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First Sharp Shooters
The casualties of the regiment while in the trenches in front of Petersburg were 27 killed and died of wounds, and 6 wounded.
General Willcox, in the following report of the operations of his division in that affair says:
"I have the honor to report the operations of this division in the field from the 29th of March to the 9th of April, 1865, inclusive.
" On the night of the 29th of March, at 10. 30 o'clock, the enemy opened on my lines, stretching from above Fort Morton to the Appomattox, with all their artillery of every description, and some musketry from their main line.
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