Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Early” in chapter 10, page 194 of William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington:
...l commanding — bore almost the entire brunt of the battle at Fort Stevens, Washington, where the Forty-third fought under the approving eye of the President, and helped to save the Capital from Early 's invading army.
Lieut.-Col. Visscher was killed in this action, and every regimental commandant in the brigade was killed or wounded.
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