"...the shot and shell flew over us like thunder. It was a fearful volley of shot and shell falling in every direction...Now the fight began in earnst with rebel shells raining down on us spreading death and destruction on our ranks. Bullets ripped thrugh the trees and over our heads. The young lad next to me was shot thrugh the lungs and I heard the bullet going thrugh him. The bullets make a sickeng thud when smashing through flesh and bone...our boys had fallen one by one and some with frightful injuries. One lad on our line had his head split open like a ripe melon, brains on the ground next to him."
Dated: 11 May 1864, Arrowfield Church, VA, written by Private John Lewis, Co. K, 25 MVM. The soldier he describes is Private Henry Bellows. John Lewis was later killed in action at Cold Harbor.
At Arrowfield Church, the regiment suffered losses of 13 killed and 49 wounded. Among them was Lieutenant Charles E. Upton, 1st Lieutenant of Company H, who was killed in action on May 9th, 1864.
