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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 8: Corps organizations. (search)
the corps. During the pursuit of Lee, after Gettysburg, a part of the corps was engaged at Wapping Heights, Va., July 23d, an action in which the Excelsior Brigade was prominently engaged. Another minor affair occured at Kelly's Ford, Va., November 7, 1863, in which some regiments of Birney's (First) Division were under fire. In the Mine Run campaign a sharp fight took place at Locust Grove, Va., in which Carr's (3d) Division sustained considerable loss, the principal part of the casualtiesattack of a vastly superior force, which in massed columns charged this skirmish line repeatedly. The Vermonters sustained but slight loss, as they occupied a strong, natural position. Having returned to Virginia, the corps participated, November 7, 1863, at Rappahannock Station in a successful assault on the enemys intrenchments. In this affair there was another display of that dash and gallantry which was so eminently characteristic of the Sixth Corps. At Rappahannock Station, Captain
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)
ttles. K. & M. W. Siege of Yorktown, Va. 2 Rappahannock Station 56 Williamsburg, Va. 1 Wilderness, Va. 1 Garnett's Farm, Va. 4 Spotsylvania, Va. 37 Seven Days Battle, Va. 3 Cold Harbor, Va. 7 Antietam, Md. 1 Petersburg, Va. 2 Fredericksburg, Va. (1863） 38 Picket Duty 1 Present, also, at White Oak Swamp; Malvern Hill; Fredericksburg, 1862; Gettysburg; Fort Stevens. notes.--There was no more brilliant action in the war than the affair at Rappahannock Station, Va., Nov. 7, 1863. The Sixth Maine was the most prominent in that successful fight, although gallantly assisted by the other regiments of the brigade. The enemy, about 2,000 strong, occupied an intrenched position; the Sixth Maine, with uncapped muskets, supported by the Fifth Wisconsin, stormed their works, and springing over them were engaged in a desperate struggle, some of the fighting being hand to hand; bayonets were freely used, and in one case an officer thrust his sabre through an antagonist. G
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)
irteenth 11 33 72 116 23d Wisconsin A. J. Smith's Thirteenth 6 37 85 128 Droop Mountain, W. Va.             Nov. 6, 1863.             10th West Virginia ------------ ---------- 7 29 -- 36 Rappahannock Station, Va.             Nov. 7, 1863.             6th Maine Russell's Sixth 38 101 -- 139 5th Wisconsin Russell's Sixth 10 49 -- 59 Kelly's Ford, Va.             Nov. 7, 1863.             1st U. S. Sharpshooters Birney's Third 3 10 -- 13 Campbell's Station, TennNov. 7, 1863.             1st U. S. Sharpshooters Birney's Third 3 10 -- 13 Campbell's Station, Tenn.             Nov. 16, 1863.             17th Michigan Ferrero's Ninth 7 51 15 73 23d Michigan White's Twenty-third 8 23 8 39 20th Michigan Ferrero's Ninth 3 30 4 37 2d Michigan Ferrero's Ninth 3 27 2 32 Siege of Knoxville, Tenn.             Nov. 17--Dec. 4, 1863.             2d Michigan Ferrero's Ninth 10 67 16 93 112th Illinois (Mt'd Inf'y) Cavalry Army of Ohio 18 38 12 68 24th Kentucky Hascall's Twenty-th