Casualties.
At the battle of Seven Pines, May 31, 1862, twelve of this fine company were killed on the field, namely:C. C. Bartles, Joel Coffey, J. C. Cunningham, W. H. Crow, William Fields, Joseph Moore, F. M. Merrell, F. P. Patterson, A. G. Roberts, William Taylor, James Hudson and W. W. Hartman.
Thirty-five (35) others of the company, were wounded but recovered. Fifty-six (56) of the company were in this battle. There were 101 members in the company originally.
The following were killed in various battles of the war:
J. E. Estes, at the Wilderness.
C. H. Hunter and N. B. Rucks, at Chancellorsville.
W. T. Keaton, at Winchester, Va.
Jacob Mitchell and J. A. Mikles, at Boonsboro, Md.
Captain John Rogers, at Spotsylvania, C. H., Va.
Jos. Singleton, at Petersburg, Va.
Noah Smith, at Brandy Station, Va.
John M. Walker, at Gettysburg, Pa.
John S. Withrow, at Strasburg, Va.
The following died of disease: [203]
Corporal J. B. Findley, W. G. Austin, J. W. Appleton, A. B. Brindley, J. G. Beeson, J. M. Burnett, W. C. Brandon, G. Cunningham, J. C. Clayton, Peter Carroll, C. E. Drake, D. H. Duff, L. A. Dobbs, Thomas Dutton, J. K. P. Estes, F. M. Edwards, A. A. Fulcher, J. C. Fletcher, J. B. Frazier, J. P. Hunter, R. S. Hulgin, D. W. Kennedy, B. F. Lewis, A. W. Langford, S. M. McSpadden, T. K. B. McSpadden, M. Murphy, G. McPherson, I. R. Pendergrass, J. M. Sutherland, J. L. Ward.
From the above list will be seen the great mortality experienced by this patriotic company.
Mr. Brandon, in his souvenir book, states that the company participated in the battles of Seven Pines, Cold Harbor, Gaines' Mills, Frazier's Farm, Malvern Hill, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, Chancellorsville, Winchester, Wilderness, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Hagerstown, Petersburg, Strasburg, Mine Run, Snicker's Gap, Martinsburg, Warrenton C. H. Spotsylvania C. H., and Appomattox C. H., besides many severe skirmishes that could not be called battles. In these battles all the other companies of the Regiment also participated.
