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at the enemy did not inflict the damage. It was fired upon by a regiment that gained the parapet some minutes after it, under the supposition that it was the enemy. About midnight the order was given to retire, and our men fell back to the rifle pits outside of our works. Our casualties were very large. The list of killed, wounded, and missing, foots up fifteen hundred and thirty. Among the killed are Col. Putman, 7th N. H. Colonel Shaw, 54th Mass; Lieut Col. Grier, 48th N Y; and Adjutant Libby, of the 3d N H. General Seymour, was wounded in the foot; Col. Barton, of the 48th N Y, and Lieut Col. Rodman, 6th Conn, were seriously wounded. Our dead were buried on Monday, that portion, at least, of them that were on the field within the limits that our burying party were allowed to approach the rebel works. These who fell on the glacis and in the ditch were interred by the enemy. A correspondent of the Herald thus describes the fate of the negro regiment: The 54th Massa