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Chales Cummings
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Charles Cummings
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Placed in command
Charles Cummings was placed in command of the camp of Rendezvous of Recruits for the 17th Regiment Vermont Volunteers.
http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyvt/17th_vt_infantry.html -
Burnside Corps
Colonel Randall is made Colonel of the 17th regiment and the regiment is assigned to Burnside Corps.
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Worst cold of the year
Cummings arrived in Burlington and he has the worst cold he has had this year but, the symptoms suggest it was really the flu.
http://www.civilwaracademy.com/civil-war-diseases.html -
3 Companies Mustered In
The battalion will go to Bratlleboro to get paid and to finish their outfits.
http://www.militaryuniformsupply.com/civil-war-uniforms-union-north-costumes -
Ten Inches of Snow
There has been ten inches of snow in Burlington. General Davis and General Washburn, and the Govenor are at private meeting at montpelier.
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/warfare-and-logistics/warfare/winter/winter-encampments-1.html?referrer=http://www.bing.com/search?setmkt=en-US&q=civil%20war%20in%20the%20winter -
Filling the Regiment
Cummings is very busy trying to fill the regiment. Cummings went with Govenor Underwood and his wife to Gettysburg Town Hall to hear Lieut. Benedict's lecture on the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Dinner With the Govenor
Cummings had four companies and two squads mustered in. Last Sunday, he dined with Govenor Underwood \
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The Surgeon and Adjutant
Three more companies were mustered in and orders were recieved to arm, equip, pay, and dress the mustered men. They will leave for Annapolis Maryland on Monday. The surgeon and adjutant has arrived, but no quartermaster.
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Sharpshooters
Rebel sharpshooters and skirmishers have been pounding the camp with bullets. His soldiers have fired shells back towards them but the rebels keep pushing on.
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The Entrenches
Cummings and his battalion was ordered to move forward from their position in the woods. On the skirmish line, one man was shot dead with seven wounded. Two were mortally wounded and did not make it through the night.
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/civil-war-pictures/strategy/entrenchments.htm -
Attacked by Rebels
While at a halt, Cumming's battalion was attacked by rebel forces. They were up all night in a critical position holding off the rebels.
http://thomaslegion.net/strategy.html -
The White House
Cummings and his soldiers are about nine miles northeast of Richmond, Virginia and about a dozen miles south of the White House.
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LTC Tyler
Cummings read the Phoenix and saw that LTC Tyler has died. -
Changing the Picket Line
Cummings was incharge of the changing of the picket line and establishing a new one.
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