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Richmond National Battlefield ParkCannon firing program, a part of the anniversary program at Cold Harbor battlefield
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HDQRS. DEPT. OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, CHIEF ENGINEER'S OFFICE,
October 30, 1864.

GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith my report of engineering operations in this department for the week ending October 15, 1864, with the following tracings, (+) to wit:

No. 1. Tracing of Union defensive line in front of Eighteenth Army Corps from Fort Brady to Fort Burnham (Battery Harrison).

No. 2. Tracing of Union defensive line in front of Tenth Army Corps from Fort Burnham to right of New Market road.

No. 3. Tracing of new line of works at Deep Bottom.

No. 4. Tracing of square redoubt at Signal Hill.

No. 5. Photographic copy of 100-pounder battery in the defenses of Dutch Gap.

I have the honor to remain, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

PETER S. MICHIE,
First Lieutenant, U. S. Engineers,
Acting Chief Engineer, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina.

Bvt. Maj. Gen. J.G. Barnard,
Chief Engineer, Combined Armies, City Point, Va.

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+To appear in the Atlas.
Tombstone at Cold Harbor National Cemetery  

Did You Know?
Thousands of Confederate soldiers who died in Richmond’s hospitals or in the battles around the city are buried at either Hollywood or Oakwood cemeteries. Most of the Union dead are buried in one of five National Cemeteries: Richmond, Cold Harbor, Seven Pines, Glendale or Fort Harrison.

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