The percentage of privately owned Henrys in the 7th, 64th, 66th and 86th Illinois Infantry increased, with guns being delivered to units in the field as Sherman’s army pushed south. ![]() Elisha Hunt Rhodes of the 2nd was so impressed that he carried a Spencer carbine as his personal arm for the rest of the war.Īs 1864 ground on, more repeating arms made their way to Union foot soldiers. The Yankees went on to win the day, and Col. cartridges and ran the ammunition up to the 37th. They took to ground under a heavy fire of Confederate musketry until soldiers from the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry filled their pockets with Spencer. The Massachusetts men, like their Illinois brothers in arms to the west, ran low on ammunition. Robert Rodes and a flank attack conducted by Brig. This, coupled with confusion caused by the death of Confederate Maj. The First New Jersey Brigade’s fighting withdrawal held off the Rebels and then the Jerseymen were relieved by the 37th Massachusetts Infantry, a regiment recently re-armed with seven-shot Spencer repeating rifles, and the Bay State boys let loose a blizzard of bullets, slowing the Confederate advance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Battle’s Alabama brigade counterattacked and, exploiting a gap between two corps, precipitated a retreat all along the Sixth Army Corps front. Jubal Early out of the Shenandoah Valley. Philip Sheridan launched his campaign to drive Confederate Gen.
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