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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 1,217 1,217 Browse Search
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George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 294 294 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 109 109 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 108 108 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 102 102 Browse Search
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Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 67 67 Browse Search
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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 4: loss in officers — list of Generals killed — Surgeons and Chaplains killed. (search)
ss. Brevet Major-General David A. Russell Killed at Opequon. Brigadier-General William H. Wallace Mortally wounded. Killed at Shiloh. Brigadier-General Thomas Williams Killed at Baton Rouge. Brigadier-General James S. Jackson Killed at Chaplin Hills. Brigadier-General Isaac P. Rodman Mortally wounded. Killed at Antietam. Brigadier-General Thomas G. Stevenson Killed at Spotsylvania. Brevet Brigadier-General James A. Mulligan Mortally wounded. Killed at Winchester (1863). Brigade commanders. Major-General George C. Strong Mortally wounded. Killed at Fort Wagner. Brevet Major-General Alexander Hays Hays commanded a division on the Gettysburg campaign. Killed at Wilderness. Brevet Major-General S. K. Zook Killed at Gettysburg. Brevet Major-General Frederick Winthrop Killed at Five Forks. Brevet Major-General Thomas A. Smyth Mortally wounded. Killed at Farmville. Brigadier-General Nathaniel Lyon Killed at Wilson's Creek. Brigadi
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 8: Corps organizations. (search)
y commands, were first ordered in the spring of 1863, and were adopted immediately by the Army of th proved to be but temporary arrangements. In 1863 the cavalry were organized into a corps by themf proper organization did not last long, and in 1863 the Western armies took the field with corps ors at Falmouth, where it spent the winter of 1862-63. General Sickles was promoted to the command of tinued; but upon the news of Lee's invasion, in 1863, the Pennsylvania Reserves, who were then on dumanded the corps at Chancellorsville, May 1--3, 1863, at which time it numbered 12, 169 effectives, entire Army was 1,061. During the spring of 1863 the corps participated in the Bayou expeditionsse terms of enlistment expired in the summer of 1863. Some of these nile months regiments had foughhe West, and had been engaged, in the spring of 1863, in the defense of Suffolk against Longstreet's of the Department of the Ohio in the spring of 1863, his district including Kentucky and East Tenne[4 more...]
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 9: famous divisions and brigades. (search)
ine and efficiency, was Sykes's Division of Regulars. The regular troops of the United States Army-serving in the Army of the Potomac were formed into one division of two brigades, under command of Major-General George Sykes, who was succeeded in 1863 by General Romeyn B. Ayres. This division included the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Fourteenth, and Seventeenth United States Infantry. The regiments were small, seldom having over eight companies to a regiment, and of August, 1864. During the Wilderness campaign the Seventh Indiana was attached to the brigade, but it was mustered out in August. The First New York Sharpshooters' Battalion was also attached to the brigade at one time, joining it in the fall of 1863. In February, 1865, the brigade was broken up, the Twenty-fourth Michigan having been ordered to Baltimore. The Sixth and Seventh Regiments remained in the First Brigade, Third Division (Crawford's), Fifth Corps, while the Sharpshooters' Battali
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, chapter 10 (search)
Glendale; Malvern Hill; Vienna; Fredericksburg (1863); Po River; North Anna. notes.--At Antietam battles of the Army of the Potomac in 1862 and 1863, its losses were comparatively small until 1864umbers, was consolidated into four companies in 1863, and took these four companies, only, into the ange. Returning to Virginia, the winter of 1862-3 was passed in camp at Union Mills, Va. In June, d, and 5 missing. It went into winter quarters (1863-4) near Stevensburg, Va., receiving in the mean and served as such with the Sixteenth Corps in 1863. In 1864, it was engaged on the Atlanta campaining of the Vicksburg campaign in the spring of 1863, during which time it was engaged in active serof five companies,--A, C, E, G and I. The year 1863 was spent in Louisiana and Mississippi, encampeo Pulaski, Tenn. It reenlisted in the winter of 1863-64, and upon its return from its veteran furlour's Division, Seventeenth Corps. The autumn of 1863, and most of the following winter, was passed i[60 more...]
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 11: list of battles, with the regiments sustaining the greatest losses in each. (search)
e of fighting which prevailed in the cavalry service during the Civil War was new and peculiar. The wooded countries in which they operated prevented any charges by large bodies of mounted troops. The cavalry used their sabres but little; they fought dismounted, using their carbines only. Their horses were available for rapid movements or marches, but, in fighting, they relied on their carbines and dismounted tactics. Some of the regiments which were recruited for the cavalry service in 1863, experienced a long delay in receiving their horses from the Government, during which they were assigned to infantry divisions, where they fought and manoeuvred as infantry. The maximum casualties of the Light Artillery, in particular engagements, will also be found appended to the following lists. Right here, however, it may be well to caution the reader against any assumption that, the regiments most prominent in these casualty lists were, necessarily, the ones which rendered the most
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, List of regiments in the Union Armies, with total number of deaths in each. (search)
ths' service.         20 20 20 Gordon's Fourth. Peninsular Corps (1863). Nov., ‘62 23d Connecticut Nine-months' service. 1 10 11 2 46eer regiments of three-months men, Pennsylvania sent to the Army, in 1863, 34 regiments of militia for ninety days service; also, about 5,000 ve volunteer regiments, and in the thirty-four militia regiments, in 1863, and in the miscellaneous companies, and in all other commands omittInfantry, Potomac Home Brigade, was attached to the Twelfth Corps in 1863, and was hotly engaged at Gettysburg. where it fought with the 1st the Ohio troops was the State National Guard, which was organized in 1863, pursuant to an act of Legislature passed that year, to meet the obv The 75th Ohio, Eleventh Corps, was transferred to South Carolina in 1863, and thence to Florida, where it served as mounted infantry. The egiments became so depleted by losses and lack of recruits, that, in 1863, they only numbered from two to eight companies each. Any compariso<
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 13: aggregate of deaths in the Union Armies by States--total enlistment by States--percentages of military population furnished, and percentages of loss — strength of the Army at various dates casualties in the Navy. (search)
14 July 15 Tyler Gwin Vicksburg Ram, Arkansas. 8 16 -- 24 July 15 Hartford Wainwright Vicksburg Ram, Arkansas. 3 6 -- 9 July 15 Wissahickon De Camp Vicksburg Ram, Arkansas. 1 4 -- 5 July 15 Winona Nichols Vicksburg Ram, Arkansas. 1 2 -- 3 July 15 Sciota Lowry Vicksburg Ram, Arkansas. -- 2 -- 2 July 15 Richmond Alden Vicksburg Ram, Arkansas. -- 2 -- 2 Oct. 3 Commodore Perry Flusser Blackwater 2 11 -- 13 Dec. 27 Benton Gwin Drumgold's Bluff 2 8 -- 10 1863.               Jan. 1 Fleet Renshaw Galveston -- -- -- 150 Jan. 10 Louisville Owen Arkansas Post 6 25 -- 31 Jan. 10 De Kalb Walker Arkansas Post Jan. 11 Hatteras Blake Alabama 2 5 -- 7 Jan. 30 Isaac Smith Conover John's Island 8 17 -- 25 Feb. 24 Indianola Brown New Carthage 1 1 7 9 Mch. 14 Hartford Palmer Port Hudson 1 2 1 4 Mch. 14 Richmond Alden Port Hudson 3 12 -- 15 Mch. 14 Genesee Macomb Port Hudson Mch. 14 Monongahela McKinstry Port Hudson 6 21 -- 27
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 14: the greatest battles of the war — list of victories and defeats — chronological list of battles with loss in each, Union and Confederate. (search)
5 13,047 Dec. 31, 1862. Stone's River Including Knob Gap, and losses on January 1st and 2d. 1863. 1,730 7,802 3,717 13,249 June 15-19, 1864. Petersburg (Assault) 1,688 8,513 1,185 11,386 arried the forts, or intrenched positions, by storm. Fort Harrison, Va. Marye's Heights, Va. (1863） Rappahannock Station, Va. Fort McAllister, Ga. Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Jonesboro, Ga. Fort Wilson's Creek, Mo. Chancellorsville, Va. Island Ford, Va. Pocotaligo, S. C. Winchester, Va. (1863). Deep Bottom, Va. Maryland Heights, Md. Chickamauga, Ga. Ream's Station, Va. ShepherdstownJefferson Dec. 30th; also, losses Jan. 1, 2, 1863.Stone's River, Tenn 1,730 7,802 3,717 13,249 1863.             Jan. 7, 8 Springfield, Mo 14 146 5 165 Jan. 11 Hartsville, Mo 7 64 2 73 Jan9 Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss 57 120 10 187 Dec. 31 Stone's River, Tenn 1,294 7,945 1,027 10,266 1863.             Jan. 2-11 Springfield; Hartsville, Mo 32 201 29 262 Jan. 30 Deserted Ho
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 15: Confederate losses — strength of the Confederate Armies--casualties in Confederate regiments — list of Confederate Generals killed — losses in the Confederate Navy. (search)
or military duty on account of physical or mental infirmities. These exempts — which include, also, all cases of minor defects — constitute, in every country, one-fifth of the military population. The large number of persons who are unfit for military duty is shown in the following figures: Army. Period. Number Examined. Number Rejected. Per Cent. Rejected. United States 1864-65 225,639 Recruits. 50,008 22.1 United States 1864-65 79,968 Substitutes. 21,125 26.4 United States 1863-65 605,045 Conscripts. 155,730 25.7 British 1842-52 171,276 Recruits. 57,381 33.5 French 1831-43 2,097,876 Recruits. 680,560 32.4 But the Confederate recruiting officers did not insist on any high standard of physical requirements. Their need was too pressing; and they accepted all recruits or conscripts except those whose disabilities manifestly incapacitated them for military service. The Confederate States, however, could send to the war a far greater proportion of their milita