9th Army Corps (Maj. Gen. John G. Parke)
1st Division (Bvt. Maj. Gen. Orlando B. Wilcox)
2nd Brigade (Bvt. Col. Ralph Ely)
0 officers, 0 enlisted men killed
0 officers, 1 enlisted man wounded
0 officers, 0 enlisted men captured/missing
*Report of Maj. Samuel K. Schwenk,
Fiftieth Pennsylvania Infantry, of
operations March 25.
HDQRS. FIFTIETH PENNSYLVANIA VET. VOL. INFANTRY,
March 29, 1865
MAJOR:
Pursuant to instructions to forward a report of the operations of
this regiment in the action of Saturday, the 25th instant, I have, the honor
to report that I received orders at 4:30am to send all men with arms, except
the pickets, to brigade headquarters, and immediately sent ninety men, the
whole number in camp with arms, in charge of Capt. Charles E. Brown, Company
C, and First Lieut. Wilbur H. Wilcox, Company D, who reported at Second
Brigade Headquaters at 4:50am and were assigned a position in an old fort
beyond brigade headquarters, and soon afterward occupied old rifle-pits,
constructed about 400 yards southeast of Fort McGilvery and running at right
angles with the main line, where they at once commenced firing upon the flank
of the enemy's advancing line and kept up a brisk fire until the enemy was
repulsed and our entire line reoccupied.
The casualties were two men very slightly wounded, and Captain Brown reports
that all the men behaved very well and fired with great accuracy and effect.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
SAML. K. SCHWENK,
Major, Commanding Regiment.
(Source: War of the Rebellion, Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 1 Pages 70, 330-331)