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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 10 (search)
ned to the road, when we marched back to McDowell. The action was a most severe one, as is shown by the report of the killed and wounded, already in your possession. My officers and men alike bore themselves most bravely in the action. Lieut.-Col. Constable being sick, was unable to be with us, but Maj. Reilly rendered most important and gallant service, during the whole engagement, rallying the men and keeping them to their work, when, as was the case at times, the enemy seemed, by the incrments. We found it necessary to burn a quantity of hard bread and some ammunition. Many other things were lost. Our sutlers, Anderson and Harper, lost all their traps. I am sorry to say that, owing to some mismanagement on the part of Lieut.-Col. Constable, of the Seventy-fifth Ohio, (who had gone on to a house in advance, to await the arrival of our troops,) and his cousin, who was to notify him of the moving of the troops, but who failed to do it, he (the Colonel) was left behind and take
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 37 (search)
moment our fire slackened they remanned their guns. It was impossible to reduce such works, except with the aid of a land force. . . . . Report of Lieutenant D. C. Constable. May 16, 1862. Commander Rodgers: sir: I have the honor to report that in yesterday's attack upon the enemy's battery at Wood Hill, near Richmon Royal.--Wounded: George Morris, Commander, flesh wound of right leg. Naugatuck.--James Wilson, musket-shot, not serious; Peter Dixon, not seriously. Lieutenant Constable's letters: letter to his mother. United States gunboat E. A. Stevens, Hampton roads, May 18. my dear mother: I have to thank God for a life preservore Rodgers told me when I left him at City Point that the vessel, even in her present condition, could be of great service to him. . . . Sincerely yours, D. C. Constable. Captain John Faunce. Rebel official report. Drury's Bluff, May 15, 1862. Hon. S. R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy: sir: The enemy came up the r