[224] Ridge and other fields might be added to exemplify the Fifth Company's mode of fighting, but the above instances are deemed sufficient. The Washington Artillery always found pleasure in according praise and doing honor to its gallant adversaries, and on many battlefields it stood in admiration of their deeds and daring. Its survivors, while denying the correctness of the challenge and duel story, want no better evidence of the gallantry and stubborn fighting qualities of the Chicago Light Artillery, Company A, than the roll of its casualties at Shiloh—four killed and twenty-six wounded. Their admiration is won by any adversary that contests a field, either against them or others, to the extent of such a loss.
J. A. Chalaron, Senior Surviving Officer, Fifth Company, Battalion Washington Artillery, of New Orleans.
