The National tribune., 1892-07-28

7th (battalion), 9Th (battaliOn), nth N. j.;
10th n Y
Artillery Brigade-Maj. John G.. Hazard
Me. Light, 9th battery; Mass Light, 10th
battery; 1st n. H., Battery NJ; N j. Light,
I'd and Sd batteries; 1st " Y Light, Bat
terry G.; 4th n. Y. Heavy, Cos. c. and l.;
n. Y. Light, 18th and 12th batteries; 1st
Pa. Light, Battery F; 1st r. I. Light. Bat
terry B; 18th U. s., Battery K 9Th u. So
Batteries G. and T. i
The total strength, present for duty,1
was 1898; total present, 25,06O Aggres
gate, present and absent" 1928.
Nothing occurred of consequence to the
second Corps between Jan. and Feb. 5.
On the latter date, at A. M. the Second
and Third Divisions, with Battery K til
Art and the 10th Mass. battery advanced
to the crossing of Hatcher's Run. on the
Vaughn road, and at Armstrong; Mills, and
took position. At 5:15 p. M, the enemy in
strong force attacked the right of Smyth's
Division and the left of McAIlister's Bri.
gade, of the Third Division, and were finally
repulsed, the action lasting until after o.
M Casualties % killed, 100 wounded. and
III captured or missing Other casualties
In minor affairs during the month: 1 killed,
D wounded, and II captured OF missing.
On the 18th of March the Second Corps
lost 513 killed and wounded and III miss.
ing. The news of the assault on Fort Sted-
man having been communicated to Gen.
Humphreys, he at once moved out in search
of the enemy in his front, capturing his en-
tire intrenched picket-line
In the operations following prior to the
hnal assaults on Petersburg, the corps took
an active part, participating in the engage
ment at Boydton and White Oak roads on
the 31st, losing 461 killed, wounded and
missing
At dusk on April 1 the left of the line of
the corps rested near the Claiborne and
"hlte Oak roads. On the morning of the
"a, after repeated assaults, all the Confeder-
ate works south of Hatcher's Run were capt.
ured by the Second CORPS. The losses on
April / and were 456 killed, wounded and
missing.
Inc troops were at once put in motion in
pursuit of the enemy, crossing Namozine
Creek on the Sd. On the 4th great DELAY
was caused by the almost impossible con-
dition of the roads and the cavalry, which
had the right of way. The head of the
column rerched Jetersyille on the afternoon
of the 9Th.
The pursuit continued next day. For
hours the Union troops were marching in
lines parallel to those taken by the Confed-
crates. Every effort was made to bring
Lees army to stand, until at last Sailors
Creek was reached, when in short but
sharp contest IS colors, three pieces of artil-
lery, several hundred prisoners, with more
than 200 wagons and 20 ambulances, were
captured by the corps, with loss of 396
killed, wounded, and missing.
On the 7th the corps attacked the enemy
at FarmYille, capturing 10 guns, 400 prison.
ers, and a number of wagons, which were
destroyed. Casualties 81 officers and men
killed, wounded, and missing. Brig. Gen.
Thomas A Smyth, commanding Second Bril-
gade, Second Division, was MORALLY wound
ed in the fight. He was the last general
officer who fell in the Union armies during
the war.
On the 9Th and the 9th the corps moved
rapidly until within about five miles of Ap-
pommattox, when it halted The news of
the surrender of Gen. Lee was received the
same afternoon. During the Appomattox
campaign, from March % to April 9, 1865,
the casualties were: 81 officers, 176 men
killed; officers, ], 146 men wounded, and
IA officers, 1874 men captured or missing;
aggregate, 1888.
But little more remains to be told The
corps after resting the 10th moved to Burks-
vile, Va, remaining there until May 2,
when the march toward Washington began.
The corps participated in the Grand Review
of the Army of the Potomac on May %, and
was formally discontinued on the 25th of
June, 1866.
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