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901 Series I Volume XLVI-I Serial 95 - Appomattox Campaign Part I

Page 901 Chapter LVIII. THE APPOMATTOX CAMPAIGN.

Report of material lost from March 28 to April 10, 1865, &c.-Continued.

Date Battery. Halter Halter Saddle Spurs

chains. straps. blankets and

. straps.

1865.

B, 4th ........ ......... ........ .......

United

States a

April 7 D and G, 4 40 1 .......

5th

United

States

March 31 B, 1st ........ 29 ........ 23

to April New York

14

April 1 D, 1st 7 ......... 3 7

to 6 New York

April 3 H, 1st ........ ......... 1 3

to 9 New York

Total 6 69 5 33

Date Battery Wateri Cavalry Drover Saddl Lead Whee

. ng bridles s' e- trac l

bridle . whips. bags. es. trac

s. es.

1865.

B, 4th ...... ....... ...... ..... .... ....

United

States

a

April D and ...... ....... 8 ..... 1 1

7 G, 5th

United

States

March B, 1st 15 1 21 1 .... ....

31 to New

April York

14

April D, 1st ...... ....... 12 .... .... 8

1 to 6 New

York

April H, 1st 4 ...... 3 ..... .... ....

3 to 9 New

York

Total 19 1 44 1 1 9

Date. Battery. Spare Pole Spare Tarpaulins.

poles. pads. wheels

.

1865.

B, 4th ....... ......... ...... ...........

United

States a

April 7 D and G, ....... ......... ...... 2

5th

United

States

March 31 B, 1st ....... ......... ...... ...........

to april New York

14

April 1 D, 1st 3 2 2 2

to 6 New York

April 3 H, 1st ....... ......... ...... ...........

to 9 New York

Total 3 2 2 4

Date. Battery Nose- Horse Curry Ax, Picka Shovel

. bags. brush - fellin xes. s.

es. combs g.

.

1865.

B, 4th ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ......

United

States

a

April D and 45 40 30 ...... ..... 1

7 G, 5th

United

States

March B, 1st 9 .... ..... ...... 2 4

31 to New

april York

14

April D, 1st 10 12 9 ...... 2 1

1 to 6 New

York

April H, 1st ..... .... ..... 1 ..... 1

3 to 9 New

York

Total 64 52 39 1 4 7

a No material lost.

I remain, major, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

C. S. WAINWRIGHT,

Brevet Brigadier-General.

Byt. Major JOHN N. CRAIG,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


Numbers 105. Reports of Major General Horatio G. Wright, U. S. Army, commanding Sixth Army Corps.


HEADQUARTERS SIXTH CORPS,
April 22, 1865.

COLONEL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by this corps in the operations of Sunday, the 2nd instant, which operations resulted in the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond by the rebel Army of Northern Virginia, and the subsequent surrender on Sunday, the 9th, of what remained of that force:

On the evening of the 30th ultimo the instructions received by me looked to an attack on the following morning at daybreak upon the enemy's lines, somewhere upon the front held by this corps: but certain considerations relating to other portions of our army which could not be got ready in time occasioned a suspension of that order, though this corps, which had hitherto laid quietly in its winter camps, was fully prepared for the movement. On the evening of the 1st orders were received from Major-General Meade to attack at 4 a. m. the next day,


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