Headquarters Sedgwick's Division,
Sumner's Army Corps,
Harrison's Landing, Virginia,
July 11, 1862.
Brigadier-General S. Williams,
Assistant Adjutant-General,
Army of the Potomac:
I have the honour to enclose, in obedience to Special Order
Number 199, regimental and brigade commanders' reports of such officers and
soldiers as are deserving promotion.
I have already submitted the name of Brigadier-General
Burns, commanding 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, which I again call attention to.
In addition I would submit the claim of Colonel Hinks of the 19th Massachusetts
Volunteers for the appointment of Brigadier. He led his fine regiment through
all the actions up to Glendale, where he fell severely wounded. His regiment
has behaved handsomely on every occasion, and has been gallantly led.
I would also mention the name of Colonel J. T. Owens of the
69th Pennsylvania Volunteers. No regiment or officer has behaved better. (See
General Burns's and General Hooker's reports.)
Major Paul J. Revere and Lieutenants C. L. Peirson and C. A.
Whittier, 20th Massachusetts Volunteers, deserve promotion for their gallantry
on several occasions, especially at Glendale.
I trust I am not doing injustice to many other officers who
behaved equally well, but as they did not fall so especially under my notice, I
refrain from mentioning them. I would also submit the names of Captain Wm. D.
Sedgwick, A.A.G., and Lieutenant Church Howe, 15th Massachusetts Volunteers,
A.D.C., to be forwarded to the Governor of Massachusetts for appointment as
field officers in some of the new regiments. They are eminently qualified and
deserving.
I have the honour to be, with much respect,
Your most obedient servant,
John Sedgwick,
Brigadier-General
Volunteers,
Sumner's Division.
SOURCES: George William Curtis, Correspondence of
John Sedgwick, Major-General, Volume 2, p. 71-2
