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instant. The enemy having evacuated the city of Savannah on the night previous, on the morning of the 21st, about 4 o'clock, I was ordered to withdraw the regiments upon the island and march the brigade forward to the line of works formerly occupied by the enemy, and upon arriving there the general commanding division sent me orders to march to the city. Arriving in the city I was assigned the city parade-grounds, or Forsyth Place, as a ground for encampment, and the brigade assigned to the duty of guarding and patrolling a district of the city.
The casualties of the brigade during the operations embraced in this report were slight. A tabular statement accompanies this report. The officers and men of the command behaved with much consideration and propriety of conduct during the march, and but few instances of wanton destruction of property or pillage occurred.
To the officers of the staff I am under obligations for the faithful and diligent discharge of the duties devolving upon them.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
P. H. JONES,
Colonel 154th New York Volunteers, Commanding Brigade.
Captain W. T. FORBES,
Asst. Adjt. General, Second Division, Twentieth Corps.
Numerical return of casualties of the Second Brigade, Second Division, Twentieth Corps, from the 15th day of November, 1864, until the 21st day of December, 1864.
Killed. Wounded. Mi-
Command. Officers Men. Officers. Men. Officers
. .
73rd . . . 1 .
Pennsylva
nia
Veteran
Volunteer
s. .
109th . . . . .
Pennsylva
nia
Veteran
Volunteer
s. .
119th New . . . . .
York
Volunteer
s. .
134th New 1 1 . 7 .
York
Volunteer
s. .
154th New . 1 . 3 .
York
Volunteer
s. .
33rd New . . . 1 .
Jersey
Volunteer
s. .
Total. . 1 2 . 12 .
ssing. Total.
Command. Men. Officer Men. Aggrega
s. te.
73rd Pennsylvania Veteran . . 1 1
Volunteers. .
109th Pennsylvania . . . .
Veteran Volunteers. .
119th New York . . . .
Volunteers. .
134th New York 8 1 16 17
Volunteers. .
154th New York 3 . 7 7
Volunteers. .
33rd New Jersey . . 1 1
Volunteers. .
Total. . 11 1 25 26
P. H. JONES,
Colonel 154th New York Volunteers, Commanding Brigade.
Numbers 107. Report of Colonel George W. Mindil, Thirty-third New Jersey Infantry, of operations September 2-December 21.
HDQRS. THIRTY-THIRD NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS,
Savannah, Ga., December 26, 1864.CAPTAIN: I have the honor to submit the following official report of the movements of my regiment from the 2nd of September to the 21st of December, 1864:
Upon entering the city of Atlanta the regiment was assigned a permanent camp to the right of the McDonough road, about one mile and
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