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but retiring. Soon I was again admonished that my left was se- riously threatened, when I ordered the command back fifty or seventy-five yards to meet this contingency. He was again driven back, and I stretched out my front twice its legitimate length, guard- ing well my left and advanced to the ledge of rocks from which we had previously been dislodged by the enemy's movement upon my flank. I experienced some annoyance from the exposure of this flank up to this moment, when Colonel Little, of the Eleventh Georgia regiment, joined to my left. The Fifty- ninth Georgia regi- ment coming also at this time, occupied the line with my command. Some little time after this I was disabled by concussion and wound on my nose and forehead. The command then devolved upon Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, who will report its operations subsequent to this time. It would be invidious to make special mention of gal- lantry with either officers or men, when all did so well, fighting greatly superior numbers, and at great disadvantage. I might safely assume that the bearing of the entire command was of the highest creditable character. No guns or colors were captured, and but few (some twenty-five) prisoners, a number of whom were sent to the rear with wounded men.

Below I submit a list of killed, wounded and missing. The wounded include only those disabled indefinitely. Quite a number were temporarily disabled by slight wounds, but resumed their duties in a few days, hence I make no mention of them in this report. Respectfully, your obedient servant,

VAN H. MANNING, Colonel Com' cT g Third Arkansas Regiment.

REPORT OF MAJOR GEE, FIFTY-NINTH GEORGIA REGIMENT.

HEADQUARTERS FIFTY-NINTH GA. REG'T INFANTRY,

July yth, 1863. Captain C. C. HARDWICK,

Acting Adjutant- General :

CAPTAIN, I have the honor of making the following report of the part which the Fifty-ninth Georgia regiment bore in the fight of the 2d and sd insts. near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania :

We entered the fight about 5 o'clock P. M., being on the extreme