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Page 138 S. C. AND GA. COASTS, AND IN MID. AND E. FLA. Chapter XL.

FOLLY ISLAND.

VOGDES' DIVISION.

Brigadier General ISRAEL VOGDES.

Alford's Brigade.

Colonel SAMUEL M. ALFORD.

3rd New York, Lieutenant Colonel Eldridge G. Floyd.

89th New York, Lieutenant Colonel T. L. England.

103rd New York, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Wettstein.

117th New York, Major Rufus Daggett.

Third Brigade.

Colonel JAMES C. BEECHER.

55th Massachusetts (colored), Colonel Alfred S. Hartwell.

1st North Carolina (colored), Major Archibald Bogle.

Foster's Brigade.

Colonel J. C. DRAKE.

13th Indiana, Colonel Cyrus J. Dobbs.

112th New York, Colonel Jeremiah C. Drake.

169th New York, Major Alonzo Alden.

Light Artillery Battalion.

Captain JOHN HAMILTON.

3rd New York, Battery F, Captain Samuel C. Day.

3rd United States, Battery E. Captain John Hamilton.

Unattached.

1st Connecticut Battery, Captain A. P. Rockwell.

1st New York Engineers (nine companies), Colonel E. W. Serrell.

76th Pennsylvania, Company D, Lieutenant James J. McCormick.

3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Company A, Captain W. H. Hammer.

GORDON'S DIVISION.*

Brigadier General GEORGE H. GORDON.

First Brigade.+

Colonel WILLIAM GURNEY.

41st New York, Lieutenant Colonel Deleto von Einsiedel.

54th New York, Captain Gustav Blau.

127th New York, Major Edward H. Little.

142nd New York, Colonel N. M. Curtis.

107th Ohio, Colonel Seraphim Meyer.

74th Pennsylvania, Captain Henry Krauseneck.

Second Brigade.++

Colonel WILLIAM H. NOBLE.

17th Connecticut, Colonel William H. Noble.

40th Massachusetts, Colonel Guy V. Henry.

144th New York, Lieutenant Colonel James Lewis.

157th New York, Colonel Philip P. Brown, jr.

25th Ohio, Colonel William P. Richardson.

75th Ohio, Colonel Andrew L. Harris.

Artillery.

1st United States, Battery B, Captain Samuel S, Elder.

PORT ROYAL ISLAND.

Brigadier General RUFUS SAXTON.

8th Maine, Colonel John D. Rust.

56th New York, Colonel C. H. Van Wyck.

55th Pennsylvania, Colonel Richard White.

1st South Carolina (colored), Colonel T. W. Higginson.

Massachusetts Cavalry Battalion, Companies B and C, Major A. H. Stevens, jr.

1st U. S. Artillery, Battery D, Lieutenant John S. Gibbs.

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*The Thir Brigade (Howell's) transferred December 5-7 to Hilton Head Island.

+Gurney commanding since November 28, vice Brigadier-General Schimmelfennig, absent sick. The 54th and 142nd New York on Kiawah Island, and the 127th New York and 107th Ohio on Cole's Island.

++Brigadier General A. Ames absent to leave since November 27.

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