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Wm. W. Margerum.
George W. Cheeseman.
Ephraim T. Mead.
William Clark.
David D. Middleton.
Enoch A. Mitchell.
Charles K. Coles.
Samuel C. Mitchell.
John K. Cowperthwaite. David Morgan.
Josiah Davis.
John Powell.
Samuel W. Dilks.
Walter A. Rink.
Charles Drew.
Henry Sandman.
Aaron B. Eacritt.
James M. Scovel.
Benjamin Elberson.
Harry Settey.
Aaron Ellis.
Isaac Shreeves. Isaac A. Shute.
James Emley. Hiram A. Fairchild.
Charles Sparshott.
Jacob Fetters.
Edward Sparshott.
John H. Fine.
Charles R. Stockton.
Simpson Force.
James W. String.
Henry H. Fox.
Charles C. Stutzer.
Alfred French.
Richard C. Thompson. James F. Tomlin.
Samuel T. Fulweiler.
Robert Giberson.
Garrett A. Tompkins.
Wm. Z. Gibson.
Azohel R. Vanleer.
John Grant.
Edward S. Westcott.
John Hallowell.
Albert Whippey.
Stacy W. Hazleton.
George L. White.
Frank Hewitt.
Samuel Winner.
Wm. Holland.
Norton Woodruff.
THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT .- This regi- ment, of which Company A, of Camden County, was a part, was raised during the summer and autumn of 1863, and was mus- tered in for three years at Trenton in October. Its lieutenant -colonel was Timothy C. Moore, of Camden, who became colonel in October, 1865. Our November 16, 1863, the regiment left Trenton and was sent to Eastport, Miss., and thence to Union City, Tenn. On January 21, 1864, it was con-
stituted the garrison of Columbus, Ky., and when summoned by General Buford to sur- render, Colonel Lawrence gave a defiant an- swer and repulsed him after a skirmish of some hours' duration. In December, 1864, it was ordered to the Sixteenth Corps, and on April 8th and 9th took part in the assault and capture of the defenses of Mobile. This regiment remained in the service, doing pro- vost duty in Alabama, until April 10, 1866, when it was mustered out. It had the honor of being the last regiment from New Jersey to leave the service of the United States. It took part in the following - named engagements: Columbus, Ky., April 13, 1864 ; Hickman, Ky., June 10, 1864; Mayfield, Ky., Septem- ber 1, 1864; Paris Landing, Ky., October 31, 1864; Nashville, December 27, 1864 ; Fort Hugar, Mobile, April 2, 1865; Spanish Fort, Mobile, April 3-4, 1865; and Fort Blakeley, Mobile, April 5-9, 1865. This regiment, though called into active service late in its history, never failed to do its entire duty. The following is the roster of the Camden County company :
COMPANY A, THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS.
[This company was mustered in September 3, 1863, and mustered out April 30, 1866, unless otherwise stated.]
Captains.
Edmund G. Jackson, dis. Sept. 3, '62. Elisha V. Glover, Jr., May 15, '64.
First Lieutenants. Wm. Stanley, June 22, '64 ; pro. capt. Co. H Jan. 8, '65.
John Schwartz, April 20, '65. Second Lieutenants.
Richard J. Moore, res. June 21, '64.
James M. Cogans, July 22, '64; dis. May 15, '65. First Sergeants. Joseph H. Compton, pro. 2d lient. Co. G Oct. 2, '64. Daniel Epstein.
Sergeants.
Jacob Geiger. Henry McCoy.
Joseph Crockford.
J. E. Hoffman, Nov. 9, '63.
Peter Karge, dis. March 9, '66.
John Laughlin, dis. June 13, '65.
J. S. Hyland, July 7, '64 ; trans. to Co. G.
Paul Casey.
John Coats.
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Corporals.
C. J. B. Benson. Sept. 8, 64 ; dis. June 6, '65. Joseph Moore, June 18, '64.
C. Manuel, Nov. 9, '63; dis. Jan. 6, '66. W. T. G. Young, Feb. 21, '65 ; dis. Feb. 20, '66. . Wm. Cogan, March 27, '65 ; dis. March 26, '66.
Thos. Johnston, March 27, '65 ; dis. March 26, '66. Peter Groh.
Hyronimus Terring, Nov. 9, '63. Stephen Bailey, died Sept. 18, '64.
Randolph Hampton, killed in action April 9, '65. Charles Smith.
Josiah Hickman, musician.
Geo. H. Pullen, musician.
Benjamin D. Colkitt, wagoner.
Charles Brister, colored cook, Nov. 9, '63.
Charles Coward, colored cook, Nov. 9, '63. Privates.
Andrew Armington, Feb. 25, '65 ; dis. Feb. 24, '66. Charles Adams, Nov. 9, '63.
John Allen.
John G. Allen, July 24, '64.
William Anderson.
William Andrews.
Henry Armstrong, Nov. 9, '63.
John Barth, June 24, '64; dis. June 19, '65. Wm. Becker.
Wm. Behan, March 25, '65; dis. March 24, '66. George Bowers, Nov. 9, '63.
Robert M. Brown.
John Bruden.
John C. Bryant, April 19, '64; trans. to Co. E. Joseph Bozarth, died Sept. 1, '65.
Wm. Badger.
Francis Baldwin.
Wm. Barger, June 3, '64.
Thomas Banfield, June 23, '64. William Berger. James Black.
James Brady, Feb. 4, '65.
Patrick Brady, July 5, '64. James Branen. William Brown. Wm. Brown, Jan. 18, '65. Thomas Burke. Patrick Burns.
John Barber, Oct. 11, '64. David Cowman. Wm. Challis.
Charles Chamberlain, must. out July 22, '65. John Collins, Feb. 25, '65; must. out Feb. 24, '66. Israel M. Crain. Wm. H. Clark, Aug. 2, '64 ; trans. to Co. F. Charles Clemens, died July 8, '65. John Cassidy, Nov. 9, '63.
Louis Courto.
John K. Cowperthwaite, Feb. 21, '65. Jesse Dayre, trans. to 69th Pa. Regt.
Edward Deichman, Nov. 9,'63 ; trans. to V. R. C. Edward Dougherty, Feb. 9, '65; trans. to Co. K. Reading Davis, Dec. 23, '64; died April 20, '65. Charles Dougherty, drowned Sept. 2, '64. Patrick Daily, Feb. 4, '65. William Davis.
William Davis, Oct. 11, '64. Adolph Deneler, June 24, '64.
Albert Deurschnable, Nov. 9, '63. Thomas Doogery, Sept. 13, '64. John H. Dresman.
Charles Duffy. John Duffy.
George Dunning, April 16, '64.
Charles Eck, April 6, '65, trans. to Co. B.
Charles Edwards, June 1, '64, trans. to Co. B.
Frank Engle, Nov. 9, '63, trans. to 19th Pa. Cav. Harry Emerick, Nov. 9, '63.
Charles Everhard, Nov. 9, '63.
Killian Fendrick, Sept. 6, '64, disch. Aug. 5, '65. Edward Fuller, March 29, '65, disch. March 28,'66. Chas. F. Fackler, Sept. 6, '64, disch. Oct. 7, '64. Fred. Fulmer, Nov. 9, '63, died Sept. 5, '65. Samuel G. Fox.
Charles Frederick, Nov. 9, '63.
Louis Frotcher, Nov. 9, '63.
Wm. Gardner, Oct. 4, '64, disch. Nov. 20, '65. Thos. Giblin, April 6, '65, disch. April 5, '66.
Wm. Gould, disch. Nov. 20, '65.
Daniel Green.
Charles G. Green, disch. June 10, '65.
James Green, Nov. 9, '63, died April 20, '65.
Joseph H. Girven, died August 7, '64.
Jacob Gallagher.
Albert J. Green, April 29, '64.
John Grim, June 8, '64.
James Headley.
Thos. Herbert.
Valentine Hoffman, April 10, '65, dis. April 9, '66. William Hooper.
O. F. Howell, March 23, '65, disch. March 22, '66. John Hoy, March 16, '65, disch. August 9, '66. John R. Hull, March 11, '65, disch. March 10, '66. John Hunter, Sept. 3, '64, disch. June 6, '65. Thomas Headley, Sept. 9, '64.
Charles Hooper, disch. April 23, '66.
Benjamin Hackney, Feb. 21, '65, trans. to Co. H. Wm. Harrison, July 14, '64, trans. to Co. F. Thomas Healey, Feb. 20,'65, trans. to Co. E. Isaiah Horton, Feb. 21, '65, trans. to Co. H. John Heerlein, April 13, '65, died Aug. 6, '65. Charles Hoffman, Nov. 9, '63, died Aug. 9, '65.
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E. B. Holding, June 14, '64, died Feb. 4, '65. Henry Hopkins, Nov. 9, '63.
Joseph Ireland, Feb. 21, '65, trans. to Co. H. Napoleon Jules, April 8, '65, disch. April 7, '66. Wm. B. James, April 5, '65, trans. to Co. B. Peter Johnson, March 28, '65, trans. to Co. B. Jerome Judd, Sept. 12, '64, trans to Co. G. Henry Jackson. Francis Jones. Robert Keller, Nov. 9, '63. William Kelly. A. G. Kirchner, April 1, '65, disch. Oct. 28, '65. Ephraim Kram.
Richard Kripps, Nov. 9, '63.
Godfield Kuhn, disch. July' 12, '65. Luther Kennedy, trans to V. R. C. Charles Kuhn, trans. to pro. marshal. John H. Keating, March 6, '65. John W. Kimball. John Kirchner, June 28, '64. Edward King, April 16, '64. John Luddy, April 10, '65, disch. April 7, '66. George Linn, Nov. 9, '63, disch. May 5, '64. Wmn. Long, Jan. 17, '64, disch. Sept. 30, '64. John H. Ladham, March 8, '65, trans. to Co. F. Charles Landelt, April 10, '65, died July 21, '65, Albert Lee. John Laferty, Nov. 9, '63. Robert M. Long. William Mathews, June 10, '64.
John McDonald, Sept. 20, '64, dis. June 6, '65. Peter McGinley. Peter McIntyre, dis. June 17, '65. John Messner, April 13, '65, dis. Oct. 28, '65. Philip Midas. Charles G. Moore, dis. Ang. 18, '65.
Patrick McGentry, Sept. 16, '64, dis. Oct. 2, '64. Michael Monahan, Sept. 12, '64, trans. to Co. G. Samuel McConnell, July 20, '64, trans. to Co. F. Francis P. Marsh, died May 23, '65. John Miller, Nov. 9, '63, dis. Aug. 16, '65. Louis Miller, drowned May 19, '64. Richard Mansfield. William Martin, Feb. 3, '65. John Mathews, Jan. 10, '65. Frederick Metz, June 17, '64. William McGill, Nov. 9, '63. Francis McGinley. Michael Moran. Thomas Moran. James Murphy, Nov. 9, '63. Thomas Murphy. John L. Myres. James McCarty, May 20, '64. Joseph S. Naylor. 20
Peter F. Nichols, Dec. 28, '64, dis. Feb. 2, '66. Patrick Noonan, June 14, '64, dis. Oct. 24,'65. William O'Brien, Feb. 8, '65, John O'Connor, March 21, '65. Theodore W. Price, died Aug. 4, '64.
John Owens.
August Ramus, April 8, '65, dis. April 7, '66. John Riordan, April 7,'65, trans. to Co. C. John Ranch. William M. Reed. John Riley. William Roberts. Stephen Rooney. Frank Rupium, Nov. 9, '63.
Israel Schaad.
George H. Snyder.
Peter Stidham, Sept. 9, '64, dis. Sept. 7, '65. James R. Sweeney, Feb. 28, '65, dis. Feb. 25, '66.
Henry Schmidt, April 6, '65, trans. to Co. C. Valentine Silberer, Nov. 9,'63, tr. to 19th Pa. Cav.
John T. Shaw, dis. July 25, '64. David Sweeney, died Feb. 29, '64.
Henry Saunders, Nov. 9, '63. John Scanlon.
George W. Smith, April 5, '65. William Smith. John Stanton.
David Stephens. Henry Stover, Jan. 10, '65.
Thomas Shardon, May 20, '64.
John C. Thomas, Feb. 20, '65, dis. July 7, '65.
Francis Tippin, March 13, '65, dis. March 22, '65. Abraham Tyler, died Feb. 4, '64.
Richard Ulbrich, April 6, '65, trans. to Co. C. Francis Weaver, Oct. 4, '64, dis. Nov. 20, '65. Waldo Wilkes, April 11, '65, dis. April 10, '65. John Wilson, Oct. 4, '64, dis. June 16, '65. John Wilkes, May 16, '64, trans. to Co. D. Charles Williams, Nov. 9, '63, died June 7, '65. Christopher Winters, died Sept. 16, '63.
William White. Patrick Wiggins, Feb 4, '65. Thomas Wilde. John Williams. John H. Wilson, Feb. 20, '64. Jacob Wine, Nov. 9, '63. Antonio Witzel, Charles Weaver, May 20, '64.
In all, thirty-two companies of infantry were raised in Camden County between the beginning and close of the war, for serv- ice under the United States government. Comprising within its limits, according to
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the census of 1860, a population of but 34,457, no community perhaps in the coun- try sent a larger proportion of its able- bodied men to fight for the preservation of the Union. They made for them- selves an untarnished reputation as brave, efficient and well-disciplined soldiers in the Army of the Potomac, in the Army of the Shenandoah, in the Carolinas and in the West; many sealed their courage and de- votion with their blood, and the survivors returned to receive the gratitude and plaudits of their fellow-citizens, and be honored so long as patriotism shall endure.
GEN. JOSHUA B. HOWELL was born at Fancy Hill, the site of the family mansion of the Howells, Woodbury, N. J., September 11, 1806. He was educated in the academy of that place and in, Philadelphia, where he studied law under the direction of Richard C. Wood, an able lawyer of that day, and after admission to the bar, removed in the fall of 1828, to Uniontown, Fayette County, where he commenced the practice of his profession, and where he soon won prominence. From his early boyhood he took an interest in military affairs, and when he attained manhood he joined a military company, was promoted from one position to another until he became a brigadier-general under the old militia system, and was known as a skillful disciplin- arian. When the Civil War began he was nearly fifty-five years of age, yet he promptly offered his services to the national govern- ment, and was chosen colonel of the Eighty- fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in November, 1861. His command, in 1862, joined in the Peninsular Campaign against Richmond.
At the battle of Williamsburg, Colonel Howell commanded a brigade and received special mention for meritorious services. At Fair Oaks his regiment was distinguished for bravery, and on the retreat of the Union forces from White Oak Swamp to Harrison's Landing it was for a considerable time in
the rear of Mcclellan's army, stubbornly contesting the ground with the advancing enemy. At the close of the Peninsular Campaign, Colonel Howell's health was se- riously impaired. He obtained leave of ab- sence for a time, which he spent among his friends in New Jersey, and then joined his command near Fortress Monroe. His regi- ment then occupied Suffolk until January, 1863, when he was promoted to the command which was attached to the expedition, under General Hunter, against Charleston, S. C. His brigade was the first to capture Folly Island, a foothold by means of which Gene- ral Gillmore was enabled to capture Morris Island, at, Charleston Harbor, shortly before the fall of Fort Wagner. General Howell suffered a concussion of the brain from the explosion of a shell, and was relieved on a. furlough. After recuperation he returned to his brigade at Hilton Head, and com- manded that district, including Fort Pulaski, Tybee Island and St. Helena Island, the approaches to Savannah, until ordered to Fortress Monroe to join the forces of General Butler, in the campaign against Richmond, where his name became a synonym for gal- lantry. In August, 1864, he spent a short furlough in New Jersey, and returned to his brigade, then under Hancock, on the north side of the James River. The very day after his return, the Confederates assailed his position but were driven back. He was then promoted to a major-general and assigned to the command of the Third Division of the Tenth Corps. Having occasion to visit the headquarters of the corps on September 12, 1864, at shortly after midnight, he mounted his horse, which, upon starting, turned into a divergent path, and being suddenly checked, reared and fell back npon its rider. About fifteen minutes after this accident he fell into a stupor from which he never recovered, and at seven o'clock in the evening of the 14th of September he died. Major-General Alfred H. Terry, in 1882, said of General Howell :
Joshua B. Howell-
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" My recollections of General Howell as a man and an officer are as clear and distinct as they were eighteen years ago. I have never known a more courteous gentleman ; I never saw a more gallant and devoted of- ficer. The record of his service was with- out spot or blemish." In the army corps in which he served he was widely known and universally respected and admired. His Im- timely death was lamented by all his com- rades as a loss well-nigh irreparable, not only to themselves, but to the country also.
LOUIS R. FRANCINE, colonel of the Seventh Regiment of New Jersey Volun- teers, was born in the city of Philadelphia March 26, 1837, though at the time he en- tered the army he was a citizen of Camden. His father, James Lonis Francine, was a na- tive of Bayonne, France.
The Francine family originally came from Florence, Italy, where they are known to have beld offices since the thirteenth century. They settled in France during the reign of Henri IV, and were naturalized in the year sixteen hundred. François de Francine, gen- tleman-in-waiting and steward of the king, was appointed general superintendent of the water-works and fountains of the Royal Houses of France. The construction of the aqueduct of Arcueil, the Chateau d' Eau, the Observatoire and other historical monuments is due to him. Many of his descendants were officers of high rank in the army and navy, and bore the title of count.
James Louis Francine, the father of Colonel Francine, a lineal descendant of the Flor- entine emigrants to France, being the eldest child and only son, at the age of twenty- one began an extensive tour throughout the civilized world, and as one of the results of that traveling, became proficient in the use of, at least, seven languages. In 1826, when forty years old, he settled in the city of Philadelphia, and by the death of his father he inherited the paternal estate, which he increased by judicious investment.
He removed to Camden, there spent many of his later years, and died at the age of eighty iu that city, 1866, three years after the unfortunate death of his heroic son, the loss of whom he deeply mourned and from which sad bereavement he never re- covered.
By his marriage with Catherine Lohra, a great granddaughter of John George Knorr, (an European of unblemished character, who came to this country in 1725 to escape relig- ious persecution, and settled in German- town), James Louis Francine had seven children, four of whom died in infancy. The others were Louis R. (the subject of this biog- raphy) Mary V. (Mrs. Gatzmer, deceased) and Albert Philip (now deceased, who was mar- ried to Anna F. Hollingshead, granddaugh- ter of Dr. Joshua Hollingshead, of Moores- town, and on her mother's side a descendant of the Stockton family of New Jersey). The only lineal representatives of the Francine family in America, are her sons Albert Philip and Horace Hugh Francine.
Louis R. Francine grew to manhood in Camden. His early youth was spent at home and he attended a select school in Camden taught by Lafayette and Talleyrand Grover, the former of whom became the Governor of Oregon and afterwards a United States Sena- tor from the same State. Young Francine, when but a boy, developed an inherited love for military display, watched with eager interest the local volunteer companies at their regular parades and drills and then himself trained amateur military companies of his little school-fellows. He was next sent to a military school at Flushing, L. I., at which institution he showed aptness as a pupil and gained considerable proficiency in the science of mechanics and mathematics.
In order that he might becomne acquainted with the native country of his ancestors, he accompanied his father to France in 1851, and spent one year in travel in that country. Desiring to take an extended course in engi-
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neering, which to him had great attractions, in 1856 he returned to France, entered the Ecole Polytechnique at Paris and spent two years in that famous institution. While at Paris he made his home with the Countesse de Brisey, his aunt, and he thus became associated with intelligent and cul- tured people of the French capital and entered the fashionable society of that city. He became a brilliant and entertaining con- versationalist and a forcible and versatile writer. During his stay of two years in France he contributed to a Philadelphia jour- nal a series of interesting letters which were much admired. He returned to Camden in 1858, and when the war opened which en- dangered the preservation of the Union, Colonel Francine had just entered upon his twenty-fifth year. He speedily raised a com- pany of soldiers from Cape May County, which, in August, 1861, was officered and equipped, with himself as captain, and formed Company A of the Seventh New Jersey Volunteers. The regiment was minstered into the service at Camp Olden, Trenton, and on September 19th was sent to Washington, reported for duty with nine hundred and twenty men, the following day went into camp at Meridian Hill, D. C., and there re- mained until the early part of December, 1861. It constituted one of the four regi- ments composing the Second New Jersey Brigade, thongh after the battle of Gettys- burg it was attached to different brigades. It took part in the following-named battles : Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, Savage Station, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Bristoe Station, Bull Run, Chantilly, Centreville, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wapping Heights, McLean's Ford, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Spottsylvania Court-House, North Anna River, Tolopotomy Creek, Cold Harbor, Be- fore Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Mine Explo- sion, James River, Fort Sedgwick, Poplar Spring Church, Boydton Plank-Road, Fort
Morton, Hatcher's Run, Armstrong House, Capture of Petersburg, Amelia Spring, Farmville, and was present at Appomattox wlien General Lee surrendered.
The regiment was composed of a class of men noted for their undaunted bravery. The guiding spirit of this command from the time it entered the service through all the memor- able engagements mentioned above to the great and decisive battle of Gettysburg was the brilliant and heroic Colonel Louis R. Francine, who, from the position of captain, was promoted to lieutenant-colonel July 8, 1862, and to the entire command of the regi- ment December 9, 1862.
Early in the war he won the admiration of his commanders and the confidence of his men in the manly courage which he displayed at the battle of Fair Oaks, in the Peninsular campaign. In the battle of Chancellorsville, as colonel of the regiment, for his soldierly con- duct and eminent ability to command, he re- ceived the highest encomiums of his superior officers, and still further increased the confi- dence of the rank and file in him as a cour- ageous leader. The following is his graphi- cally written report of the part his regiment took in this engagement :
"I have the honor to submit the following as the proceedings of my regiment in the late movement against the enemy : At ten o'clock P.M., Tuesday, April 28, having just returned from picket-line, the regiment joined the brigade and marched to the left and bivouacked near 'White Oak Church' early the next morning. At daybreak we were massed to support troops in front of us. We re- mained in that position until one o'clock on the afternoon of the 30th, when we retraced our steps and crossed the river at the United States Ford early on the morning of the 1st of May. We remained at or near the ford, doing picket-duty, until the following morning about eight o'clock, when I received an order to report my regiment to General Humphreys, commanding Third Division, Fifth Army Corps. I did so without delay, and he assigned me a position on his extreme left, to cover the approaches by the Mott or River road to the United States Ford. Early in the afternoon of the same day General Humphreys ordered me
Join R. Francine
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to take a small body of picked men from my reg- iment and reconnoitre the position of the enemy in my immediate front, to note the topography of the country, and the apparent strength of the enemy, and the manner of their approach to our lines. This I did, penetrating the country for two miles in one direction and a mile and a half in another. My report was highly satisfactory to the General. I am indebted deeply to Captain James McKiernan and Daniel R. Burrell, of my regiment, for valuable services rendered upon that occasion. At midnight I moved my regiment to the right of our line, by order from General Meade through General Humphreys, and joined the brigade, arriv- ing there at about two o'clock P.M. The follow- ing morning (Sunday), at about five o'clock, my regiment was again detached from the brigade, and under orders from Major Tremain, of Gen- eral Sickles' staff, filled up a gap occurring be- tween General Birney's right and our immediate front.
" After a short time my regiment advanced into the woods in front of the breast-works, and by maintaining a flanking position under a very heavy fire for over three hours, captured five stands of colors and over three hundred prisoners, among the latter one colonel, one major and several line officers. The colors were taken from the Twenty- first Virginia, Eighteenth North Carolina, First Louisiana, Second North Carolina, and the fifth from some Alabama regiment. The Second North Carolina Regiment we captured almost in toto. At about nine o'clock, the ammunition giving out and the muskets becoming foul, I ordered the reg- iment to fall back from the woods. After this, a regiment having fallen back from our breast- works and the enemy coming close upon them (Second North Carolina State troops), my regiment charged and captured their colors and themselves almost wholly. Again we fell back slightly, and confusion, occasioned by our lines in front getting in disorder, threw my regiment further back to the rear. At this time, through exhaustion, my voice left me entirely, I being scarcely able to speak in a whisper. Upon the advice of my surgeon, I retired from the field; the command then devolved upon my lieutenant-colonel, whose report I here enclose. It would be impossible for me to single out individual cases of courage, where all my offi- cers and men behaved with such gallantry and discretion. The trophies they took from the enemy speak more eloquently for their actions than any words I might use.
" For able and gallant assistance I owe much to .. my field officers. Their coolness and bravery in
manœuvering the men saved much loss of life, con- fusion and pain. I regret to announce, by the loss of Lieutenant George Burdan, the loss of a brave and efficient officer. My loss in killed, wounded and missing was one hundred and fifty-three, an official list of which I inclose : Killed, 6 ; wounded, 44; missing, 3. " LOUIS R. FRANCINE,
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