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| Organization of troops in the Department of West Virginia, Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley, U.S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1864. SECOND DIVISION. Col. JAMES A. MULLIGAN. First Brigade. Col. JACOB M. CAMPBELL. 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, Battery E, Lieut. Francis M. Lowry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUMBERLAND, MD., April 8, 1864. Brigadier-General SULLIVAN, Webster: I have given the necessary directions in regard to the quartermaster and commissary to be assigned to you… Captain Moore, now at Grafton or Webster, shall take care of the ammunition. I will probably send his battery to you instead of that of Lieutenant Du Pont. F. SIGEL, Major-General, Commanding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return of Casualties in the Union forces, commanded by Bvt. Maj. Gen. George Crook, at Kernstown (or Winchester, Va.), and retreat to the Potomac, July 24-25. THIRD DIVISION Col. JAMES A. MULLIGAN. ARTILLERY 1st West Virginia Light, Battery E .... .... .... 3(wounded)...2(missing)...5(total) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARTINSBURG, W. VA., May 31, 1864. (Received 6 p.m.) ADJUTANT-GENERAL U.S. ARMY: In obedience to orders, signed by Colonel Kelton, I have the honor to report the following troops on and in the vicinity of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Artillery: at Cumberland, Battery E, First Virginia. F. SIGEL, Major-General. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Troops in the Department of West Virginia, Maj. Gen. David Hunter, U.S. Army, commanding, May 31, 1864. RESERVE DIVISION Maj. Gen. FRANZ SIGEL. West of Sleepy Creek. Brig. Gen. BENJAMIN F. KELLEY. 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, Battery E, Lieut. Francis M. Lowry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Troops in the Department of West Virginia, Maj. Gen. David Hunter, U.S. Army, commanding, June 30, 1864. RESERVE DIVISION. Maj. Gen. FRANZ SIGEL. West of Sleepy Creek.(§) Brig. Gen. BENJAMIN F. KELLEY. 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, Battery E, Lieut. Francis M. Lowry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARKERSBURG, July 7, 1864. (Received 8.37 a.m.) General KELLEY: Order Batteries E and F, First West Virginia Light Artillery, to hold themselves in readiness for active service. Direct the quartertermasters at their respective stations to turn over to them from the trains the necessary animals to make them efficient. Advise me forthwith whether there be any circumstances which will prevent all or any of these batteries from taking the field, and also as to their supply of ammunition on hand, and the kind of projectiles which they use. I will supply their places on the railroad with other batteries. D. HUNTER, Major-General. CUMBERLAND, July 7, 1864. Major-General HUNTER, Parkersburg: Battery E is here and in readiness. Battery F is at Clarksburg. I have ordered Colonel Wilkinson to put it in readiness to move, and to report its condition to you at once. I am supplying the wants of General Sullivan's command as fast as possible. B. F. KELLEY, Brigadier-General. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organization of the Union forces commanded by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, U.S. Army, July 31, 1864. ARTILLERY BRIGADE. 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, Battery E, Lieut. Francis M. Lowry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Report of Maj. Enoch D. Yutzy, Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania Infantry, of engagement at Kernstown. HDQRS. FIFTY-FOURTH REGT. PA. VOL. INFTY., In the Field, near Sandy Hook, Md., August 7, 1864. COLONEL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by the Fifty-fourth Regimen-t Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the battle of Winchester, on the 24th day of July. 1864: I received orders at about 8 a.m. of the 24th July to form my regiment immediately and support the Upshur Battery (Battery E, First West Virginia). The regiment took a position about 100 yards to the front and right of the battery, forming the extreme right of our line, and about three-quarters of a mile to the right of the turnpike leading to Strasburg. One section of the battery having been sent to the front about 300 yards, at about 9 a.m., two companies, L and M, of the regiment, commanded by Lieut. Nathan Davis, were sent to support this section, and formed on the right, in the woods, where they remained, skirmishing with the enemy’s sharpshooters, until the close of the engagement. At about 10 o'clock the two remaining sections of the battery moved forward and to the left, taking a position near Kernstown, on the right of the turnpike, my regiment forming on the left of the pike, in the edge of an orchard, where it remained about half an hour, when the battery took a position to the rear, and the regiment, following its movements, formed-behind a stone wall about 100 yards to the rear, where it remained about twenty minutes, when the regiment was ordered to fall back about 150 yards and formed behind a rail fence, where it remained about fifteen minutes. The regiment was ordered to retake the stone wall, if possible, which was done without much difficulty. The regiment was here rejoined by the rest of the Third Brigade, viz, the Eleventh and Fifteenth West Virginia Regiments. The brigade was then ordered forward, and had crossed the stone wall and advanced about thirty yards when the order was received to fall back. Soon after this a general retreat commenced, and continued to Bunker Hill, where we halted about midnight. The brigade formed several times to the right of Winchester to cover the retreat, and never fell back without orders from the brigade commander, Lieut. Col. John P. Linton, Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The regiment lost, killed, 1; wounded, 14; missing, 34. E. D. YUTZY, Major, Comdg. Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania Vol. Infty. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organization of troops in the Middle Military Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, August 31, 1864. DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA. Bvt. Maj. Gen. GEORGE CROOK. ARTILLERY BRIGADE. Capt. HENRY A. DU PONT. 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, Battery E Capt. Alexander C. Moore. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL ORDERS No. 171. HDQRS. DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA, Near Summit Point, W. Va., September 14, 1864. * * * * * * * * * * 4. Battery E, First West Virginia Artillery, Capt. A. C. Moore, will proceed immediately to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and report for duty to Brig. Gen. John D. Stevenson, commanding Military District of Harper's Ferry. By command of Brevet Major-General Crook: P. G. BIER, Assistant Adjutant-General. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organization of troops in the Middle Military Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U.S. Army, October 31, 1864. DISTRICT OF HARPER'S FERRY. (*) Brig. Gen. JOHN D. STEVENSON. ARTILLERY. 1st West Virginia Light, Battery E, Capt. Alexander C. Moore. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL ORDERS No. 227. HDQRS. DEPT. OF WEST VIRGINIA, Camp Russell, Va,., December 1, 1864. 3. Batteries B and E, First West Virginia Artillery, are hereby consolidated into one battery, and will be known as Battery E, First West Virginia Artillery, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. * * * * * * * * * * By command of Major-General Crook: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL ORDERS No. 240. HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA, Camp Russell, Va., December 19, 1864. 4. The First Independent Kentucky Battery (dismounted) will proceed without delay to Cumberland, Md., and relieve the detachment of Battery E, First West Virginia Artillery, now serving there. 5. On being relieved the detachment of Battery E, First West Virginia Artillery, will at once proceed to Harper's Ferry and join the regiment. By command of Major-General Crook: WM. McKINLEY, JR., Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organization of troops in the Middle Military Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U.S. Army, December 31, 1864. DISTRICT OF HARPER'S FERRY.(+) Brig. Gen. John D. STEVENSON. ARTILLERY. 1st West Virginia Light, Battery E, Capt. Alexander C. Moore. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, Winchester, Va., January 2, 1865. (Received 2 p.m.) Brigadier-General STEVENSON: Send the following light batteries to Camp Barry to-morrow morning under command of Captain McKnight, Fifth U.S. Artillery: Battery M, Fifth U.S. Artillery; Battery E, First West Virginia; Baltimore Battery; Thirtieth New York Independent Battery. They must carry five days' rations and forage. You will furnish them an escort of 100 cavalry as far as Rockville. P. H. SHERIDAN, Major-General, Commanding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organization of troops in the Middle Military Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, U.S. Army, February 28, 1865. LIGHT ARTILLERY DEPOT AND CAMP OF INSTRUCTION. Brig. Gen. ALBION P. HOWE.(*) Camp Barry, D. C. Lieut. Col. JAMES A. HALL. 1st West Virginia Light, Battery E, Capt. Alexander C. Moore. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organization of troops in the Middle Military Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, U.S. Army, April 30, 1865. DEPARTMENT OF WASHINGTON. Maj. Gen. CHRISTOPHER C. AUGUR. LIGHT ARTILLERY DEPOT AND CAMP OF INSTRUCTION. Brig. Gen. ALBION P. HOWE.(*) CAMP BARRY, D.C. Bvt. Brig. Gen.JAMES A. HALL. 1st West Virginia Light, Battery E, Capt. Alexander C. Moore. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All the information presented on Official Records pages one and two, was taken from the multi-volume "War of the Rebellion, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies." |