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THREE HUNDRED FIGHTING REGIMENTS.

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ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH NEW YORK INFANTRY -"2o ST. LAWRENCE." MORRIS'S BRIGADE -- RICKETTS'S DIVISION- SIXTH

(1) COL. EDWAKD C. JAMES.

(2) COL. FREDERICK K. EMBKICK.

(*) COL. ANDREW X. McDOXALD.

137 killed — 10.0 per cent. Total of killed and wounded, 492 ; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 52.

BATTLES. K. &M.W.

Fairmont, W. Va 3

Martinsburg, \V. Va i

Culpeper, Va., Oct. 11, 1863 3

Mine Run, Va 3

Wilderness, Va 5

Spotsylvania, Va 13

Cold Harbor, Va 35

Weldon Railroad, Va., June 22, 1864 i

BATTLED. K.A-M.\\.

Monocacy, Md 30

Charlestown, W. Va 2

Opequon, Va 11

Fisher's Hill, Va i

Cedar Creek, Va 15

Fall of Petersburg, Va 12

Sailor's Creek, Va i

On Picket, Va., Oct. 31,1 863 i

Present, also, at Wapping Heights ; Siege of Petersburg ; Hatcher's Run ; Appomattox.

NOTES. — The One Hundred and Sixth was a St. Lawrence county regiment, organized at Ogdensburg, N. Y. It was mustered into the United States service on August 27, 1862, for three years. In September, 1862, it was ordered to New Creek, W. Va. Companies I) and F were captured, April 29, 1863, at Fairmont, W. Va., where they defended a railroad bridge for several hours against a large force of Confederates. The captured men were immediately released on parole. The regiment left North Mountain, June 13, 1863, and, with the other troops in that vicinity, retired before the advance of Lee's army. It joined the Army of the Potomac, July 10, 1863, while near Frederick, Md., and with other new material was organized as the Third Division (Carr's) of the Third Corps. This division was transferred, in March, 1864, to the Sixth Corps, and its com mand given to General Ricketts.

While in the Sixth Corps the regiment saw hard service and almost continuous fighting. At ('old Harbor it lost 23 killed, 88 wounded, and 23 missing,— Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Townsend and three other officers being among the killed. The Corps was ordered soon after to Maryland, where, at the battle of Monocacy, the regiment sustained another severe loss. It was actively engaged in the Shenandoah Valley, in all the battles of the Corps, and then, returning to Petersburg, participated in the final campaign. At Spotsylvania the casualties in the regiment aggregated 6 killed and 32 wounded ; at the Opequon, 6 killed, 45 wounded, and 3 missing ; and at Cedar Creek, 8 killed and 45 wounded. General Ricketts was wounded at Cedar Creek, after which the division was commanded by General Seymour.

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