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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 5: losses in the battles of the Civil War, and what they mean (search)
ments that were the bravest. In the gallant, though finally unsuccessful, assault that was made by the Federals at Salem Church, May 3, 1863, just where the Confederate line was broken for a time, the official reports show that the one hundred and twenty-first New York was in the Federal generals killed in battle—group no. 1—army and corps commanders Maj.-Gen. James B. McPherson, Atlanta. July 22. 1861. Maj.-Gen. Jos. K. Mansfield, Antietam, September 18, 1864. Maj.-Gen. John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania, May 9, 1864. Maj.-Gen. John F. Reynolds, Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. on this and the following six pages are portraits of the fifty-one Union generals killed in battle. Beneath each portrait is the date and place of death, or mortal wounding. Since no such pictorial necrology existed to aid the editors of this History, many questions arose—such as the determination of the actual rank of an officer at a given date, or the precise circumstances of death in certain<
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 6: Federal armies, Corps and leaders (search)
the hot engagement. It was in front of Fredericksburg May 3, 1863, under General Sedgwick, that the Corps made its most brilliant display of dash and daring. It caas its first commander, and his successors were Major-Generals D. N. Couch, John Sedgwick, O. O. Howard, W. S. Hancock, G. K. Warren, D. B. Birney, A. A. Humphreys, was the first commander, and he was followed by Major-Generals W. F. Smith, John Sedgwick, Brigadier-General J. B. Ricketts, Major-General H. G. Wright, and Brevet Msition of 1889. He died in Hartford, Connecticut, March 8, 1903. Major-General John Sedgwick (U. S.M. A. 1837) was born in Cornwall, Connecticut, September 1ivision of the Second Corps, and it met with frightful loss at Antietam, where Sedgwick was twice wounded. After recovery he took command of the Second and Ninth corre Major-Generals Burnside, J. L. Reno, Brigadier-General J. D. Cox, Major-Generals John Sedgwick, W. F. Smith, J. G. Parke, Brigadier-General R. B. Potter, and Breve
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)
ey, James S., Nov. 29, 1862. Nelson, William, July 17, 1862. Oglesby, R. J., Nov. 29, 1862. Osterhaus, P. J., July 23, 1864. Palmer, John M., Nov. 29, 1862. Peck, John J., July 4, 1862. Porter, Fitz John, July 4, 1862. Potter, Rbt. B., Sept. 29, 1865. Prentiss, B. M., Nov. 29, 1862. Reno, Jesse L., July 18, 1862. Reynolds, J. F., Nov. 29, 1862. Reynolds, Jos. J., Nov. 29, 1862. Richardson, I. B., July 4, 1862. Schenck, Robt. C., Aug. 30, 1862. Schurz, Carl, March 14, 1863. Sedgwick, John, July 4, 1862. Sigel, Franz, March 21, 1862. Slocum, Henry W., July 4, 1862. Smith, Chas. F., Mar. 21, 1862. Smith, Giles A., Nov. 24, 1865. Stahel, Julius H., Mar. 14, 1863. Steedman, Jas. B., April 30, 1864. Stevens, Isaac I., July 18, 1862. Strong, Geo. C., July 18, 1863. Wallace, Lewis, March 21, 1862. Washburn, C. C., Nov. 29, 1862. Major-generals, U. S. Volunteers (by Brevet) Abbott, Henry L., Mar. 13, 1865. Allen, Robert, Mar. 13, 1865. Alger, Russell A., June 11,