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It was after the Enemy had retired that the Ammunition being Exhausted I withdrew the battery to the road & reported to Col. Wainwright Chief of Artillery 1st Corps. & by his direction, refilled the chest and at 9.30 P.M. re-occupied the position & passed the right there.

 Early the next morning Engaged the Enemy's battery again posted 1400 yds on our right & for an hour & a half responded rapidly without any loss on our part the Earthworks protecting the men from several of the Enemy's projectiles, which lodged there.

 We then ceased firing & with the Exception of changing front several times during the heaviest firing while Enemy attempted to break through our right held by the 1st Divn. 1st Corps & the 12th Corps  & changing front to the left in the afternoon during the Enemy's attack on our center, the battery remained inactive tho suffering quite severely in the heavy cannonade by which the battery was Enfiladed & from the nature of the ground necessarily.

 I deeply regret, General, that I have to include in the list of wounded - Captain G. L. Stevens shot through both legs by a sharp shooter in the town on the forenoon of the 2nd & Lt. Chas. O Hunt shot in the thigh on the 1st, near the Seminary - both wounded in the active discharge of their duties.

 They, to be allowed, to assure you General, that tho' the battery, by this 1st & 2nd days Engagement & by the battle at Chancellorville, had been deprived of the services of four Experienced & gallant officers, it in nowise tarnished the reputation