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Company H. - Thomas J. Strong, captain, May 8th, 1861. William A. Pierson, first lieutenant, May 8th, 1861, discharged on surgeon's certificate August 31st, 1862. Mathew S. Teller, second lieutenant, May 8th, 1861; first lieutenant, August 31st, 1862, vice Pierson resigned. A. Halleck Hol- brook, second lieutenant, August 31st, 1862, from sergeant, vice Teller pro- moted.
Company I. - Lyman Ormsbee, captain, May 9th, 1861. Joseph R. Sea- man, first lieutenant, May 9th, 1861, resigned February 22d, 1862. Daniel Burgey, second lieutenant, May 9th, 1861. Daniel Burgey, first lieutenant, February 22d, 1862, vice Seaman resigned, transferred to Company E. Les- ter A. Bartlett, second lieutenant, February 22d, 1862, vice Burgey promoted, transferred to Company G. Benjamin Wickham, second lieutenant, July 21st, 1862, vice Bartlett transferred, from first sergeant. Benjamin Wickham, first lieutenant, September 3d, 1862, vice Burgey transferred. George Wetmore, second lieutenant, September 3d, 1862, from sergeant, vice Wickham pro- moted.
Company K. - Miles P. Caldwell, captain, May 9th, 1861, killed in action August 30th, 1862. Edward F. Edgerly, first lieutenant, May 9th, 1861.
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Clark W. Huntley, second lieutenant, May 9th, 1861, resigned in consequence of wounds, February 6th, 1863. Edward F. Edgerly, captain, August 31st, 1862, vice Caldwell killed in action. Clark W. Huntley, first lieutenant, Au- gust 3Ist, 1862, vice Edgerly, promoted. John J. Baker, second lieutenant, August 31st, 1862, from first sergeant, vice Huntley promoted. John J. Baker, first lieutenant, February 6th, 1863, vice Huntley resigned. Charles Bellamy, second lieutenant, February 6th, 1863, from commissary-sergeant, vice Barker promoted.
Register of Fatalities in the Twenty-Second Regiment from the time of its Organization to March 20th, 1863. - Field and Staff. - Joseph B. Atherly, surgeon, typhoid fever, August 12th, 1862, at Falmouth, Virginia. Gorton T. Thomas, lieutenant-colonel, wounds, September 2d, 1862, at Washington.
Company A. - Timothy B. Vandecar, third sergeant, typhoid fever, Sep- tember 26th, 1861, at Georgetown, D. C. John H. Vanderworken, private, typhoid fever, July 6th, 1862, at Eckington, D. C. Hiram Clute, first lieuten- ant, wounds, September 18th, 1862, at Washington. John Murray, private, wounds, September 23d, 1862, Frederick, Maryland. Chauncey F. Van ** Dusen, private, fell in action, August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Leonard G. Fletcher, corporal, fell in action, August 30th, at Bull Run. Jonathan G. Por- ter, private, fell in action, September 14th, 1862, at South Mountain. John Wright, private, fell in action, September 14th, 1862, at South Mountain.
Company B. - William Baker, private, pneumonia, February 11th, 1862, at Upton's Hill, Virginia. Edward Cromwell, corporal, wounds, 1862, at Up- ton's Hill. Gurdon F. Viele, private, wounds. Robert E. McCoy, captain, fell in action August 29th, 1862, at Groveton. Charles E. Mills, first sergeant, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Patrick Mehan, private, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Charles E. Stickney, second sergeant, fell in action September 14th, 1862, at South Mountain. Oliver L. Lackey, private, fell in action September 14th, 1862, at South Mountain. Duncan Lendrum, first lieutenant, missing August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Charles H. Reed, private, missing August 30th, 1862, Bull Run.
Company C. - Charles Piersons, second lieutenant, wounds, September 7th, 1862, at Washington. Carlysle D. Beaumont, first lieutenant, fell in action August 29th, 1862, at Groveton. James Murray, private, fell in action August 29th, 1862, at Groveton. Henry N. Dunckly, private, fell in action August
29th, 1862, at Groveton. Joseph Pero, private, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Henry W. Hathaway, third sergeant, fell in action September 14th, 1862, at South Mountain.
Company D. - James Stalker, private, inflammation of brain, July 17th, 1861, at Washington. Charles J. Eaton, third sergeant, typhoid fever, May 18th, 1862, at Washington. Henry S. Milliman, captain, wounds, September Ioth, 1862, at Washington. William T. Beattie, second lieutenant, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run.
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Company E. - John M'Auley, private, typhoid fever, September 14th, 1861, at Arlington, Virginia. Rollin F. Austin, private, typhoid fever, April Ioth, 1862, at Alexandria. Timothy Bradley, private, diarrhoea, October 16th, 1862, Smoketown, Maryland. Byron G. Charette, private, wounds, Septem- ber 13th, 1862, at Washington. Charles Goolah, private, wounds, September 22d, 1862, at Washington. Frank Aubin, private, wounds, 1862, at Frederick, Maryland. Joseph Whitford, private, wounds, 1862, in field hospital. Jacob Ross, private, wounds, October 14th, 1862, at Smoketown, Maryland. Wilber F. Buswell, private, fell in action September 14th, 1862, at South Mountain. Charles Cushing, second lieutenant, fell in action September 17th, 1862, at Antietam. Patrick Johnson, private, missing August 29th, 1862, Groveton. Nelson Ross, private, missing, August 29th, 1862, Groveton. William T. Nor- ris, first lieutenant, missing, August 30th, 1862, Bull Run.
Company F. - Emanuel Noel, private, typhoid fever, November 24th, 1861, Georgetown. Lyman Ward, private, small-pox, January 17th, 1862, in hos- pital. Titus L. West, private, typhoid fever, May 13th, 1862, at Alexandria. Rufus N. Barto, private, wounds, October 18th, 1862, Colt's hospital. John E. Benjamin, private, wounds, September 11th, 1862, at Fairfax. Allen Sher- man, private, wounds, October 9th, 1862, at Frederick, Maryland. De Witt C. Barton, private, killed April 5th, 1862, at Centerville, Virginia. Willard Combs, private, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Andrew La Point, private, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Daniel Pendell, fifth sergeant, fell in action September 14th, 1862, at South Mountain. Ben- jamin F. Hendricks, private, missing, August 30th, 1862, Bull Run. William O. Jackson, corporal, missing, August 30th, 1862, Bull Run. Archibald Ram- sey, private, missing, August 30th, 1862, Bull Run.
Company G. - Nelson Hastings, private, consumption, July 16th, 1861, at Washington. Cornelius White, private, typhoid fever, October 26th, 1861, at Upton's Hill. William Washburn, private, typhoid fever, December 13th, 1861, at Upton's Hill. John Constantine, private, wounds, September 15th, 1862, at Washington. Rufus K. Verrill, private, wounds, September 8th, 1862, at Washington. Ansel Taft, private, wounds, September, at Alexandria. Thomas Whitton, private, wounds, September, 1862, at Alexandria. Lewis T. Johnson, corporal, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Thomas Moore, private, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. William Riley, private, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Lewis Fenix, private, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. John Necson, private, fell in action September 14th, 1862, at South Mountain. James Connell, private, fell in action September 17th, 1862, at Antietam. George F. Cleveland, private, missing, August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run.
Company H. - Edward Blanchard, private, typhoid fever, November 14th, 1861, at Colt's hospital. Lyman Chamberlain, private, typhoid fever, April
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19th, 1862, at Bristol Station. Charles H. Bowen, private, pneumonia, June 20th, 1862, at Carver Hospital. Stephen Podwin, private, wounds, September 3d, 1862, at Washington. James Wythe, private, fell in action August 29th, 1862, at Groveton. Rollin C. Wyman, private, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Selden L. Whitney, private, fell in action September 14th, 1862, at South Mountain. George W. Miner, private, missing, August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run.
Company I. - Edward Burge, private, killed June 30th, 1861, in Baltimore. Thomas Crawford, fifth sergeant, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Joseph W. Booth, private, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Syl- vanus A. Durkee, private, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Ephraim J. Smith, private, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. James Dignan, private, fell in action September 17th, 1862, at Antietam ..
Company K. - Timothy D. Murray, private, wounds, October 15th, 1862, Harwood Hospital. Henry Sumner, private, fell in action August 29th, 1862, at Groveton. Miles P. Caldwell, captain, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. Daniel McCartey, private, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. James Gleason private, fell in action August 30th, 1862, at Bull Run. James Evans, third sergeant, fell in action September 14th, 1862, at South Mountain. 1
The Ninety-sixth Regiment. - One full company (Co. I) of this regiment was recruited in Warren county in the fall of 1861, almost entirely by and at the expense of C. H. Burhans, now of Warrensburgh, who went out as its cap- tain. Following are the names of its officers and members, as given on the records : -
Captain, Charles H. Burhans ; first lieutenant, Gerard L. M'Kenzie ; second lieutenant, Emory M. Lyon. Sergeants, Thomas W. Sutton, John G. Joslin, of Warrensburgh ; Warren Luce and Levi Hill, of North River ; Mortimer Allen, of Athol. Corporals, William Beadnell and Peter Allard, of Potters- ville ; Paul Declane, Abial Fuller, Thomas Short, Augustus Stone and George Pelton, of Warrensburgh. Musician, Peleg Barton, of Athol. Wagoner, John McMillen, of North River. Privates, John B. Allard, Isaac Archibald, Edward Archibald, William Ausmeut, John Baker, James W. Bennett, John C. Bennett, Augustus Bennett and Levi Bennett, of Warrensburgh ; Theophile Beaudry, North River ; William B. Blany and George Brown, Warrensburgh ; Benjamin L. Cady, Pottersville ; Charles Combs and Francis Darrell, of War- rensburgh ; Barney Davar and Ed. F. Densmore, of Pottersville ; Ebenezer L. Farrar, Ed. S. Fuller, Joseph Genier, Antoine Gerouse, Jamon Harrington, Myles Hewett, James Hill, of Warrensburgh ; John H. Ingraham, Pottersville ; John Keys and Charles Lamb, of Warrensburgh ; Michael Lynch and Edward McDonnell, of Pottersville; William B. Morrill and Samuel B. Moses, of War-
1 The preceding rosters are kindly furnished ns by Dr. A. W. IIolden.
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rensburgh ; Levi Olden, Pottersville ; Chauncey F. Perry, Oscar F. Perry, Dan- iel O. Porter, Edward Porter, La Fayette Scripten and Jesse N. Seseton, of Warrensburgh ; Cornelius Sherman, of Pottersville ; George W. Stearns, War- rensburgh ; Eli Streeter, Pottersville ; Samuel J. Taylor, Warrensburgh ; James Tucker and Giles Vanderwarker, of Pottersville; Daniel Vaughn and Paul Vigean, of Warrensburgh ; Nathan Wallace, Pottersville; Henry F. Wright, Warrensburgh.
This regiment was entirely enrolled in Northern New York and earned a most gallant record. One of its companies (G) was from Essex county and was commanded by Captain Alfred Weed, it having been principally raised in the town of Ticonderoga. This fact led to the preparation by Winslow C. Watson, esq., of Plattsburg, of a detailed history of the organization, which was printed in his valuable History of Essex County, published in 1870, when data for military history was much more accessible than at the present time. From his work we condense the following account: -
"The regiment was organized at Plattsburg, and departed for the field March, 1862, under the command of James Fairman, colonel, Charles O. Gray, lieutenant-colonel, and John E. Kelley, a veteran of the regular army, major. Nathan Wardner, of Jay, was appointed chaplain of the organization, John H. Sanborn, quartermaster, and Francis Joseph D'Avignon, of Ausable Forks, surgeon. The Ninety-sixth, in the early stages of its services, was severely depressed, through the unfavorable auspices by which it was surrounded, but after the brave and accomplished Gray was placed in command, the regiment rapidly attained a very high reputation. It had been precipitated by ill-ad- vised councils into active service without the advantages of any adequate drill- ing, and was hurried into the peninsula campaign before the habits of the troops were adapted to field duty, and while they were yet unacclimated. From this cause and some dissensions among officers the efficiency of the regiment was much impaired for a period.
" Major Kelley was killed in a picket skirmish immediately before the bat- tle of Fair Oaks. In that action the losses of the Ninety-sixth regiment were extremely severe. The services of the regiment, throughout the peninsula campaign were marked by great perils and hardships, and elicited from Gen- eral Peck, the commander of the division, warm and unusual encomiums. It was afterwards ordered to Suffolk, enduring all the trials and sufferings of that field, and was subsequently engaged in the North Carolina expedition, and gallantly participated in all the hard services of that vigorous campaign. In the battle of Kingston, December 14th, 1862, Colonel Gray, who had already, although a youth of twenty-four, achieved a brilliant fame, was killed while charging at the head of the regiment over the bridge on the Neuse, and in the act of planting its standard upon the enemy's works. Three weeks before in presenting a new flag to the Ninety-sixth, he had uttered a glowing and elo-
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quent tribute to the old flag, and now this enveloped his coffin, as the remains were borne from his last battle-field to its resting place among his familiar mountains. That venerated flag is deposited in the Military Bureau. After this event the Ninety-sixth was for a short term under the command of Colonel Mckenzie. A. A. Fuller and J. C. Bennett, Company I, were wounded in this battle.
" Early in 1864 the regiment was transferred to the Army of the James be- fore Petersburg, and attached to the same brigade with which the One Hun- dred and Eighteenth was connnected. It was incorporated with the Eight- eenth and afterwards with the Twenty-fourth Corps. The Ninety-sixth was engaged in all the subsequent operations of the Eighteenth Corps. At Cold Harbor, and the assault on Fort Harrison, the Ninety-sixth and the Eighth Connecticut formed the assaulting columns, with the One Hundred and Eight- eenth New York, and Tenth New Hampshire on their flanks as skirmishers. The division approached the works in close order, and in a distance of four- teen hundred yards was exposed to a plunging and galling fire of artillery and musketry.
" It steadily advanced to the base of the hill, which was crowned by the enemy's work. Here the column, exhausted by its rapid progress, paused. The enemy perceiving the point of attack were meanwhile pouring reinforce- ments into the menaced works. The crisis was imminent, and General Stan- nard commanding the division sent an earnest order for an instant assault. The head of the column charged up the hill, and scaling the parapet, drove the enemy from their guns. Sergeant Lester Archer of the.Ninety-sixth and the color bearer of the Eighth Connecticut simultaneously planted their re- spective regimental flags upon the ramparts. The Rev. Nathan Wardner, chaplain of the Ninety-sixth, charged with his regiment in the advancing col- umns, prepared to administer spiritual consolation on the very field of carnage. The captured guns of the fort were turned upon the retreating enemy with ter- rible effect. The Ninety-sixth were conspicuous in opposing the repeated, res- olute and desperate attempts of the rebels to recover this important position.
"The Ninety-sixth continued near Fort Harrison, in camp with its brigade, after the capture of that work, until the 24th of October, when the entire divi- sion marched against Fort Richmond at Fair Oaks. It bivouacked that night, about three miles from the fort. While the skirmishing party of the One Hundred and Eighteenth was engaged in the perilous and hopeless assault of the enemy's line, the next morning the Ninety-sixth, in common with the re- mainder of the division, stood idle spectators of the slaughter of those troops, although little doubt now exists, that a combined and energetic attack of the fort, when the One Hundred and Eighteenth advanced and while it was occu- pied by a force wholly inadequate to its defense, would have secured a glorious success. A designed feint had been converted into a real and sanguinary as-
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sault, and the character of this bloody field, conspicuous for its profitless and murderous losses, was only redeemed by the valor of the troops.
" For two long and trying hours, after the repulse of the One Hundred and Eighteenth the residue of the division stood under arms, in front of the ene- my's lines, with no orders, either to advance or retreat, while the rebels were observed eagerly rushing troops into the fort, on foot and upon horseback. Horses were constantly perceived hurrying up at their highest speed, bearing three riders, and as they approached the works, two leaping from the horse would enter the fort, while the third returned at the same speed, to bear back another freight of defenders. At length, when the lines by this delay had been rendered impregnable to an attack, the division was madly hurled upon the works. It was bloodily repulsed. The casualties of the Ninety-sixth were in the highest degree severe.
" The ground upon which these unfortunate operations occurred had been signalized by the sanguinary battle of Fair Oaks, during the peninsula cam- paign. The works erected by McClellan were still discernible, and as the Fed- eral troops moved to the assault, they disturbed and trampled upon skulls and bones and other ghastly memorials of the former conflict. The Ninety-sixth participated in the brilliant closing scenes of the war around Richmond and its final consummation."
After paying a glowing and deserved tribute to Dr. Francis Joseph D'Avig- non, surgeon of the Ninety-sixth, Mr. Watson concludes his sketch with the following : -
Officers of the Ninety-sixth mustered out with the Regiment, February 6th, 1866 .- Colonel, Stephen Moffitt, brevet brigadier-general U. S. V .; lieuten- ant-colonel, George W. Hinds, brevet colonel N. Y. V .; major, Courtland C. Babcock, brevet lieutenant-colonel N. Y. V .; quartermaster, Allen Babcock ; surgeon, Robert W. Brady ; chaplain, Nathan Wardner. Captains - Earl Peirce, Moses Gill, Moses E. Orr, Henry C. Buckham, brevet major N. Y. V .; William B. Brokaw, brevet major N. Y. V .; Merlin C. Harris, brevet major N. Y. V .; Thomas E. Allen, Oscar B. Colvin. First lieutenants - William B. Stafford, Thomas Burke, Charles H. Hogan, Orlando P. Benson, Lyman Bridges, George J. Cady, Lucien Wood, Alexander M. Stevens, Alonzo E. Howard. Second lieutenants - Washington Harris, Stanford H. Bugbee, Al- exander McMartin, Charles Sharron, Amos S. Richardson, Silas Finch, Judson C. Ware.
Enlisted Men of the Regiment to whom Medals of Honor have been Awarded by the Secretary of War .- Sergeant Lester Archer.
The archives of the State present the following brilliant record of the ser- vices of the Ninety-sixth : Gainesville, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, An- tietam, Mine Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, North Anna, Mattapony, Spottsylvania, Bethesda Church, Petersburg, Weldon
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Railroad, Chapel House, Hatcher's Run, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Seven Days' Battle, Blackwater, Kingston, Whitehall, Goldsboro', Siege of Newbern, Drury's Farm, Port Walthall, Coal Harbor, Battery Harrison, Charles City Road.
One Hundred and Fifty-third Regiment .- One company (K) of this regi- ment was raised in Warren county, largely in the town of Queensbury, and principally by Frederick J. P. Chitty, who served as its captain. Philip H. Fitzpatrick, first lieutenant, and C. H. Pike, second lieutenant, were from Clin- ton county. The regiment was recruited for three years' service and organized at Fonda. The other companies were from Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Clinton and Essex counties. It was mustered into the service of the United States October 18th, 1862, and was mustered out at the expiration of term of service, October 2d, 1865. The principal engagements in which the regiment took part were those at Sabine Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill, Marksville, Cane River, Mansura, and Alexandria, La., as given in the reports.
Captain Chitty has kindly furnished us with the enrollment papers, con- taining endorsements of the fate of the members of the company, from which the following list is made up : -
George Albro, mustered out with regiment; Mark A. Allen, died in Rich- mond as a prisoner ; Amos Baker, jr., died in hospital; Amyel Baker, mus- tered out with regiment; Stephen J. Beadleston, mustered out with regiment ; Franklin Benman, mustered out with regiment; Robert Blackburn, discharged for disability ; Benjamin Brown, mustered out with regiment ; John M. Cros- sett, died in hospital; Lemuel Davis, mustered out with regiment; Leonard N. Foster, deserted; George Harris, died in hospital at Alexandria, December Ist, 1862 ; William Hillis, died in hospital; Philander Hurd, died in hospital ; Anson Jones, rejected at Fonda; Charles La Point, mustered out with regi- ment; Frank La Point, mustered out with regiment; Cass La Point; Joseph Luther, mustered out with regiment; Jacob F. Miller, mustered out with reg- iment ; Charles W. Morgan, mustered out with regiment; Daniel R. Moss, died in hospital; Thomas Robinson, mustered out with regiment; Anson A. Scovill, discharged from hospital ; William H. Sheffer, mustered out with reg- iment ; Seneca B. Smith, mustered out with regiment; William H. Stevenson, mustered out with regiment; Henry A. Swan, mustered out with regiment ; William Sullivan, transferred to veteran reserve corps; Thomas Taylor, dis- charged for disability ; Allen S. Underwood, mustered out with regiment as first lieutenant (in command of the company much of the time of its service) ; Weston J. Wilkie, discharged for disability; James M. Walkup, died from disease.
The following brief account of the career of this regiment is also from Watson's History of Essex County : --
" The regiment immediately after its organization was ordered to Alexan-
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dria, and subsequently at Washington was employed in provost duty. Early in 1864 the One Hundred and Fifty-third was transferred to Louisiana and incorporated with the Nineteenth Army Corps. It was engaged in the Red River expedition and participated in all the hardships and disasters of that campaign. When the Union forces, after the battle of Sabine Cross Roads, fell back, Company I (of Essex) was the rear company in the retreat of the army. The Nineteenth Corps sailed from New Orleans on the 3d of July with sealed orders; but its destination proved to be the Chesapeake. The One Hundred and Fifty-third, and four companies belonging to other regiments, the advance of the corps, on the arrival at Fortress Monroe were instantly ordered, without disembarking, to the defense of Washington, then menaced by Early's incur- sion. These troops were hastened through the city amid the deep excitement and alarm of the people to a position at Fort Stevens, where they went into immediate action. After the repulse of the rebels, the One Hundred and Fifty- third joined in their pursuit across the Potomac into the Shenandoah Valley, but was suddenly recalled to the vicinity of the capital, to oppose another apprehended advance of the enemy. The regiment was soon after engaged in the battle of Winchester, and it participated in the engagement at Fisher Hill and in the pursuit of the Confederates from that field. The Nineteenth Corps was at Cedar Creek and suffered heavy losses incident to the surprise and early catastrophies of that eventful day. The One Hundred and Fifty- third formed part of the picket line that enveloped Washington after the assas- sination of Mr. Lincoln, and discharged guard duty at the arsenal on the mili- tary trials that succeeded. In June, 1865, the regiment was ordered to Savannah, where it performed provost duty until its discharge. In the suc- ceeding October the One Hundred and Fifty-third was mustered out at Albany."
In this connection the following brief sketch of the career of Captain Chitty, embodying military history, will be of interest: He was born in Bir- mingham, England, in April, 1824, and is by profession a druggist. He was mustered in as Captain of Company K, One Hundred and Fifty-Third Regi- ment, October 12th, 1862. In April, 1863, the One Hundred and Fifty- Third, then doing duty in Alexandria, Va., he was detached by order of Brig- adier-General J. P. Slough, Military Governor, as Provost Marshal of the city, remaining in that position until the following August, when the regiment was removed from the command. Accompanying the order relieving him was a complimentary letter from the general, thanking him for the very efficient manner in which he had discharged the duties of his office, and regretting that a military necessity compelled his return to the regiment. Captain Chitty, in command of the guard of his regiment, removed the first lot of rebel prison- ers (five hundred in number) from the Old Capitol prison in Washington to Point Lookout in Maryland, and in command of a battalion of his regiment
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