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ADDENDA.
Field return of Artillery Brigade, Second Army, showing the loss of men, horses, and material during the action of August 25, 1864.*
Casualties this day.
Effective Kil led.
strength.
Command Officers Men. Total. Officers. Men.
Batteries ........... 139 139 ...... 4
A and B,
1st Rhode
Island
3rd New 5 109 114 ...... 4
Jersey
Battery
10th 4 120 124 ...... ......
Massachusetts
Battery
12th New 1 83 84 1 2
York
Battery
Total 10 451 461 1 10
Casualties this day.
Woun ded. Miss ing. Total
enlisted
Command Officers. Men. Officers. Men. Total
enlisted
Batteries ...... 3 a3 43 50
A and B,
1st Rhode
Island
3rd New ...... ....... ....... 6 10
Jersey
Battery
10th 1b 14 ........ 22 36
Massachusetts
Battery
12th New ...... 2 ....... 6 10
York
Battery
Total 1 19 3 77 106
H o r s e s.
Command Killed Wounded. Total Material.
Batteries .... .... 54 4 light 12-pounder guns,
A and B, carriages, and limbers
1st Rhode complete; 3 caissons and
Island limbers complete; 1 caisson
body; 13 sets horse equipments
complete; 7 sets wheel harness;
sets lead harness; 1 odd
harness.13
3rd New 5 3 8
Jersey
Battery
10th 34 3 37 4 3-inch guns and limbers
Massachusetts complete and 3 caissons taken
Battery by the enemy.
12th New .... .... 35 1 light 12-pounder gun and 2
York caisson taken by the enemy.
Total 39 6 134
a First Lieutenant Walter S Perrin, wounded and missing; First Lieutenant James E chase, missing; Second Lieutenant Gideon Spencer, missing.
b Captain J. H. Sleeper, wounded.
c Second Lieutenant H. D. Brower. killed.
None of the other batteries attached to this brigade were in the engagement.
Numbers 108. Report of Major John G. Hazard, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, commanding Artillery Brigade, of operations October 26-28.
HDQRS. ARTILLERY BRIGADE, SECOND ARMY CORPS,
October 29, 1864.MAJOR: I have the honor to make the following report of the part taken by this command in the battle of Hatcher's Run October 27, 1864, and the operations of the portion of my brigade which moved with the column previous to and after the engagement:
At 12 a. m. October 26 Beck's battery (C and I), Fifth U. S. Artillery, six light 12-pounder guns, was ordered to report to Brigadier-General Egan, commanding Second Division; Granger's (Tenth Massachusetts), six 3-inch Parrotts, and Roder's (K, Fourth United States), four light 12-
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* Furnished August 27, 1864, by Major John G. Hazard.
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