Friday Aug 19 [1864]

5 P.M. we received orders from Maj.
to fall back. the line fell back about 1/4
mile and found we were surrounded
as near as we can judge the whole line
was taken prisoners. We were marched
out to the right on a double quick.
We formed in line about 3:00 and
marched through Petersburgh and
camped on low ground for the night
rained all day. About 48 of our
Com. and nearly all of the regt taken

Battle of the Weldon Railroad
"During the afternoon troops of A.P. Hill's Confederate corps hit Warren's Federal infantry in the dense woods south of Petersburg, Va. The Union forces suffered severely and Warren had to pull back toward Globe Tavern, seized the day before in his operations against the Weldon Railroad. But the Northerners still held the important railroad. Warren lost 382 killed and wounded, but 2518 were missing, many of whom were capturred from S. W. Crawford's broken divison." E. B. Long. The Civil War Day by Day An Almanac 1861-1865. According to a postwar article by Silas Crocker of Co. E, the men of their regiment had actually captured Confederate General William Mahone when they found themselves surrounded and Mahone in turn captured them. Eberly "Bouquets from the Cannon's Mouth."