Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-11

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shell and burning buildings, some half dozen
| OF which were discovered to be in flames.
The Sd Division of " ours made charge,
this morning, on their right, capturing three
INES OF pits, and and some prisoners. The
| "colored gemmen" were sent to hold the
| pits, when, rumOr says, the rebels charged
upon them, and they fell back in confusion,
| allowing the rebels to recapture two Of the
lines. The Sd Division lost some 1000 men
IN the muss. There have been several small
er affairs along the lines to-day, which, added
to the fierce "bummin kept up till noon,
has afforded sufficient excitement to keep off
e'armi, We have had no rest, and nothing
| but hard work, for four days and nights, and
| five days rations are now being issued and
we are going Somewhere, again, to -night-ru-
| NOR says to Washington, but the news is too
good to believe. Yours, G. e.
From the Sixteenth Regiment.
| Its part IN the battles of AAaata- Official list Of
casualties.
HEADQUARTERS 10TH WIS. VET. Vol. INF,
In the field near Atlanta, Ca, July "a, 1864.
To his E1celle'acy, Hon, flames 7. Lecis,
Governor of Wisconsin
SIR-Herewith please find enclosed cor
| rect list of the killed, wounded and missing
in the 10th Reg Wis. Vet Vol. Infantry, in
| a charge on the enemys works on the 21st
| inst, and the engagement Of the 22d of July,
1854, near Atlanta, Ga. At six o'clock on
| the morning Of the Dist, notice was given
| to the LIST Brigade, Sd Division of the 18th
Army Corps, that it was to charge the enc
| mys works. The Brigade was formed in two
lines. The front line, Or storming party, was
composed of the 18th and 10th Wisconsin
| regiments. The second line-support to the
tirst-was composed of the Goth, 3Oth and
3lst Illinois Infantry. At 7 o'clock the com
mand forward" was given and the line ad-
| vanced to small creek at the foot of hill,
upon the top of which the enemy was strong
ly entrenched. Here the regiment was halt
| ed and the line dressed. Again the order to
advance was given and the line moved stead
lily up the hill When about half wav up, it
was halted and 'bayonets fixed" The order
to charge was given, which was no sooner
done than the rebels opened their murderous
fire but on pressed the Badger Boys, driv-
ing the enemy from their front, and hand
somely carrying their works, which they oc-
cupied and held against three desperate char
ges of the enemy on the second day.
Not man struggled or left his post, and
| feel warranted in saying, and hope it will
not be considered egotistical on my part,
there never was a Drawer, cooler, more de-
termined set of officers and men than those
composing the regiment have the honor to
command.
Lieut.. Col Reynolds was wounded about
an hour after the works were carried, by
sharpshooter, the ball passing through the
upper part OF the right leg breaking the
bone. Strong hopes are entertained by the
surgeons in charge of the hospital of his re-
covery. He is very cheerful, and bears I'D
under his misfortune manfully.
The casualties of the regiment in the
charge of the first day were eight killed and
seventy-one wounded In resisting the
charge of the enemy the second day, there
were fourteen killed, fourteen wounded and
nine missing; making a total of killed, wound
ed and missing in both days, of TWENTY-FIVE
killed, eight-fve wounded and nine missing
making a grand total of one hundred and
sixteen.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
CAssIUs FAIRCHILD,
Col. 10th Wis. Vet. Infantry.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Thomas Reynolds, Lieutenant Colonel, Sc
verely wounded in the thigh
COMPANY A.
KMed-Stephen McKeeley, 1st Sergeant:
Charles Graves, Sergeant; Frederick W
Wright.
Womadea-James A. Biggart, Cantain
neck, slight; j. W. Logan, Corporal: Jerome
Adams, Corporal, leg and arm, slight:
Joseph Sharkie, thigh, severe; Andrew Cronk,
abdomen, mortally, (since died.; Charles H,
Smith, left arm, slight John Fratzkie, thigh.
slight; Lloyd Wakeman, head, severe Miron
Ring, head, severe.
COMPANY B.
KiUed-Peter Purdy, Corporal; Uriah En-
sign, Edwin Pringle, Edward Fuller, James
Robins
Eouaded-Charles P. Smith, Corporal. arm
severe Hiram Kezier, fore arm; Austin p
Cole, abdomen, severe; Philip Ryan, shout
der; Oren Hastings, fracture of thigh, NOR
tally since ded(; A. '. Warren, thigh Les
ter Stevens, abdomen, severe; Eli Fields
arm, slight; John Johnson, bowels, severe:
William Armstrong, head, slight.
COMPANY C.
hiNed-William Adams.
Woaaded-Pascal VI. Hovey, Captain, right
shoulder, severe; D. Lloyd Jones, 1st Ser
eli rnt.
geant fracture of great toe; John W. Mason
Corporal, wounded and missing Archibald
fringle, face; Thomas G. Boss, fracture of
1aclai bones, severe Theodore Foster, right
shoulder, severe; Joseph Duckworth, miss
lng-supposed to be killed
- h'ss'ng-J. Sanford Van Epps. Joseph
Minebrener, David G. James, William H
Schultz, Ralph j. Bagley
COMPANY E.
hMed-Asa N. Stoddard, Frederick Gun
bach, Hugh G. Lu,ninson, Ezra S. Chapman.