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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)
is received. Bayonet wounds and sabre cuts are very rare. But at Spotsylvania there were plenty of bayonet wounds: and, no picture could give too exalted an idea of the gallantry of the 121st New York, 5th Maine and 96th Pennsylvania, as they led the assaulting column of twelve picked regiments over the formidable entrenchments which confronted them. * * * Sincerely your friend, E. Upton. to Brayton G. Priest, Theresa, N. Y. On May 12th--Spotsylvania — the whole corps fought at the Bloody Angle, where the fighting was the closest and deadliest of any recorded in the history of modern wars. General Sedgwick was killed at Spotsylvania, and General Wright succeeded to the command, General Russell succeeding Wright in the command of the First Division. The casualties of the corps at the Wilderness were, 719 killed, 3,660 wounded, 656 missing; total, 5,035; and at Spotsylvania, 688 killed, 2,820 wounded, 534 missing; total, 4,042. In the assault at Cold Harbor, June 1st, 1864, t