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Page 334 N. AND SE. VA., N. C., W. VA., MD., AND PA. Chapter LVIII.

Organization of troops in the Department of Virginia, commanded by Major General Edqard O. C. Ord, U. S. Army, January 31, 1865.

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.

SIGNAL CORPS.

Captain LEMUEL B. NORTON.

NAVAL BRIGADE.

Brigadier General CHARLES K. GRAHAM.

13th New York Heavy Artillery, Company I, Lieutenant William G. Hart.

13th New York Heavy Artillery, Company K, Lieutenant Stewart J. Donnelly.

13th New York Artillery, Company L, Lieutenant Patrick A. O'Malley.

13th New York Artillery, Company M, Captain Edward C. Parkinson.

3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (four companies), Major Ranz von Schilloling.

ENGINEERS.

1st New York, Colonel Edward W. Serrell.

CAVALRY.

4th Massachusetts (detachment), Colonel Arnold A. Rand.

TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS.

Major General JOHN GIBBON.


HEADQUARTERS GUARD.

8th Connecticut, Colonel John E. Ward.

PROVOST GUARD AND ORDERLIES.

4th Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies F and K, capt. Joseph J. Baker.

FIRST DIVISION.

Bvt. Major General ALFRED H. TERRY.*

First Brigade.

Colonel THOMAS O. OSBORN.

39th Illinois, Captain Homer A. Plympton.

62nd Ohio, Major Thomas J. Platt.

67th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Henry S. Commander.

199th Pennsylvania, Colonel James C. Briscoe.

Second Brigade.+

Bvt. Brigadier General JOSEPH C. ABBOTT.

6th Connecticut, Lieut, Colonel Daniel Klein.

7th Connecticut, Lieutenant Colonel Seager S. Atwell.

3rd New Hampshire, Lieutenant Colonel James F. Randlett.

7th New Hampshire, Lieutenant Colonel August W. Rollins.

16th New York Heavy Artillery (six companies), Lieutenant Freman F. Huntington.

Third Brigade.

Colonel HARRIS M. PLANISTED.

10th Connecticut, Lieutenant Colonel Edwin S. Greesley.

11th Maine, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan A. Hill.

24th Massachusetts, ++Captain Thomas F. Edmands.

100th New York, Colonel George B. Dandy.

206th Pennsylvania, Colonel Hugh J. Brady.,
Fourth Brigade.

Bvt. Brigadier General JAMES JOURDAN.

8th Maine, Lieutenant Colonel William M. McArthur.

89th New York, Colonel Harrison S. Fairchild.

148th New York, Colonel John B. Murray.

158th New York, Lieutenant Colonel William H. McNary.

55th Pennsylvania, Captain George H. Hill.

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*Absent on expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., Brigadier General Joseph R. Hawley in command.

+Absent on expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C.

++Detached at Bermuda Landing, Va.

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