Abingdon Street at South 30th Road S., Arlington, Virginia. Here stood Battery Garesche, constructed late in 1861 to control the higher ground dominating Fort Reynolds, 200 yards to the southeast. It had a perimeter of 166 yards and emplacements for 8 guns.

WASHINGTON,
March 16, 1863.
1. Brig. Gen. GEORGE W. CULLUM,
Chief of Staff:
GENERAL: In compliance with your request, contained in note of 28th ultimo, I now forward you the "name, rank, regiment, and battle where the officers were killed, with date," after whom certain forts in this vicinity were recommended to be named:
Brig. Gen. I. I. Stevens, U.S. Volunteers, was killed at the battle of Chantilly, Va., September 1, 1862.
Maj. Gen. Jesse L. Reno, U.S. Volunteers, captain of ordnance, died of wounds received at the battle of South Mountain, Md., September 14,1862.
Brig. Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield, U. S. Army, died of wounds received at the battle of Antietam, Md., September 18 [17], 1862. <ar40_141>
Maj. Seneca O. Simmons, Fourth Infantry. (colonel U.S. Volunteers), killed June 30, 1862, at the battle of White Oak Swamp, Va.
Brig. Gen. George D. Bayard, U.S. Volunteers (captain Fourth Cavalry), died of wounds received at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 14, 1862.
Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny, U.S. Volunteers, killed at the battle of Chantilly, Va., September 1, 1862.
Capt. Henry Benson, Second Artillery, died of wounds received at the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., August 11, 1862.
Capt. John R. Smead, Fifth Artillery, killed at the battle of Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862.
First Lieut. Henry W. Kingsbury, Fifth Artillery (colonel of volunteers), died of wounds received at the battle of Antietam, Md., September 18, 1862.
Lieut. Col. Julius P. Garesche, assistant adjutant-general, killed at the battle of Murfreesborough, Tenn., December 31, 1862.
Capt. Guilford D. Bailey, commissary of subsistence (colonel of volunteers), killed at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862.
Your obedient servant,
J. G. BARNARD,
Brigadier-General.

P. S.–Brig. Gen. Charles D. Jameson, after whom it is proposed to name the battery near Fort Lincoln, served as colonel of the Second Regiment Maine Volunteers, at Bull Run. He was appointed brigadier-general September 3, 1861. His brigade formed part of the army corps under General Heintzelman, and–
Distinguished himself individually at the battle of Williamsburg, being at the front rendering aid to General Kearny, though his brigade was not engaged, * * * and he particularly distinguished himself at the battle of Fair Oaks, where his horse was shot under him in battle, receiving three balls. He died [November 6, 1862] of typhoid fever (at Old Town, Me.), brought on, no doubt, by exposure and the excitement of the battles alluded to.–Extract from a letter from General Heintzelman.
[Inclosure.]

WASHINGTON,
February 10, 1863.
Brigadier-General CULLUM,
Chief of Staff:
SIR: I recommend that the battery which I proposed to be called Battery Maine be named Battery Jameson, after Brig. Gen. Charles D. Jameson, who died of disease contracted in the service on the Peninsula. He was a citizen of the State of Maine, was in the first battle of Bull Run, and in all the battles of the Peninsula.
I am, your obedient servant,
J. G. BARNARD,
Brigadier-General.
ORA, I, 25, Part 2 (serial 40), 140-41.

GENERAL ORDERS, No. 83.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.'S OFFICE,
Washington, April 1, 1863.
1. The new or modified forts and batteries around Washington will hereafter be known by the following names:
The name of the enlarged work now known as Fort Massachusetts to be changed to Fort Stevens, after Brig. Gen. I. I. Stevens, U.S. Volunteers, of Massachusetts, who was killed September 1, 1862, at the battle of Chantilly, Va.
The name of the enlarged work now known as Fort Pennsylvania to be changed to Fort Reno, after Maj. Gen. Jesse L. Reno, U.S. Volunteers (captain of ordnance), of Pennsylvania, who was mortally wounded, September 14, 1862, at the battle of South Mountain, Md.
The fort next and east of Fort Ripley to be called Fort Mansfield, after Brig. Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield, U.S. Army, who was mortally wounded, September 17, 1862, at the battle of Antietam, Md.
The new fort next and east of Fort Mansfield to be called Fort Simmons, <ar40_187> after Col. Seneca G. Simmons, Pennsylvania Volunteers (major Fourth U.S. Infantry), who was killed, June 30, 1862, at the battle of White Oak Swamp, Va.
The round fort near Great Falls turnpike to be called Fort Bayard, after Brig. Gen. George D. Bayard, U.S. Volunteers (captain Fourth U.S. Cavalry), who was mortally wounded, December 13, 1862, at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va.
The new fort between Forts Reno and De Russy to be called Fort Kearny, after Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny, U.S. Volunteers, who was killed, September 1, 1862, at the battle of Chantilly, Va.
The battery between Forts Ripley and Mansfield, and west of Powder Mill Branch, to be called Battery Benson, after Capt. Henry Benson, Second U.S. Artillery, who died August 11, 1862, of wounds received at the second engagement at Malvern Hill, Va.
The battery east of Battery Benson and Powder Mill Branch to be called Battery Bailey, after Capt. Guilford D. Bailey, commissary of subsistence, U.S. Army (first lieutenant Second U.S. Artillery), who was killed, May 31, 1862, at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va.
The battery between Forts Reno and Kearny to be called Battery Rossell, after Maj. Nathan B. Rossell, Third U.S. Infantry, who was killed, June 27, 1862, at the battle of Gaines' Mill, Va.
The battery west of Fort De Russy to be called Battery Smead, after Capt. John R. Smead, Fifth U.S. Artillery, who was killed, August 30, 1862, at the battle near Centreville, Va.
The battery on the right of Fort De Russy to be called Battery Kingsbury, after Col. Henry W. Kingsbury, Connecticut Volunteers (first lieutenant Fifth U.S. Artillery), who was mortally wounded, September 17, 1862, at the battle of Antietam, Md.
The battery on the right bank of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac to be called Battery Jameson, after Brig. Gen. Charles D. Jameson, U.S. Volunteers, who was in the battle of Bull Run, and who distinguished himself at the battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, and died November 6, 1862. at his house in Old Town, Me., of typhoid fever, contracted in the field.
The 100-pounder gun battery on Maddox's place to be called Battery Kemble, after the venerable Gouverneur Kemble, of Cold Spring, N. Y., formerly president of the West Point Foundry, where most of the Army and Navy heavy guns have been made.
The 100-pounder gun battery between Batteries Kemble and Cameron to be called Battery Parrott, after Robert P. Parrott, of Cold Spring, N.Y., formerly a captain of ordnance, U.S. Army, and the inventor of the Parrott gun.
The battery in advance of Fort Blenker, to be called Battery Garesche, after lieut. Col. Julius P. Garesche, assistant adjutant-general, U.S. Army, who was killed, December 31, 1862, at the battle of Murfreesborough, Tenn.
By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
ORA, I, 25, Part 2 (Serial 40), 186.