Firestorm At Peshtigo, Luther Noyes-- Part 4: Battle of Cold Harbor

After he recovered, Noyes volunteered again, this time joining Company D, of the 36th Wisconsin Infantry where he served as a first lieutenant during some very hard campaigning.

Probably the worst of it was at the Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia.  The night before the battle it rained very hard.  Noyes' men removed their blue coats and wrote their names and where they lived on scraps of paper and pinned them to the backs of the coats.  In case they were killed and face down, they wanted to be identified.

Noyes and his men managed to survive, though he was wounded severely in his left leg.

--Old Secesh