Excerpt from In Memoriam: James M. Comly During that terrible day the twenty-third lost nearly two hundred men, of whom almost one-fourth were either killed on the field or afterwards died of their wounds. The regimental colors were riddled and the blue field almost completely carried away by shot and shell. In the great battle of Antietam the colors of the regiment were shot down, and after a moment's delay they were planted by Major Comly on a new line, at right angles with the former line, and with out awaiting further order, fire was opened, before which the enemy was compelled to retire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.