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Jno. Wilson to Capt. F. E. Marble, August 7, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIRST REGIMENT U. S. SHARPSHOOTERS, Near Petersburg, Va., August 7, 1864. CAPTAIN : From June 16 until June 21 the regiment was employed daily on the advanced lines of…
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B. P. Learned to Thomas Allcock, August 4, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SIEGE ARTILLERY, Broadway Landing, Va., August 4, 1864. Lieut. Col. THoMAS ALLCOCK, Commanding Fourth New York Artillery : COLONEL: By direction of Colonel Abbot, I have the honor to…
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Unknown, October 20, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH NEW YORK ARTILLERY, October 20, 1864. October 20, 1864.* halted at 3.30 p.m. Marched to Doctor Wilcox’s farm and bivouacked on the banks of the James River at…
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Gershom Mott to F. A. Walker, June 24, 1864
HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, SECOND CORPS, June 24, 1864. COLONEL: In accordance with circular from headquarters Army of the Potomac, I have the honor to report that the cause of the…
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J. W. Spaulding to J. E. Curtiss, June 24, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, June 24, 1864. Respectfully forwarded. The presence of one or two good regimental officers would probably have stopped this discreditable affair long before the enemy reached the…
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Alfred A. Rhinehart to J. W. Muffly, September 28, 1864
HEADQUARTERS 148TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS, September 28, 1864. September 28, 1864, LIEUTENANT: In compliance with existing orders I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this…
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Jas. F. Weaver to J. W. Muffly, September 28, 1864
HEADQUARTERS 145TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS, September 28, 1864. September 28, 1864. ADJUTANT: I have the honor to submit the following report of operations of the regiment under my command during the…
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Jas. H. Hamlin, August 10, 1864
HEADQUARTERS 145TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS, August 10, 1864. August 10, 1864. Sir :* Left Cold Harbor on evening of the 12th [June], traveled all night and crossed the Chickahominy the 13th,…
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James Patton to J. Wendel Muffly, August 7, 1864
HDQRS. FIFTY-THIRD PENNSYLVANIA VETERAN VOLS., Near Petersburg, Va., August 7, 1864. Sir :* The march across the Chickahominy and James, and the operations in Sront of Petersburg up to the…
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S. Pincus to D. S. FousE, September 10, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SIXTY-SIXTH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, September 10, 1864. September 10, 1864. SIR:* On the night of the 12th [June] we silently left the works and moved toward the Chickahominy and…
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Unknown, August 9, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SIXTY-FOURTH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, August 9, 1864. August 9, 1864. Sir :* We crossed the James River on the 14th [June], and on the 15th marched toward Petersburg, Va.,…
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H. N. Hunt to J. Wendel Muffly, September 27, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SIXTY-FOURTH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, September 27, 1864. September 27, 1864. I have the honor to respectfully submit the following report of operations of this command from the 26th to…
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John B. Geddis, October 13, 1864
HEADQUARTERS 126TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, October 13, 1864. October 13, 1864. SIR: t of the 15th. Marched to the front of Petersburg; participated in the charge on the enemy’s works…
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Nelson Penfield to I. H. Wilder, August 8, 1864
HEADQUARTERS 125TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, Near Petersburg, Va., August 8, 1864. Sir :* We left our position near Cold Harbor at 8 o’clock on the night of the 12th of…
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Richard Moroney to William H. Courtney, December 27, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SIXTY-NINTH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, December 27, 1864. December 27, 1864. Took up our line of march; crossed the Chickahominy June 13, reaching the James River at night, and crossed…
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G. A. Seidel to First Lieut. George Mitchell, October 15, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, Camp near Petersburg, October 15, 1864. In compliance with Special Orders, No. 209, headquarters Army of the Potomac, August 5, 1864, I have the honor…
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Geo. T. Egbert, October 21, 1864
HEADQUARTERS 183D PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS, October 21, 1864. October 21, 1864.* June 12, moved out by the left flank about 10 p. m. June 13, continued march and reached the James…
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Thomas Henry to William McAllister, October 20, 1864
HEADQUARTERS 140TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS, October 20, 1864. October 20, 1864. CAPTAIN :* On the night of the 12th of June the regiment quietly withdrew from the line of works at…
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R. A. Brown to G. H. Caldwell, August 9, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SIXTY-FIRST NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, August 9, 1864. August 9, 1864. June 12, left the breast-works at 8 p.m.; marched (as skirmishers), via Dispatch Station and Long Bridge, to the…
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Unknown, September 28, 1864
HEADQUARTERS SECOND NEW YORK ARTILLERY, September 28, 1864. September 28, 1864. Report of the Second New York Artillery in the operations on the north side of the James River, from…