Original sentence: "Baldy" Smith's XVIII Corps in a disastrous assault on Cold Harbor, where his brigade was decimated.After he recovered, he fought in the Peninsular Campaign during the Battle of Williamsburg.He first saw combat action as colonel of the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry during the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861.There after he commanded various posts in eastern Virginia until his resignation in 1865, whereupon he received the thanks of the state of New Hampshire
Edited sentence: "Baldy" Smith's XVIII Corps during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign.After he recovered, he fought in the Peninsular Campaign, Second Battle of Bull Run and Fredericksburg.During the Union assaults on Petersburg, Gillman assumed command of the 1st Division in the XVIII Corps on the last day of battle.Having been re-elected to Congress he resigned 1865, whereupon he received the thanks of the state of New Hampshire.He first saw combat as colonel of the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry during the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861.He took part in a disastrous assault on Cold Harbor, where his brigade was decimated.He was promoted to brigadier general of U.Occasionally he returned to command of the 1st Division, including a brief stint during the second battle of Fair Oaks.There after he commanded the Union troops on the north side of the James River with his headquarters located at Fort Pocahontas.volunteers, postdated to November 29, 1862