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The casualties during the campaign were as follows: Killed, 5; wounded, 30; prisoners, 8; total, 43. Total number of prisoners captured from enemy, 166.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
BORT. F. CATTERSON,
Colonel, Commanding Brigade.
Captain FRED. H. WILSON,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
ADDENDA.
Recapitulation of casualties in Second Brigade, First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps. *
Killed Wounded
Command. Officers Men Total Officers Men
40th -- 1 1 -- 3
Illinois
46th -- 2 2 -- 8
Ohio
103rd -- 1 1 1 12
Illinois
6th Iowa -- 1 1 1 7
97th -- -- -- -- 3
Indiana
26th -- 2 2 -- 7
Illinois
100th -- 4 4 -- 6
Indiana
Total -- 11 11 2 46
Wounded Captured
Command. Total Officers Men Total Aggregat
e
40th 3 -- 1 1 5
Illinois
46th 8 -- -- -- 10
Ohio
103rd 13 -- 1 1 15
Illinois
6th Iowa 8 -- -- -- 9
97th 3 1 4 5 8
Indiana
26th 7 -- -- -- 9
Illinois
100th 6 -- 2 2 12
Indiana
Total 48 1 8 9 68
CHAS. C. WALCUTT,
Brigadier-General, Commanding Brigade.
HDQRS. SECOND BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION, FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Goldsborough, N. C., March 31, 1865.
Numbers 17. Report of Lieutenant Colonel George W. Wright, One hundred and third Illinois Infantry, of operations January 27-March 24.HEADQUARTERS 103rd ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, Near Goldsborough, N. C., March 25, 1864.
COLONEL: In compliance with your orders I have the honor to submit the following official report of the part taken by the One hundred and third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the campaign just closed:
We broke up camp on Beaufort Island January 27 and marched to Hickory Hill, where we bivouacked for the night. On the 28th, by your order, the One hundred and third and Fortieth Illinois made a reconnaissance of the enemy's position on the Combahne River; found the brigade burned and the enemy on the north bank. We attacked his outposts, drove them back to the main force, captured a few prisoners, and returned to camp the same day at Hickory Hill. On the 29th, in common with the brigade, we resumed our march, moving on the road leading to Pocataligo. Nothing worthy of report transpired from
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*Nominal list omitted.
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