Shaffer, Calvin (fl. 1863-1865) [Field return, artillery park, Army of the Potomac]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.141 Author/Creator: Shaffer, Calvin (fl. 1863-1865) Place Written: Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 4 September 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 30.8 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Written in camp near Petersburg. Lists officers and soldiers present for duty. Lists casualties: 2 enlisted men killed & 4 wounded, all from the 14th Battery Mass. Artillery. Cites guns, artillery, and other supplies. Lists numbers of horses, wagons, and mules.
Captain Shaffer served in the Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery. In August and September of 1864, the Army of the Potomac was active in Virginia near Petersburg.
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