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s^ot there the ijth July, and joined its brigade on the i9th. Went t> neighborhood of < iordonsx illc, and was then- till jth of August, when it went toward Culpeper Courthouse. On gth August, en- .U.i.ued in tin- battle of Cedar Mountain. [General Winder, com- manding the brigade, was killed near one of the guns, which held their position amid some confusion and semi-panic among some of the infantry at the crisis of the battle.] Returned to vicinity of ( iordonsville on the i^th. On the 1 6th, started to Rappahannock river. On 2ist and 22d, engaged the enemy's batteries across the river. On 25th, commenced its march through Salem and Thorough- fare gap, and reached Manassas Junction the 27th. Engaged in at- tack of and rout of two brigades and a battery of the enemy. On 2Qth and 3Oth, in the battle at Groveton. Sergeant Henry R. Paine was killed, and one man wounded. [This battery, with General Jackson, pursued fugitives to Bull Run ; General J. waving his handkerchief and calling on them to surrender. Alexander was wounded here.] Crossed the Potomac 5th September, near Lees- burg. [Captain Poague and other battery commanders, put under arrest for allowing men to ride across on the carriages.] On 6th September, encamped near Frederick City, Md. [where Henry Font joined the company], and remained till about the roth; then passing through Boonsboro, and Williamsport, crossed the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at North Mountain depot, about seven miles west of Martinsburg; thence through Hedgesville to Martinsburg. As they were moving from Martinsburg en route to Harper's Ferry, Sergeant Moore's detachment and gun, under Lieutenant McCorkle, and one hundred and fifty men of the Tenth Virginia infantry, were ordered back to North Mountain depot to drive out some of the enemy's troops who had closed in on our rear and captured a few of our soldiers. After this gun returned to Martinsburg, it was ordered to remain there for further orders. The remainder of the batter)' reached Harper's Ferry the I3th. The I4th and I5th, engaged in the attack on and capture of Harper's Ferry, and on September 1 6th reached Sharpsburg and engaged the enemy's batteries. On i jth again engaged, losing one man [Samuel R. Moore] mortally wounded, and one lieutenant [William M. Brown] and four privates [W. H. Eppes, J. K. Hitner, Ed. A. Moore, and William H. Effin- ger] severely wounded. On gth, engaged at Opequon. On 26th, went to Bunker Hill. Turned in to the Ordnance Department one brass six-pounder; exchanged Napoleon gun for a ten-pounder par-