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8 May 1864
Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902
to father
They shipped from Gloucester Point and are now in Bermuda Hundreds. There were heavy skirmishes but they are all in good sprits and feel they will have Richmond soon.
GLC02161.125
14 May 1864
to Norman R. Dewey
A dispatch from Grant came saying he had taken Johnson's whole division. One of the batteries from Camp Barry was lost but then retaken by the 13th division. He is afraid Charley will have a hand in the fighting.
GLC02161.126
20 May 1864
to Mary "Mollie" McLean
Written "in the field." The "Johnnies" have been skirmishing with their infantry and artillery. They have a strong position. They have three regiments of colored troops but they have not been let in yet.
GLC02161.127
22 May 1864
to Harriet W. Dewey
Written "in the field." He read of Henry's death in the papers after he thought he had escaped unharmed. They may lose their guns. He is sick of the expedition.
GLC02161.128
28 May 1864
Yesterday the whole command except for one division was ordered to embark to reinforce Grant. Gen. Lee assumes he will save Richmond. No one really likes Butler, the commanding officer.
GLC02161.129
3 June 1864
The infantry has been behaving badly. At a seven infantry engagement with the "Johns", the men got inside the mark as soon as possible. In other words, they ran at the first fire.
GLC02161.130
11 June 1864
He has enclosed the key to his trunk. He gives instructions on what to do with the items inside.
GLC02161.131
19 June 1864
He is very healthy and there is no sickness in the army. They are all full of fight for the campaign that will decide whether this "nation is one or two."
GLC02161.132
4 July 1864
He feels sorry for Burns. All the old officers are gone from the old 5th. The new ones are strangers. The captain of his old company has been dismissed.
GLC02161.133
20 July 1864
The 19th corps from N. Orleans have been pressing up the river for the last couple of days. If Sherman gets Atlantis, they should have some real fighting ahead of them.
GLC02161.135
31 July 1864
It is very hot and he is writing on cheap paper. The 9th corps made a bad name for themselves and ruined their reputation and position but he doesn't elaborate.
GLC02161.136
15 August 1864
He is concerned that if the chances aren't good enough in Buffalo, he will have to go somewhere else. Written at Fort Pocahontas
GLC02161.137
30 November 1864
Peckham, P., fl. 1974
[special orders no. 155]
Captain Peckham assigns Captain Ethan A. Jenks to the position of Field Officer for the day. Marked as an extract.
GLC02750.123
6 December 1864
Curtin, John, fl. 1864
[special orders no. 161]
Brigadier General Curtin assigns Captain Ethan A. Jenks to the position of Field Officer General for 7 December 1864. Marked as an extract.
GLC02750.124
15 December 1864
Daniels, Percy, fl. 1864-1865
[special orders no. 19]
Copied. Also signed by [F. J. Spencer?], [general orders]. Colonel Daniels revokes a fine imposed on Private Henry Winseman. Written at Fort Sedgwick
GLC02750.125
28 January 1865
Keyser, Charles M., fl. 1865
[special orders no. 2121]
Copied. Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Keyser transfers Private Saul McCann to the Army of the Potomac.
GLC02750.126
14 February 1865
Wright, Samuel, fl. 1864-1865
[special orders no. 22]
Assistant Adjutant General Wright lists soldiers available for court detail for the trial of Private Michael Doyle. Signed across the page 30 April 1865 by William D. Thompson, United States Paymaster. Written in Jones House, Virginia.
GLC02750.127
9 March 1865
Mun, Matthew, fl. 1865
[general orders no. 10]
Based on Colonel Percy Daniels' orders, a fine is imposed upon Corporal Esek R. Darling for absence without leave. Marked as an extract. Written at Fort Sedgwick
GLC02750.128
15 March 1865
[special orders no. 7]
Based on the orders of Colonel Percy Daniels, a council is convened, including Ethan A. Jenks as a member.
GLC02750.129
6 June 1865
Parke, G., fl. 1865
[special orders no. 36]
Assistant Adjutant General Bertolette reports the transfers of enlisted men based on the orders of Major General Jno. G. Parke.
GLC02750.130
9 June 1865
[special orders no. 6]
Colonel Daniels requires commanders to turn over all public property in possession of enlisted men. Marked as an extract.
GLC02750.131
21 June 1865
[general orders no. 22]
Reflecting on the end of the Civil War, Colonel Daniels states that "The day to which you have all looked forward so anxiously, -when, with a reunited country, you could return to homes and families, -has finally arrived."
GLC02750.132
12 January 1863
Okir, William F., fl. 1863
[hospital records]
report that a patient without a descriptive list has received clothing
GLC02750.134
21 March 1863
Colvin, O., fl. 1863
to the commander of the Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers
GLC02750.141
3 April 1863
[hospital record]
A surgeon informs the Commander of the Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers, that Corporal O. A. Whitman died at the United States Army General Hospital 27 March 1863
GLC02750.142
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