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Captain William N. Hogg, Lieutenant Christopher C. Scott, and Lieutenant Robert N. Cotten served with the C.S. Appeal Battery of Arkansas. A detachment of the battery under Lieutenant Christopher C. Scott served one 3-inch rifle in this position at Third Louisiana Redan from May 18 to the end of the defense on July 4, 1863. During the defense, the battery suffered 9 casualties, with 4 killed and 5 wounded. Captain William N. Hogg and Lieutenant Robert S. Walker were killed, and Lieutenant Christopher C. Scott was wounded on duty in this position on June 25.
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