Colonel S. A. Moore. And now the command is safely in their old camp, in a better condition as to health than before those two days of exposure in deep streams, inclement weather, and the close engagement of a formidable enemy.

To distinguish between the conduct of the different officers and men of the command, where all were at their posts, is difficult. The Fourteenth Connecticut, One hundred and eighth New York, and Tenth Battalion deserve great credit for the heavy fighting they did, driving a superior force of the enemy and frequently using the bayonet. Lieutenant Colonel T. H. Davis, Lieutenant Colonel F. E. Pierce, Lieutenant Colonel S. A. Moore, Captain Dewey, and Captain Tait, commanding, respectively, the Twelfth New Jersey, One hundred and eighth New York, Fourteenth Connecticut Volunteers, Tenth New York Battalion, and First Delaware Battalion, did their whole duty. Captain W. H. Andrews, acting assistant adjutant-general; Captain W. H. Hawley, acting assistant inspector-general, and Lieutenants Porter and Du Bois, aides-de-camp, on my staff, I desire to mention as having made themselves distinguished by their bearing and coolness before the enemy.

A nominal list of casualties, as corrected, accompanies this. It may be summed up in numbers as follows:

Killed. Wounded. Missing.

Command. Office Men. Offic Men. Office Men.

rs. ers. rs.

108th New . . . . . . 1 6 . . . . . .

York.

14th . . . 6 7 83 1 18

Connecticut

Volunteers.

12th New . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . .

Jersey

Volunteers.

Battalion 10th . . . 1 . . . 2 . . . . . .

New York

Volunteers.

1st Delaware . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 4

Volunteers.

Total. . . . 7 8 108 1 22

Killed, 7; wounded, 116; missing, 23. Aggregate loss, 146.

I am, lieutenant, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

CHARLES J. POWERS,

Colonel 108th New York Vols., Commanding Brigade.

Lieutenant JOHN S. SULLIVAN,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

Numbers 13. Report of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel A. Moore, Fourteenth Connecticut Infantry.

HDQRS. FOURTEENTH CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS,
February 8, 1864.

SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by this regiment in the action of the 6th near Morton's Ford, on the Rapidan:

At about 1 p. m. on Saturday, the 6th, the brigade to which this regiment is attached was ordered to cross the Rapidan at Morton's Ford. This was effected in good order by fording the river, which