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Corduroying and bridge building done by the First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, during the campaign from Savannah to Goldsborough, January, February, and March, 1865.

Command. Amount of corduroying and

bridge building

Miles Yards.

First Brigade 10

Second Brigade 12

Third Brigade 8 280

Pioneer Corps:

Rail 8 445

Cut timber 10 162

Wagon bridge 1/2 12

Foot bridge 1/2 86

Total 49 985

Entire distance marched, 485 miles, being an average of little more than eight miles and a half per day.

CHAS. R. WOODS,

Brevet Major-General.

Amount of railroad track destroyed by First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, during the late campaign through South and North Carolina.

Miles.

First Brigade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Second Brigade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Third Brigade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

All the above railroad was part of what is known as the "Charleston and Augusta" Railroad, and was destroyed by this command in and around Bamberg, S. C.

CHAS. R. WOODS,

Brevet Major-General.


Numbers 13. Report of Bvt. Brigadier General William B. Woods, Seventy-sixth Ohio Infantry, commanding First Brigade, of operations January 23-March 26.

HDQRS. FIRST Brigadier, FIRST DIV., 15TH ARMY CORPS, Near Goldsborough, N. C., March 26, 1865.

CAPTAIN: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this brigade during the campaign just closed:

Pursuant to General Orders, Numbers 5, from headquarters First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, dated Beaufort, S. C., January 21, 1865, I assumed command of the brigade at Garden's Corners, S. C., on the 23rd day of January. On the 30th day of January the brigade, at that time comprising an aggregate of 1,408 officers and men present for duty, moved with the other brigades of the First Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps, campaign that night at McPhersonville, where it remained until the morning of February 1, when it resumed the march, arriving at Hickory Hill, on the left bank of the Coosawhatchie River, about 3 p. m. A force of rebel cavalry, supposed to be at least a regiment, were found on the opposite bank of the river, with outposts


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