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Page 702 OPERATIONS IN N. C., S. C., S. GA., AND E. FLA. Chapter LIX.

Creek, Chickahominy Creek and Swamps, and encamped at Ashland on the railroad; distance, twelve miles. May 13, marched at 5. 30 a.m., second in line, taking the road for Spotsylvania Court-House; crossed South Anna and Little Rivers, encamping on the north bank of the latter; country poor; roads bad; weather hot; distance, sixteen miles and a half. May 14, marched, second in line, at 5 a.m. ; crossed the North Anna and Mat Rivers, encamping near the latter; weather warm and pleasant; roads good; country rather poor. May 15, marched at 5 a.m., second in line; passed through Spotsylvania Court-House, over the battle-field surrounding it, over the old Chancellorsville battle-ground (where this division was desperately engaged two years ago), crossed the Rappahannock at United States Ford, and encamped after dark on the hills north of the River; crossed during the day, besides the Rappahannock, the Ta, Po, and Ny Rivers; distance, twenty-one miles.

may 16, my division in advance, marched at 4. 30 a.m. toward Brentsville. Passed Hartwood Church and encamped at Town Creek, near Bristerburg; weather very hot; water scarce and roads dusty, rendering the March exhausting to troops; distance, seventeen miles and three quarters. May 17, marched in advance of the corps at 4. 30 a.m., crossed Cedar Run, and encamped at Brentsville. The weather grows more oppressively hot; distance, sixteen miles. May 18, marched, being in the rear, at 10 a.m. ; crossed Broad Run and Bull Run at Woodward's Ford, and late in the evening encamped within two miles of Fairfax Station. The air was terribly hot until 4 p.m. ; when a severe thunder-storm arose. Roads to day hilly and bad generally; distance, fourteen miles. May 19, marched at 6 a.m., still in the rear. Passed Fairfax Station, and followed a small road which entered the Alexandria turnpike between Fairfax Court-House and Annandale; then marching on the turnpike, we encamped on Gregory's farm, three miles and a half from Alexandria; distance, eighteen miles. May 24, marched in review through Washington City, and encamped between Fort Thayer and Bladensburg; distance marched, seventeen miles.

This report, including simply the movements and operations of my command since the date of the last report, is submitted for the information of the major-general commanding the corps. It is my purpose as soon as possible to forward a supplementary report embracing a retrospect of the organization of this division, its services and the principal changes which have taken place in it, with such statistics as may be valuable or interesting for future reference.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOHN W. GEARY,

Brevet Major-General, Commanding.

Lieutenant Colonel H. W. PERKINS, Asst. Adjt. General, Twentieth Corps.


HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, TWENTIETH CORPS,
Goldsborough, N. C., March 28, 1865.

COLONEL: In accordance with your request I submit, in advance of my report of campaign, the following statistical estimates:

Captured and accounted for by quartermaster and commissary of subsistence departments in the division during the Carolina campaign:

Corn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pounds. . . . . . . . . . . . 544. 661

Corn fodder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574. 452

Flour and meal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60. 000

Salt meat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. 000

Sweet potatoes and other vegetables. . . . do. . . . . . . . . . . . 30. 000


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