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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1863, August (search)
on the deck, washed overboard fifteen of the crew. Among them was Lieutenant Cushing, the Commander of the Commodore Barney. Two sailors were drowned. All the rest were saved. Major-General Foster was on board the boat when the explosion took place. The rebels then opened upon them from the shore with a twelve-pound field-piece. The Barney was penetratedt by fifteen shots, beside a great number of musket-balls; but not a man was injured except the paymaster, who was slightly wounded by splinters. The gunboat Cohasset received five twelve-pound shots, one of which passed through her pilot-house and instantly killed her Commander, Acting Master Cox, striking him in the back.--A brisk skirmish took place near Brandy Station, Va., between a party of National troops under the command of General Merritt and Colonel Davis, and a large number of rebels, resulting in the retreat of the latter, with a loss of two killed and one wounded. The National loss was one killed and two wounded.
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 35 (search)
officer — a sergeant — who attended the party, Your loss was very great; but ours was four times yours; and I think it but a fair estimate to put their loss at least as high as 4,000 men, killed and wounded. McCulloch says: My effective force was 5,300 infantry, 15 pieces of artillery, and 6,000 horsemen, armed with flint-lock muskets, rifles, and shot-guns. There were other horsemen with the army, who were entirely unarmed, and, instead of being a help, were continually in the way. Lieut. Col. Merritt, of the 1st Iowa, in his report, says: The enemy brought to the field 14,000 well-armed and well-disciplined troops, and 10,000 irregular troops; and our own force amounted to about 5,000 troops in the early part of the engagement, and considerably less than 4,000 troops for the concluding four hours of it. Maj. Sturgis, in his official report of the battle, says: That 3,700 men, after a fatiguing night-march, attacked the enemy, numbering 23,000, on their own ground, and,
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 22 (search)
t no sooner did we see our flags on the parapet than I exclaimed, in the language of the poor negro at Cobb's plantation, This nigger will have no sleep this night! I was resolved to communicate with our fleet that night, which happened to be a beautiful moonlight one. At the wharf belonging to Cheeves's mill was a small skiff, that had been used by our men in fishing or in gathering oysters. I was there in a minute, called for a volunteer crew, when several young officers, Nichols and Merritt among the number, said they were good oarsmen, and volunteered to pull the boat down to Fort McAllister. General Howard asked to accompany me; so we took seats in the stern of the boat, and our crew of officers pulled out with a will. The tide was setting in strong, and they had a hard pull, for, though the distance was but three miles in an air-line, the river was so crooked that the actual distance was fully six miles. On the way down we passed the wreck of a steamer which had been sunk
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 144 (search)
latter bivouacked in the neighborhood of James City, and held the line of Robertson's road. About two A. M., on Monday, the raiders left their resting place near James City, and took the road for Charlottesville. The men had been picked from Merritt's and Gregg's divisions, and were well mounted. When they marched up the steep banks of the Rivanna River their coming was unknown, and altogether unexpected. Before us, the correspondent says, was a large cavalry camp, the huts arranged with n and soldierly regularity. On one side the horses were quietly standing; on the other six pieces of artillery were parked, with all the appurtenances neatly arranged, and in close proximity to the caissons. The Fifth regular regiment of General Merritt's old brigade led the van. Captain Ash, with one squadron, dashed among the comfortable-looking huts with reckless precipitancy, and scattered the inmates in all directions. He ordered the men to destroy all they could, and they obeyed th
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 145 (search)
Train, Kilpatrick's Expedition. New-York Tribune account. Washington, Saturday, March 5, 1864. The much talked of raid by General Kilpatrick has ended with failure as to the main result intended to be accomplished, but with success in cutting the railroads between Lee's army and Richmond, and the destruction of much property, stores, etc., and the actual shelling of Richmond. Starting on Sunday at three A. M., from camp with five thousand cavalry, picked from his own and Generals Merritt's and Gregg's divisions, he proceeded to the Rapidan, crossing at Ely's Ford. From thence the column. marched to Spottsylvania Court-House, which place was reached without encountering any of the enemy. From Spottsylvania Court-House to the end of his daring journey he was more or less harassed by the rebels, and frequently found that his lines had fallen in very unpleasant places. At the place last named the command was divided into different parties, who were to scour the countr
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