Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Lee” in chapter 10, page 421 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:
...he Eighth U. S. stands third in point of loss in action.
It saw considerable active service in the field during the campaign of 1864-65, and was known as an efficient and reliable regiment.
After Lee 's surrender, the Eighth was ordered to Texas, where it encamped on the Rio Grande, at Ringgold Barracks, until October, 1865, when it returned to Philadelphia for muster-out.
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