Unknown to Captain, July 13, 1862

July 13, 1862.

CAPTAIN: In obedience to orders I have the honor to report that at an early hour on the morning of June 27, from camp near Totopotomoy Creek, the Second Regiment, under Colonel Allen, was put on the march and moved all day toward the enemy.

About 5 o’clock, the fire of musketry being exceedingly heavy, the regiment moved rapidly forward and was drawn up in line of battle immediately in rear of Ball’s old tavern, exposed to the shells of the enemy.

In a few minutes the regiment and the Fifth Virginia, under Colonel Baylor, were ordered a short distance to the front to support the Puarcell Battery, and while in this position Captain Burgess, of Company I’, Second Regiment, was wounded.

Soon these regiments were moved to the left, and the whole brigade,

by command of General Winder, was drawn up in line of battle, and

ordered to charge a battery whose shells had for some time been
sweeping the field aroundus. The Second Regiment responded promptly
to the call. The charge was made through a wood of thick undergrowth, over a warsh, and the men became separated. Torming the
line again the men pressed steadily forward, leaving behind in an open
field whole regiments which had been previously sent forward.
About 7 o’clock the regiment, numbering about 80 men, reached a
hill near McGehee’s house, and found the fire from the enemy’s batteries
and their supports terrible.