otal.
Siege of Yorktown, Va. 4 3 7
Williamsburg, Va. 5 24 29
Fair Oaks, Va. 12 81 3 96
On Picket, Va., June 9, 1862 2 2
Oak Grove, Va. 1 1 2
Seven Days Battles, Va. 3 18 79 100
Manassas, Va. 8 60 18 86
Chantilly, Va.serves marched into Virginia in October, 1861, where they performed the duties incident to an army of occupation until June 9, 1862, when they were ordered to reinforce General McClellan's Peninsular Army.
The regiment was, soon after, engaged at Me1
Picket, Va., June 3, 1862 1 Wilderness, Va. 5
Picket, Va., June 8, 1862 3 Spotsylvania, Va. 10
Picket, Va., June 9, 1862 1 North Anna, Va. 1
Peach Orchard, Va. 6 Bethesda Church, Va. 2
Savage Station, Va. 2 Cold Harbor, Va. 6
Glenup the Shenandoah Valley, and in the battle of Kernstown.
It was, also, hotly engaged at the battle of Port Republic, June 9, 1862, where it lost 17 killed, 41 wounded, and 114 captured or missing. At Cedar Mountain, it was in Geary's (1st) Brigade,
Grimes.
The Senate resumed its consideration on the eighth, and the vote was taken on Mr. Hale's amendment, and it was lost — yeas, sixteen; nays, nineteen.
The bill was then passed as amended.
The House referred it to the Military Committee, and Mr. Olin, on the tenth of June, reported it back with a recommendation that it should not pass, and it was laid on the table.
No. Xxxi.--The Bill to provide Additional Medical Officers of the Volunteer Service.
In the Senate, on the ninth of June, 1862, Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, introduced a bill to provide for additional medical officers, which was read twice, and referred to the Military Committee.
On the tenth, the bill was reported back by Mr. Wilson without amendment.
It authorized the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint forty surgeons, and one hundred and twenty assistant-surgeons of volunteers, who were to have the rank, pay, and emoluments of officers of corresponding grades in the re
onfed. Gen. Turner Ashby killed.
June 8, 1862: Cross Keys or Union Church, Va.
Union, 8th, 39th, 41st, 45th, 54th, and 58th N. Y., 2d, 3d, 5th, and 8th W. Va., 25th, 32d, 55th, 60th, 73d, 75th, and 82d Ohio, 1st and 27th Pa., 1st Ohio Battery.
Confed., Winder's, Trimble's, Campbell's, Taylor's brigades, 4 Va. batteries of Stonewall Jackson's command.
Losses:
Union 125 killed, 500 wounded.
Confed. 42 killed, 230 wounded.
Confed. Brig.-Gens. Stuart and Elzey wounded.
June 9, 1862: Port Republic, Va.
Union, 5th, 7th, 29th, and 66th Ohio, 84th and 110th Pa., 7th Ind., 1st W. Va., Batteries E 4th U. S. and A and L 1st Ohio Artil.
Confed., Winder's, Campbell's, Fulkerson's, Scott's, Elzey's, Taylor's brigades, 6 Va. batteries.
Losses:
Union 67 killed, 361 wounded, 574 missing.
Confed. 88 killed, 535 wounded, 34 missing.
June 10, 1862: James Island, S. C.
Union, 97th Pa., 2 cos. 45th Pa., 2 cos. 47th N. Y., Battery E 3d U. S. Art.
Confed., 47th
Chapter 7: Confederate armies and generals
Confederates of 1861.
At the birth of the Southern Army, when Guards, Grays, and Rifles abounded—these are the Pelican Rifles of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, later merged into the Seventh Louisiana Volunteers which suffered the heaviest loss of any Confederate regiment engaged in the fight at Port Republic, June 9, 1862.
The armies of the Confederate States
The permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America provided that the President should be commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and of the militia of the several States when called into actual service.
Accordingly, in any consideration of the Confederate army, the part played by President Davis must be borne in mind; also the fact that he previously had seen service in the United States army and that he had been Secretary of War of the United States.
As Secretaries of War in the Confederate States Government there were associated with President Davis, the
, Henry, April 28, 1862.
Boyle, J. T., Nov. 4, 1861.
Bragg, Edw. S., June 25, 1864.
Bramlette, T. E., April 24, 1863.
Briggs, Henry S., July 17, 1862.
Brown, Egbert B., Nov. 29, 1862.
Buckingham, C. P., July 16, 1862.
Burbridge, S. G., June 9, 1862.
Burnham, H., April 27, 1864.
Bustee, Rich., Aug. 7, 1862.
Campbell, C. T., Nov. 29 1862.
Campbell, W. B., June 30, 1862.
Catterson, R. F., May 31, 1865.
Chambers, Alex., Aug. 11, 1863.
Champlin, S. G., Nov. 29, 1862.
Chapin, Edw. P.,, Nelson, Sept. 7, 1862.
Terrill, Wm. R., Sept. 9, 1862.
Terry, Henry D., July 17, 1862.
Thomas, Stephen, Feb. 1, 1865.
Thurston, C. M., Sept. 7, 1861.
Todd, John B. S., Sept. 19, 1865.
Turchin, John B., July 17, 1862.
Tuttle, James M., June 9, 1862.
Tyler, Daniel, Mar. 13, 1862.
Van Allen, J. H., April 15, 1862.
Van Derveer, F., Oct. 4, 1864.
Van Wyck, C. H., Sept. 27, 1865.
Viele, Egbert L., Aug. 17, 1861.
Vincent, Strong, July 3, 1863.
Vinton, F. L., Sept. 19, 1862.
Vogdes, Isr
