that lined the swamps of the Chickahominy from Mechanicsville to Malvern Hill, contained no heroes that gave their lives in defense of their country, more patriotic and brave than George H. Hess, John R. Courtney, Gottlieb Gainer, Samuel Gordon, Amos Haverstick, Henry Pickle, Samuel Robinson, and Robert Scott.

Col. Roberts re-formed his line at the edge of the wood, and made preparation to meet the enemy, should they again advance; but we were not again called into action. The Irish brigade had come to relieve the regiment, and advancing until they met the enemy, after a short conflict drove them still further from the field.

It has been said that Kern's and Cooper's batteries were captured from the Reserves; but that is not true. These batteries remained in possession of the Reserves after the close of the conflict, and were left on the field when the army retreated the night after the battle. Sometime during the night, some of the officers of the batteries requested permission to make an attempt to withdraw the guns, and take them to the rear; but this request was refused by Gen. Heintzelman, on the ground that it would renew the engagement. The batteries had suffered terribly, a large number of men and almost all the horses being killed; and it may be true that it would have been imprudent. under the circumstances, to make an attempt to remove the guns; but it was certainly highly

unjust to charge the men who had so nobly de fended them with their capture by the enemy.

As we made the last charge on the enemy, a sharp pain in my right arm, followed by a rush of blood over the hand, announced to me the unpleasant fact that I was wounded. I loaded and fired several shots after the fleeing enemy, when the copious bleeding from my arm alarmed me, and I went to the rear. In the excitement of the moment I strayed to the left, instead of going directly to the rear; and as it was some time before I got to an hospital, and the ball had opened a vein in my arm, I felt weak and sick from the loss of blood. My arm, however, was soon dressed, and the flow of blood stopped, when I threw myself on the ground for a rest. I had hardly more than done so, when the color-bearer of our regiment, William Lafferty, who was wounded in both arms, and also slightly in the side, came to me and said, "Urban, let us get out of this. I do not believe that it will be safe for us to stay here." To my question as to what made him think so, he replied, “Well, I wouldn't be surprised if this hospital is in the hands of the enemy before to-morrow morning." I told him I did not think so; as we had now reached the James river, and did not think there would be any farther retreating; and even if the army did retreat down the river, we would no doubt be informed of it, so as to give us a chance to es

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cape. Lafferty, did not, however, appear to think so, and he left, and it was not long before I . wished I had followed his example. I did not get to see him again, and what became of him has always remained a mystery, as no one heard of him afterwards.

The cries and groans of the wounded were so terrible that I could not sleep, so I moved away a short distance from the house, where I could not hear them so plainly, but still I could get no rest.

On Friday before, at the battle of Gaines' Mill, I had given myself a severe wound in my hand with the bayonet while in the act of loading. My gun having become heated from the rapid firing, the ball I was trying to ram down stuck about half way, and it was some time before I could move it. Becoming excited in my efforts to ram it down, I finally, in ramming, bent the ramrod, and the bayonet catching my thumb, tore it open almost the full length, and to the bone. In the last fighting I lost the bandage, and in loading, powder and sweat would get into the cut, and the consequence was that it was getting exceedingly painful, and now prevented me from getting the sleep I so much needed. Late at night, however, I fell asleep, and when I awoke I found that it was daylight. I then moved back to the hospital and took a survey of the place. The house, outbuildings and yard were full of wounded, and among the sufferers were quite a number from my