. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . two South Carolina regiments ofLongstreets division under Colonel Jenkins. On the Federal side the losses in the operationsdescribed were: Kearnys division, less 1 brigade,873; Couchs division, less 4 regiments, 1049;Caseys division, 1426. It is not amiss to givehere the following from General Caseys officialreport. After stating that 8 of the 13 regimentsthat composed his division were raw troops, and had suffered from the inclemency of the w
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . two South Carolina regiments ofLongstreets division under Colonel Jenkins. On the Federal side the losses in the operationsdescribed were: Kearnys division, less 1 brigade,873; Couchs division, less 4 regiments, 1049;Caseys division, 1426. It is not amiss to givehere the following from General Caseys officialreport. After stating that 8 of the 13 regimentsthat composed his division were raw troops, and had suffered from the inclemency of the weather,at times without tents or blankets, and poorly sup-plied with rations and medical stores, he adds:Notwithstanding all these drawbacks, and thefact that there were not five thousand men in lineof battle, they withstood for three hours the attackof an overwhelming force of the enemy. ... Itis true that the division, after being nearly sur-rounded by the enemy and losing one-third of thenumber actually engaged, retreated to the secondline. They would all have been prisoners of warhad they delayed their retreat a few minuteslonger.— G. W. WSi TIVO DAYS OF BATTLE AT SEl^EN PINES. 241
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