Headquarters of Hunter and Mitchel. |
House at Mitchelville. |
Headquarters of Hunter and Mitchel. |
House at Mitchelville. |
1 Companies C and E, led by Lieutenant B. R. Lyons, of General Stevens's staff, and guided by a negro.
2 His command consisted of the brigades of Acting Brigadier-General Williams, composed of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania troops, with a section of artillery; of Colonel Chatfield, composed of Connecticut and New York troops, and of Colonel Welsh, composed of Pennsylvania and New York troops, two sections of artillery, and a squadron of cavalry. To Williams's brigade were added the Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment and a section of Hamilton's battery, which did good service.
3 The Confederate loss was a little over two hundred. Among the wounded were Colonel Lamar, their commander, and Lieutenant-Colonel Gaillard.
4 See page 304, volume II.
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