GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. EIGHTEENTH ARMY CORPS, No. 18. New Berne, January 15, 1863.

In consideration of and as a reward for their brave deeds at Kinston, White Hall, and Goldsborough, the commanding general directs that the regiments and batteries which accompanied the expedition to Goldsborough inscribe upon their banners those three victories:

Kinston, December 14, 1862.

White Hall, December 16, 1862.

Goldsborough, December 17, 1862.

The commanding general hopes that all future fields will be so fought that the record of them may be kept by inscription on the banners of the regiments engaged.

By command of Major General J. G. Foster:

[SOUTHARD HOFFMAN,]

Assistant Adjutant-General.

No. 2. Return of Casualties in the Union forces.*

[Compiled from nominal lists casualties, returns, etc.]

Killed. Wounded. Captured

or

missing.

Command. Off Enl Off Enli Off Enl Aggr

ice ist ice sted ice ist egat

rs ed rs men rs ed e

men men

10th Connecticut 3 8 6 83 -- -- 100

3rd Massachusetts -- -- -- 2 -- -- 2

5th Massachusetts -- -- -- 7 -- -- 7

17th Massachusetts -- 1 4 25 -- 2 32

23rd Massachusetts -- 12 2 53 -- -- 67

24th Massachusetts -- 1 -- 7 -- -- 8

25th Massachusetts -- 1 -- 3 -- 1 5

27th Massachusetts -- 1 -- 2 -- -- 3

43rd Massachusetts -- 2 -- 1 -- 1 4

44th Massachusetts -- 8 -- 13 -- -- 21

45th Massachusetts -- 18 1 58 -- -- 77

46th Massachusetts -- 1 -- 3 -- -- 4

51st Massachusetts -- -- -- 2 -- -- 2

9th New Jersey -- 5 1 85 -- 4 95

3rd New York Cavalry -- -- -- 6 -- 4 10

3rd New York Light -- 5 2 25 -- -- 32

Artillery, Batteries B,

E, F, H, I and K

New York Light -- 1 -- --- -- -- 1

Artillery, 24th Battery

(section)

New York Marine -- 1 -- 2 -- -- 3

Artillery

85th New York -- -- -- 3 -- -- 3

92nd New York -- 3 1 15 -- -- 19

96th New York 1 -- 1 5 -- -- 7

85th Pennsylvania -- 1 -- 8 -- -- 9

103rd Pennsylvania -- 16 1 52 -- -- 69

1st Rhode Island Light -- 2 -- 5 -- -- 7

Artillery, Battery F

5th Rhode Island -- 1 -- 3 -- -- 4

Total 4 88 19 468 -- 12 591

Officers killed: Captain Henry A. Wells, Lieuts. William W. Perkins and Theron D. Hill, Tenth Connecticut, and Colonel Charles O. Gray, Ninety-sixth New York, at Kinston, December 14.

Officers mortally wounded: Lieuts. John C. Coffing and John M. Simms, Tenth Connecticut.

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*Embraces losses in skirmishes on the Kinston road, December 11 and 12; skirmishes at Southwest Creek, December 13-14; engagement at Kinston, December 14; engagement at White Hall, December 16; skirmish at Thompson's Bridge and engagement at Goldsborough Bridge, December 17.

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