Sep. 18, 1862
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Correspondence of the Patriot
From Maryland! Casualties in Co. E., 22nd
Regiment
Frederick City, Frederick Co., Md.
September 7th, 1862
Messrs. Editors: After participating in one of the recent battles at and around Manassas, the Brigade to which the glorious Twenty-Second Regiment is attached, has crossed the Potomac, and we are now encamped in a beautiful grove in Maryland and Confederate soldiers are greeted most cordially by the Marylanders—we meet warm and ardent friends here—and in every respect do we receive better treatment from the people, than we ever received in Northern Virginia. So far, we have not had to pay for stores and supplies of any sort—the people vieing with each other in furnishing us such articles as we need. I regret that I have time this morning only to give you the casualties in my company during the recent fight.
Wounded—Lt. M. M. Wolfe, buckshot through leg; Lt. A. J. Busick, struck on leg by a piece of shell; Sergt. O. C. Wheeler, minnie ball through hand; Sergt. A. N. Gordon by fragment of shell; Corporal W. S. Briggs, struck in eye by a small shot, inflicting a painful wound, and his eye is entirely lost; Privates J. R. Wyrick, shot in foot; James Laughlin, in shoulder; S. W. Shaw, in shoulder.
On Monday, the 2nd, in the engagement near Fair Fax, C. H., our loss was, killed, Private E. Riley; wounded, private A. Parish.
J. A. HOOPER,
Capt. Co. E, 22nd Regt. N. C. T.