Diary of Corporal Charles H. Lynch

I served with the 3d Corps, Army of the Potomac, in the campaign in western Maryland, following the battle of Gettysburg, up to July 20th, 1863.

Membership in our company, C, on leaving home for the war	98
Recruits added	22
Total	120
Killed in battle, died from wounds and disease and in rebel prison	20
Wounded	30
In prison during our service	80

Some were taken prisoner twice. A few members were held prisoners for two years and died in Andersonville.

Passed through the following battles and skirmishes.

1863
June	13, 14, 15, Winchester, Va.
	15, Summit Point, Va.
	16, Carter's Farm, near Winchester, Va.
July	Boonsborough, Md.
	Falling Waters, Va.
1864.
May	15, New Market, Va.
June	3, Harrisonburg, Va.
	5, Piedmont, Va.
	5, Mt. Crawford, Va.
	11, Lexington, Va.
	14, Buchanan, Va.
	15, Liberty, Va.
	17, Quaker Church, Va., near Lynchburg.
	18, Lynchburg, Va.
	21, Salem, Va.
July	10, Hedgersville, Va.
	18, Snickers Ford, Va.
	23, Kearnstown, Va.
	24, Kearnstown, Va.
	24, Winchester, Va.
	25, Martinsburg, Va.
August	11, Stoney Point, Va.
	12, Middletown, Va.
	12, Cedar Creek, Va.
	13, Hupp's Hill, Va.
	21, Opequon, Va.
	21, Smithfield, Va.
	22, Charlestown, Va.
	22-26, Halltown, Va.
September	3, Berryville, Va. Our last real battle.

During the campaign of 1864, from May 1st to November 1st, the 18th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, are credited with having marched over thirteen hundred miles, and I marched every step of it. Did not lose an hour's duty.

SOURCE: Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary, 1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn. Vol's, p. 162-3