twenty inches in diameter, which stood just in rear of the right of the brigade, was cut down by the constant scaling of musket balls, and fell about twelve o'clock Thursday night, injuring by its fall several soldiers of the First South Carolina regiment. The brigades mentioned held their position from ten o'clock Thursday morning until four o'clock Friday morning, when they were withdrawn by order to the new line established in rear.
The loss in my brigade was very heavy, especially in killed—eighty-six (86) killed on the field; two hundred and forty-eight (248) wounded, many of whom have since died; one hundred and seventeen (117) missing, doubtless captured. Our men lay on one side of the breastworks and the enemy on the other, and in many instances men were pulled over. It is believed that we captured as many prisoners as we lost. Among the casualties are Lieutenant-Colonel W.P. Shooter and Lieutenant E.C. Shooter, Lieutenant J.B. Black man and Lieutenant J.R. Faulkenburg, of the Twelfth; Colonel B.T. Brockman and Captain J.R. Brockman, of the Thirteenth; Lieutenant A M. Scarborough and Lieutenant H.R. Hunter, of the Fourteenth, and Captain G.W. Fullerton, of the Rifles, killed; Colonel C.W. McCreary, Lieutenant A.F. Miller, Lieutenant James Armstrong, Captain W.A. Kelly and Lieutenant W.R. Tharin, of the First; Lieutenant W.B. White and Captain Stover, of the Twelfth; Captain J.Y. McFall and Lieutenant W.J. Rook, of the Thirteenth; Captain G.W. Culbertson, Lieutenant J.M. Miller, Lieutenant E. Brown, Captain E. Cowan and Captain J.M. McCarly, of the Fourteenth; Captain L. Rogers, Captain R.S. Cheshire, Lieutenant L.T. Reeder, Lieutenant A. Sinclair and Lieutenant-Colonel G. McD. Miller, of the Rifles, wounded. In all these operations I take pleasure in acknowledging the great assistance of my staff. Major A.B. Wardlaw, Brigade Commissary, Major Harry Hammond, Brigade Quartermaster, Lieutenant C.G. Thompson, Ordnance Officer, were active and efficient in their appropriate departments. Captain L.C. Haskell, A. A. General, and Lieutenant G. Allen Wardlaw, Aid-de-Camp, were everywhere in the field of battle where duty and honor called. Both of these officers had their horses killed under them in the Wilderness, and were always conspicuous for coolness and gallantry.
I have the honor to be, Major, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
S. McGowan, Brigadier-General.
To Major J. A. Engelhard,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Wilcox's Light Division.
