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12 the names of those patriot citizens who received their death wounds on the fatal field. It reads thus :

After the action was over the Federals collected their prisoners to the number of about thirty-six and putting us in charge of a Lieutenant Bird we commenced our weary march towards a Federal prison.

While we were thus on our way to prison the most stirring events were taking place in the town. The result of the fight was quickly known, coupled with the tidings of those citizens who had fallen, and the news of the approach of the enemy. Intense feeling prevailed. The great heart of Petersburg was stirred as it never was before. The cry passed from lip to lip: "The militia have been cut to pieces. The Yankees will be here directly." Those who had kept up with the events of the day fully expected the streets to be swarming in a few moments with the bluecoated squadrons of the enemy, bent on their mission of havoc and destruction.

But deliverance was at hand. Captain Edward Graham