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hands by Holcomb's Legion at Second Manassas) and, waiving it, though he had his hand in a sling, and his nose was all bloody from the charge, but we declined to play color guard, and the flag was returned to the wagon.

Then the order from General Lee, constituting Picketts division the provost guard for the army was read, and was but little relished by the men, most of them considering it as almost a disgrace to act as provost guard; however, orders must be obeyed, and, after an hour or two of waiting, we were marched up on both sides of the road and the Federal prisoners filed in between us, and Pickett's division saw them safely turned over to Imboden's command on the 9th. At the Potomac river, on the loth, the ist, 3rd and 24th Vir- ginia regiments reached again the green fields of Virginia.

The ist Virginia Infantry numbered about 175, rank and file, at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.

THOSE PRESENT.

The officers present, as far as can be remembered, were: Lewis

B. Williams, Colonel; Frank H. Langley, Major; Company B Captain T. Herbert Davis, Lieutenant Logan S. Robins, Lieuten- ant J. A. Payne and about twenty-five men; Company C Captain James Hallihan, Lieutenant John E. Dooley and about twenty men; Company D Captain George F. Norton, Lieutenants E. P. Reeve, W. H. Keiningham, Adolphus Blair and about forty men; Company G Captain Eldridge Morris, Lieutenants W. T. Woody, L. R. Shell and about thirty men; Company H Captain A. J. Watkins, Lieutenants E. W. Martin, P. C. Cabell and about thirty men; Company I Captain B. F. Howard, Lieutenants W. A. Caho, H.

C. Ballow and about twenty-five men.

As far as we could we have made out a list of the killed, wounded and missing, which is, however, not complete, as many recruits had been recently added to the regiment, and it was, therefore, impossi- ble to give all the names in the long list of casualties. This refers especially to Company C, which was at that time mostly filled up with recruits.

OFFICERS KILLED AND DIED FROM WOUNDS.

Colonel Lewis B. Williams, Captain James Hallihan, Company C; Lieutenant W. A. Caho, Company I.