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one hundred and forty-eight men; lost one (i) officer killed and three (3) wounded, two (2) men killed and sixteen (16) wounded.

We remained at Hanover Junction from the i8th ultimo until about the 25th. During this time we were engaged in several sharp skirmishes, resulting in the loss to my regiment of one (i) officer wounded and one ( i) man killed. We next moved to the "lines of the Chickahominy," where, after considerable manoeuvring, we finally became established in the vicinity of Cold Harbor. On the 3d of June we had a sharp skirmish with the enemy with loss of one man.

We abandoned these lines on the i2th and marched to the neigh- borhood of Frazier's Farm. On the I4th, we crossed to the south side, and on the i5th engaged the enemy at Bermuda Hundreds, driving him from a position he occupied on Walthall Creek. On the 1 8th of June we arrived at Petersburg, and were put in trenches on the Baxter Road. From this time until the 2ist July, we were constantly on duty and under fire. My loss from the enemy's sharp- shooters amounted to two (2) officers killed and one (i) wounded, and four (4) men killed and ten (10) wounded.

July 2ist we were transferred back to the north side to the neigh- borhood of Deep Bottom. We occupied a line, the left extremity of which rested on New Market Heights. On the I4th of August, the enemy attacked our position in heavy force, breaking the skir- mish line of the regiment on my left, and penetrating to a point in the rear of my skirmishers. My left company was thus cut off and, with the exception of one man, captured.

After shelling our position heavily for an hour, he withdrew, and shifted his forces towards our left. We executed a corresponding movement. On the following day, brisk skirmishing ensued, but my regiment was not regularly engaged. My losses in the aggre- gate amounted to three 13) men wounded, and one (i) officer and, eighteen (18) men missing.

On the 23d August we returned to Petersburg, and were engaged until the 2Oth September in throwing up field-works in its vicinity. On that day the enemy attacked Battery Harrison, near Chaffin's Bluff, and carried it by storm. We were immediately ordered to that point, and arrived on the 2Qth. On the morning of the soth, preparations were made to regain the fort which lasted until mid- day, when the attack began. We were then a thousand (1,000) yards from the point to be carried. Immediately the regiment on my left began to double-quick, which soon increased to a run, thus exhaust-