Author: Maine. Gettysburg Commission Publisher: ISBN: Category : Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 Languages : en Pages : 700
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"It will be found to contain principally an account of the monuments erected by the State of Maine on the Gettysburg Battlefield ... ; a full description of each monument, accompanied with half-tone pictures; the exercises attending their dedication; a statement of the part taken by each of the fifteen regiments, battalions, batteries, or other commands of Maine troops, illustrated with maps and diagrams; a list of participants in each command, with casualties in the same; a list of Maine generals, and staff and other officers additional to Maine organizations; a historical sketch of each command; and a brief summary of the work of the committee"--Preface.
Author: John C. Rigdon Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359284027 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 194
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The Kentucky 3rd Cavalry Regiment (Duke's Brigade was formed during the late fall of 1864 with men who had served under John Hunt Morgan. After skirmishing in Tennessee it was chosen as escort to President Davis. It surrendered at Washington, Georgia, on May 10, 1865.
Author: John C. Rigdon Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1794783334 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 146
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The Georgia 6th Cavalry Battalion State Guards was formed in August 1863 to serve for six months as local defense in the northwest section of the state. The battalion was comprised of horse soldiers from Chattooga and Walker counties. The only verified engagement with the enemy is noted on January 22, 1864, at the "Battle of Subligna" in Chattooga County. As Sherman threatened in the spring of 1864, most of these men probably joined in with Wheeler's or Forrest's troops for the Atlanta and Carolinas campaign, but records are sparse.
Author: John C. Rigdon Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359167780 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 230
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The Tennessee 18th Cavalry Regiment was also called the 19th Regiment. It was organized in May, 1864, by consolidating six companies of Newsom's Tennessee Cavalry Regiment and four companies of Forrest's Alabama Cavalry Regiment, The unit was assigned to T.H. Bell's Brigade in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. Its members were recruited in Hardeman, Madison, Henderson, and McNairy counties.
Author: Joseph W. McKinney Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476623201 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 361
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In June 1864, General Ulysses Grant ordered his cavalry commander, Philip Sheridan, to conduct a raid to destroy the Virginia Central Railroad between Charlottesville and Richmond. Sheridan fell short of his objective when he was defeated by General Wade Hampton's cavalry in a two-day battle at Trevilian Station. The first day's fighting saw dismounted Yankees and Rebels engaged at close range in dense forest. By day's end, Hampton had withdrawn to the west. Advancing the next morning, Sheridan found Hampton dug in behind hastily built fortifications and launched seven dismounted assaults, each repulsed with heavy casualties. As darkness fell, the Confederates counterattacked, driving the Union forces from the field. Sheridan began his withdrawal that night, an ordeal for his men, the Union wounded and Confederate prisoners brought off the field and the hundreds of starved and exhausted horses that marked his retreat, killed to prevent their falling into Confederate hands.
Author: John C. Rigdon Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359584144 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 210
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The South Carolina 19th Infantry Regiment was organized during the winter of 1861-1862. It, along with the 18th was created as the last of the units formed in 1861 and did not participate in the early deployment. The 19th was involved the reorganization of the troops in the spring of 1862. They then moved to Mississippi, then to Kentucky where it saw action at Munfordsville. The 19th served with the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, fought with Hood in Tennessee, and was active in the South Carolina Campaign and the North Carolina operations. The regiment lost 8 killed and 72 wounded at Murfreesboro, and the 10th/19th sustained 236 casualties at Chickamauga and totaled 436 men and 293 arms in December, 1863. During the Atlanta Campaign, July 22-28, the 19th reported 12 killed, 60 wounded, and 25 missing, and there were 9 killed, 34 wounded, and 8 missing at Ezra Church. It surrendered on April 26, 1865, with 76 men.
Author: Margaretta Barton Colt Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0195132378 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 470
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The author "brings to life the courage, recklessness, heartbreak, and deprivation of the (Shenandoah) Valley Campaign and the battles to the east of the Blue Ridge" ("The Commercial Appeal"). 60 photos.
Author: Maine. Gettysburg Commission
Author: John M. Curran
Author: Stephen Crane
Author: John Rigdon
Author: John C. Rigdon
Author: John C. Rigdon
Author: John C. Rigdon
Author: Joseph W. McKinney
Author: John C. Rigdon
Author: Margaretta Barton Colt