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hTotal loss, 53.Mr. Leavy states that the above list is aj reliable as it possible to make it, ■ wunier the circumstances, and his lettergoes on to say :•'The regiment left camp on the mow* ioref the 11th 1,100 strong, and returned'\ThOiien the 16th with 771- The great number r! casualties is attributable to the factthat the regiment, advancing as skirmishers through a dense fog, were flanked bymi bthe enemy before our men were aware oftlt e near proximity of u foe. IN e were i isbjected to a sudden enfilading fire ofIartillery and iufantry, and were forced tack with the results stated. The right1*in^ suffered more severely than theremainder of the regiment.‘‘Our forces retired to their line of in-freachmerits on the evening oi the IGth,o!t(finis good order, having accomplished atii'fct a portion of the expedi lion, namely,Jihc destroying Lee's communications southPetersburg aud between that place and Richmond, By this means all reinforce*IsJare prevented from going forward to ii‘ In the action of the IGth, we capturedprisoners who had just arrived from Lee’sIarray, going to show that part of that Gen- ( wal's command has been withdrawn from ^1brant’s front to check Geo. Butler’sdear- 1 P^ftrations on Richmond. i w:‘ la the fight, Col. White had command 0 : the 1st Brigade 3d Division 10th Army ®Lrps. He is either killed, or wounded j ^ttd in the hands of the enemy.- f \It is announced is the daily papers of ^24th, on authority of rebel prints, w hit (Jul. Kiehard White, Capt. Janies 11^ctzsrar, Capt. JJavitl IK. Fox, aud Lieut. jPit O’Connell, all of the 55th, are now in 1tfison in Richmond.1
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Ebensburg Alleghanian
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, May 26, 1864
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