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 in the campaign against Camden, sharing in its hardships and battles, in Rice’s Brigade. As an account of this fruitless and disastrous expedition has been given in another place it is not necessary to follow our regiment through the long march, though it may be said that it never shirked a duty and in all respects did honor to the State it represented. At the Battle of Jenkins’ Ferry where the beloved brigade commander received his fatal wound, the soldiers of his old regiment fought bravely, winning new honors. The loss in killed, wounded and missing was one hundred twenty nine. Among the severely wounded was Colonel Mackay who was obliged to relinquish the command to Captain Boydston. Captain P. T. Totten and Lieutenant T. R. Connor were mortally wounded and Captain Comstock, Lieutenant De Garmo and Kindig were severely injured. Major Gibson resigned on the 22d of April while at Camden and, returning with the command which was defeated at Mark’s Mills, was there captured and suffered great hardships in captivity.

During the retreat of the army to Little Rock the Thirty-third suffered severely. It remained there during the summer under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel John Loffland who was on the 18th of August, 1863, promoted from captain of Company D. In February, 1865, it left Little Rock and was transferred to the Department of the Gulf and participated in that last brilliant campaign which closed with the capture of Mobile. From there it was sent to New Orleans, and there on the 17th of July, 1865, was mustered out of the service. Through the fortunes of war it did far more than its share of irksome garrison duty, so distasteful to young and active soldiers, and was deprived of participation in many brilliant campaigns and glorious victories, which fell to the lot of other Iowa regiments. But in almost three years of faithful service it made a record that reflects honor upon