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I have the honor to submit the following report of casualties of this brigade since leaving Savannah, Ga. ; also the number of miles corduroyed by this command during the same period:

Killed. Wounded.

Command. Officers Men. Total. Officers Men. Total.

15th Michigan --- --- --- --- --- ---

Infantry

70th Ohio 1 --- 1 --- 2 2

Infantry

48th Illinois 1 1 2 1 --- 1

Infantry

90th Illinois --- --- --- --- 2 2

Infantry

99th Illinois --- --- --- --- --- ---

Infantry

Total 2 1 3 1 4 5

Missing. Aggregate.

Command. Officers Men. Total. Officers Men. Total.

15th Michigan --- 1 1 --- 1 1

Infantry

70th Ohio --- --- --- 1 2 3

Infantry

48th Illinois --- 3 3 2 4 6

Infantry

90th Illinois --- 7 7 --- 9 9

Infantry

99th Illinois --- 1 1 --- 1 1

Infantry

Total --- 12 12 3 17 20

Distance corduroyed.

Miles.

15th Michigan Infantry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

70th Ohio Infantry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

48th Illinois Infantry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

90th Illinois Infantry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

99th Indiana Infantry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Very respectfully,

JOHN M. OLIVER,

Brigadier-General.

ADDENDA.

HDQRS. THIRD Brigadier, SECOND DIV., 15TH ARMY CORPS, Near Goldsborough, N. C., March 31, 1865.

CAPTAIN: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of Third Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, since March 15, 1865:

March 15, was encamped on Warsaw road, three miles from Fayetteville, N. C.,; marched at 11 a. m. on Goldsborough road and camped at Bethany Church at 5 p. m. ; distance, nine miles. March 16, moved at 8 a. m. ; crossed Black Creek and went into camp at 7 p. m. near Wesley Chapel; distance, eight miles. March 17, moved at 7 p. m. ; camped at Peters' Cross-Roads at 3 p. m. ; distance, eight miles. March 18, marched at 5. 30 a. m. ; crossed Cohera Creek and went into camp 2 p. m. ; distance, fifteen miles. March 19, moved at 1 p. m. ; marched in direction Everettsville until 11 p. m. ; countermarched at 1 o'clock at night to re-enforce the Fourteenth and Twentieth Corps, who had engaged the enemy; distance, twenty-four miles.

March 21, changed position; relieved skirmishers; put up lines and took part in the engagement of that day. Captain Here, of the Seventieth Ohio, a brave and gallant officer, was killed near the left of our division line. March 22, marched on direct road to Everettsville about ten miles; camped at 5. 30 p. m. March 23, marched eight miles and went into camp six miles from Goldsborough. March 24, crossed Neuse River and went into camp about two miles east of Goldsborough. March 28, was called to guard forage train; went fifteen miles; procured


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