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"Organized at Providence as 3rd Infantry August, 1861, but reorganized at Hilton Head, S.C., as Heavy Artillery December 19, 1861. (See Batteries.) Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 39 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 90 Enlisted men by disease. Total 135.
" (Dyer's Compendium) |