HEADQUARTERS SIXTY-FOURTH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, August 28, 1864. I have the honor to transmit the following report of the operations of this command from the morning of August 22, 1864, until the morning of the 26th: The regiment broke camp in rear of the Fifth Corps at 9 a. m. on the 22d instant, and took up line of march to its left. Halted at the Weldon railroad at 11 a. m. and commenced tearing up the track, burning the ties, heating and bending the rails. On the 23d we marched with brigade to the left and continued destroying the railroad. The command arrived at Reams' Station at 5 p. m. and was placed in position on the right of the brigade line in rear of breast-works. The cavalry in our front commenced to skirmish at the same time, and at dark the fighting was quite heavy and continued far into the night. At 3 a. m. of the 24th the regiment was moved into a line of works on the left of the railroad and occupied them until 7 a. m., when we marched again to the left and supported the skirmish line. At 1 a. m. we marched still farther to the left and again commenced destroying the road. At 6 p.m. we marched back to Reams' Station and camped for the night. In the morning of the 25th the regiment was in rear of breast-works. At 12 m. it was sent on the skirmish line with orders to strengthen it at a weak point. The enemy attacked the line shortly after in heavy force and drove it in. The regiment was then formed in rear of the breast-works, and at 4 p. m. the enemy charged and were repulsed, with terrible loss, the field in front being strewn with his killed and wounded. At 6 p. m. another charge was made by the enemy in heavy force, and this time it was more successful. The troops on our right gave way and the enemy rushed through the gap thus made. The regiment, after a heroic resistance, was forced to give way. Soon after dark the regiment was formed at the breast-works, and from hence marched to the Williams house. Respectfully submitted. Capt. ARNOLD R. CHACE, H. N. HUNT, Captain, Commanding Regiment. Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Fourth Brigade, First Division. No. 35. Report of Capt. Albert Gosse, Sixty-sixth New York Infantry, of operations August 13-20. HDQRS. SIXTY-SIXTH NEW YORK VETERAN VOLS., October 12, 1864. SIR: I have the honor to send the report of operations, called for from brigade headquarters, from August 13 to August 20, 1864: On the afternoon of the 13th [12th] of August we received orders to hold the men in readiness to move at any moment, and we moved off about 4 p. m., taking the City Point road. We arrived at City Point about 9 p. m. and bivouacked for the night. About noon on the 14th [13th] we moved to the Point and embarked on transports and laid at anchor below the Point until 10 p. m., when the boats got up steam and sailed up the river. At daylight of the 15th [14th] we disembarked near Deep Bottom. Atlla. m. moved by the left flank toward New Market Hill. Skirmishing was then going on in the front. We formed line in the woods and advanced. The enemy opened with shell, wounding 5 men. We were ordered to lie down, which we did, and remained until dark. The brigade moved back. Left the Sixty-sixth New York and part of the One hundred and forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers on picket, where we remained until the night of the 16th without further loss. We then joined the brigade. On the afternoon of the 17th we again moved to the front and formed line in a thick pine woods, and at night threw up breast-works, which we left after they were finished and moved back a short distance and staid until the 18th. Moved a short distance, formed line, and staid all night. Next morning we were moved to the forks of the two roads; staid all afternoon. Intrenched and fell back to the New Market road and threw up works, which were finished on the morning of the 20th. We remained behind the works. At night we evacuated and recrossed the river. Marched all night and arrived in the old camp on the morning of the 21st, 1864. Very respectfully,. A. GOSSE, Captain, Commanding Sixty-sixth New York Veteran Volunteers. Lieut. J. W. MUFFLY, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., 4th Brig., 1st Div., 2d Army Corps. No. 36. Report of Lieut. Simon Pincus, Sixty-sixth New York Infantry, of operations August 22-26. HEADQUARTERS SIXTY-SIXTH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, August 28, 1864. SIR: I have the honor to report, in compliance with orders received from Fourth Brigade headquarters, the report of operations from the 22d to 26th: We reached the Weldon railroad on the 22d of August, about 4 p. m. The Third Brigade commenced tearing up the track and destroying the road. We moved toward Reams' Station and commenced to destroy the road until dark, when the regiment received orders to go on picket, which was established on the left of the road. The next morning (the 23d) the picket-line was drawn in and deployed on the other side of the road. About 2 p. m. we moved by the left flank to within about a mile of Reams' Station; there the regiment was drawn in and joined the brigade. After resting an hour the regiment was deployed along the road to keep the fires burning. About 5 p. m. we marched to the station and occupied the breast-works, supporting the cavalry, who were at the time engaged with the enemy. We staid in the works that night until next day. The 24th the brigade was moved outside of the works and advanced in line of battle about two miles above the station. About 10 a. m. the regiment received orders to go as picket support for the brigade. We staid until dark, when Lieutenant Root, aide on Fourth Brigade staff, drew us in and marched back to the brigade behind the works near the station, where we remained until about 3 a. m. We sent a lieutenant and five men on picket. The 25th, about 10 a. m., the regiment was ordered to throw up works, which they did until 1 p. m., when the regiment marched to the works on the road, expecting an attack from the enemy. About 3 p. m. the enemy charged on our works and were repulsed. The regiment lost one man wounded in that charge. About 5 p. m. the enemy opened on the works with their batteries, which soon ceased, when the enemy again charged en masse. The regiment staid behind the works until the right of the line gave way; in our front the enemy was severely punished. The right of the enemy's charging line extended to about the left of the regiment. The One hundred and forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, which was on our left, fired to a right oblique and cut the enemy so badly that they started to run back, but seeing their left (the enemy's) over the works pushed forward again. The distance was no more than eight yards between us and the enemy. After that the regiment was forced to retreat, which they did to the bank of the railroad, where they rallied and returned the fire of the enemy, but were forced to retreat still farther on account of the enemy being on our flank. The fighting was kept up until dark. The casualties during the day were 3 wounded and 17 missing. The regiment was scattered. At dark they were formed again, and about 9 p. m. marched back to the direction of the Jerusalem plank road, and by 3 a. m. on the 26th reached a point on the road about half a mile from Williams' house; then all stragglers joined us but those reported missing. We rested there all day. Very respectfully, S. PINCUS, Lieutenant, Commanding Sixty-sixth New York Volunteers. Capt. A. R. CHACE, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., 4th Brig., 1st Div., 2d Corps. No. 37. Reports of Capt. Philip H. Schreyer, Fifty-third Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations August 13-20 and 22-26. HDQRS. FIFTY-THIRD PENNSYLVANIA VETERAN VOLS., September 28, 1864. SIR: In compliance with circular, I have the honor to make the following report of operations of this regiment from the 13th day of August to the 20th day of August, 1864: August 12, 1864, the regiment broke camp on the left of Petersburg, and at 4.30 p. m. took up our line of march for City Point, arriving near the latter place at 10 p. m. on the same evening, where we went into camp and remained until 12 m. on the 13th. We took up our line of march and arrived at City Point at 1 p. m. I immediately commenced to embark the regiment. Six companies were embarked on the transport Starlight and the remaining four companies on the transport Ellen S. Terry. By 6 p. m. the whole regiment was embarked and both transports dropped some three miles down the river. At 10 p. m. both transports moved up the James River toward Deep Bottom about twenty miles. On the morning of the 14th I arrived at Deep Bottom, when the regiment disembarked and moved about half a mile frour the river, where it remained until 11.30 a. m., when it moved about four miles to the front and immediately took up a position in rear of the First Brigade, which was then on the skirmish line. Brigade being formed in line of battle now advanced, the One hundred and sixteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers being on my left and the Sixty-sixth New York Volunteers on my right. After moving some distance the brigade was halted and formed line in a corn-field on the crest of a hill. Shortly afterward, the enemy opened a heavy artillery fire on my line, when I was ordered by Lieutenant-Colonel Broady, commanding brigade, to advance the left of the regiment in order to better cover it from view of the enemy. In this action I sustained a slight loss. The regiment remained in this position until dark, when it, in connection with the One hundred and forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, was detailed for picket duty. After establishing the lines nothing of interest occurred until morning of the 15th, when the enemy opened a brisk musketry fire upon the line of the regiment. Things remained in this position until 12 m., when I received orders directly from General Barlow, commanding First Division, Second Army Corps, to advance the line at intervals of about one hour and again fall back, in order to keep the enemy engaged and keep them from going to our right, as there was at that time some fighting going on on the extreme right of the line. By advancing in this way I drew the fire of the enemy, both of infantry and artillery, and consequently sustained the loss of some men killed and wounded. At 8 p. m. the regiment was relieved from picket and rejoined the remainder of the brigade some distance to the rear on the New Market road. Remained in this position until 1 p. m. on the 16th, when I, in connection with the remainder of the brigade, moved about three miles to the right in support of a part of the Tenth Corps, which was then engaged with the enemy. Nothing of interest occurred but picket-firing until 7 p. m., when the regiment was detailed for fatigue duty, and immediately reported to Brigadier-General Foster, of Tenth Corps, when it was put to building earth-works some distance in rear of the line first occupied. By 12.30 p. m. the works were finished and the regiment again reported back to the remainder of the brigade, when it immediately took up the line of march to the right. After moving with some delay to the right about two miles, the regiment, with the remainder of the brigade, halted about 3 a. m. of the 17th on a road, where it remained until 4 p. m., when I marched some distance to the left and formed line in a dense woods at right angles with the road upon which the regiment had just been formed. I remained here until 5 p. m. of the 18th, when a heavy fire opened some distance on my right, when I received orders to be ready to march at short notice. I soon after marched by the right flank, some distance to the edge of a field, when I, in connection with the remainder of the brigade, was ordered back to same position I occupied before. After returning, line was formed and the men were ordered to rest until 6 p. m., when the whole brigade moved by the left flank and marched some two miles and formed line of battle along the New Market road. After the line was formed I was ordered to form earth-works along my front, which kept the men hard at work all night. Remained in this place until 8 p. m. of the 20th, when I, in connection with the remainder of the brigade, took up the line of march, crossing the James and Appomattox Rivers, and arrived in front of Petersburg at 8 o'clock on the morning of the 21st, 1864. I herewith transmit a list of casualties.* I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Captain, Comdg. Fifty-third Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers. Lieut. J. WENDEL MUFFLY, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. Embodied in table, p. 117. HDQRS. FIFTY-THIRD REGT. PENNSYLVANIA VET. VOLS., Camp near Petersburg, Va., August 28, 1864. SIR: In compliance with circular dated headquarters Fourth Brigade, August 27, 1864, I have the honor to submit the following report of operations from August 22 to August 26, 1864: On the morning of the 22d of August the regiment was lying in bivouac in rear of the Fifth Army Corps and on the extreme left of the line. At 12.30 o'clock on this day it was ordered, in connection with the remainder of the brigade, to move some two miles to the left, when the Weldon railroad was reached. The men remained under arms some time, when the regiment was ordered to move some distance farther to the left and put on picket, or rather as a support to the cavalry picket. The line was advanced some distance, where it remained until dark, when it was withdrawn about one mile to the rear, and again deployed as pickets, being on the extreme left of the line. Remained on picket until 2 p. m. on the 23d, when the regiment was relieved by the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery. The regiment then rejoined the brigade and was engaged in destroying the railroad until 6 p. m., when line of battle was formed. Soon after I was ordered to the rear some distance with three other regiments, and formed line of battle a short distance from the remainder of the brigade, where I remained until 4 a. m. on the 24th, when I was ordered to move a short distance to the left and occupy a line of earth-works which were built during the night, and remained there until about 8 a. m., when I was ordered by Lieutenant-Colonel Broady, commanding brigade, to move left in front down the railroad. After moving about one mile formed line of battle on the edge of a wood, and in connection with the remainder of the brigade moved forward in support of the skirmish line for about one mile and a half, where we halted and formed line in a corn-field and remained until 4 p. m., when we again moved, left in front, one mile down the railroad and commenced destroying the track, working at this until dark, when the regiment was again formed and marched back to Reams' Station and took up nearly the same position we occupied in the morning. Remained here until 11 a. m. of the 25th, when the regiment was moved to the left without arms and ordered to construct earth-works on the extreme left of the line. After working about one hour we were ordered back to the stacks to take our arms, and then moved to the left, where we had constructed the earth-works. Soon after I was ordered to the right of the line beyond the railroad and formed in rear of Third Brigade and on the left of the One hundred and forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers as a reserve. About 3 o'clock the enemy charged the works in our immediate front, but they were handsomely repulsed, leaving killed and wounded on the field and losing some prisoners. Soon after we moved to the right by order of Lieutenant-Colonel Broady, and formed in rear of the Sixty-ninth New York and left of the One hundred and fortyeighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. About 5 in the evening the enemy made a second charge on the works, and the line on my right and left giving way, we were compelled to fall back about 100 yards, when the regiment reformed and went into the works on the right of the line, driving the enemy, who were flanking us, for some distance, keeping up a continual fire until dark, when I was ordered by Lieutenant-Colonel Glenny, now commanding brigade, to move by the right flank down a road, following the Sixty-fourth New York Volunteers. The regiment, in connection with the remainder of the brigade, formed line in a large |