of /{i><-klirii(</i' J /////,///. 1.")1
road and went twenty-two miles in direction of Richmond; 22(1, ten mill's, cros-ing North Anna, and into camp near Hanover [unction: 2.vl. one mile south of Hanover Junction * * Atlec- -t.i
tion * * *; 2Sth, took Cold Harbor road, * * * Drewry's Bluff, * * * Dutch < iap, * * * pontoon bridge, * * * [remainder not guessable.]
tfOTES.
George W. Hosteller, transferred to [probably Fifty-eighth Vir- ginia volunteers].
The following died:
Alexander Harris, at Fort Delaware, between September 9 and October 4, 1863; James A. Nicely and John E. Davis, at Chimbo- razo, both in 1864 ihe laller on June 3Oth; and Ambrose Thomp- son [or Tomlinson] died July , 1864.
From this point onward ihe records are few and unsatisfactory. The next muster seems to have been August 31, 1864, at New Mar- ket Heights, where il was June 3Oth. July i5th, the battery went into position in ihe pils before day, and after daylight fired a few rounds, then came back to its former position on New Market Heights; remained quiet in camp till 26th at 9 P. M., when the guns were again senl down lo lake posilion in the pits; 27th, at daylight opened fire on the enemy, when the ballery was immediately flanked, charged, and captured, its infantry support having given back; loss, four twenty-pounder parrot guns, one man wounded, and one miss- ing. Ordered back toward Richmond on the "Enroughty," com- monly pronounced the " Darby " town road,* a distance of five miles. Thursday, the 28th July, received new guns; 29th, marched back to New Market Heights and into position; 3ist, went back to Laurel Hill church six miles, and ihere remained in camp lill loth August, when it was ordered to Signal Hill station, seven miles distanl, and ihere conslructed pits; on I3th, after daylighl, opened fire on ihe enemy's working party al Dulch Gap, and fired all day; i4lh, moved up ihe Varina road two and a half miles to the fortifications; 1 6th, reported lo General Hampton at White Tavern on Charles City road, and remained ihere in park lill ordered lo New Markel Heights again, ihree miles off; on i8lh, ordered inlo posilion, and
- Darby-town road is the accepted designation. It derived its name from
the fact that it was the highway to a settlement of persons, whose name was originally Enroughty but was interchangeably pronounced Enroughty and Darby and written in both forms by those of the same blood. Ed.
