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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)
rcentage of loss as only a small number were engaged. Colonel Dushane was killed at the Weldon Road, and Colonel Wilson fell at Dabney's Mills. Sixth Maryland Infantry. Keifer's Brigade — Ricketts's Division--Sixth Corps （1) Col. George R. Howard. （2) Col. John W. Horn; Bvt. Brig.-Gen. （3) Col. Joseph G. Hill. Losses. Officers En. Men. Total. Killed and mortally wounded 8 120 128 Died of disease, accidents, etc. 1 73 74 Died in Confederate prisons   34 34   March, 1864, the entire division was transferred to the Sixth Corps, the regiment becoming a part of the Second Brigade (Col. B. F. Smith's). Upon its transfer to the Sixth Corps, the division was placed under the command of General Ricketts. Colonel Howard resigned May 5, 1863, and was succeeded by Colonel Horn, who resigned in February, 1865. The Sixth fought with signal gallantry in the battles of the Wilderness and Cold Harbor, its losses in the former action being unusually severe. O