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The other officers were active in the discharge of the duties of their respective departments.

A tabular statement of losses is annexed.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. G. PARKE,

Major-General, Commanding.

Brigadier General GEORGE D. RUGGLES,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac.

Tabular statement.

Killed. Wounded. Missing.

Command. Offi Men Offi Men Offi Men

cers cers cers

First Division 1 28 22 206 1 22

Second Division 10 110 37 564 3 94

Third Division 7 91 25 430 1 40

Artillery Brigade -- 6 1 20 - --

Total* 18 235 85 1,220 5 156

Total.

Command. Officer Men Aggregate

s

First Division 24 256 280

Second Division 50 768 818

Third Division 33 561 594

Artillery Brigade 1 26 27

Total* 108 1,611 1,719

ADDENDA.


HDQRS. DISTRICT OF ALEXANDRIA, NINTH ARMY CORPS,
Alexandria, Va., May 29, 1865.

Colonel GEORGE D. RUGGLES,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac:

COLONEL: I have the honor to recommend for promotion the officers here named:

Bvt. Major General R. B. Potter, commanding Second Division, as major-general U. S. Volunteers for gallantry at the assault on the enemy's lines before Fort Sedgwick on April 2, 1865, in which action he was very severely wounded.

Brigadier General S. G. Griffin, as brevet major-general for gallant and meritorious conduct in the assault on the enemy's lines before Fort Sedgwick on April 2, 1865, in which action, after the wounding of Brevet Major-General Potter, he commanded the Second Division.

Bvt. Brigadier General Charles G. Loring, assistant inspector-general, and Bvt. Brigadier General J. C. Tidball, chief of artillery, as brevet major-generals for gallant and meritorious conduct at Fort Stedman March 25, 1865, and in the assault on the enemy's lines before Fort Sedgwick April 2, 1865.

Bvt. Colonel J. L. Van Buren, aide-de-camp, as brevet brigadier-general for gallant and meritorious conduct at Fort Stedman March 25, 1865, and in the assault on the enemy's lines before Fort Sedgwick April 2, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel L. H. Peirce, chief quartermaster, as brevet colonel for faithful and arduous services during the campaign before Petersburg.

Surg. E. B. Dalton, U. S. Volunteers, medical director, as brevet colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct at the assault on the enemy's lines before Fort Sedgwick April 2, 1865.

Bvt. Lieutenant Colonel P. M. Lydig, assistant adjutant-general, as brevet colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct at the assault on the enemy's lines before Fort Sedgwick April 2, 1865.

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*But see revised table, p.590.

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