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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 3 1 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The Vicksburg mine. (search)
he foreground shows the Union sap near the White House, where stand Generals McPherson, Logan, and Leggett with three other officers. In the distance is seen Coonskin's Tower, Coonskin's Tower, according to Brevet Brigadier-General William E. Strong, w as built under the direction of Second-Lieutenant Henry C. Foster, of Company B, 23d Indiana Volunteers. A newspaper slip sent to the editors by General Hickenlooper contains the following account of Coonskin (Lieutenant Foster), which W. P. Davis, who was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 23d Indiana, says is substantially correct: he was an unerring shot, and wore a cap made of raccoon fur. From this he was called Coonskin the Seventeenth Corps through, and wherever he was, woe to the Confederate head that appeared above a parapet. Coonskin went out once in the night-time, crept up toward the Confederate defenses and built himself a burrow in the ground, with a peep-hole in it. There lie would frequently take provisions with him,
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces in the Vicksburg campaign: May 1st-July 4th, 1863. (search)
n. Escort: 4th Co. Ohio Cav., Capt. John S. Foster. Loss: Port Gibson, w, 1. Third division, Maj.-Gen. John A. Logan. Escort: A, 2d 11. Cav., Lieut. William B. Cummins. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. John E. Smith, Brig.-Gen. Mortimer D. Leggett: 20th Ill., Lieut.-Col. Evan Richards (k), Maj. Daniel Bradley; 31st Ill., Col. Edwin S. McCook (w), Lieut.-Col. John D. Rees (m w), Maj. Robert N. Pearson; 45th Ill., Col. Jasper A. Maltby; 124th Ill., Col. Thomas J. Sloan; 23d Ind., Lieut.-Col. William P. Davis. Brigade loss: Port Gibson, k, 5; w, 27=32. Raymond, k, 35; w, 175; m, 25 =235. Champion's Hill, k, 22; w, 104; mn, 9 = 135. Vicksburg, assault May 22d, k, 7; w, 72; mn, 2 =81. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Elias S. Dennis, Brig.-Gen. Mortimer D. Leggett, Col. Manning F. Force: 30th Ill., Lieut.-Col. Warren Shedd; 20th Ohio, Col. Manning F. Force, Capt. Francis M. Shaklee; 68th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. John S. Snook (k), Col. Robert K. Scott; 78th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Greenberry F. Wiles.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Cold Harbor. June 1st, 1864. (search)
-Col. William A. Throop; 16th Mich. (Brady's Co. Sharp-shooters attached), Capt. George H. Swan; 44th N. Y., Capt. Campbell Allen; 83d Pa., Lieut.-Col. De Witt C. McCoy; 118th Pa., Lieut.-Col. Charles P. Herring. Second division, Brig.-Gen. Henry H. Lockwood. First Brigade, Col. Peter Lyle: 16th Me., Col. Charles W. Tilden; 13th Mass., Col. Samuel H. Leonard; 39th Mass., Col. Phineas S. Davis; 94th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. Samuel A. Moffett; 104th N. Y., Col. Gilbert G. Prey; 90th Pa., Capt. William P. Davis; 107th Pa., Col. Thomas F. McCoy. Second Brigade, Col. James L. Bates: 12th Mass., Maj. Benj. F. Cook; 83d N. Y. (9th Militia), Lieut.-Col. William Chalmers; 97th N. Y., Capt. Delos E. Hall; 11th Pa., Capt. Benjamin F. Haines; 88th Pa., Capt. George B. Rhoads. Third Brigade, Col. Nathan T. Dushane: 1st Md., Lieut.-Col. John W. Wilson; 4th Md., Col. Richard N. Bowerman; 7th Md., Maj. Edward M. Mobley; 8th Md., Lieut.-Col. John G. Johannes; Purnell (Md.) Legion, Col. Samuel A. Graham.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces in the Atlanta campaign. May 3d-September 8th, 1864. (search)
M. Powell, Maj. John T. Cheney, Capt. Edward Spear. Jr. Capt. William S. Williams: D, 1st Ill., Capt. Edgar H. Cooper; H, 1st Mich., Capt. Marcus D. Elliott, Lieut. William Justin; 3d Ohio, Lieut. John Sullivan. Fourth division, Brig.-Gen. Walter Q. Gresham, Col. William Hall, Brig.-Gen. Giles A. Smith. First Brigade, Col. William L. Sanderson, Col. Benjamin F. Potts: 32d Ill. (transferred to Second Brigade July 18th), Col. John Logan, Lieut.-Col. George H. English; 23d Ind., Lieut.-Col. William P. Davis, Lieut.-Col. George S. Babbitt; 53d Ind., Lieut.-Col. William Jones, Maj. Warner L. Vestal, Capt. George H. Beers; 3d Iowa (3 co's), Capt. Daniel McLennon, Capt. Pleasant T. Matches, Lieut. Lewis T. Linnell, Lieut. D. W. Wilson; 12th Wis. (transferred to First Brigade, Third Division, July 10th), Col. George E. Bryant, Lieut.-Col. James K. Proudfit. Second Brigade (at Allatoona, Kenesaw, Ackworth, and other points in rear from June 8th), Col. George C. Rogers, Col. Isaac C. Pugh,
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 2: Barnstable County. (search)
ilitary and naval service. Yarmouth Incorporated Sept. 3, 1639. Population in 1860, 2,752; in 1865, 2,465. Valuation in 1860, $1,162,120; in 1865, $1,440,641. The selectmen in 1861 were Elisha Taylor, Thatcher Taylor, Zadock Crowell; in 1862 and 1863, the same; in 1864, Zadock Crowell, Elisha Taylor, Samuel Matthews; 1865, Samuel Matthews, Braddock Matthews, Zadock Crowell. The town-clerk and town-treasurer from 1844, and all through the Rebellion to the present time, was William P. Davis. 1861. The first legal town-meeting, to consider matters relating to the Rebellion, was held on the 2d of May; at which the following resolutions were presented by Charles F. Swift, and unanimously adopted:— Resolved, 1st, That we feel duly mindful of the sacrifices that were made by our fathers to establish the Constitution, and perpetuate the Union of the States, and that we remember with especial pride and pleasure the patriotic and efficient part taken by this ancient town in