Headquarters 6th Army Corps,
Near Brandy Stat1on,
January 27, 1864.
Major Samuel Breck,
Assistant Adjutant-General,
Washington.
Major:
In reply to circular from War Department, Adjutant-General's
Office, dated January 7, I have the honour to state that on the fourth day of March,
1861, I was Major of the 1st Cavalry, stationed at Fort Wise, on the upper
Arkansas. Was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel same regiment April 25.
Received orders from headquarters Department of the West, June 20, to repair to
Fort Leavenworth and there await further orders. After reaching Fort
Leavenworth and waiting several days, the Department of the West having been
broken up, I repaired to Washington and reported to the headquarters of the
army. July 18, was ordered to report to Brigadier-General Mansfield, and was by
him assigned to inspecting duty. On the 18th of August I was assigned to the
command of a brigade then stationed near Alexandria. Appointed Brigadier-General
August 31. During this and subsequent month was a member of a court of inquiry
that investigated the accusations against Colonel Miles. The court met at
Alexandria about the 15th of August, and continued meeting there and in camp
until its last two sittings, which were in Washington: Major-General W. B.
Franklin, President; Brigadier-General Charles Griffin, Recorder.
February 20, 1862, was relieved from command of brigade and
assigned to the division of Brigadier-General Stone, stationed at Poolesville,
Maryland.
February 25 was ordered to report with the division at
Harper's Ferry to Major-General Banks.
The latter part of March received orders to proceed with my
division to Washington; embarked immediately for Old Point, forming part of the
Army of the Potomac; was with it until its evacuation of the Peninsula. Was
slightly wounded at Glendale, June 29; appointed Major-General July 4, 1862;
severely wounded at Antietam, September 17; reported for duty December 22, and
was assigned to the command of the 9th Army Corps by the General commanding the
Army of the Potomac; was relieved February 5, 1863, and assigned to the command
of the 6th Army Corps. Have served with that corps since. Have been on no
courts martial; have had no leave of absence.
I was actively engaged in the following battles:
In Command of Division, 2nd Corps.
Fair Oaks,
Peach Orchard,
Savage's Station,
Glendale, or Charles City Road,
Antietam,
Commanding the 6th Corps.
2nd Fredericksburg, May 3, 1863,
Salem Heights, May 3, 4, 1863,
Gettysburg, July 2, 3, 4, 1863,
Commanding 6th and 5th Corps.
Rappahannock Station,
The following is a list of staff-officers, on my personal
staff, all of whom are now serving, with the exception of Captain Church Howe,
who resigned April 10, 1863:
E. B. Beaumont, 1st Lieutenant 4th Cavalry, U.S.A.,
appointed A.D.C. August 27, 1861, relieved August 7, 1862, and assigned to duty
as A.D.C. to General Halleck; reappointed A.D.C. May 9, 1863.
Church Howe, Captain 15th Massachusetts Volunteers,
appointed A.D.C. March, 1862, resigned April 10, 1863.
Charles A. Whittier, 1st Lieutenant 20th Massachusetts
Volunteers, appointed A.D.C. August 30, 1862.
R. F. Halsted, Captain 42nd New York Volunteers, appointed
A.D.C. December 26, 1862.
Arthur McClellan, Captain and A.D.C., assigned to duty
August 7, 1863.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient
servant,
John Sedgwick,
Major-General.
SOURCE: George William Curtis, Correspondence of
John Sedgwick, Major-General, Volume 2, p. 171-4
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