12/23/62 Hindman to Gen Holmes- "In Fagan�s command there is a Bn of five Co’s formerly commanded by Major Chew, which I organized as a Bn of sharp shooters. It acted with and as a part of Hawthorn's Regt in the recent battle and Chew was killed, and as Hawthorne’s Regt is much reduced and the men of Chew’s Bn would prefer to go to that Regt, I ask that the Bn and Regt be consolidated.