lush and say the greatest mistake they
ever made was that they did not go to the war. How many would say as
did a prominent man to me, the day we returned home; "I would give
fifty thousand dollars to have seen and been through what you have."
The regiment participated in the following
ENGAGEMENTS.
_Antietam, Md._--September 17th, 1862. Loss in killed, four
commissioned officers, 38 enlisted men; wounded, eight
commissioned officers, 176 enlisted men; captured, 12 enlisted
men; _Total Loss, 238._
_Fredericksburg, Virginia._--December 12, 13, and 14, 1862. Loss
in wounded, one enlisted man. _Total loss one._
_Edenton Road, Suffolk, Virginia._--April 24, 1863. Loss in
killed, one enlisted man; wounded, seven enlisted men. _Total
loss, eight._
_Providence Church Road, Suffolk, Virginia._--May 3, 1863. Loss
in killed, two enlisted men; wounded, one commissioned officer,
seven enlisted men. _Total loss, 10._
_Plymouth, North Carolina._--April 20, 1864. Loss in killed, one
enlisted man; wounded, one commissioned officer, 11 enlisted
men; captured, 23 commissioned officers, 400 enlisted men.
_Total loss 436._
CASUALTIES.
Killed in action, 47
Died of wounds, 45
Died of disease, 73
Died in prison, 177
Shot in prison, 1
Supposed shot while attempting to escape from prison, 1
Lost at sea from burning steamship "General Lyon," 1
Drowned from accident, 1
Drowned from collision of "Black Diamond," on Potomac
river 7
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Total deaths, 353
Discharged prior to muster-out of the regiment, 386
Captured at Antietam, 12
Captured at Plymouth, 435
Wounded, 212
Missing, 56
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Total Casualties,
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