[22] The colonel called the attention of General Slough to the fact that his regiment was overworked, and flesh and blood could not stand the strain without some rest, which the general admitted, but claimed he could rely on the Massachusetts men, while some raw Pennsylvania men in his command (there were several full regiments just arrived), were not reliable.
The regimental hospital tent, of limited accommodations, was always full, and all surplus sick men who required hospital care were sent to Alexandria. The weather was favorable in August and September; October was stormy, and nights cold.
The regiment lost sixteen men by death during this term of service. The bodies of those men who died in Alexandria were sent home. The deaths were:
August 14th—Private George H. Rich, Company B, in third division hospital, from accidental wounds while on guard.
August 24th—Private Richard M. Sabin, Company G, in third division hospital, from acute dysentery.
September 11th—Private Edwin A. Grant, Company B, in third division hospital, from typhoid fever.
September 11th—Private Lyman Tucker, Company F, in regimental hospital, from typhoid fever.
September 18th—Private Samuel Stone, Company F, in third division hospital, from typhoid fever.
September 20th—Private George G. Harrington, Company F, in third division hospital, from typhoid fever.
September 23d—Private Herman J. Gilbert, Company F, in third division hospital, from typhoid fever.