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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 31 (search)
gh it properly belongs to the succeeding letter. The casualties were as follows: Killed. Capt. O. Jennings Wise, Forty-sixth Virginia, shot in several places. Capt. Coles, company I, Forty-sixth Virginia, shot in the breast. Lieut. William R. Selden, C. S. A., shot in head. Lieut. Neill T. Monroe, company E, Eighth North-Carolina, shot in breast. James D. Horn, Eighth North-Carolina. Corporal Lane,do. do.  R. W. Cameron,do. do.  Thomas P. Mulleneaux, Second North-Carolina. ithout suffering, softly passed away. Colonel Hawkins and Lieut.-Col. Betts, of Nineteenth New-York regiment, were with him when he died, and wept like generous-hearted soldiers. The former said: There is a brave man. Capts. Wise, Coles, and Selden were special marks for the enemy — the latter did terrible execution with his gun. The enemy admit three hundred killed and wounded, while our estimate of their loss is from four hundred to six hundred. The Zouaves approached our lines under a<
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 57 (search)
them to pass with their batteries, trains, etc. A closer inspection of the ground brought about the conviction that the scouts were much mistaken, and that the route which had been chosen by the Texans was practicable, and that unless they were intercepted they would gain the water above the Fort, obtain the advantage of position, and at the same time cut off communication from above. On the afternoon of the nineteenth, Col. Canby had ordered the Fifth, Seventh, and Tenth infantry under Capts. Selden and Wingate, and Cols. Carson's and Pino's regiments of volunteers to cross the river and occupy a position on an elevation opposite the Fort, which it was thought the enemy would attempt to obtain from which to shell the Fort. These forces remained on the east side of the river all night. In the afternoon of the twentieth, the cavalry under Major Duncan, and Capt. McRae's battery were ordered across, and after some unavoidable delays, were brought into position on the Pedregal betwe