Named Entity Results, George D. Wells

Lieutenant-Colonel John Q. Wilds. Twenty-eighth Iowa, Lieutenant-Colonel Bartholomew W. Wilson. artillery: Maine Light Artillery, First Battery (A), Captain Albert W. Bradbury. reserve artillery: Captain Elijah D. Taft. Indiana Light Artillery, Seventeenth Battery, Captain Milton L. Miner. First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery D, Lieutenant Frederick Chase. Army of West Virginia. Brigadier-General George Crook. first division: Colonel Joseph Thoburn. first brigade: Colonel George D. Wells. Thirty-Fourth Massachusetts, Major Harrison W. Pratt. Fifth New York Heavy Artillery, Second Battalion, Major Caspar Urban. One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas F. Wildes. One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio, Captain John W. Chamberlin. Second brigade: Guarding trains, and not engaged in the battle. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert S. Northcott. First West Virginia, Lieutenant-Colonel Jacob Weddle. Fourth West Virginia, Captain Benjamin D. Boswell. Twelfth West Virg

August 15. The Thirty-fourth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, under the command of Colonel George D. Wells, left Worcester for the seat of war.--A squad of cavalry from Washington, D. C., went into St. Mary's County, Md., and encountered near Leonardstown Capt. William Clark, of the Thirty-seventh Virginia regiment, with a number of recruits, travelling in a wagon on their way to join the rebels. When they were observed the cavalry abandoned the teams and broke for the woods, but the National cavalry pursued them, and several shots were exchanged. Nine of them, including one officer, were taken and carried to the city and sent to the Old Capitol prison. A sharp fight took place at Merriwether's Ferry, on the Obion River, Tenn., between a body of Union troops under the command of Col. T. W. Harris, and a force of rebel guerrillas, under Captain Binfield, resulting in a rout of the rebels, who lost twenty men killed and nine taken prisoners.--(Doc. 182.)

e demand was refused, and soon after another was sent in, informing the Colonel that time would be given to remove the women and children. The rebels then commenced the attack, throwing shells into the town, killing one man and severely wounding the adjutant of the regiment. In a short time the Nationals surrendered and the town was occupied by Imboden's forces. As soon as information of the capture reached General Sullivan, in command at Harper's Ferry, he despatched a force under Colonel G. D. Wells, of the Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, who succeeded in routing and driving the rebels from the town, with a loss of thirty killed and wounded, and twenty-one prisoners. The Union loss was ten killed, three wounded, and three hundred and seventy-nine captured.--(Doc. 188.) Thirteen officers belonging to General Sedgwick's corps were captured in detail this afternoon, while strolling in the woods near headquarters, by rebels concealed in the undergrowth.--Jefferson Davis arrived at

f the government with regard to the outlawry of General Butler, and the determination of the rebel authorities to hold no communication with him.--A party of rebel guerrillas made their appearance on the bank of the river opposite Memphis, Tenn., but were driven off by a gunboat, without effecting any damage.--Lieutenant-Colonel Fuller, of the Third Arkansas cavalry, received the following from the major of his regiment, at Lewisburgh: Captain Hamilton has had a fight with a portion of Wells's command, and killed six, and wounded as many more. Hamilton lost six, and but one or two killed; the balance missing. The command opposing him were under Captain Thompson, numbering nearly one hundred. Hamilton killed Thompson, and brought his horse, equipments, revolvers, and papers in with him. The rebels were dressed in Federal uniforms. Hamilton is here with me. --Newmarket, Tenn., was occupied by the rebels belonging to the forces under the command of General Longstreet.--the rebe

, 1st R. I., Capt. Charles D. Owen. Reserve artillery loss: w, 6; m, 2==8. Third Corps, Brig.-Gen. S. P. Heintzelman. Cavalry: 3d Pa., Col. William W. Averell. Loss: k, 6; w, 2; mi, 3==11. Second division, Brig.-Gen. Joseph Hooker. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Cuvier Grover: 1st Mass., Col. Robert Cowdin; 11th Mass., Col. William Blaisdell; 16th Mass., Col. Powell T. Wyman (k), Lieut.-Col. George A. Meacham (w), Maj. Daniel S. Lamson; 2d N.--I., Col. Gilman Marston; 26th Pa., Lieut.-Col. George D. Wells. Brigade loss: k, 25; w, 214; m, 116==355. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Daniel E. Sickles: 70th N. Y., Maj. Thomas Holt; 71st N. Y., Col. George B. Hall; 72d N. Y., Col. Nelson Taylor; 73d N. Y., Capt. Alfred A. Donalds; 74th N. Y., Col. Charles K. Graham. Brigade loss: k, 26; w, 173; m, 109==308. Third Brigade, Col. Joseph B. Carr: 5th N. J., Maj. John Ramsey; 6th N. J., Col. Gershom Mott; 7th N. J., Col. Joseph W. Revere, Capt. Henry C. Bartlett; 8th N. J., Maj. William A. Henry

a chance on our side, on account of the intervening creek, to attack or dislodge him. But better fighting was never done than by the 34th Massachusetts, under Colonel Wells and Lieutenant-Colonel Lincoln, who were both wounded in the battle; and by the 1st West Virginia, and by the 54th Pennsylvania under Colonel Campbell. The 34med its honor by its gallant behavior in the battle of Piedmont, and on other occasions. On the 18th a detachment of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, under Colonel Wells of the 34th Massachusetts, was sent to Strasburg and the cavalry advanced to Fisher's Hill, the pickets of the enemy retiring before them. The Union flag was hoisted in the little fort at Strasburg, and patriotic speeches were made by Colonel Wells and others. On the 19th, at Cedar Creek, I received two dispatches, one from General Crook and the other from General Averell, bringing the news of their exploits, which of course created much enthusiasm. As I had already instructed General

The opposing forces at New Market, Va., May 15, 1864. The Union Army.--Major-General Franz Sigel. first infantry division, Brig.-Gen. Jeremiah C. Sullivan. First Brigade, Col. Augustus Moor: 18th Conn., Maj. Henry Peale; 28th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Gottfried Becker; 116th Ohio, Col. James Washburn; 123d Ohio, Maj. Horace Kellogg. Second Brigade, Col. Joseph Thoburn: 1st W. Va., Lieut.-Col. Jacob Weddle; 12th W. Va., Col. William B. Curtis; 34th Mass., Col. George D. Wells; 54th Pa., Col. Jacob M. Campbell. first cavalry division, Maj.-Gen. Julius Stahel. First Brigade, Col. William B. Tibbits: 1st N. Y. (Veteran), Col. R. F. Taylor; 1st N. Y. (Lincoln), Lieut-Col. Alonzo W. Adams; 1st Md., P. H. B. (detachment), Maj. J. T. Daniel; 21st N. Y., Maj. C. G. Otis; 14th Pa. (detachment), Capt. Ashbel F. Duncan, Lieut.-Col. William Blakely. Second Brigade, Col. John E. Wynkoop: Small detachments of the 15th N. Y.,----; 20th Pa.,----; 22d Pa.,----. Total strength of the two cavalry b

The opposing forces in the Lynchburg expedition. The Union Army.--Maj.-Gen. David Hunter. first infantry division, Brig.-Gen. Jeremiah C. Sullivan. First Brigade, Col. Augustus Moor, Col. Geo. D. Wells: 34th Mass. (transferred from 2d Brigade Julie 8th), Col. George D. Wells, Capt. George W. Thompson; 28th Ohio (sent to the rear with prisoners, etc., June 8th), Lieut.-Col. Gottfried Becker; 116th Ohio, Col. James Washburn; 123d Ohio, Col. William T. Wilson; A, B, C, and D, 5th N. Y. Col. George D. Wells, Capt. George W. Thompson; 28th Ohio (sent to the rear with prisoners, etc., June 8th), Lieut.-Col. Gottfried Becker; 116th Ohio, Col. James Washburn; 123d Ohio, Col. William T. Wilson; A, B, C, and D, 5th N. Y. Hvy. Arty., Lieut.-Col. Edward Murray. Second Brigade, Col. Joseph Thoburn: 18th Conn. (transferred from 1st Brigade June 8th), Col. William G. Ely; 1st W. Va., Lieut.-Col. Jacob Weddle; 12th W. Va., Col. William B. Curtis. Unassigned: 2d Md, (Eastern Shore), Col. Robert S. Rodgers; 2d Md. (Potomac Home Brigade), Lieut.-Col. G. Ellis Porter. Second infantry division, Brig.-Gen. George Crook. First Brigade, Col. Rutherford B. Hayes: 23d Ohio, Lieut.-Col. James M. Comly; 36th Ohio, Col. Hira

at Kenesaw Mountain. Brigadier-General Daniel McCook Mortally wounded. Killed at Kenesaw Mountain. Brigadier-General Hiram Burnham Killed at Fort Harrison. Brigadier-General Daniel D. Bidwell Killed at Cedar Creek. Brigadier-General Charles R. Lowell Mortally wounded. Killed at Cedar Creek. Brevet Brigadier-General Arthur H. Dutton Mortally wounded. Killed at Bermuda Hundred. Brevet Brigadier-General Griffin A. Stedman, Jr Killed at Petersburg. Brevet Brigadier-General George D. Wells Killed at Cedar Creek. Brevet Brigadier-General J. H. Kitching Mortally wounded. Killed at Cedar Creek. Brevet Brigadier-General Sylvester G. Hill Killed at Nashville. Brigadier-General Theodore Read Killed at High Bridge. There were also 23 Brevet Brigadier-Generals who were killed in action, but who were without brigade commands. They were regimental or staff officers whose brevets, in most instances, dated from the day they were killed. There were 35

Prescott was killed in the disastrous assault on Petersburg, June 18, 1864. Thirty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry. Wells's Brigade — Thoburn's Division--Eighth Corps. （1) Col. George D. Wells; Bvt. Brig. Gen. (Killed). （2) Col. William SCol. George D. Wells; Bvt. Brig. Gen. (Killed). （2) Col. William S. Lincoln; Bvt. Brig. Gen. companies. killed and died of wounds. died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. Total Enrollment. Officers. Men. Total. Officers. Men. Total. Field and Staff 2   2 1   1 16 Company A   13 13   11 11 121  o, at Martinsburg; Halltown; Petersburg; Appomattox. notes.--Recruited in the five Western counties of the State. Colonel Wells had already served with honorable distinction as Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Massachusetts before he was transfer engaged; at Strasburg, 9 killed, 48 wounded, and 40 missing, out of 250 present in that fight. In the latter action Colonel Wells was killed and fell into the enemy's hands. In December, 1864, the regiment was transferred to Eastern Virgini