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Isaac O. Best, History of the 121st New York State Infantry 4 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles 2 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 2 0 Browse Search
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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Virginia, 1863 (search)
Cavalry. RHODE ISLAND--1st Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry. WISCONSIN--3d Infantry. UNITED STATES--1st, 2d, 5th and 6th Cavalry; Battery "K," 1st Arty.; Batteries "B & L" and "M" 2d Arty.; Battery "E," 4th Arty. Union loss, 81 killed, 403 wounded, 382 captured and missing. Total, 866. June 10: Skirmish, Kelly's FordMARYLAND--6th Infantry. June 11: Skirmish, Diascund Bridge(No Reports.) June 11: Skirmish near SuffolkPENNSYLVANIA--11th Cavalry (Detachment). June 11-13: Expedition from Brightwood, D. C., to Leesburg, Aldie and Chantilly(No Reports.) June 12: Skirmish, MiddletownPENNSYLVANIA--13th Cavalry; 87th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "L," 5th Arty. June 12: Skirmish, CedarvillePENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry. June 12: Skirmish, NewtownPENNSYLVANIA--13th Cavalry; 87th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "L," 5th Arty. (Section). June 12: Skirmish, WinchesterPENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Battery "L," 5th Arty. June 12-13: Skirmish, Deep Run CreekPENNSYLVANIA--23d I
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Rhode Island Volunteers. (search)
3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1865. Service. At Camp Sprague, Washington, D. C., till July 16, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21. Battle of Bull Run July 21. At Camp Sprague and Brightwood, Defenses of Washington, till March, 1862. March to Prospect Hill, Va., March 11-15. Embarked at Alexandria, Va., for the Peninsula March 26. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Slatersville, New Kent C. H., May 9. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Oak Grove near Seven Pines June 25. James River Road near Fair Oaks June 29. White Oak Swamp June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. A
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 6: (search)
he Twenty-eighth sailed, on the 16th of February, from New York, to join General Sherman at Port Royal, S. C. The Fifth Battery was encamped on Capitol Hill, and had been assigned to General Franklin's division. The officers had preferred to be put in General Fitz John Porter's division, as he had many Massachusetts regiments in his command. This he effected with the aid of Messrs. Elliot and Gooch, members of Congress. He next visited the camps of the Seventh and Tenth Regiments at Brightwood, about six miles from Washington. He says, Although the weather had been bad, and the roads were in a condition hardly conceivable by a New-Englander, I found the officers and men in good health and excellent condition. There was but one man sick in the Seventh, and the Tenth had not a single person in the hospital. The men lived in comfortable log huts, which they had built themselves, and were quite well satisfied with their quarters. After spending some pleasant hours with the offic
Isaac O. Best, History of the 121st New York State Infantry, Chapter 15: from Petersburg to Harper's Ferry (search)
along we were greeted with clapping of hands, waving of handkerchiefs, and many remarks such as Bully for you, Hurrah for the 6th Corps, and we soon learned that the enemy were attacking the line of defenses on the Seventh Street road out near Brightwood, known as Fort Stevens, and that our advance brigade, Bidwell's of the 2d Division was already at work. Every man was ordered to keep in the ranks, and as we passed along water and ginger beer were given to the men and hundreds of people anxioaccount of what immediately followed that I have seen. The day was exceedingly hot and that made the marching in the thick dust very hard after we had left the pavements of the city. When the sound of musketry reached us just before reaching Brightwood, we saw General Wright stopping by the road side with a gentleman whom we immediately recognized as President Lincoln. He answered our greeting and cheers by raising his hat. Instantly afterward we heard the sing of a bullet and we knew that t