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Re: 42nd MS - Hatcher's Run, Apr 2, 1865

Linda --

You're leaving out the letter R. Should be Hatcher's Run.

Several battles tool place at Hatcher's Run. The most important battle at Hatcher's Run took place on Feb-5-7, 1865.

When the Federal assault took place on Apr 2, 1865, remnants of the Mississippi brigade held Confederate defenses which protected Boynton Plank Road. The plank road crosses Hatcher's Run just southwest of Petersburg near Burgess Mill. Col Andrew Nelson's small command formed the left of Heth's Division. Nelson's thin line connected with Lane's North Carolina Brigade, further northeast towards Petersburg.

Just at dawn, the Federal VI Corps formed a heavy wedge which quickly broke through trenches manned by the brigades of Lane and Thomas. Getty's Division of the VI Corps then turned left to roll up the Confederate line along Boynton Plank Road. A soldier from the 11th Vermont took the 42nd Mississippi flag, a captain of the same regiment capturing 11 officers and 62 men of the 42nd Mississippi Regt. Probably fewer than one hundred men from the regiment were present for duty, so most of the command surrendered. Forced back towards Hatcher's Run and other advancing Federal lines, they simply had no place to go.

I wouldn't use the term "knocked out". These small regiments were simply overrun.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/national_parks/petersburg_park99.pdf
Use the magnifier tool to see the fine details of this map.

Andrew Park of Pleasant Mount MS enlisted Apr 21, 1862, Sardis MS, his company eventually becoming Co I, 42nd Mississippi Regt. He was a farmer when enlisted, age 27 and married. The 1860 census of Panola County MS shows that he had a wife and two children. The company record shows him present at Gettysburg PA, July 1 and 3, 1863; Falling Waters MD, July 14, 1863; Wilderness VA, May 5, 1864; Hanover Junction VA, May 23, 1864; and Hatcher's Run VA, Oct 27, 1864. He was captured as described above Apr 2, 1865, perhaps one of the group of 11 officers and 62 enlisted men who surrendered to the 11th Vermont Regt. Park went by ship from City Point VA to prison at Point Lookout MD. He took the oath of allegiance and was released from prison on June 16, 1865. That document decribes him as having light complexion, brown hair, dark hazel eyes, 5 ft 7 in tall, a resident of Panola County MS.

Andrew Park then went to Washington DC and two days later received transportation to Waterford MS.

I hope this explains a few things.

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