SOUTH SIDE OF THE JAMES. No. 61.-Brig. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, U.S. Army, commanding Second Division, of operations May 9-16. 9 No. 62.-Brig. Gen. Charles A. Heckman, U. S. Army, commanding First Brigade, of operations May 6-7. No. 63.-Col. Josiah Pickett, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Infantry, of operations No. No. No. May 9-10. 64.-Lieut. Col. Orson Moulton, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Infantry, of operations May 6-16. 65.-Lieut. William Daley, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Infantry, of operations May 14-15. 66.-Lieut. James O'Neill, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Infantry, of operations May 15-16. No. 67.-Capt. Henry C. Dwight, Twenty-seventh Massachusetts Infantry, of oper- No. 68. Capt. Peter S. Bailey, Twenty-seventh Massachusetts Infantry, of oper- No. 69.-Lieut. Col. James Stewart, jr., Ninth New Jersey Infantry, of operations No. 70.-Col. Griffin A. Stedman, jr., Eleventh Connecticut Infantry, Second Bri- No. 71.-Capt. George E. Ashby, Battery E, Third New York Light Artillery, of No. 72.-Brig. Gen. Edward W. Hinks, U. S. Army, commanding Third Division, No. 73.-Col. Joseph B. Kiddoo, Twenty-second U. S. Colored Infantry, First Bri- No. 74.-Col. Samuel A. Duncan, Fourth U. S. Colored Infantry, commanding Sec- No. 75.-Col. Benjamin F. Onderdonk, First New York Mounted Rifles (unattached troops), of operations May 7-19. No. 76.-Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz, U.S. Army, commanding Cavalry Division, of operations May 5-17. No. 77.-Col. Simon H. Mix, Third New York Cavalry, commanding First Brigade, of operations May 5-10. No. 78.-Maj. Ferris Jacobs, jr., Third New York Cavalry, commanding First Bri- No. 79.-Maj. J. Stannard Baker, First District of Columbia Cavalry, of operations No. 80.-Maj. Ferris Jacobs, jr., Third New York Cavalry, of operations May 5-10. No. 81.-Maj. Newton Hall, Third New York Cavalry, of operations May 12-17. No. 83.-Lieut. Col. Christopher Kleinz, Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry, of operations No. 84.-Lieut. Col. George Stetzel, Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, of operations No. 85.-Col. Henry L. Abbot, First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, commanding June 2. No. 87.-Col. George W. Cole, Second U.S. Colored Cavalry (unattached), of oper ations May 13-15. THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. No. 88.-General G. T. Beauregard, C. S. Army, commanding Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, of operations May 16-June 2. No. 89.-Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Hill, C. S. Army, of operations May 16. No. 90.-Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, jr., C. S. Army, commanding Department of Richmond, of operations May 16. No. 91.-Brig. Gen. Seth M. Barton, C. S. Army, commanding brigade, of operations May 10. No. 92.-Col. George K. Griggs, Thirty-eighth Virginia Infantry, of operations May 3-27. No. 93.-Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke, C. S. Army, commanding division, of operations May 16. No. 94.-Lieut. Col. George C. Cabell, Eighteenth Virginia Infantry, Corse's brigade, of operations May 16. No. 95.-Brig. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson, C. S. Army, commanding brigade, of operations May 6-11. No. 96.-Col. John S. Fulton, Forty-fourth Tennessee Infantry, commanding Johnson's brigade, of operations May 7. No. 97. Col. R. H. Keeble, Twenty-third Tennessee Infantry, commanding Seventeenth and Twenty-third Tennessee Infantry, of operations May 4-16. No. 98.-Capt. William N. James, commanding Twenty-fifth and Forty-fourth Tennessee Infantry, of operations May 16. No. 99.-Col. Abraham Fulkerson, Sixty-third Tennessee Infantry, of operations May 9. No. 100.-Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood, C. S. Army, commanding brigade, of operations May 6-16. No. 101.-Col. Robert F.Graham, Twenty-first South Carolina Infantry, of operations May 6. No. 102.-Maj. Gen. William H. C. Whiting, C. S. Army, commanding division, of operations May 16-17. No. 103.-Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise, C. S. Army, commanding brigade, of casualties May 16-20. No. 104.-Capt. George D. Wise, Assistant Inspector-General, of operations June 2. No. 105.-Col. William B. Tabb, Fifty-ninth Virginia Infantry, of operations May 8. No. 106. Brig. Gen. James G. Martin, C. S. Army, commanding brigade, of casualties May 20. No. 10%.-Maj. Alexander W. Stark, Stark's Battalion Virginia Artillery, of the capture of the U. S. gun-boat Shawsheen at Turkey Island, May 7. No. 108.-Brig. Gen. Stephen Elliott, jr., C. S. Army, commanding brigade, of operations June 2. No. 109.-Capt. W. L. Trenholm, Seventh South Carolina Cavalry, of operations May 15-16. No. 110.-Lieut. Col. Wyatt M. Elliott, Twenty-fifth Virginia Battalion, Hunton's brigade, of the capture of the U. S. gun-boat Shawsheen at Turkey Island. No. 1. Reports of Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. Army, commanding Department of Virginia and North Carolina, of operations May 4-20. HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, Near Bermuda Landing, May 9, 1864. (Received 12 noon, 0th.) Our operations may be summed up in a few words. With 1,700 cavalry we have advanced up the Peninsula, forced the Chicka hominy, and have safely brought them to our present position. These were colored cavalry, and are now holding our advance pickets toward Richmond. General Kautz, with 3,000 cavalry from Suffolk, on the same day with our movement up James River, forced the Blackwater, burned the railroad bridge at Stony Creek, below Petersburg, cutting in two Beauregard's force at that point, and is now operating against Hicksford and Weldon. We have landed here, intrenched ourselves, destroyed many miles of railroad, and got a position which, with proper supplies, we can hold out against the whole of Lee's army. I have ordered up the supplies. Beauregard, with a large portion of his command, was left south by the cutting of the railroads by Kautz. That portion which reached Petersburg under Hill I have whipped to-day, killing and wounding many, and taking many prisoners, after a severe and well-contested fight. General Grant will not be troubled with any further re-enforcements to Lee from Beauregard's force. BENJ. F. BUTLER, IN THE FIELD, NEAR CHESTER STATION, VA., I I am now pressing the enemy near Fort Darling. I have before me all the troops from North Carolina and South Carolina that have got up. Beauregard's courier, captured this morning going to General Hoke, in command of Drewry's Bluff, had dispatch that Beauregard would join him as soon as the rest of his troops came up. have left General Gillmore to hold our intrenchments while General Smith demonstrates upon Drewry and the enemy's lines. While this demonstration is going on I have sent General Kautz with his cavalry force to cut the Danville railroad near Appomattox Station, and perhaps he can advance on James River. Will do all I can, but the country is a terrible one to operate in. Please communicate this to General Grant. He will see at once where we are. B. F. BUTLER, Major-General, Commanding. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. GENERAL BUTLER'S HEADQUARTERS, May 17, 1864. (Received 8.30 p. m.) On Thursday, May 12, as stated in my last dispatch, I sent out General Kautz with orders to cut the Danville road, thoroughly destroy the iron bridge across the Appomattox, and then, if possible, to cut the canal on the James-the only remaining line of transportation to Richmond-and thence to cross the Appomattox and cut the Weldon railroad at Hicksford, so as to imprison the transportation between Hicksford and Stony Creek, where it was obliged to be massed because of the former cutting at the latter place. To prevent Kautz being interrupted or followed until at least he was well advanced, and to concentrate the troops on this command that were marching round from Petersburg, so that they should not re-enforce Lee, I marched my whole column, leaving a force of observation upon the enemy at Petersburg, and made demonstration upon the intrenched lines of the enemy around Drewry's Bluff, and remained before them until I learned from the Richmond press that General Kautz had cut the railroad at Coalfield and had safely arrived at the bridge over the Appomattox. Meanwhile we had assaulted and carried the first line of the enemy's works which extends from Drewry's Bluff over the railroad and around to Manchester. On Monday morning about sunrise the enemy, having received re-enforcements which made them then equal to my command, taking advantage of a very thick fog, made an attack upon the right of General Smith's line, and forced it back in some confusion and with considerable loss. As soon as the fog lifted General Smith's lines were established and the enemy was driven back to his original lines. The troops having been on incessant duty for five days, three of which were in a rainstorm, I retired at leisure within my own lines. At the same time with the attack upon my front the enemy made an attack upon the forces guarding my rear from Petersburg, in an endeavor to get possession of my intrenched lines. The attack was handsomely repulsed. We hold the railroad between Petersburg and Richmond. Prisoners inform us that Davis and Bragg were present in person. BENJ. F. BUTLER, Major-General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, May 18, 1864. General Kautz returned last night to City Point with his command. He cut the Danville railroad at Coalfield Station, Powhatan, and Chula Stations, burning depot, water-tanks, and two freight trains and a locomotive, with large quantity of commissary and other stores; then, crossing below, cut the Petersburg and Lynchburg Railroad at Wilson's, Wellville, and Blacks and Whites Stations, destroying switches, tanks, station-houses, and the track for many hundred feet; then, crossing the Petersburg and Weldon road at Jarratt's Station, again burned the water-tank, newly built since the former cutting, tore up the track and destroyed the rails, some of which had been relaid, although much twisted by the fire— altogether a most successful expedition. The enemy are now moving down from Richmond in large force to cover the turnpike and railroad opposite my position, so as to repair it. We have captured some of Longstreet's men and the Charleston (South Carolina) City Battalion. B. F. BUTLER, Major-General, Commanding. Hon. E. M. STANTON, BUTLER'S HEADQUARTERS, May 20, 1864-10 p. m. Have been fighting all day. Enemy are endeavoring to close in on our lines. We shall hold on. Have captured rebel General Walker, of Texas troops. Sheridan is at White House and has sent for a pontoon bridge, which I have forwarded him. Have also sent one of my army gun-boats with launches up the Rappahannock, as requested. B. F. BUTLER. SECRETARY OF WAR. No. 2. Return of Casualties in the Union Forces, commanded by Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. Army (compiled from nominal lists of casualties, returns, &c.), May 5–31. [Includes engagements, &c., at Blackwater River (May 6), Port Walthall and Chester Station (6th and 7th), Stony Creek Station (7th), Jarratt's Station and White's Bridge (8th), Swift Creek, or Arrowfield Church (9th), Chester Station (10th), Proctor's Creek and Drewry's Bluff, or Fort Darling (12th-16th), Flat Creek Bridge, near Chula Depot (14th), Foster's Flantation (18th), Ware Bottom Church (20th), Wilson's Wharf (24th), and Bermuda Hundred front, &c. (17th-31st).] The Second and Third Divisions were temporarily organized May 30 as the Third Division, Eighteenth Army Corps, and so continued until the return from Cold Harbor; see Part I, p. 179. For organization of Butler's command in the field May 5, 1864, see Part I, p. 116. |