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Lieutenant George W. Fetterman, Fifteenth U. S. Infantry, commissary of musters; also First Lieutenant Thornton G. Capps, One hundred and twenty-second Illinois Volunteers, provost-marshal. Inclosed I have the honor to transmit the report of my brigade commanders and a list of casualties* and also a report of guns captured.+
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
K. GARRARD,
Brigadier-General, Commanding Division.
Lieutenant Colonel J. HOUGH,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Sixteenth Army Corps.
ADDENDA.
HDQRS. SECOND DIVISION, SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Near Blakely, Ala., April 11, 1865.Lieutenant Colonel JOHN HOUGH:
I have the honor to forward herewith four battle-flags captured in the enemy's works at Blakely, Ala., on the 9th instant by men belonging to the First Brigade of this division. The following are the names of the captors: Captain Samuel McConnell, One hundred and nineteenth Illinois Volunteers; Sergt. George F. Rebman, Company B, One hundred and nineteenth Illinois Volunteers; Private John Whitmore, Company F, One hundred and nineteenth Illinois Volunteers; Private John H. Callahan, Company B, One hundred and twenty-second Illinois Volunteers.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
K. GARRARD,
Brigadier-General, Commanding Division.
GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. SECOND DIV., 16TH ARMY CORPS, No. 36. Near Blakely, Ala., April 12, 1865.The general commanding the division desires to express his heartfelt thanks to the brave officers and men of his command for their heroic and noble conduct in the battle of the 9th instant. To your gallantry in action, your daring advance over terrible obstacles, and your cheerful and prompt obedience to orders, is due the fall of Fort Blakely.
K. GARRARD,
General, Commanding Division.
No. 56. Report of Colonel John I. Rinaker, One hundred and twenty-second Illinois Infantry, commanding First Brigade, of operations April 3-9.
HDQRS. FIRST Brigadier, SECOND DIV., 16TH ARMY CORPS,
Blakely, Ala., April 11, 1865.MAJOR: I have the honor respectfully to submit the following report of the First Brigade, Second Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, in the
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*Shows 2 officers and 39 men killed; 7 officers and 117 men wounded. For casualties from March 30 to April 9, inclusive, see table, p.113.
+See Rice's report, p.267.
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