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Union Forces Department of the East 28 February 1865 Union Forces Department of the East 28 February 1865 Commanding General: Major General J.A.Dix City and Harbor of New York: Brig. Gen. L.C.Hunt Fort Columbus: Major M.Cogswell K/2nd U.S. Infantry New York Light Artillery, 20th Battery Permenant Party, Company A General Service Recruits, invalids, musicians, etc. Fort Hamilton: Major D.Woodruff Invalid Company A, l2th U.S. Infantry Regiment Det/l7th U.S. Infantry Regiment Fort Lafayette: Lt. Colonel M.Burke l7th U.S. Infantry Regiment (l bn) Fort Richmond: Cpt. D.P.Hancock 7th U.S. Infantry Regiment (2 cos) Sandy Hook: Lt. Colonel E. Steen New York Light Artillery, 28th Battery Fort Schuyler: Major H.D. Wallen Det/7th U.S. Infantry Regiment Fort Wood: Colonel C.S. Merchant 6th U.S. Infantry Regiment (6 cos) Permanent Party, Company A Battery Barracks: Lt. E.C.Woodruff Det/6th U.S. Infantry Regiment Det/7th U.S. Infantry Regiment Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Sea Coast Defenses: Lt. Colonel De Lancey Floyd­Jones Clark's Point (New Bedford): Cpt. C.E.Niebuhr B/lst Battalion MassachusettsHeavy Artillery, Eastern Point: Cpt. L.G.Dennis 2nd Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Miltia Fort Independence: Lt. Col. De Lancey Floyd­Jones A/3rd Bn, llth U.S. Infantry Regiment Invalid Co A, llth U.S. Infantry Regiment D/lst Battalion Massachusetts Heavy Artillery C/, & Invalid Co A/lst U.S. Artillery Long Point Batteries (Provincetown): Cpt. R.W.Thayer 2lst Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Miltia Fort Miller (Marblehead): Cpt. F.J.Babson 25th Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Miltia Forts Pickering & Lee (Saleam): Cpt. J.G.Barnes l7th Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Miltia Fort at Salisbury Beach (Newburyport): Lt. H.C.Sampson Det/20th Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Miltia Fort Warren: Major H.A. Allen 27th Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Miltia C/lst Battalion Heavy Massachusetts Artillery E/lst Battalion Heavy Massachusetts Artillery F/lst Battalion Heavy Massachusetts Artillery Fort Winthrop: Cpt. F.A.Johnson l9th Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Miltia Defenses of Portsmouth Harbor and Main Sea­Coast: Lt. Colonel S.K.Dawson Fort Constitution: Cpt. B.F.Wells A/lst New Hampshire Heavy Artillery Fort Knox: Lt. T.H.Palmer Det/lst Maine Heavy Artillery Fort McClary: Lt. H.Green Det/G Co, Unassigned Maine State Miltia Fort Sullivan: Cpt. T.P.Hutchinson C/Maine Coast Guard Battery Belfast: Cpt. C.H.Conant F/Maine Coast Guard Battery Castine: Cpt. C.F.King D/Maine Coast Guard Battery Rockland: Cpt. D. Bunker E/Maine Coast Guard Military District of Northern New York: Bvt. Major General J.C.Robinson Albany: Bvt. Major General J.C.Robinson D/3rd U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps I/3rd U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps K/l8th U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps B/2lst U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps l38th Co, 2nd Bn, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps Champlain: Cpt. J.H.Baldwin A/lst Battalion Massachusetts Cavalry (frontier defense) C/lst Battalion Massachusetts Cavalry (frontier defense) Det/lst Battalion Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Malone: Cpt. N.H.Davis New York Cavlary, Company No. l (frontier defense) New York Cavlary, Company No. 5 (frontier defense) Ogdensburg: Cpt. J.Hackson I/7th U.S. Infantry Regiment B/lst Battalion Massachusetts Cavalry Sacket's Harbor: Cpt. P.Moore Independent Company New York Cavalry (frontier defense) Military District of Western New York: Bvt. Brigadier General A.S.Diven Elmira,N.Y. (Draft Rendezvous): Colonel B.F.Tracey l49th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment l50th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment H/2nd U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps B/l9th U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps Elmira, N.Y. (POW Camp: Colonel B.F.Tracey lst U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps Det/l9th U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps Det/2nd U.S. Infantry Regiment Det/l2th U.S. Infantry Regiment 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery A (l section) Fort Niagara, N.Y.: Cpt. J.A.Tardy Det/l0th U.S. Infantry Regiment Fort Ontario, N.Y.: Colonel C.C.Sibley Det/l6th U.S. Infantry Regiment Invalid Company, recruits, etc. Fort Porter, N.Y. R.H.Hall l0th U.S. Infantry Regiment (3 cos) G/l9th U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps Recruits, etc. Miscellaneous: Fort Adams, R.I.: Colonel O.L.Shepherd Det/l5th U.S. Infantry Regiment Portsmouth Grove, R.I.: Cpt. C.Blanding A/Rhode Island Hospital Guards Forts Preble and Scammel, ME: Major L.C.Bootes D/2nd Bn, l7th U.S. Infantry Regiment Invalid Co. A, l7th U.S. Infantry Regiment Invalid Co. B, l7th U.S. Infantry Regiment U.S. War Department, The War of the Succession, A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Government Printing Office; Washington D.C. 1880­1901 .
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