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large part of the command became panic struck and soon all
organization ceased". At the time Captain Thomas took his
position in the hollow, and before any of the officers with him
had been wounded, his command had melted away to twenty men, and
up to that time but few men had been wounded"
These brave men shared the tate of' their officers, the majority
of' them being killed, the remainder almost to a man wounded.
Those who accompanied Cranston shared his tate. Of Company "E"
12th Infantry I have been able to learn nothing reliable after
it was detached as above stated, fourteen of the enlisted man were
killed or wounded, several of them around their commander, proving
they had died nobly, doing their whole duty; but justice to the
other companies requires it to be stated that the company was well
represented among the first stragglers arriving in Camp. From
this statement of what, after the most careful inquiries, I
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believe to be as correct a statement of this affair as it is possible
to obtain, I think it apparent that soon after the firing the greater
portion of the command became panic stricken "running in every
direction and not paying the slightest, attention to the commands
of' their officers," that all organization ceased, and many men fled
from the field. That no disaster could have occurred had discipline
and order been observed I have no doubt. The force with Captain
Thomas including Warm Spring Indians was about eighty men, and
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