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542 Series I Volume XL-II Serial 81 - Richmond, Petersburg Part II

Page 542 OPERATIONS IN SE.VA. AND N.C. Chapter LII.

Abstract from return of the Army of the Potomac, Major General George G. Meade, U. S. Army, commanding, for the month of June 1864.

Present for duty.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate

present.

General headquarters 55 --- 55

Provost guard (Patrick) 85 1,214 1,670

Engineer brigade (Benham) 45 1,801 2,149

Battalion U. S. Engineers 5 306 367

(Mendell)

Artillery (Hunt) 5 --- 5

Guard and orderlies (Ingalls) 3 56 88

Signal Corps (Fisher) 16 196 223

Second Army Corps (Hancock) 888 16,313 22,613

Fifth Army Corps (Warren) 869 17,078 23,234

Sixth Army Corps (Wright) 797 17,514 23,014

Ninth Army Corps (Burnside) 671 15,343 19,663

Cavalry Corps (Sheridan) 630 12,720 19,397

Total 4,069 82,541 112,478

Command. Aggregate Pieces of

present and field

absent. artillery.

General headquarters 57 ---

Provost guard (Patrick) 2,324 ---

Engineer brigade (Benham) 2,611 ---

Battalion U. S. Engineers 424 ---

(Mendell)

Artillery (Hunt) 5 ---

Guard and orderlies (Ingalls) 98 ---

Signal Corps (Fisher) 262 ---

Second Army Corps (Hancock) 49,658 56

Fifth Army Corps (Warren) 40,523 54

Sixth Army Corps (Wright) 35,317 48

Ninth Army Corps (Burnside) 35,836 46

Cavalry Corps (Sheridan) 32,625 24

Total 199,740 228

Organization of the Army of the Potomac, command by Major General George G. Meade, U. S. Army, June 30, 1864.

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.

PROVOST GUARD.

Brigadier General MARSENA R. PATRICK.

80th New York (20th Militia), Colonel Theodore B. Gates.

68th Pennsylvania, Colonel Andrew H. Tippin.

114th Pennsylvania, Colonel Charles H. T. Collis.

1st Massachusetts Cavalry Companies C and D, Captain Charles F. Admas,jr.

3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel Edward S. Jones.

VOLUNTEER ENGINEER BRIGADE.

Brigadier General HENRY W. BENHAM.

15th New York (five companies), Major William A. Ketchum.

50th New York, Colonel William H. Pettes.*

BATTALION U. S. ENGINEERS.

Captain GEORGE H. MENDELL.

SIGNAL CORPS.

Captain BENJAMIN F. FISHER,

ARTILLERY.+

Brigadier General HENRY J. HUNT.

Artillery Park.

Lieutenant Colonel FREEMAN McGILVERY.

15th New York Heavy Artillery, Company F, Captain Calvin Shaffer.

GUARDS AND ORDERLIES.

Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry, Captain Daniel P. Mann.

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*Commanding detachment at Washington, D. C.,the remainder of regiment serving in the field under subordinate officers.

+All organizations of artillery, excepting those entered under this head, will be found in the rosters of the commands with which they served.

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