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 *tance of twelve miles, and camped for the night. 18th, marched at 6 ; halted at 12 for dinner; fell in at 2:30, marched until 9 , and camped for the night; William Lutz, company H, injured by the falling of a tree (marched fifteen miles). 19th, marched at 6 ; halted at 12 for dinner; at 1:30 fell in, moved forward; at 6:30 reached Clouds Mills, Twenty-Ninth Ohio in advance of brigade (marched fifteen miles). 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, and 24th, in camp.

25th, moved forward to Washington, District of Columbia, where it attended the grand review, the grandest spectacle the world has ever seen, and thence to Bladensburg, where it received the new colors, which the following matter, furnished by comrade G. W. Holloway, will sufficiently explain.

The new flag for the Twenty-ninth regiment, contributed by the citizens of Summit and Ashtabula counties, was accompanied by the following letter from Colonels Buckley and Fitch. The receipt of the new flag is gracefully acknowledged by the letter of Mr. G. W. Holloway, appended thereto, which letter was accompanied by the old flag, which had been borne by this gallant regiment in so many bloody battles.

, May, 1865.

honor and pleasure of forwarding to the gallant old Twenty-ninth another national flag, the gift of its old friends in Ashtabula and Summit counties. This is the third national flag given the regiment from the same source. It is certainly a strong proof that its friends still believe it to be one of the bravest of the brave of the many noble regiments Ohio has given to fight this great battle. If the regiment had no other proof than s old and tattered flags, that alone would show that it