...n were obliged to lie very low on account of the rebel sharpshooters, who, during the day, killed two men of the regiment. While at this point Corporal Hodgkins, of Co. K, was sent to the rear by Captain Hume , on a perilous trip with a message. Buckling his belt tightly about him, he leaped from the trench and ran for the next line of works, while a shower of leaden hail from the enemy fell about him. A...