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17 Series I Volume XLII-I Serial 87 - Richmond-Fort Fisher Part I

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Numbers 367.-Itinerary of Hardaway's Light Artillery Battalion August 13-December 31.


Numbers 368.-Brigadier General Johnson Hagood, C. S. Army, commanding

Department of Richmond, of operations September 21.


Numbers 369.-Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell, C. S. Army, commanding Department of Richmond, of operations September 29.


Numbers 370.-Colonel James R. Hagood, First South Carolina Infantry, of operations August 14-December 10.


Numbers 371.-Captain James Hays, C. S. Army, Assistant Inspector-General, Harris' brigade, Anderson's division, of operations August 21.


Numbers 372.-Lieutenant General Ambrose P. Hill, C. S. Army, commanding Third Army Corps, of operations August 19-25.


Numbers 373.-Major Robert B. Fauntleroy, Fifty-fifth Virginia Infantry, Walker's brigade, Heth's division, of operations September 30-October 1.


Numbers 374.-Major General Wade Hampton, C. S. Army, commanding Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, of operations August 25, September 14-17, September 29-October 1, October 27-28, and December 7-11.


Numbers 375.-John Maxwell, Secret Service, Confederate State, of explosion at City Point.


No. 1. Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding Armies of the United States.*

CITY POINT, VA., August 9, 1864-11.45 a. m.

Five minutes ago an ordnance boat exploded, carrying lumber, grape, canister, and all kinds of shot over this point. Every part of the yard used as my headquarters is filled with splinters and fragments of shell. I do not know yet what the casualties are beyond my own headquarters. Colonel Babcock is slightly wounded in hand and 1 mounted orderly is killed and 2 or 3 wounded and several horses killed. The damage at the wharf must be considerable both in life and property. As soon as the smoke clears away I will ascertain and telegraph you.

U. S. GRANT,

Lieutenant-General.

Major-General HALLECK,

Washington, D. C.

CITY POINT, VA., August 11, 1864.

The following is a list of casualties from the explosion of the ammunition barge on the 9th instant: Killed, 12 enlisted men, 2 citizen employed, 1 citizen not employed by Government, 28 colored laborers; wounded, 3 commissioned officers, 4 enlisted men, 15 citizen employed, 86 colored laborers. Besides these there were 18 others wounded, soldiers and citizens not belonging about the wharf. The damage to property was large, but I have not the means of reporting it.

U. S. GRANT,

Lieutenant-General.

Major-General HALLECK,

Washington, D. C.

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* For Grant's reference in his general report to operations of

this period, see Vol. XXXVI, Part I, pp. 31-33.

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