Weymouth, Mass., Nov. 11, 1875.
Baxter, Dewitt Clinton.
Born at Dorchester, Mass., Mar. 9, 1829. Lieut. Colonel, 19th Penn. Infantry, Apr. 27, 1861.
Mustered out, Aug. 9, 1861.
Colonel, 72d Penn. Infantry, Aug. 10, 1861.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1864. Brevet Brig. General U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Died, May 9, 1881.
Beecher, James Chaplin.
Born at Boston, Mass., Jan. 8, 1828.
Chaplain, 67th N. Y. Infantry, Aug. 31, 1861.
Resigned, Sept. 8, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, 141st N. Y.July to Oct., 1862, and of the department of the Northwest, Oct., 1862, to Mar. 20, 1863.
Colonel, staff, Additional Aide-de-Camp, July 5, 1862, to May 3, 1866.
Assistant in the Q. M. General's office at Washington, D. C., Mar. 20, 1863, to Aug. 24, 1864; and in charge of the Memphis depot, Tenn., Sept., 1864, to July 14, 1866. Lieut. Colonel, staff, Deputy Q. M. General, Apr. 15, 1864. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865.
Colonel, staff, Assistant Q. M. General, July
r, Charles E.
Second Lieutenant, 5th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., July 27, 1864. First Lieutenant, Aug. 24, 1864.
Mustered out, Nov. 16, 1864.
Fuller, George E.
Second Lieutenant, 42d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the Uantry, Aug. 21, 1861.
Resigned, Jan. 8, 1862.
Morrill, Charles A.
First Lieutenant, 4th Mass. Heavy Artillery, Aug. 24, 1864.
Mustered out, June 17, 1865.
Morrill, Charles H.
Second Lieutenant, 34th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 9, 1864. First , 1861.
See U. S. Army.
Seely, Montresser.
Second Lieutenant, 5th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Aug. 24, 1864.
Mustered out, Nov. 16, 1864.
Severance, Franklin C.
Second Lieutenant, 52d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of 64.
Wyer, Edwin F.
First Lieutenant, 5th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., July 27, 1864.
Adjutant, Aug. 24, 1864.
Mustered out, Nov. 16, 1864.
Wyman, Archelaus C.
First Lieutenant, 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery, July 6, 1861.
ssachusetts.
Private, Artificer, Corporal and Sergeant, U. S. Engineers, June 4, 1846, to June 4, 1851.
Sergeant, U. S. Engineers, June 11, 1851, to June 11, 1861. First Lieutenant, 17th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861; accepted, July 9, 1861.
Captain, May 25, 1863.
Major, 1st U. S. Infantry, June 26, 1882. Lieut. Colonel, 7th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 1, 1887.
Retired, Jan. 1, 1888.
Collins, Gamaliel.
Born in Massachusetts.
Chaplain, 72d Penn. Infantry, Aug. 10, 1861.
Mustered out, Aug. 24, 1864.
Post Chaplain, U. S. Army, Oct. 10, 1867.
Retired, Oct. 3, 1879.
Colman, William Dean.
Born in Massachusetts.
Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 21, 1861.
Honorably discharged, Nov. 12, 1861.
Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 11, 1862.
Killed at the battle of Corinth, Miss , Oct. 6, 1862.
Colt, Thomas G.
Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 37th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 5, 1862.
Captain, Sept. 23, 1864.
Captain, Assistant A
y 24, 1861.
Mustered out, July 31, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 10th Conn. Infantry, Sept. 22, 1861; mustered, Oct. 26, 1861.
Captain, Jan. 2, 1862; not mustered.
Resigned, Aug. 12, 1862, as First Lieutenant.
Colburn, Elisha H.
Corporal, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 19, 1862; mustered, Aug. 28, 1862.
Captain, 99th N. Y. Infantry, Feb. 14, 1862.
Resigned, June 1, 1863.
Collins, Gamaliel.
Born in Massachusetts.
Chaplain, 72d Penn. Infantry, Aug. 10, 1861.
Mustered out, Aug. 24, 1864.
Post Chaplain, U. S. Army, Oct. 10, 1867.
See U. S. Army.
Collins, Lorenzo W.
Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 7th Minn. Infantry, Aug. 25, 1862; mustered, Oct. 3, 1862. First Lieutenant, Jan. 18, 1863; mustered, Oct. 19, 1863. Brevet Captain, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 26, 1865.
Mustered out, Aug. 16, 1865.
Conant, George H.
Born in Massachusetts. First Sergeant, 10th Iowa Infantry, Sept. 6, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Oct. 21, 1861. First Lieutenant, June 27, 1862.
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lop's.
Camp your brigade for to-night at some convenient point near where you are landed from the cars.
Notify army headquarters of your location.
Extend same orders to dismounted cavalry. W. H. Taylor, A. A. G.
near Petersburg, Va., Aug. 24, 1864—2:45 P. M. Major-General Whiting, Commanding Third District, Wilmington, N. C.:
In case of urgent necessity call on General Baker at Goldsboro for assistance.
I believe it will prove to be only a feint. G. T. Beauregard.
near Petersburg, Aug. 24, 1864—2:45 P. M. Brigadier-General Baker, Commanding Second District, Goldsboro, N. C.:
General Whiting is authorized to call on you for assistance should he be hard pressed.
Aid him as much as your means will permit. G. T. Beauregard.
Petersburg, Va., 25th August, 1864. Major-General George E. Pickett, Hancock's House:
You will please send at once the following dispatch by signal, via Dunn's House, to General Beauregard:
General G. T. Beauregard:
Have felt enemy i
Regiment had engaged 150 muskets, 15 ambulance men and 19 officers.
The Regiment had killed, 7; wounded, 55; missing, 14; total 76.
Strength of company, 38; present, 17; sick, 7,; wounded, 5; detail, 6; captured, 1; under arrest; 2.
Killed, 1; wounded, 1; captured, 5; conspicuous for gallantry, 1.
August 21, 1864.
All the ambulance men, quarter-master's men, sick, wounded, cooks, &c., of the Regiment, were armed and placed in the trenches to protect Petersburg from an attack.
August 24, 1864, took up line of march and proceeded to the rail road, and bivouacked on Armstrong's farm.
August 25, engaged the enemy near Reams' Station, on the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad.
Battle Reams' Station, August 25.
Strength of company, 37; present, 13; sick, 6; wounded, 4; captured, 6; detail, 6; under arrest, 2.
August, 26, 1864, returned to camp and remained untill October 26, 1864, when we took up the line of march and proceeded to the Plank Road to Buggles mill, and engaged t