Battery L, 1st Artillery Regiment (Light) - George Breck Columns: Chapter 1: Table of Contents

II. Introduction, Page 1

III. Editor’s note, Page 8

IV. “Who wouldn’t be a soldier?”
Elmira and Albany, Oct. 25, 1861 – Nov. 21, 1861, Page 9

V. “Mud, mud, mud”
Encamped at Washington, Jan. 25, 1862 – Feb. 24, 1862, Page 23

VI. “Too good to be True”
Interlude at Baltimore, Feb. 26, 1862 – May 25, 1862, Page 41

VII. "Soldiering in good earnest”
Into the Shenandoah, May 27, 1862 – June 25, 1862, Page 91

VIII. "Under the new arrangement”
The Army of Virginia, June 30, 1862 – July 30, 1862, Page 117

IX. "Roughing it now as never before”
Battle at Cedar Mountain, Aug. 10, 1862 – Aug. 13, 1862, Page 141

X. "A battle of blunders”
Second Bull Run, Aug. 20, 1862 – Sept. 4, 1862, Page 151

XI. "The roar of artillery shook the earth”
Antietam, Sept. 10, 1862 – Sept. 22, 1862, Page 175

XII. “Why are we lying still so long”
Too quiet along the Potomac, Sept. 29, 1862 – Nov. 4, 1862, Page 198

XIII. “A sad sorrowful day”
McClellan is relieved of command, Nov. 11, 1862, Page 222

XIV. "What a sacrifice of human life is this!”
Fredericksburg, Nov. 20, 1862 – Dec. 18, 1862, Page 226

XV. "The soldiers fail to see”
Musings on emancipation, Dec. 30, 1862 – Jan. 22, 1863, Page 247

XVI. "Mortifying, isn’t it?"
The Mud March, Jan. 24, 1863, Page 260

XVII. “Keep trying men until the right one is found”
Hooker takes command, Jan. 30, 1863 – April 24, 1863, Page 266

XVIII. “They will cross the Rappahannock again and again.”
The Battle of Chancellorsville, April 29, 1863 — May 8, 1863, Page 305

XIX. “A willingness to tarry”
A break in the action, May 15, 1863 – June 10, 1863, Page 327

XX. “The most desperate and bloody battle….”
Gettysburg, June 15, 1863 – July 11, 1863 , Page 339

XXI. “An army of observation”
All quiet on the Rappahannock, July 28, 1863 – Oct. 7, 1863, Page 358

XXII. “Expeditious marching”
Bristoe Campaign, Oct. 15, 1863 – Nov. 13, 1863, Page 375

XXIII. “We bade goodbye to General Lee’s Army”
Mine Run campaign, Nov. 25, 1863 – Dec. 4, 1863, Page 390

XXIV. “Every man is the architect of his own house”
Winter quarters, Dec. 17, 1863 – March 16, 1864, Page 396

XXV.“They will stand by him through ‘thick and thin’”
Grant takes command, March 30, 1864 — May 1, 1864, Page 416

XXVI. “Such terrible fighting”
Grant’s overland campaign, May 13, 1864 – June 22, 1864, Page 425

XXVII. “Tired of the war”
Siege at Petersburg, June 29, 1864 – Sept. 12, 1864, Page 460

XXVIII. “Politics are running high”
The presidential election, Oct. 5, 1864 – Nov. 16, 1864, Page 477

XXVIX. “The federal skies never looked so bright”
Confederate death throes, Nov. 28, 1864 – Feb. 25, 1865, Page 488

XXX. “The rebellion is played out!”
Lee surrenders, April 4, 1865 – April 27, 1865, Page 508

XXXI. “Never were marching orders hailed with greater delight”
The last march, May 12, 1865 – June 8, 1865, Page 521

XXXII. Breck’s life after the war
Page 534

XXXIII. Appendix A
Battery L: Where it served, Page 536

XXXIV. Appendix B
Battery L’s battle reports, Page 538

XXXV. Appendix C
Breck’s address at Gettysburg, Page 548

XXXVI. Appendix D
Roster, Page 554

XXXVII. Appendix E
Palmyra and Battery L, Page 561

XXXVIII. Endnotes

XXXIX. Bibliography

XL. Index

Transcribed And Donated By Bob MarcotteTranscribed And Donated By Bob Marcotte
Robert E. Marcotte
Rochester, N.Y.
February 2005