Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-26

The lIammonton IN. j. Republican has
paragraph about lately discovered army
manuscript which is of interest to all Yer
mouters
We have been shown the official report Of
Brigadier General l.. A. Grant, commanding
the Second Brigade Of the Second Division,
Sixth Army Corps, known as the vermont
Brigade, for that awful campaign after that
brigade crossed the Rapidan, May 9Th, 1864,
with the Army of the Potomac, through the
battles of the Wilderness, SpOttsylvania, Cold
Harbor and other operations Of this body un-
til July nth, when they embarked at City
Point for Washington. This report was
found 10y one of the men connected with the
quartermastors department Of the Second
Division, Sixth Corps, on the event of getting
ready to start for Washington, and il is prob
ably the original official report of this brigade
for those terrible battles, given as it is under
the hand of the brigade general. L. A. Grant,
and being full and complete description of
the movements and achievements Of this gal
liant brigade during those trying days in the
height Of the war of the rebellion. In the
confusion Of packing the articles in the tent
of the assistant adjutant general Charles
Mundee, this report was uninteutionally lost
among some rubbish, and found by this gen.
tleman from the quartermaster's department
aud preserved by him as a cherished memo
rial Of those days that tried mems souls" al
though it was probably very much missed and
would now, without doubt prove very &C
ceptable to the State of Vermont as a valuable
record of the doings of some of her bravest
sons through that time of slaughter and blood
shed aud it also might have proved Of great
value in the compilation of the history OF
Vermont in the Rebellion" The report is
q long one comprising nearly thirty pages Of
foolscap, and is a complete and carefully pre-
pared statement to the adjutant general OF
every movement during that bloody month
and half, of the gallant brigade composed
of the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth Vermont Volunteers, as well as the
Eleventh Vermont at and after the battle of
Spottsylvania Court House. The various
losses in killed, wounded and missing are Civ
en-, MS well as the names of those officers and
privates who, by their intrepid gallantry,
earned for themselves honorable mention
from the commanding general. These men
in particular were the losers If there was no
duplicate copy of the report taken prior to
the loss of this one. The report is made out
in -four different epochs for four different en-
gagements or series of engagements and
from the official appearance of the document
and the signatures, we judge it to be the orig
inal report made out by General l.. A. Grant
Inc conclualoh ul tuls report which WIS nhue
out to Major Charles Mundee, assistant ad
jutant general, is as follows; "In the sew
eral engagements and skirmishes from the
time the command crossed the Rapidan, May
4th, to the time it embarked for Washington,
July 9th, the brigade lost three hundred and
fifty killed, one thousand five hundred and
seventy mine wounded and four hundred and
sixty seven missing, in all two thousand thre q
hundred and ninety-six. herewith forward
nominal list of casualties. l am, Major very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. A. Grant,
Brigadier General Commanding"