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the charge. He said that officer told him one of the members of the Second Maryland
Infantry fell wounded within a few feet of his men. After his comrades were driven back
he was seen to raise himself in a sitting position and deliberately proceed to load his gun.
Perceiving this, the Federal officer directed some of his men to shoot the wounded Confed-
erate should he attempt to fire upon them. After having reloaded his gun the brave fellow
exclaimed : "I will die before you shall make me a prisoner!" and placing the muzzle of
his gun to his head he pressed the trigger with the ramrod and blew his brains out. Whose
mother's brave son was this?

The casualties in the Second Maryland were frightful during the two days,
and many of the wounded were left behind when the army fell back.

The following is a list of killed and wounded, as near as can be ascertained:
FIELD AND STAFF.

WOUNDED.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JAMES R. HERBERT, Seriously.

MAJOR W. W. GOLDSBOROUGH, seriously.

COMPANY A.—CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. MURRAY.

KILLED.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. MURRAY.

	Privates,
BRUCE, WILLIAM.	LLOYD, C. T.	NICHOLAI, HERMAN.
HARDESTY, JOHN W.	MCINTYRE, GEORGE W.	STARLINGS, GEORGE C.
IGLEHART, JAMES, JR.	MORRISON, WlLDUR.	WINDOLPH, JOHN H.
KENNEDY, ARTHUR.	MCCORMICK, HENRY A.

WOUNDED.

FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE THOMAS, severely.
FIRST SERGEANT WILLIAM J. BLACKISTONE, severely.
SERGEANT JAMES W. THOMAS, severely.
CORPORAL CHARLES E. MAGUIRE, severely.