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Charles Cummings was placed in command of the camp of Rendezvous of Recruits for the 17th Regiment Vermont Volunteers.
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Colonel Randall is made Colonel of the 17th regiment and the regiment is assigned to Burnside Corps.
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Cummings arrived in Burlington and he has the worst cold he has had this year but, the symptoms suggest it was really the flu.
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The battalion will go to Bratlleboro to get paid and to finish their outfits.
http://www.militaryuniformsupply.com/civil-war-uniforms-union-north-costumes -
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 -
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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Cummings had four companies and two squads mustered in. Last Sunday, he dined with Govenor Underwood \
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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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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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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 -
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.
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Cummings and his soldiers are about nine miles northeast of Richmond, Virginia and about a dozen miles south of the White House.
http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/ -
Cummings read the Phoenix and saw that LTC Tyler has died.
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Cummings was incharge of the changing of the picket line and establishing a new one.
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