Today in History:

458 Series I Volume XLII-III Serial 89 - Richmond-Fort Fisher Part III

Page 458 OPERATIONS IN SE. VA. AND N. C. Chapter LIV.

ENGINEERS BRIGADE AND DEFENSES OF CITY POINT.

Brigadier General HENRY W. BENHAM.

8th Delaware (three companies), Captain Robert J. Holt.

61st Massachusetts (five companies), Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Walcott.

18th New Hampshire (six companies), Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M. Clough.

Independent New York Company, Lieutenant John Bevines.

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

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

BATTALION U. S. ENGINEERS.

Captain FRANKLIN HARWOOD.

GUARDS AND ORDERLIES.

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

SIGNAL CORPS.

Major BENJAMIN F. FISHER.

ARTILLERY.+

Brigadier General HENRY J. HUNT.

Artillery Park.

Captain CALVIN SHAFFER.

Maine Light, 2nd Battery (B), Captain Albert F. Thomas.

Maine Light, 3rd Battery (C), Captain Ezekiel R. Mayo.

Massachusetts Light, 14th Battery, Captain Joseph W. B. Wright.

1st Rhode Island Light, Battery H, Captain Crawford Allen, jr.

Vermont Light, 3rd Battery, Captain Romeo H. Start.

Sixth Corps Artillery.

Captain WILLIAM A. HARN.

Maine Light, 4th Battery (D), Captain Charles W. White.

1st New Jersey Light, Battery A, Captain Augustin N. Parsons.

New York Light, 3rd Battery, Lieutenant Alexander S. McLain.

1st Ohio Light, Battery H, Captain Stephen W. Dorsey.

1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E, Captain William B. Rhodes.

5th United States, Battery E, Lieutenant Charles H. Carroll.

SECOND ARMY CORPS.

Major General WINFIELD S. HANCOCK.

FIRST DIVISION.

Brigadier General NELSON A. MILES.

First Brigade.

Colonel WILLIAM WILSON.

28th Massachusetts, Major James Fleming.

26th Michigan, Major Nathan Church.

5th New Hampshire, Major Welcome A. Crafts.

61st New York, Major George W. Scott.

81st Pennsylvania, Major Lawrence Mercer.

140th Pennsylvania, Captain Thomas Henry.

183rd Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Colonel George T. Egbert.

2nd New York Heavy Artillery, Major George Hogg.

4th New York Heavy Artillery, Captain John B. Vande Wiele.

Consolidated Brigade.

Colonel CLINTON D. MACDOUGALL.

7th New York (seven companies), Captain Jacob Scheu.

39th New York (seven companies), Captain David A. Allen.

52nd New York (six companies), Captain George Degener.

57th New York (two companies), Lieutenant William H. French, jr.

63rd New York (seven companies), Captain Alexander Watts.

69th New York, Captain Robert H. Milliken.

88th New York, (five companies), Lieutenant Colonel Denis F. Burke.

111th New York, Major Joseph W. Corning.

125th New York, Lieutenant Albert Reynolds.

126th New York, Captain John B. Geddis.

---------------

*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.

---------------


Page 458 OPERATIONS IN SE. VA. AND N. C. Chapter LIV.