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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 9 5 Browse Search
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865 8 0 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The battle of Olustee, or Ocean Pond, Florida. (search)
c points, and the ground was firm, offering no difficulty to the march of troops of any amount. Colonel Henry was in advance with his small brigade of cavalry and Elder's Horse Artillery (Battery B, First U. S. Artillery). Though there was no lack of general officers in General Gillmore's command, on this expedition the three infa into position, to overwhelm his enemy by a rapid fire of his superior artillery, and then charge. Hamilton's and Langdon's batteries were hurried forward to join Elder's, which had been in advance with the cavalry. The 7th Connecticut, which so gallantly had led the first assault on Battery Wagner, July 11th, 1863, had first felrmed with Spencer carbines, led the advance guard, commanded by Colonel Henry, and composed of the mounted 40th Massachusetts Infantry (a small regiment), Captain Samuel S. Elder's regular battery, and a detachment of the I st Massachusetts Cavalry. Between 2 and 3 P. M. they met and drove back the enemy's cavalry, and soon found
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at the beginning of Grant's campaign against Richmond. (search)
First Brigade, Col. Samuel M. Alford: 40th Mass., Col. Guy V. Henry; 3d N. Y., Lieut.-Col. Eldridge G. Floyd; 89th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. Theophilus L. England; 117th N. Y., Col. Alvin White; 142d N. Y., Col. N. Martin Curtis. Second Brigade, Col. William B. Barton: 47th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. Christopher R. McDonald; 48th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. Dudley W. Strickland; 115th N. Y., Maj. Ezra L. Walrath; 76th Pa., Col. John C. Campbell. Artillery: 4th N. J., Capt. George T. Woodbury; B, 1st U. S., Capt. Samuel S. Elder; D, 1st U. S., Lieut. John S. Gibbs. Third division, Brig.-Gen. Adelbert Ames. First Brigade, Col. Richard White: 8th Me., Lieut.-Col. Henry Boynton; 4th N. H., Col. Louis Bell; 55th Pa., Lieut.-Col. Frank T. Bennett; 97th Pa., Col. Henry R. Guss. Second Brigade, Col. Jeremiah C. Drake: 13th Ind., Col. Cyrus J. Dobbs; 9th Me., Col. Sabine Emery; 112th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. Elial F. Carpenter; 169th N. Y., Col. John McConihe. Artillery: 33d N. Y., Capt. Alger M. Wheeler; C, 3d R. I.,
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. John McConihe. Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Adelbert Ames: 4th N. H., Col. Louis Bell; 3d N. Y., Col. Samuel M. Alford; 117th N. Y., Col. Alvin White; 142d N. Y., Col. N. Martin Curtis; 97th Pa., Col. Henry R. Guss. artillery Brigade, Capt. Samuel S. Elder: B, 1st U. S., Capt. S. S. Elder; L, 4th U. S., Lieut. Henry B. Beecher; A, 5th U. S., Lieut. James E. Wilson. On the 1st of June the Army of the Potomac, at and about Cold Harbor, numbered 103,875 present for duty, and General W. F. SCapt. S. S. Elder; L, 4th U. S., Lieut. Henry B. Beecher; A, 5th U. S., Lieut. James E. Wilson. On the 1st of June the Army of the Potomac, at and about Cold Harbor, numbered 103,875 present for duty, and General W. F. Smith brought from the Army of the James about 10,000, exclusive of 2500 left to guard the landing at White House. The losses of the Union army from June 1st to 12th were as follows: command.Killed.Wounded. Captured or Missing.Total. Engineers 3  3 Second Army Corps494 24425743,510 Fifth Army Corps149749 4421,340 Sixth Army Corps483 20641682,715 Ninth Army Corps219 11263561,701 Eighteenth Army Corps448 23652063,019 Cavalry Corps51328 70449 Aggregate18449077 181612,737 The Confed
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces in the Appomattox campaign. (search)
th W. Va., Capt. Erastus G. Bartlett. Third Brigade, Col. Thomas M. Harris: 10th W. Va., Capt. Marshal W. Coburn; 11th W. Va., Maj. Michael A. Ayers; 15th W. Va., Lieut.-Col. John W. Holliday. artillery, Maj. Charles C. Abell: E, 3d N. Y., Capt. George E. Ashby; H, 3d N. Y., Capt. Enoch Jones; K, 3d N. Y., Capt. James R. Angel; M, 3d N. Y., Capt. John H. Howell; 17th N. Y., Capt. George T. Anthony; A, 1st Pa., Capt. William Stitt; F, 1st R. I., Lieut. Charles E. Guild; B, 1st U. S., Capt. Samuel S. Elder; L, 4th U. S., Lieut. Henry C. Hasbrouck; A, 5th U. S., Lieut. Charles P. Muhlenberg; F, 5th U. S., Lieut. Henry B. Beecher. twenty-Fifth Army Corps, The infantry was composed entirely of colored troops. Maj.-Gen. Godfrey Weitzel. Provost Guard: E and H, 4th Mass. Cav., Maj. Atherton H. Stevens, Jr. first division, Brig.-Gen. August V. Kautz. First Brigade, Col. Alonzo G. Draper: 22d U. S., Lieut.-Col. Ira C. Terry; 36th U. S., Lieut.-Col. Benjamin F. Pratt; 38th U. S., Co