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The regiment was temporarily stationed in the fortifica- tions around Washington, D. C., but upon the commence- ment of the Peninsular Campaign, it accompanied the army with a siege train of seventy-one pieces of artillery.
It was mustered out of service on September 25, 1865, at Washington, D. C.
Principal Engagements.
Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 30 to May 4, 1862.
Hanover Court House, Va., May 27, 1862.
Gaines's Mills, Va., May 31 to June 20, 1862.
Chickahominy, Va., June 25, 1862.
Golden Hill, Va., June 27, 1862.
Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862.
Siege of Fredericksburg, Va., December II to December 15, 1862. (Batteries B. & M.)
Before Fredericksburg, Va., April 28 to May 6, 1863. (Battery M.)
Before Fredericksburg, Va., June 5 to June 13, 1863. (Battery M.)
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Kelley's Ford, Va., November 7, 1863. (Battery M.) Orange Court House, Va., November 30, 1864. (Battery B.)
Siege of Petersburg and Richmond, Va., May, 1864 to April, 1865.
Privates.
COMPANY M. Comstock, Silas, deserted.
COMPANY B. Mckenzie, Gilbert A., deserted.
COMPANY K. Schroder, Jacob. Wey, Robert.
COMPANY A. Tipohl, John, deserted.
2ND REGIMENT CONNECTICUT HEAVY ARTILLERY.
The 2nd Regiment Connecticut Heavy Artillery was recruited in Litchfield County as the 19th Regiment of Infantry. It left for Washington, D. C., September 15, 1862, and was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and was stationed at Alexandria, Va.
On November 23, 1863, it was changed from an infantry to an artillery regiment by orders from the War Department. During the year 1863, it was engaged in garrison duty in the "Defence of Washington, South of the Potomac," in Forts North, Ellsworth, Lyon, Weld, Farnsworth, Williams, and Willard, and was in the same brigade as the Ist Regiment Connecticut Heavy Artillery, forming the 2nd Brigade of DeRussey's Division, Defence of Washington.
From December 1, 1863, to February 20, 1864, the regi- ment was being rapidly recruited, and was increased from an
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aggregate of 757 men to the maximum of an artillery regiment. On May 21, 1864, it was assigned to the 2nd Brigade, Ist Division, 6th Army Corps, and was continually on the march from that time to June I, 1864, when it was called upon to participate in the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va., in which it suffered a heavy loss. It remained with the 6th Army Corps until the close of the war, and was mustered out of service on August 18, 1865, at Washington, D. C.
Principal Engagements.
Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864. Hatcher's Run, Va., February 6, 1865.
Near Petersburg, Va., March 25, 1865. Near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865. Sailors' Creek, Va., April 6, 1865.
Privates.
COMPANY A.
Brown, George, Reddy, Samuel.
COMPANY B.
Finn, William, McMahon, John.
COMPANY C. Henry, Charles E.
COMPANY D. Maskell, Henry, Sergeant.
COMPANY E.
Clark, Lewis, Keating, Martin.
COMPANY F. Van Dusen, Robert J., deserted.
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COMPANY G. Wilson, Benjamin, deserted.
COMPANY I. Sidney, James.
COMPANY L.
Bartholomew, Adam, deserted.
Booth, Byron, deserted.
Farrell, Thomas.
Ford, William.
Green, George.
Hughes, James. Kelly, Patrick, deserted. Provost, William, deserted. Wilson, Andrew, deserted.
COMPANY M.
Hart, Charles C. Joseph, Aaron.
Henry, Charles E., transferred.
Jones, John, Ist, deserted.
Terrell, John G., Corporal, deserted.
5TH REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
The 5th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was organized in June, 1861, and was originally recruited for what was termed "Colt's Rifle Regiment," but owing to some misunderstanding, it was deemed advisable to disband it, and the men were organized into the 5th Regiment of Infantry.
The regiment left for the seat of war July 29, 1861, under orders to report to Major-General Banks then at Harper's Ferry, and in command of the "Department of the Shenan- doah. "
It was mustered out of service July 19, 1865.
Principal Engagements. Winchester, Va., May 25, 1862. Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862. Chancellorsville, Va., May 1, 2, and 3, 1863. Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 2, and 3, 1863.
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Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1864.
Dallas, Ga., May 25, 1864.
Marietta, Ga., June 18, 1864.
Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864.
Siege of Atlanta, Ga., August to September, 1864. Chesterfield Court House, S. C., February 4, 1865. Silver Run, N. C., March 2, 1865.
Privates. COMPANY B.
Millard, Frank, Purdy, Charles, deserted.
Millard, Samuel, deserted,
COMPANY C.
Mullin, Daniel, Walton, Richard, deserted.
Smith, Emanuel,
COMPANY F. Tenison, David, deserted.
COMPANY K. Scofield, Alfred.
6TH REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
Written by Charles K. Cadwell, Sergeant, Company F. (Abridged)
This regiment was organized at New Haven in August, 1861, and was the third regiment furnished by the State of Connecticut under the first call of the President for volun- teers for three years, and was mustered into the United States service September 12, 1861.
On September 17, 1861, it left New Haven for Wash- ington, D. C., and on its arrival there on September 19, 1861, it encamped on Meridian Hill, and was brigaded with
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the 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers and the 3rd and 4th Regiments New Hampshire Volunteers.
The twenty days of camp life here was a period of un- ceasing drill and discipline, only broken by a visit to the camp of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, upon a tour of inspection.
On October 8, 1861, the regiment left Washington for Annapolis, Md., where it joined the forces then being organized under General William T. Sherman of the army, and Admiral Dupont of the navy, for an expedition to the Southern Coast. It sailed from Annapolis on October 19, 1861, encountered a terrific storm off Cape Hatteras, which disabled and wrecked a number of vessels, and arrived off Port Royal, S. C., November 5, 1861. On November 7, 1861, the bombardment of Forts Walker and Beauregard in the harbor, and the battle between the Union and Con- federate naval forces being the first naval engagement of the war, took place in full view of the regiment which was in the advance to land as soon as the forts were reduced. The engagement lasted five hours, and at its close the regiment with the 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers landed in small boats, and taking possession of the forts, immediately pushed forward after the flying enemy, and drove them from the island, capturing a number of prisoners.
For some months the time was occupied in building fortifications and making raids upon the surrounding country, in which a large quantity of supplies were captured.
In January, 1862, the regiment took part in an expedi- tion to capture Savannah, Ga., by the way of Warsaw Sound, Ga. The attempt was a failure, and in consequence of the regiment being kept on a small overcrowded vessel sixteen days without cooked food, with no vegetables, with hardtack full of worms, and water that was stored in kero- sene oil barrels, and without sufficient room on the vessel for all of the men to lie down at once, spotted fever broke out in the regiment and many lives were unnecessarily lost.
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In March, 1862, the regiment was a part of the force engaged in the siege and capture of Fort Pulaski on Savannah River, Ga. Its more particular operations in the siege were the construction and maintenance of a battery upon Jones Island, which was between the fort and the city of Savannah for the double purpose of preventing reinforcements reaching the fort, and the rebel iron-clad Atlanta from passing down the river. As the island was covered with water at high tide, the duty was laborious as well as dangerous, and many of the men suffered from disease and hardship. On April II, 1862, Fort Pulaski surrendered and the regiment returned to pleasant quarters on Dawfuski Island.
In June, 1862, the regiment took part in the expedition against Charleston, S. C., under General Hunter, marching over Jones Island and suffering many hardships, being three days without food, as the wagon train was cut off, but finally arrived at James Island, where, on June 10, 1862, it was engaged in a skirmish and on June 16 took part in the Battle of Secessionville, S. C. After that it went into camp at Beaufort, S. C., and performed picket and guard duty until October 22, 1862, when it was engaged in the Battle of Pocotaligo, S. C., in which the regiment suffered its first heavy loss in battle, and after the battle returned to Beaufort. On March 18, 1863, it was transferred to Jack- sonville, Fla.
About April 1, 1863, the regiment left Jacksonville, and after a short tour of duty at Hilton Head, Beaufort, and some scouting upon the islands along the coast, was landed about May 1, 1863, on Folly Island, S. C., to engage in the second attack on Charleston and Fort Sumter, by way of Morris Island. At midnight on July 9, 1863, the regiment with other forces under General Strong, ascended Folly River in boats, and at daybreak, after a desperate resistance and under a galling fire, effected a landing on Morris Island in the face of the enemy's guns, and charged and carried the fortifications, capturing one hundred and twenty-five prisoners and two battle flags.
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On July 18, 1863, the regiment led the charge upon the sea face of Fort Wagner. The loss in this action was so great that the regiment was sent to Hilton Head to recuperate.
In April, 1864, the regiment was transferred to Virginia, and took part in the campaign of that year.
Owing to fears of mob violence during the presidential election of November, 1864, the regiment, with many others, was ordered to New York by boats, and the vessels trans- porting them were stationed at different points on the East and Hudson Rivers to guard the city. After the election was over the regiment was returned to its camp at the front.
After this the time was spent in camp and picket duty until the latter part of December, 1864, when it was ordered to take part in the second attack upon Fort Fisher, N. C. After the capture of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865, the regiment took part in the operations for the capture of Wil- mington, N. C., and the opening of a base of supplies for General William T. Sherman in North Carolina.
It was mustered out of service at New Haven, Conn., August 21, 1865.
Principal Engagements.
Port Royal, S. C., November 7, 1861.
Siege of Fort Pulaski, Ga., March 20 to April II, 1862.
James Island, S. C., July 10, 1862.
Secessionville, S. C., July 16, 1862.
Pocotaligo, S. C., October 22, 1862.
Morris Island, S. C., July 10, 1863. Fort Wagner, S. C., July 18, 1863.
Chester Station, Va., May 10, 1864.
Proctor's Creek, Va., May 14, 1864.
Drewry's Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864.
Near Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 20, 1864.
Near Bermuda Hundred, June 2, 1864.
Petersburg, Va., June 7, 1864.
Near Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 17, 1864.
Deep Bottom, Va., August 14 and 15, 1864.
Deep River, Va., August 16, 1864.
Siege of Petersburg, Va., August and September, 1864.
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Chapin's Farm, Va., September 29, 1864.
Near Richmond, Va., October 1, 1864. New Market Road, Va., October 7, 1864. Darbytown Road, Va., October 13, 1864. Charles City Road, Va., October 27, 1864. Fort Fisher, N. C., January 15, 1865. Near Fort Fisher, N. C., January 19, 1865. Wilmington, N. C., February 21 and 22, 1865.
COMPANY D.
Bailey, William H.,
McGee, James.
Buckley, Edmund, Hyde, Albert A.,
Corporals. Hyde, William H., Sniffen, Irving L.
Privates.
Bing, Charles,
Palmer, Isaac,
Buckley, Thomas,
Palmer, Walter,
Goodhardt, John H.,
Raymond, Joseph E.,
Hussemann, John F.,
Reynolds, Carlton,
Jones, James,
Sherwood, William H.,
June, Charles H.,
Snyder, Oscar E.
Lockwood, Egbert,
7TH REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
The 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was organized in the summer of 1861, and was composed largely of those who had served in the three months' regiments. It left for Washington, D. C., on September 18, 1861, and was assigned to the Department of the South.
It was mustered out of service on July 20, 1865.
Principal Engagements.
Fort Pulaski, Ga., April 10 and II, 1862. James Island, S. C., June 16, 1862. Pocotaligo, S. C., October 22, 1862. Morris Island, S. C., July 10, 1863.
Sergeants.
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Fort Wagner, S. C., July II, 1863.
Olustee, Fla., February 24, 1864.
Chester Station, Va., May 10, 1864.
Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 10 to 17, 1864. Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864.
Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 17, 1864.
Deep Bottom, Va., August 14 and 15, 1864.
Deep River, Va., August 18, 1864.
Chapin's Farm, September 29, 1864. Near Richmond, Va., October 1, 1864.
New Market Road, Va., October 7, 1864.
Darbytown Road, Va., October 13, 1864. Charles City Road, Va., October 27, 1864.
Fort Fisher, N. C., January 15 and 19, 1865.
Privates.
COMPANY A.
Fisher, Edward,
DeOrsay, Charles, dishonorably discharged.
COMPANY B.
Frank, John, deserted. McNamara, Francis, deserted.
COMPANY E. Sweeney, John.
COMPANY G.
Galvin, John, Hickey, John, Jones, Thomas.
COMPANY H. Davidson, Thomas.
COMPANY I.
Messenger, Horace H., Ward, Thomas, Corporal.
8TH REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
The 8th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was recruited at Camp Buckingham, Hartford, and left for
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Annapolis, October 17, 1861, and formed a part of General Burnside's Division.
It was mustered out of service December 12, 1865.
Principal Engagements.
Newbern, N. C., March 14, 1862.
Siege of Fort Macon, N. C., April, 1862.
Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862.
Fredericksburg, Va., December II and 13, 1862.
Fort Huger, Va., April 1I and 19, 1863.
Walthall Junction, Va., May 7, 1864.
Fort Darling, Va., May 12 to 16, 1864.
Petersburg, Va., June 15 to September 28, 1864.
Fort Harrison, Va., September 29 to October 24, 1864.
Privates. COMPANY B. Donnelly, Timothy, deserted.
COMPANY D.
Combs, Charles, deserted, Foster, William, deserted,
Dalton, Richard, Munday, Thomas,
Fanning, Edward, deserted, deserted.
COMPANY H. Wilkins, William H.
9TH REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
The 9th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was organized in September, 1861, as an Irish Regiment, and was recruited at Camp English, New Haven. On November 4, 1861, it left for Ship Island, Mississippi Sound.
It was mustered out of service August 3, 1865.
Principal Engagements. Baton Rouge, La., August 5, 1862. Chattahoola Station, La., June 24, 1863. Deep Bottom, Va., July 28, 1864. Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864.
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Privates.
COMPANY B. Boyle, William, transferred, Fitzpatrick, Martin, transferred.
COMPANY C, 9TH BATTALION. Voorhees, James H., deserted.
COMPANY D, 9TH BATTALION. Hamilton, James.
IOTH REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
History of the 10th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infan- try. Written by Brevet Brigadier-General John L. Otis, late Colonel of the regiment.
The 10th Regiment of Infantry was recruited late in the summer of 1861, mustered into the United States service September 30, at Camp Buckingham, Hartford, Connecticut, left there for Annapolis, Maryland, October 31, under com- mand of Colonel Charles L. Russell, of Derby, and was assigned to the First (General J. G. Foster's) Brigade of Burnside's Division. The regiment remained at Annapolis two months, during which time it became noted for superior drill and discipline.
January 2, 1862, it took transports with the Burnside Expedition for North Carolina, remained on shipboard, miserably provided for, over five weeks; then landed Feb- ruary 7, and on the eighth fought like a regiment of veterans in the Battle of Roanoke Island, losing fifty-six killed and wounded-the heaviest loss sustained by any regiment engaged. Colonel Russell was killed, and was succeeded by Colonel Albert W. Drake, of Windsor.
February II, the regiment re-embarked and remained on transports over a month longer, landing at Slocum's Creek, March 13, and after a hard day's march and a night bivouac
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in the mud again distinguished itself for steadiness and effi- ciency under fire on the morning of the fourteenth, in the Battle of Newbern, losing twenty-seven killed and wounded. Colonel Drake died June 5, and was succeeded by Colonel Ira W. Pettibone, of Winsted.
The 10th Regiment remained in North Carolina during the summer of 1862, taking part in all the movements of the army. It was sent to Roanoke Island to suppress a mutiny, a battalion was sent to Plymouth to take part in capturing some rebel works on the Roanoke River, and the whole regi- ment took part in the Trenton and Tarboro expeditions, meeting the enemy at Rawle's Mills, Hamilton, and Wil- liamstown. July 22, all troops in North Carolina were . organized into the 9th Corps, under command of Major- General Burnside. November 15, Colonel Pettibone re- signed, and the command of the regiment devolved for a short time upon Lieutenant-Colonel Pardee, and then on Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Leggett. December 14, 1862, during the Goldsboro Expedition, there was a very sharp engagement at Kinston, North Carolina. General French, of the rebel army, occupied the town with about 7000 men; one of his brigades under Colonel Mallett occupied a strong position on the opposite side of the Neuse River, to defend the approach to the bridge. Several Union regiments had attempted to carry the enemy's position, but were all repulsed; the 10th Regiment was then sent for from the rear, passing, on its way to the front, one entire brigade and three regiments of another. Arriving in position, it charged the enemy over three regiments lying down in line of battle, drove the enemy from its position, pursued them to the Neuse River, charged and carried the bridge, which was on fire, and, swept by four guns in a tete-du-pont, captured five hundred prisoners, a like number of small arms, and eleven pieces of artillery, with a loss of one hundred and six killed and wounded. From the time the 10th Regiment com- menced its charge, not a soldier of any other infantry regi- ment took part in the engagement. On the sixteenth the
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regiment took part in the engagement at Whitehall, and on the eighteenth, in that of Goldsboro. At this time Colonel T. G. Stevenson, 24th Massachusetts, commanded the bri- gade; General Foster, the expedition and the department. December 24, the troops then in North Carolina were, by order of the President, made to constitute the 18th Corps, with Major-General J. G. Foster in command.
January 29, 1863, General Foster led a division of his troops (of which Stevenson's Brigade, including the 10th Regiment, formed a part) to South Carolina, for the purpose of making an attack on Morris Island and Charleston. Foster's troops were landed on St. Helena Island, where, on February 13, Major John L. Otis of Manchester, was commissioned Colonel and assumed command of the regiment. Before leaving the island the regiment established its well-earned reputation of being the best drilled and best disciplined of any troops in the service. While here General Foster, with thirty men from the 10th Regiment, made a complete reconnoissance of Morris Island, and declared it in a condi- tion to be easily captured by a small force. But difficulties with Hunter and his staff, arising from childish jealousies on their part, resulted in Foster's return to Newbern, leaving Stevenson's Brigade behind, which was soon after assigned to General O. S. Ferry's Division of the 10th Corps. April 9, 1863, the brigade left St. Helena Island for Edisto Inlet, and on the next day the 10th Regiment landed under the guns of Commodore Rogers's monitor and drove the enemy from Seabrook Island, losing one killed and two wounded. While stationed on this island, the regiment was ordered to make a reconnoissance on John's Island, out of reach of support from the main body. The enemy had taken up the planking of the bridge connecting the two islands, and had a good force of infantry, artillery, and cavalry stationed so as to prevent relaying it. Colonel Otis, having but a single regiment of infantry with him, retired to a good position and sent back for another regiment of infantry and a section of artillery. Meantime the enemy crossed to Seabrook Island
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with the hope of capturing the 10th Regiment before re- enforcements could arrive; but they arrived in season and the enemy was attacked with such vigor that they were driven from the island in confusion, pulling up the bridge planking after them.
On July 14, Stevenson's Brigade took transports for James Island, landed there on the sixteenth, and became a part of Terry's Division, 10th Corps. On the seventeenth the enemy drove the 54th Massachusetts from its position, where it was holding one of the causeways, marched five regiments of infantry, a battery, and a squadron of cavalry on the island, and unwittingly formed their line of battle so that it left the 10th Regiment on their right and rear. As . our main line of battle outnumbered them two to one, and faced them at not more than two hundred and fifty yards distance, Colonel Otis begged permission to attack their right and rear while at this disadvantage, but permission was peremptorily refused. The two lines of battle faced each other for a few minutes without a shot being fired, then the enemy faced to the right, marched deliberately past our front, and off over one of the causeways, without molestation.
Colonel Otis was ordered to "follow them up closely, but in no case to bring on an action." This he did, capturing several prisoners. There is no doubt that every rebel soldier who came on the island would have been killed or captured had an attack been ordered. On the morning of the eigh- teenth Terry's Division marched across Cole's Island to a position opposite Folly Island, and after several hours' delay took transports for Morris Island-the whole brigade arriving just in time to form the third column of attack on Fort Wagner; but the order to charge was counter- manded just as the brigade came under fire. Next morning Chaplain Trumbull and Adjutant Camp, understanding that a truce had been agreed upon, went out among the wounded, and inadvertently getting within the enemy's lines, were captured and taken. to Charleston. Two weeks later Colonel Otis was detailed for special duty, and Lieutenant-
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Colonel Leggett having been severely wounded, the com- mand of the regiment devolved temporarily upon Major E. S. Greeley, of New Haven. Although the regiment suffered but little loss on the Morris Island, its service there was arduous and trying. The courage and soldierly qualities of both officers and men were severely tested; they were con- stantly on duty, and at the front every third day, exposed to the fire of all the rebel fortifications about Charleston. When ordered to St. Augustine, after the capture of Fort Wagner, sixty per cent. of the men were on the sick list.
In November, Colonel Otis was relieved from special duty, resumed command of the regiment, and was placed in com- mand of the Post and District of St. Augustine. While stationed here a force of the enemy's cavalry one hundred and sixty strong ambushed a detail of about thirty-five wood-choppers from the 10th, commanded by an officer from another regiment; the officer and two men were killed and twenty-one captured.
April 18, 1864, the regiment took transports for Virginia, reported at Gloucester Point the twenty-fifth, and was assigned to the Third Brigade, Terry's (First) Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James. This army was composed of the Ioth Corps under General Gillmore, and the Eighteenth Corps under General Smith, the whole under command of General B. F. Butler.
On May 7, the regiment took a conspicuous part in the affair at Port Walthall Junction, driving the enemy away from the railroad and destroying the telegraph, while other troops tore up the track. General Plaisted, the brigade com- mander, who had never before seen the 10th Regiment under fire, expressed astonishment and admiration at its matchless steadiness in action. May 13, 14, and 15, the regiment took an active part in all the preliminary movements and skir- mishing preceding the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, and on the sixteenth was conspicuous throughout the day in that engagement. The right flank of the 18th Corps should have rested on the James River, but "through somebody's blun-
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der," it did not, and the enemy marched a force between that flank and the river, capturing two brigades and leaving the right in such condition that the 10th Corps, which was forcing back the enemy's right, was ordered to withdraw and send re-enforcements to the 18th Corps. To the 10th Regi- ment was assigned the duty of holding the enemy in check while Hawley's Brigade on its right and Pond's on the left withdrew from the front; a duty which rendered the regi- ment liable to be overwhelmed and captured by the heavy force sent against it. Here again it won the applause of many officers of rank who witnessed its conduct, holding the enemy in check until the other troops had gained a safe position, then retiring in perfect order, halting twice to drive .
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