Letter

Unknown, August 9, 1864

HEADQUARTERS SIXTY-FOURTH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS,

August 9, 1864. Sir :* We crossed the James River on the 14th [June], and on the 15th marched toward Petersburg, Va., and were in the engagements of the

*For portion of report (here omitted) covering operations from May 3 to June 12, 1864, see Vol. XXXVI, Part I, p. 419.

16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22d, and remained on the front line until the 13th [July], when the corps was relieved and placed in reserve. Were in the operations at Deep Bottom, on the James River, to July 30, 1864. WILLIAM GLENNY, Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Regiment. Lieut. J. W. MUFFLY, y ; Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Fourth Brigade.

No. 48. Report of Lieut. Simon Pincus, Siaty-sixth New York Infantry.

Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Lieutenant-Colonel William Glenny reports the 64th New York Volunteers' participation in continuous engagements near Petersburg and Deep Bottom, Virginia, from June to July 1864 during the Civil War.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 40, Part 1 View original source ↗