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Shaffer, Calvin (fl. 1863-1865) [Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.184 Author/Creator: Shaffer, Calvin (fl. 1863-1865) Place Written: Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 5 March 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.7 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Captain Shaffer lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

In early 1865, the Army of the Potomac was active in operations against Petersburg.

Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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