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{ 317 } noTes aBBreviaTions AAS American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. ALPL Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, Ill. AU Auburn University, Auburn, Ala. BHL-UM University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library, Ann Arbor CHS Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Ill. CWM College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. CU Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. DPA Delaware Public Archives, Dover ECMC-ECU East Carolina University, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, Greenville, N.C. FSNMP Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg, Va. HSSC Historical Society of Schuylkill County, Pottsville, Pa. IHS Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis ISL Indiana State Library, Indianapolis LC Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. LOV Library of Virginia, Richmond Mary-HS Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore Mass-HS Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston MC Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Va. MCL-DU Duke University, Medical College Library, Durham, N.C. MDAH Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson MMF Moravian Music Foundation, Winston-Salem, N.C. NARA National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. NCDAH North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Raleigh N-YHS New-York Historical Society, New York, N.Y. OR The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 70 vols. in 128. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Unless otherwise noted, all citations are to series 1. OR ATLAS The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. New York: Fairfax Press, 1983. PEM Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, Mass. PNB Petersburg National Battlefield, Petersburg, Va. RBM-NYPL New York Public Library, Rare Books and Manuscripts, New York, N.Y. RNB Richmond National Battlefield, Richmond, Va. SC-EU Emory University, Special Collections, Atlanta, Ga. SC-SU Stanford University, Department of Special Collections, Palo Alto, Calif. SC-UNH University of New Hampshire, Milne Special Collections and Archives, Durham SC-UVA University of Virginia, Special Collections, Charlottesville SCL-DU Duke University, Special Collections Library, Durham, N.C. SHC-UNC University of North Carolina, Southern Historical Collection, Chapel Hill UCB University of California, Berkeley UGA University of Georgia, Athens UI University of Iowa, Iowa City USAMHI U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, Pa. VHS Virginia Historical Society, Richmond VMI Virginia Military Institute, Lexington WLU Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. PrefaCe 1 Kitching to Papa, July 6, 1864, in Irving, “More Than Conqueror,” 157–58; Griffin to Richmond, July 18, 1864, OR 40(3):322; August 5, 1864,Tilton Diary, Mass-HS; August 8–9, 1864, Snook Diary, Mary-HS; Day, “Battle of the Crater,” 356; Gallagher, Fighting for the Confederacy, 469–70; Michler to Williams, October 20, 1864, OR 40(1):291. 2 Sommers, Richmond Redeemed, xii; Horn, Petersburg Campaign, 219. ChaPTer one 1 “JamesChathamDuane,”407–8;Surg.WilliamEdgarcertificates,September26,October 13, 1864, James C. Duane service record, M1064, RG94, NARA; Frank Wagner, “Michler, Nathaniel,” 703–4; Michler to Williams, October 20, 1864, OR 36(1):295; Meade to Grant, August 29, 1864, OR 42(2):565; Meade to Delafield, November 26, 1864, OR 42(3):709.The chief engineerof the U.S. Army reported that Duane’s “health { 318 } Notes to Pages xvi–2 has been Seriously injured by the severityof the exposure he has undergone” (Richard Delafield to Meade, February 4, 1865, M1113, RG77, NARA). 2 Record of Events, 15th New York Engineers, Supplement to the Official Records, 43(2):210; Spaulding to Duane, August 30, 1864, and June 14, 1865, OR 46(1):300, 644, 650. 3 Record of Events, 50th New York Engineers, Supplement to the Official Records, 44(2):118, 127, 153–55, 194, 201; Turtle, “History of the Engineer Battalion,” 9; Thompson, Engineer Battalion, 82, 90–92; Spaulding to Duane, August 30, 1864, OR 40(1):299; Duane to Barnard, December 12, 20, 1864, OR 42(1):181, 183; Brainerd to Ruggles, February 11, 1865, OR 46(2):526. 4 History of the Thirty-Fifth Regiment, 241–42, 259; Jones Diary, Gilbert Family Papers, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; Potter to Parke, July 2, 1864, Burnside Papers, RG94, NARA. 5 Circular, Second Division, Ninth Corps, October 18, 1864, OR 42(3):266–67; Phillips and Parsegian, Richard and Rhoda, 47–48. 6 Cullum, Biographical Register, 2:812–83; Warner, Generals in Blue, 548–49; circular, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, May 20, 1864, and General Orders No. 65, Headquarters, Army of the James, May 20, 1864, OR 36(3):32, 34; Weitzel to Barnard , July 5, 1864, OR 40(3...