. History of the Michigan organizations at Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, 1863 [electronic resource]. cked me down upon my face and I found myself gasping forbreath. Partially recovering from this shock I sprang to my feet and com-menced running towards the regiment, but had gone only a short distance-when I was struck in the right heel by a musket ball. I again fell to the-ground, either from exhaustion or the injuries I had received, I hardly knowwhich. A moments delay was fatal. The enemy came rushing upon me,and I found myself a prisoner in his hands. During all this time I
. History of the Michigan organizations at Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, 1863 [electronic resource]. cked me down upon my face and I found myself gasping forbreath. Partially recovering from this shock I sprang to my feet and com-menced running towards the regiment, but had gone only a short distance-when I was struck in the right heel by a musket ball. I again fell to the-ground, either from exhaustion or the injuries I had received, I hardly knowwhich. A moments delay was fatal. The enemy came rushing upon me,and I found myself a prisoner in his hands. During all this time I was with the regiment in this contest, both officersand men conducted themselves with great coolness and courage. Every orderwas obeyed promptly, and there was no indication of confusion or demoral-ization. The Tenth lost in this engagement twenty-two killed and fifty-six of the wounded fell into the hands of the enemy, and seven that re-ceived no wounds. Sergeant Charles P. Stewart and Privates John H. Hope, Joseph Wolfe, andone or two others, who were reported as wounded or missing, were Jl V « E9 h a S HISTORY OF MICHIGAN ORGANIZATIONS. 107 Fourteen, including myself, were taken to Andersonville, eleven of whomdied in that prison. The following extract from a letter of General Jefferson C. Davis, whocommanded the Fourteenth Corps, shows the estimation in which the regi-ment was held by him: Colonel Dickerson served under command as Lieutenant Colonel of theTenth Michigan in several of the engagements and campaigns around Chat-tanooga. He commanded the well-disciplined and always good fighting regi-ment, Tenth Michigan, on several important occasions. At an engagementbetween troops under my command and the rebel forces at Buzzards Roost,Ga., in February, 1864, this regiment and its commander, Colonel Dickerson,took a leading position in one of the severest little fights of the war. ColonelDickerson, on this occasion, was wounded and fell into the hand
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