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s Division, the Excelsior Brigade, the Second Jersey Brigade, and other well known commands. Its brilliant record is closely interwoven with the history of the Virginia campaigns of 1862 63, in which it fought during two eventful years. It was organized March 13, 1862, with Generals Hooker, Hamilton and Fitz John Porter as its three division commanders, and General S. P. Heintzelman in command of the corps. It was immediately ordered to the Peninsula, Hamilton's Division embarking on the 17th, and leading the advance of the Army of the Potomac on that memorable campaign. During the siege of Yorktown the corps was at its maximum, the morning reports of April 30th showing an aggregate of 39,710, with 64 pieces of light artillery, and 34,633 reported as present for duty. But this aggregate was maintained but for a short time, as Porter's Division was taken away soon after to form part of the newly organized Fifth Corps. Hamilton was relieved on April 30th, and General Philip Kearn
114 25 156 22d U. S. Colored Hinks's Eighteenth 14 116 8 138 4th U. S. Colored Hinks's Eighteenth 15 110 10 135 2d Penn. H. A. Martindale's Eighteenth 16 94 16 126 148th New York Martindale's Eighteenth 16 74 26 116 89th New York Martindale's Eighteenth 10 82 2 94 25th Massachusetts Martindale's Eighteenth 11 44 -- 55 5th U. S. Colored Hinks's Eighteenth 8 48 20 76 11th Connecticut Martindale's Eighteenth 6 52 5 63 Petersburg, Va. The Ninth Corps assaulted on the 17th; the Second Corps on the 18th.             June 17-18, 1862. Includes losses in the trenches, June 19-30th.             24th N. Y. Cav'y (dism'ted) Willcox's Ninth 38 156 3 197 2d Michigan Willcox's Ninth 21 170 13 204 187th Pennsylvania Griffin's Ninth 23 165 1 189 37th Wisconsin Willcox's Ninth 33 122 2 157 170th New York Gibbon's Second 22 111 3 136 27th Michigan Willcox's Ninth 17 106 5 128 36th Wisconsin Gibbon's Second 16 107 -- 123 109th New York Will