 Sgt. Osborn Oldroyd |
Reinforcements eventually arrived. Roll call provided the grim news. Out of 32 Company E soldiers who began the skirmish, only 16 survived. Oldroyd (shown at left) recorded in his diary: "I am very sad on account of the loss of so many of my comrades, especially the one who bunked with me. (He) had been to me like a brother...He has fallen; may he sleep quietly under the shadows of those old oaks which looked down upon the struggle of today." Union scout C. L. Ruggles was with the 20th at Raymond. His journal reports the 20th losses as 69 killed, 341 wounded, and 30 missing. Death was no respecter of age. The dead at Raymond from the community included 39 year-old Oliver Bogart and James Knox, who was just 18. [Back] [Next] [Up] [New Search] |