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the evening of the 4th. On the 5th, was engaged iu the battle near Williamsburg, with very unfavorable circumstances, the mud being very deep, and the command double quicked for a long distance, and through underbrush, briers, &c. Continued to retire towards Richmond, subsisting at times on parched corn, and went into camp near the city on the i8th. On the 24th, the regiment was trans- ferred to brigade of General S. Garland, to the pleasure of all, and General D. H. Hill's division. Ordered on picket duty on Williams- burg road on 27th, and continued on duty up to the 31st, when it acted in the opening of the battle of Seven Pines, where it lost some good officers and privates. Captain Griggs captured the flag of the One hundred-and-fourth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers; and though the enemy were strongly posted, and it was necessary to wade through swamps, brush, &c., they were driven from their po- sition with considerable loss. June i8th, the regiment was trans- ferred to General L. A. Armistead, Brigadier Huger's division. Was engaged in the opening of the battle of Malvern Hill, acting as skir- mishers of its division, and then remaining in the action until night. July 3d, was transferred to General A. P. Hill's division. On the nth, crossed to the south of James river, and placed in command of Gen- eral R. H. Anderson. The division remained in camp until the i6th of August, when a march was ordered. Reached Louisa Courthouse on the 17th; on the 19th at Orange Courthouse; on the 20th at Clark's Mountain ; on the 21st to Stevensburg ; on the 24th to Jefferson; on the 25th at Fauquier White Sulphur Springs, had a skirmish with the enemy. Left on the night of the 27th ; reaching Salem on the 28th; White Plains the 29th ; through Thoroughfare Gap to battlefield, near Grovertown, on the 30th; in battle late in the evening of the Second Manassas. Marched from Manassas on the ist September; reached Frying Pan on the 3d; Leesburg on the 4th; waded the Potomac on the 6th into Maryland ; halting at Frederick City on the 8th ; left on the loth ; engaged the enemy, and drove him from Maryland Heights, opposite Harper's Ferry, on the 12th. On the 15th, the force at Harper's Ferry having surrendered, crossed into Virginia i6th, marched all night, reaching Shepherdstown in the morning of 17th, and participated in the battle of Sharpsburg; on the 19th, retired with the army. November 22d, the brigade trans- ferred to division of General George E. Pickett. On the i ith Decem- ber skirmishing near Fredericksburg, and on the 13th engaged in the battle of that place. Went into camp 27th December near Guinea Station, and remained until r4th February, 1863. Received orders.