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Newbatt, Alfred (fl. 1864) [Report of ammunition in reserve artillery train, Army of the Potomac]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.143 Author/Creator: Newbatt, Alfred (fl. 1864) Place Written: Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 10 September 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy

Newbatt, a first lieutenant in reserve artillery, lists numbers of shot, shell, canister, and other ammunition. GLC02382.139 from 27 August 1864, indicates that Newbatt served in the Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery.

During September of 1864, the Army of the Potomac was engaged near Petersburg.

Newbatt, Alfred, fl. 1863-1865

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