Official Report of Lt. Colonel Briscoe G. Baldwin

Report of Lieutenant Colonel Briscoe G. Baldwin, C. S. Army, Chief of Ordnance, of artillery captured and lost during the Pennsylvania Campaign.

ORDNANCE OFFICE, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, January 19, 1864.

Captured and brought off from the field at Gettysburg, in the actions of July 1 and 2, 1863, seven pieces of artillery.

Left near the battle-field, one 12-pounder howitzer and carriage, which was afterward secured and brought off in a wagon of the reserve ordnance train, the carriage having been destroyed on the field.

Abandoned on the road near Fairfield, one 12-pounder howitzer and carriage, one 6-pounder bronze gun and carriage, which were afterward secured and brought off in wagons, carriages having been destroyed.

Number of pieces of artillery actually gained, seven. Two pieces and carriages lost at Falling Waters not reported to me.

BRISCOE G. BALDWIN,

Lieutenant Colonel Chief of Ordnance, Army of Northern Virginia.

 

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