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Spottsylvania (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
6th Infantry lost 166 out of 308 engaged, or over 53 per cent. At Gettysburg the two Regular brigades of Ayres's Division included ten regiments, but they contained, in all, only fifty-seven small companies. Out of 1,985 present in action, they lost 829 in killed, wounded and missing; and, in Burbank's Brigade, out of 80 officers present, 40 were killed or wounded. Heavy losses were also sustained at Gaines's Mill by the 2d, 12th, and 14th Infantry; at Manassas, by the 14th; and at Spotsylvania, by the 11th. The 9th Infantry was stationed on the Pacific Coast during the entire war. The 5th Infantry served in New Mexico. A part of the 8th Infantry was present at Cedar Mountain, where it fought in Augur's Division, Banks's Corps; and some of the companies served as a provost-guard at General McClellan's Headquarters. The principal loss of the 3d Cavalry occurred at Valverde, N. M., and at Cherokee Station, Ala. Colored Troops.--There were 166 regiments of colored troops or
John's Island, S. C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
h its casualties were not among the largest, it made a splendid record for discipline and efficiency. The 77th New York was also a fighting regiment, and sustained a loss in officers above that of the average. The loss of officers in its brigade (7th Me., 43d N. Y., 49th N. Y., 77th N. Y., and 61st Pa.) was without a parallel in the war, the five regiments losing 72 officers killed in action. The 144th sustained its loss in killed in the battles along the South Carolina coast,--at John's Island, James Island, Siege of Wagner, Deveaux Neck, and Honey Hill, half of its loss occurring in the latter battle. The 141st New York encountered its hardest fighting and severest losses at Resaca and Peach Tree Creek. The following regiments failed to complete their organizations, and their numbers are accordingly vacant: the 17th Cavalry; 11th and 12th Heavy Artillery; 166th, 167th, 171st, 172d, 180th, 181st, and 183d Infantry. Missing numbers in the line were also caused by transfer
Honey Hill (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
d record for discipline and efficiency. The 77th New York was also a fighting regiment, and sustained a loss in officers above that of the average. The loss of officers in its brigade (7th Me., 43d N. Y., 49th N. Y., 77th N. Y., and 61st Pa.) was without a parallel in the war, the five regiments losing 72 officers killed in action. The 144th sustained its loss in killed in the battles along the South Carolina coast,--at John's Island, James Island, Siege of Wagner, Deveaux Neck, and Honey Hill, half of its loss occurring in the latter battle. The 141st New York encountered its hardest fighting and severest losses at Resaca and Peach Tree Creek. The following regiments failed to complete their organizations, and their numbers are accordingly vacant: the 17th Cavalry; 11th and 12th Heavy Artillery; 166th, 167th, 171st, 172d, 180th, 181st, and 183d Infantry. Missing numbers in the line were also caused by transfers of regiments to a different arm of service; the 7th Cavalry b
Paducah (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
Indiana 281 29th Indiana 372 51st Indiana 295 23d Indiana 278 The 16th, 17th, 25th, 39th, 51st, 65th, 71st, 72d, and 73d Indiana were equipped as mounted infantry during part of their service. The 17th and 72d Regiments, and the 18th Indiana Battery, formed a part of Wilder's Lightning Brigade of mounted infantry. This brigade was a well-known and efficient command. The 9th Indiana Battery lost 29 men killed in a boiler explosion on the Steamer Eclipse, January 27, 1865, at Paducah, Ky.; the 9th Cavalry lost 78 men on the Steamer Sultana; and the 69th Infantry lost 2 officers and 20 men drowned by the swamping of a boat in Matagorda Bay. Many of the noted generals of the war were Indianians: Generals Lew. Wallace, Hovey, Jefferson C. Davis, Meredith, Wagner, Jos. J. Reynolds, Kimball, Foster, Cruft, Harrow, Colgrove, Miller, Cameron, Gresham, Coburn, Hascall, Harrison, Veatch, Manson, Benton, Scribner, Wilder, Grose, and others. The age and height of 118,254 India
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
e to the climate of the Gulf and Lower Mississippi, in which locality the regiment was stationed during much of its service. It was mustered out at Charleston, S. C., July, 5, 1866, having serve the longest of any regiment from the State. New Hampshire--The 5th sustained the greatest loss in battle of any infantry regiment in the war. The 1st Infantry was a three-months' regiment, which was organized April 26, 1861, and left the State May 25. It served under General Patterson in the Shenaners which they braved. The 1st Infantry was a three-months regiment which was actively engaged at First Bull Run. The 6th and 8th Infantry failed to complete their organizations. The 1st Cavalry contained a battalion of four companies from New Hampshire, which was detached January 7, 1864, and placed in the 1st New Hampshire Cavalry. The 2d Rhode Island Cavalry was organized with eight companies only, and in July, 1863, they were consolidated into a battalion of four companies, and transfer
Port Gibson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
led (including the Lieutenant-Colonel,) 70 wounded, Including the mortally wounded. and 34 missing, and at Chickamauga, 13 killed (including Colonel Heg), 53 wounded, Including the mortally wounded. and 45 missing; the 20th, at Prairie Grove, 500 killed, 154 wounded, Including the mortally wounded. and 13 missing; the 22d, at Resaca, 11 killed, 56 wounded, and 1 missing; the 29th, at Champion's Hill, 19 killed, 92 wounded, Including the mortally wounded. and 2 missing, and, at Port Gibson, 10 killed and 65 wounded. The 11th Wisconsin Battery was also known as Battery L, 1st Illinois Light Artillery. Minnesota.--The cavalry from this State served in Dakota Territory, where an active war was carried on with the Sioux Indians and other hostile tribes. The 2d Minnesota Infantry distinguished itself early in the war by its participation in the battle of Mill Springs, Ky., one of the first battles, and the first Union victory, in the West. It took a prominent part in thi
Stevenson (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
26 26 Sherman's Nineteenth. Feb., ‘64 14th Mass. Wright's 1 8 9   9 9 18 Stevenson's Ninth. Feb., ‘63 15th Mass. Pearson's   1 1   27 27 28 Andrews's Thirte9 409 Gibbon's Second. Aug., ‘61 21st Massachusetts 11 148 159 2 89 91 250 Stevenson's Ninth. Sept., ‘61 22d Massachusetts 9 207 216 1 102 103 319 Griffin's Fi 197 Seymour's Tenth. Feb., ‘64 56th Massachusetts 6 120 126   100 100 226 Stevenson's Ninth. April, ‘64 57th Massachusetts 10 191 201   86 86 287 Stevenson's Stevenson's Ninth. April, ‘64 58th Massachusetts 10 129 139   156 156 295 Potter's Ninth. April, ‘64 59th Massachusetts 7 83 90 1 93 94 184 Stevenson's Ninth. Aug., ‘64Stevenson's Ninth. Aug., ‘64 60th Massachusetts Hundred-days' men.         11 11 11     Sept., ‘64 61st Massachusetts One year's term. 1 5 6   20 20 26   Ninth. April, ‘65 62d Massa., ‘61 100th Pennsylvania Served through the war. 16 208 224 2 183 185 409 Stevenson's Ninth. Dec., ‘61 101st Pennsylvania
Easton (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
r. 5 221 226 5 385 390 616   Eighteenth. Part of the regiment (the 2d Penn. Provisional Heavy Art'y) served in the Ninth Corps. ----, ‘62 3d Pennsylvania   19 19 1 214 215 234     Sept., ‘64 5th Pennsylvania Enlisted for one year.   3 3   46 46 49   Twenty-sec'd. Sept., ‘64 6th Pennsylvania Enlisted for one year.   2 2   44 44 46   Twenty-sec'd.   Light Artillery.                     1st Pennsylvania L. A.--       1   1 1     May, ‘61 A-- Served through the war. Easton's 1 16 17   21 21 38   First. June, ‘61 B-- Served through the war. Cooper's 2 19 21   17 17 38   First. June, ‘61 C--McCarthy's   2 2   12 12 14   Sixth. July, ‘61 D-- Served through the war. Munk's   11 11 1 18 19 30   Sixth. June, ‘61 E-- Served through the war. Miller's   2 2   21 21 23   Eighteenth. July, ‘61 F-- Served through the war. Ricketts's 1 17 18   13 13 31   First. July, ‘61 G-- Served
Shiloh, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
5th Kentucky Chaplin Hills 196 6th Kentucky Shiloh 103 17th Kentucky Including loss of 25th Keh Kentucky Including loss of 25th Kentucky. Shiloh 122 6th Kentucky Chickamauga 118 17th Kentutal, 130. A few weeks later it was engaged at Shiloh, it being then in Hurlbut's Division, and fougtally wounded. and 18 missing; total, 228. At Shiloh the regiment lost three color-bearers killed iting regiments. Among its casualties were: At Shiloh, 16 killed, 74 wounded, Including the mortae on the campaign through the Carolinas. At Shiloh, an Iowa Brigade composed of the 2d, 7th, 12th 2d Iowa Fort Donelson 33 164   197 16th Iowa Shiloh 17 101 13 131 3d Iowa Shiloh 23 134 30 187 Shiloh 23 134 30 187 19th Iowa Prairie Grove 45 145 3 193 5th Iowa Iuka 37 179 1 217 22d Iowa Vicksburg 27 118 19 164 6th Iowa Shiloh 52 94 37 183 23d Iowa Big Black 13 88   101 7th Iowa Belmont 51 127 49 227 24t Iowa Pleasant Hill 35 117 56 208 11th Iowa Shiloh 33 160 1 194 39th Iowa Allatoona 40 52 78 170 [1 more...]
Tupelo (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
ncipal losses at Vicksburg, and at Allatoona Pass. One company (B) of the 5th Minnesota lost 23 men killed in a fight with Indians at Red Wood. Minn., August 18, 1862. This regiment fought at Corinth, Vicksburg, in the Red River campaign, at Tupelo, and, at Spanish Fort, in the Mobile campaign of 1865. It was also prominently engaged at Nashville. where it lost 14 killed, 92 wounded, Including the mortally wounded. and 1 missing; total, 107. The 6th, 7th, 9th, and 10th Regiments served on the frontier in the Indian war, and afterwards fought under General A. J. Smith--Sixteenth Corps--at Tupelo, Nashville, and Mobile. The 10th Minnesota lost at Nashville 17 killed and 60 wounded. Including the mortally wounded. The 8th Minnesota served in the Indian Territory, after which it was stationed, in 1864, on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, where it had a sharp fight at Murfreesboro, December 7, 1864, in which it lost 14 killed and 75 wounded. Including the morta
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