New Eyewitness Account?

[Steve]

(05-01-2018 06:35 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  I, for one, have never seen an account by Major Potter. To me, he is somewhat of a mystery man. Steve, in Reck's book, Potter is referred to as Major Horatio Potter, not Major James Potter.

I checked and the only Army paymaster at the time with the surname Potter is Maj. James Potter, and contrary to what Reck says in his book he was from Rhode Island, not New York.

The only Horatio Potter that I can find in the entire war was a Capt. Horatio Potter of the 7th New York Artillery. I don't know where he was on 14 April 1865, but he was promoted to Captain on 12 January 1865 at Petersburg Va and was discharged on 03 July 1865 in Baltimore. He is also listed as being on detached duty to a Gen. Potter of "5A Corp"(?) after he was promoted to Capt. I think that is supposed to be a reference to Gen. Robert Brown Potter, which would place Horatio Potter in Virginia sometime before Gen. Potter was shot on 02 April 1865 - but the New York muster roll abstract I'm looking at for this information doesn't give the dates of his detached duty.