Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-08-31
Tor the Western Reserve Chroniele.l
From the I05th O. v. L.
CANP 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ATLANTA. GA.


August Is, 1864.
Messrs. EDIroRs;-For the first time
since leaving Ringgold. on the 18th ofhay
last, | have now found time to pen a few
lines for the old CHRoNIoLE, and through
its wide circulation convey to the '.loved
ones at home" some little news of those
who are absent, confronting the enemy
and doing deeds of valor for the "main-
tenance of the Constitution. and the en-
torcement of the laws" To give you a
full and concise historyof our movements
lsince leaving RinsgnId. would take more
time and space than you can spare. and
I will content myself by giving you a few
of the principal matters Of interest that
have transpired within a short time.
In your paper, some time since, you
gave a list of the killed and wounded in
the Regiment, up to The 18th of June
last, which had been furnished to the
Cincinnati Commercial, by DR.. Turnbull,
Asst. Surgeon of Jul Regiment Since
that time up to the present writing, the
following casualties have taken place in
the Regiment:
June 90, Evan Lewis. private. Go. c.,
wounded in left hip, Lighti %, Ohas. T.
Dociittle, Co. r, shot IN right lung, exit
left abdomen, mortal,-died /: June Is,
Friedrich Vickers, COD, left foot, slight /;
July p, John Compton, g., shot through
sbdomen-died 27, Capt. Riker, D., con-
fusion by shell, middle Of left thigh,
slight; August 8, E. A. Seeley, Co. l.. gun
shot wound, slight; 4, Marion Morse, Co.
l., left Ioin, slight 4 Byron Pease. cor
poral, Co. E., killed by s~harpshooter; s,
Ed. D. Lewis, Co. B., gun shot through
neck, serious; S D. VaIlee. Co. G., shot
through spine Of neck-died 5, A. Hunt,
Co. H, Killed by shell Z, Richard Hou-
ston, A, gun shot through abdomen seri-
Gus; :, Joseph Hesley, c., first and Sec
ond fingers right hand z, Samuel Rupert,
corporal, Co. c., shot through left hand,
slight; o, Larry Kelly, Co. c., gun shot
wound through neck, lodged in right
Iung-died /; 9, John Fuller, Co. K, shot
through upper part of head-died Err.
Coles, g., gun shot wound, temple, slight;
10, Geo. Baker, A., confusion by shell on
left arm, slight IL, Lewis Perkins, l.,
right ear shot off; making a total loss OF
the Regiment, since leaving Ringgold of
forty-one wounded and killed. A large
number of sick have also been sent to the
HOSPITAL bnt few of whom are afflicted
with any serious disease, and a few weeks
rest will restore them to health and duty.
When we take into consideration the
amount Of labor performed, and the al
most ceaseless fatigne of nearly a four
months campaign, camping in unhealthy
localities and lying under the almost in-
cessant fire of the enemy, the mortality
has not been great.
Although our Regiment has notyet got
into a regular fight with the enemy, we
have done some tall sRirnishing," and
captured quite a number of prisoners and
"skirmish pits" of the enemy, and "the
boys" are ready and willing to pitch in
and do the same thing again. 1t is true
our Regiment has not scaled precipices
to make a mistep, and shot in the
dark, was instant death" to charge upon
the enemy they have stood on some very
places, although these places were
not "made slippery by blood" And in
charging works of the enemy neither do
We suffer- ourselves to be drawn over by
The hair" but quietly enter the said
works by a front and flank movement,
md by moral occasion. at the point OF
he bayoyet. coax" Johney into our
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The Regiment has been placed in some
pretty hot positions, and never yet have
hey Ainched from any duty imposed up
N them, and [ think they never will, OF
his I feel certain as long as the Regiment
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