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Title: Trials and triumphs : the record of the Fifty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Osborn, Hartwell
Subjects: United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 55th (1861-1865) United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ed by his family physician. Dr. A. N. Read,who, as a member of the Sanitary Commission, was on the fieldcarrying out the mission of that noble charity. Upon going downthe line Colonel Gambee was found dead; only a small hole overhis heart showed his wound to have been instantly fatal. The following personal note on the death of Colonel Gambeeby Lieutenant P. C. Lathrop, Company A, is interesting: Well do I remember the events of the day of the battle of Resaca—the deathof Major Robbins, as we charged down the hill, and of our beloved ColonelGambee later in the day. In our charge down the hill we reached .. shghtdepression or ravine separating the higher from a much lower hill along thebrow of which the Fifty-Fifth boys, all along the hne, were lying flat upon theirfaces, but firing at every head that appeared above the enemys breastworks,only about thirty rods away, the Johnnies ^eturning the fire at a lively rate.Of course, many of our boys were hit—some wounded, and many killed.
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Clay Holtz, Company H 1864) CAMPAIGNING WITH SHERMAN IN GEORGIA 147 I was in command of Company A (Colonel Gambees company), and lyingupon the ground some ten or fifteen feet lower down the hill, but immediatelybehind my company. Just behind me, and to my right, sat Colonel Gambee,behind a pile of rails. Having several times been soUcited to do so, I aroseand went and sat down beside the Colonel. It was only a few minutes after-wards that the Johnnies made a charge upon our line. We immediately jumpedto oiu: feet, and as the Colonel opened his Hps to isssue a command, a bullet struckhim in the breast, and he fell backward into my arms, dead—killed instantly.A glorious death, as I view it now, but his sudden and unexpected fate seemedat the moment to madden me. I laid him down carefully, and, taking hisrevolver from his belt, I ran forward to rejoin my company. Halting, I tried toshoot the Rebel Colonel, who came within a few feet before he was shot. ButI could not make the revolver

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