officers wounded, 3 enlisted men killed, 33 enlisted men wounded, 1 commissioned officer missing, and 4 enlisted men missing, and aggregate of casualties of officers and men, 43.

THIRD EPOCH.

May 21, marched through Guiney's Station, Bowling Green, and Milford, and crossed the Mattapony River; distance, 30 miles. May 22, advanced 1 mile and threw up breast-works. May 23, 6 a. m., moved 9 miles to North Anna river. At 6 p. m. charged enemy's works and regiment held Taylor's Bridge. 8 p. m., moved half mile to the left and threw up works. May 24, 10 a. m., crossed the river. 7 p. m., moved into position and entrenched. May 25, 6 p. m., moved 500 yards to the right and went into works. May 26, 9 p. m., moved to the right 1 mile. May 27, at 2 a. m., withdrew from the front, recrossed the North Anna, and moved down the Pamunkey River, 12 miles. During these operations the regiment sustained a loss in killed, enlisted men, 5; commissioned officers wounded, 2; enlisted men wounded, 25; enlisted men missing, 4; and aggregate of casualties of officers and men, 36.

FOURTH EPOCH.

May 28, 6 a. m., marched 8 miles to pamunkey, crossed and marched 2 miles and bivouacked. May 29 moved 1 mile to the front and entrenched. May 30, worked on entrenchments. May 31, 8 a. m., moved 1 mile to the front. June 1, in breast-works. June 2, moved out by the left 12 miles, joined General Smith's corps (the Eighteenth), and bivouacked. June 3, moved in behind works in rear of Sixth Corps; at 3 p. m. moved to the left one-half mile, near Cold Harbor. June 4, moved back to the old position in the trenches. June 5, moved to Beaver Dam, 1 ;mile. June 6 built works and remained in camp until June 13. During these operations the regiment sustained a loss of 1 enlisted man killed, 3 enlisted men wounded, and 1 enlisted man missing, an aggregate of casualties in killed, wounded, and missing, 5 enlisted men.*

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

SAMUEL MCCONIHE,

Major, Commanding Regiment.

Captain F. E. MARBLE,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

Numbers 72. Report of Lieutenant Colonel William B. Neeper, Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry.

HDQRS. FIFTY-SEVENTH Regiment PENN. VET. VOLS.,
August 10, 1864.

CAPTAIN: In compliance with Special Orders, Numbers 104, from headquarters Second Brigade, Third Division, Second Corps, dated August 6, 1864, I have the honor to submit the following report as to

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*For continuation of report, see Vol. XL, Part I.

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