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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 13.93 (search)
by 300: men armed with rifles and cutlasses, under Colonel John Taylor Wood. On the night of February 1st Wood's force boarded the Underwriter as she lay at anchor in the Neuse under the guns of Fort Stevenson, killing her commander, Acting Master Jacob Westervelt, and three of the crew, and capturing a third of the remainder. Finding the boilers of the Underwriter cold, Colonel Wood set fire to the vessel. After some skirmishing General Pickett abandoned the enterprise on the 3d. On May 5th, 1864, a third demonstration was made against New Berne, but the Confederates retired without having accomplished any results of importance.--editors. General Hoke was placed in command of the land forces, and Captain J. W. Cooke received orders to cooperate with the Albemarle, an iron-clad then nearly finished. Accordingly Hoke's division proceeded to the vicinity of Plymouth and surrounded the town from the river above to the river below, and preparation was made to storm the forts and brea
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 13.94 (search)
The Albemarle and the Sassacus. by Edgar Holden, U. S. N. On the 5th of May, 1864, the Albemarle, with the captured steamer Bombshell, and the steamer Cotton Plant, laden with troops, came down the Roanoke River. The double-enders Mattabesett, Sassacus, Wyalusing, and Miami, together with the smaller vessels, Whitehead, Ceres, and Commodore Hull, steamed up Albemarle Sound to give battle. The Union force under Captain Melancton Smith in the action of May 5th, 1864, was: Double-enders: Mattabesett, Commander John C. Febiger; Sassacus, Lieutenant-Commander Francis A. Roe; Wyalusing, Lieutenant-Commander Walter W. Queen; Miami, Acting Volunteer Lieut minutes as timed by an officer of the Wyalusing; but the other ships were silent, and with stopped engines looked Chart of the engagement in Albemarle Sound, May 5, 1864: a, Albemarle; B, Bombshell; C P, cotton Plant; M, Mattabesett; S, Sassacus; Wy, Wyalusing ; mi, Miami; C, Ceres; Wh, Whitehead; C H, Commodore Hull. The Sa
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 25 (search)
ion of the enemy's attention, and this at considerable cost. Here ended, practically, for the year 1864, Grant's determined, persistent, sanguinary campaign against Lee's army and Richmond: and the following tabular statement of the losses endured by the Army of the Potomac, having been furnished by one of Gen. Grant's staff to the author of Grant and his campaigns, can not be plausibly suspected of exaggerating them: Tabular Statement of Casualties in the Army of the Potomac, from May 5, 1864, to November 1, 1864. battles.dates.killed.wounded.missing.Aggregate. Officers.Enlisted Men.Officers.Enlisted Men.Officers.Enlisted Men. WildernessMay 5 to 122698,0191,01718,2611776,66729,410 SpottsylvaniaMay 12 to 211142,0322597,6973124810,881 North AnnaMay 21 to 3112138671,06333241,607 Cold HarborJune 1 to 101441,5614218,621512,35518,158 PetersburgJune 10 to 20851,1183616,492461,5689,665 DittoJune 20 to July 30295761202,3741082,1095,316 DittoJuly 30473721241,555911,8194,0
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)
try, and 9 batteries of light artillery. The corps fought at Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863, where it lost 140 killed, 787 wounded, and 14 missing; total, 941. In February, 1864, it was engaged in a sharp reconnoissance at Dalton, Ga. On May 5, 1864, it moved with Sherman's Army on the advance which was to culminate in the possession of Atlanta. The Fourteenth Corps took part in the opening battle of this campaign at Resaca, and was prominently engaged in the final victory at Jonesboro. Pa., July 1-4, 1863 90 352 407 849 Gettysburg campaign, June 12--July 24, not including Gettysburg 219 866 1,471 2,556 Brandy Station, Va., Aug. 1, 1863 21 104 20 145 Mine Run, Va., Nov. 26--Dec. 2, 1863 28 119 77 224 Wilderness, Va., May 5-7, 1864 97 416 197 710 Hawes' Shop, Old Church, Ashland, Aenon Church, Va., etc., May 25-30, 1864 110 450 96 656 Cold Harbor, Va., May 31--June 6, 1864 51 328 70 449 Sheridan's First Expedition, Va., May 9-24, 1864, Beaver Dam Station, Y
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)
range C. H., Aug. 2, 1862 1 Craig's Church, May 5, 1864 10 Skirmish, Oct. 6, 1864 1 Rappahannockme bloody fighting. It crossed the Rapidan May 5, 1864, with 609 officers and men present for duty Va., June 17, 1863 18 Craig's Church, Va., May 5, 1864 5 Ashland, Va., Mch. 15, 1865 2 Middlebus, Va., March 2, 1863 1 Todd's Tavern, Va., May 5, 1864 2 Waynesboro, Va., March 2, 1865 1 Indept fighting at the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864, where it suffered a terrible loss, not onlrg, Va., June 1, 1862 1 Todd's Tavern, Va., May 5, 1864 21 Picket, Va., March 4, 1865 1 Woodstoc casualties at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania May 5-13, 1864, were 13 killed, 70 wounded, and 2 mig, Va., June 23, 1864 1 Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864 45 Fort Stevens, D. C. 4 Wilderness, Va.fth Corps. In the battle of the Wilderness May 5, 1864, the regiment lost 11 killed, 109 wounded, ills, Va., Feb. 6, 1865 24 Wilderness, Va., May 5-6, 1864 15 Gravelly Run, Va. 9 Spotsylvania
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 11: list of battles, with the regiments sustaining the greatest losses in each. (search)
6 48 47 111 30th Maine Including loss at Sabine Cross Roads. Emory's Nineteenth 11 58 69 138 14th Iowa Mower's Sixteenth 19 61 9 89 24th Missouri Mower's Sixteenth 9 80 7 96 Jenkins's Ferry, Ark.             April 30, 1864.             9th Wisconsin Salomon's Seventh 13 81 -- 94 33d Iowa Salomon's Seventh 10 103 10 123 83d U. S. Colored Second Kansas Colored. Thayer's Seventh 17 53 6 76 29th Iowa Salomon's Seventh 7 84 32 123 Wilderness, Va.             May 5-6, 1864.             2d Vermont Getty's Sixth 49 285 14 348 4th Vermont Getty's Sixth 41 223 4 268 93d New York Birney's Second 42 213 5 260 5th Vermont Getty's Sixth 33 187 26 246 57th Massachusetts Stevenson's Ninth 57 158 30 245 3d Vermont Getty's Sixth 38 167 6 211 6th Vermont Getty's Sixth 34 155 7 196 139th Pennsylvania Getty's Sixth 33 157 5 195 7th Wisconsin Wadsworth's Fifth 27 155 35 217 63d Pennsylvania Birney's Second 32 146 13 191
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)
were present for duty equipped. The Army of the Potomac, according to the morning report of April 30, 1864, had an aggregate present of 127,471, not including the Ninth Corps. The Virginia Campaign of ‘64 and ‘65: Humphreys; pp. 408-411. As regards the loss in the Union armies, the greatest battles of the war were: Date. Battle. Killed. Wounded. Missing. Aggregate. July 1-3, 1863. Gettysburg 3,070 14,497 5,434 23,001 May 8-18, 1864. Spotsylvania 2,725 13,416 2,258 18,399 May 5-7, 1864. Wilderness 2,246 12,037 3,383 17,666 Sept. 17, 1862. Antietam Not including South Mountain or Crampton's Gap. 2,108 9,549 753 12,410 May 1-3, 1863. Chancellorsville 1,606 9,762 5,919 17,287 Sept. 19-20, 1863. Chickamauga 1,656 9,749 4,774 16,179 June 1-4, 1864. Cold Harbor 1,844 9,077 1,816 12,737 Dec. 11-14, 1862. Fredericksburg 1,284 9,600 1,769 12,653 Aug. 28-30, 1862. Manassas Including Chantilly, Rappahannock, Bristoe Station, and Bull Run Bridge. 1,747
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 17 (search)
d States steamer Mattabesett, at anchor, Albemarle Sound, off Roanoke River, May 5, 1864. Sir: I would respectfully report that the ram Albemarle, steamer Cotton t of Capt. Smith. United States steamer Mattabesett, off Roanoke River, May 5, 1864. Sir: I should have embodied in my report the number of prisoners, arms, Mattabesett. United States steamer Mattabesett, Albemarle Sound, N. C., May 5, 1864. Sir: I would most respectfully report the following casualties on board s on the Wyalusing. United States steamer Wyalusing, off Roanoke River, May 5, 1864. Sir: I regret to report the death of John A. Oliver, landsman, by being Hobby. United States steamer Sassacus, Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, May 5, 1864. Sir: I respectfully report the following damage sustained by the machineD. C. U. S. Steamer Sassacus, off Bluff point, Albemarle Sound, (Midnight,) May 5, 1864. Sir: I have not had opportunity to send you a written despatch earlier.
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), chapter 4 (search)
1865. born 1807; West Point 1829; died 1870. Grant's first move against Lee: advance of the army of the Potomac, May 5, 1864: pontoons at Germanna ford on the Rapidan beginning the simultaneous movement to end the war The gleaming bayonets day. This meeting precipitated the battle of the Wilderness. The tangled battlefield The Edge of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864. Stretching away to the westward between Grant's army and Lee's lay no-man's-land — the Wilderness. Covered with a s photograph of Confederate breastworks raised by Ewell's men a few months before, while they fought in the Wilderness, May 5, 1864. In the picture we see some of the customary breastworks which both contending armies threw up to strengthen their poe turnpike. Over ground like this, where men had seldom trod before, ebbed and flowed the tide of trampling thousands on May 5 and 6, 1864. Artillery, of which Grant had a superabundance, was well-nigh useless, wreaking its impotent fury upon the
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), chapter 7 (search)
. Johnston's army numbered about fifty-three thousand, Beginning the first flank movement In the first picture, presented through the kindness of General G. P. Thruston, are the headquarters of General Thomas at Ringgold, Georgia, May 5, 1864. On that day, appointed by Grant for the beginning of the simultaneous movements he had planned to carry out in 1864, General Sherman rode out the eighteen miles from Chattanooga to Ringgold with his staff, about half a dozen wagons, and a siling and able to start at a minute's notice and to subsist on the scantiest food. On May 7th, General Thomas moved in force to Tunnel Hill to begin the turning of Johnston's flank. The headquarters of General Thomas at Ringgold, Georgia, May 5, 1864. Tunnel hill, Ga., beyond which Johnston occupied a strong position buzzard's roost gap and was divided into two corps, under the respective commands of Generals John B. Hood and William J. Hardee. But General Polk was on his way to join t
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