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Muster In: Organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., July 4, 1864.1
Muster Out: April 2, 18672
Commander(s):
Colonel Thomas D. Sedgwick
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Commander 2
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle:
- Unit not yet in existence.3
Second Offensive Order of Battle:
- Unit not yet in existence.4
Third Offensive Order of Battle:
- Unit not yet in existence.5
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Unit not yet at the Siege of Petersburg.6
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Unit not yet at the Siege of Petersburg.7
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Unit not yet at the Siege of Petersburg.8
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- Unit not yet at the Siege of Petersburg.9
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XXV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (January ?-February 28, 1865)10
- Commander: Colonel Thomas D. Sedgwick (February 28, 1865)11
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
- Note: The 114th USCT was ordered to the Dept. of Virginia on January 3, 1865. I am unsure when it arrived at the Siege of Petersburg and when it was officially assigned to 3/1/XXV/AotJ. It was not listed in the January 31, 1865 order of battle in the Official Records. More research is needed.12
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XXV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army13,14
- Commander: Lieutenant (?) Colonel Thomas D. Sedgwick (March 31, 1865)15
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles16:
- Ordered to Dept. of Virginia January 3, 1865.
- Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond on the Bermuda Hundred Front until March, 1865.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- Hatcher’s Run March 29-31.
- Fall of Petersburg April 2.
- Pursuit of Lee April 3-9.
- Appomattox Court House April 9.
- Surrender of Lee and his army.
- Duty at Petersburg and City Point until June.
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) ↩
- 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) ↩
- 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) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 750: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 750: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- 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 XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 579: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 596: “Return of casualties in the Union Forces commanded by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, March 29-April 9, 1865” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 579: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩