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On April 16, 1862, the 3rd Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Col. Breed N. Hyde in 1st Brig., Smith's Div., 4th Corps, Army of Potomac, suffered 26 killed and 63 wounded. Near this spot, four companies of the regiment made the Army of the Potomac's first assault upon an entrenched line when, led by Captain Samuel Pingree, they crossed the Warwick River on a reconnaissance of the Confederate position. After occupying several rifle pits on the far shore, the Vermonters held off four Confederate regiments for nearly an hour before, not being reinforced, withdrawing through the river's swollen waters while carrying their wounded under a steady shower of musket balls striking the water like hail in a storm. Medal of Honor recipients from the regiment included Julian A. Scott, drummer of Co. E, and Samuel E. Pingree, captain of Co. F.
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