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drawn from the north side of the Neuse, and on the 25th marched to Faison's Depot, on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, where it remained in camp until the morning of April 10, when it broke camp and marched northwestward toward Bentonville. Passed Bentonville on the 11th, and with easy marches on the three following days arrived at Raleigh on the afternoon of the 14th instant. The troops went into camp about a mile south of the city, and orders were received to march through the city at 9 o'clock on the morning of the 15th, passing in review before Major-General Sherman. This order was countermanded on the morning of the 15th, and on the afternoon of that day and the morning of the 16th the camps of the First and Third Brigades were removed to better ground.

April 20, the division broke camp and marched through Raleigh, passing in review before Major-General Sherman. After the review it encamped near the main Smithfield road, about two miles outside of the city, where it now is.

I am, Major, very respectfully your obedient servant,

C. J. PAINE,

Brigadier-General of Volunteers, Commanding.

Major C. H. GRAVES,

Assistant Adjutant-General, &c.

A D D E N D A.

Casualties in the Second Division, Twenty-fourth Army Corps, and Third Division, Twenty-fifth Army Corps, February 19 to 22, 1865.

Killed. Wounded.

Command. Officer Men. Officers Men.

s. .

SECOND DIVISION, TWENTY-

FOURTH ARMY CORPS.

203rd Regiment Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Volunteers. . . . . . . . . . . . .

48th Regiment New York . . . . 2 1 12

Volunteers. . . . . .

47th Regiment New York . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Volunteers. . . . . . . . . . . . .

76th Regiment Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Volunteers. . . . . . . . . . . .

9th Regiment Maine . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Volunteers. . . . . . . . . . . .

4th Regiment New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Volunteers. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

115th Regiment New York . . . . . . . 1 1

Volunteers. . . . . . . . . .

Total. . . . . . . 2 2 22

. . . .

THIRD DIVISION, TWENTY-

FIFTH ARMY CORPS.

Second Brigade.

4th U. S. Colored Troops. . . . . . 1 . . . . 5

. . . . . . . . .

6th U. S. Colored Troops. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Third Brigade.

1st U. S. Colored Troops. . 1 1 10

.

5th U. S. Colored Troops. . . . . . . . . 2 37

. . . . . . . .

10th U. S. Colored Troops. . . . . . . . 1

. . . . . . . . .

.

Total. . . . . . . 2 4 53

. . . .

.

ALFRED H. TERRY,

Major-General.


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