Chronological summary and record of historical events, and of important engagements between the
engagements are omitted; also some concerning which statistics, especially Confederate, are not available.
May, 1864.
May 1-8, 1864: Hudnot's plantation, and near Alexandria, La.
Union,
Lee's Cav. Division of
Gen. Banks' army;
Confed., Troops of
Gen. Richard Taylor's command.
Losses:
Union, 33 killed, 87 wounded;
Confed., 25 killed, 100 wounded.
Union, 11th, 72d, and 76th Ill., 5th Ill. Cav., 3d U. S. Colored Cav., 7th Ohio Battery;
Confed., Troops of
Gen. Jos. E. Johnston's command.
Losses:
Union, 5 killed, 20 wounded.
May 5-17, 1864: Kautz's Cavalry raid from Suffolk to city Point, Va.
Union, 5th and 11th Pa. Cav., 3d N. Y. Cav., 1st D. C. Cav., 1 section 4th Wis. Battery;
Confed., Holcombe Legion, detachment 59th Va. and Home Guards.
Losses:
Union, 14 killed, 60 wounded, 27 missing;
Confed., (about) 180 wounded and captured.
Union, gunboats,
Ceres, Commodore Hull, Mattabesett, Sassacus, Seymour, Wyalusing, Miami, and
Whitehead.
Confed., iron-clad ram
Albemarle.
Losses:
Union, 5 killed, 26 wounded;
Confed., 57 captured.
Union, 56th
Ohio, gunboats
Signal,
Covington, and transport
Warner.
Confed.,
Gen. Richard Taylor's command on shore.
Losses:
Union, 35 killed, 65 wounded, 150 missing;
Con fed. No record found.
Union, Forces commanded by
Gen. U. S. Grant; Army of the Potomac,
Maj.-Gen. George G. Meade; Second Corps,
Maj.-Gen. Hancock; Fifth Corps,
Maj.-Gen. Warren; Sixth Corps,
Maj.-Gen. Sedgwick; Cavalry Corps,
Maj.-Gen. Sheridan; and Ninth Corps,
Maj.-Gen. Burnside.
Confed., Army of Northern Virginia,
Gen. R. E. Lee; First Corps,
Lieut.-Gen. Longstreet; Second Corps,
Lieut.-Gen. Ewell; Third Corps,
Lieut.-Gen. A. P. Hill; Cavalry Corps,
Maj.-Gen. Stuart.
Losses:
Union, 2246 killed, 12,137 wounded, 3383 missing;
Confed. (estimate) 2000 killed, 6000 wounded, 3400 missing;
Union,
Brig.-Gens. Wadsworth and
Hays killed;
Confed.
Gens. Jones and
Jenkins killed, and
Stafford,
Longstreet, and
Pegram wounded.
May 5-9, 1864: Rocky face Ridge, Ga., including Tunnel Hill, Mill Creek Gap, and Buzzard's Roost.
Union, Military Division of the Mississippi, commanded by
Gen. W. T. Sherman: Army of the Cumberland,
Maj.-Gen. Thomas; Army of the Tennessee,
Maj.-Gen. McPherson; Army of the Ohio,
Maj.-Gen. John M. Schofield,
Elliott's and
Stoneman's Cavalry;
Confed., Army of Tennessee,
Gen. J. E. Johnston, commanding;
Hardee's Corps,
Hood's Corps,
Wheeler's Cavalry.
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Fort Morgan fallen after a stubborn defense
Among the decisive events of 1864 was the Union victory of Mobile Bay, August 23d.
These smoke-blackened walls of the citadel, Fort Morgan, its shattered face, are silent witnesses to the stubborn nature of the defense, and the folds of the American flag in the distance proclaim the success of Farragut's attack.
Gradually the Confederacy was being hemmed in and its resources exhausted.
The bay fight itself took place on the morning of August 5th.
The success of Admiral Farragut at New Orleans in the previous year had made him eager to close the remaining great gulf port to the blockade runners.
After several months of effort he secured the necessary cooperation of a land force, and of four monitors to deal with the powerful Confederate ram Tennessee. The naval operations were entirely successful, but Fort Morgan had received hardly a scratch, and the commander sturdily refused to surrender.
A constant bombardment of two weeks was necessary to reduce it, during which the woodwork caught fire and threatened to set off the great powder magazines.
It was only when defense was obviously futile that General Page raised the white flag of surrender. |
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Losses:
Union, 200 killed, 637 wounded;
Confed., 600 killed and wounded.
May 6, 1864: James River, near city Point, Va.
Union, gunboat
Commodore Jones.
Confed., Torpedo operators on shore.
Losses:
Union, 23 killed, 48 wounded and gunboat destroyed.
May 6-7, 1864: Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, near Chester Station, Va.
Union, Portion of Tenth and Eighteenth Corps;
Confed.,
Hagood's Brigade.
Losses:
Union, 48 killed, 256 wounded;
Confed., 50 killed, 200 wounded.
May 7, 1864: Bayou La Mourie, La.
Union, Portion of Sixteenth Corps;
Confed.,
Gen. Taylor's command.
Losses:
Union, 10 killed, 31 wounded.
Union,
Sheridan's Cav.;
Confed.,
Stuart's Cav.
Losses:
Union, 40 killed, 150 wounded;
Confed., 30 killed, 150 wounded.
Union, Army of the Potomac,
Maj.-Gen. Meade;
