you are ignorant will repeat it. My duty is writing, and nothing else. When I can, I go out and drill an hour with my company in the afternoon, but the business is rather more confining than I like, and I have asked to be relieved, and sent back to my company for duty. I feel impatient to get there, am out of humor with my “quill”. My health is good enough but I came here to be a soldier, and nothing less will satisfy me. Now I will try to set your mind at rest on one subject, by telling you exactly how I am. My way of life has been too sedentary to change me much from the individual I was six months ago. But I complain of nothing in the way of pains sickness or burdens to be borne, have literally nothing to complain of, wish I had, it would be a luxury to get real tired once from work, to carry a knapsack till my back ached. One thing I am determined on, to get fairly out of doors again and stay there [Page 3] if I can. The Adjutant’s office is a good place to learn gain an important part of a military edication, but with one the physical must ever be uppermost, if I would thrive. Last week I went three or four times to the Hospital and passed an hour or two talking with our wounded soldiers from Florida or helping them in any way I could. Since we were not allowed to share their pains, it is the next best thing to give them sympathy. At first I had a dread of going among the wounded, the sight of blood or bruises was always repulsive to me, but it was my fortune to meet a shattered arm at the door, and pour a “cup of cold water” on the bandage for the owner, to talk with him, go in and sit down with him, write a letter for him, + have a right pleasant time. This opened the way to other beds + bedridden ones, another letter for a man with a ball through his thigh, and a bit of banking business for the poor fellow who trusted $60.00/00 in greenbacks with me to send for him to the Savings Bank in New York. He had more faith in strangers than I could have had, but it was none the less grateful to me to be able to aid him. I have quite missed my visits there, since, for the last two days I have had no time to go. I would tell you more about the doings of the regiment, if there were anything to tell, but beyond a story of “Guard duty” there would be nothing. This has been too incessant to admit of artillery practice yet. But our veterans returned last Sunday + I dare say will soon begin the Heavy Artillery drill. I understand that one of Company “B” [Page 4] tumbled off East or West Rock while at New Haven, and killed himself. We shall miss poor McNamara, if this is true, for he was our company tailor. James Dunn made a slight mistake. Mr. Mitchell has not been acting sergeant Major at all, was only performing the duties of quartermaster sergeant during the absence of the sergeant. I am sorry for Mr. M’s sake he should give any such impression. Mr. Mitchell is highly respected by both officers and men, and I have no doubt will some day rise above the ranks. If he does, it will not be for office seeking. There are too many old soldiers to reward for long + faithfullly services, to allow of speedy preferment to new corners. I am glad to hear of Theodore Mills’ good fortune and of and right sorry, we are to have his brother, + our cousin, Charlie Robinson, for a neighbor. But I wish him all success in his noble mission, and said “my love” + belssing to him + her + the little one. Please deliver when you see them. So Henry “made a lip” at Mr. Gunn and was punished richly for his impudence. He’ll “look out” next time “I reckon”! Am much obliged for the bundle of papers. Have enjoyed “looking at the pictures” in Leslie very much, can find use for them if I do not find time to read them myself, which is most unlikely at present. 1/2 past One A.M. The hour is sufficient excuse for putting my hand and seal to this letter. Have just ended my day’s labor. Mail closes tomorrow, that is, to day. Will you please put a large white pocket handkerchief in the next letter for me — mine is getting dingy — Mails are slightly irregular and I have no list of sailing days, doubt if they are fixed. In haste, Cornelius. 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Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865) United States--Army--Clerical work Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-02-29 Description An account of the resource Cornelius Gold writes to his family of life in camp, his frustration at his clerical duties and desire to be trained for combat, and visiting with wounded soldiers https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/65ce5a31de3b422f3ef4cb9cd752f770.pdf de6e3e92e33439c18685737ebbb6e8cc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cornelius Gold Papers Description An account of the resource A collection of correspondence between Cornelius Gold and his family, written between 1862 and 1866. The bulk of the correspondence is from Gold to his mother. There are also several pieces of correspondence to his brother and individual letters to other family members. This collection includes two letters from Romulus Loveridge, a lieutenant in the 3rd US Colored Infantry. The collection also contains a 62 page journal kept by Gold on his voyage from New York to Hong Kong and from Hong Kong to England in 1861-1862. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gold, Cornelius, B., 1839-1921 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://collections.conncoll.edu/gold/fa.html">Cornelius Gold Papers</a>, Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, Connecticut College Subject The topic of the resource United States -- History -- Civil War (1861-1865) -- Sources Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Bermuda Hundred Va. June 1, 1864 My dear Mother I hasten to write you a word this morning, whic I can since none of us can tell one minute what will be the next. Our present camp is exposed to the enemies funs, and whenever the batteries open we up stakes + "put" for the trenches not far to go however. My tent is only a couple of rods in rear of there. Our warning usually comes in the shape of a shrapnel shell or round shot cleverly tossed over our heads or in our midst. Then we think its time to "scatter." Three times within the last thirty six hours our comfort has been disturbed in this way, followed by a storm of leaden rain + an hail lasting about an hour. Fortunately the casluatlies bear no proportion to the number of missiles though some are taken away each time. All the rebel guns in our front opened at 5 o'clock May 30. again between 1 + 2 P.M. yesterday + the third time about 2 o'clock this morning. Our regiment has had six men wounded, half of whom will die. One whose legs were this morning shattered by a shell has since died. The roll of Grant's artillery comes cheerily to us this morning. Yet it is terrible too, when we think of its meaning. All we have done or heard this side Richmond is but childs play in comparison with that, and in its results as it seems to me valueless. But we wait patiently and confidently the approach of our Lieutenant General. We trust it will not be long before the nation will cry out Richmond is fallen, is fallen! May God give us the victory. [page 2] I am in pretty good condition now, have had good quarters, + plenty of victuals + drink I received shelter tens enough from the camp of the 40th Massachusetts when deserted by them to make a snug little habitation double walled + all to myself. since I'm robbing no one else I enjoy it very much. In addition I secured plunder enough to furnish my home quite handsomely. it consists of a cracker box mounted on legs for a table, a cane bottom, backchair (of contraband descent), with legs 6 inches high, a wooden chair, with no back, a nice pine bench, + for a bed an excellent "stretcher" such as is used to carry wounded from the field. It is well stained with the blood of the poor fellows it was carried + was hardly dry when I brought it home. I cover it with my new rubber blanket, and so forget its painful associations. I reported the prize to our surgeon + told him I had it for a bed, to which he replied, "keep it then, by all means. I have stretchers enough." Then I have a broom brush, two small tin pails + as many quart pans, and if one could if one could only eat tin, I should cook myself up a cast number of curious dishes. As it is, my culinary department grows in variety every day, and I am learning a thing or two in frying pan practice. Shall apply for a position in your kitchen when I go home + be the most useful Biddy that every you had, only, don't set me to washing dishes. I detest that. I use Borden's Condensed Milk. Day before yesterday Mr. Mitchell bought a paper of corn starch and the colonel's cook made him a fine corn-starch pudding. What do you think of that man! But after all "our life" is not meat and drink, but I trust ever and more in "to do the will of Him who sent us." Yet I know my own life is not what it should be, + this gives me trouble. Ill health has compelled Col. Duryee to resign. His resignation was accepted two or [page 3] three days ago and I believe he starts for the north nto day. His loss is a serious misfortune to the regiment. We have no other officers at all fit to succeed him in command. Col. Meeker's knee is not yet well enough to allow him to resume active duty, + the Major retains the command for the present. This campaign is a destructive one to an officer + in unusual proportion I think, though the loss in the ranks is not slight. Will you send us a few papers of Tully powder? I know my liability to weakness + derangement in hot weather + think that after all it could be well to have in my pocket an "ounce (or less) of prevention." Others are sick occasionally + there is the no reason to expect tha even one of my short frame should be always + totally exempt. How are aunt Juliette's [unclear] + flowerbeds this summer? I can imagine her tenderly nursing hausplanting + watering Pansies + Pricks this warm June day. Grandma bring in a pictcher full green weeds "too pretty to throw away" + that yet [page 4] are too vile to grace the flower borders. Grandpa grows eloquent over strawberry stamens [unclear], will persist in hoeing even as his back aches + then walks into the house just in time to recall the distracting fact that he has lost his cane. [unclear ] is rather a doubtful individual. I hardly know whether to place him in Stockbridge in his garden or at the end of a firepole. But wherever you are + whatever doing, I can see you all this morning "as plain as day." The air is so clear + soft since the smoke and powder smell have cleared away. The living are back to the "tented field," a great cornfield sloping off to the river + dotted with green shoots. but it is hardening fast under the tread of an army + heat of the sun to a cavern of dead loam clay, here and there a "nameless grave," + new mound of earth heaped up yesterday, to day, each day, perhaps, of the week that have elapsed since we came here I saw a small force of young negroes "playing at war" on one of them yesterday morning. The grave was "Richmond" and the little black rascals would pursuit Lee in turn, while "Gen. Grant" in the form of another woolly head, "licked him." Every victory was followed by a shout of "de Union for ever." Your aff. Cornelius Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data ALS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cornelius Gold, 6th C.V.I., June 1, 1864 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-06-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2-29 Description An account of the resource Cornelius Gold writes to his mother of attacks and casualties suffered by the regiment and the situation in the camp. Subject The topic of the resource United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865) https://omeka.conncoll.edu/files/original/a6edb8b4008eb89089f6e8e6f84efbf5.pdf 8f2abea1fb5d3b6d29efdc29df762d21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cornelius Gold Papers Description An account of the resource A collection of correspondence between Cornelius Gold and his family, written between 1862 and 1866. The bulk of the correspondence is from Gold to his mother. There are also several pieces of correspondence to his brother and individual letters to other family members. This collection includes two letters from Romulus Loveridge, a lieutenant in the 3rd US Colored Infantry. The collection also contains a 62 page journal kept by Gold on his voyage from New York to Hong Kong and from Hong Kong to England in 1861-1862. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gold, Cornelius, B., 1839-1921 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://collections.conncoll.edu/gold/fa.html">Cornelius Gold Papers</a>, Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, Connecticut College Subject The topic of the resource United States -- History -- Civil War (1861-1865) -- Sources Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Bermuda Hundred Va. June 18, 1864 My Dear Mother It is late in the day, but not too late for one little word to you if I hasten. Events are thickening in this vicinity. During the night of the 15th inst. the enemy fell back from his earth works erected on our front probably the result of Grant’s flank movement toward Petersburg. At day light our forces followed them up, part making a raid to and tearing up a portion of the Petersberg + Richmond rail-way - others remaining behind to level the rebel breastworks. By dark the business was well done, when the union troops were called in, and the pickets posted on the bluff lately occupied by rebel batteries. Our regiment formed part of the picket line, being reinforced at daybreak by the 7th Conn. Vols. who distributed themselves among us with their seven shooters. At about 2 o’clock in the morning a heavy rebel force returned + lay in the ravine just before It was rather a trying time for us until day light [page 2] as we momently expected an assault in overwhelming numbers, and we had been directed by Gen. Foster to “dispute every inch of the ground”. The enemy chose to wait. The first streak of light revealed the rebel skirmishers advancing on our right, but a warm reception from Yankee rifles caused them to fall back. Then began in earnest our day’s work, not exactly a battle to be sure, but about the toughest kind of picketing. The rebels skirmishers retook possession of an interior line of rifle pits, hid behind fences, + chimneys (of a house our men had burned the evening before), or in the tops of trees, and passed the day pelting bullets at us every time a “Yank” showed his head. “Two could play at that game” so we did the same. About 5 o’clock they brought artillery into play, + after dosing us with grape +, canister + shell (with little damage) for an hour, made one grand charge on our position. A Detachment of Convalescents posted immediately on the right of Company “B” 6th Conn, broke + fled almost without firing a shot. This let the enemy through + we should have been all “bagged” as sure as fate, but for [page 3] the commanding instinct of “legs do your duty.” The way we made for our old line of rifle pits was a caution, but though effected with a shower of balls at our backs, was marvellously safe. As soon as sheltered again, we looked back to see the confederate flag waving on the position we had just left. Then our batteries opened a tremendous fire over our heads, + we peeped over our ant-hills to see the shells burst, + catch an occasional sight at a rebel with our Enfields. So the darkness came again + we were relieved. The loss in our regiment during the day was5 killed, 1 officer + 15 men wounded, + 1 captain + 17 men taken prisoners. The 7th lost about the same number. Two of their men were shot dead within a few yards of me. The first had a ball through his head, while standing behind a tree. To attempt his removal was dangerous, so he was dragged a few feet to the rear. But the hot sun soon made the body offensive, + four men, laying it on a blanket started to take it to the rear. They had scarcely gone five steps [page 4] when a rifle ball passed through the heart of one, who gave a faint “oh!” + fell, then wounded the arm of another. A third of the bearers received a slight bruise. No further attempt was made at removal. The two dead men lay where they dropped, + fell into the enemies hands when we retired. The pit in which I was stationed seemed a favorite mark for sharp shooters all day. But a “miss is as good as a mile” at night I had again to thank my Preserver. Have had a good visit with Theodore Vaill today, another with Ed. Gold + seen all the Washington boys of my acquaintance in the 2nd Conn Artillery, excepting Joe Knowles. He was absent just then. Will tell more about that next time. Cornelius Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data ALS Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cornelius Gold, 6th C.V.I., June 18, 1864 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865) Siege of Petersburg (Virginia : 1864-1865) United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties Description An account of the resource Cornelius Gold writes to his mother about skirmishes in the siege of Petersburg, coming under fire, and casualties suffered in his regiment. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-06-18