The Portland daily press., 1896-06-24

cluded in their line was Fort Sedgwick
or, as it was better known in war times,
Fort Hell.' At midnight on the 9th
of September, the picket line in front of
the third division, supported by the
twentieth Indiana and the ninety-ninth
"a. regiments, captured the enemy's
rifle pits in front of Fort Sedgwick and
forced the Confederates back into new
line nearer their own works. The losses
in the second corps while upon the north
side of the James river were 915 In killed,
wounded and missing during the adj
vance of the corps upon the Confederate
lines; of which the third division lost 257
in killed, wounded and missing. Among
the killed was Col. Daniel Chaplin of
the first Me. Heavy Artillery while serv-
| ing as division officer of the day. The
third division remained in the entrench-
ments until October 1st when it was sent
to the left as support to the ninth
corps, Returning on the 9th it occu-
pied the entertainments from Fort Spring
Hill TO Fort Mikel until October 25th
when the division was moved to the left
OF the Union lines and took part in the
battle of Boydton Plank road. During
the battle de Trobriand's Brigade, of
which the LIST Me. Heavy Artillery and
18th Me. formed part, made gallant
charge upon Heth's Confederate division,
| capturing two colors and many prisoners.
During the engagement, the
1ST MAINE CAVALRY REGIMENT
under the command of Mai. S.
W. Thaxter voluntarily went into
| action with their old comrades of Gregg's
division to the support of the second
corps although their term of service had
expired and they were under orders to
proceed to Maine, to be mustered out.
me losses in the corps during the battle
were 1910 in killed, wounded and miss
ing, of which the third division sustained
a loss of57 killed, 366 wounded and 4O3
missing a total of S26,
The third division, on it's return from
the expedition to the Boydton Plank
road, relieved a portion of the first
division In the entertainments in front of
Petersburg, where it remained until the
30th OF November when the division was
relieved by the ninth corps and moved
10 the extreme left of the Union lines.
On the 9th of December the third division
moved to the Nottoway river to assist
the fifth corps in the destruction of the
Weldon railroad. After destroying the
road the division returned to camp in
front of Fort Clark and Seibert on De-
ceInber 18th, where it remained until
February 4th when the division was
again moved to the left of Hateher's
Run near Armstrong; Mill where por-
ton of the division had skirmish with
the Confederates belonging to Gen. Cor
don's division, losing some thirty-five
officers and men. On the It'll the division
was moved into the works near the Wiki
xub
10Th of March when it took part. with
the second corps, in an assault upon the
Confederate works in it's front, capturing
the 59th Alabama regiment with its col
ors. The assault of the End corps was
made at the same time that the Confeder-
ate Gen. iaordon was making his assault
upon fort Steadman in front of Peters,
burg. The losses in the second corps
from the 25+h to the 9th of March were
513 killed and wounded with 1T missing.
The third division sustained loss of
about 100 in killed and wounded. On
the morning of the 29th of March the
third division with the second corps
crossed Hatcher's Ran and took part
with the corps in forcing the enemy back
into their entertainments from the Crow
House to the Boydton road. On the 31st
the third division charged upon the Con
federate entertainments at Burgess Mill,
but were repulsed with loss of 6 killed.
50 wounded and a missing. During the
LIST and I'd of April the third division took
part in the
BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS,
losing 10 killed, 55 wounded and miss
ing. From the 3rd to the 9th of April,
the date of Lees surrender, the third
division took part in the battles that
were fought on April 9Th and 9th at Jet
tersville and Little Sailors Creek losing
80 killed, 175 wounded and Is missing.
During the battle of Farmville on the 7th
the third division ha6 Is killed and
wounded and on the 9th were present at
the surrender of the Confederate afmy.
On the 18th of April, two days after the
surrender, the third division commenced
it's march north arriving at Burksville,
Va, on the thirteenth where it remained
until May End, W hen the division again
began its march, passing through Jet
tersville, Amelia Court House, Rich
mond, Hanover Court House and Frede T.
icksburg to Bailey's Cross Roads near
Alexandria where it remained in camp
until May 23rd, 1865, on which day it
participated in the last Grand Review f
the army of the Potomac at Washington,
D. G.
During the battles fought by the army
of the Poto mac and upon the skirmish
line, the total losses in the regiments be-
l onglng to the first, or Kearny's division,
from M arch 18th, 1862, to april 9th,
1865. were 257 officers and 4,O77 enlisted
me killed or died of wounds; Al officers
and 3.241 enlisted men died of disease
and from other causes, making the total
losses by death 1915. There were 1853
officers and II, 654 enlisted men wounded
in the first, or Kearey's division, from
March 18th, 1862, TO April 9th, 1865. The
APPROXIMATE ENROLMENT
of the division based on three years
standard of enlistment was "a, 800. In
the second, or Hooker's division, there