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The Old Sixth Regiment, Its War Record, 1861-5

Chapter 14: Transcriber’s Notes:
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A sergeant's diary-based regimental history traces the formation, training, and wartime service of a Connecticut infantry regiment, following its coastal operations, amphibious landings, sieges and assaults in South Carolina and Florida, subsequent campaigns in Virginia and North Carolina, and final mustering out after the Confederate surrender. It records daily camp life, rations, disease, battlefield actions and leadership changes, including wounds and deaths, and concludes with appendices containing rosters, casualty lists, a roll of honor, and accounts of veterans' reunions.

CASUALTIES OF THE SIXTH.
Killed in Action,43
Died of Wounds,46
Died of Disease,119
Discharged prior to muster out of Regiment,666
Missing at date of muster out of Regiment,23

Transcriber’s Notes:

Unprinted periods were added, where appropriate. Double quote marks replaced single quote marks, where appropriate. Occasionally, letters were inverted in the printed copy. Use of commas in the tables at the end of the book was made consistent.

Dialect, obsolete, and other non-standard spellings were retained. Occasionally, names are not in alphabetical order in the tables at the end of the book. ‘Dawfuskie’ is sometimes printed without the final ‘e.’ In the table of Recruits for the Sixth Regiment, Unassigned, the entry for Glynn shows a discharge date before the muster date. In the list of principal engagements, the last entry for Fort Fisher should be 1865, not 1864, as printed. The word ‘on’ was possibly omitted from the phrase, ‘... dead negroes top of it.’ It was not clear whether ‘forees’ should be ‘forces’ or ‘forays’ in the phrase, ‘... our forees neared those of the enemy.’

In the Remarks column of the tables, the original text was on one line for each entry and ditto marks were used for part or all of the text for numerous succeeding entries. To make the tables fit a standard electronic screen, the text for each entry in the Remarks column was formatted so that lines would automatically wrap, depending on the width of the user's device. For clarity, the ditto marks were eliminated and the duplicate text was inserted.

Other changes:

  • ‘Vodges’ to ‘Vogdes’ ... Gen. Vogdes was informed ...
  • ‘voluntered’ to ‘volunteered’ ... as but few volunteered for the service ...
  • ‘ohn’ to ‘John’ entry for Clark, John in the table of Privates, Infantry Company D.
  • ‘Wilington’ to ‘Willington’ entry for Trask, George in the table of recruits for Infantry Company K.
  • duplicate ‘who’ removed from ... of the Sixth who had re-enlisted ...