TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.

1. §. J. Shelton, 1st Lieut., Co. C. 3. J.T. Cathey, 2d Lieut., Co. F.
Wak: Hartgrove. 1st Lieut., Co. F. 4. Garland 8, Ferguson, 2d Lieut., Co.F.
5. John W. Norwood, 1st Sergeant, Co. C.

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the regiment did not receive new blankets till some time in
October. The beds were roomy but cool.

After remaining in the Shenandoah Valley for some time
the regiment marched to Madison Court House, where it
bivouaced and there drew a supply of clothing and blankets,
then marched to Fredericksburg. The winter at Fredericks-
burg was cold, but shelters were made of pine brush, log fires
built in front, and with an additional supply of blankets and
clothing, which most men received from home, the men were
fairly comfortable.

On 11 and 12 December, 1862, the regiment was
in position back of Marye’s House. About 11 o’clock
on the morning of the 13th, General Robert Ransom informed
the regiment that General Cobb’s men who were holding our
line in front of Marye’s House, were short of ammunition
and must be reinforced, and that the undertaking was a dan-
gerous one; the men fully understanding the importance and
danger of the duty, moved forward with a firm and steady
step, like patriots, to battle. On reaching the crest of the
hill (the regiment having been divided so as to pass the house
on either side) it met a fearful fire from the enemy two hun-
dred yards off. In casting an eye along the line men could be
seen falling like sheaves before the sickle. In less than two
minutes the regiment’s loss in killed and wounded was one
hundred and twenty. It reached Cobb’s line just as his men
were emptying their last cartridge, and held the line, repell-
ing six successive assaults, until relieved at nightfall.

During the spring of 1863 the regiment was stationed
at Kenansville, Wilmington,+ and other places in North
Jarolina. The fall and winter of 1863 the regiment was sta-
tioned at Garysburg, from which place it made several ex-
cursions to check the advances of the enemy on the coast of
North Carolina, but did not see much hard service until the
spring of 1864. In October, 1863, a detachment of the regi-
ment under Lieutenant-Colonel Bryson, had an engagement
at Hot Springs, in Madison County, North Carolina. The
enemy outnumbered them twenty to one, and the loss of the
detachment in killed and wounded was heavy, including Lieu-
tenant Hyatt, of Company F, who was killed on the field.