Today in History:

57 Series I Volume XLVII-I Serial 98 - Columbia Part I

Page 57 Chapter LIX. THE CAMPAIGN OF THE CAROLINAS.

Third Brigade.

Colonel G. FREDERICK GRANGER.

13th Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Zent.

9th Maine, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Noble.

4th New Hampshire, Captain John H. Roberts.

115th New York, Colonel Nathan J. Johnson.

169th New York, Colonel James A. Colvin.

Artillery.

New York Light, 16th Battery, Captain Richard H. Lee.

THIRD DIVISION. *

Bvt. Major General CHARLES J. PAINE.

First Brigade.

Bvt. Brigadier General DELEVAN BATES.

1st U. S. Colored Troops, Lieutenant Colonel Giles H. Rich.

30th U. S. Colored Troops, Lieutenant Colonel Hiram A. Oakman.

107th U. S. Colored Troops, Colonel William H. Revere, Jr.

Second Brigade.

Bvt. Brigadier General SAMUEL A. DUNCAN.

4th U. S. Colored Troops, Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers.

5th U. S. Colored Troops, Colonel Giles W. Shurtleff.

39th U. S. Colored Troops, Colonel Ozora P. Stearns.

Third Brigade.

Colonel JOHN H. HOLMAN.

Bvt. Brigadier General ALBERT M. BLACKMAN. +

6th U. S. Colored Troops, Colonel John W. Ames.

27th U. S. Colored Troops, Lieutenant Colonel John W. Donnellau.

37th U. S. Colored Troops, Colonel Nathan Goff, Jr.

UNATTACHED.

3rd U. S. Artillery, Battery E, Lieutenant John R. Myrick.

TWENTY-THIRD ARMY CORPS.

Major General JOHN M. SCHOFIELD.

Major General JACOB D. COX. ++

ENGINEER BATTALION. @

Captain OLIVER S. McCLURE.

PROVOST GUARD.

9th New Jersey, Company H, Captain Edward S. Pullen.

ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant Colonel GEORGE W. SCHOFIELD. #

Captain GILES J. COCKERILL.

FIRST DIVISION.

Bvt. Major General THOMAS H. RUGER.

---------------

*Previously known as Third Division, Twenty-fifth Army Corps.

+In command from April 22.

++In command from March 31. From March 1 to 31 General Cox, commanded the District of Beaufort and the Provisional Corps, consisting of Ruger's, Palmer's, and Carter's divisions.

@Composed of details from infantry regiments.

#Relieved April 3.

---------------


Page 57 Chapter LIX. THE CAMPAIGN OF THE CAROLINAS.