April 9, marched at 5 a. m., this division being first in order of march of the corps, four miles toward Appomattox Court-House, where we halted until the Second Corps had moved out of camp, which occupied until 11 a. m., when we continued the advance. Massed within four miles of Appomattox Court-House at 1 p. m., to await the result of a conference between Generals Grant and Lee. At 5 p. m. received news of the unconditional surrender of Lee's army, which caused the wildest enthusiasm and heartfelt joy among the troops. Went into camp upon receipt of that intelligence, and remained until April 11, when, at 7 a. m., this division, being third in order of march of the corps, marched back toward Burkeville, via New Store and Curdsville, and camped near Little Willis River. April 12, marched at 6 a. m., this division being second in order of march of the corps, via Farmville, and camped near Sandy River at 4 p. m. April 13, marched at 7 a. m., this division being the leading division of the corps, via Rice's Station, on the South Side Railroad, to Burkeville Junction, and went into camp one mile and a half east, facing south. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, FRANK WHEATON, Brevet Major-General, U. S. Volunteers. Maj. C. H. WHITTELSEY, HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, SIXTH CORPS, MAJOR: I have the honor to send herewith six rebel battle-flags captured by the following-named men, and under the circumstances set opposite their respective names: Second Brigade.-Battle-flag of Savannah Guards, captured by Private Warren C. Dockun,* Company H, One hundred and twenty-first New York Volunteers, two other enlisted men having been killed while attempting its capture in the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865. Battle-flag (regiment unknown), captured by Private Benjamin Gifford, Company H, One hundred and twenty-first New York Volunteers, in the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865. Battle-flag (regiment unknown), captured by Corpl. Elijah A. Briggs,* Company B, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery Volunteers, in the enemy's works near Petersburg, April 2, 1865. Battle-flag (regiment unknown), captured by Sergt. Wesley Gibbs,* Company B, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery Volunteers, in the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865. Third Brigade.-Battle flag (regiment unknown), captured by Private Charles A. Taggart,* Company B, Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865. First Brigade.-Battle-flag Forty-sixth North Carolina, picked up on the picket-line by Lieutenant Brant,* Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, April 3, 1865. * Awarded a Medal of Honor. In addition to the above, the following flags were delivered to corps headquarters on the day of their capture, viz: * First Brigade.-Battle-flag (regiment unknown), captured by Private Frank Fesq, Company A, Fortieth New Jersey Volunteers, in the rebel works at Petersburg, April 2, 1865; delivered to Major Franklin, commissary of musters. Third Brigade.-Battle-flag (regiment unknown), captured by Corpl. Richard Welch,* Company E, Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, in the rebel works at Petersburg, April 2, 1865; delivered to Major Whittelsey, assistant adjutant-general. Total number of flags turned in, eight. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. WHEATON, Brevet Major-General, U. S. Volunteers. Maj. C. H. WHITTELSEY, HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, SIXTH CORPS, April 20, 1865. MAJOR: I have the honor to submit the following list of casualties among commissioned officers and enlisted men in my command in the action of the 6th instant.† SIR: I have the honor to submit the following list of recommendations for promotion of officers in this division for conspicuous gallantry and meritorious services in the assault on Petersburg, April 2, 1865, Awarded a Medal of Honor. t Nominal list omitted. and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865, and the names of enlisted men deserving mention for conspicuous bravery and good service in the same engagements: Bvt. Brig. Gen. William II. Penrose, colonel Fifteenth New Jersey Volunteers, to be brigadier-general U. S. Volunteers for distinguished services in the assault on the enemy's lines near Petersburg, April 2, 1865; Bvt. Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Hamblin, colonel Sixty-fifth New York Volunteers, to be brigadier-general U. S. Volunteers for distinguished services in the assault on the enemy's lines near Petersburg, April 2, 1865, and for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865; Col. Oliver Edwards, Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, to be brigadier-general U. S. Volunteers for distinguished services in the assault on the enemy's lines near Petersburg, April 2, 1865, and for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865. (This officer has not yet received official notice of his promotion to brigadier-general by brevet, which was dated the 19th of last September; he has commanded a brigade since the battle of Cold Harbor.) Col. Isaac C. Bassett, Eighty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be brigadier general U. S. Volunteers for distinguished services in the assault on the enemy's lines near Petersburg, April 2, 1865, and for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865. (This officer has not yet received official notice of his promotion to brigadier-general by brevet, dated the 19th of October last.) Col. Thomas S. Allen, Fifth Wisconsin Volunteers, to be brigadier-general by brevet for distinguished gallantry at the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, April 2, 1865, and to be brigadier-general for bravery and meritorious services at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865; Col. Egbert Olcott, One hundred and Twenty-first New York Volunteers, to be brigadier-general by brevet for distinguished gallantry at the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, April 2, 1865, and to be brigadier-general for bravery and meritorious services at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865. The above-mentioned commanders are officers of very unusual merit, have every one of them commanded brigades in battle, and been repeatedly recommended for promotion. I cannot too highly estimate the great importance of their valued services during the assault on Petersburg and the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Va. For most valuable services and conspicuous gallantry at the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865, and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865, the following officers are recommended for promotion: Bvt. Lieut. Col. George Clendenin, jr., assistant adjutant-general, to be colonel by brevet; Lieut. Col. Rufus P. Lincoln, Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, and acting assistant inspector-general, to be colonel by brevet; Bvt. Maj. A. M. Tyler, One hundred and twenty-first New York Volunteers, and acting commissary of musters, First Division, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet; Maj. Chester D. Cleveland, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery Volunteers, and ordnance officer, First Division, and additional aide-de-camp on the field, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet; Bvt. Maj. Miles L. Butterfield, Fifth Wisconsin Volunteers, and engineer officer, First Division, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet; Bvt. Maj. Solomon W. Russell, Forty-ninth New York Volunteers, provost-marshal, First Division, and additional aide de-camp on the field, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet; Bvt. Maj. John Snodgrass, One hundred and thirty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, additional aide-de-camp, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet; Bvt. Maj. George A. Bernard, Sixty-fifth New York Volun teers, and additional aide-de-camp, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet; Bvt. Capt. Henry E. Hindmarsh, Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, judge advocate, First Division, to be major by brevet; First Lieut. William J. Cooke, Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, aide-de-camp, to be captain by brevet; Capt. James T. Stuart, Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, in charge of division sharpshooters, to be major by brevet. For valuable and highly meritorious services and marked attention to the duties of their respective departments, I have the honor to recommend for promotion by brevet: Surg. Redford Sharp, Fifteenth New Jersy Volunteers, surgeon-in-chief of this division, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet; Capt. James G. Fitts, commissary of subsistence, First Division, Sixth Corps, to be major by brevet; Capt. Charles G. Finney, assistant quartermaster, First Division, Sixth Corps, to be major by brevet; neither of these gentlemen has received any official recognition of his valuable services during the entire campaign of 1864. For distinguished gallantry and most valuable services at the assault on the enemy's works at Petersburg, April 2, 1865, I have the honor to recommend: Capt. Crawford Allen, jr., commanding Battery H, First Rhode Island Light Artillery Volunteers, to be major by brevet; First Lieut. Walter M. Knight, Company H, First Rhode Island Light Artillery Volunteers, to be captain by brevet; Second Lieut. Anthony B. Horton, Company H, First Rhode Island Light Artillery Volunteers, to be first lieutenant by brevet. The following recommendations for the First Brigade are made: Lieut. Col. Baldwin Hufty, Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, to be colonel by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Maj. Ebenezer W. Davis, Fifteenth New Jersey Volunteers, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Maj. James W. McNeely, Tenth New Jersey Volunteers, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Maj. J. Augustus Fay, Fortieth New Jersey Volunteers, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Bvt. Maj. Charles R. Paul, Fifteenth New Jersey Volunteers, and acting assistant adjutant general, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Bvt. Maj. William McElhaney, Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, and acting assistant inspector-general, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Capt. James W. Penrose, Fifteenth New Jersey Volunteers, to be major by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; First Lieut. William H. Bird, First Delaware Cavalry, and aidede-camp to General Penrose, to be captain by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2,1865; First Lieut. John R. McCauley, Fifteenth New Jersey Volunteers, to be captain by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; First Lieut. Jonathan Maguire, Fortieth New Jersey Volunteers, to be captain by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Capt. Joseph R. Wells, Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, to be major by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; First Lieut. W. S. Ackley, Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, to be captain by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; First. Lieut. William Brant, jr., Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, to be captain by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; First Lieut. E. R. Howard, Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, to be captain by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Capt. John Wilson, Tenth New Jersey Volunteers, to be major by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Capt. John P. Crater, Fifteenth New Jersey Volunteers, to be major by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Capt. Dayton E. Flint, Fifteenth New Jersey Volunteers, to be brevet major for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Capt. James H. Comings, Fifteenth New Jersey Volunteers, to be brevet major for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; First Lieut. H. Edward Lewis, Fifteenth New Jersey Volunteers, to be major by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Capt. Charles E. Grant, Fortieth New Jersey Volunteers, to be major by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Capt. A. J. Manderville, Fortieth New Jersey Volunteers, to be major by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Capt. Ellwood Lippincott, Fortieth New Jersey Volunteers, to be major by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Capt. John W. Goodenough, Fortieth New Jersey Volunteers, to be major by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; First Lieut. Samuel W. Downs, Fortieth New Jersey Volunteers, to be captain by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Second Lieut. James Phillips, Fortieth New Jersey Volunteers, to be first lieutenant by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; First Lieut. George W. Breen, Fortieth New Jersey Volunteers, to be captain for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865. The following recommendations for officers of the Second Brigade are made: Col. James Hubbard, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery Volunteers, to be brigadier-general by brevet for conspicuous gallantry and distinguished services in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, April 2, 1865, and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865; Lieut. Col. Henry C. Fisk, Sixty-fifth New York Volunteers, to be colonel by brevet for conspicuous gallantry and distinguished services in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg April 2, 1865, and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865; Lieut. Col. John Harper, Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be colonel by brevet for conspicuous gallantry and distinguished services in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865, and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865; Maj. Augustus H. Fenn, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery Volunteers, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for conspicuous gallantry and distinguished services in the assault on the enemy's works near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865, and at the battle of Little Sailor's |