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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, chapter 10 (search)
where it was engaged in the storming of Missionary Ridge. Colonel Putnam fell in this battle, the loss of the regiment being 20 killed, 42 wounded, and 27 missing. During the Atlanta campaign, the division (General John E. Smith's) guarded the line or communication, the regiment being stationed at Allatoona Pass, where it was engaged in the memorable defense of that place, under General Corse; loss, 2 killed, 52 wounded, and 10 missing. The regiment was commanded in this action by Major James M. Fisher, and numbered 290 men. It was during this fighting that General Sherman signalled the historic message to Hold the Fort. The Ninety-third afterwards accompanied the Fifteenth Corps on the March to the Sea, and through the Carolinas. The brigade was commanded at Missionary Ridge by General Matthies; at Allatoona, by Colonel Tourtelotte (4th Minnesota); and on the March to the Sea by Colonel McCown--then the First Brigade, Third Division (Gen. J. E. Smith's), Fifteenth Corps. On