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Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865 [Field return, artillery park, Army of the Potomac]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.158 Author/Creator: Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865 Place Written: Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 23 October 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

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 ammunition.

Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865

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