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£Src1ctIhlia[Under date of June 8, in camp near Cold Harbor, Capt. Rice writes us us fol-ilOWS; ED.J-yFriend Earle—I improve the first spare moment to give you a list of the killed and wounded men in my battery on the first of June and since.On the first day of June we broke camp at daylight, marched in a very hot sun and a suffocating cloud of dust and I arrived at a place called Cold Harbor about one o’clock. After a short rest we were soon formed in line of battle in the rear of four or five other lines. Firing soon commenced with musketry and artillery on both sides ; we lay for an hour or more on the ground and awaited or* i ^ dors, which came at last to advance.— 8 One battalion of our regiment, comprising F, L, K and FI batteries, were ordered to advance ; we did so, facing a bard fire until coming to within a few yards of the! ^ rebel breastworks ; the colonel command- h ing the battalion here baited and the men ncovered themselves as best they could aunder the crest of a bill. Apparentlywe were the only ones making the charge,which was too large a job for so small a tlt;party. We laid here nearly an hour and Atook the fire from both the batteries of Cthe rebels and our own—which proved {iie iually disastrous to us. We were or-! rdered to fall back alter the lapse of one I fahour and did so the best we could ; it nwas here we lost some one hundred fromour battalion ; my battery lost in killed *and wounded 28, have since had wound- ned 1, making 32 in all from my battery kto date, since June 1st. I annex the list. a 9I will try to be more punctual in sending! d you the list of casualties hereafter :KILLED.Sergt. A. V, Priest,Private G. A. Ileatb,c\D44E. M. Marckres,•i44II. Sulham,J44F. Wheeler.aWOUNDED.1 I•Lieut.E. B. Smith, slightly,1Sergeant F. A. Buxton,a44James Joslyn,r44A. W. Howard, since died,•iiCorporal C\ Devereaux, slightly,e44S. 1. Townsend,44s44J. C. Gray,4401 nPrivate E. E. Dewey,44cVt •L. Stoughton,44d44E. Foster,44F* M. Field,bwS. W. Fairbrother,44t(n *H. Hopkins,44c41 •Z. Kendall,44•a' ifD. A. Leet,a Ka‘ 44Gilbert Lucier,lt;1 1 441C. Lovely,€i A\(4F. Maurett,ii -wiSi44L. II. Raymo,44•IPh44R. Randall,U •' 4f44J. B. Skinner,44 ;h. 44Joel Williams,44• •4414G. 0. Taplin,H 7 •ti44S. Utting,41•iiMA. Williamson,bG. P. Keeler,tcm 0F. Ripley,n • s ii
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Barton Orleans Independent Standard
Barton, Vermont, US
Fri, Jul 01, 1864
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