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Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac

General Hays lists officers and other men present for duty, as well as serviceable and unserviceable horses for nineteen batteries under his command.

GLC02382.204

[Report of ammunition in reserve artillery train, Army of the Potomac]

Newbatt, a first lieutenant in reserve artillery, lists numbers of shot, shell, canister, and other ammunition. GLC02382.139 from 27 August 1864, indicates that Newbatt served in the Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery.

GLC02382.143

[Report of ammunition on hand in reserve artillery train, Army of the Potomac]

Written near Petersburg. Lieutenant and ordnance officer Newbatt lists amounts of shot, shell, canister, and other ammunition.

GLC02382.146

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Thanks Hunt for a recent favor. Recalls details of the Battle of Gettysburg for Hunt, who is writing an article on the topic. Speculates as to why General Alexander S. Webb left the 1st New York Light Artillery out of his report on the Battle of...

GLC02382.105

[Field return, artillery park, Army of the Potomac]

Written near Petersburg. Captain Shaffer lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve...

GLC02382.149

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Cowan discusses an article on the Battle of Gettysburg Hunt previously wrote for Century Magazine. Expresses disappointment that historians continually fail to mention his battery in descriptions of the battle. Discusses a correction he previously...

GLC02382.108

[Field return, artillery park, Army of the Potomac]

Written near Petersburg. Captain Shaffer lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve...

GLC02382.152

[Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Captain Shaffer lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.184

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Mentions an article Hunt wrote for Century Magazine (possibly on the Battle of Gettysburg). Congratulates Hunt on his son Henry's bravery for participating in the Greely expedition. Mentions the death of a recent acquaintance, who caught dysentery...

GLC02382.111

[Report of ammunition in reserve artillery park, Army of the Potomac]

Written near Petersburg. Lieutenant Newbatt, ordnance officer, lists amounts of shot, shell, canister, and other ammunition.

GLC02382.155