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of a canon on my right which I knew was belching for grape, and canister, but I was in a tangled mass of limbs and could not fall, it proved to be loaded with grape and struck my gun and shattered it in my hand Another passed through my blouse and the third struck the sole of my boot nearly cutting it through, but not a single one touched me. I then advanced fifteen or twenty steps when I saw a man fall a little to my left and I had started for his gun when a musket ball took me in the leg. At first I thought it was a spent ball and was going on but had proceeded but a few steps when I fell and could go no farther then on examination it was found that the ball had passed clean through the fleshy part of the leg and was bleeding profusely. After creeping back to a little to a less exposed position I laid and watched the lines as they advanced to the parapets. I claim that our colors was second to none in being planted on the parapets. As far as I could see and that was through the two Brigades. I have sent you a N.O. of the 10 with an article on the taking of the place, the writer gives us no credit whatever, but speaks in the highest praise of other Rgts in the Div. One thing is certain we lost heavier than any other according to our numbers. We loosing sixty two I think, out of less than four hundred in the charge. The loss from our whole Div. was only about two hundred. Where we charged was the most exposed position and more torpedoes than any other place