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battle need not be told of the details.
Our regiment had four enlisted men
killed. seyen officers and "a men wound
missing. Totals, 81. The loss OF the
brigade was SGT: the division loss. 2.032,
and the corps (Second) loss aggregated
4,114.
ChanceIlofsville.
At the battle Of Charlottesville. May
1-3. 1888. the regiment was in the
Fourth Brigade. Col John r.. Brooke
commanding; First Division, Gen. w. 8.
Hancock commanding. Gen Darius
N. Couch commanding the Second
Corps.
official report of Col Brooke about the
movements Of his brigade on May 8.
1858. "At about q. M our
right was evidently beaten back. I re-
ceived the order Of the General COM
manding to move directly to my rear
and meet the enemy. When I arrived
on the ground. Gen. Caldwsll's Brigade
was interposed and I was ordered to
occupy his Old place In the rife pits.
remained there until 1 p. m. During
this time the whole or large part of
the Twelfth Corps passed to the rear.
when. by direction Of the General COM
manding, ! moved to the plain, near
the Chancellor House, and formed
line between two batterfes-Petttt's on
my left and q brass battery on my right.
Here We experienced most destructive
fire Of artillery, many officers being
killed and wounded, but the presence Of
Gems. Couch and Hancock seemed to
add to the veteran bravery of the
troops; nons wavered. While lying in
this position Chancellor House took
fire. 1t was filled with wounded, and
after strenuous exertions the wounded
were removed by q company OF the I'd
Del, Lieut.. Wilson, Of Gen. Hancock's
staff, having charge OF the party. II
was in the execution Of this duty that
the veteran Capt. Mccullough was dan
gerously and the gallant Lieut.. Jor-
dan (both of the I'd Del) mortally
wounded. Maj. Patton, Of the 145th
Pa, was also dangerously wounded
while occupying this position" Lieut..
Col. David L. Stricken commanded the
regiment at this time. The loss of the
regiment at this point was one officer
and one enlisted man killed: three OFF,
GERS and 16 enlisted men wounded, and
two officers and 3s enlisted men cap
tured or missing. Total. 81.
An Appalling Scene.
Gen. st. Clair A. Mulhoiland, Major
commanding the 116th Pa (battalion)
Irish Brigade. now Pension Agent at
Philadelphia, in an article published In
the Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. Z, 1894,
writes as follows:
'The burning of the Chancellor
House, during the battle, wes one of
the most appalling scenes of the war.
The house stood between the lines and
on Sunday morning, May Q, FIVE guns
OF Lepines 9Th Maine Battery took
up position in the orchard to the right
of the house. and opened fire. Gen. Lee
happened to be in the woods opposite
and he directed "a guns to open on
Lepine-in moment the plateau was
a perfect hell-the Confederate shells
tore up the ground around the guns
killing the men and horses. Capt LIE.
pine and Lieut. Kirby were both killed
and the men were blown up and torn
to pieces by the exploding caissons
and bleeding limbs fell to the ground
with the apple blossoms. During this
awful scene the Chancellor House
caught fire, and the flames and smoke
were soon pouring out of the doors and
windows; some brave boys OF the I'd
Del. dashed into the burning buildings
and began dragging out the wounded
the house was full of them. and lay the
bleeding forms on the grass; the res.
cuers stuck to the work until the house
was . mass of flames. The family. that
had bsen sheltered In the cellar. rer
out ON the porch. Mrs. Fannie L. Chan
ceilor. with her six daughters. a SON
ana several servants stood there for 9
moment stunned and bewildered. Col