On the 10th, Company B was detached from the garrison at Roanoke Island, and ordered to Elizabeth City as a re-enforcement to the garrison at that post, the vicinity of which was then infested with guerillas, and with whom the garrison had a number of skirmishes, but with a loss to this company of only one man wounded. Feb. 25, the regiment participated in a review of all the troops in and about Newbern; and, although it had but six companies present, it received the credit of being one of the best regiments in the department for soldierly bearing and deport ment. March 16, the regiment, with others comprising the fifth division, under command of Gen. Prince, was ordered on a reconnoissance towards Trenton, N.C. Having accomplished the object of the expedition, they returned the next day, after a march of about twenty-five miles. March 20, Col. Coffin was ordered to the command of the second brigade, fifth division. April 8, an expedition, of which the regiment formed a part, under command of Brig.-Gen. Spinola, left Newbern to re-enforce Gen. Foster at Washington, N.C; meeting and engaging the enemy at Blount's Creek, who were strongly fortified, and believed to be in large numbers. The expedition, therefore, returned on the 12th, with a loss to the regiment of one man wounded, having marched a distance of forty-five miles. April 16, Company B was relieved from duty at Elizabeth City, and ordered to rejoin the regiment, the above-named place having been abandoned by our forces. The same day, the regiment, forming part of an expedition under command of Gen. Prince, left Newbern for the purpose of reconnoitring in the vicinity of the outposts of the enemy. After remaining absent six days, the expedition returned, having taken a number of the enemy prisoners. May 18, the Eighth changed from camp at Fort Totten to Camp Coffin, about one-third of a mile distant. May 25, it moved from Camp Coffin to Fort Thompson, on the Neuse River, about five miles from Newbern, to reconstruct the fort destroyed in 1861; but, on inspection, the commanding general abandoned the idea; and, on June 12, it returned to Newbern, and went into camp at Camp Jourdan, named in honor of the brigade commander, Col. James Jourdan. June 24, Companies G and K were relieved from duty in Fort ON MARYLAND HEIGHTS. 191 Totten, and reported to the regimental commander for duty; and, on the same day, the regiment embarked on transports "Alliance" and "Highlander," and sailed for Fortress Monroe, arriving on the 27th. The next day it was ordered to Boston, Mass., to be mustered out of service. The quartermaster's department not furnishing the necessary transportation, the regiment lay at Fortress Monroe until the 30th, when it was ordered to Baltimore, Md., to report to Major-Gen. Schenck, commanding Middle Department, Eighth Army Corps, as there were fears of an attack on that city by the enemy. July 1, the regiment arrived at Baltimore, and was assigned to the second provisional brigade, under command of Brig.-Gen. E. B. Tyler. It was ordered to Camp Bradford, where it remained until the 6th, when it was assigned to the brigade under command of Brig.-Gen. Briggs, and proceeded by rail to Monocacy Junction, Md. The next day the Eighth proceeded to Sandy Hook, and on that night took up the line of march for Maryland Heights. The march up those rugged heights was hard indeed; and, it having rained for a number of hours, the road, or rather path, was in a very bad condition, and the night so dark, one could not tell friend from foe. Entirely unacquainted with the route, the regiment was nearly five hours advancing a distance of little more than three and a half miles; but finally reached the destination, and at about half-past two o'clock, A.M., of the 8th, taking possession of Fort Duncan, raised the stars and stripes where they could be seen by the pickets of the enemy at the break of day. The regiment remained here until the 12th; when, with the re-enforcement of Companies A, E, and F,- which had been relieved from duty at Roanoke Island, N.C., the brigade took up the line of march in the night to re-enforce the Army of the Potomac, which it joined the next day at Funkstown, having marched a distance of twenty-five miles in sixteen hours. The brigade was immediately assigned to the second division, First Army Corps. The regiment remained with the Army of the Potomac during its movement from Funkstown to the Rappahannock; when, on the 26th, it was ordered home to be mustered out of service. While in the Army of the Potomac, although the regiment was not engaged with the enemy, it suffered much for want of tents, clothing, shoes, &c. The men, on leaving Newbern, June 24, supposing their destination to be Massachusetts, deemed it unnecessary to provide themselves with a new supply of clothing, as what they had would be more than sufficient for their use on the passage home; and, being unable to get supplied at Baltimore, the men arrived in Massachusetts on the 29th, with clothes tattered and torn, but yet showing that they had seen service, and, by their firm tread and manly bearing, that they were ready and willing to do their duty to their country and to the glorious old flag. The regiment received a hearty welcome from its friends, and was mustered out of service Aug. 7, 1863. Since the organization of the regiment, the number of deaths was nine; wounded, four; deserters, forty-two. The Eighth Regiment, Col. Peach in command, left with the hundred-days' men,- his force numbering eight hundred and sixty men, July 26, 1864. Acquitting themselves with their usual discipline, and prompt acceptance of any post of duty to the Republic, the troops reached home again in the autumn. CHAPTER VII. THE SEVENTH, NINTH, AND TENTH REGIMENTS. -- Movements in of FredericksMine Run.— The Seventh under Col. Couch. - Movements and Achievements.-Ninth Regiment. - Wilderness. Antietam. Campaign. HE Seventh Regiment was raised in the county of Bristol THE by Col. Darius Nash Couch, who was commissioned majorgeneral, July 4, 1862. He was a native of Putnam County, N. Y., and a graduate of West Point. He won laurels in the war with Mexico; and, six years later, made a tour through that country, publishing, upon his return, his "Notes of Travel." Resigning his position in the army, he engaged in business in New-York City, and subsequently in Taunton, Mass., where he resided when the Rebellion brought him again into the war-field, at the head of the Seventh. Its officers were, Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Major Surgeon. Assistant Surgeon Darius N. Couch. Chester W. Greene. S. Atherton Holman. Col. Russell of the regular army, who succeeded Col. Couch upon his promotion to a major-generalship, was a fine officer, and did much to make the Seventh one of the best regiments in the army. In making a sketch of this excellent body of troops, we can give no more than "a mere outline of its camps, its marches, and its battles." The "bravery and good conduct" of the Seventh have frequent mention in General Orders. It was mustered into service at Taunton, Mass., June 15, 1861; and arrived in Washington, D. C., July 15, and encamped on Kalorama Heights, near Georgetown. The following mouth it went into winter-quarters - at Camp Brightwood. The last week in March, 1862, having marched to Prospect Hill, Va., and returned, it embarked in the steamer "Daniel Webster" for Fortress Monroe; landed on the 29th, and moved seven miles to Camp William F. Smith. On the 4th of April, the troops were again on the march toward Williamsburg, where they immediately entered the field of battle. Though weary, and the afternoon was waning, they advanced, under a severe and well-served fire, to the support of the exhausted columns of Gen. Peck's brigade. At nightfall, they relieved the One Hundred and Second Pennsylvania Volunteers, standing by their arms during all the dismal night of drenching rain, without blankets or fires. Before the sun had risen, a detachment from Company K, Capt. Reed, with another from Gen. Davidson's command, occupied Fort Magruder. On the 9th, they started for Bottom's Bridge; had a skirmish with the enemy's pickets on the 21st, driving them in: our forces then crossed the Chickahominy. On the last day of May and the first of June, they were engaged in the fierce battle of Fair Oaks. June 2, they supported a battery at Golding's Farm; and on the 25th, having left camp not far from Savage's Station, engaged the enemy near Seven Pines. During the five days following, the troops marched twenty-five miles, turned to James River, and, after a skirmish with rebel cavalry, encamped on the 30th at Turkey-Island Bend. July 1, the march was resumed to Malvern Hill, followed by picket-duty in the woods. The next day, the weary men encamped near Harrison's Landing. On the 3d, they marched three and a half miles, and went into camp again. By the 17th, having made reconnoissances to Turkey-Island Bend and Haxall's Station, the troops crossed the Chickahominy, and encamped on its banks. The month of September, 1863, was spent in marches from Alexandria to Fairfax Court House, Chain Bridge, Tenally Town, into Maryland, crossing the Monocacy River at Sicksville, then over the mountains to Burttellsville, thence through South-Mountain Gap, and finally to the battlefield of Antietam. Here they remained a few hours in line of battle in the rear of Gen. Porter's corps, and crossed the Antietam River to the field of the previous day, to be stationed on picket. The 21st, they encamped in the woods on the Williamsport Road, and, two days later, near Downesville. Oct. 18, passing through Williamsport, the tents were pitched in |