The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 741
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manding, acted with the brigade and was conspicuous for the rapidity
as well as the execution of its fire.
The loss of the brigade was comparatively small, the killed and
wounded reaching only 85. A list of the casualties accompanies this
r port.*
Very respectfully, yours, &e.,
W. J. LANDRAM,
Colonel, Commanding Brigade.
Lieut. J. HOUGH,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, First Division.
No. 16.
Report of Col. David P. Grier, Seventy-seventh Illinois Infantry.
HDQRS. SEVENTY-SEVENTH REGT. ILL. VOL. INFANTRY,
Fort Hindman, Post Arkansas, Ark., January 12, 1863.
COLONEL: In obedience to orders received from you I herewith trans-
mit a statement of the part taken by my command in the action yester-
day before this fort:
Agreeably to your orders I formed my regiment 300 yards in rear of
the left of General Burbridge's brigade for the purpose of support and
if necessary to bring it into the general engagement. After the main
advance was made by General Burbridge 1 advanced my regiment
withii 100 yards of his left in order the more easily to support him. I
had been in this position but a short time when the firing became so
fierce that I thought best to advance and engage the enemy. I imme-
diately advanced my line up to the Eighty-third Ohio, and passing one
wing of that regiment was soon hotly engaged. We slowly advanced
upon the enemy's works until within a very short distance of their forti-
fications and were received with a galling fire. We were thus engaged
when the token of surrenderwas hoisted, and I immediately ordered
the firing to cease and marched into the camps on double-quick.
All the officers and men under my command without exception be-
haved nobly. Not a man left his post until carried to the rear wounded.
A great many deserve special mention for their bravery, but to specify
all who are thus deserving would be impossible in this brief report.
Capt. Robert Irwin, of Company B, received two very severe wounds
while bravely leading his company forward, and I sincerely hope that
so brave and gallant an officer may recover and thereby be restored to
his command.
We suffered- quite severely, having 6 killed on the field and 39
wounded, some of them very badly.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
D. P. GRIER,
Colonel, Commanding Regiment.
Col. W. J. LANDRAM,
Commanding Second Brigade, First Division,
Thirteenth Army Corps, Army of the Mississippi.
* Embodied in revised statement, p. 716.741
ARKANSAS POST.
OAP. XXIX.]
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1886; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154626/m1/752/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.