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strict attention to all duties, and his cheerful obedience to all orders.”
Lieutenant Furlong says that he “was much indebted to Corporals Campbell and Kernan for the manner in which they managed their respective pieces.”
The battalion sustained the following casualties: In Manly's battery, 3 killed, 4 wounded, and four (4) missing; 13 horses killed and 7 disabled.
In McCarthy's battery, 2 killed and 8 wounded; 23 horses killed and 2 disabled.
In Carlton's battery, 1 killed, 2 officers and 3 enlisted men wounded; 13 horses killed and 4 wounded (disabled, but for a short time, one.) In Fraser's battery, 6 killed, 2 officers and 11 enlisted men wounded; 18 horses killed.
Total — killed, 12; wounded officers, 4; enlisted men, 26; 67 horses killed and 13 disabled.
I have the honor to enclose the reports of the battery officers.
I have not language to express my admiration of the coolness and courage displayed by the officers and men on the field of this great battle.
Their acts speak for themselves.
In the successive skirmishes in which a portion of the battalion was engaged, and when placed in line of battle near Hagerstown, inviting and expecting an attack, their cool courage and energy are above praise.
In crossing rivers, in overcoming the difficulties of a tedious march, in providing for the horses of the battalion, no officers ever exhibited greater energy and efficiency.
Passing over muddy roads, exposed to rain nearly every day, they bore the difficulties of the march without a murmur of dissatisfaction.
All seemed engaged in a cause which made privation, endurance and any sacrifice a “labor of love.”
Very respectfully,
H. C. Cabell, Colonel Commanding.
General,--This report not having been finished before Colonel Walton left Virginia, is respectfully forwarded to you.
Very respectfully,
H. C. Cabell, Colonel Commanding.
