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Newbatt, Alfred, fl. 1863-1865 [Report of ammunition in artillery reserves, ammunition train]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.139 Author/Creator: Newbatt, Alfred, fl. 1863-1865 Place Written: Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 27 August 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Written in camp near Petersburg. Lists shot, shrapnel, shell, and canister, among other reserves. Newbatt served in the Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery.

Newbatt, Alfred, fl. 1863-1865

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