Battlefield Near Gettysburg,
July 4, 1863.
I have again passed safely through a terrible battle of
three days. The regiment has lost terribly; two officers killed, Major Mudge
and Lieutenant Stone, Captains Robeson and Fox mortally wounded, six other
officers wounded, ninety-five men wounded, thirty killed.*
The battle isn't over, but I hope we've seen the worst of
it.
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* Actual loss: 46 killed and mortally wounded, 90 wounded, 5
prisoners. Total loss, 140.
SOURCE: Charles Fessenden Morse, Letters Written
During the Civil War, 1861-1865, p. 142
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