6 Geo. W. Currin, Private, Co. K.
(Killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.)
. James K. Wilkerson, Private, Co. K
. Charles Stovall, Private, Co. K. 4
(Killed at Gettysburg.)
. Marion H. Hester, Private, Co. K.
. Thomas B. Daniel, Private, Co. K.

 

 

 

FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.

6. Alexander Adcock, Private, Co. K.
7. Robert B. Ellixon, Private, Co. K.
(Wounded seven times at Gettys-
burg, July 1, 1863. Taken prisoner
and died at Point Lookout.)
8. John P. Ellixon, Private, Co. K.
9. Benjamin P. Thorp, Private, Co. K.

 

 

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headquarters and whisper the announcement that he could
plainly hear the sound of the digging in the ground way be-
low him. The suggestion of the adjutant or commanding
officer that it was mere imagination would never avail, and so
it would often happen that a good part of the night was spent
by those officers in going around and testing the accuracy of
these reports; and in assuring the men that there was no real
sound, but only that of imagination. It was customary to
relieve the regiment about one day in every ten from the ter-
rible strain of this service in the trenches, and to take them to
some point in the rear where there was shade, and allow them
to bathe themselves and to wash their clothing.

DAVIS’ FARM.

The 18 August was one of those days off with Davis’
Brigade. About one-third of the men had been detailed that
morning and sent to work on the breastworks. The balance
of the brigade about the middle of the afternoon, were rest-
ing about a mile in the rear of the line, when we were or-
dered to move rapidly to the right some two or three miles,
to meet the enemy, who, passing around the extreme right of
our infantry line, had crossed the Petersburg & Weldon Rail-
road at Davis’ farm. As soon as we came in sight of the en-
emy, we were formed in line of battle and ordered to charge.
The charge was made with the Fifty-fifth Regiment in the
center of the brigade. The charge was made with dash and
spirit, at double-quick, for half a mile, and through a corn
field a greater part of the way, under a fierce fire of both ar-
tillery and infantry. After passing through the corn field,
we came to a pine forest of scattering growth. We drove the
first line of the enemy through this, and then came to a for-
est from which the large trees had been mainly cut, and whien
was very thick with small growth and under-brush. It was
so dense that the enemy, who were only about 75 or 100
yards from us, behind some temporary breastworks, could
not be seen. We stopped a moment and reformed our line
and then continued the charge, but in the difficulty to our ad-
vance presented by the thick undergrowth and the brush from
the large trees which had been felled, we had not gone more