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Hdqrs. 121ST Regt. Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga.,
September
9, 1864
.
Captain: In obedience to orders I have the honor to make the following report of the operations of the One
hundred and twentyfirst Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry on the campaign
commencing
May
2, 1864
, from Rossville, Ga., and ending with the battle of
Jonesborough, Ga., and capture of the city of Atlanta by our forces, under
Major-General
Sherman
, on the
1st
and
2d of September, 1864
:
This regiment having, in obedience to orders, first sent to the rear all camp and garrison equipage, company
books, and cooking utensils, excepting such as line officers, non-commissioned
officers, and men carried about their persons, with one pack-mule for regimental headquarters and one for the
medical department, moved from Rossville, Ga., on the
2d of May, 1864
.
We encamped on the afternoon of
May
2
near Ringgold, Ga., on the north side of the Chickamauga River.
On the
5th of May
we broke up camp, crossed the Chickamauga at and encamped
two and a half miles
south of Ringgold
.
On the
7th
moved through Tunnel Hill, the enemy retreating to Buzzard Roost.
On the morning of the 8th this regiment was deployed as skirmishers in front of the mouth of the Roost.
After driving in the skirmishers of the enemy, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, with four companies of the
One hundred and twenty-first Ohio, namely, Company I,
Captain
Robinson
; B,
Captain
Clason
; G,
Captain
Patrick
, and H,
Captain
Spaulding
; two companies of the One hundred and thirteenth Ohio, two companies
of the Seventy-eighth Illinois, under charge of
Major
Green
, and one company of the Thirty-fourth Illinois, I charged, and carried
the mouth of; Buzzard Roost Gap. Company
A, of theThirty-fourth Illinois, at the same time carried the hill on
the right of the railroad and immediately south of the gap, a gallant act, for which
the company and its commander deserve special mention.
On our advance to the mouth of the gap the enemy withdrew to his trenches and earthworks beyond, making the
capture an easy
one.
In the advance
Private
Alexander
Gandy
, of Company I, was wounded.
We lay at the mouth of Buzzard Roost Gap until the morning of
May
12, 1864
, when we moved to the right toward Snake Creek Gap; reached the
mouth of Snake Creek Gap about dark and halted for supper.
We marched all night, passed through the gap, and arrived next morning in Sugar Valley.
During the afternoon we moved to the front, leaving all knapsacks and baggage in the valley, and did picket duty
for the Second Division, which was massed in front of the enemy's
intrenched position at Resaca.
On the
14th
, at the battle of Resaca, the One hundred and twenty-first Ohio was in
the second line and was not engaged.
During the engagement
Private
James
F.
Lint
, of Company F, was wounded.
Early on the evening of the 14th wewithdrew to the rear, drew two days rations, and took up a position on the
right of the front line, which we intrenched close up to the enemy's lines.
During the night of the 15th the enemy retreated across the Coosa
River.
On the morning of the 16th we marched back to Sugar Valley for
knapsacks and baggage, and drew two days additional rations, and at 2 p. m. took up the line of march for Rome, the expedition, consisting of the Second Division, Fourteenth Army Corps,
under command of
General
Jefferson
C.
Davis
.
Although the weather was very warm and the men were much fatigued and worn out, we reached Rome, a distance of
thirty-two miles from Sugar Valley
, and drove in the enemy's skirmishers by 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the 17th.
On the afternoon of the
17th
, after having driven the enemy into his earth-works, he sallied out and charged us, making an energetic
effort to drive us
back.
He was repulsed and driven back, with but slight loss to us, but heavy loss to himself.
The One hundred and twenty-first Ohio was posted to cover the artillery, and
had no casualties.
It was now night, and nothing more could be accomplished for the darkness.
During the night our entire line was intrenched.
Early on the morning of the 18th
Captain
Clason
, of Company B, who was in charge of the brigade picket-line,
notified me that the enemy had left and that he was occupying the enemy's
works with the skirmishers of the One hundred and twenty-first Ohio.
I sent the information to
Colonel
Mitchell
, commanding the brigade, who sent me an order during the day, hereunto attached, and markedA,
Not found. complimenting the regiment and
Captain
Clason
for being first inside the enemy's breast-works at Rome,
Ga. The enemy, consisting of
General
French
's division of infantry and a brigade of Texas
cavalry, retreated across the Etowah and Oostenaula, burning the bridges over both streams.
In addition to 6 pieces of artillery captured here, we also secured a large amount of tobacco and cotton and
extensive machine-shops for the manufacture of heavy ordnance.
The One hundred and twenty-first rested on the north side of the river, where they were supplied with shoes and
clothing and enabled to get plenty of vegetables
to eat, until the
23d of May
.
On the evening of the 23d we moved to the south side of the Coosa
River.
On the morning of the 24th we took up the line of march for Dallas,
Ga.; arrived at Cave Spring and camped for the night;
Private
Samuel
Henry
, Company G, was wounded by the premature discharge of his
gun. Moved on the 25th and bivouacked near Dallas, Ga. On the
27th
moved into position and intrenched a line on the left of the Fifteenth Corps, on what is called the Dallas line.
On the
28th
and 29th occupied the trenches; no casualties, though the enemy shelled our line.
On the
30th
the regiment was deployed as skirmishers across a gap of over a mile between
General
Hooker
's right and
General
Davis
' left; was relieved on the morning of the 31st by the Thirty-fourth
Illinois, and returned to the trenches of the 27th.
On the
31st
Maj.
John
Yager
, who was on duty in Ohio, returned and joined the
command.
On the
1st of June
the army abandoned the right of the Dallas line, our
division moving to the left and relieving a division of the Twenty-third
Corps, the One hundred and twenty-first Ohio occupying the front line
of temporary works erected by the Twentythird Corps.
We occupied these works during the
2d
and
3d of June
.
On the
2d
Private
William
S.
Bergen
, of Company A, was severely wounded while on the skirmish
line.
In our front the enemy's works were within seventy-five yards. On the
4th of June
we moved to the left of the Fourth Corps.
On the night of the
4th
, while lying in camp,
Corporal
Preston
V.
Lepert
, of Company D, was severely wounded by a stray ball in the
left thigh.
On the night of the 4th the enemy left his position in our front.
We rested in our position during the 4th and 5th, and on the 6th moved to within
one and a half miles of Acworth
, went into camp, and rested until the 10th.
On the
11th
we moved forward and took up a position near the log house.
On the
12th
and 13th rested in trenches; all quiet.
On the
14th
moved and took up a position, with our left resting on the railroad, two miles south of Big Shanty.
On the
15th
built a strong line of works.
On the
16th
we advanced one-quarter of a mile and built a new line of works.
Casualties on the 16th were 3-
Privates
Jacob
B.
Brown
, Company G, by minie, in the thigh, since dead;
Charles
Owen
, Company E, by musket-ball in leg, slight; Under-
cook
Matthew
Moore
, colored, by musket-ball in leg, since dead.
On the
17th
the regiment occupied trenches; no casualties.
On the evening of the 18th we advanced our line, driving in the enemy's skirmishers.
Three companies of the One hundred and twentyfirst Ohio, on the
skirmish line, namely, A, D, and K; casualties, 1 killed-
Private
Chester
Bartholomew
, of Company D, and 2 wounded-
Privates
John
W.
Clifton
, of Company D, and
John
Reid
, of Company K.
Our skirmishers pushed their skirmish line to within a few yards of the enemy's trenches.
During the night the enemy retreated from his strong line of fortifications in our front, and took up his
position on the
Kenesaw Mountain.
On the
19th
we followed up the enemy and took up our position at the base of the Kenesaw.
The enemy planted his batteries on the top of the Kenesaw, from which position he shelled the woods and camps
back from the base of the mountain, doing much damage.
I had pushed my line so close to the base of the mountain as to make it impossible for him to depress his guns
sufficiently to injure my command.
The One hundred and twenty-first Ohio occupied this position from the 18th
until the morning of the
26th
, and during all the time only 1 man was injured by their shelling, which was without cessation, namely,
William
HIammil
, of Company F, who was wounded in the arm. During the same
time there were 3 men wounded in the regiment, viz:
Privates
John
A.
Chapman
, of Company I;
Philip
Vanderan
, of Company I, and
Abraham
Drake
, of Company I; 1 man killed,
Peter
Strine
, of Company B, by the enemy's sharpshooters, and 1 man,
Private
Stiles
Simpkins
, of Company F, wounded, by an imperfect shell from one of our
own guns.
On the morning of the 26th the regiment was relieved before day and moved to the right, where it rested with the
brigade, in the rear of the first line, until the morning of the 27th.
On the morning of the
27th of June
, in accordance with orders, I held my command ready to move at daylight.
Leaving the sick to guard the knapsacks, tents, and cooking utensils, which I had been ordered to leave behind,
we moved out
and formed, the Second Brigade being on the right of the line that was to
storm the enemy's works.
The formation was a column of regiments closed in mass.
Our column was four regiments deep.
In the front line was the One hundred and thirteenth Ohio; just behind the One
hundred and thirteenth was the One hundred and twenty-first Ohio; next was the
Ninety-eighth Ohio, and next was the Seventy-eighth
Illinois, while the Thirty-fourth Illinois was deployed as
skirmishers in front of the column.
My orders were to overlap the One hundred and thirteenth Ohio
two companies to my right, making the right guide of my third company the
guide of my regiment, which I ordered to cover the right guide of the regiment in front, and ordered the two
right companies to guide left.
The other regiments, I understood, were to form in echelon, guiding and overlapping in like manner.
I was also instructed to deploy my regiment to the right when I struck the enemy; that my left would probably
strike an angle
in the enemy's works, and that I would have to wheel my regiment to the left, and that I would be supported on
my right by
the regiments in my rear.
I deployed my regiment as I raised the hill in front of the enemy's works, and uncovering the angle at the very
point at which
I had been advised I would find it, I started my regiment upon a left wheel, my left already resting well up
toward the enemy's
works.
The enemy still was reserving his fire, and continued to do so until my command got close up to his ditches on
the right,
when he opened upon my single line with grape and canister from both flanks and a full line of small-arms from
my front.
On the left, from the first volley from the enemy, the captain of Company
B was mortally wounded; the captain of Company G was shot
dead; the captain of Company E was shot through the ankle and carried
from the field, from which wound he has since died, while the major who was in charge
of the left received three mortal wounds, from which he died before he could be taken from the field.
Company I had lost 29 out of 56 men she took into action.
Their commander,
Captain
Robinson
, was wounded in the knee, and the only commissioned officer now on the left, while most of the sergeants
were either killed
or wounded.
In Company B all of them were either killed or wounded.
The enemy now opened another battery from an angle in his works on my right.
On this flank I was entirely without support.
Be. lieving it would be impossible to carry the strong position of the enemy with my now weak and thin line, I
closed my regiment
to the right and withdrew some twenty paces to the rear, and had my command to lie down, where the formation of
the ground offered some protection, and where I
would be prepared for any countercharge the enemy might make, ordering my men to keep a constant fire on the
enemy to keep
him inside his trenches and prevent him from getting possession of my wounded.
Having made these dispositions, I sent a written statement of my position to
Colonel
Mitchell
, commanding the brigade, who sent me orders to refuse my right and hold and intrench my position, if I
could do it without
too great a sacrifice.
Leaving one-half of my men on the line to keep up the fire, with the other half I built a line of earth-works in
the rear of the line under
cover of the woods, refusing my right, and at night-fall withdrew my line behind my earth-works.
Having my line thus made safe and secure, my next care was for my dead and wounded.
Many of them had lain in the hot sun all day without even water to moisten their parched lips, but they were so
situated that
it was impossible for me to remove them or get them any assistance whatever.
Every. effort to go to the wounded during the day on my left resulted in either the killing or wounding of those
who attempted
to go to their relief.
In the engagement I lost 3 officers killed and 3 wounded, 15 non-commissioned officers and privates killed and
123 wounded. Two of them, who were wounded in the outside ditch of the enemy's works, were captured.
The loss was a severe one to my command.
How much we damaged the enemy I do not know, but my opinion is their loss was small, as they fought behind heavy
earth-works.
We fought the flower of the Southern army, being
Cheatham
's division, of
Hardee
's corps.
We succeeded in making a lodgment so close up to their works as to compel them to evacuate four days afterward.
On the night of the 28th the enemy, growing uneasy about the tenacity with which we held on to our position so
close to their works, charged us and
attempted to drive us away.
We repulsed him with the small loss of 5 men wounded.
On the night of the
2d of July
the enemy, having discovered that we were building a new parallel still closer to his lines, evacuated
all his earth-works
and forts and withdrew beyond the town of Marietta to a prepared
line of heavy works near the Chattahoochee River.
In following up to this last position the One hundred and twentyfirst Ohio, while skirmishing with the enemy on the
9th of July
, had 3 men wounded.
On the night of the 10th the enemy withdrew all his forces across the river.
From the 10th to the 17th my regiment rested in camp on the north bank of the Chattahoochee, near the railroad crossing.
On the morning of the 17th we broke up camp and crossed the Chattahoochee at Pace's
Ferry.
After crossing the river a line was formed at right angles with the river and moved down the river in the
direction of Peach Tree Creek, the enemy retreating as we
advanced.
During the night Companies H and F, under command of
Capt.
Jeff.
J.
Irvine
, acting as skirmishers on our right flank, drove the enemy from a fort on the bank of the river and
occupied it. On the morning
of the 18th I was sent out with my regiment to make a reconnaissance.
I advanced to the Peach Tree Creek, driving the enemy before me and across the river.
As he withdrew his forces he burnt the bridge.
Having reported my operations, I was ordered to hold the line from the mouth of the Peach Tree to Nancy's Creek, a line three-quarters of a mile in length.
The enemy occupied a strong line of trenches and a large fort immediately in my front.
On the night of the 18th
Companies B and E, under
charge of
Captain
Robinson
, who was assisting me now in the management of the regiment,
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lawrence
, having gone to the rear sick on the
17th
, leaving me without a field officer, erected a temporary bridge across the Peach Tree and built
intrenchments on the south side.
On the morning of the 19th the enemy opened early upon my line and made a vigorous effort to drive my companies
back across the river.
All day long and until late at night they kept up a heavy fire all along my line, killing 1 man of Company E and wounding 1 man of Company K and 1 man of Company E.
My command returned the fire vigorously, expending-- rounds of cartridges.
A deserter, who swam the river and came to us under cover of the night, informed me that we had damaged the
enemy very seriously,
killing and wounding, in addition to 2 commissioned officers, many of their men.
Before daylight on the morning of the 20th I crossed four additional companies over the Peach Tree, and at
daybreak, with six companies (A, F, G, and E, of the One hundred and twenty-first
Ohio, and two companies of the Thirty-fourth Illinois that had been
sent to assist me), I drove the euemy from their two lines of rifle-pits in my front into his main fort on my
right, on the south side of the river, near the ruins of the railroad
bridge.
During this advance the other companies of my regiment were posted on the north side of the Peach Tree to cover
my retreat should I be driven back.
After carefully examining the enemy's position and works I had just completed my arrangements to charge the
enemy's forts
at 3 o'clock when a staff officer from
General
Davis
brought me orders to withdraw my command to the north bank of the Peach Tree, at the same time informing
me that the command that had crossed above me, and which I supposed was still on my left, had
been withdrawn for some two hours. In obedience to orders I immediately withdrew across the Peach Tree.
The enemy did not follow me up. On the
21st
, the enemy having withdrawn from his line south of the Peach Tree, with my regiment I rejoined the
brigade some three miles to my left.
On the morning of the 22d we moved out and took up a position on the right and south of the railroad within
three miles of Atlanta
in front of the enemy's works, our right resting near the old mill, built intrenchments, and rested here
behind our works
until the morning of the
28th
, doing only the customary picket duty.
July
28
, the division, under command of
General
Morgan
, made a reconnaissance to the right toward Sandtown;
returned and took up a position at 12 o'clock at night near White
Hall.
On the
29th
advanced our line across the battle-field of the 28th, making reconnaissance to the front.
Found the enemy's dead unburied and many of their wounded uncared for. On the
30th
advanced our line again to the front and right, the One hundred and
twenty-first Ohio acting as skirmishers.
On the
31st
made a part of division reconnaissance to the right and front, and returned to camp at dark.
Rested in camp on the
1st
, 2d, and
3d of August
.
On the
4th
moved early in light marching order, Second Division to
support First and Third
Divisions on a charge on the right.
Advanced our lines some two miles and halted for the night.
On the morning of the 5th moved forward and took up a new position fronting the Sandtown road.
Before we succeeded in getting into position the enemy opened his batteries and shelled my line, our line being
about at right angles with the angle in his works from which he shelled us. My command immediately set to work
and threw up works
and built traverses, and during the. time they were building them the enemy shelled them from both the front and
flank, wounding
I officer and 2 men. Notwithstanding the heavy shelling and exposed position, when they were unable to reply,
every man stuck to his post,
and within an hour they had made themselves entirely safe and secure.
On the night of the 5th my regiment moved forward and occupied a new line 400 yards in front.
This was a most exposed position.
On the
6th
, although we had made every possible protection in the shape of earth-works, my command had 1 man killed
and 3 wounded. On the
7th
we advanced and drove the enemy from two lines of earth-works.
In this advance I lost 9 men wounded.
We punished the enemy severely, captured a number of prisoners and small-arms, and turned the enemy's second
line of works against him. On the
8th
, 9th, and 10th the One hundred and twenty-first Ohio was on a
reconnaissance to the right to watch the enemy's cavalry, which was said to be maneuvering on the Sandtown road to get to our rear to destroy our trains.
My skirmishers came up with and drove away a few cavalrymen from our right, after which the command supplied
itself plentifully
with green corn, potatoes, and vegetables, and returned on the 11th and occupied a position to the right of the
position we left on the 8th that had been intrenched by the Twenty-third
Corps.
We occupied this position, where we were constantly annoyed by the enemy's sharpshooters, until the 27th of the
month, when we started on the flank movement which resulted in the capture of Atlanta.
During the time my command occupied this line I lost 1 officer wounded, 1 man killed and 7 wounded.
The enemy's position here was on a height on the opposite side of a mill-dam, where the ground was higher than
our position,
giving them the advantage.
We moved on the morning of the 27th to the right.
On the morning of the
28th
, passing through the intrenched line of the Fourth Corps, our
corps turned the head of the column toward the Montgomery railroad.
The One hundred and twentyfirst Ohio was in the advance, and soon
after passing the earthworks of the Fourth Corps I came upon the enemy
posted upon a hill, across a small stream with a wide and almost impassable swamp in their front.
Six companies, were deployed as skirmishers, namely, A, F, D, I, K, and H, the other four acting as a reserve.
They advanced and drove the enemy from his position in a most gallant manner, severely damaging him. In this
advance I lost
1 man killed, 2 officers wounded, and 6 men wounded.
The enemy consisted of
Ross
' brigade of cavalry.
The column now advanced and we moved on, driving the disorganized brigade before us for five miles, with our
skirmishers across the Montgomery railroad.
where we first destroyed.the telegraph wire.
About 1 p. m. took up a part of the railroad track and posted my command across the railroad and waited for the
column to come up. We then
went into position about one and a half miles south of the railroad and intrenched.
We occupied this position until the morning of the 30th.
On the
30th
moved in the direction of the Macon railroad.
On the afternoon of the 31st
So in original, but the succeeding account appears to be descriptive of events occurring on
September
1
. moved with the division in support of the Third Division to
the Macon railroad.
The Fourteenth Army Corps rested.
with its left on the railroad.
The Second Divsiion was the right division of the corps, and the Second
Brigade the right of the division, and the One hundred and
twenty-first Ohio was in the second line on the right of the brigade.
About 4 o'clock we charged the enemy's position.
Just as we advanced to the charge the Thirty-fourth Illinois was posted on my
right; to my front and right was the Seventy-eighth Illinois.
I was now ordered to leave one-half of my regiment with one-half of the Thirty-fourth
Illinois to intrench a position for our protection should we be driven back.
In order to have all the companies represented in the charge I left the rear rank and moved on with the front.
We passed over the enemy's works in our front, when a staff officer from
Colonel
Mitchell
brought me orders to hasten to the right to the support of the Seventy-eighth
Illinois.
I moved on double-quick, by the flank, to the right about 200 yards, through the woods, and found the Seventy-eighth Illinois had possession of a 6-gun battery, from which it had
driven all of the enemy that it had not either killed or captured.
Simultaneous with my arrival the Thirty-fourth Illinois came up. Our arrival
was in good.
time; the enemy had rallied and was coming back upon the Seventyeighth Illinois (which had already lost largely) in heavy force.
But he was turned back from this, and another attempt to retake the guns was most severely punished.
The guns were captured by the Seventy-eighth Illinois.
The One hundred and twenty-first Ohio and the Thirty-fourth Illinois held the guns and repulsed two desperate charges of the enemy to retake
the battery.
The second charge was made about 6 o'clock, and from this time until darkness put an end to the conflict the
battle raged fiercely.
During the night the enemy retreated, leaving his dead upon the field, and his wounded in and about Jonesborough.
He left many arms and accouterments scattered over the field.
The victory was complete; the enemy had fled in confusion.
Cleburne
's division, the pride of the Southern army, whose boast had been they had never been whipped,
was whipped and captured, with all their guns, by the old Second
Division, from behind their strong line of earth-works.
Sherman
's army had struck their center, divided and routed their army, and compelled the evacuation of
Atlanta.
After collecting the spoils of the victory we returned, and are now in camp near Atlanta.
Throughout the long and tedious campaign the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of my command have
been at their
posts and did their duty.
I know of no instance during the campaign of any part of my command-officers, non-commissioned officers, or
privates-failing
in the performance of his or their duty.
I know of no circumstances so trying or hour so gloomy in the campaign (although I have lost in killed and
wounded more than
onehalf of the armed and equipped men with which I started on the campaign) as to cause my men to lose hope or
fail to have
perfect confidence in our final success.
I started with 429 non-commissioned officers and men, armed and equipped, and 18 commissioned officers.
Of the officers, 3 were killed on the battle-field on the
27th of June
; 1 was mortally wounded and 8 others have been wounded.
Of the non-commissioned officers and men?
22 have been killed and 185 have been wounded, making a total of 218. Two that were wounded in the outside
ditches of the enemy's works on the
27th of June
were captured and 1 is missing.
Among the dead we mourn the gallant
Maj.
John
Yager
.
Absent on duty in Ohio when the cam. paign commenced, he asked to
be relieved and hastened to join his regiment.
His high sense of honor would not permit him to be absent from nis command in the hour of peril and aanger.
He joined us at Dallas on the
30th of May
, and in less than a month, on the
27th of June
, at the assault upon the enemy's works at Kenesaw, at his
post on the left of the regiment, cheering on the men, he received three mortal wounds, from which he died
before he could be taken from the field.
He was a brave man, a true soldier, and loved by the entire command.
At the same time and from the same volley the accomplished scholar and soldier,
Capt.
M.
B.
Clason
, received two mortal wounds, from which he died upon the field, while gallantly leading his company in
the charge; also, the young, brave,
and dashing
Captain
Patrick
, of Company G, who had before been wounded at Chickamauga and had just been promoted, fell pierced through the
heart while cheering and leading on his men.
Captain
Lloyd
, who had just recovered from a most severe wound, with his accustomed determination to overcome all
obstacles, and who had
pushed up to the very ditches of the enemy with the small remnant of his company, received a mortal wound,
afterward promoted
major, and since died.
The gallantry and bravery of
Captain
Robinson
, of Company I, throughout the campaign entitles him to be
specially mentioned.
I desire also to acknowledge my many obligations to him for the able assistance he has been to me in the
management of the
regiment as acting major since the
17th of July
, when
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lawrence
was taken sick, leaving me without a field officer.
The gallantry and bravery also of
Capt.
D.
H.
Henderson
, of Company K, who was severely wounded in the charge made by
the enemy to retake the guns captured in front of Jonesborough.
The following officers also deserve special mention for gallantry:
Capt.
S.
B.
Morehouse
, Company D;
Capt.
T.
C.
Lewis
, Company H;
Capt.
J.
J.
Irvine
, Company B;
Capt.
C.
P.
Cavis
, Company A;
Lieut.
A.
A.
Corrello
, Company F;
Lieut.
M.
E.
Willoughby
, Company G;
Lieut.
John
J.
Miller
, Company E;
Lieut.
B.
A.
Banker
, Company C;
Lieut.
James
H.
Ball
, Company G.
My adjutant,
M.
H.
Lewis
, and
Surgeon
Hill
both did their entire duty, and have my thanks.
The health of
Lieutenant-Colonel
Lawrence
has been such the greater part of the campaign as to render him unfit for duty.
The instances among the non-commissioned officers and men deserving special notice are too numerous to mention.
The gallant conduct of themselves and their fallen comrades on the many hard-contested fields of the campaign
has made for
them and the regiment names that will live forever.