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��complimented the regiment very highly on its gallantry and good conduct in its charge into the camp of the enemy. The loss of the regiment in this affair was four killed and fourteen wound- ed, some severely. On the return from this ex- pedition, it was ordered to Beverly, where it remained the rest of that severe winter. The time was profitably spent in still further disci- plining and organizing the regiment, which made necessary some changes in the roster. The following-named officers retired, and their places were filled by promotion from the ranks : Capt. J. A. Lacy, Company A ; W. M. Stanley, Company K, and J. Dyer, of Company I ; Chap- lain, Nickerson ; First Lieuts. C. C. Brandt, J. W. McLaughlin, Albert J. Spaulding and C. C. Nichols ; Second Lieuts. John Vanmeter, H. H. Fickel, B. F. Guck, R. F. Jackson (Adjutant), George F. Jack, W. H. H. Case and D. Stam- baugh. Surgeon John N. Mowry also retired and was succeeded by Dr. James G. Buchanan, of Willsville, Ohio.

'' Still retained in Gen. Milroy's command, the regiment took the advance of the expedi- tion under that officer, which resulted in the capture of Camp Alleghany, Huntersville, Mon- terey and McDowell. About the 1st of May, a further advance was made to near Buffalo Gap, seven miles from Staunton, Va. The enem}^ was met at this point, and, after some severe fighting, the National forces fell back to the main army, camped at McDowell, in the Bull Pasture Valley, where Gens. Schenck and Milroy had united their forces, numbering about seven thousand men.

" The rebel General, Stonewall Jackson, ad- vanced against the National force on the 8th day of May, and was met on the side of the Bull Pasture Mountain. A severe battle en- sued, which lasted from 2 P. M. until dark, with varied success on each side. The Nation- al forces fell back to Franklin, W. Va., closely followed by the rebel army. In this battle, the Thirty-second lost six killed and fifty-three

��wounded, some mortally. It was the last regi- ment to leave the field. Lieut. C. Fugate, of Company E, a young officer of fine promise, was among the mortally wounded ; he died at Franklin five days after the battle.

" On the 12th day of May, Maj. Gen. Fre- mont, commanding the Mountain Department, effected a junction with Gens. Schenck and Mil- roy, bringing with him about twelve thousand men. Before this junction, however, the rebel General Jackson had retired from the National front. The combined National forces lay at Franklin inactive until the 25th day of May, when they were ordered to the support of Gen. Banks, then operating in the Shenandoah Val- ley against the rebel army under Jackson While the army was in camp at Franklin, the Thirty-second was transferred from Milroy's to Schenck's brigade, composed of the Thirty- second, Fifty-fifth, Sevent^'-third, Seventy-fifth and Eighty-second, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

" In Fremont's pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley, the Thirty-second bore its part and participated in the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic, on the 8th and 9th days of June, 18G2. The regiment returned to Strausburg about the last of June, was trans- ferred to Piatt's Brigade, and moved to Win- chester, Va., July 5, 1862. It remained at Winchester doing garrison duty until the 1st of September, the day the place was evacuated by Gen. White, when the regiment moved with the brigade to Harper's Ferry, and assisted in the defense of that place. After making a hard fight and losing 150 of its number, the regiment, with the whole command, was sur- rendered by the commanding officer of the post to the enemy as prisoners of war. The history of this unaccountable affair is yet to be written. The Thirty-second was paroled and sent to An- napolis, Md., whence it was transferred to Chi- cago, 111.

'' In the defense of Harper's Ferr}', the regi- ment lost some gallant officers and brave men.

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