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Page 878 N. AND SE. VA., N.C., W. VA., MD., AND PA. Chapter LVIII.

Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteers. - North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Reams' Station, Boydton Road.

Thirty-seventh Wisconsin Volunteers. - Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Poplar Spring Church, Reams' Station, Hatcher's Run.

First Battalion Minnesota Volunteers. - First Bull Run, Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Reams' Station, Boydton Road.

First U. S. Sharpshooters. - Yorktown, Williamsburg, Hanover Court-House, Fair Oaks, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Kelly's Ford, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, Poplar Spring Church, Boydton Road.

Second U. S. Sharpshooters. - Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Kelly's Ford, Mine Run, Wilderness, Po River, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, Poplar Spring Church, Boydton Road.

Battery I, First U. S. Artillery. - Bull Run, Ball's Bluff, Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Cold Harbor, Trevilian Station, Saint Mary's Church, Wyatt's Farm Boydton Road.

Battery A, Second U. S. Artillery. - Bull Run, Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Upperville, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Saint Mary's Church, Malvern Hill, Deep Bottom, Belfield.

Battery B, Fourth U. S. Artillery. - Cedar Mountain, Gainesville, Second Bull Run, Chantilly South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Bethesda Church, Petersburg, Hatcher's Run.

Battery K, Fourth U. S. Artillery. - Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Po River Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom.

Battery D, Fifth U. S. Artillery. - First Bull Run, Yorktown, Hanover Court-House, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Bethesda Church, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad.

Batteries C and I, Fifth U. S. Artillery. - Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Po River, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Boydton Road.

Battery E, Fifth U. S. Artillery.- Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg.

Battery M, Fifth U. S. Artillery. - Rappahannock Station, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek.

By command of Major-General Meade:

GEO. D. RUGGLES,

Assistant Adjutant-General.


HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF EASTERN VIRGINIA,
Norfolk, Va., March 7, 1865.

Brigadier General GEORGE H. SHARPE,

Assistant Provost-Marshal-General, City Point, Va.:

Refugee who left Raleigh on Friday last reports that General Sherman was supposed to be at Cheraw, S. C., moving toward Fayetteville, N. C. It was also reported that General Johnston was in his front and intended giving him battle near Cheraw.

J. McENTEE,

Lieutenant-Colonel, &c.


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