Order

George L. Hartsuff to J. M. Howard, March 20, 1865

GENERAL ) HDQRS. DEFENSES OF BERMUDA HUNDRED, VA4., ORDERS, ARMY OF THE JAMES,

1. By authority from department headquarters the troops of this command are hereby reorganized and will be divided and designated as follows, viz:

Infantry Division, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, Va.—First Brigade: Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Heavy Artillery, armed and doing duty as infantry; Forty-first Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry; One hundred and fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; Battalion One hundred and third Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry. Second Brigade: Sixth Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery and Tenth Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, armed and acting as infantry. Brevet Major-General Ferrero is assigned to the command of the division and will designate the brigade commanders.

Artillery Brigade, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, Va., consisting of Companies D, F, G, and H, First Connecticut Heavy Artillery; Companies G and M, Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery; Seventh Battery New York Independent Artillery. To be commanded by Maj. George B. Cook, First Connecticut Heavy Artillery.

2. All other organizations, such as ambulance corps, supply trains, &c., will be unchanged. Existing general orders will remain in force, and the general and acting staff officers at these headquarters (except the personal staff of General Ferrero) will continue in performance of their duties until further orders. The following-named officers are further announced as on the staff of the major-general commanding: Bvt. Maj. J. M. Howard, assistant-adjutant-general; Capt. E. O. Brown, additional aide-de-camp; Capt. S. A. Russell, Seventh U.S. Infantry, aide-de-camp.

By command of Major-General Hartsuff:

J. M. HOWARD,
Assistant Adjutant-Genera..
GENERAL ORDERS, Hpqrs. INFANTRY DIvIsIon,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Hartsuff reorganizes the Bermuda Hundred defenses in March 1865, detailing infantry and artillery brigades and assigning Brevet Major-General Ferrero command of the infantry division.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1 View original source ↗