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"The conspicuous gallantry and coolness of my company commanders, Cap- tains Cleveland, Stubbs and Benson on the left, Captains McCormic and Bell in the center, Captains Kelsey, Geddes and Lieutenant Muhs on the right, by reserving the fire of their respective companies until the proper time for its
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delivery with effect, and the determined courage of my men, saved the battery from capture, and I had the satisfaction of sending the guns in safety to the rear. In this attack I was wounded in the leg and Major Andrews severely in the head, and I do here take pleasure in acknowledging the courage and cool- ness displayed by my field officers, Lieutenant Colonel J. C. Ferguson and Major J. Andrews, and the able assistance rendered by them on that occasion.
TO HOLD THE POSITION.
"About 3:00 o'clock p. m., all communication with the river ceased, and it became evident to me that the enemy were turning the right and left flanks of our army and were rapidly closing behind us. I could at this time have re- treated and most likely would have saved my command from being captured had I, at this time, been ordered back, but I received no such order and I con- sidered it my duty to hold the position I was assigned to defend at all hazards.
"General Prentiss' division having been thrown back from the original line, I changed front by my left flank, conforming to his movement, and at right angles with my former base, which was immediately occupied and retained for some time by the Fourteenth Iowa, Colonel Shaw. In this position I ordered my regiment to charge a battalion of the enemy, I think the Fourth Mississippi, which was done, in good order, completely routing them. We were now attacked on three sides by the rebel force, which was closing fast around us. The shells from our gunboats in their transit severing the limbs of the trees hurled them on our ranks. To prevent annihilation it became absolutely necessary to leave a position which my regiment had held for nearly ten consecutive hours of severe fighting, successfully resisting and driving back the enemy in every attempt to take the position I was ordered to hold and defend, with a loss of men near 20C killed and wounded, so ordered my regiment to retire. On retiring about 300 yards I found a division of the rebels under General Polk, thrown completely across my line of retreat. I perceived that further resistance was useless, as we were now completely surrounded. Myself and the major portion of my com- mand were captured at 6:00 o'clock p. m. and I claim the honor for my regiment of being the last to leave the advance line of our army on the battlefield of Shiloh, on Sunday, April 6, 1862."
THE CAMPAIGN IN MISSISSIPPI.
The Eighth took part in the campaign in Mississippi in 1863, the following account of which was given by Colonel Geddes :
"On the 2d of May, 1863, my regiment was ordered to leave Duckport, Louisi- ana, with the division to which it was attached, ramely, the Third division, Fifteenth Army corps, under the command of Brigadier General J. M. Tuttle, and march to Hard Times Landing, opposite Grand Gulf, Mississippi, sixtv miles distant.
"On the 7th of May it crossed the river with the advance of the army and took up the line or march toward Jackson, Mississippi. It took part in the storm- ing of that place on the 14th of May, and assisted in the destruction of railroads
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in the vicinity. Ordered from Jackson on the 16th of May, by forced marches, it followed on the rebel retreat from Champion's Hill to their entrenchments at Vicksburg, assisted in the charge made on the rebel works on the 22d and oper- ated with the army of investment for thirty-four days, during which time it assisted in clearing obstructions, making roads, constructing field works, mount- ing guns and projecting approaches to within twenty yards of the rebel works, under an almost incessant fire.
"On the 22d of June it was ordered to operate on our line of circumvalla- tion under command of Major General W. T. Sherman, where it remained until the surrender of Vicksburg. It was ordered on the 4th of July to join the ex- peditionary army under Major General Sherman, was sent in pursuit of the rebel force commanded by General Johnston and was present during the seven days' siege of Jackson, and final occupation of that city, which took place on the 17th of July, 1863.
"After the evacuation of Jackson by the rebels the regiment composed part of a force under Major General Frederick Steel, which was ordered to Brandon, Mississippi, and was attached to a brigade under my command that engaged the enemy for two hours, repulsing them with loss and capturing Brandon.
"It also assisted in destroying the Meridian railroad fifteen miles east of Jackson and finally on the 23d of July, 1863, retired with the expeditionary army to its present position on the right bank of Big Black river, fifteen miles from Vicksburg.
"From the 2d of May to the 25th of July the regiment, without tents or transportation, marched over 300 miles, engaged the enemy at Vicksburg, twice at Jackson and at Brandon, and although during the operations of this ever memorable campaign both the officers and men of the regiment suffered much exposure and hardships of a very trying character, they endured all without a murmur and with a fortitude which elicited on several occasions the unreserved commendation of the commanding general."
The regiments participated in many campaigns and battles, including a fight with Forrest at Memphis, August 21, 1864. The last principal engagement was the capture of Spanish Fort, Alabama, April 8, 1865. It was mustered out at the close of the war with due honors.
ELEVENTH INFANTRY.
Company E-privates, William Spencer, John R. Buckman, George Creaks ; lieutenants, James Martin, Ebenezer Mccullough ; veterans, George Cush, James Martin.
Company H-privates, Ithamar L. Cochran, Edward Fawcette, Charles H. Mock, Charles J. Fitchner, Frank L. Kerr, Jasper W. Shoemaker.
In Company F were privates Joseph C. Purvis and Robert A. Tedford. In Company G was private James W. Smith. In Company K was Sergeant Andrew P. Fitch. Unassigned were Robert Deming, Silas Webb, Charles Carey, Syl- vester Willis, Socrates T. Lafley and Jackson Hyatt.
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THIRTEENTH INFANTRY.
Lieutenant colonel, Milton M. Price ; major, George M. Van Hoesen ; adjutant, W. T. Clark; quartermaster, Horatio G. Barnes. Company E-captain, George M. Van Hoesen ; lieutenants, Stephen Purdy, Andrew J. Finch, Paul Renshorf, Napoleon W. Pavey; sergeants, Thomas J. Graham, James Winans, Napoleon W. Pavey, Thomas Mounts, Nelson L. Post, John Forsythe, Andrew J. Finch ; corporals, John Melton, James Rudd, James H. Work, Andrew Finch, Peter B. Dobbins, William Stokes, Eli Melton; musician, James Bryan; wagoner, James Gartland; privates, William Ammond, Frederick Brog, William Benshoof, An- derson Burnett, Henry Bowman, Otto F. Blunck, Thomas Barrett, James Brown, George Bigelow, Nelson Brown, Edwin Clark, Thomas Dean, Henry Ernst, Charles Emeigh, John Ellsworth, Emery Fish, Jasper Forsyth, Edward Flana- gan, John Flanagan, Andrew J. Finch, Jonathan Gallagher, Solomon Knapp, William Klinefelter, Thomas Kelly, William Lewis, George Mckinstry, Thomas Moore, George Mooney, George Merna, James McGuire, David C. Oliver, Jesse R. Pratt, Francis Pentith, Henry Price, Noah Peasly, Thomas B. Piersol, Na- poleon W. Pavey, George C. Rowe, Nicholas Rook, William Shirk, James Swin, Daniel D. Thompson, James A. Thompson, Jacob Wisecarver, Alexander Work, James H. Work, James Winans, James S. Warner, James Ward. Additional en- listments : Nicholas Carners, Daniel Shook, Benjamin Wells.
Company E, veterans : Capt. 'Andrew J. Finch, Lieutenants Napoleon W. Pavey, William Shirk; sergeants, John Forsyth, Thomas B. Piersol; corporals, William Lewis, William Ammond, Charles Emeigh; privates, George Bigelow, Thomas Barrett, John Flanagan, Solmon Knapp, George Mooney, Jesse R. Pratt, Nelson L. Post, Nicholas Rusch, William Stokes, Daniel Shook, James Swin and James Ward.
In Company F were William Carleton and Daniel C. Dawley; in Company H was John F. Dial, and in Company I, Albert Scott and James Coates.
In the line of promotions were George M. Van Hoesen, from captain to major ; William T. Clark, from lieutenant to captain, major, colonel and brevet brigadier-general; Andrew J. Finch, from sergeant to first lieutenant and cap- tain; William A. Shirk, from sergeant to first lieutenant and captain; Stephen Purdy, from first lieutenant to quartermaster; Thomas J. Graham, from ser- geant to first lieutenant; Napoleon W. Pavey, from sergeant to second and first lieutenants ; John Forsyth, from sergeant to first lieutenant.
The Thirteenth regiment of Iowa Veteran volunteer infantry was mus- tered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky, July 21, 1865, after an honorable career in which they distinguished themselves in many battles and campaigns.
THE THIRTEENTH AT SHILOH.
The Thirteenth regiment Iowa infantry was mustered into the United States service in October, 1861, for three years or during the war, and was at once ordered to the front. It took part in the battle of Shiloh as will be seen from the following report of Colonel Crocker :
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"Early on the morning of the 6th the alarm was given and heavy firing in the distance indicated that our camp was attacked. The regiment was formed in front of its color line, its full force consisting of 717 men, rank and file. It was at once ordered to form on the left of the Second brigade and proceeded to that position at a double quick and was then formed in line of battle in a skirt of woods bordering on an open field to the left of a battery. Here it remained for some time inactive while the enemy's guns were playing on our battery. In the meantime a large force of the enemy's infantry were filing around the open field in front of our line, protected by the woods and in the direction of our battery, opening a heavy fire of musketry on the infantry stationed on our right and charging upon the battery, the infantry and battery to the right having given away. At this time we, as indeed all of our troops in the immediate vicinity of the battery, were thrown into great confusion and retired in disorder. Having retreated to the distance of 100 or 200 yards we succeeded in ral- lying and forming a good line, the Eighth and Eighteenth Illinois volunteers on our left, and having fronted to the enemy held our positions there under a continual fire of cannon and musketry until after 12:00 o'clock, when we were ordered to retire and take up a new position. This we did in good order and without confusion. Here having formed a new line, we maintained it under incessant fire until 4:30 o'clock, p. m., the men conducting themselves with great gallantry and coolness, and doing great execution on the enemy, repelling charge after charge and driving them back with great loss. At 4:30 o'clock we were again ordered to fall back. In obeying this order we became mixed up with a great number of regiments falling back in confusion, so that our line was broken and the regiment separated, rendering it very difficult to collect it ; but finally hav- ing succeeded in forming and being separated from the brigade we attached ourselves to the division commanded by Colonel Tuttle, of the Second Iowa volunteers, and formed with his division in front of the encampment of the Fourteenth, Second and Seventh Iowa volunteers, where we sustained a heavy fire from the enemy's battery until dark, and then remained during the night on our arms. During the day we were under fire of the enemy for ten hours and sustained a loss of twenty-three killed and 130 wounded.
"On the morning of the 7th we were ordered to continue with Colonel Tuttle's division and to follow up and support our forces that were attacking and driving back the enemy. We followed them up closely, moving to sup- port the batteries until the enemy was routed, after which we were ordered to return to the encampment that we had left on Sunday morning, where we ar- rived at 8:00 o'clock p. m. Our total loss in the action of the 6th and 7th was: killed, 24; wounded, 139; missing, 9; total, 172. The men for the most part behaved with great gallantry. All the officers exhibited the greatest bravery and coolness, and I call especial attention to the gallant conduct of my field offi- cers, Lieutenant-Colonel Price and Major Shane, who were both wounded in the action of the 6th, and acknowledge my great obligations to my adjutant, Lieu- tenant Wilson, who during the entire action exhibited the highest qualities of a soldier."
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ENGAGEMENT BEFORE ATLANTA.
On the 21st of July, 1864, an engagement was had before Atlanta. The fol- lowing is the account of the affair given by Major Walker :
"At 8:00 o'clock a. m., the regiment was in position in front of the brigade with the Fifteenth Iowa infantry on its left, and supported by the Sixteenth Iowa infantry ; its front was protected by temporary works thrown up on the night of the 20th.
"About 8:00 o'clock, a. m., I received orders from Colonel John Shane, com- manding brigade, to advance at once on the double-quick to the front, to assist Brigadier-General Force, commanding a brigade in the Third Division, Seven- teenth army corps, who was fighting for the possession of a high hill in his front and to the left of his regiment. The men seized their arms and sprang promptly over the works, advancing in good order to the crest of a hill less than 100 yards from the enemy's works, in the face of a heavy fire. Here I. was ordered to halt and held the position, exposed to a very destructive fire of musketry, grape and canister, until the enemy having withdrawn to their works, and General Force having gained possession of the hill, I was ordered to re- tire to the position I originally occupied, which was done steadily and without confusion.
"Although the men had no previous notice of the advance there was no dis- order : being made, too, over an open field with no protection. I regret to say that though the engagement lasted but thirty minutes the loss in officers and men was severe; seventeen enlisted men killed and four officers and seventy- seven enlisted men wounded. The regiment also participated in actions before Atlanta, July 27th and 28th."
FOURTEENTH INFANTRY.
Company A, captain, Isaac W. Talmage : lieutenants, Hugo Hoffbauer, Wil- liam T. Dittoe : sergeants, William T. Dittoe, Waldo Gardner, Daniel Remington, William Guion, Michael McManus, James M. Vanduzer, Christian Litscher. Samuel Lecock, David Palmer, K. W. Kinkaid, Daniel Russell, Benjamin P. Lancaster, Jacob Veit, Leonard Lavender ; musicians, Oliver White, John Agans ; wagoner, Horace D. Squyers ; privates, Napoleon Areundo, James Baldwin, Hen- reich Baughman, Joseph Clark, Isaac H. Collins, Antonio Dapron, Owen Dough- erty, Peter Drennon, Conrad Dorst, William A. Davenport, Patrick Farrell, Timo- thy Farrell. William I. Frazier, Richard Fitzgerald. Peter Garity, John B. Goman. Benjamin Hamson, Peter Henry, John Hire, William Hyland, Jeffer- son W. Knapp, Leonard Lavender, Bernhard Litscher, John Lynch, William M. Leslie, Henry S. Moore, John C. Miller, David Morrison, John McIntyre, Francis McKean. Samuel McCloud, Evert G. Nesbitt, Matthias G. Pinneo, William H. Pace, Hans Paustian, William F. Ruick, Hans Reimas, Alfred Roseman, Wil- liam Stewart, David Sloper, John Shaback, John E. Sank, Peter D. Schmidt, Hans Sievers, Fayette Slaughter, R. B. Shoemaker, Charles Sweeney, John Vogle- bach ; recruits, Charles Bergheim, John Bergheim, Henry Bergheim, Lyman Booth, John Hoffman, John Harvey, Daniel Mowen, Charles A. McLoskey, John Pin-
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neo, Christian Schlegel, George Turner, John Voglebach, Henry Clay Wolsey ; veterans, William Hershberger, George W. Basley.
Company B contained Sergeant J. L. Scott and privates Thomas S. Curtt- right, A. J. Barrett, George L. Everstine, Joseph R. Leyle, John Maywood and George Campbell. Company E contained Sewell Butler and John W. Lay. Com- pany G contained privates Alexander Cheney, Leander F. Hastings, Henry Hass, Andrew H. Harcett, Francis Kline, Robert Taylor and William S. Bailey.
The promotions among Scott county men were Hugo Hoffbauer, from first lieutenant to captain : William T. Dittoe, from sergeant to second lieutenant ; George Pemberton, from first lieutenant to captain.
The Fourteenth regiment was mustered into the United States service in No- vember, 1861, and mustered out of service at Davenport, November 16, 1864. The veterans and recruits for this regiment were consolidated into two companies and called the "Residuary Battalion of the Fourteenth Infantry," which com- panies were mustered out at Davenport, May 13, 1865.
SIXTEENTH INFANTRY.
Lieutenant-colonel, Addison H. Sanders; adjutant, George E. McCosh; ser- geant-major, Henry Lefeldt ; Company A, privates, Edward Cassler, George W. Clayburg. Thomas Duggins, William S. Franum, Peter Hughs, Jacob C. Highly, Thomas Millsap, Franklin Milton, Jeremiah Nolan, Frederick Osborn, Oliver P. Rogers, Levi Shadle, William Shields, Samuel C. Stanley, Denis Sullivan, Ed- ward Todd. Royal B. Whitney, Charles L. Whitnell ; veterans-corporal, George W. Claybaugh ; privates, Edward Cassley, Caleb S. Jordan, Frederick C. Osborn, Lemuel Stanley. John Franum, Royal B. Whitney, William Crawford, Jesse Getty, Josiah Osborn ; Company B-captain, David Stuhr; lieutenants, Lewis Bunde, Frederick Wiedemann ; sergeants, Henry Lefeldt, John Claussen, Joseph Fisher, Fred Schwerdtfeger, John Nelson; corporals, Johann Witt, Jochim Arp. Fritz Sanger, Hans F. Hartman, Adolph Golbrecht, Henry Moller, Sieverd Jurgen- sen, Ludwig Lubbe; musicians, Rudolph Grinoner, Otto Mielok. Henry Rix ; privates, Peter Aye, Jochim Book, Hans Brammer, John Begun, Theodore Berg- man, Jochim Bielefeldt. John Blooker, John Bahr. Jurgen Blooker, Christian Begun, Fritz Capicas, Claus Dammann, Christian Dormann, Nicholaus Dose, John Dieckmann, John Eggers. Wilhelm Ehlers, John Frackman, Johann Fremke, Henry Fullert, Hinrich Girkin, August Gottbrecht, Carl Beoble. Phillipp Har- berger, Christian Hartkop, Frederich Hartkop, Erich Henning, Hans Holck, Marx Henson, Nich Hildebrandt, Hans F. Hamann, Heinrich Jacobs, Jacob Jacobson. Claus Jaussen, Jochim Kuhl, Wilhelm Kiel, Marx Martz, Ernst Muller, Jurgen Norden. John Neben, Carl Ohrt, Niss Paulsen, Eggert Puck, Frederick Peterson, Jacob Prussing. Johann Rickenberg. Johann Reimer, Andreas Sohmelyle, Fritz Silvester, Fritz Schlosser. Detlef Scheel. Johann Schwartz, Peter Schluter, August Schulz, Henry Voss, August Wichmann, George Wendel, Urs Weber, Carl Wendt, Frederick Wilkin, Asmus Wolf. Charles Weissmann, Theodore West- phal, Ludwig Wriedt, Henry Wolter ; additional enlistments. Wilhelm Hamdorf, Johann Siems, Hinrich Weise: Company B-veterans-captain, Henry Lee- feldt ; lieutenant. Frederick Weidemann ; sergeants. Jasper A. Fischer. Johann
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Witt ; corporals, Frederick Schwerdtfeger, Han. F. Hartmann, Fritz Sanger, Siev- ered Juergensen, Ludwig Lubbe, Peter Aye; privates, Juergen Blocker, Claus Dammann, Ernst Mueller, Frederick Peterson, Johann Rickenburg, Andreas Schmelzle, Conrad Vogel, Asmus Wolf, Paul Schumaker; Company C-cor- porals, Peter Blanchard, George B. Boemer, Alfred B. Cox, Josiah T. Herbert, George W. Hickson, Henry L. Sixbury, R. M. J. Tallman ; additional enlistments, George A. Averill, Frederic E. Cheney, Simon Kughn, William McGinnis, James G. Moore, William H. H. Moore, William McLaughlin, Thomas E. Price, John Shadle, William Shook; Company D-sergeants, James W. Willard, William G. Fearing, Joseph S. McHarg, Joseph V. West, Gideon Maple, Harry H. Bowl- ing ; privates, Benjamin Anderson, William A. Bird, Harry H. Bowling, George W. Chase, Franklin Faring, John L. Hager, Ninin Lindsey, Abraham Myers, Samuel Newburn, George W. Snively, Henry P. Webster, Joseph V. West; Com- pany D-veterans-sergeants, James W. Willard, William G. Fearing ; privates, Benjamin Anderson, Edward D. Langdon, Daniel Madden, Abraham Myers; Company F-captain, Edward S. Fraser ; corporal, Samuel Duffin ; privates, James H. Ackerman, William Patterson; veterans, John Drew, Absalom D. Emes, David Mossholder, George H. Olinger, William Patterson, Patrick Rourk; Com- pany G-sergeant, August Timm ; corporals, Henry Hoffman, George B. Quick ; privates, Augustus Hartman, Edward Arndt, Anton Bruesch, Jacob Egger, Bene- dict Gradea, Henry Hoffmerener, Francis Hoppe, Frederick Koehle, Jacob Leh- mann, Wilhelm Otto, Joseph Schumacher, Edward Steinmann, Henry Timm; Company G-veterans-lieutenant, August Timm ; sergeant, Peter Becker ; priv- ates, Jacob Egger, Henry Timm, August Hartman, Henry Lorentz; Company I-corporal, George W. Keith; privates, Patrick Dugan, James Carter, John Gil- ligan, John T. Nass, Frank Rowen ; veterans, Patrick Dugan, James Carter, John Gilligan, George W. Keith, Herbert A. Shaw, Thomas Shuey; Company K- lieutenants, Eleck Weingartner, Samuel Duffin ; sergeant, John T. Davis; cor- poral, Joseph Enderle; privates, Christ Barden, Karl Graak, Henry Hilbert, Adolph Knocke, Charles Nye, John Knocke, Karl Matthes, Anton Nunlist, Rich- ard Phelan, Nicholas T. Sieh, Claus Struve, Henry Wilkard, Christian Barche ; Company K-veterans-lieutenants, Eleck Weingartner, Samuel Duffin ; sergeant, John T. Davis; privates, Joseph Enderle, John Knocke, John Martin, Henry Bulda, Karl Matthes, Richard Phelan, August Schneider.
Company E contained J. A. Davis, Patrick Moran and Orlando Mattison, priv- ates, and the following unassigned veterans: William Crawford, Zachariah C. McClury, George H. Otinzer, John Sheser, William W. Simons, Frank Thomp- son and Christopher Tiedman.
The promotions were Addison H. Sanders, from lieutenant-colonel to col- onel and brevet brigadier-general; Henry Leefeldt, from sergeant major to second lieutenant and captain ; John Claussen, from sergeant to second lieutenant and captain ; Frederick Wiedemann, from second to first lieutenant; Frederick Schwerdtfeger, from sergeant to second lieutenant; William G. Fearing, from sergeant to captain ; August Timm, from sergeant to second lieutenant and cap- tain ; Eleck Weingartner, from sergeant to first lieutenant ; John T. Davis, from sergeant to first lieutenant; Samuel Duffin, sergeant to second lieutenant. The Sixteenth regiment was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, July 19, 1865.
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SIXTEENTH ALWAYS ON DUTY.
The Sixteenth Regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers left Davenport March 20, 1862, was engaged in the battle of Shiloh, April 6th and 7th, meeting with heavy loss ; took part in the siege of Corinth, camped at Corinth from its evacuation till July 28th ; marched to Bolivar, Tennessee ; made a reconnoissance to Summerville, August 23d, returning to Bolivar on the 26th; left September IIth for Corinth, and thence was sent out to reconnoiter the position and forces of the enemy at Iuka, September 17, returning to Brownsville ; were ordered to Jacinto, Mississippi, where they joined Rosecrans' command. The regiment again marched on Iuka, was engaged in the battle of Iuka, September 19, 1862. The regiment again ar- rived at Corinth October 2d; was engaged in the two days' battle of Corinth, October 3d and 4th, and pursuit of the enemy to Ripley; returned to Corinth on the IIth; was in camp till November 2d; marched to Grand Junction, camped till November 28th; marched to Holly Springs, passing through the town; arrived in front of the enemy's fortified position on the Tallahatchie river on the 29th. The enemy was forced from its position November 30th. The regiment crossed the river December 2d and went into camp; was engaged in guarding and build- ing the railroad bridge across the river; marched to the south of Oxford, Missis- sippi, on the 19th; returned to Holly Springs on the 21st; in camp till Decem- ber 29th. Marched to Lafayette, Tennessee; arrived January 1, 1863; camped till the 12th. Marched to Memphis, embarked on transports for Young's Point; arrived on the 24th and remained till the 29th ; moved to Lake Providence, Louis- iana, where the regiment remained till April 21st. Returning to Milliken's Bend, marched by way of Richmond, Louisiana, to Grand Gulf, thence to Vicksburg; was engaged in the operations against the latter place May 22d. The regiment was in the expedition to Mechanicsburg under General Blair; returned to Vicks- burg, June Ist; engaged in the siege until the 23d; marched to Black river; guarded the crossing till the fall of Vicksburg; had a sharp engagement with the enemy July 4, 1863; part of the regiment having crossed the river and driven the enemy from his position on the opposite bank. July 12th was ordered to reinforce General Sherman at Jackson and bring up an ammunition train.
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