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 in^ .1 ^ui(k' and taking a hack road]: engaged in battle the i^th, losing one lieutenant [John Baxter McCorkle] killc<l. live private-, [Joseph S. Agner, John R. Heard, Randolph Fairfax, John Fuller, William < i. Montgomery] killed, and ten privates wounded [names not given in that sketch, and only three of their names can be gathered from subsequent rolls, to-wit : James A. Ford, Robert 1 la/er, Jos. McCalpine]. Nine horses were killed and five wounded. On the 20th, the battery was sent to the vicinity of Port Royal, where that roll was made out. Marched since leaving Berry ville, two hundred and thirty miles.

That was one of the saddest experiences of the soldiers of that battery burying their comrades at night, and so worn down by fatigue and loss of sleep that they could scarcely keep awake.

The following memorandum notes changes which occurred about this time:

John C. Patterson, who joined the company August u, 1862, was discharged September 28, 1862.

I-' rank Preston, who lost an arm at Winchester May 25, 1862, was discharged. He was appointed instructor at the Virginia Military Institute; commanded a company of cadets at New Market May 15, 1864; at close of war, studied at University of Virginia, and was professor of ancient languages at William and Mary College, where he died.

John P. Hummerickhouse, appointed hospital steward.

Robert E. Lee, Jr., appointed lieutenant of cavalry, November 13, 1862.

William M. Otey, appointed lieutenant signal corps, October 10, 1862.

J. Howard Smith, transferred to engineer regiment, December 24, 1862.

The usual "history" is omitted from the pay-roll of February 28, 1863, but it indicates that the battery was still near Port Royal, which is below Fredericksburg, on the Rappahannock river. There is a memorandum showing absentees and noting changes since the last preceding muster. From this memorandum and subsequent rolls the following facts are given:

John M. Gregory, detailed on ordnance duty, January 16, 1863; subsequently (February n, 1863) appointed first lieutenant of artil- lery, and assigned to duty as an ordnance officer.

L. M. Blackford, detailed for hospital duty, September 24, 1862, 10