day of the same month.
His elder brother, afterward Brevet Brigadier-General Horace Binney Sargent, was then Lieutenant-Colonel of the same regiment.
The regiment was stationed in the Department of the South until August 19, 1862, when eight companies, including that commanded by Captain Sargent, were ordered to the Army of the Potomac.
From that time they took part in all the cavalry service in that region, and were especially engaged at Kelly's Ford, Sulphur Springs, Stephensburg, and Aldie.
At the last action he was left for dead on the field, but subsequently revived and recovered.
It proved that a rifle-ball had made a subcutaneous circuit of nearly one third the chest, without further penetration.
Of the varied duties of a cavalry officer, those which best suited his temperament were of course the most stirring and dangerous.
He had in him a large element of excitability,— a trait which, while often impairing steady discipline, may yet impart peculiar power on special
TotalDied in service
Academical Department,—Graduates,47573
Non-graduates11422
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Total,58995
Professional Schools,34922
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Total,938117
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Causes of death.
Killed in action (or died of wounds received) at
Gettysburg, Pa,10
Antietam, Md,7
Fredericksburg, Va,5 each
Cedar Mountain, Va,
Fort Wagner, S C,3 each
Bull Run, Va,
Chancellorsville, Va,
The Wilderness, Va,2 each
Port Hudson, La,
Glendale, Va,
Honey Hill, S C,
Averysborough (Black Creek), N C,)
Aldie, Bellfield, Carrsville, Cold Harbor, Cedar Creek, Deep Bottom, Drury's Bluff, Hatcher's Run, Petersburg, Rappahannock Station, Spottsylvania, Va.; Boykm's Mills, S. C.; Hartsville, Lookout Mountain, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.; Whitestone Hill.
Dakotah.1 each
Total killed in action63
Killed by guerillas,4
Killed accidentally,2
Total died by violence,—69
Total died by disease, 26
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Total died in service, 95
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Table of rank of deceased.
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