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great bravery, and giving additional evidence of their efficiency as Staff Officers.
I am unable to give our exact loss at Petersburg.
I surrendered at this point fifty-six officers and four hundred and eighty-four men, many of the latter being detailed non-armsbearing men, who were sent back, to be surrendered with their brigade.
The Seventh, the other regiment of my command, is absent in North Carolina on detached service.
I am, Major,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
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