. Itinerary of the Seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, 1861-1864, with roster, portraits and biographies . Virginia, August 26, 1861, where the regiment was defeatedwith severe loss, and Captain Shurtleff captured. He wasexchanged and returned to his regiment October 7, was detached therefrom on the staff of General Wilcoxuntil March 18, 1863, when he resigned on account of ill-ness, but recovering his health he again entered the serviceas lieutenant-colonel of the Fifth U. S. C. T. He was promoted to colonel September 29, 1864, andbrigadier-general U. S. V. March 15, 1865. He resignedat
. Itinerary of the Seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, 1861-1864, with roster, portraits and biographies . Virginia, August 26, 1861, where the regiment was defeatedwith severe loss, and Captain Shurtleff captured. He wasexchanged and returned to his regiment October 7, was detached therefrom on the staff of General Wilcoxuntil March 18, 1863, when he resigned on account of ill-ness, but recovering his health he again entered the serviceas lieutenant-colonel of the Fifth U. S. C. T. He was promoted to colonel September 29, 1864, andbrigadier-general U. S. V. March 15, 1865. He resignedat the close of the war, June 12, 1865. Through strict discipline and kindness combined, theFifth became one of the best colored regiments in the ser-vice. This regiment, then a part of the Army of the James,captured a fort the first day of the long siege of Petersburg,where it lay in trenches for many months, the danger beinggreat and constant from the mortar shells, cannon balls, andrifle shots. Later the Fifth was ordered to the north bankof the James, and shared in attacks on the defenses of Rich-. BRIGADIER GENERAL GILES W. SHURTLIFF (Ciipt. Co. C, Tth (). V. I.—Hii},. Giii. Vols.—Dioil M; i;tli, lOol.) COMPANY C 411 mond. The most severe was the battle of New MarketHeights. The Fifth took by storm at great loss of life anouter line of defense from which a regiment in advance hadjust received a bloody repulse. Colonel Shurtleff, boldlyleading the regiment, sword in hand, fell severely woundedin hanil and thigh. For special gallantry in the engagementhe was brevetted a brigadier-general. When the Army of the James made its first trip to cap-ture Fort Fisher, under the command of General Butler, theFifth accompanied him. The attempt was a failure and thetroops reembarked in the face of a great storm. The Col-onel did not leave the supervision of embarking to officersunder him, but personally saw that every enlisted man hadembarked for the transport before he stepped into
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