Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Major Charles Fessenden Morse: July 4, 1863

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.
_______________

* 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

No comments: