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Crosscut-saws........................................... 15

Axes.................................................... 13

Hatchets................................................ 31

Helves.................................................. 127

Picks................................................... 272

Shovels................................................. 212

Spades.................................................. 82

Camp kettles............................................ 71

Telegraph wire...............................bundles.... 29

Platform scales......................................... 3

White lead.....................................keg...... 1

Horseshoes.....................................pounds...13.061

Horseshoes.....................................do....... 3.816

Horseshoes nails...............................do....... 9.411

Iron...........................................do....... 275

Spikes.........................................do....... 20

Rope...........................................do....... 303 1/2

Tar............................................barrel... 1

Can of oil.............................................. 1

Artillery grease...............................kegs..... 2

Artillery grease...............................do....... 2

Picket rope....................................feet..... 200

Picket pins............................................. 28

Chests.................................................. 5

Pulley-block............................................ 1

Buckles................................................. 144

Insulators.............................................. 190

Tents................................................... 134

Camp stools............................................. 65

Mess pans............................................... 60

Skillet lid............................................. 1

Cooking stoves.......................................... 2

Tin plates.............................................. 292

Spoons.................................................. 52

Tin cups................................................ 20

Table knives............................................ 80

Table forks............................................. 31

Neck-ties.....................................dozens.... 2 3/4

Paper collars.................................boxes..... 7

Suspenders....................................pairs..... 7

Handkerchiefs........................................... 6

The above are the articles captured in the quartemaster's department and turned in to me. Besides these, much property was captured and reported direct to the Quartermaster-General by various quartermasters of the command without being reported to me.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN Q. HARMAN,

Major and Chief Q. M., Second Corps, Army of N. Virginia.


Numbers 65. Reports of Colonel S. Crutchfield, C. S. Army, Chief of Artillery, of operations May 23 - June 9.


HEADQUARTERS VALLEY DISTRICT,
Near Gordonsville, Va., July 25, 1862.

SIR: I have to submit the following report of the part taken by the different batteries of this army in the actions of May 23 and 25 at Front Royal and Winchester:

On the morning of Friday, May 23, after our skirmishers advanced upon Front Royal and drove in the enemy's pickets, the main force of


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