Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865 [Field return, artillery park]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.140 Author/Creator: Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 28 August 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 30.9 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy
Lists officers, soldiers, and horses present and absent. Captain Shaffer lists no casualties. Captain Shaffer served in the Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery, part of the Army of the Potomac, which was active in Virginia near Petersburg in August of 1864.
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