thieves wished to steal. Pressing rapidly along, marching day and night, in most instances criminals guilty of these acts cannot be identified, but I believe a higher tone of morals and discipline may be infused in any Confederate soldier which will restrain him from disgracing himself and his countrymen by such deeds. Had there been less plunder there would have been more fighting at Moorefield on Sunday, August 7. I tried, and was seconded by almost every officer of my command, but in vain, to preserve the discipline of this brigade, but it was impossible; not only the license afforded was too great, but actual example gave them excuse and justification. In view of the necessity that the public service demands of the investigation of this whole matter, and that the responsibility for the Moorefield disaster be placed where it belongs, I respectfully ask that a court of inquiry be convened at once. I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Lieut. Col. A. S. PENDLETON, Assistant Adjutant-General. Brigadier-General. AUGUST 7-NOVEMBER 28, 1864.-The Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Aug. SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS. 10, 1864. Skirmish near Stone Chapel, Va. 11, 1864.-Action at Toll-Gate, near White Post, Va. Action near Newtown, Va. Skirmish near Winchester, Va. 12, 1864.-Skirmish at Cedar Creek, Va. Skirmish near Strasburg, Va. 14, 1864.-Skirmish near Strasburg, Va. Skirmish at Cedar Creek, Va. Skirmish at Strasburg, Va. 16, 1864.-Engagement at Cedarville (Guard Hill or Front Royal), Va. 18, 1864.-Skirmish at Opequon Creek, Va. 19, 1864.-Skirmish near Opequon Creek, on Berryville and Winchester pike, Va. Skirmish at Berryville, Va. 20, 1864.-Skirmish at Berryville, Va. Skirmish at Opequon Creek, Va. 21, 1864.-Skirmish near Summit Point, W. Va. Skirmish near Berryville, Va. Skirmish at Welch's (or Flowing) Spring, near Charlestown, Skirmish at Middleway, W. Va. 22, 1864.-Skirmish at Charlestown, W. Va. 26, 1864.-Action at Halltown, W. Va. Aug. 26, 1864.-Skirmish near Charlestown, W. Va. Sept. Oct. 27, 1864.-Skirmish at Duffield's Station, W. Va. 28, 1864.-Skirmishes at Leetown and Smithfield, W. Va. 29, 1864.-Engagement at Smithfield Crossing of the Opequon, W. Va. 30, 1864.-Skirmish near Smithfield, W. Va. 3, 1864.-Engagement near Berryville, Va. 4, 1864.-Skirmish at Berryville, Va. 5, 1864.-Skirmish near Stephenson's Depot, Va. 7, 1864.-Skirmishes near Brucetown and near Winchester, Va. 13, 1864.-Skirmish at Bunker Hill, W. Va. Affair near Berryville, Va. Skirmish at Abraham's Creek, near Winchester, Va. Skirmish at Gilbert's Ford, Opequon Creek, Va. 14, 1864.-Skirmish near Berryville, Va. 15, 1864.-Skirmish at Seivers' Ford, Opequon Creek, Va. 16-17, 1864.-Skirmishes at Snicker's Gap, Va. 17, 1861.-Affair at Limestone Ridge, Va. 18, 1864.-Action near Martinsburg, W. Va. 19, 1864.-Battle of Winchester (or the Opequon), Va. Skirmish at Strasburg, Va. 21, 1864.-Skirmish at Front Royal, Va. 22, 1864.-Skirmish at Milford, Va. Battle of Fisher's Hill, Va. 23, 1864.-Skirmish at Front Royal, Va. 24, 1864.-Skirmish at Mount Jackson, Va. Skirmish at New Market, Va. Skirmish at Luray, Va. Skirmish at Forest Hill (or Timberville), Va. Skirmish near Winchester, Va. 26, 1864.-Skirmish at Port Republic, Va. 27, 1864.-Skirmish at Port Republic, Va. Oct. Nov. 6, 1864.-Skirmish near Broek's Gap, Va. Skirmish near Fisher's Hill, Va. 7, 1864.-Skirmish on the Back road, near Strasburg, Va. 8, 1864.-Skirmish in Luray Valley, Va. Skirmish at Tom's Brook, Va. 9, 1864.-Engagement at Tom's Brook, Va. 14, 1864.-Skirmish at Strasburg (or Hupp's Hill), Va.. 17, 1864.-Affair at Cedar Run Church, Va. 12, 1864.-Action at Newtown (or Middletown), Va. Action at Nineveh, Va. 18, 1864.-Skirmish at Kabletown, W. Va. 20, 1864.-Skirmish at Kabletown, W. Va. 22, 1864.-Action at Rude's Hill, near Mount Jackson, Va. 24, 1864.-Skirmish at Parkins' Mill, Va. REPORTS, ETC.* No. 1.-Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, commanding Middle Military Division, including operations August 4, 1864-February 27, 1865. No. 2.-Itinerary of the U. S. Forces, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. No. 3.-Organization of the Union forces, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, at the battle of Winchester (or the Opequon), Va., September 19. No. 4.-Return of Casualties in the Union forces, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, at the battle of Winchester (or the Opequon), Va., September 19. No. 5.-Return of Casualties in the Union forces, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, at Fisher's Hill, Va., September 21-22. No. 6.-Organization of the Union forces, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, at the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., October 19. No. 7.-Return of Casualties in the Union forces, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19. No. 8.-Surg. James T. Ghiselin, U. S. Army, Medical Director, Middle Military Division, of operations August 27-December 31. No. 9.-Capt. Ocran H. Howard, Signal Corps, U. S. Army, Chief Signal Officer, of operations October 14-November 1. No. 10.-Lieut. Edward L. Halsted, Fortieth New York Infantry, Acting Chief Signal Officer, of operations September 1-30. No. 11.-Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright, U. S. Army, commanding Sixth Army Corps, of operations August 6-October 10 and October 19. *For report of Brig. Gen. William N. Pendleton, chief of artillery, Army of Northern Virginia, and for diary of the First Army Corps covering operations in the Shenandoah Valley, see Vol. XLII, Part I, pp. 858, 873. No. 12.-Brig. Gen. Emory Upton, U. S. Army, commanding First Division, of operations September 19. No. 13.-Maj. Henry R. Dalton, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, of operations of the First Division September 19. No. 14.-Capt. Baldwin Hufty, Fourth New Jersey Infantry, commanding First Brigade, of operations August 10-October 15 and October 19. No. 15.-Lieut. Col. Edward L. Campbell, Fifteenth New Jersey Infantry, commanding First Brigade, of operations September 19-22. No. 16.-Capt. Baldwin Hufty, Fourth New Jersey Infantry, of operations August 7-October 18. No. 17.-Brig. Gen. Emory Upton, U. S. Army, commanding Second Brigade, of operations September 19. No. 18.-Lieut. Col. Egbert Olcott, One hundred and twenty-first New York Infantry, commanding Second Brigade, of operations October 19. No. 19.-Col. Joseph E. Hamblin, Sixty-fifth New York Infantry, commanding Second Brigade, of operations September 19-23. No. 20.-Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, of operations September 19 and 22. No. 21.-Capt. Henry C. Fisk, Sixty-fifth New York Infantry, of operations September 19-22. No. 22.-Lieut. Col. Egbert Olcott, One hundred and twenty-first New York Infantry, of operations September 22. No. 23.-Capt. John D. P. Douw, One hundred and twenty-first New York Infantry, of operations September 19-21. No. 24.-Capt. Francis J. Randall, commanding Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations September 19-27. No. 25.-Col. Oliver Edwards, Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Infantry, commanding Third Brigade, of operations September 19-October 25. No. 26.-Lieut. Col. Baynton J. Hickman, Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations September 19. No. 27.-Col. Isaac C. Bassett, Eighty-second Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations September 19. No. 28.-Lieut. Col. Gideon Clark, One hundred and nineteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations September 19. No. 29.-Capt. Elisha H. Rhodes, Second Rhode Island Infantry, of operations September 19. No. 30.-Capt. John B. Doughty, Fifth Wisconsin Infantry, of operations Septem ber 19. No. 31.-Brig. Gen. George W. Getty, U. S. Army, commanding Second Division, of operations September 19-22 and October 19. No. 32.-Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton, U. S. Army, commanding First Brigade, of operations September 19.. No. 33.-Col. James M. Warner, First Vermont Heavy Artillery, commanding First Brigade, of operations September 21-22 and October 19. No. 34.-Maj. James H. Coleman, One hundred and second Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations September 19-22. No. 35.-Maj. Robert Munroe, One hundred and thirty-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations September 19. No. 36.-Capt. James McGregor, One hundred and thirty-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations September 21-22. No. 37.-Lient. Col. John G. Parr, One hundred and thirty-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations October 19. No. 38.-Col. James M. Warner, First Vermont Heavy Artillery, commanding Second Brigade, of operations September 19-20. No. 39.-Col. George P. Foster, Fourth Vermont Infantry, commanding Second Brigade, of operations September 21-22. No. 40.-Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding Second Brigade, of operations October 19. No. 41.-Col. James M. Warner, First Vermont Heavy Artillery, of operations August 21. No. 42.-Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Bidwell, U. S. Army, commanding Third Brigade, of operations September 19-22. No. 43.-Col. Thomas W. Hyde, First Maine Veteran Infantry, commanding Third Brigade, of operations October 19. No. 44.-Maj. Stephen C. Fletcher, Seventh Maine Infantry, of operations Septem ber 22. No. 45.-Maj. Charles A. Milliken, Forty-third New York Infantry, of operations September 22. No. 46.-Lieut. Col. Winsor B. French, Seventy-seventh New York Infantry, of operattons September 19 and October 19. No. 47.-Capt. David J. Taylor, Sixty-first Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations September 22. No. 48.—Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts, U. S. Army, commanding Third Division, of operations September 19-22. No. 49. Col. J. Warren Keifer, One hundred and tenth Ohio Infantry, commanding Third Division, of operations October 19. No. 50.-Col. William Emerson, One hundred and fifty-first New York Infantry, commanding First Brigade, of operations September 19-22 and October 19. No. 51.-Capt. Jacob J. Janeway, Fourteenth New Jersey Infantry, of operations September 19-22 and October 19. No. 52. Capt. Peter Robertson, One hundred and sixth New York Infantry, of operations September 19-22 and October 19. No. 53. Lieut. Col. Thomas M. Fay, One hundred and fifty-first New York Infantry, of operations September 19-22. 'No. 54.-Lieut. John A. Wolcott, One hundred and fifty-first New York Infantry, of operations September 19-22 and October 19. No. 55.-Maj. William D. Ferguson, One hundred and eighty-fourth New York Infantry, of operations October 19. No. 56.-Capt. Edgar M. Ruhl, Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations September 19 and 22. No. 57. Capt. John A. Salsbury, Tenth Vermont Infantry, commanding Eightyseventh Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations October 19. No. 58.-Capt. Lucius T. Hunt, Tenth Vermont Infantry, of operations September 19 and 22. No. 59.-Lieut. Col. Charles G. Chandler, Tenth Vermont Infantry, of operations October 19. No. 60.-Col. J. Warren Keifer, One hundred and tenth Ohio Infantry, commanding Second Brigade, of operations September 19–22. No. 61.—Col. William H. Ball, One hundred and twenty-second Ohio Infantry, commanding Second Brigade, of operations October 19. No. 62.-Capt. Clifton K. Prentiss, Sixth Maryland Infantry, of operations September 19-25. No. 63.-Maj. Joseph C. Hill, Sixth Maryland Infantry, of operations October 19. No. 64.-Maj. Charles Burgess, Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, of operations September 19. No. 65.-Maj. James W. Snyder, Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, of operations October 19. No. 66.-Lieut. Col. Otho H. Binkley, One hundred and tenth Ohio Infantry, of operations September 19-22 and October 19. |