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Numbers 267. Report of Lieutenant Colonel Briscoe G. Baldwin, Chief of Ordnance/RETURN OF SMALL-ARMS, AMMUNITION, &C., COLLECTED ON THE BATTLE-FIELD BEFORE FREDERICKSBURG, IN THE ENGAGEMENTS OF DECEMBER 12 AND 13, 1862.
Small-arms:
Springfield rifles ....................................... 250
Improved muskets ......................................... 3,148
Altered muskets .......................................... 1,136
Austrian rifles .......................................... 772
Belgian rifles ........................................... 312
Belgian muskets .......................................... 78
Springfield muskets ...................................... 42
Mississippi rifles ....................................... 478
Flint-lock muskets ....................................... 13
Enfield rifles, caliber .69 .............................. 26
Enfield rifles, caliber .57 .............................. 59
Damaged guns ............................................. 1,406
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RECAPITULATION.
Total on hand at the reserve trains ...................... 7,720
Total retained by the First Army Corps ................... 2,166
Total retained by the Second Army Corps .................. 513
Total forwarded to Richmond .............................. 692
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Grand total .............................................. 11,091
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Ammunition, &c.:
Caliber .69 .............................................. 80,000
Calibers .57 and .58 ..................................... 94,000
Caliber .54 .............................................. 31,000
Mixed and damaged cartridges ............................. 50,000
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Grand total ammunition (rounds) .......................... 255,000
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Infantry accouterments ................................... 1,800
RECAPITULATION IN FULL.
Grand total arms collected ............................... 11,091
Probable loss of our troops .............................. 2,000
Grand total captured (stands) ............................ 9,091
Grand total ammunition (rounds) .......................... 255,000
Grand total accouterments (sets) ......................... 1,800
Respectfully submitted.
BRISCOE G. BALDWIN,
Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Ordnance, Army of Northern Virginia.
HDQRS. ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, Ordnance Office, January 20, 1863.
Numbers 268. Report of Lieutenant General James Longstreet, C. S. Army, commanding First Army Corps.HDQRS. FIRST ARMY CORPS, DEPT. OF NORTHERN VA., Near Fredericksburg, Va., December 20, 1862.
GENERAL: Upon my arrival at Fredericksburg, on November 19, the troops of this command were assigned to positions as follows, viz: McLaws' division upon the heights immediately behind the city and south
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