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infantry, who were endeavoring to gain our rear. Other companies of the regiment were afterwards sent as sharpshooters, who performed the duty assigned them satisfactorily. The regiment went into the fight in as good spirit as ever before observed, and stood their ground gallantly, none leaving the field unless disabled. Our line was not broken during the engagement. Our loss in the engage- ment was eighty-three killed and wounded, two of whom were severely wounded during the cannonade of the 3d. Colonel Nance arrived late in the afternoon of the 3d, and assumed command in person. On the morning of the 23d of July, whilst on picket at Games' Cross-Roads, I was placed in command of the regiment again and ordered to follow the division, which was done, encamp- ing for the night within eight or nine miles of Culpeper Courthouse. Early on the morning of the 24th we moved forward, passing through Culpeper Courthouse and encamping on Mount Jones, on the road leading to Kelly's Ford on the Rappahannock.

Respectfully submitted,

R. C. MAFFETT, Major Commanding Regiment.

SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE THIRD SOUTH CAROLINA REGIMENT.

HEADQUARTERS THIRD S. C. REGIMENT, August 6th, 1863.

Captain C. R. HOLMES,

Acting Adjutant- General:

SIR, Little of special interest or importance occurred to my com- mand from the afternoon of the 3d of July to the 22d of the same month, yet, after reading the report of Major Maffett, detailing the ^operations of the regiment from the time it started on the recent campaign into Pennsylvania until it returned to Culpeper, I see he has omitted any statement of its operations between the dates above mentioned, because for that time I had command of the regiment. I consider it, therefore, proper that a brief statement should be made as a supplementary report to Major Maffett' s. I returned from my home, where I had been for some time on account of wounds received

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