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iron guns, U. S. 33; 3-inch wrought-iron guns, banded, rebel, 13; 10-pounder Parrotgt guns, U. S., 10; 20-pounder Parrott guns, U. S., 2; Coehorn mortars, rebel, 1; 3-inch Whitworth guns, rebel, 1; 12-pounder howitzers, U. S., 5; 12-pounder howitzers, rebel, 3; 3.4-inch Blakerly guns, 1; 3.67-inch rebel guns, banded, 1; 3.80-inch smooth-bore guns, 2; 24-pounder howitzers, U. S., 4; 24-piunder howitzers, rebel, 2; 24-pounder howitzersf, U. S., Dahlgren, Navy, 1; 12-pounder Armstrong guns, rifled, rebel, 5; 12-pounder iron guns, re-enforced, rebel, 1. Total number, 251. Rifles and muskets, 21,177; carbines, 1,293; pistols, 163. Total number small-arms, 22,633.*
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
F. H. PARKER,
Lieutenant and Chief Ordnance Officer, Army of the Potomac.
ORDERS.] HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
May 31, 1865.
The corps will resume the march to-morrow, starting at 5 a. m., in the following order: First, Third Division; second, First Division; third, Second Division (each to be followed by its own headquarters trains); fourth, ambulances; Fifth, supply trains.
By command of Major-General Wright:
C. H. WHITTELSEY,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRS. INDEPENDENT DIVISION, 24TH ARMY CORPS,
Richmond, Va., May 31, 1865.Honorable SECRETARY OF WAR,
Washington, D. C.:
SIR: I have the honor to recommend the following officers of the division staff for promotion by brevet: Captain John S. Gibbs, thirty-eighth U. S. Colored Troops, aide-de-camp, to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious services in the campaigns of 1864 and 1865. Captain Charles H. Hurd, assistant adjutant-general volunteers, to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious services in the campaigns of 1864 and 1865. Surg. R. R. Clarke, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, surgeon-in-chief of division, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for faithful and meritorious services in campaigns of 1864, and 1865. Captain George Macomber, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, division inspector, to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious services in campaigns of 1864 and 1865. Second Lieutenant Jere Horton, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, assistant commissary of musters, to be first lieutenant and captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious services in campaigns of 1864 and 1865. First Lieutenant J. R. Brenneman, Twelfth West Virginia Volunteers, acting ordnance officer, to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious services in campaigns of 1864 and 1865. Captain H. L. Karr, One hundred and sixteenth Ohio Volunteers, judge-advocate, to be major by brevet for faithful and meritorious services in campaigns of 1864 and 1865.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN W. TURNER,
Brevet Major-General, Commanding.
*See also supplementary report, Part I, p. 607.
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