The Greensborough Patriot

July 10, 1862

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The 22^nd N. C. Regiment.

            This Regiment is in Gen. Pender’s Brigade, and Maj. General Hill’s Division.  It has therefore fallen to the lot of the 22^nd Regiment to participate in the first and each succeeding blow, which have driven McClellan and his “On to Richmond” army in such hot haste away from the idol of his heart.  We do not pretend to know what the official report may say of the 22^nd, but it can be positively asserted that better fighting has not been done by any command.  Reduced by sickness, to only the rise of 300 men, it has never failed to drive back the enemy in every engagement with a heavy loss, as every visit over each successive field clearly revealed.  The men were perfectly cool, and even while charging batteries, fired with deliberate aim.  Well may the sister counties of Guilford and Randolph be proud of the brave sons by whom they are represented; for we are advised by the Richmond Whig, that the 22^nd drove back the enemy and followed up every charge further than any other command, except in one instance when it was accompanied by the 26^th, under lieut. Col. McElroy.

            The 22^nd was commanded by James Conner, Colonel; Robert H. Gray, lieut. Colonel; and C. C. Cole, Major, with but thirteen company officers.  They crossed the Chickahominy on Thursday afternoon, at the Virginia Central Railroad Bridge, and engaged the enemy immediately, driving them down the river to Mechanicsville, where a general and stubborn engagement ensued.  Besides very great natural advantages, the enemy was strongly artificially fortified, and the fight was a desperate one.  The following is a list of the casualties:

            Colonel Conner, leg broken by minnie ball late in the evening.

            Company A—Wounded—John Hogler, in thigh and head; S. L. Nelson, slight in leg; Thomas Knight, seriously in leg; Hosea Clark, serious in foot; John Badger, in the hand.—5

            Company B—Killed—Private James England.  Wounded—Wm. Elliott, in arm and hip; E. P. Reed, slightly in the head; Wm. McGalliard, in the hand; Noel Laughron, in hand; Daniel Queen, slightly in hand.  Killed 1; Wounded 5.

            Company E—Wounded—Corp. J. W. Yates, mortally; Calvin McQueen, slightly; Harman S. Wade, seriously; M. D. Medsaris, cut on the head by piece of shell, but rejoined his company next morning; R. H. Crouch, slightly in hand by piece of shell but continued with his company; Robert W. Cole, flesh wound in shoulder; Harper Poe.—7.

            Company F—Killed—J. Pollard.  Wounded—G. W. Collins, in both legs and thighs; Franklin Whitaker, in hip by spent ball; Martin Waggoner, spent ball.—Killed 1.  Wounded 3.

            Company G—Killed—Lieut. J. L. King, Sergt. J. L. Hubbard, Corp’l Wm. S. Page.—Wounded—Corp’l C. L Kersey, wrist broken, Corp’l William L. Page, PrivatesMilton Sporks, Ellis Sartin, seriously in side; L. J. Perkins, J. C. Ingram, Wm. Sanders.—Missing—J. H. Bates.  Killed 3, wounded 7, missing 1.

            Company H—Killed—J. L. Young, William Brown.  Wounded—Sergt. H. Williams, Sergt. R. R. Martin, James Jackson, Richard Vernon, J. W. Hutchings, J. W. Shafer, C. C. Sands.  Killed 2.  Wounded 7.

            Company I—Wounded—Lieut M. V. Lamb, R. W. Winbourne, J. R. Wheeler, A. Holder, Edward Suitz, D. G. Lamb, M. Reynolds—7.

            Company K—Wounded—Geo W. Lockey, leg broken, A. B. Copeland, thigh broken, Franklin Congrey slightly in chin and head, Robt C. Wright, in shoulder.—4.

            Company L—Wounded—Lieut J. A. C. Brown, (commanding company,) in the hand; Sergt R. W. Robbins, in arm; B. F. Williams lost one finger, D. P. Allison, in arm; W. A. Lednam, in thigh, A. B. O’Bryan, in hip, J. Hoirnes, bruised by a shell.—7.

            Company M—Wounded—J. R. Sumner, mortally, Corporal J. T. Turner, seriously in arm, Calvin Gray, in arm, Thos. Turner, in thigh, J. M. Cox, in leg, Samuel Trogden, in face severely, Clarkson York, severely in neck, Christian Foust, in side, W. F. Alred, in neck.—9.

BATTLE OF THE 27^TH

            At daylight the Regiment was again put in motion, and engaged the enemy, finishing the work left incomplete by the darkness of the night before.  The Regiment was engaged more of less all day, but most seriously in the afternoon, at Coal Harbor.  Col. Conner being wounded, the command devolved upon Lieut. Col. Gray and Major Cole.  Casualties of the day.

            Company A—Killed—James Thornton.  Wounded—Alfred Story, in breast and arm, C. A. Grear, in hand, Relias Dula in arm.  Killed 1, wounded 3.

            Company B—wounded Capt. J. M. Neal in back.

            Company E—Killed John Dodd, Nathaniel Martin, Wounded—S. G. Andrew, severely, Henry Long, leg broken, Color Sergt. S. N. McClintock, in thigh, J. A. May, M. A. Holt, slightly—Killed 2, wounded 5.

            Company F—Wounded—Hiram Edwards, in leg, Wilson Taifan, leg broken, E. T. Landreth, in back with spent ball, Sergt Fleming Hampton, in abdomen, Center Fender, in back, F. Holloway, missing.  Wounded 5, missing 1.

            Company H—Wounded—W. A. Reid, H. C. Hollinsworth—2.

            Company I—Sergt A. H. Worth—1.

            Company K—Killed—Corp’l Wm. S. Burgin, Geo W. Burgin.  Wounded—R. R. McCoy in thigh Rich’d McFarlin, in arm and leg.  Killed 3, wounded 2.

            Company L—Wounded C. M. Vestal, in arm O. M. Pike, left side, the ball lodging near backbone, W. L. Miller, right hip, A. Linebery, in ankle—4.

            Company M—Killed—Private J. W. Kivett, Sr.—1.

BATTLE OF THE 30^TH

            Company A—Killed—W. Abernethy.  Wounded—Cage Simmons in shoulder, S. M. Clark, shoulder, H. Sides, in arm, severely, Colsay Clark, mortally in bowels, Able Bissinger, leg shot off, Henry Keller, in thigh, H. C. Fisher, J. C. Siterrell, Nathan Ligue.  Missing—Wm. Sherrall.  Killed 1, wounded 9, missing 1.

            Company B—Wounded—Dan’l Johnson, in leg, John Sisk, bruised by piece of shell—3.

            Company E—Killed—Lieut. Harper E. Charles, commanding company, Pendleton Jones, John Geringer, H. P. Cook, J. Y. Briggs.  Wounded—Geo W. Wiley, severely in mouth, A. R. Wilson in arm, M. W. Wyrick, in foot, A. L. Gordon, in arm, J. W. Pegram, both thighs broken, J. W. Stock, in leg, F. U. Hooper, shot through both legs, James Laughlin, in shoulder, Jesse Jester, in neck, D. W. Busick, in leg.  Killed 5, wounded 10. (The company went into the engagement with only 24 men, leaving 9 unhurt.  This was the color company, and of the 9 “color guard” only 2 escaped unhurt.)

            Company F—Wounded—Sergt. E. T. Sander, Jackson Elliott, in foot, W. J. Walker, in thigh, G. F. C. Powell—4.

            Company H—Killed—Capt. E. B. Bouldin.  Wounded—L. W. Alley, W. H. Hail, A. Manuel, Corpl. J. C. Carn, H. J. Rhodes, A. C. Rhodes, Decalb Smith, A. B. Heath.  Killed 1, wounded 8.

            Company I—Wounded—W. Alred—1.

            Company K—Killed—David Lavender, Robt Duncan, I. A. Morris, Wounded—John Wood (of Guilford)—Missing—Stephen McKinnie.  Killed 3, wounded 1, missing 1.

            Company L—Killed—Color Sergt. E. Tolbert, Corp L. T. Fruit, T. G. McMaster.  Wounded—3d Lieut. J. P. McMasters, A. A. Myers, J. F. Freeman, J. M. Craven, J.H. Bush, A. Hutton.  Killed 3, wounded 6.

            Company M—Killed—Private Calvin Alred.  Wounded—Braxton York, mortally, Lieut. C. F. Siler, severely, Sergt W. P. Willie, W. F. Hays, E. P. Hays, J. P. Burgess.  Killed 1, wounded 6.

            Total killed 27; wounded 131, missing 4; from which it will be perceived, that in these three engagements the Regiment has lost the rise of two-fifths of the number engaged; and added to the loss at Seven Pines, it makes and aggregate of over three hundred killed and wounded.  The Regiment now numbers for duty 190 enlisted men, 1 Captain, and 3 Lieutenants.