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en from it by the direst necessity, and in many individual cases, men refused to retreat, but stuck to their tree or bush till the enemy's force rolled about them and swallowed them up. Many in this way were taken prisoners, while others found a speedier, bloodier end to their daring. The victory was a costly one. Some of the regiments were cut completely to pieces, others were reduced to a size that scarcely left them a respectable company, while all suffered more or less severely. Lieut.-Col. Quinn, of the Twentieth Illinois, while gallantly urging on his men in the hottest of the fight, was struck by a grapeshot that cut his heart completely out. The mortality among officers was terrible. Major Post, of the Eighth Illinois, Capt. Rigby, acting Major of the Thirty-first Illinois, Lieut.-Col.White, of the same regiment, Lieut.-Col. Smith, of the Forty-eighth; Capt. Craig, company A, and Lieut. Skeats, company F, all of the Eighteenth; Capt. Wilson, company F, Eighth, Capt. Swarto
s R. Norris, S. P. Blanc,H. H. Tyson, J. H. Rodman,E. A. Swain, A. H. Sterling,E. M. Maffit, J. S. Bullock,E. M. Andrews, D. M. Lee,W. A. Wilson, P. H. McCarrick,W. B. Sinclair. J. H. Hamilton,  Chief (steam) Engineers. W. P. Williamson,V. Freeman, Michael Quinn,E. W. Manning, Jas. H. Warner,E. A. Ramsey. T. A. Jackson,  First Assistant-Engineers. E. W. Manning,M. J. Freeman, H. A. Ramsey,C. H. Geddes. Chas. Schroeder,Hugh Clark, Geo. W. City,B. J. Collins, M. P. Jordan,B. B. Wright. J. H. Loper,  Second Assistant-Engineers. C. H. Levy,J. E. Esnard, J. W. Tynan,J. J. Darcey, L. Campbell,Geo. Williams, Geo. D. Lining,W. H. Todd, W. O. Brooks,  Third Assistant-Engineers. H. K. Wright,W. Ahern, Benj. Herring,J. J. Henderson, Henry Fagan,F. J. Miller, J. T. Tucker,J. H. Dent, C. W. Jordan,M. O'Brien, J. H. Toombs,S. W. Cummings, W. H. Jackson,J. H. Bailey, J. P. W. Gormley,E. G. Hall, J. Hanks,Wm. Quinn, J. W. Hanks,W. M. Fauntleroy. G. W. Moran,