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Muster In: Organized in the District of Columbia May 19 to June 30, 1863.1
Muster Out: Mustered out September 29, 1865.2
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel Elias Wright
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Lieutenant Colonel Giles H. Rich
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Major Henry S. Perkins
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army3,4
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)5
Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army6,7
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Elias Wright (June 30, 1864)8
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)9
Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army10,11
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Elias Wright (July 31, 1864)12
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army13
- Commander: Major Henry S. Perkins (August 31, 1864)14
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army15,16
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- Unit Strength:
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army17,18
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Giles H. Rich (October 31, 1864)19
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
First Brigade | Third Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (November 1-December 3, 1864)20
First Brigade | First Division | XXV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (December 3-7, 1864)21
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Giles H. Rich (December 31, 1864)22
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
- Note: Left the Siege of Petersburg on December 7, 1864 to participate in the First Assault on Fort Fisher, NC.23
- Note: On December 3, 1864, the X Corps and XVIII Corps of the Army of the James were reorganized into the XXIV Corps and the XXV Corps.
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.24
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.25
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles26:
- Assaults on Petersburg June 15-18.
- Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December 7, 1864.
- Explosion of Mine, Petersburg, July 30.
- Demonstration on north side of the James River September 28-30.
- Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30.
- Fort Harrison September 29.
- Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- MOLLUS MA V1: Fourteen Months’ Service with Colored Troops by Solon A. Carter
- NP: June 29, 1864 New York Herald: Letter from a Son of Frederick Douglass
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 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 236 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 555 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 1st United States Colored Troops Entry, Page 89; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 236 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 555 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 555 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 1st United States Colored Troops Entry, Page 89; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- 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 266 ↩
- 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 740 ↩
- 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 740 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 622: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 622: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- 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. 1304. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 136: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (September-October 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 467: “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 1 (Serial Number 87), page 151: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces…Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, Va., October 27-28, 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 467: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- 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 XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1126: “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 1126: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- 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) ↩
- 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) ↩