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TENTH INFANTRY.
This regiment enlisted in September, 1861, and was mustered in at Camp Holton, Milwaukee, October 14. Company F (called "the Grant County Sixth") and Company I ("the Grant County Pat- riots") were enlisted mostly in this county. The regiment contained the following Grant County men :
Band-Solomon H. Hatheral, Francis A. Thompson, Hazel Green, Company F-Wm. H. Palmer, Captain, Lancaster; Ed. D. Lowry, 1st Lieut., Lancaster; Armstead C. Brown, 2d Lieut., Hazel Green ; Philip L. Glover, David B. Robinson, Hiram H. Robinson, Boscobel; Gorman Alexander, Magnus Buhl, Benager Bass, Reuben F. Crossley, Isaac J. Crossley, Jacob Remey, Adolphus Turcott, Beetown; Champ- lin Brown, Cassville; Marcus L. Gleason, Jacob H. Wagner, Clifton; Mark C. Bowen, Cyrus Bowen, Wm. Cook, Joseph D. Costley, Wm. R. Eayers, Glen Haven ; Jas. Kilgore, Samuel Osborn, Augustus Brat- nober, Joseph L. Hurst, S. H. Hatherall, Thomas Jewell, Washington Noland, Wm. Pierce, John H. Ralph, Martin J. Skinner, Francis A. Thompson, W. J. Trewartha, Leroy W. Williams, Hazel Green; Pierce Cahill, Thomas Coates, James S. Cummings, Daniel Doyle, Thos. Hol- lister, Solomon Harcleroad, A. V. Knapp, Chauncey C. Morse, Robert Northey, Joseph Pendleton, Alexander Pollock, Chas. R. Richardson, Milton Showalter, Victor E. Strong, Herman J. Schlosser, John J. Shoemaker, Frank Shoemaker, James E. Strong, Albert L. Thurston, Hiram Tobler, Lancaster; Harlan Bowen, Alonzo B. Coats, Leonard Fry, Thomas J. Fry, Timothy Lathan, Liberty; Robert Hodgson, Chas. Hatfield, Joseph S. Hurst, Wm. W. Parker, Lima ; Wm. J. Pendle-
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ton, John Singer, Little Grant; Orris Painter, Patch Grove; Jas. Brad- bury, Wm. Branstetter, Josiah W. Durley, Nelson Eayrs, James Eayrs, Wm. Eayrs, Theodore Hilgers, Ambrose Jarrett, Robert Jarrett, Rob- ert Langstaff, John Mains, John McGuire, Chas. H. Platte, Robert Roach, Delos E. Wilson, Irwin S. Wright, Potosi; Abram M. Dodge, Homer, M. Lewis, Elisha J. Lewis, Daniel C. Lumpkin, Byron P. Taft, Tafton; Edward McDonnel, Waterloo; Amos T. Gotwals, Wyalusing : Wm. Rothschild, Lancaster.
Company H-Frederick Sallander, Boscobel.
Company I-Caleb T. Overton, Captain, Platteville; Harvey Fair- child, 1st Lieut., Platteville; John Smail, 2d Lieut. Platteville; Wm. L. Hughey, Ellenboro; James Chapman, Fennimore; John Morgan, Bos- cobel; John Bradley, David Burkholder, John T. Hudson, Amos Ray, George W. Travis, John H. Travis, Henry H. Winters, Harrison; Wm. E. Bush, Thomas Curtis, Orville D. Eastman, David Eastman, Samuel Eastman, John R. Johns, James Taunt, Robert Wilson, Hazel Green ; Ariel Klingensmith, Lima; John Hylan, Wm. Taylor, Richard White, Jamestown; Benj. Bowmer, Thomas Carter, Charles Dickey, Edwin Piddington, Paris; Wm. O. Butler, Andrew Bryan, Albert M. Burns, Martin Colligan, John Camp, George W. Daggett, Thomas Durlin, Columbus Fish, George Geigler, Frederick Grosh, Sylvester Gillam, Joseph B. Holmes, William Hawk, Randolph Jones, Frederick Kleider, Wm. J. Kays, Wm. Kimes, Charles Morris, Albert McClung, Charles McManus, Hiram L. Medley, Jacob Miller, Howard B. Merritt, George W. Moore, John Morgan, Wm. Nelson, Samuel Nixon, Wm. Nichols, David Parrish, Wm. Richards, James J. Ray, Reuben W. Randall, Jas. Sutton, George A. Shaffer, Seth D. Steel, Wesley Smith, Milo B. Taylor, Stephen Tallada, James C. Tallada, Harrison Talbott, Jacob Taenzler, John F. Waster, Lewis Wilson, David Winnebrenner, Adam Woods, Platteville; Robert Langstaff, Morgan Reed, Potosi; Thos. P. Dur- lin, Hiram Shrigley, John W. Thompson, Smelser; Henry Reed, Water- 100; Henry H. Ray, George Schad, James F. Smith, Wingville.
The regiment left the State November 9, 1861, and arrived at Louisville on the 11th, and was employed in guarding the Louis- ville & Nashville Railroad, with headquarters at Shepardsville. On the 5th of December it moved to Elizabethtown, continuing to guard the railroad until February 10, when it joined the advance on Bowl- ing Green, arriving at the Big Barren River, opposite that place, on the 15th. The Rebels evacuated the town and the Union forces en-
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tered it on the 16th. On the 22d the Tenth was again in motion, and on the 27th camped four miles south of Nashville, where it remained until March 18, when it moved to Murfreesboro, where it became pro- vost guard.
On the 5th of April the regiment left Murfreesboro and arrived at Huntsville, Alabama, on the 11th. The regiment, in detachments, guarded the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. On the 23d of April a detachment of twenty-three men saved the Paint Rock bridge by re- pulsing 250 bushwhackers. For the bravery shown on this occasion the commanding general gave the detachment special thanks. The good work of the regiment was recognized by General Mitchell in a special order.
The summer of 1862 was passed in guarding the railroad. In the retreat of the army toward the Ohio River the Tenth acted as rear guard, and was compelled to fight guerrillas every mile. Arriving at Stevenson August 31, the Tenth assisted in the repulse of the enemy, who had attacked the Union troops while evacuating the place. The retreat from this point to Nashville was one of great suffering. With- out rations, blankets, medicine, and transportation for the sick, the regiment arrived at Nashville September 5, much exhausted. The next day it moved toward Louisville, where it arrived on the 28th of Sep- tember. It immediately joined the expedition against Bragg, march- ing on the 1st, and on the 8th going into the bloody battle of Chaplin Hill, in which the Tenth highly distinguished itself.
Toward the right of the line, where the Tenth was stationed, a disadvantageous advance was early necessary, on account of a re- verse on the left. At first the Rebels were repulsed, the Tenth being conspicuous in the fight; but later the tide of battle was reversed. A second line of the enemy attacked and flanked the Union line, which was inferior in numbers to the enemy. One line was nearly broken, but it recovered and withstood the furious assault of the Rebels.
The Tenth was under fire from eleven in the forenoon until night. It exhausted its ammunition, replenished its stock with cartridges taken from the dead and wounded, and stubbornly held its position against overwhelming numbers. In his report General Rousseau highly praised the Tenth. Forty-one bullets pierced its flag and two its flag- staff. Five color-bearers were shot down in succession. Of the 376 men engaged 36 were killed, 110 wounded, and one missing.
The losses of the Grant County men in this battle were: Company
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F-killed, Philip L. Glover, Abram M. Dodge, W. A. Eayers, M. L. Gleason, Theo. Hilgers, Daniel C. Lumpkin, M. C. Owen, Frank M. Shoemaker; wounded, James Kilgore, Benager Bass, Daniel Doyle, Wm. Pierce, John Singer, Byron P. Taft.
After this battle the Tenth moved to Edgefield Junction, ten miles north of Nashville, and performed guard duty till the beginning of De- cember, when it moved to camp four miles south of Nashville, and re- mained there until the movement toward Murfreesboro, the 26th of December.
In the battle of Stone River the Tenth became engaged early on the 31st of December, the Rebels retreating. It made a further ad- vance under a severe skirmish fire, until it was attacked by a strong force in front, but, maintained its position until it received a flank fire and was ordered to retire. On the morning of the first of January it advanced again nearly to its former position, and there remained until the close of the battle without another general engagement. The reg- iment went into battle with 11 officers and 250 men and lost 3 killed, 16 wounded, and 6 missing.
David McKee, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fifteenth Wisconsin, was killed in this battle. He was well known in Grant County, especially in Potosi and Lancaster, as a lawyer and in the forties as editor of the Potosi, Republican. He went out as Captain of Company C, Second Wisconsin.
In the bloody battle of Chickamauga, on the 19th and 20th of September, the Tenth bore. a part. It joined in the attack and pursuit of the Rebels on the morning of the 19th, and soon went to the front line, where it became hotly engaged and held its position some time, but at last, its right being turned, gave way before overwhelming numbers. In the afternoon it was again placed in front, and retired at evening. On the 20th, the regiment, at daylight. was posted as support to the rest of the brigade. It held that position until ten o'clock, when the Rebels charged fiercely upon the brigade, and the Tenth was instantly ordered up. It repulsed the attack, but held the position only a short time, for the enemy had turned the left of the division, and was already advancing through the woods in that direction. The Tenth was now ordered to the left, and there engaged the Rebels and drove them back. During all the afternoon the firing was heavy on that part of the line. The Tenth kept its place until night, when the troops on its right and rear
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gave way and left it exposed to a terrible fire from three different directions, and it was compelled to withdraw. Being on the left, and not being aware of the presence of the enemy in that direction, the regiment, in falling back, came directly into the Rebel lines, and thus had most of its remaining men captured. The few that were left were rescued by the rest of the brigade. In this battle the Tenth lost eighteen killed, fifty-six wounded, and 132 missing, most of the latter being captured. There were left of the regiment only three officers and twenty-six men.
In this battle First Lieutenant Remy and Thomas Jewell, of Co. F were killed, and Solomon Harcleroad, A. S. Turcott, Edward McDon- nell, James E. Strong, Isaac J. Crossley, and Byron P. Taft, of Co. F were wounded
In the battle of Missionary Ridge the Tenth acted as support for Loomis's Battery.
In Sherman's campaign to Atlanta the Tenth was in the Fourth Corps. It took part in the battles of Dallas and Kenesaw Mountain.
The Tenth participated in the battle of Peach Tree Creek, near Atlanta, on the 20th of July, 1864. The enemy made a furious attack on the Federal lines, driving back an Illinois regiment which was in advance of the main line. The Twenty-first Wisconsin on the right and the Tenth on the left now in turn charged the Rebels and drove them in confusion. The Tenth charged up a little ridge, and just as it was passing over the crest the Rebels poured in a volley, but it was aimed too high. The Tenth then poured a deadly volley into the Rebels and immediately charged and retook the lost Federal works and restored the broken line.
Shortly after the arrival of the army before Atlanta, the Tenth was placed on guard at Marietta, Georgia. It remained there until October 3, when it occupied the old rifle-pits near Kenesaw Mountain, guarding the railroad against Hood's army. On the 16th of October the recruits and reenlisted veterans of the Tenth were transferred to the Twenty-first Wisconsin, while the rest left for Wisconsin, reach- ing Milwaukee October 25, 1864, where they were mustered out of service.
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CHAPTER VI.
ELEVENTH, TWELFTH, SIXTEENTH, AND NINETEENTH INFANTRY.
Eleventh Infantry-Twelfth Infantry-Sixteenth Infantry-Nine- teenth Infantry.
ELEVENTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was mustered into the service October 18, 1861, at Camp Randall. It contained the following Grant County men :
Company E-Samuel C. Kirkpatrick, Clifton; Hiram Bennett, Lima; Cyrus A. Alexander, Vernon V. Bishop, Robert G. Crumbaugh, Wm. A. DeLap, Chas. W. Grimesey, Allen H. Mumford, Orion Wash- burn, Millville ; James K. Lum, Patch Grove; Stephen Hoskins, Platte- ville. Company K-William Franklin, Boscobel.
The following came as recruits in 1863 and 1864:
Company D-Avander Kimball, Sylvester Kitelinger, Jos. Mark, Daniel W. Shaw, Boscobel. Company E-John H. Clam, Nathaniel Grimm, Boscobel; Knud K. Knudson, Liberty ; John Hoskins, Willliam Newkirk, Henry H. Ray, Platteville.
On the 29th of November the regiment left the State for St. Louis. It was stationed most of the winter at Sulphur Springs, on the Mis- sippi River. March 13, 1862, it marched, reaching Reeves's Station on the 27th. On the 19th of April the regiment marched southward and suffered much from wading through swamps and bad water and lack of rations, and also from disease produced by malaria. It joined the army of Curtis on White River and took the advance on a southward march. On the 7th of July a detachment of the Eleventh and the Thirty-third Illinois had a hot skirmish with a force of about two thousand Texans and Arkansans near Bayou Cache. They were at first compelled to fall back, but being reinforced, again advanced and routed the enemy, who left about a hundred and fifty of their dead on the field.
The regiment then proceeded ninety-five miles to Helena, suffering from bad water and lack of rations. Remaining two weeks at Helena,
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the regiment went down the river to Oldtown and was engaged in collecting cotton, having some skirmishes. In October the regiment went to Pilot Knob, Missouri, and thence to Patterson. During the winter it was chiefly occupied in patrol and guarding the railroad and forage trains. In March, 1863, the regiment embarked at St. Gene- vieve and went, by way of Memphis and Helena, to Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, near Vicksburg. Crossing the peninsula, the Eleventh took part in the famous campaign by which Grant shut Pemberton's army up in Vicksburg, being engaged in the battles of Anderson Hill, Fort Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, and the desperate assault on Vicksburg. It then took a position in the trenches in the central part of our force and was occupied in the siege until the 2d of July, when it marched toward Warrenton, to intercept a Rebel raid, soon returning to the trenches.
After the surrender of Vicksburg the Eleventh marched to Jackson and on the 18th and 19th of July was engaged in tearing up the track of the Mississippi Central Railroad. On the 13th of Augustit went to New Orleans and thence marched to Brashear City, and thence to Ber- wick, Franklin, and New Iberia, where it arrived on the 6th of Sep- tember. It soon moved on to St. Martinville, having a skirmish there and taking some prisoners. Going on to Opelousas, it returned to New Iberia, which it reached on the 30th, having suffered much from heavy rains and lack of clothing and blankets, having left its baggage and knapsacks behind. The regiment then returned to Berwick and joined in Banks's expedition to Texas. Four companies, A, C, E, and G, landed at Point Isabel; a violent storm prevented the rest of the regiment from landing and it went on to Aransas Pass, where it land- ed, suffering much from a "norther" with sleet to which the men were exposed without shelter or wood. On the 7th of December the four companies landed at Point Isabel joined the regiment and then it went into camp at Matagorda Peninsula. On the 13th it went to Indianola. Here more than three-fourths of the regiment reenlisted and went home on furlough. Returning to duty, on the 2d of May, 1864, the regiment moved on an expedition from Memphis into northern Missis- sippi, having an engagement with Forrest's cavalry on the 4th, and returning to Memphis after a march of a hundred miles. It went then by way of New Orleans to Brashear City, whence it made several re- connoissances, and had several sharp skirmishes with-the Rebels. On the 26th of February, 1865, the regiment embarked for New Orleans,
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whence it went to join the expedition for the capture of Mobile and took part in the severe siege of Spanish Fort. On the capture of that place, the Eleventh went over to Blakely and assisted in the reduction of that fort. On the 3d, 5th, 6th, and 9th of April the regiment, in advancing its lines, had sharp work and did it nobly. On the 9th it made a desperate charge quite into the enemy's works, losing fifty- nine killed and wounded. After the reduction of Fort Blakely the Eleventh went to Montgomery, returning to Mobile on the 23d, re- maining there on provost duty until the 3d of September, when it was mustered out and soon started for home, reaching Madison on the 18th, where the men were discharged.
TWELFTH INFANTRY.
This regiment went into camp at Camp Randall in October, 1861, Co. K was enlisted partly in Grant County, and the men from this county were as follows :
Co. B-Wm. H. Rogers, Boscobel.
Co. C-Edward Guire, Beetown.
Co. G-Orson W. Bennett, Hazel Green.
Co. K-Capt. D. R. Sylvester, Blue River; George R. Pyle, 1st Lieut., Clifton; Isaac Walker, 2d Lieut., Hickory Grove; William W. Blanchard, George Brown, Lewis Hayne, Benj. F. Martin, Andrew Palmer, Madison A. Redman, Hiram Schofield, Francis U. Tracy, An- drew J. Watts, Nathaniel L. Wayne, Frank Wayne, Boscobel; George R. Munns, Aaron Nash, Charles H. Thompson, Jacob Hopkins, Sam- uel R. Marston, Adelbert V. Stevens, Sylvester Walker, Richard Willis, Nathaniel Winship, Blue River; James A. Watts, Clifton; John T. Brunnemer, Caleb B. Clark. George P. Dempsey, George Earl, Alex. J. Grace, Jacob Hopkins, Solomon C. Peckham, Ed. Wood, Fennimore; Charles Carver, Hickory Grove; William Wheeler, Lancaster; Henry B. Havens, Joseph R. Hoar, Jerome B. Mead, Lewis W. Pile, Hiram Ostrander, Reuben Ricks, John S. Stewart, James Ricks, Thomas H. Tuffley, George Tuffley, Daniel O. Chandler, Wm. A. Curry, Marion; Samuel Howard, Wingville.
The following recruits from Grant County joined this regiment :
Co. A-Leander D. Davis, Charles Fisher, Erastus S. Lester, James M. Merriman, Charles F. Miller, Josiah B. Rogers, Roswell A. Weed, Clifton; Christopher McCann, Beetown; Thomas W. Kitelinger, Paris. Co. H-Leland Campbell, Clifton.
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Co. K-James E. Greenhalgh, Albert Iverson, James H. Stevens, Clifton; Enos W. Smith, Beetown; Eben W. Markham, Castle Rock ; Isaiah Fry, Hoyt M. Lull, Henry A. Munns, Henry E. Schofield, Fen- nimore; Geo. H. Marston, Glen Haven; Lafayette Miller, Charles L. Taylor, Hiram H. Wheeler, George H. Wheeler, Albion W. Wheeler, Hickory Grove; Engelbert Steckel, Liberty; Andrew Chandler, Lan- caster ; Frank Schofield, Wingville.
The regiment was armed with Belgian rifles. had Sibley tents, and was well equipped. It had a fine band.
The regiment left the State January 11, 1862, for Fort Leaven- worth, Kansas. It was unable to cross the Mississippi at Quincy, on account of floating ice, and marched twenty-two miles to Douglas- ville, opposite Hannibal. There it spent the night of the 13th, with the thermometer twenty degrees below zero, lying on the frozen ground without shelter, although not yet inured to hardships. From Hannibal to Weston, Missouri, the regiment rode in open hay-cars, twenty-four hours without fire or warm food, and soon more than one hundred were on the sick list. On the 15th of February, the regi- ment moved to Leavenworth, and on the 1st of March toward Fort Scott, Kansas, a march of 160 miles.
On the 27th of March the regiment started for Lawrence, and on the 20th of April left that city for Fort Riley, Kansas, a march of 105 miles. At this place most of the regiment allotted to their families all their pay except three or four dollars a month, more than any other Wisconsin regiment.
The regiment marched back to Leavenworth, which it reached on the 27th of May, and took part in a grand review. On the 29th the regiment went to St. Louis, on the way to Corinth, and landed at Columbus on the 2d of June. There it was engaged in repairing the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, not going to Corinth. It afterward moved to Union City, and thence to Humboldt, Tennessee, and in July made a junction with the troops engaged in the siege of Corinth. While at Humboldt the regiment was partly mounted, having seized all the serviceable horses for sixty miles around. The regiment was busy in scouring the country in search of bushwhackers. A Rebel force of a thousand cavalry and a battery was at this time reported to be in the vicinity of Humboldt. This village would have been a rich prize for the Rebels, as it contained $60,000 worth of cotton and $11,000 worth of sugar and molasses, which had been seized, by the regiment
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a few days before. The men took possession of a printing office and issued a paper called the Soldiers' Budget. The constant scouting of the Twelfth had a wholesome effect in suppressing the guerrillas, and the citizens were little molested by marauders.
On the 4th of October the regiment moved to Pocahontas, to take part in the battle of Hatchie, then going on. It formed part of the re- serve, and was not in action. Thence it moved to Bolivar, Tennessee, where it remained until November 3, when it began a march south- ward with the Army of the Mississippi, under General Grant, in the abortive attempt to capture Vicksburg. On the 4th the Twelfth reached La Grange, and on the 8th led the advance of a large force on a reconnoitering expedition toward Holly Springs, near which a heavy Rebel force was known to be encamped. They marched to within eleven miles of that place, and Companies A and B were deployed as skirmishers. On arriving at the place where the Rebels had been. it was found that they had retreated, and the Twelfth occupied their abandoned camp. The expedition returned the next day to La Grange, having captured 150 prisoners.
On the 28th of November the Twelfth moved to Holly Springs and thence to Lumpkin's Mill and Yocona Creek, near the Mississippi Central Railroad. Grant's communications having been cut by the capture of Holly Springs by the Rebels, the expedition was abandoned and the Twelfth marched northward, going to Moscow, Tennessee, on the 12th of January, then to Collinsville, and reached Memphis on the 14th of March. On the 18th of April the Twelfth formed part of an expedition to attack the rear of Chalmers's force on Coldwater. The first day the Twelfth had the advance and captured seven Rebel officers and sixty men. The next day an attack was made on the Rebel force at Coldwater, the Twelfth being in reserve.
On the 11th of May the regiment embarked for Vicksburg, disem- barked opposite the city and marched across the peninsula, and embarked again for Grand Gulf, below Vicksburg. In a short time the regiment came up to Warrenton, where it was placed in the Fourth Division and took a position in the trenches in the rear of Vicksburg, on the left, where it had one man killed and five wounded during the siege.
After the surrender the regiment marched to Jackson, having a skirmish on the way, in which two men were killed by a Rebel shell. When the First Brigade of the Fourth Division charged the Rebel works
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at Jackson, the Twelfth protected the left flank. A further account of this charge and of the siege of Vicksburg will be found in the history of the Thirty-third Infantry.
On the 15th of August the regiment embarked for Natchez. Sep- tember 1 it took the advance in an expedition to Harrisonburg, Louisiana. November 22 it embarked for Vicksburg, and went ten miles east to guard the railroad at the Big Black. On the 4th of December it returned to Vicksburg and embarked for Natchez, where it joined a force sent in pursuit of Wirt Adams's cavalry. January 23, 1864, it embarked for Vicksburg, where 521 men reënlisted. In Feb- ruary the regiment formed a part of Sherman's Meridian Expedition. At Bolton it had two men killed and four wounded by a Rebel shell. The regiment was complimented by Gen. Kilby Smith for its gallantry in charging across a bridge at Baker's Creek. It returned to Hebron, near Vicksburg, March 4, having marched 416 miles. On the 13th the reenlisted men went home on a furlough, rejoining the regiment at Cairo, May 3. Moving by way of Huntsville, Decatur, and Rome, it joined the Army of the Tennessee at Ackworth, Georgia, on the 8th of June, 1864. It moved to Big Shanty on the 10th, and the next day was in line of battle, charging two miles through the timber and capturing the first skirmish line of the enemy in front of Kenesaw Mountain. The regiment threw up intrenchments, and on the 14th another line was constructed, a quarter of a mile nearer, on the crest of a hill, a thousand yards from the enemy's rifle-pits. Six companies performed a desperate feat in driving a Rebel brigade out of its rifle-pits, which had kept up a galling fire on the Union men from a piece of pine woods in front of the position. The detachment penetrated through brush, young pines, and briars, until it reached the rifle-pits, which were full of men, and opened an erffilading fire on them, compelling them to fall back to their reserve force. The pits were emptied for forty rods. A Rebel brigade then charged on the little detachment, which fell back in good order. The regiment took part in the movement of the. Seventeenth Corps to the right of Kenesaw Mountain, on the second of July, taking position near the Chattahoochee, at the mouth of Nickajack Creek. Its loss at Kenesaw Mountain was thirty-four, killed, wounded, and missing.
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