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865ca: Union Forces Fortress Artillery Army of the Potomac 5 & 12 March 1865

                          Union Forces
                       Fortress Artillery
                       Army of the Potomac
                        5 & 12 March 18651 

Position            Battery                        Guns
Fort Welch          l2th New York Battery        2 light l2pdrs
Fort Gregg          M/lst New Hampshire          4 3" rifles
Between Forts       l2th New York Battery        2 light l2pdrs
 Sampson & Gregg
Fort Sampson        C & I/5th U.S.Artillery      4 light l2pdrs
Battery A           K/4th U.S. Artillery         4 light l2pdrs
Battery B           llth New York Artillery      6 3" rifles
Battery C           B/lst New Jersey Artillery   2 light l2pdrs
Battery D           B/lst New Jersey Artillery   2 light l2pdrs
In Reserve          B/lst New Jersey Artillery   2 light l2pdrs
Battery E           l0th Massachusetts Battery   6 3" rifles
In Park             B/lst Rhode Island           6 light l2pdrs
In Reserve          C/4th New York Artillery     9 Coehorn mortars
Train Guards        L/4th New York Artillery         none
IX Corps Line       G/lst New York Artillery     6 light l2pdrs
                    F/lst Pennsylvania Artillery 6 3" rifles
                    3rd New Jersey Battery       6 light l2pdrs
                    6th Maine Battery            6 light l2pdrs

(Order of Battle From the George Nafziger Collection)2

Source:

  1. U.S. War Department, The War of the Succession, A Compilation of
    Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Government
    Printing Office; Washington D.C. 1880-1901
  2. George Nafziger Order of Battle Collection
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