[38] Corporal Tribou lost his left foot by a cannon-ball while carrying the State colors; he was a good soldier. Corporal Allen, who was likewise a well-drilled and gallant soldier, received a very dangerous wound in the head, from which he has never fully recovered. Lieutenant Atherton, a brave man and true, who was afterward commissioned a First Lieutenant, received a severe wound in one of his arms. Corporal Samuel C. Wright was one of the brave volunteers to pull down the fence on the morning of September 17.—Author.
[39] The Author does not know what finally became of the four missing ones, though he believes they all afterwards joined their company, and were all wounded while entering the fight. The full name of one of the latter soldiers is not known to me. The names of these men, as they appear in the above list, were taken from the “New York Herald” of September 19, 1862.
[40] Soldier’s diary.
[41] “Rebellion Record,” Vol. VII., pp. 407, 408.
[42] Pollard’s “Third Year of the War,” pages 161, 162.
[43] Adjutant-General’s Report, Massachusetts, 1863.
[44] Irving’s “Life of Washington,” Vol. III., p. 354.
[45] Soldier’s letter.
[46] Diary of Preston Hooper, Company C.
[47] Lieutenant Long was severely wounded, losing a portion of the ulna bone of his right arm. He was promoted to Captain, June 8, 1864, and discharged for this wound, October 8, 1864. He was subsequently commissioned in the Veteran Reserve Corps, and served to the end of the war.