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H. M. Plaisted, July 29, 1864
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH MAINE VOLUNTEERS, Deep Bottom, Va., July 29, 1864. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report the operations of the troops under my command in taking and holding the…
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Robert S. Foster to Winfield S. Hancock, September 27, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, TENTH ARMY CORPS, In the Field, Va., September 27, 1864. GENERAL: In answer to your communication of September 21, this day received, I have the honor to…
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Robert S. Foster to Godfrey Weitzel, July 24, 1864
HEADQUARTERS U.S. FORCES, Deep Bottom, July 24, 1864. This morning at daylight the Eleventh Maine, acting under my orders, advanced and occupied the enemy’s battery on the New Market and…
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L. B. Norton, September 2, 1864
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, September 2, 1864. September 2, 1864. On June 14 a signal tower, 125 feet high, was finished at Cobb’s Hill, which tower commands a…
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Henry L. Abbot to Henry J. Hunt, August 4, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SIEGE TRAIN, Broadway Landing, Va., August 4, 1864. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report upon the: siege train organized by me in April last, according…
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General Grant, December 5, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SIEGE TRAIN AND SIEGE ARTILLERY, Broadway Landing, Va., December 5, 1864. GENERAL : On June 14 the Eighteenth Corps, under Major-General Smith, arrived i advance of the Army of…
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William Wells to Taylor, July 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIRST VERMONT CAVALRY, Near White House Landing, Va., July 3, 1864. LIEUTENANT: In compliance with instructions from brigade headquarters I have the honor to submit the following report of…
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Bol Hutchins to Taylor, July 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE CAVALRY, Near Jordan’s Point, Va., July 3, 1864. Sir: In obedience to instructions from brigade headquarters I have the honor to submit the following report of…
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T. W. Moffitt to G. S. Taylor, July 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS THIRD INDIANA CAVALRY, July 3, 1864. July 3, 1864. ADJUTANT: I have the honor to report the action of the command on the late raid, as follows: I started…
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J. H. Wilson to Fle, July 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY EXPEDITION, Light-House Point, Va., July 3, 1864. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of oper. ations of the troops under my command during the…
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E. J. Marsh to Lieut. Col. T. A. McPARLIn, February 16, 1865
HEADQUARTERS SECOND CAVALRY DIVISION, February 16, 1865. February 16, 1865. Bvt. Lieut. Col. T. A. McPARLIn, U.S. Army, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac: Doctor: I have the honor respectfully…
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J. Irvin Gregg to Respectfully forwarded, August 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION CAVALRY, August 3, 1864. August 3, 1864. J. IRVIN GREGG, Colonel, Commanding Second Division Cavalry.Respectfully forwarded.No. 227.Report of Asst. Surg. Elias J. Marsh, U.S. Army, of operations…
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A. M. Randol to H. C. Weir, August 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SECOND CAVALRY DIVISION, August 3, 1864. August 3, 1864. Capt. H. C. WEIR, wats Assistant Adjutant-General, Second Cavalry Division: CAPTAIN: In compliance with instructions, I have the honor to…
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D. McM. Gregg, August 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, August 3, 1864. August 3, 1864. GENERAL: In reply to your communication of the 2d concerning the reported capture of a gun by the enemy in the…
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D. Mom. Gregg to Seth Williams, November 23, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS, November 23, 1864. November 23, 1864. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the Second Cavalry Division from…
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Jacob Roemer to Samuel Chapin, August 5, 1864
HEADQUARTERS THIRTY-FOURTH NEW YORK BATTERY, Before Petersburg, Va., August 5, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to transmit the following report of Thirtyfourth New York Battery of the action of…
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S. A. Emery to Samuel Chapin, August 12, 1864
HEADQUARTERS THIRD MAINE BATTERY, Camp before Petersburg, Va., August 12, 1864. Report of the operations of the Third Maine Battery since joining the Army of the Potomac, in compliance with…
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K. E. R. Mayo to J. A. Monroe, August 3, 1864
HEADQUARTERS THIRD MAINE BATTERY, Before Petersburg, Va., August 3, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to report the following operations of this battery during the engagement last Saturday [July 30]:…
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J. Albert Monroe to J. N. Craic, August 5, 1864
HEADQUARTERS ARTILLERY, NINTH ARMY CORPS, Before Petersburg, Va., August 5, 1864. CapTAin: I respectfully forward the following report of the operations of the artillery of this corps (the Ninth) during…
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Unknown to Captain, August 14, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SECOND MICHIGAN INFANTRY, Before Petersburg, Va., August 14, 1864. CAPTAIN : At 10 p. m. of the 12th [June] the regiment, with the brigade, withdrew from its position about…