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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 50 2 Browse Search
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 26 2 Browse Search
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was ordered to Virginia, where it was placed in General Butler's Army of the James, which was composed of the led, 2,475 wounded, and 807 missing; total, 3,656. Butler's operations resulting in nothing but failures, Gen Army of the James. That army was commanded by General Butler, and was composed of the Tenth and Eighteenth Con of the latter being composed of colored troops. Butler's Army landed at Bermuda Hundred May 6, 1864,--the campaign was a short one, resulting in defeat, and Butler withdrew to his original position on the James Riveitzel, who had been acting as chief of staff to General Butler, succeeded Ord in command of the corps. The Eirs and embarked for North Carolina, forming part of Butler's expedition to Fort Fisher. Butler's troops returButler's troops returned without having accomplished anything; but, in January, Ames' three brigades were ordered to return to Fortsent for duty, equipped. On January 1, 1865, General Butler was relieved from the command of the Army of th
330 men, who returned to Maine on the thirty days furlough granted in such cases. On April 26, 1864, the regiment joined Butler's Army, then on the James River, Va., and entered upon the campaign against Richmond, having been assigned to White's (3dn--Second Corps. (1) Col. John S. Crocker; Bvt. Brig.-Gen. (3) Col. Samuel McConihe; Bvt. Brig.-Gen. (2) Col. Benjamin C. Butler. (4) Col. Haviland Gifford. Losses. Officers. En. Men. Total. Killed and mortally wounded 6 120 126 . It was formed by uniting four companies of sharpshooters, which had been recruited through the efforts of Lieutenant-Colonel B. C. Butler, with companies formed under the superintendence of Colonel Crocker. The regiment left Albany on the 14th o with enough recruits to fill the ranks to the maximum. It embarked in the following month for Virginia, where it joined Butler's Army and was placed in the Third Brigade, Ames's Division, Tenth Corps, Colonel White being assigned to the command of
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 14: the greatest battles of the war — list of victories and defeats — chronological list of battles with loss in each, Union and Confederate. (search)
army, composed of the flower of Southern manhood, and Lee never led its like again. At the Wilderness, Gen. Grant's army, including the Ninth Corps, numbered 118, 769 On April 30, 1864, the Army of the Potomac reported 99,438 present for daty equipped; and Burnside reported, in addition, 19,331 men in the Ninth Corps, which at that time constituted a separate command, although attached to the Army of the Potomae. This does not include the Army of the James, which, under command of Gen. Butler, was attacking Richmond at the same time, from the south side. effective men and 316 pieces of artillery. It included 236 regiments and 3 battalions of infantry; 35 regiments of cavalry; and 64 batteries of light artillery. They were veteran regiments, whose riven banners had waved amid the smoke of many hard fought fields. But these figures represent the fighting men only, and the armies of Lee and Grant, as a whole, were really larger than these figures indicate. On April 30, 1864