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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) | 10 | 2 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chancellorsville , battle of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Everett , Edward , 1794 -1865 (search)
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Mott, Gershom -1884
Military officer; born near Trenton, N. J., April 7, 1822; was a second lieutenant in the 10th United States Infantry in the war with Mexico.
He was lieutenant-colonel of the 5th New Jersey Volunteers that hastened to the field in 1861, and, as colonel, served with distinction in the campaign on the Peninsula.
He was promoted brigadiergeneral in September, 1862, and was wounded in the battle of Manassas.
At Chancellorsville he commanded a New Jersey brigade in Sickles's division, and was again wounded.
He also distinguished himself in the battle of Gettysburg.
In the operations before Petersburg in 1864-65 he commanded a division of the 3d Corps, and while in pursuit of Lee was again wounded.
After the war he was major-general commanding the National Guard of New Jersey, State treasurer, and keeper of the State prison.
He died in New York City, May 29, 1884.
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Oak woods, battle of
In the Civil War the siege of Richmond had gone on quietly until near the close of June, 1862, when General Heintzelman's corps, with a part of Keyes's and Sumner's, was ordered to move forward on the Williamsburg road, through a swampy wood, for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of the ground beyond, and to place Heintzelman and Sumner in a position to support a proposed attack upon the Confederates at a certain point by General Franklin.
They met a Confederate force, and a fight ensued, in which the brigades of Sickles and Grover, of Hooker's division, bore the brunt.
The Confederates were driven from their encampment, and the point aimed at was gained.
The National loss was 516 men killed and wounded.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sickles , Daniel Edgar 1822 - (search)
Sickles, Daniel Edgar 1822-
Military officer: born in New York City, Oct. 20, 1822; was admitted to the bar in 1844; became a member of the legislature in 1847, and was soon a prominent leader in the Democratic party.
He went to England with Minister Buchanan as secretary of lega-
Daniel Edgar Sickles. tion.
In 1855 he was elected State Senator, and the next year he was elected to Congress.
He shot Philip Barton Key (Feb. 27, 1859), in Washington, D. C., for alleged unlawful intimacyDaniel Edgar Sickles. tion.
In 1855 he was elected State Senator, and the next year he was elected to Congress.
He shot Philip Barton Key (Feb. 27, 1859), in Washington, D. C., for alleged unlawful intimacy with his wife; was tried for murder, but acquitted, and was re-elected to Congress in 1860.
When the Civil War broke out he raised the Excelsior (New York) Brigade; was made colonel, and commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in September, 1861.
He commanded a brigade on the Peninsula; took command of General Hooker's troops when that officer was placed at the head of an army corps; and had a division at Antietam and Fredericksburg.
At Chancellorsville he commanded an army corps; also
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