Gen. H.W. Benham report of engineer service army of Potomac 1863.

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Gen. H.W. Benham report of engineer service army of Potomac 1863.

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Copy of the third portion of Benham's report dated "U.S. Engineer Office Boston, Mass. June 1876". The report, addressed to Brig Gen. E.D. Townsend, details Benham's reconnoissances etc. as the Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac as well as his command of the Engineer Brigade from March 1863 to March 1864.

1 v. (99, 33 leaves) ; 25 cm.

New England Historic Genealogical Society

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