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June 7.-Resumed march at 4.30 a. m.; at 12 m. deployed as skirmishers; advanced to 50 yards of railroad bridge in White Oak Swamp.
Jun 8 to 11.-Relieved [each day] from picket and joined the brigade.*
Very respectfully, yours, &c.,
ROBT. W. HARD,
Major, Commanding.
Captain F. H. COWDREY,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Numbers 138. Report of Lieutenant Colonel George Harney, One hundred and forty-seventh New York Infantry.CAMP NEAR PETERSBURG, VA., August 8, 1864.
Report of the operations of the One hundred and forty-seventh Regiment New York Volunteers, from May 4, 1864, to July 30, 1864.
FIRST EPOCH.
Broke camp on the morning of May 4, at 12.30 a. m., and moved in the direction of the Rapidan; crossed the river at Germanna Ford at 1.30 p. m., and encamped at old mill, on Chancellorsville road; moved the next morning at sunrise and engaged the enemy at 10.30 a. m. on the road toward Orange Court-House. Operations continued till the 7th. In the several engagements we sustained the following losses: Killed, 15 men; wounded, 4 officers and 86 men; missing, 2 officers and 64 men.
SECOND EPOCH.
On the evening of May 7 we moved in the direction of Spotsylvania Court-House and came up with the enemy at Laurel Hill on the morning of May 8, at 10 o'clock, and engaged him. The regiment took an active part in the operations at Spotsylvania Court-House. The casualties in the regiment are as follows: Killed, 8 men; wounded, 2 officers, 30 men; missing, 2 men.
THIRD EPOCH.
Moved from Spotsylvania Court-House and crossed the North Anna River at Jericho Mills at 5 p. m. of May 23, 1864; found the enemy in force along the wooded ridge near the Gordonsville and Richmond Railroad; engaged him at this point with the following loss: Killed, 2 men; wounded, 8 men; missing, 1 man.
FOURTH EPOCH.
Recrossed the North Anna on the night of the 27th of May, and crossed the Pamunkey on the 28th, and took up position a mile from the river. Resumed march on the 29th instant, and after moving
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*For continuation of report, see Vol. XL, Part I.
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