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;edS-11(1ct-Juj]y heo' llo 1 ItlllH rflH Wicytu-[ppmen-,utlgbIon 01)i hi'fell:estthoHidoutiontheMiktodUK)tltllmdrendsild,md-de,fy-iet»(tedml,ofindukaIfitQr. ist to id or9thepar-ate#rtU-.fterughoralurstuohThetingIon.nicesue-rile-inksnlngithermodtheiriQuriantsBOWtt«iiya11 teVAliartlt;••■•Hu*lt;• *iri . |Capti^ct|«i|lMl »g....... 17 oft leers, HU7 men■*' v;-v Ch'ftttoeliom'Ilie; Gettysbufs, Auburn, jSrietoe Station, Mine Kun. Wilderi^ss, Spoltsytvnuia, North Anna, l’olo* polomey, Cold Hnrbor, Petersburg (June 15). Strawhorry Plains, Deep Bottom, Siege of Petersburg^ Alsault,'d4, Ream's Station, South Side Railroad, Petersburg (March 25, '(55), Bouthoi-toWn Station, Po iUver, While Oak Rond, Sailors’Creek, FannvSllo, and Appomattox,ItjEOIM 12NT’s J.USSBS,• In his report at the last Regimental Kciinldn (at Carry, in September, 1888,) ' Cnjit. Hilton gave some interesting facts conooyning the Moth, us follows: •‘Tills whs the turning point, and; mit oti the third day, hs histurj'-wouli.l make you .believe. From the hour the : miepyy could not break through the' wheat-lie Id line he was whipped, and jLim street well know it. Picket! charged desperately on the third day, hut was ,chocked and driven buck by, the artillery ' and two divisions of the Second ,corps .and one yvoni-opt divis-i ion of tho First corps.•‘I would like to call the nUuiition of ' any wad, have read the C'ewfayw'uiaga-«lno/n{ iMay,-1888, to the part your regimen( took in the late war. Wo‘ will tuidfor our basis tho killed and niorttidy lvoundetl. I would not wish to taJp any honors from any regiment, hut viii oply Mso in comparison the IlgtiviB of our old neighbors, the Fifth’ New Hampshire, of the Second corps. This yiis the best regiment hi the whole iU’lnv-Caccording to Col. jFox’s report).!“Tjis regiment lost during the war 295—fours lost 205. They lost 18 ofli* curs hid yon lost 18 omoors killed and Svomided, Their percentage was 17.9; yours 14.1, you having enrolled 1,400 men. Micro were 2,200,100 enlistments during the w:ir and tie loss in killed was live per conk The Urgost number lost by the Fifth New Hampshire in one battle was GO at Cdd Harbor. You lost at Fredericks to rg, with only eight companies engafcd, 91 men and 0 olllcors Killed. The fifth New Hampshire lost by disease,Accidents, ole., 178; you lost 227, Total killed, wounded and missing (whidi includes 98 taken prisoners andwill filly starved to death) the Fifth NowBampshiro lost 1,051 ;you lost 947.! MEMKNTOKS.Asbciweou a ruin of load and a rain of vju^r, wo imagine the old boys wou| ‘jlniost prefer the former,Ci iH*’ had the largest delegation, occasion as on tho other, In-o. G” wnw always “there” incm fch s deed, lt;force;CoMftde Yeakol, the now P, M, at Sharfilllijl, Fa., was present, but did aoA A) much marching, for the reason UifSlil Is compelled to go about on m'iilpk Hi0 gentle treatment in the rebS lHson pens brought the comrade*fnjr to to Mled condition.wereTh Go tt' Unio State Th and ] to binof M,Thgrowmemthan;hasiyear118,2AtArm1*art n parti two t Now hU'ouof till nm.nl of ii; Haiti, buttegothcthis tlr. of tin made refer cuts did t. the I God’i Wihetm be a I.gmihdltioi State in thWestmomU put I lust 1ditur that suit IThis and ’for i favoi ‘♦Impcdtc
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Shenango Valley News
Greenville, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Sep 20, 1889
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