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Thos. C. Thompson, August 8, 1864
HDQRS. SEVENTH REGIMENT. NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS, Near Petersburg, Va., August 8, 1864. SIR : * The march across the Chickahominy and the James, and the operations in front of Petersburg…
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T. C. Godfrey, August 9, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS, Camp near Petersburg, Va., August 9, 1864. GENERAL : June 14, crossed the James River from Wilcox’s Landing to Wind-Mill Point, and after marching some…
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T. C. Thompson to Respectfully forwarded, June 26, 1864
HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, SECOND CORPS, June 26, 1864. June 26, 1864. Capt. THomas C. THOMPSON, CAPTAIN: You will immediately place the color bearer of your national colors (the missing one)…
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Thomas H. Talbot to W. J. Rusling, June 26, 1864
HEADQUARTERS FIRST MAINE HEAVY ARTILLERY, In Front of Petersburg, Va., June 26, 1864. Lieut. W. J. RUSLING, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General : Str : In compliance with orders from division headquarters…
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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…