158 SEVENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY, U. S. C. T., MARYLAND VOLUNTEERS.

side. The command pushed forward in pursuit of the enemy and after a march of ten miles
by night had reached Sunderlands, continued the pursuit of the enemy on the 5th, 6th and
7th until Berksville was reached, thence to Farmville on the 8th, after a march of twenty-
six miles from last camp. On Sunday the 9th day of April 1865, the command made another
forced march, starting before daylight, and after proceeding twenty-four miles, reached the
vicinity of Appomattox Court House; the end had at last arrived, the armies of Grant had the
last remnant of Gen. Lee's Confederate Army in its grasp, and its surrender followed.

After the surrender of Lee's Army the regiment with its command returned to Peters-
burg, Va., and went into camp, and thence to City Point where it embarked by steamship for
Texas, May 24, 1865, after a long and tedious voyage, stopping en-route at Mobile Bay and the
mouth of the Mississippi river, the regiment finally reached Indianola, Texas, and disembarked
June 23, 1865.

The regiment continued to perform garrison duty in Texas until the 14th day of October
1866, when it again embarked at Indianola, Texas, en-route for their Maryland homes.

The stay of the regiment in Texas was attended with serious loss from the disease of
cholera prevalent there at the time as an epidemic. After vexatious delays the regiment
reached Fortress Monroe, November 2nd, and Baltimore on the 4th, disembarked and went
into camp at Fort Federal Hill. The regiment was finally paid off and disbanded at Balti-
more, Md., November 15, 1866.

The casualties of the regiment during its term of service were as follows: Killed and
died of wounds, commissioned officers 1, enlisted men 84, total 86; died of disease, etc., com-
missioned officers 1, enlisted men 307, total 308; an aggregate death list of 393.

The engagements in which the regiment were engaged and authorized to inscribe on
its colors were as follows: Cedar Creek, Florida, Baldwin, Kingland Road, Fussels Mills,
White Point, Fort Gilmer, Va., Darbytown Road, Armstrong's Mills, Petersburg, Appomattox
Court House, John's Island.