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Muster In: Segebarth’s Battalion Marine Artillery, assigned as Companies “A,” “B,” “G,” “H,” “K” and “L.”1
Muster Out: Mustered out on November 9, 1865.2
Commander(s):
Major Franz von Schilling
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Captain Joseph W. Sanderson
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Naval Brigade | Army of the James | Union Army3
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Naval Brigade | Army of the James | Union Army5
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Naval Brigade | Army of the James | Union Army8,9
- Commander: Captain Joseph W. Sanderson (July 31, 1864)10
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: ?
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Naval Brigade | Army of the James | Union Army11
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Naval Brigade | Army of the James | Union Army12
- Commander: Major Franz von Schilling (commanded all four 3rd PA HA Naval Brigade companies)(October 31, 1864)13
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
Siege Artillery | Army of the James | Union Army (November 1-30, 1864)14
? (Not specifically listed in the OOB for December 31, 1864. What happened to this unit? More research needed.
- Commander: Major Franz von Schilling (Cos. E & G)(December 31, 1864)15
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles16:
- Duty in the Dept. of Virginia entire term, with Headquarters at Fortress Monroe, Va.
- Detachments of all Companies but “H” served at times in Graham’s Naval Brigade and participated in several engagements on the James, Chickahominy and Nansemond Rivers.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), page 552 ↩
- Company G’s armament did not get reported on the June 30, 1864 ordnance return. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), page 552 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), page 552 ↩
- Company G’s armament did not get reported on the June 30, 1864 ordnance return. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 267 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 737 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82) , page 737 ↩
- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1302. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 464: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 464: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1128: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1128: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩