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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 655 1 Browse Search
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 189 95 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 84 12 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 69 69 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 26 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 26 0 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2 24 0 Browse Search
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War 24 18 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3 24 0 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 22 0 Browse Search
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Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
le of Chancellorsville, Colonel Willis commanded the skirmish line of Rodes' division. The historian of the Eleventh army corps (Union) says that so skillfully were these skirmishes handled by Willis and so deadly was their fire that it was an easy victory for the Confederates. He led his regiment in the Gettysburg campaign and in subsequent movements of the army of Northern Virginia during 1863. In the Wilderness and at Spottsylvania he was in the forefront with his command. At the North Anna river, in May, 1864, while in command of a brigade, he was mortally wounded by a grapeshot. While he lay dying, word was sent to his regiment that all who desired to see him could do so. It was a sad spectacle to see the grief of his men as they viewed the gallant colonel in his last moments, while his life blood ebbed away. Lieut. J. A. Walker, of the Twelfth Georgia, writing of Colonel Willis, feelingly says: He died as he had lived, discharging the highest duty of a patriot with devotio