I carried into the fight on May 2 about 304 non-commissioned officers and privates, and 26 commissioned officers ; total, 330.
Killed and wounded in fight of May 2:
Officers and men. Killed. Wounded. Missing. Total
Commissioned Officers. 1 3 4 8
Non-commissioned officers and privates. 5 29 34 68
Total(*) 6 32 38 76
About 6.30 a.m. on May 3, the Twelfth Alabama Regiment was formed in line of battle and ordered forward (regiment formed a part of third line of battle). We advanced through the woods about a mile, under a heavy fire of shell and shot, when we came up with the second line of battle. This we passed, but in so doing some confusion occurred. The regiment passed over the wooden breastworks in the woods (on the extreme left) from which the enemy had been driven in the early part of the morning, and then we advanced near the first line of battle, which was then engaging The enemy. Just at this time our left was flanked, and the regiment was compelled to fall back to the breastworks. Here I again formed the regiment, and prepared to hold the works.
