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OR XLVI P1 #150: Report of Bvt. Major William A. Harn, 3rd NY Btty, April 2, 1865

No. 150. Report of Bvt. Major William A. Harn, Third Battery New York Light Artillery.1

CAMP IN THE FIELD, VA.,
April 10, 1865.

Report of Third New York Independent Battery:

Pursuant to orders from artillery headquarters, Sixth Corps, the battery broke camp at Fort Urmston on Sunday, the 2nd of April, 1865, at 3 a.m., and reported to General Getty, commanding Second Division, Sixth Corps. Took position with the battery in the enemy’s works, and commenced firing; silenced one of the enemy’s batteries; then went in pursuit of them, and fought them at intervals till 3 p.m.

Two men of the battery wounded-Privates James McCune, left hand; Louis Adam lost his right arm. One horse killed. Ammunition expended: 250 solid shots, 240 case-shots, 35 shells, and ride 17 rounds of ammunition captured from the enemy.

W. A. HARN,
Brevet Major, Commanding Battery.

Source:

  1. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), p. 1013
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