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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., The opposing forces in the operations at New Orleans, La. (search)
ster George W. Brown. Union Army. not engaged. Major-General Benjamin F. Butler. Brigade commanders, Brig.-Gen'ls John W. Phelps and Thomas Williams. Infantry: 9th Conn., Col. Thomas W. Cahill; 12th Conn., Col. Henry C. Deming; 21st Ind., Col. James W. McMillan; 26th Mass., Col. Edward F. Jones; 30th Mass., Col. N. A. M. Dudley; 31st Mass., Col. Oliver P. Gooding; 6th Mich., Col. Frederick W. Curtenius; 4th Wis., Col. Halbert E. Paine. Cavalry: 2d Mass. Battalion (2 cos.), Capts. S. Tyler Read and Henry A. Durivage. Artillery: 4th Mass. Battery, Capt. Charles H. Manning; 6th Mass. Battery, Capt. Charles Everett; 2d Vt. Battery, Capt. P. E. Holcomb. The strength of this command is reported at 6000 ( Official Records, Vol. VI., p. 708). The Confederate forces. Force afloat--Commander John K. Mitchell. name. 7-in. R. 9-in. S. B. 8-in. S. B. 32-pdr. R. 32-pdr. S. B. 24-pdr. 9-pdr. Howitzers. Total including Howitzers. naval vessels.                  
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., Fighting Farragut below New Orleans. (search)
s brave officers and men did all in their power to beat back the enemy, but to little purpose, as fourteen of the enemy's seventeen vessels passed their vessel and the forts. The McRae, a small vessel mounting a battery of 1 9-inch and 6 32-pounders, lost her commander, T. B. Huger, early in the battle, and as it happened, he was killed by a shot fired from the Iroquois, the vessel on which he was serving when he resigned his commission in the United States Navy. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Read, who fought the ship gallantly until the end. The Manassas, commanded by Lieutenant Warley, had previously done good service, and this time came to grief after two hours fighting, because every ship that neared her selected her thin, half-inch-iron roof and sides for a target. In considering the responsibility for the fall of New Orleans, it should be remembered that Messrs. Benjamin and Mallory were better fitted for the law than to preside over the War and Navy departments of a n
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 9: roster of general officers both Union and Confederate (search)
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Third regiment Massachusetts Cavalry. (search)
ry was formed June 17, 1863, from four already existing organizations: the 1st, 2d and 3d Cos. Unattached Cavalry and the 41st Regiment Infantry. The 1st Co. Unattached Cavalry, organized as 1st Co. Mounted Rifle Rangers, was recruited by Capt. S. Tyler Read in Boston during September, 1861, and, completing its organization on November 15, with the 2d Co. Mounted Rangers, under Captain Magee, and the 3d Co. Unattached Cavalry, under Captain Durivage, left Boston harbor Jan. 13, 1862, and arrived at Ship Island, Miss., February 12. Here the three companies were united in a battalion, with Captain Read as acting major. On the formation of General Butler's division into brigades, the companies were separated and the 1st Co., forming part of the 1st Brigade, on April 16, 1862, left Ship Island for New Orleans, and was stationed in charge of its defence until May 1, 1864. The 2d Co., under Major-General Williams, entered in the engagement against Baton Rouge, and after the evacuation o
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Third regiment Massachusetts Cavalry. (search)
Third regiment Massachusetts Cavalry. companies. Field and staff.LineABCDEFGHIKLL One year's service.MM One year's service.Read's Co.Recruits.Totals. Killed and died of wounds,— Officers,–5––––––––––––––––5 Men,––1011101922659–6–5–81 Totals,––––––––––––––––––86 Missing,–––––11––1––––––––3 Died by accident and disease,— Officers,–2––––––––––––––––2 Men, Including non-commissioned staff.1–1310121575101178152131–5135 Totals,––––––––––––––––––137 Died as prisoners,— Officers,––––––––––––––––––– Men,––2338–261––1–5–1–32 Total losses,— Officers,–7––––––––––––––––7 Men, Including non-commissioned staff.1–252425251791819121325224165251 Totals,––––––––––––––