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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 41 1 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 22 4 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir 12 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 9 3 Browse Search
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies. 9 3 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 8 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: October 25, 1864., [Electronic resource] 6 0 Browse Search
A. J. Bennett, private , First Massachusetts Light Battery, The story of the First Massachusetts Light Battery , attached to the Sixth Army Corps : glance at events in the armies of the Potomac and Shenandoah, from the summer of 1861 to the autumn of 1864. 6 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion 4 0 Browse Search
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urch, June 24; Dinwiddie Court House, March 31; Five Forks, April 1; and Appomattox, April 9, 1865. In August, 1864, Sheridan was promoted to the command of the Army of the Shenandoah, and took with him the First and Third Cavalry Divisions — Merritt's and Wilson's. General Torbert was assigned to the command of the cavalry forces in the Shenandoah, and his two divisions were reinforced by Duffie's and Averell's Cavalry Divisions of the Army of West Virginia. The cavalry fighting in the Shest the corps a serious loss of life. Upon Sheridan's return to Petersburg he brought back with him Devin's and Custer's Divisions, which, added to Crooks' (formerly Gregg's) Division, restored — the organization to its original formation, General Merritt being in command of the three divisions. The corps started on the final campaign of 1865 with 37 regiments of cavalry, numbering 13,820 present for duty, or about 11,000 carbines available for action. During the last ten days of the campai
lled, 90 wounded, and 19 missing. In March, 1864, it was transferred to Gibbon's (2d) Division, in which it remained without further change. In December, 1864, the regiment had become reduced to 180 men for duty; it was armed with Sharpe's rifles, and though small in numbers, was considered one of the best in the division. In the final battles of the war its percentage of loss was heavy in each action, although not numerically large. First New York Dragoons.--(19th N. Y. Cavalry). Merritt's Brigade — Torbert's Division--Cavalry Corps, A. P. (1) Col. Alfred Gibbs, W. P., R. A., Bvt. Major-Gen. U. S. A. (2) Col. Thomas J. Thorp; Bvt. Brig.-Gen. U. S. V. companies. killed and died of wounds. died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. Total Enrollment. Officers. Men. Total. Officers. Men. Total. Field and Staff             16 Company A   21 21   15 15 144   B   11 11   10 10 127   C 1 16 17   7 7 125   D   6 6   16 16 141   E   10
106 25 148 At Todd's Tavern, May 7th.1st New York Dragoons Merritt's Cavalry 20 36 35 91 At Parker's Store, May 5th; opening fNew Jersey Cavalry Gregg's Cavalry 7 41 10 58 1st U. S. Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry 8 34 3 45 1st Vermont Cavalry Wilson's Cavalry 5 30 1t New York Grover's Nineteenth 10 64 -- 74 1st Michigan Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry 6 33 -- 39 5th Michigan Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry 5 1Merritt's Cavalry 5 17 2 24 1st U. S. Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry 4 14 6 24 18th Penn. Cavalry Wilson's Cavalry 7 12 1 20 Fisher's Hill, Va.             Merritt's Cavalry 4 14 6 24 18th Penn. Cavalry Wilson's Cavalry 7 12 1 20 Fisher's Hill, Va.             Sept. 22, 1864.             126th Ohio Ricketts's Sixth 6 25 1 32 139th Pennsylvania Getty's Sixth 2 24 -- 26 Chaffin's Farm, Va. 1st Vermont H. A. Getty's Sixth 13 74 20 107 1st Mich. Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry 3 24 1 28 2d Mass. Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry 7 16 1 2Merritt's Cavalry 7 16 1 24 Boydton Road, Va. Also known as First Hatcher's Run.             Oct 27, 1864.             5th Michiga
war. 6 93 99   140 140 239 Gregg's Cavalry. Jan., ‘63 2d Massachusetts 8 82 90 3 138 141 231 Merritt's Cavalry. Sept., ‘62 3d Massachusetts 5 101 106 2 180 182 288 Grover's Nineteenth. Dec., 205 310 Wilson's Cavalry, A. P. Nov., ‘61 9th New York Reenlisted. 6 84 90 7 126 133 223 Merritt's Cavalry, A. P. Sept., ‘61 10th New York Reenlisted. 9 93 102 1 148 149 251 Gregg's Cavark 7 107 114 1 133 134 248 Crook's Cavalry, A. P. Oct., ‘63 25th New York 1 16 17   49 49 66 Merritt's Cavalry, A. P. Dec., ‘64 26th New York         3 3 3     July, ‘63 1st New York Veteranz's Cavalry, A. J. Oct., ‘61 6th Pennsylvania Served through the war. 7 71 78 3 86 89 167 Merritt's Cavalry, A. P. Oct., ‘61 7th Pennsylvania Served through the war. 8 94 102 5 185 190 29lry, A. P. Aug., ‘61 1st Maryland, P. H. B. Served through the war. 2 45 47 2 120 122 169 Merritt's Cavalry, A. P. July, ‘63 2d Maryland Enlisted for six months.  
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)
New Jersey Cavalry Wilson's Cavalry A. P. 11 73 47 131 6th New York Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry A. P. 10 43   53 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry A. PMerritt's Cavalry A. P. 10 41 1 52 1st New York Dragoons Merritt's Cavalry A. P. 11 31 7 49 5th Michigan Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry A. P. 23 15 5 43 2d Massachusetts Cavalry MerriMerritt's Cavalry A. P. 11 31 7 49 5th Michigan Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry A. P. 23 15 5 43 2d Massachusetts Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry A. P. 10 28 23 61 9th New York Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry A. P. 11 32 2 45 Dabney's Mills, Va.             Feb. 5-7, 1865.             11th PMerritt's Cavalry A. P. 23 15 5 43 2d Massachusetts Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry A. P. 10 28 23 61 9th New York Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry A. P. 11 32 2 45 Dabney's Mills, Va.             Feb. 5-7, 1865.             11th Pennsylvania Crawford's Fifth 9 70 9 88 16th Maine Crawford's Fifth 3 59 11 73 Wise's Forks, N. C.             March 7-10, 1865.             120th IndianaMerritt's Cavalry A. P. 10 28 23 61 9th New York Cavalry Merritt's Cavalry A. P. 11 32 2 45 Dabney's Mills, Va.             Feb. 5-7, 1865.             11th Pennsylvania Crawford's Fifth 9 70 9 88 16th Maine Crawford's Fifth 3 59 11 73 Wise's Forks, N. C.             March 7-10, 1865.             120th Indiana Ruger's Twenty-third 7 30   37 25th Massachusetts Carter's Twenty-third 6 19 2 27 General Index.     Page. Absentees, large number of, in Union ArMerritt's Cavalry A. P. 11 32 2 45 Dabney's Mills, Va.             Feb. 5-7, 1865.             11th Pennsylvania Crawford's Fifth 9 70 9 88 16th Maine Crawford's Fifth 3 59 11 73 Wise's Forks, N. C.             March 7-10, 1865.             120th Indiana Ruger's Twenty-third 7 30   37 25th Massachusetts Carter's Twenty-third 6 19 2 27 General Index.     Page. Absentees, large number of, in Union Army 532 Accidents, deaths from 50, 528, 529 Ages of soldiers, Union Army 62