"foggy, rebs came down on us in the fog & turned our flank, captured most of the 23rd Mass, drove us all back with heavy loss on both sides, I was wounded through the right brest (shot in right lung) soon after the engagement commenced, lay out in the rain all night at Rocky Point."
Dated: 16 May 1864, Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, written by Private Sylvester Haynes, Co. F., 25 MVM.
They were flanked and overrun in early morning fog with 16 killed, 60 wounded, and 69 captured, a total of 145 men. It was here that most of the 23rd Mass was captured, including General Heckman. Less fortunate was Private Joseph Eaton of Company K, who was killed in action on 16 May 1864.
