OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #37: Report of Lieutenant Romulus S. Folger, 28th NC, June 22, 1864¹

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Summary: Lieutenant Romulus S. Folger of the 28th North Carolina wrote this one-page report of his regiment’s actions at the June 22, 1864 Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road.  The 28th North Carolina was in Lane’s Brigade, Wilcox’s Division, Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.

Source: James Henry Lane Papers, Auburn University

Available Online?: No. I cannot find this particular report at the James Henry Lane Papers.  This regiment’s report is missing on the June 22, 1864 reports page there.  If you know where it is, please CONTACT US.

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OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #36: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William H. A. Speer, 28th NC, July 28, 1864¹

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Summary: In this one-page report, Lieutenant Colonel William H. A. Speer of the 28th North Carolina covers his regiment’s movements and actions at the July 28, 1864 First Battle of Deep Bottom.  The 28th North Carolina was in Lane’s Brigade, Wilcox’s Division, Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.

Source: James Henry Lane Papers, Auburn University

Available Online?: Yes.  Available both on my site as an unpublished report as well as at the James Henry Lane Papers.

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OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #35: Report of Lieutenant Colonel John W. McGill, 18th NC, July 28, 1864¹

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Summary: In this slightly more than one-page report, Lieutenant Colonel John W. McGill of the 18th North Carolina covers his regiment’s movements at the July 28, 1864 First Battle of Deep Bottom. McGill also gives his regiment’s casualties in the engagement.

Source: James Henry Lane Papers, Auburn University

Available Online?: Yes.  Available both on my site as an unpublished report as well as at the James Henry Lane Papers.

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OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #34: Statement of Major Thomas J. Wooten, 18th NC, commanding Lane’s SS Bn, June 22, 1864¹

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Summary: In this slightly more than one page report, Major Thomas J. Wooten of the 18th North Carolina, commander of the Sharpshooter Battalion of Lane’s Brigade, explains what his corps of sharpshooters was doing on June 22, 1864 at the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road.  Lane’s Brigade was in Wilcox’s Division, Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.

Source: James Henry Lane Papers, Auburn University

Available Online?: Yes.  Available both on my site as an unpublished report as well as at the James Henry Lane Papers.

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OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #33: Extract of Report of Lieutenant Colonel John W. McGill, 18th NC, June 13-July 27, 1864¹

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Summary: Lieutenant Colonel John W. McGill of the 18th North Carolina covers his regiment’s movements and actions at the Siege of Petersburg for the first six weeks of the Siege.  He covers the regiment’s movements on June 22, 1864 at the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road in a little detail, and also specifically mentions fighting at the First Battle of Deep Bottom on July 27, 1864.

Source: James Henry Lane Papers, Auburn University

Available Online?: Yes.  Available both on my site as an unpublished report as well as at the James Henry Lane Papers.

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OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #32: Report of Captain James G. Harris, 7th NC, June 22, 1864¹

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Summary: Captain James G. Harris of the 7th North Carolina writes a short two paragraph report on his regiment’s role at the June 22, 1864 Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road.  The 7th North Carolina was part of Lane’s Brigade, Wilcox’s Division, Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.

Source: James Henry Lane Papers, Auburn University

Available Online?: Yes.  Available both on my site as an unpublished report as well as at the James Henry Lane Papers.

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OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #31: Excerpt of Report of Major Jackson L. Bost, 37th NC, June 15-July 28, 1864¹

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Summary: This less than one-page report of Major Jackson L. Bost covers the 37th North Carolina’s movements and actions from June 15 to July 28, 1864, with an emphasis on June 22, 1864 at the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road and the July 28, 1864 fight against Union cavalry at First Deep Bottom, which Bost dismisses as skirmishing. The 37th North Carolina was part of Lane’s Brigade, Wilcox’s Division, Third Corps, Army of the Northern Virginia.

Source: James Henry Lane Papers, Auburn University

Available Online?: Yes.  Available both on my site as an unpublished report as well as at the James Henry Lane Papers.

OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #30: Report of Lieutenant Oliver D. Cooke, 24th NC, June 15-July 4, 1864¹

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Summary: Lieutenant Oliver D. Cooke, Adjutant of the 24th North Carolina, Ransom’s Brigade, Johnson’s Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia writes a one-and-a-half-page report on his regiment’s actions in the first three weeks of the Siege of Petersburg for Colonel William J. Clarke, commanding the regiment.  Most of this report focuses on the fighting on June 16-17, 1864, with very little mention of events on other days.

Source: William John Clarke Papers, Southern Historical Collection, The Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Available Online?: No.

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OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #29: Report of Brigadier General Henry A. Wise, commanding Wise/Johnson/DNCSV, June 15-16, 1864¹

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Summary: This two-and-a-half-page report of Brigadier General Henry A. Wise covers his brigade’s movements and actions on June 15-16, 1864, with an emphasis on the June 15 fighting at the Second Battle of Petersburg. Wise goes into great detail, and this source is a must have for authors writing about Second Petersburg.

Source: Louisiana Historical Association Collection, Manuscripts Department, Special Collections, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University

Available Online?: No.

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