Abingdon Virginian, 7/24/1863
Casualties in the 48th.
The following is, we presume, a complete list of the casualties in the 48th Va. Regiment, at the late battles near Gettysburg, as it comes from Dr. Taylor, the Surgeon of the Regiment. It is written so badly with pencil, that we can scarcely decipher it, and it may be, therefore, that some of the names are inaccurate. This list will carry sorrow to many a once happy home, and wring many a bleeding heart with deeper anquish. The gallant men who have fallen and sleep their last sleep in a stranger land, as well as those who languish on pallets of pain and privation, have the heart-felt sympathies of friends at home, and the memory of their deeds and their sufferings will be enbalmed by a bereaved and grateful people:
[Long list from other companies omitted.]
Co. K. Thos. Dickens, right leg; Lieut. R. Cross, neck, severe; [...] John L. Black, right thigh, severe; S. P. McFarlane, right arm slight; D. A. Jessee, abdomen, left on field.
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