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Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell), 1825-1906 Positions of Batteries on Ninth Corps line

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.185 Author/Creator: Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell), 1825-1906 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 9 March 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 62.7 cm, Width: 39.8 cm Order a Copy

Possibly created in Virginia. Tidball signs as Brevet Brigadier General commanding artillery brigade, 9th corps, Army of the Potomac. Lists positions, number of guns, and commanding officers of several batteries and corps. Accompanied by a fragmented wrapper, which is also docketed: "Stations of Artillery, and Field Returns / Army of the Potomac / Reports of Genl Tidball Majors Hazard, Ricketts & others, in reference to the condition of the forts in the line & Magazines& amts. of ammunition &c. in hand" Wrapper may have originally held .185 and other Hunt Collection returns.

Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell), 1825-1906
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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