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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 7: muster-out-rolls — Anthropological statistics. (search)
pril 18, 1862. Fifty-second Indiana, Company B:--William Tyler; frozen to death near Fort Pillow, December 31, 1863. (The rolls of this company show that Lieutenant Edwin Alexander and five men were frozen to death in a snow-storm on an island in the Mississippi river, while on a scouting expedition.) Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry, Company C:--J. C. Clifton; killed in a fight with one of his own company February 7, 1865. Ninety-second Illinois, Company B:--R. J. O'Conner; shot by Lieutenant Pointer, C. S. A., while a prisoner of war, and died April 23, 1864. In the United States Volunteer Register, the officers' roster of the Indian (Kansas) regiments is given, from which the following items are taken: First Indian Guards:--Captain Tul-se-fix-se-ko; killed February 1, 1863. First Indian Guards:--Captain Ah-ha-la-tus-ta-nuk-ke; died at Camp Moonlight, Ark., March 23, 1863. First Indian Guards:--Captain Ta-ma-tus-ta-nuk-ka; cashiered December 3, 1864. First Indian Gu
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 41 (search)
accustomed gallantry. I tender my thanks to the following members of my staff for their gallantry and good conduct, viz.,: Colonel King, Majors Burford, Jenkins, Hume, and Hill; Captains Turner, Powell, Wade, Flush, and Kennedy, and Lieutenants Pointer, Wailes, Nichol and Hatch. To Major Hume, particularly, am I indebted for his gallantry during the fight at Farmington, where he was wounded, and to Lieutenant Pointer, my Aid, for his gallantry during a cavalry charge, when he dashed uLieutenant Pointer, my Aid, for his gallantry during a cavalry charge, when he dashed upon the enemy's color-bearer, shot him, and then turned and brought the colors back to his command. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Joseph Wheeler, Major-General. appendix A. headquarters Davidson's cavalry division, October 7, 1863. Major-General Wheeler, commanding Cavalry: General: The enemy are following me. I am now six miles below town, on the south side of the river. I have not yet made a decided stand. Respectfully, H. B. Davidson, Brigadier-General commanding
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.4 (search)
ping continually. We passed a cross road, I think it was Cedar Bluff, and some distance east of there the road passed through a wooded section. I was riding a little in advance of the piece, when suddenly looking up, I saw General Forrest, Captain Pointer, and one or two other of our officers, and Colonel Streight and several of his officers sitting down on the north side of the road. I also saw some little distance in front a road full of Yankees. Captain Pointer got up and motioned for meCaptain Pointer got up and motioned for me to halt, he then came up to me and said: Colonel Streight objects to you coming up so close, and directed me to drop back a piece. I asked him what was up, and if Streight was going to surrender. He don't talk like it, said he, but he cusses mightily (or like a trooper). I had the piece to move back, I suppose some 150 yards, and come to an action front on the south side of the narrow road, with one wheel in the road and the other in the edge of the woods with men to their posts. After a w