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[Addenda.]

Return of casualties in the Department of North Carolina, commanded by Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside, at the battle of New Berne, N. C., March 14, 1862.

[Compiled from nominal lists of casualties, returns, &c.]

Killed. Wounded.

Command. Officers Enlisted Officers Enlisted

men. men.

FIRST BRIGADE.

Brigadier General

JOHN G. FOSTER.

23rd Massachusetts. 1 6 3 21

24th Massachusetts. ... 10 4 41

25th Massachusetts. ... 4 1 15

27th Massachusetts. 1 8 2 41

10th Connecticut. ... 7 2 15

Total First Brigade. 2 35 12 133

SECOND BRIGADE.

Brigadier General

JESSE L. RENO.

21st Massachusetts. 1 14 2 40

51st New York. 1 10 6 54

9th New Jersey. 1 3 4 54

51st Pennsylvania. ... ... .. 9

Total Second Brigade. 3 27 12 157

THIRD BRIGADE.

Brigadier General

JOHN G. PARKE.

4th Rhode Island. 1 10 2 23

5th Rhode Island, 1st 1 1 ... 8

Battalion.

8th Connecticut. ... 2 1 3

11th Connecticut. 1 5 .... 21

Total Third Brigade. 3 18 3 55

UNASSIGNED TROOPS.

1st New York Marine ... ... ... 1

Artillery,

detachment.

99th New York, ... 2 1 6

Company B.

Total unassigned ... 2 1 7

troops.

Total Department of 8 82 28 352

North Carolina.

Captured or missing.

Command. Officers. Enlisted Aggregate.

men.

FIRST BRIGADE.

Brigadier General JOHN

G. FOSTER.

23rd Massachusetts. ... ... 31

24th Massachusetts. ... .... 55

25th Massachusetts. .. ... 20

27th Massachusetts. .... ... 52

10th Connecticut. .... ... 24

Total First Brigade. ... ... 182

SECOND BRIGADE.

Brigadier General

JESSE L. RENO.

21st Massachusetts. ... ... 57

51st New York. ... ... 71

9th New Jersey. ... ... 62

51st Pennsylvania. ... ... 9

Total Second Brigade. ... ... 199

THIRD BRIGADE.

Brigadier General JOHN

G. PARKE.

4th Rhode Island. ... .... 36

5th Rhode Island, 1st ... .. 10

Battalion.

8th Connecticut. ... ... 6

11th Connecticut. ... ... 27

Total Third Brigade. .. .. 79

UNASSIGNED TROOPS.

1st New York Marine .. .. 1

Artillery, detachment.

99th New York, Company 1 .. 10

B.

Total unassigned troops. 1 ... 11

Total Department of 1 ... 471

North Carolina.


Numbers 4. Report of Brigadier General John G. Foster, U. S. Army, commanding First Brigade.


HEADQUARTERS GENERAL FOSTER'S BRIGADE,
Department of North Carolina, New Berne, March 20, 1862.

I have the honor to report than, in pursuance of the orders of General Burnside and in accordance with the plan of operations agreed upon, I proceeded to land my brigade on the 13th instant at Slocum's Creek. I took on board the Pilot Boy about 500 men of the Twenty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and towing the boats of my brigade, carrying about 600 more, reached the mouth of the creek


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