mand into two brigades. The First Brigade, composed of
the Seventh, Ninth and One Hundred and Twenty-seventh, was
placed under command of Col. Voris, of the Sixty-seventh
Ohio, although each regiment had a colonel serving with it;
and the Second, composed of the Eighth, Twenty-ninth and
Forty-fifth, under Lieut.-Col. Armstrong, of the Ninth.
Capt. Rice returned from sick-leave the same day and was
assigned to the command of Company A, his own company (K)
having disappeared in the _melee_ of the 29th of September.

"During the forenoon of the 7th, the enemy attacked in force
on the right, driving in Kautz's cavalry and capturing
Elder's battery of the First United States Artillery, but
was checked and driven back by the First Division of the
Tenth Corps. The regiment was moved to the right, and after
changing positions several times, went into the trenches
near the New Market road.

"On the afternoon of the 12th, orders came for the regiment
to be ready to move in light marching order, and later it
moved out about half of a mile to the front and right, and
deployed two companies as skirmishers. Shortly after dark it
was withdrawn to the position it held earlier in the day. A
cold rain was falling, and as the men were without
overcoats, they suffered considerably.

"About 3 o'clock on the morning of the 13th, our own
division (Third), together with the First, moved out of camp
and marched to the right until it reached the Darbytown
road. Here it formed line, and advancing through the thick
undergrowth finally lay down in front of the enemy's works
to await developments. At 10 o'clock the First Division,
which, with the cavalry, had gone to the right, charged the
enemy's line, but failed to break it and had to withdraw
with considerable loss. About noon the regiment relieved the
Eighth on the skirmish line. Capt. Dickey, of the Eighth,
was killed during the movement. Here it remained until about
4 o'clock, when, the remainder of the division having been
withdrawn, it fell back covering the movement of the corps
and returned to its old camp on the New Market road. * * *

"The regiment remained in camp until the 26th, furnishing in
the meantime a large picket detail, together with details
for fatigue, employed in the constructi