Note 8 — History of The Battle of Ball’s Bluff

Col. White here confuses Col. Charles Devens with Col. Thomas Devin. Col. (later Bvt. Maj. Gen.) Charles Devens was the first Colonel of the 15th Mass. Inf., later served as brigade and then division commander with infantry. Col. Thomas Devin was Colonel of the 6th N. Y. Cavalry, and during the winter of 1864-65 commanded a brigade of cavalry encamped at Lovettsville.