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Sharpsburg the same day. Maj. Montgomery
was in command here, Col. Lane was in eon-

mand Of ths Brigade after the fall of Gan.
Branch. AS our army fell back the 2Sth Reg't
crossed the Potomac en the 18th Sept. at Shep
ardstowa, ferming part of the rear guard of
| the easire army of Northern Virgins, and was
ia the gallant charge Ga the 20th whieh drew Q
the enemy's troops, which had followed our ar
my te the South baak, back lato the Potomac.
BraacA's Brigade Cat and after the battle of
Sharpsburg commanded by Col. Lane,) was
quiet in camp near Buaker Hill, Va, after the
Maryland campaign, its numbers very much
reduced, the 2Sth reg imeas numbering $50 men
until the 18th October, wheR the command was
erdersd to move up to Hagersville aud destroy
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which wss
most effectually dene, after which the Brigade
returned to Bunker Hill the 22d Oetober.-
Various moves were made near Charlestown
and sEicksr's Gap and Canp Lee, near Win
ca eater, and on the 22d Nov. 1862, the Brigade
esmmanded by Gen. Lane (Csl. Lane had been
promoted to Brig. Geaeral) commenced the
long march to Fredericksburg, and arrived in
time to meet Burnside at that tswn. Ia the
great battle of the 18th Dec, 1862, the 2Sth
regiment fought nobly and suffered severely
Ias army Immediately went into wIater quar-
ters after this victory, Gen. Lanes Brigade st
Camp Gregg, 10 miles below Fredericksburg
on the Rappahannoek.
The wiater passed The 29th April, 1868,
found tae Brigade marching to Charlottesville,
to victory whieh the 2Sth Regiment contrib
uted largely to via, losing more heavily than
ever ia any battle before in killed and wound
ed. This done, it was marched back to Camp
Gregg, and there remained till the 5th June,
1868. Then the Regiment left the cid camp
for destination which proved to be Gettys-
burg, Pa. Crossing the Potomac fer the 5th
time. at Shspardstewn the 25th June, resshsesd
Gettysburg the 1st July and was preeipitarea
upon the heights which rendered the yankee
Generals position imprsgnable, loosing about
two thirds of the extire Regiment in killed aud
wounded. This fierce and desperate, bat un.
fortunate charge, was ths memersble Ito
North Carslinians) Sd July 1868. In the re.
treat, the Regmeat was engaged in several
skirnishes at Hagerstewu and Failing Waters,
at which point it was the last organized bedy
OF troops to srsss the Potomac into Virginia,
ON the l4sh Jaly. Withest any occurrence Of
striking i'm portanes after the date Of those a.
bove recorded, the regiment found itself en-
camped at .Liberty Mills" near Orange c. IA.
Va, en the 1st day Of October, 1868, at v hich'
time this record ceases to correspond with the
"Roll." The muster rolls of the Regiment
footed up at that date an aggregate of absat
500
These notes, though supposed to be accurate,
very impsrfeetly express the ssfisrings of the
beg ina ent, and the i'm ense vatue OF the servl.
ees it has rendered in this stspendous war;
Forced marches, short ratieas, often no rations
for days together, marching over roads knee
deep in mad wading rivers to the armpits, ly.
ing in line Of battle in snow, rain and aail-add
TO this the sudden death of best friends, broth
ers fallen by your side in the strife of deadly
eoufiiet--aU for the boon of Liberty, and then
g faint idea only Is given of the hardships, pri-
vatioas, beraavements and services suffered and
endured By this veteran Regiment.
Volunteer recruits have partially made up
the heavy losses Of the Regiments statement
of which loss, in every battle, will be appended
to the accompanying "Roli." About City CO.'S
scripts have been enrolled in the Regmsat.
Very respectfully submitted,
SAM. d. LOWE,
Col. 2Sth N. G.. T.
The regiment has had one hundred and three
killed on the field and FIVE hundred and thirty
Ave wounded, besides several who are missing
and never have been accounted for.
Whole number of men (ineludiug ofieers) 1868
No. vols. 1915, eonseripts 81, sabsti-
tutss Is, 1868
Died and killed in battle, 439
Discharged, l29
Deserted, 36
Missing. so
Dropped from the roll,
Cashjered,a
Transferred, 9
Rejected.