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five hundred torpedoes were taken up, beside many which will remain. I will speak more of our Regt. yet all done nobly. We had several blown up by torpedoes knocking and taring of their legs. Oh God what a sight to behold. It is a miracle that many if not the whole of the regt. was killed for so numerous was the infernal torpedoes. Our Regt. has the honor of planting the first flag on the forts, but alas, the Color Sergt. was killed. Just before starting the Col. told Ed Lowe, "Brave boy," that our colors must be first on the fort he said "Colonel they shall," and after planting them on the ramparts he was killed. Many of our men were wounded after entering the Rebs works, we killed number of Rebs after getting in their work, our boys climbing on their ramparts and shooting them. We turned their own cannons on them. The Bayonet was