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skirmishing with the enemy until we fell back on the morning of the 4th, when they rejoined their command.

The other seven companies went into the fight in line with the brigade. There was some confusion in these companies, owing to the fact that in the charge the Lieutenant-Colonel expected the Col- onel to give all necessary commands, and the Colonel remained so far behind that his presence on the field was but a trammel on the Lieutenant-Colonel.

The Colonel having been left behind, and the Lieutenant-Colonel killed, fighting most nobly, I took command of the regiment, and after the first repulse of the brigade, I, in obedience to orders, deployed a part of my men on the right of the brigade, where they remained till the close of the fight. After the firing ceased, I, in obedience to orders from Colonel Sheffield, (commanding brigade), threw my regiment out as skirmishers on our right, where they remained until morning.

Out of the twenty-one officers, four were killed on the field. All of these (the twenty-one) acted well. (The Colonel and Adjutant are not included in this number.)

About one-third of the whole number of men were killed and

wounded.

J. M. CAMPBELL,

Major Commanding Regiment.

REPORT OF COLONEL SCRUGGS, FOURTH ALABAMA.

HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ALABAMA,

August 8th, 1863. Colonel SHEFFIELD,

Commanding Law's Brigade :

SIR, In accordance with orders of the 6th inst., I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the regiment during the engagement of the 2d and 3d of July, 1863, at Gettys- burg, Pennsylvania :

On the morning: of the 2d we took up the line of march from New Gilford in the direction of Gettysburg ; after a rapid and fatiguing march of about twenty-four miles, arrived at the scene of action at 3^ o'clock P. M. Immediately taking our assigned position on the left of the brigade, the order was then given to move forward, which