Civil War Soldier Letter William Salter Co I 10th Ct Vols, Newbern NC Jan 11 63

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Civil War soldier letter, Newbern, NC Jan 11, 1863 from William Salter, Sgt 10th Connecticut Vols, 4 of 6 letters, 4 plus pages to his brother and sister, wrote letter and gave descriptions to Harriet and Carrie of my exposure to our last three battles, we were gone from camp 10 days and fought three battles, and returned to camp after burning the bridge near Goldsboro, the bridge is called Tomkins Bridge, and tore up the track in the R. R. and captured a rebel mail, in the first battle at Kinston we went into the field with 366 men and lost 104 killed and wounded, our losses in the other battles was nothing, but our whole loss was one fourtgh of all the loss while gone, while in battle was somewhat excited, our regiments marched over two other regiments, one was 103 NY? and the 45th Mass, as we came through a thick swamp, there they lie and we marched over them to form our line just in their front and then we commenced our fire, the other regt. lie close to the ground, sometimes they would fire a shot, but as soon as we commenced fire we would get a deadly fire from the rebels direct in front and also a cross fire, and the cross fire is what done us the most damage, I do not see how we lived under such hot fire but God protected us, under such fire we fought about an hour and a half, and then we charged on the demons and away they ran across the bridge and then on the opposite side of the river, they had rifle pits and from there shot a number of our men and officers, we took a number of prisoners, our regiment was first to make the charge, and a corporal in Co A took one prisoner the color bearer and got the color (Flag), and laid it down for something but don\'t know what, the honorable col of the 9th New Jersey ordered some of his men to take it and in that way the 9th New Jersey got the colors, our men saw him ride off with it after seeing his men hand it to him, we were the first to charge and our colors were the first on the rebel breastworks, our our boys with artillery buckets put out the fire on the bridge, and here on this bridge was the most heart rendering sight I ever saw, two men lie there on the bridge burned to death or nearly one was dead and his face burned to a coal, and the other burned so the flesh fell from his ribs and his bones bare and he still gasping, the sight was awful, the rebels threw a number of their dead into the river from off the bridge, don\'t know rebel loss but we killed one col or major and took the col prisoner, he was wounded, I cut two button off the dead major\'s coat and now wear one on mine, closes with name once and they says at top of first page side ways, I was nearly killed with a shell just in front of me, it did not burst but filled my eyes that I could not see for some time, soon after a man came crawling upon his hands and knees and asked am I dead and I said not yet, such is war! What a superb letter with battle content to beat the band.

Residence Greenwich CT; Enlisted on 9/13/1861 as a Corporal.On 10/9/1861 he mustered into \"I\" Co. CT 10th Infantry He died on 12/22/1863Promotions:* Sergt 1/8/1863 CONNECTICUT
TENTH REGIMENT C. V. INFANTRY.
(Three Years.)
WRITTEN BY BVT. BRIG.-GEN. JOHN L. OTIS, LATE COLONEL OF THE TENTH CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS. THE Tenth Regiment of Infantry was recruited late in the summer of 1861, mustered into the United States service September 30th, at Camp Buckingham, Hartford, left there for Annapolis, Md., October 31st, under command of Colonel Charles L. Russell of Derby, and was assigned to the First (General J. G. Foster\'s) Brigade of Burnside\'s Division. The regiment remained at Annapolis two months, during which it became noted for superior drill and discipline. January 2d it took transports with the Burnside Expedition for North Carolina, remained on shipboard, miserably provided for, over five weeks, then landed February 7th, and on the 8th fought like a regiment of veterans in the battle of Roanoke Island, losing fifty-six killed and wounded--the heaviest loss sustained by any regiment engaged. Colonel Russell was killed, and was succeeded by Colonel Albert W. Drake of Windsor. February 11th the regiment re-embarked and remained on transports over a month longer, landing at Slocum\'s Creek March 13th, and after a hard day\'s march and a night bivouac in the mud again distinguished itself for steadiness and efficiency under fire on the morning of the 14th, in the battle of Newbern, losing twenty-seven killed and wounded. Colonel Drake died June 5th, and was succeeded by Colonel Ira W. Pettibone of Winsted. The Tenth remained in North Carolina during the summer of 1862, taking part in all the movements of the army. It was sent to Roanoke Island to suppress a mutiny, a battalion was sent to Plymouth to take part in capturing some rebel works on the Roanoke River, and the whole regiment took part in the Trenton and Tarboro\' expeditions, meeting the enemy at Rawle\'s Mills, Hamilton, and Williamstown. July 22d all troops in North Carolina were organized into the Ninth Corps, under command of Major-General Burnside. November 15th Colonel Pettibone resigned, and the command of the regiment devolved for a short time upon Lieutenant-Colonel Pardee, and then on Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Leggett. December 14, 1862, during the Goldsboro\' Expedition, there was a very sharp engagement at Kinston, N. C. General French, of the rebel army, occupied the town with about 7,000 men; one of his brigades under Colonel Mallett occupied a strong position on the opposite side of the Neuse River, to defend the approach to the bridge. Several Union regiments had attempted to carry the enemy\'s position, but were all repulsed; the Tenth was then sent for from the rear, passing, on its way to the front, one entire brigade and three regiments of another. Arriving in position, it charged the enemy over three regiments lying down in line of battle, drove the enemy from their position, pursued them to the Neuse River, charged and carried the bridge, which was on fire, and, swept by four guns in a tete-du-pont, captured five hundred prisoners, a like number of small arms, and eleven pieces of artillery, with a loss of one hundred and six killed and wounded. From the time the Tenth commenced its charge, not a soldier of any other infantry regiment took part in the engagement. On the 16th the regiment took part in the engagement at Whitehall, and on the 18th that of Goldsboro\'. At this time Colonel T. G. Stevenson, Twenty-fourth Massachusetts, commanded the brigade; General Foster, the expedition and the department. December 24th the troops then in North Carolina were, by order of the President, made to constitute the Eighteenth Corps, with Major-General J. G. Foster in command. January 29, 1863, General Foster led a division of his troops (of which Stevenson\'s Brigade, including the Tenth, formed a part) to South Carolina, for the purpose of making an attack on Morris Island and Charleston. Foster\'s troops were landed on St. Helena Island, where on February 13th Major John L. Otis of Manchester, was commissioned Colonel and assumed command of the regiment. Before leaving the island the regiment established its well-earned reputation of being the best drilled and best disciplined of any troops in the service. While here General Foster, with thirty men from the Tenth, made a complete reconnoissance of Morris Island, and declared it in a condition to be easily captured by a small force. But difficulties with Hunter and his staff, arising from childish jealousies on their part, resulted in Foster\'s return to Newbern, leaving Stevenson\'s Brigade behind, which was soon after assigned to General O. S. Ferry\'s Division of the Tenth Corps. April 9, 1863, the brigade left St. Helena Island for Edisto Inlet, and on the next day the Tenth landed under the guns of Commodore Rogers\'s monitor and drove the enemy from Seabrook Island, losing one killed and two wounded. While stationed on this island, the regiment was ordered to make a reconnoissance on John\'s Island, out of reach of support from the main body. The enemy had taken up the planking of the bridge connecting the two islands, and had a good force of infantry, artillery, and cavalry stationed so as to prevent relaying it. Colonel Otis, having but a single regiment of infantry with him, retired to a good position and sent back for another regiment of infantry and a section of artillery. Meantime the enemy crossed to Seabrook Island with the hope of capturing the Tenth before re-enforcements could arrive; but they arrived in season and the enemy was attacked with such vigor that they were driven from the island in confusion, pulling up the bridge planking after them. July 14th Stevenson\'s Brigade took transports for James Island, landed there on the 16th, and became a part of Terry\'s Division, Tenth Corps. On the 17th the enemy drove the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts from its position, where it was holding one of the causeways, and marched five regiments of infantry, a battery, and a squadron of cavalry on to the island, and unwittingly formed their line of battle so that it left the Tenth on their right and rear. As our main line of battle outnumbered them two to one, and faced them at not more than two hundred and fifty yards distant, Colonel Otis begged permission to attack their right and rear while at this disadvantage, but permission was peremptorily refused. The two lines of battle faced each other for a few minutes without a shot being fired, then the enemy faced to the right, marched deliberately past our front, and off over one of the causeways, without molestation. Colonel Otis was ordered to \"follow them up closely, but in no case to bring on an action.\" This he did, capturing several prisoners. There is no doubt that every rebel soldier who came on to the island would have been killed or captured had an attack been ordered. On the morning of the 18th Terry\'s Division marched across Coles Island to a position opposite Folly Island, and after several hours\' delay took transports for Morris Island--the whole brigade arriving just in time to form in the third column of attack on Fort Wagner; but the order to charge was countermanded just as the brigade came under fire. Next morning Chaplain Trumbull and Adjutant Camp, understanding that a truce had been agreed upon, went out among the wounded, and inadvertently getting within the enemy\'s lines, were captured and taken to Charleston. Two weeks later Colonel Otis was detailed for special duty, and Lieutenant-Colonel Leggett having been severely wounded, the command of the regiment devolved temporarily upon Major E. S. Greeley of New Haven. Although the regiment suffered but little loss on Morris Island, its service there was arduous and trying. The courage and soldierly qualities of both officers and men were severely tested; they were constantly on duty, and at the front every third day, exposed to the fire of all the rebel fortifications about Charleston. When ordered to St. Augustine, after the capture of Fort Wagner, sixty per cent of the men were on the sick list. In November Colonel Otis was relieved from special duty, resumed command of the regiment, and was placed in command of the Post and District of St. Augustine. While stationed here a force of the enemy\'s cavalry, one hundred and sixty strong, ambushed a detail of about thirty-five wood-choppers from the Tenth, commanded by an officer from another regiment; the officer and two men were killed and twenty-one captured. April 18, 1864, the regiment took transports for Virginia, reported at Gloucester Point the 25th, and was assigned to the Third Brigade, Terry\'s (First) Division, Tenth Corps, Army of the James. This army was composed of the Tenth Corps under General Gillmore and the Eighteenth under General Smith, the whole under command of General B. F. Butler. On May 7th the regiment took a conspicuous part in the affair at Port Walthall Junction, driving the enemy away from the railroad and destroying the telegraph, while other troops tore up the track. General Plaisted, the brigade commander, who had never before seen the Tenth under fire, expressed astonishment and admiration at its matchless steadiness in action. May 13th, 14th, and 15th the regiment took an active part in all the preliminary movements and skirmishing preceding the battle of Drewry\'s Bluff, and on the 16th was conspicuous throughout the day in that engagement. The right flank of the Eighteenth Corps should have rested on the James River, but \"through somebody\'s blunder,\" it did not, and the enemy marched a large force between that flank and the river, capturing two brigades and leaving the right in such condition that the Tenth Corps, which was forcing back the enemy\'s right, was ordered to withdraw and send re-enforcements to the Eighteenth Corps. To the Tenth Regiment was assigned the duty of holding the enemy in check while Hawley\'s Brigade on its right and Pond\'s on the left withdrew from the front: a duty which rendered the regiment liable to be overwhelmed and captured by the heavy force sent against it. Here again it won the applause of many officers of rank who witnessed its conduct in holding the enemy in check until the other troops had gained a safe position, then retiring in perfect order, halting twice to drive back the pursuing forces. The brigade commander said of this affair in his official report: \"Of the Tenth Connecticut Volunteers I need hardly say more than that they fully sustained the splendid reputation they have hitherto borne. For steady and soldierly behavior under most trying circumstances .... they may have been equaled but never surpassed. Under a fire in which eighteen fell from the left of the regiment in almost as many seconds, not a man spoke a word or moved a heel from the alignment.\" The moment this duty had been accomplished the regiment was sent to the front farther to the right, with orders to hold the enemy in check there until other troops could gain a safe position; this accomplished, Colonel Otis was ordered to take his own and another regiment of infantry, with a section of artillery, advance to the \"Half-Way House,\" and hold a position there on the Richmond & Petersburg pike until the last of the Eighteenth Corps had passed to the rear. The enemy, with both infantry and artillery, attempted to force the position, but failed completely. The Tenth was then sent far out to the right of our retreating army to protect its flank, and remained there until all had passed to the rear, then became the rear-guard back to Bermuda Hundred. In these movements the regiment lost thirty-six killed and wounded--none missing, although at three different times during the 16th it had been in danger of capture through holding its ground so tenaciously while the corps was retiring. Early in June the regiment took part in repelling the attack of Beauregard on the Bermuda Hundred lines, when Major-General Walker of the rebel army was wounded and captured; Beauregard himself barely escaped. June 15th the Tenth was on duty at the front near Wier Bottom Church, Major Greeley in command. About three in the morning signs of a movement on the part of the enemy were observed. A skirmish line soon demonstrated that the enemy was retiring, on which the main body of the regiment advanced so rapidly as to capture, without loss, the famous Howlett House Battery, with thirty men and two officers. On the evening of June 20th a division under General Terry moved down to Jones\'s Landing, on the James River, with orders to cross by a pontoon bridge and capture Deep Bottom, a position north of the James and only nine miles from Richmond. There was so much delay with the pontoons that the General, fearing daylight would reveal and defeat the movement before the bridge could be completed, ordered Colonel Otis to select another infantry regiment in addition to his own, cross the river in boats, and capture the position. The Eleventh Maine was selected in addition to the Tenth, the movement promptly executed; and the position captured at two o\'clock in the morning. At daylight the enemy appeared in force with infantry and artillery to retake it, but were promptly repulsed. From this time to the end of the war Deep Bottom was the base of operations against Richmond. A few days later two detachments were sent out from the regiment to go within the enemy\'s lines, capture and destroy a gristmill with a large amount of grain, and also capture a torpedo station and bring away the apparatus. Both expeditions were completely successful. August 10th the regiment was on duty at the front. The enemy made determined attacks on the lines, and were repulsed with considerable loss. The Tenth being well protected, lost but one killed and three wounded. The following correspondence between Generals Butler and Foster relative to the affair speaks for itself--no other troops than the Tenth were engaged: HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION, TENTH CORPS, ARMY OF THE JAMES, DEEP BOTTOM, VA., August 1, 1864.Colonel J. L. OTIS, Commanding Tenth Connecticut Volunteers: SIR,--I have the honor to forward the following dispatch from Colonel J. W. Shaffer, Chief-of-Staff, in answer to a dispatch in relation to the affair in which your regiment was engaged this afternoon. The dispatch by telegraph from General Butler\'s Headquarters, August 1, 1864:General FOSTER: Your dispatch is received. The Commanding General thanks you and your troops for the gallant manner in which you repulsed the attack on your lines this evening. [Signed] J. W. SHAFFER, Colonel and Chief-of-Staff. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. A. DAVIS, Capt. and A. A. G. July 26th Colonel Otis was again ordered to take the Tenth Connecticut and Eleventh Maine, cross from Deep Bottom to Strawberry Plain, and retake a position from which a brigade of the Nineteenth Corps had been driven the evening before. The two regiments recovered the position, forced the enemy back into their entrenchments, and held a position within fifty yards of their works through the night. In the morning the two regiments joined a brigade of the Second Corps in charging the works; the Tenth Connecticut and Eleventh Maine carried an angle of the works, capturing three field guns. Loss of the Tenth, nine killed and wounded. August 17th Lieutenant-Colonel Leggett, being too much disabled by wounds received on Morris Island to continue in the field, resigned and was succeeded by Major Greeley. August 26th the regiment fought with its usual gallantry and steadiness in forcing the enemy\'s lines in front of Deep Bottom and Spring Hill, losing thirty-six killed and wounded. Two days later, with the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts and One Hundredth New York, all under command of Colonel Otis, it took the advance in moving against the enemy at Deep Gully and Fuzzells Mills, losing thirty-two killed and wounded. In short, the Tenth was in all of the nameless and almost numberless fights and skirmishes of the Army of the James during the summer of 1864. August 28th the regiment was ordered into the lines at Petersburg, where it remained thirty days, and although no serious engagement took place there during the time, it suffered a loss of nineteen killed and wounded, having been under fire night and day the whole time. September 26th the regiment returned to the north bank of the James, and on the 27th took part in the engagement at Chapin\'s Farm which resulted in the capture of Fort Harrison and Newmarket Heights. October 1st General Birney found that the enemy was moving in force northward across the front of the Tenth Corps, became alarmed for the safety of a body of troops under General Terry that had been moved so far to the right as to become disconnected from the main body, and ordered the Tenth Regiment to advance without support and attack the marching column of the enemy. The regiment advanced so promptly that it took a force of the enemy\'s cavalry by surprise and sent it flying from the field; then advancing rapidly, attacked the main body of the enemy in flank, compelling them to halt and form in line of battle facing the woods from which their cavalry and pickets had been driven. The Tenth, by changing position rapidly in the woods, gave the rebels the impression that they were attacked by a much heavier force, which kept them stationary until Terry\'s safety was assured. General Birney personally thanked the regiment for the pluck and coolness it had displayed in attacking and keeping inactive for two hours a force that outnumbered it ten to one. September 30th the three years\' term of the regiment expired. Losses in battle, by disease, and the muster-out of the non-re-enlisted men, reduced the command to but little more than one hundred men present for duty. October 7th, when Kautz\'s Cavalry was stampeded without making a fight, and Lee\'s army came down to drive the Army of the James back across the river, the regiment on the right of the Tenth broke and ran, leaving the Tenth on the extreme right of the army, where it was attacked by a rebel brigade pushed forward to turn our flank; the regiment stood its ground and drove back the entire brigade in confusion. The enemy rallied and again advanced, and was driven back the second time with heavy loss, leaving their dead, including three regimental commanders, on the field. The loss of the Tenth was eight killed and wounded. General Plaisted said of this affair in his official report: \"In my opinion, the conduct of the Tenth Regiment, when the troops on its right broke and fled, saved the Army of the James from disaster.\" October 13th the regiment, with but ninety men in the ranks, was ordered to join Pond\'s Brigade in charging a heavy and well-manned line of entrenchments on the Darby Road, five miles from Richmond. The force sent in was entirely inadequate and met with a bloody repulse, the Tenth losing forty-six killed and wounded--just one more than half the number taken into the fight. The enemy was not only thoroughly entrenched, but outnumbered the assaulting column five to one. During a service of more than three years, this was the first time the regiment had fallen back under fire. October 18th Colonel Otis was mustered out by reason of \"expiration of term of service,\" and the command of the regiment devolved upon Colonel E. S. Greeley of New Haven. October 28th, the Tenth, under his command, had a sharp skirmish near the Gerhardt plantation with the loss of five wounded, and near the Johnson Place on the 29th with one wounded. The following week the Tenth was one of the regiments selected to go to New York city and preserve order there during the presidential election. In November and December the regiment was recruited with substitutes up to about eight hundred men. March 28, 1865, Colonel Greeley being absent on leave, the regiment, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel E. D. S. Goodyear, broke camp north of the James, with orders to march to the extreme left of the lines south of Petersburg. It reached Dinwiddie on the evening of the 29th; on the 31st took post at Hatcher\'s Run, and the next morning at four o\'clock was attacked by a brigade of North Carolina troops, which it whipped handsomely, taking a number of prisoners. April 2d, four companies being on picket, Lieutenant-Colonel Goodyear was ordered to take the other six and join in the assault on Fort Gregg, a key to the inner defenses of Petersburg. After a march of over three hours he joined the assaulting column, which had to advance under the fire of Forts Gregg, Bradley, and Cemetery Hill. The fighting for a foothold on the parapet of the fort was desperate, and continued for more than half an hour with the bayonet and clubbed muskets. The Tenth carried the southern angle of the works, and its State Flag, with twenty-three bullet holes through it and three through the staff, was the first banner planted on the parapet. The desperate character of the combat is shown by the losses sustained: out of thirteen officers and one hundred and eighty men of the Tenth that were engaged, eight officers and one hundred and eighteen men were killed or wounded. The corps commander, General Gibbons, presented the regiment a bronze eagle in recognition of its service on the occasion. General Grant himself gave the order for the charge, and in his \"Memoirs\" speaks in high terms of the conduct of the troops engaged. Lieutenant-Colonel Goodyear was severely wounded in the charge, and the command of the regiment devolved upon Captain Hickerson, under whom it marched in the van of the infantry sent to the support of Sheridan. Lee\'s plan was to defeat the cavalry and escape around the flank of the Army of the Potomac. He had already broken through the cavalry when the infantry of the Twenty-fourth Corps, after a march of almost unprecedented hardship, formed across his line of march, barring effectually his further progress. Sabers alone, as Sheridan had foreseen, could not stop Lee\'s still strong infantry column, but the bayonets of the Tenth and Eighteenth Corps (the old Army of the James), combined in the new Twenty-fourth, proved an impassable barrier. The rebels advanced on the infantry and some sharp fighting took place, during which the Tenth had several men wounded and seven captured. The prisoners all escaped and got back during the day, but thoroughly cleaned out of everything valuable. The regiment remained at Appomattox until the last rebel had been paroled, leaving there on the 15th of April. On the 16th Colonel Greeley resumed command of the regiment, which moved deliberately \"On to Richmond,\" where it remained until August 26th, when it was ordered home, and was mustered out of service at Hartford, September 5th--four years, lacking twenty-five days. PRINCIPAL ENGAGEMENTS.Roanoke Island, N. C., Feb. 8, 1862.Newbern, N. C., Mch. 14, 1862.Kinston, N. C., Dec. 14, 1862.Whitehall, N. C., Dec. 16, 1862.Goldsboro, N. C., Dec. 18, 1862.Seabrook Island, S. C., Mch. 28, 1863.Siege of Charleston, S. C., from July 28 to Oct. 25, 1863.St. Augustine, Fla., Dec. 30, 1863.Walthall Junction, Va., May 7, 1864.Drewry\'s Bluff, Va., May 13 to 17 (inclusive), 1864.Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 16, 1864.Deep Bottom, Va., June 20, 1864.Strawberry Plains, Va., July 26 and 27, 1864.Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 1, 1864.Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864.Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.Deep Gully and Fuzzells Mills, Va., Aug. 28, 1864.Siege of Petersburg, Va., Aug. 28 to Sep. 29, 1864.Fort Harrison, Va., Sep. 27, 1864.Laurel Hill Church, Va., 0ct. 1, 1864.Newmarket Road, Va., Oct. 7, 1864.Darbytown Road, Va., Oct. 13, 1864.Darbytown Road, Va., Oct. 27, 1864.Johnson\'s Plantation, Va., Oct. 29, 1864.Hatcher\'s Run, Va., Mch. 29 and 30, and April 1, 1865.Fort Gregg, Va., April 2, 1865.Appomattox Court House, Va., April 9, 1865.Source: Connecticut: Record of Service of Men during War of Report of Col. John L. Otis, Tenth Connecticut Infantry, of operations May 12-16. HDQRS. TENTH Regt. CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS, Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 17, 1864. CAPT.: I have the honor to forward the following report of the services performed by the Tenth Regt. Connecticut Volunteers during the movements of the last four days: May 12 the regiment left the intrenchments at 1 p.m., in light marching order, without rations, and reached the Richmond turnpike at the cross-roads about 4. Marched up the turnpike 1 1/2 miles and bivouacked for the night in line of battle. Distance marched, 4 miles. 13th, resumed our march at 6.30 a.m. At 8 I received orders to move the regiment on in advance of the column, and take such a position at Clover Hill Junction as would best enable us to cover the approaches to that point. I placed the regiment in position near the railroad junction, sending out pickets with strong supports on the different roads. After our advance had crossed the railroad, the regiment resumed its place in column, our brigade having the advance of the flying column under Gen. Gillmore, designed to turn the enemy\'s position on the right. On reaching the rear of the enemy\'s position near Proctor\'s Creek, the regiment was placed in position to support a section of the Fifth New Jersey Battery, and as the enemy was driven from the works, moved up the hill in support of the artillery, taking position near the redoubt on the extreme right of the enemy\'s works. While in this position had 3 men wounded by the enemy\'s shells. At 6 p.m. received ordered to man and hold a portion of the captured works, and at 10 was ordered on picket, relieving the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts, One hundredth New York, and five companies of the Seventh New Hampshire. Every officer and man was on duty the entire night. There was sharp firing in our firing in our front most of the night, but too far distant to do us any harm. The enemy evacuated the remainder of his first line of defenses before morning. Distance marched to-day about 6 miles. 14th, soon after daylight, a strong line of skirmishers appeared in front of our position. Gen. Gillmore sent an aide, with orders for me to ascertain at once whether they were our own or the enemy\'s. Collecting a few men from the nearest picket-posts as skirmishers under Capt. White, and leaving orders for a company to follow as reserve, I advanced to meet them. They proved to be the skirmishers of Gen. Turner\'s division advancing to recover the communication lost in our rapid flank movement the day before. At 8 a.m. we advanced on the enemy\'s second line of works, the Tenth Regt. forming the reserve of the brigade. Being much annoyed by sharpshooters in the woods near the railroad, Col. Plaisted directed me to take position in the brigade line on the left, send forward a strong lie of skirmishers under Maj. Greeley, support him with the balance of the regiment, and if possible uncover the enemy\'s position. This order was promptly executed. We drove the enemy\'s skirmishers from the woods and established our line on the opposite side. We found the enemy\'s main position to be a very strong one. About 600 yards from the wood on the right of the railroad was a strong redoubt mounting five guns. On the left of the road, about 200 yards farther from the wood was another large redoubt. Two guns only could be distinguished in it, though from its size it evidently contained more. On the high ground in the rear of these redoubts and covering them completely were two strong lines of earth-works with flank defenses. I reported the enemy\'s position to Col. Plaisted, also to Gen. Terry, who ordered me to move the regiment forward and advance the skirmishers into the open field, near enough to the enemy\'s works to protect the First Connecticut Battery, which was ordered to take position on our left, from the enemy\'s sharpshooters. The movement was executed with great promptness. We drove the enemy\'s skirmishers into their works, taking the position indicated and holding it through the day, our skirmishers keeping the enemy from their guns in the redoubts most of the time. At 9.30 in the evening the enemy made a determined attack along the entire front of the brigade. It was handsomely repulsed at every point, my regiment having but five rounds of ammunition per man left when the assault commenced. We held the position until 11 p.m., and were then relieved by the Thirty-ninth Illinois Volunteers. Retiring a short distance we bivouacked in line of battle. Our loss during the day was 3 killed and 12 wounded, including 1 commissioned officer, Capt. Brewster. 15th, the regiment remained in bivouac all day. Sent to camp for our shelter tents in compliance with orders from division headquarters. 16th, a furious cannonade, with heavy volleys of musketry, commenced on our right at 4.30 a.m. The regiment was formed in order of battle immediately, and at 6 was ordered forward to support an assault on the enemy\'s works. No assault was made, however, and at 9.30 Col. Plaisted ordered me to move my command off by the right flank, taking are to keep up communication with Col. Hawley\'s brigade, which was executing the same movement on our right. We moved off as directed, and on reaching the open field near Gen. Gillmore\'s quarters took position to cover the withdrawal of the advance regiments of our brigade and a portion of Col. Hawley\'s. While in this position the enemy attacked us in strong force, but was completely repulsed after a sharp engagement, in which we took several prisoners, our own loss being 3 killed and 15 wounded. As the enemy fell back I sent forward a body of skirmishers, under Capt. Goodyear, and ascertained they had left our front entirely. The regiment remained in this position until the killed and wounded had all been removed and was then withdrawn, taking a new position to cover the retreat of a portion of White\'s brigade on our left. After day had all retired the regiment fell back to the position occupied by our artillery, and joining the other regiments of the brigade, which had retired down the railroad, marched rapidly across to the Richmond turnpike, and again formed in line of battle to cover the withdrawal of the troops in front. At 2 p.m., in company with the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts, we advanced up the turnpike to the Half-Way House and were posted by Col. Plaisted on the left of the road to support a section of James\' battery. The enemy placed two rifled guns in position on the road in front and commenced shelling us furiously. Our own artillery limbered up at the first, and at a second started for the rear at a gallop, not firing a shot. The shelling continued for half an hour. Lieut. Hickerson and several men were hit with pieces of shell and spherical case-shot, but only one man was injured so as to be compelled to leave the ranks. The regiment remained in this position about an hour and a half, and was then withdrawn, by order of Col. Plaisted, under a scattering fire of musketry. The regiment was then ordered back to the cross-roads and again formed on the Chester road to cover the retiring column from attack in that direction, the Thirty-ninth Illinois holding the turnpike toward Petersburg. Remaining in this position until the rear of the infantry column had passed, we resumed our march, forming the rear guard thence to our picket-line. We reached our camp inside the intrenchments at 8 p.m. During the entire movement the conduct of the officers and men of the regiment was unexceptionable. The men behaved with unflinching courage and steadiness, while the zeal, courage, and ability with which the officers performed their duty in every emergency could not be exceeded. Our entire loss in the four days\' campaign was: Killed, 6; wounded, 30. Inclosed you will find the official list.* Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. L. OTIS, Col., Cmdg. Regt. Capt. CHARLES B. AMORY, A. A. A. G., 3d Brig., 1st Div., 10th Army Corps. Source: Official Records PAGE 78-68 OPERATIONS IN SE. VA. AND N. C. [CHAP. XLVIII. [Series I. Vol. 36. Part II, Reports, Correspondence, Etc. Serial No. Report of Col. John L. Otis, Tenth Connecticut Infantry, of operations July 26-27. HDQRS. TENTH REGT. CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS, Deep Bottom, Va. July 28, 1864. GEN.: I have the honor to forward the following report of the part taken by the Tenth Regt. in the affair of the 26th and 27th instant at this place: At 7 a.m. on the 26th I received orders from Gen. Foster to move my command to the east side of Four-Mile Creek and assist the Eleventh Maine Volunteers in forcing the enemy from a piece of woods, out of which they had driven two regiments of the Nineteenth Corps the day previous, and retake, if possible, an important position covering the road from Richmond to Malvern Hill. Having to cross the James River twice before reaching the position, considerable time elapsed, and on our arrival we found a portion of the Eleventh Maine already engaged. I immediately sent our sharpshooters, under Lieut. Linsley, to re-enforce the skirmishers, with four companies of the line, under Capt. Greaves, to support them. Maj. Greeley was ordered, with four companies more, to support a section each of the First Connecticut and Third U. S. Batteries in the redans. Heavy skirmishing continued all the afternoon. Lieut. Linsley was wounded early in the action and Lieut. Peck placed in command of the sharpshooters. The enemy\'s skirmishers, having the advantage of position and being several times re-enforced, contested the ground obstinately, but were steadily forced back until they reached a strong rifle-pit, from which they had driven a regiment of the Nineteenth Corps the day previous. Here they made a determined stand, but were driven out by the skirmishers of the two regiments at the point of the bayonet. Before night we had forced our picket-line to within fifty yards of the enemy\'s works. At sunset the Eleventh Maine was withdrawn, with the exception of three companies held in reserve, the Tenth Regt. holding the picket-line alone. We maintained the position during the night, the enemy erecting works and mounting guns so near us that our officers could tell just how many guns they had in position. Capt. Goodyear and Engles both informed me at midnight that the enemy had placed four guns in battery. Our men could plainly overhear the conversation of the rebel soldiers in the trenches, and heard their arrangements for attacking us in force at daylight in the morning; but during the night the infantry of the Second Corps crossed the river and at daylight attacked the enemy\'s position. A portion of my own line became engaged and assisted materially in driving the enemy from his works and capturing his guns, our position being such as to cover the Richmond road and effectually prevent the enemy from taking away the guns after withdrawing them from the battery. The action being over at 8 a.m., I was ordered to march my command back to the west side of the creek. Our entire loss, 1 commissioned officer and 8 men. An official list of casualties has already been forwarded. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. L. OTIS, Col., Cmdg. the Regt. Brig. Gen. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-Gen. U. S. Army. Source: Official Records PAGE 693-80 OPERATIONS IN SE. VA. AND N. C. [CHAP. LII. [Series I. Vol. 40. Part I, Reports. Serial No. Reports of Col. John L. Otis, Tenth Connecticut Infantry, of operations August 1, 14-20, and October 13. HDQRS. TENTH REGT. CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS, Deep Bottom, Va., August 2, 1864. GEN.: I have the honor to forward report of a severe picket skirmish between a portion of my command and a considerable force of the enemy yesterday. About 5 p. m. the enemy advanced a well supported line of skirmishers against that part of our line occupied by Companies G, K, and A, commanded by Capt. Greaves and Lieut.\'s Marshall and Sharp. The attack was very sudden and severe, but only resulted in forcing our vedettes back on the picket-line. The pickets were immediately deployed as skirmishers and their stubborn resistance checked the enemy\'s advance. He immediately brought up his reserves and made a desperate charge on our line, evidently with the expectation of being able to break through and get in the rear of our pickets before the reserves could come up. But the line had already been strengthened by the arrival of the main reserve under Capt. Goodyear, and the charge was repulsed with severe loss. The enemy rallied again and made a second attempt to force our line, but with no better success, being again driven back in confusion with severe punishment. Our own loss was slight, owing to the men being well covered and having the advantage of acting on the defensive. The conduct of the officers and men in this affair was such as to elicit the commendation of the commanding general. Herewith I inclose a dispatch from Gen. Foster, received last evening; also an official list of casualties.* Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. L. OTIS, Col., Cmdg. Regt. Brig. Gen. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-Gen., U. S. Army. ----- HDQRS, TENTH REGT. CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS, Deep Bottom, Va., August 21, 1864. CAPT.: I have the honor to submit the following report of the service performed by the Tenth Regt. Connecticut Volunteers in the active operations of the 14th and 20th instant, inclusive: The regiment left camp a few minutes past 4 o\'clock on the morning of the 14th, under orders to move up to the picket-line on the Deep bottom road at double-quick and attack the enemy\'s pickets on the left of the road. We reached the position at 4.30, and I immediately deployed Company A, Capt. Webb, on the right of the road, supported by Company C, Capt. Goodyear, to connect with the skirmishers of the Eleventh Maine Volunteers, with Companies A, D, and F, commanded by Capt. Quinn, on the left of the road, supported by the balance of the regiment, and connecting with the First Maryland (dismounted) Cavalry. We pushed forward as soon as the connections were properly made, keeping the supports well up with the skirmishers. The line soon became warmly engaged with the enemy\'s pickets, which were very strong in numbers and well protected by rifle-pits. The enemy proving too strong for our skirmishers, the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts was sent to our assistance, with orders to form in double column and charge the enemy\'s position, my own regiment charging in line of battle on its left. The charge was perfectly successful; the enemy was driven from two lines of very strong rifle-pits, with considerable loss. In this affair my regiment captured about 20 prisoners and suffered a loss of 1 captain (Quinn) killed, 1 lieutenant (Sharp) mortally, Lieut.\'s Peck and Brown severely, and Capt. Webb slightly wounded, 4 enlisted men killed and 22 wounded. We now occupied the enemy\'s last line of rifle-pits, and pushed our skirmishers forward until they were fired on from the enemy\'s principal work on Spring Hill. We remained in this position until 3 p. m., when I received orders to move my command off by the right, with flankers out toward the enemy\'s position. We moved slowly in this manner until nearly dark, halting often, until across Four-Mile Creek, when the flankers were withdrawn and we marched rapidly to Strawberry Plains, arriving there at midnight. 15th, nothing of importance occurred. We left the bivouac at 9 a. m., and marched out about three miles on the New Market road and again bivouacked. 16th, fell in under arms at 3.30 a. m. and marched at daylight. After marching about a mile I received orders to form the regiment in line of battle and throw forward skirmishers to connect with those of the Second Brigade on the left and the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts, of our brigade, on the right. We were ordered forward as soon as the formation was completed, and, pushing through a dense growth of small pines, entered a deep ravine. As our line was formed nearly at right angles to the line of the Second Brigade, we soon lost all connection on the left. Capt. Campbell, commanding the skirmishers on that flank drove the enemy from his first rifle-pits, capturing several prisoners; at the same time reporting that he formed no connection on his left and could advanced no farther without being flanked by the enemy. I immediately sent Company I, Capt. White, to deploy on his left and try to make a connection with the Second Brigade; at the same time sending word to Gen. Foster that we had lost all connection on our left. Soon after Col. Dandy reported to me that his regiment was formed in echelon on my left, and prepared to protect my flank; and that Gen. Foster desired me to push the enemy from his next line of pit. I immediately ordered a charge and the whole command moved forward at a run, driving the enemy from a second line of pits, with considerable loss, taking about 40 prisoners, the Twenty-fourth again charging with us. Our rapid movement forward separated us so far from Col. Dandy\'s regiment that the enemy got in the rear of our skirmishers on the left and took three of them prisoners. This compelled me to swing back the company of skirmishers on the extreme left of the line until the arrival of Col. Dandy, when they again advanced. Col. Dandy taking position on our left, we again pushed forward until we reached another deep ravine, the sides of which were so steep as to be almost impassable; the enemy being strongly intrenched on the opposite crest. Our lines had now become so weak, by constantly extending to the left to prevent being flanked, that for several hundred yards we had only a weak line of skirmishers with very little support, but in spite of all this the enemy outflanked us, and still held a strong position near the mill-pond, from which they opened a severe fire as often as we attempted to carry the opposite crest of the ravine, their shots crossing our line diagonally from our left and rear. At the same time we were subjected to a sharp fire in front. I sent back several messengers, asking that a force might be sent in there to carry the position while we attempted to carry the opposite crest of the ravine, their shots crossing our line diagonally from our left and rear. At the same time we were subjected to a sharp fire in front. I sent back several messengers, asking that a force might be sent in there to carry the position while we attempted to carry the one in front, but for some reason none was sent. The skirmishers of my regiment (six companies) had now been along time engaged, and being entirely out of ammunition I was compelled to relieve them with the four remaining companies relieved to fix bayonets and lie down in rear of the skirmishers. Soon after my skirmishers were all relieved by the First Maryland Cavalry, and the four companies which had not expended their ammunition were sent to the support of Capt. Gardner, commanding Twenty-fourth Massachusetts, who has also very much weakened his own line by extending it to the left to keep up his connection with us, as we extended our line in that direction. I had now procured ammunition and was again advancing to the ravine, when the Maryland cavalry broke to the rear at a run. By order of Gen. Foster, I placed Capt. Engles with one company deployed as skirmishers on the edge of the ravine to keep the enemy in check, and formed the other five companies in line to allow the Maryland regiment to rally in our rear. This was soon accomplished and we were again advancing when Gen. Foster received information that our forces were falling back from the captured works on our right. We therefore remained in position, subjected to a sharp skirmishing fire from the enemy until dark, when we withdrew to the second line of rifle pits we had captured from the enemy in the morning, and spent the night in intrenching our position. The casualties of the regiment during the day were, 1 officer dangerously and 1 slightly wounded, 42 enlisted men killed and wounded and 8 missing. We remained in this position until the evening of the 18th, when preparations were made to withdraw. I received orders to send two companies of my regiment to the rear for fatigue duty and deploy the remainder in rear of the brigade so as to occupy the defenses and protect the withdrawal of the other regiments of the command. Before the brigade could be withdrawn, however, the enemy attacked us in considerable force but was easily repulsed. Three men of my regiment were wounded in the affair, one quite seriously, probably by a shot from our own artillery. About 9 p. m. we withdrew to the opposite side of the ravine, where, according to previous orders, I reported to the corps officers of the day. My entire command was placed on picket duty and remained there until 11 p. m. of the 19th and were then relieved, when I rejoined the brigade on the Long Brigade road. We remained in that position until 9 p. m. of the 20th, and were then withdrawn with the balance of the brigade and arrived at Strawberry Plains about 11 p. m. The regiment was again placed on picket. Remaining through the night, it was withdrawn at daylight in the morning, forming the rear guard of the brigade thence to the bridge. We arrived in camp at Deep Bottom at 6 a. m. During the entire movement the conduct of both officers and men of my command was all I could desire. I never saw men behave with more steadiness or officers with greater courage. In the death of Capt. Quinn and Lieut. Sharp, and the probably permanent injury of Capt. White, we lose the service of three most brave and valued officers, whom the regiment can ill space. Trusting that the conduct of my command has been such as to earn the commendation of the brigadier-general commanding, I remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. L. OTIS, Col., Cmdg. Regt. Capt. P. A. DAVIS, Assistant Adjutant-Gen. APPENDIX.--The force asked for by Col. Otis I was unable to get. All my troops were in line and hotly engaged, and re-enforcements did not arrive until we were driven back. R. S. FOSTER, Brig.-Gen., Cmdg. ----- HDQRS. TENTH REGT. CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS, Near Richmond, Va., October 13, 1864. LIEUT.: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by this regiment in the affair of to-day: My regiment moved out from the intrenchments at 4 a. m. Soon after crossing the Central road I received orders from Col. Plaisted to deploy a line of skirmishers in front of the brigade, and also to send one company to drive the enemy\'s vedettes from the edge of the woods in our front to prevent the movement of our forces being observed. Seventy men were at once deployed as skirmishers, under command of Lieut. Linsley, and a company of twenty, commanded by Orderly Sergeant Burt, of Company G, drove in the enemy\'s vedettes so promptly that two of them left their guns and knapsacks on their post. Sergeant Burt then rejoined the regiment, which remained in reserve until noon, when I received orders from Gen. Ames to report with my command, except the skirmishers under Lieut. Linsley, to Col. Pond, commanding First Brigade. I reported accordingly, and being the senior regimental commander present, was ordered to form my regiment in double in column for an assault. About 2.30 p. m. the order was given to charge the enemy\'s works, and the entire command moved forward with great promptness. My regiment behaved splendidly, as did all others in the assaulting column, but the charge being through a thicket of scrub oaks so dense that men could hardly push their way the force of the charge was entirely broken before reaching the enemy\'s works. Most of the way the column was subjected to a terribly severe enfilading fire from which men were falling at every step. On coming within ten paces of the enemy\'s works the severity of the fire and impenetrable nature of a narrow slashing in front of the ditch compelled the column to fall back. The men retired quite deliberately many of the m returning the enemy\'s fire as they did so. The enemy was well intrenched and the works strongly manned. My loss was 1 field officer (Maj. Camp) killed, 4 enlisted men killed, 37 wounded, and 3 missing. Among the wounded are 6 orderly sergeants who were in command of companies, 3 of whom are mortally and 1 severely wounded. The only commissioned officers with the regiment besides myself were Lieut.-Col. Greeley, Maj. Camp, and First Lieut. James H. Linsley. I know no higher praise to bestow on these officers than to say that they all behaved with their usual courage and coolness, Maj. Camp losing his life within a few steps of the enemy\'s works. Chaplain Trumbull was also present and very efficient in attending to the removal of the wounded from the field. Assistant Surgeon Hart was, as usual, constantly near the regiment rendering prompt and efficient aid to our wounded. My regiment has taken part in more than forty battles and skirmishes, never before fell back under fire, and never behaved better than on this occasion. But I have no apologies to make for it. I have not seen a more hopeless task undertaken since I entered the [service] than that attempted by the assaulting column to-day. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. L. OTIS, Col., Cmdg. Tenth Regt. Connecticut Volunteers. Lieut. BENJAMIN WRIGHT, Acting Assistant Adjutant-Gen. ----------- Reports of Lieut. Col. Edwin S. Greeley, Tenth Connecticut Infantry, of operations October 27-29. HDQRS. TENTH CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS, Near Richmond, October 28, 1864. GEN.: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by my regiment in the action of yesterday: The regiment left camp at 4 a. m. and reported at the sally-port in the front of the brigade. At 5 it marched with the brigade up the Darbytown road. On arriving near the Gerhardt plantation, the regiment was ordered by the colonel commanding brigade to deploy as skirmishers to cover the brigade front. I immediately deployed six companies, holding four companies in reserve. After making the deployment, and connecting my left with the Third New Hampshire Volunteers, the regiment advanced through a thick growth of underbrush and swamp to a thick slashing beyond. Upon arriving at the opening the line was halted, agreeable to instructions from the colonel commanding, in order to allow the line of battle to come up to a supporting distance. This being accomplished, the skirmish line was again advanced to the center of the open field, where I found the enemy\'s vedettes posted in an old line of works. After exchanging a few shots they retired to their skirmish lines beyond, posted in detached rifle-pits extending around our right flank. This being reported to the colonel commanding, two companies of the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers were sent to me as flankers. These companies I place on my right flank. Subsequently a regiment of the First Brigade was deployed on my right. Advancing rapidly we drove the enemy\'s skirmishers from the advance pits to their main works capturing several prisoners. Here I found the enemy strongly posted behind their works, which were well constructed with abatis in front. This I reported to the colonel commanding, who instructed me to push my line forward as far as practicable. I moved my line forward to a distance of 150 yards from the enemy\'s works, where I was compelled to halt, being opposed by a strong line of battle. I remained in this position, keeping up a sharp fire until 4 p. m., when, my ammunition giving out, I was relieved by the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers. My regiment joined the brigade and returned to camp with it at 3 p. m. to-day. I cannot say too much in praise of the two commissioned officers present, besides myself-Capt. F. G. Hickerson and Lieut. James H. Linsley. They were prompt and efficient in the discharge of every duty. The men behaved with their accustomed coolness and bravery. I have to report 5 men wounded. The list of casualties in inclosed. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. S. GREELEY, Lieut.-Col., Cmdg. the Regt. Brig. Gen. H. J. MORSE, Adjutant-Gen., Hartford, Conn. ----- HDQRS. TENTH REGT. CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS, In the Field, before Richmond, Va., October 29, 1864. CAPT.: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by my regiment in the affair of to-day: I received orders to move my regiment from camp and report at the sally-port in front of this brigade at 2.30 p. m. to-day. I reported as directed and joined the brigade, which had been put in motion, at 2.35 p. m., and marched without halting until the head of the column reached the open field near the Johnson place, where the brigade was formed in line. My regiment formed on the right near the edge of the wood, my right resting on the road leading to the Johnson house. At 3.15 p. m. the colonel commanding the brigade directed me to deploy skirmishers to connect with those of the Eleventh Maine Volunteers. I deployed Companies F and I, under command of Sergeant Chapman, of Company F. The skirmish line then advanced into the open field, where they received a fire from the enemy\'s skirmishers posted in a line of earth-works extending from the Eagle house on the left across the Darbytown road on the right. Subsequently a detachment of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry formed on our right flank. At 3.30 p. m. the order to advance was given the skirmish line. Taking the double-quick, advanced in fine style across the open field and drove the enemy from the works, with some loss. I advanced with the reserve to the open field and halted by direction of the colonel commanding brigade. The skirmish line now occupied the works, keeping up a sharp fire upon the enemy, who had halted in a wood near their works, keeping up a desultory fire. I remained in this position until dark, and on being relieved by a squadron of cavalry, rejoined the brigade and marched to camp. Owing to the prompt and rapid movement of my men, I am happy to say I have to report only 1 man wounded. I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. S. GREELEY, Lieut. Col., Cmdg. Tenth Regt. Connecticut Volunteers. Capt. FRANK HAWKINS, Acting Assistant Adjutant-Gen. Source: Official Records CHAP. LIV.] THE RICHMOND CAMPAIGN. PAGE 737-87 [Series I. Vol. 42. Part I, Reports. Serial No. Report of Capt. Francis G. Hickerson, Tenth Connecticut Infantry. HDQRS. TENTH INFANTRY CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS, Near Appomattox Court-House, Va., April 11, 1865. CAPT.: I have the honor to make the following report of the actions and losses of the Tenth Regt. Connecticut Volunteers during the campaign just ended: On the 26th [27th] of March, 1865, orders were received to break camp on the north side of the James River and be in readiness to move in heavy marching order at dusk. In compliance with said order we moved at about 7 p.m. to the rear, crossing the James River at Deep Bottom and the Appomattox River at Point of Rocks, passing well in rear of our lines at Petersburg to the left at Hatcher\'s Run, Va. We remained in camp there until March 29, when most of the regiment went on picket in the morning and the remainder were ordered out in the afternoon to take part in opening the campaign. There were no casualties on this day, the regiment being held in reserve. March 30, we moved forward to take our position in line and built slight breast-works; about noon moved farther to the left. For the casualties of the day I respectfully refer to accompanying list.* March 31, we remained in the same position, with no casualties. April 1, we took part in repulsing an assault of the rebels on our lines. April 2, the regiment moved from our lines at Hatcher\'s Run, Va., and taking part in the assault on Fort Gregg, lost very heavily, as shown by the accompanying list of casualties.* In this engagement Lieut. Col. E. D. S. Goodyear was severely wounded, and the command of the regiment devolved upon me. April 3, we moved from before Petersburg the brigade. Having taken part in the march, following yourself, it would be useless for me to give it more than passing notice. The regiment was in no engagement until April 9, when Gen. Lee was forced to surrender, with his command. In conclusion, I cannot speak in too high terms of the conduct of both officers and men in the engagement named, as well as on the march. Very many of the men refused to give up, although their feet were very badly blistered, and braved it through the entire march. I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. G. HICKERSON, Capt., Cmdg. Tenth Connecticut Volunteers. Capt. GEORGE H. STOWITS, Acting Assistant Adjutant-Gen., Third Brigade. Source: Official Records PAGE 1197-95 N. AND SE. VA., N. C., W. VA., MD., AND PA. [CHAP. LVIII. [Series I. Vol. 46. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 95.]
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