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No. 174 Report of Major Henry J. Sheafer, One hundred and seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations August 18-21.


HDQRS. 107TH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VETERAN VOLS.,
Camp near Yellow House, Va.,

Weldon and Petersburg Railroad, September 3, 1864.

LIEUTENANT: In obedience to the order of the colonel commanding the brigade, I would respectfully make the following report of the operation of my command near the Weldon railroad:

On the morning of the 18th of August, 1864, we left our camp near the Avery house, being the fifth and last regiment in the line of the


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