After dark, when the line had been established for the night, the Adjutant was sent to corps head-quarters to beg permission that the Captain's remains might be sent at once to City Point for shipment to Massachusetts. General Burnside was found lying prone on the ground under a tree. The case was briefly stated. "Buffum," said he,—"is Buffum dead? Why, he was in North Carolina with us! He was a brave man—I remember him well. Oh!" he added, with much emotion, "how fast these brave men are going!" Then calling his Adjutant-General, the order necessary for the removal of the body was given in terms which revealed his noble, sympathetic nature.
The loss of the regiment, June 18th, was as follows:—
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Killed.—Captain Amos Buffum.
ENLISTED MEN.
Company A. Wounded.—Sergeant Thomas J. Ames, Private Caleb Winch.
Company B. Wounded.—Private William Turnbull.
Company D. Wounded.—First Sergeant John A. Stearns.
Company E. Killed.—Dwight Colburn.
Died of Wounds.—Josiah W. Davis.