. History of Morrow County and Ohio. and on the 7th ofAugust earned the thanks of Gen. Ransom, thedivision commander, by its splendid fighting. After the fall of Atlanta, the Forty-third didlittle fighting till Sherman started on his marchto the sea. In the operations around Savannah,it performed its share of the duty. In January,1865, the regiment moved to Beaufort, and di-rectly afterward on Pocotaligo on the Charleston& Savannah Railroad, where it remained untilthe march commenced through the the 2d of February, the Seventeenth ArmyCorps marched from Pocotaligo, and in due tiae
. History of Morrow County and Ohio. and on the 7th ofAugust earned the thanks of Gen. Ransom, thedivision commander, by its splendid fighting. After the fall of Atlanta, the Forty-third didlittle fighting till Sherman started on his marchto the sea. In the operations around Savannah,it performed its share of the duty. In January,1865, the regiment moved to Beaufort, and di-rectly afterward on Pocotaligo on the Charleston& Savannah Railroad, where it remained untilthe march commenced through the the 2d of February, the Seventeenth ArmyCorps marched from Pocotaligo, and in due tiaeconfronted the enemy posted at River Bridge. Atthis place. Col. Swayne, while making preparationsto charge the enemy, lost a leg by a shell. Hehad been with the regiment from its organization,and was a brave and gallant oflBcer. He wasbrevetted Major General afterward for his meri-torious services. In all these fights and skirmishesthe Forty-third fully maintained its the close of the war, which occurred soon [^.
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