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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, Chapter 8: Corps organizations. (search)
t Jenkins' Ferry, on the Saline River. In this action the corps lost 64 killed, 378 wounded, and 86 missing; total, 528. General Samuel A. Rice, commanding the First Brigade of Salomon's (1st) Division, was mortally wounded in this battle. At this time the corps was composed of 17 regiments of infantry, 5 batteries of light artillery, and 10 regiments of cavalry. Eighth Corps. Cloyd's Mountain New Market Piedmont Lynchburg Monocacy Island Ford Carter's Farm Martinsburg Halltown Winchester Berryville Opequon Fisher's Hill Cedar Creek. These battles, which occurred between May 9th and October 19th, 1864, were fought wholly, or in part, by the Army of West Virginia, which was, for the most part, identical with the forces in the two divisions under General George Crook. These two divisions, by a provisional arrangement, formed a part of the Eighth Corps, and eventually came to he known as the corps itself. The Eighth Corps proper was created by General Ord
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, chapter 10 (search)
n, Va., Sept. 19, 1864 23 Place Unknown 3 Present, also, at Martinsburg; Halltown; Petersburg; Appomattox. notes.--Recruited in the five Western counties of , Va. 15     Present, also, at Fort Stevens; Snicker's Gap; Charlestown; Halltown; Smithfield; Hatcher's Run; Appomattox. notes.--Organized, originally, as t, 1864 16 Parisburg, W. Va. 1 Strasburg, Va. 1 South Mountain, Md. 44 Halltown, Va. 2 Antietam, Md. 14 Berryville, Va. 5 In action, Nov. 3, 1862, W. Va. a. 1 Place unknown 2 Present, also, at Piedmont, Va.; Lexington, W. Va.; Halltown, Va.; Martinsburg, Va.; Strasburg, Va.; Salem, Va. notes.--This regiment sarederick, Md.; Hoover's Gap, Tenn.; Brown's Ferry, Tenn.; Martinsburg, W. Va.; Halltown, Va.; Beverly, W. Va. notes — Organized in August, 1861, at Marietta, and oe; Iberia; Opelousas; Fort Esperanza; Indianola; Port Lavaca; Bermuda Hundred; Halltown; Berryville; Fisher's Hill; Woodstock. notes.--Organized at Iowa City in Au
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, Chapter 14: the greatest battles of the war — list of victories and defeats — chronological list of battles with loss in each, Union and Confederate. (search)
3 3,798 July 1-31 Petersburg Trenches, Va 349 1,587 145 2,081 Aug. 11 Cavalry engagements.White Post, Va 30 70 200 300 Aug. 14-16 Deep Bottom, Va 327 1,851 721 2,899 Aug. 18-20 Weldon Railroad, Va 251 1,148 2,879 4,278 Aug. 24 Halltown, Va 9 37 16 62 Aug. 25 Ream's Station, Va 140 529 2,073 2,742 Aug. 25 Cavalry engagements.Smithfield, Va 20 61 100 181 Aug. 26 Halltown, Va 30 141 -- 171 Aug. 29 Cavalry engagements.Smithfield, Va 10 90 -- 100 Aug. 1-31 Halltown, Va 30 141 -- 171 Aug. 29 Cavalry engagements.Smithfield, Va 10 90 -- 100 Aug. 1-31 Includes operations on the north side of the James.Siege of Petersburg 158 623 296 1,077 Sept. 3 Berryville, Va 30 182 100 312 Sept. 19 Opequon, Va 697 3,983 338 5,018 Sept. 22 Fisher's Hill, Va 52 457 19 528 Sept. 26 Cavalry engagements.Fort Davidson, Mo 28 56 100 184 Sept. 28 Chaffin's Farm, Va 383 2,299 645 3,327 Sept. 30 Known, also, as Peebles's Farm, and Pegram's Farm.Poplar Spring Church, Va 187 900 1,802 2,889 Sept. 1-30 Includes operations on the north
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 90. battle of Bolivar Heights, Va. Fought October 16, 1861. (search)
hill the enemy again opened on us with shell from the rifled gun, which they had posted on the Halltown road, at a point where it enters and is screened by the dense woods through which it passes. Thts, with the rest of the section. At eleven o'clock P. M. I was ordered to throw a shell into Halltown and immediately march to the river — the firing of the gun being the signal for the remainder ols could not stand the fire of our artillery and Enfield rifles, so they fled to the woods near Halltown, and began shelling us with the only remaining available gun they had left; but our shells soon York Ninth crossed the river, ascended Bolivar Heights, and then the woods in the direction of Halltown, as well as Loudon Heights, were completely shelled, but with no reply. Our loss was four kito the Third Wisconsin regiment, and tour to the Massachusetts regiment, went over the river to Halltown, to take one hundred and twenty-two thousand bushels of wheat that was in a mill there at Boliv
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 52 (search)
position. Our men slept on their arms. On the morning of the twenty-ninth, the Fifth New-York cavalry were sent out to reconnoitre, and were fired upon by the enemy's infantry and artillery. Our pickets being driven in, our forces were again formed in order of battle, Gen. Cooper's brigade on Bolivar Heights to the right, and Gen. Slough's brigade to the left of the road leading to Charlestown. After two or three hours, the enemy not appearing, a squadron of cavalry was sent out toward Halltown, before reaching which they were suddenly fired upon by a battery occupying a position on the verge of the woods to the left of the road. A body of cavalry and some infantry were seen stationed under cover of the woods, in position to support the battery. Having accomplished their object, our cavalry returned. It became evident that the enemy were seeking, as on the preceding day, to allure us from our strong defensive position to one of their own selection, where their greatly superio
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 97 (search)
s Ferry, and on Friday evening reached the position assigned to them. Gen. Jackson's force reached Williamsport, on the Potomac, on Friday morning, and immediately crossed and moved on Martinsburgh, twenty miles above Harper's Ferry, where there were some three or four thousand of the enemy's forces. On the approach of Gen. Jackson this force fell back and united with the force at Harper's Ferry, believed to number about five thousand. Gen. Jackson pursued, and on Saturday morning reached Halltown, four miles south-west of Harper's Ferry. From this point he despatched a courier to Gen. Walker, then in possession of the Heights south of the town, directing him not to open his guns on the enemy's fortifications until he (Gen. Jackson) got in position, of which he promised to notify Gen. Walker. Meanwhile the divisions of McLaws and Anderson, after but little resistance, had become masters of the Heights on the Maryland side, the enemy leaving them, and joined the forces in their i
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), Rebel reports and narratives. (search)
s Ferry, and on Friday evening reached the position assigned to them. Gen. Jackson's force reached Williamsport, on the Potomac, on Friday morning, and immediately crossed and moved on Martinsburgh, twenty miles above Harper's Ferry, where there were some three or four thousand of the enemy's forces. On the approach of Gen. Jackson this force fell back and united with the force at Harper's Ferry, believed to number about five thousand. Gen. Jackson pursued, and on Saturday morning reached Halltown, four miles south-west of Harper's Ferry. From this point he despatched a courier to Gen. Walker, then in possession of the Heights south of the town, directing him not to open his guns on the enemy's fortifications until he (Gen. Jackson) got in position, of which he promised to notify Gen. Walker. Meanwhile the divisions of McLaws and Anderson, after but little resistance, had become masters of the Heights on the Maryland side, the enemy leaving them, and joined the forces in their i
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 69 (search)
e different acts of which the whole country has been watching with such exciting interest for the past three years. It is, nevertheless, the fact, however. Let me tell you about it briefly. Old John Brown had not only worked at the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, but was intimately acquainted with all the details of the works, and knew, besides, what building among the ruins of some fifty now remaining was the strongest for defence. This was the engine-house, and after making a little raid to Halltown, and capturing Colonel Lewis Washington, among other slaveholders of the Shenandoah Valley, he moved back to the Ferry, and ensconced himself with his twenty followers in this engine-house. The alarm throughout Harper's Ferry that night was terrible, and during the whole of the following live-long day Brown held his position, and having made portholes through the brick walls, shot several citizens who had the temerity to show themselves about the building. The lookers — on were terror-str
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), Colonel Mosby outwitted. (search)
Mosby, how do you like our style of fighting? We belong to the Twenty-first New-York. And away they went, leaving Colonel Mosby dismounted, and outwitted of his best horse, saddle, overcoat, pistols, two Yankee prisoners, and at least one vacancy among his commissioned officers. Corporal Simpson rode twelve miles to the camp, closely followed by the Sergeant, and gave Captain Gere such notice of the enemy's intentions that they thought best not to pitch in at the appointed time. The captured horse is a very fine one, and with the arms, equipments, etc., is still in the possession of simpson. We believe it. is the intention of the regiment to buy them from the Government, and to present them to the Yankee Corporal who beat Mosby out of his pet nag. Captain Gere returned to camp at Halltown Saturday afternoon, having captured Lieutenant Wysong, of the Seventh Virginia. the successor of Captain Blackford, a noted guerrilla, who was killed by a sergeant of the First New-York.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 88 (search)
burg, and passed through the town in the direction of Harper's Ferry, and bivouacked on the banks of the Opequan. On the following morning, (the thirteenth,) we marched toward Harper's Ferry, and proceeded to the turnpike road, one mile above Halltown, where we encamped. Late in the afternoon of the fourteenth, (Sunday,) we were ordered to advance toward Harper's Ferry in three columns, one along the road and another on each side of it. After passing Halltown, the division advanced to tHalltown, the division advanced to the woods on School-House Hill, in line in the following order: Lawton and Trimble's brigades were formed in line of battle on the right of the turnpike, Hays's brigade on the left of it, and my own brigade in rear of Lawton's; and in this manner the whole advanced to the woods without opposition, thus getting possession of this hill, which fronted Bolivar Heights, and was in easy range for artillery. My brigade was then moved across the road by flank, and placed immediately in rear of Hays's br
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