J. M. Campbell to F, L. Ballard, August 7, 1864

Sir: I have the honor herewith to transmit the official report of Colonel Harris, who commanded the First Brigade, Third Division in the recent battle at and retreat from Winchester, Va.; also the regimental reports of the Eleventh and Fifteenth Virginia and Fiftyfourth Pennsylvania, of the part taken by them in the same action. These latter regiments constituted the Second Brigade, of the Third Division, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Linton, of the Fifty-

* Embodied in table, p. 288, fourth Pennsylvania, the whole being under command of Col. J. A. Mulligan, of the Twenty-third Illinois, and constituting the Third Division, Army of the Kanawha. I am not able to add anything of importance or interest to these reports, as 1 was not present during the battle, having just arrived at

inchester as our forces were retreating through the town, nor did I see any of the forces of the division until the morning of the 25th of July, when I was ordered by General Crook to take command of the division. On that day I found a portion of the force under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Linton on the road between Bunker Hill and Martinsburg, on their way to the latter place. I assumed command and continued to gain accessions to the division as we proceeded to Martinsburg and Williamsport.

At Martinsburg we were drawn up in line of battle with the troops of the Second Division, but in the charge through the town we did not participate, having been ordered to support a battery upon an eminence overlooking the town. We left Martinsburg about 8 o’clock on the evening of the 25th, and arrived at the Potomac, opposite Williamsport, about 2 a. m. of the same night, without molestation from the enemy.

A list of casualties of the division accompanies this report. The aggregate of killed, wounded, and missing is 317.

Col. J. A. Mulligan, commanding the division, was mortally wounded and left on the field. Lieut. Col. J. P. Linton, commanding Second Brigade was severely injured by his horse falling, b which his collar bone was broken. No field officer being left wit the brigade the command devolved upon Capt. J. Suter, of the Fiftyfourth Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Upon the arrival of the command at Pleasant Valley on the 27th ultimo, the troops of the Third Division were consolidated into a brigade and designated as the Third Brigade, of the First Division. This will in a measure account for the irregular and informal manner of this report.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,