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Marcellus W. Darling papers, 1864
1864-05-21-Page 03
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here George Mason was wounded in the Head the only one of our Co that was hurt our company was very fortunate in this Battle. as I said we stood here about ten minuets and the line at the right of us broke and we did not have support and we had to fall back here we lost about Sixty four in killed wounded & missing, this a heavy loss for about two hundred men of our Regiment. Ozro Greely was seen nearly at the top of the Hill and it is believed that he was taken prisoner and was not hirt. I should like to say more about it but I hope to come home some time and then we will talk it all over again. we fell back to the foot of the mountain and lay there all quiet till the 12th. when we marched away from this Gap and passed through another Gap came out near Resaca in rear of Dalton this is what flanked the Rebels and got them out of Dalton The thirteenth we moved over and nearer Reaca the 15th. Army Corps attactes the Rebels towards night, the 14th. we lay still till abot ten O clock in the P.M. and marched around to the left of the Army where there had been hard fighting that afternoon, the 15th. Sunday we marched a little to the right and our Corps attacted the Rebels and drove them from two lines of rifle pits and captured ten Cannon we were in reserve and did not loose only five (Vertically, from bottom right:-) or six wounded our Co did not loose any
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here George Mason was wounded in the Head the only one of our Co that was hurt our company was very fortunate in this Battle. as I said we stood here about ten minuets and the line at the right of us broke and we did not have support and we had to fall back here we lost about Sixty four in killed wounded & missing, this a heavy loss for about two hundred men of our Regiment. Ozro Greely was seen nearly at the top of the Hill and it is believed that he was taken prisoner and was not hirt. I should like to say more about it but I hope to come home some time and then we will talk it all over again. we fell back to the foot of the mountain and lay there all quiet till the 12th. when we marched away from this Gap and passed through another Gap came out near Resaca in rear of Dalton this is what flanked the Rebels and got them out of Dalton The thirteenth we moved over and nearer Reaca the 15th. Army Corps attactes the Rebels towards night, the 14th. we lay still till abot ten O clock in the P.M. and marched around to the left of the Army where there had been hard fighting that afternoon, the 15th. Sunday we marched a little to the right and our Corps attacted the Rebels and drove them from two lines of rifle pits and captured ten Cannon we were in reserve and did not loose only five (Vertically, from bottom right:-) or six wounded our Co did not loose any
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