...e considerable in killed and wounded, but I am not at present able to give more than that of my own regiment, which I enclose. It is with the most sincere regret that I have to report the loss of Lieut.-Col. Henry Merritt , who was killed by the first shot from the enemy's artillery, while bravely and gallantly executing an order I had given him a moment before. His loss is a severe one to the regiment and the