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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.189 Author/Creator: Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865 Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 12 March 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

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
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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