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May 19th (search for this): chapter 4
burg Hancock's Second 9 43d Illinois Shiloh McClernand's ---- 8 87th Indiana Chickamauga Brannan's Fourteenth 8 1st Michigan Manassas Morell's Fifth 8 14th New Hampshire Opequon Grover's Nineteenth 8 24th Michigan Gettysburg Wadsworth's First 8 120th New York Gettysburg Humphreys's Third 8 In addition, mention should be made of the loss of officers in the heavy artillery at certain battles. The First Maine H. A. lost 12 officers, killed or wounded, at Spotsylvania. May 19th, of whom 6 were killed or mortally wounded; and at Petersburg, June 18th, the same regiment lost 32 officers, killed or wounded, of whom 10 lost their lives. In the Eighth New York Heavy Artillery, 9 officers were killed at Cold Harbor. But the large number of extra officers allowed these regiments will not admit of their classification with the infantry regiments just mentioned. There is a remarkable difference between the loss of officers in battle and by disease, as compared with th
June 18th (search for this): chapter 4
h Indiana Chickamauga Brannan's Fourteenth 8 1st Michigan Manassas Morell's Fifth 8 14th New Hampshire Opequon Grover's Nineteenth 8 24th Michigan Gettysburg Wadsworth's First 8 120th New York Gettysburg Humphreys's Third 8 In addition, mention should be made of the loss of officers in the heavy artillery at certain battles. The First Maine H. A. lost 12 officers, killed or wounded, at Spotsylvania. May 19th, of whom 6 were killed or mortally wounded; and at Petersburg, June 18th, the same regiment lost 32 officers, killed or wounded, of whom 10 lost their lives. In the Eighth New York Heavy Artillery, 9 officers were killed at Cold Harbor. But the large number of extra officers allowed these regiments will not admit of their classification with the infantry regiments just mentioned. There is a remarkable difference between the loss of officers in battle and by disease, as compared with that of the enlisted men. In battle, one officer was killed for every 16 e
July 22nd (search for this): chapter 4
ted the notice of their general. In the Chancellorsville reports, General Berdan, commander of the famous Sharpshooters, states that Chaplain Barber, of the Secondl Regiment, took a rifle and went in with the skirmishers, with his usual bravery. At Antietam, Gen. J. R. Brooke mentions in his report the brave Chaplain of the Sixty-sixth New York, Rev. Mr. Dwight, who was constantly in the field, in the thickest of the fight. Gen. Giles A. Smith, in his report of the battle of Atlanta (July 22d), states that Chaplain Bennett, of the Thirty-second Ohio, carried his musket and fought all day in the ranks. which I learn is his custom on all such occasions. The officers of a brigade petitioned that Chaplain H. C. Trumbull, of the Tenth Connecticut, be brevetted a Major; stating that, always at his post in time of danger, he has, on two occasions at least, displayed marked and conspicuous gallantry; dashing into the thickest of the fight to rally and encourage the wavering line. G
1863 AD (search for this): chapter 4
ss. Brevet Major-General David A. Russell Killed at Opequon. Brigadier-General William H. Wallace Mortally wounded. Killed at Shiloh. Brigadier-General Thomas Williams Killed at Baton Rouge. Brigadier-General James S. Jackson Killed at Chaplin Hills. Brigadier-General Isaac P. Rodman Mortally wounded. Killed at Antietam. Brigadier-General Thomas G. Stevenson Killed at Spotsylvania. Brevet Brigadier-General James A. Mulligan Mortally wounded. Killed at Winchester (1863). Brigade commanders. Major-General George C. Strong Mortally wounded. Killed at Fort Wagner. Brevet Major-General Alexander Hays Hays commanded a division on the Gettysburg campaign. Killed at Wilderness. Brevet Major-General S. K. Zook Killed at Gettysburg. Brevet Major-General Frederick Winthrop Killed at Five Forks. Brevet Major-General Thomas A. Smyth Mortally wounded. Killed at Farmville. Brigadier-General Nathaniel Lyon Killed at Wilson's Creek. Brigadi
Thomas L. Ambrose (search for this): chapter 4
sey, Siege of Suffolk. Rev. John L. Walther, 43d Illinois, Shiloh. Rev. Levi W. Sanders, 125th Illinois, Caldwell's Ferry. Rev. John W. Eddy, 72d Indiana, Hoover's Gap. Rev. Horatio S. Howell, 90th Pennsylvania, Gettysburg. Rev. Thomas L. Ambrose, 12th New Hampshire, Petersburg. Rev. George W. Bartlett, 1st Maine Cavalry, Cold Harbor. Rev. George W. Densmore, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, L'Anguille Ferry. In addition, there were several who lost their lives by the diseases iBenton fell at New Berne, and General Reno states in his official report that he was killed while nobly encouraging the men to do their duty. Eddy, of the Seventy-second Indiana, fell at Hoover's Gap, Tenn., struck by a cannon ball. Of Chaplain Ambrose, who was killed in the trenches at Petersburg, the regimental historian says that a braver man never lived; a truer man never wore the garb of Christianity. At Resaca, among the Confederate dead which lay so thickly in front of the Twenty
Edward D. Baker (search for this): chapter 4
pression as to the losses in that grade, unless accompanied by a supplementary list of the other brigade commanders who also lost their lives in battle. The following list is composed of Colonels who had been entrusted with brigades, and were exercising such commands at the time of their death. They were men of noble spirits, intrepid soldiers, whose gallantry and ability had won the admiration and respect of all. Killed in action. Brigade commanders, with rank of Colonel. Colonel Edward D. Baker, 71st Pennsylvania, Ball's Bluff. Colonel Julius Raith, Mortally wounded. 43d Illinois, Shiloh. Colonel Everett Peabody, 25th Missouri, Shiloh. Colonel George Webster, 98th Ohio, Chaplin Hills. Colonel John A. Koltes, 73d Pennsylvania, Manassas. Colonel William B. Goodrich, 60th New York, Antietam. Colonel George W. Roberts, 42d Illinois, Stone's River. Colonel Frederick Schaefer, 2d Missouri, Stone's River. Colonel George C. Spear, 61st Pennsylvania, Mary
Philemon P. Baldwin (search for this): chapter 4
New York, Port Hudson. Colonel George B. Boomer, 26th Missouri, Vicksburg. Colonel Edward E. Cross, 5th New Hampshire, Gettysburg. Colonel George L. Willard, 125th New York, Gettysburg. Colonel Eliakim Sherrill, 126th New York, Gettysburg. Colonel Haldinand S. Putnam, 7th New Hampshire, Fort Wagner. Colonel James E. Mallon, 42d New York, Bristoe Station. Colonel Edward A. King, 68th Indiana, Chickamauga. Colonel Hans C. Heg, 15th Wisconsin, Chickamauga. Colonel Philemon P. Baldwin, 6th Indiana, Chickamauga. Colonel Edward H. Phelps, 38th Ohio, Missionary Ridge. Colonel William R. Creighton, 7th Ohio, Ringgold. Colonel Lewis Benedict, 162d New York, Pleasant Hill. Colonel Patrick E. Burke, Mortally wounded. 66th Illinois, Rome Cross Roads. Colonel Orlando H. Morris, 66th New York, Cold Harbor. Colonel Lewis O. Morris, 7th New York (H. A.), Cold Harbor. Colonel Henry Boyd McKeen, 81st Pennsylvania, Cold Harbor. Colonel Frank A. Hask
Barber (search for this): chapter 4
storian says that a braver man never lived; a truer man never wore the garb of Christianity. At Resaca, among the Confederate dead which lay so thickly in front of the Twenty-seventh seventh Indiana, was a family group: a gray-haired Chaplain and his two sons. The official reports make frequent mention of Chaplains whose gallantry and zeal had attracted the notice of their general. In the Chancellorsville reports, General Berdan, commander of the famous Sharpshooters, states that Chaplain Barber, of the Secondl Regiment, took a rifle and went in with the skirmishers, with his usual bravery. At Antietam, Gen. J. R. Brooke mentions in his report the brave Chaplain of the Sixty-sixth New York, Rev. Mr. Dwight, who was constantly in the field, in the thickest of the fight. Gen. Giles A. Smith, in his report of the battle of Atlanta (July 22d), states that Chaplain Bennett, of the Thirty-second Ohio, carried his musket and fought all day in the ranks. which I learn is his cus
Francis C. Barlow (search for this): chapter 4
nt. Division. Corps. Officers Killed. 61st Pennsylvania Getty's Sixth 19 5th New Hampshire Barlow's Second 18 12th Massachusetts Robinson's First 18 48th New York Terry's Tenth 18 73d New York Hooker's Third 18 81st Pennsylvania Barlow's Second 18 145th Pennsylvania Barlow's Second 18 31st Maine Potter's Ninth 18 20th Massachusetts Gibbon's Second 17 14th Connecticut Barlow's Second 18 31st Maine Potter's Ninth 18 20th Massachusetts Gibbon's Second 17 14th Connecticut Gibbon's Second 17 62d Pennsylvania Griffin's Fifth 17 63d Pennsylvania Birney's Third 17 5th Michigan Birney's Third 16 16th Massachusetts Humphreys's Third 16 61st New York Barlow's SBarlow's Second 16 126th New York Barlow's Second 16 82d Ohio Schurz's Eleventh 16 100th Pennsylvania Stevenson's Ninth 16 6th Wisconsin Wadsworth's First 16 Heavy Artillery. 1st Maine Birney'Barlow's Second 16 82d Ohio Schurz's Eleventh 16 100th Pennsylvania Stevenson's Ninth 16 6th Wisconsin Wadsworth's First 16 Heavy Artillery. 1st Maine Birney's Second 23 8th New York Gibbon's Second 19 A heavy artillery regiment had just twice as many line officers as an infantry regiment. The largest regimental loss of officers killed in any o
George W. Bartlett (search for this): chapter 4
, Shiloh. Rev. Levi W. Sanders, 125th Illinois, Caldwell's Ferry. Rev. John W. Eddy, 72d Indiana, Hoover's Gap. Rev. Horatio S. Howell, 90th Pennsylvania, Gettysburg. Rev. Thomas L. Ambrose, 12th New Hampshire, Petersburg. Rev. George W. Bartlett, 1st Maine Cavalry, Cold Harbor. Rev. George W. Densmore, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, L'Anguille Ferry. In addition, there were several who lost their lives by the diseases incident to the hardship ship and exposure of a soldier's linsin in the War. Howell, of the Ninetieth Pennsylvania, was shot at Gettysburg during the retreat through the town, and died on the steps of a church. Butler was killed at the Siege of Suffolk, while carrying water to some wounded men. Bartlett, of the First Maine Cavalry, was killed at Cold Harbor. He was struck in the breast by a shell and literally blown to pieces. Benton fell at New Berne, and General Reno states in his official report that he was killed while nobly encouraging
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