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Second Corinth Union Order Of Battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Corinth of the American Civil War on October 3 and 4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, return of casualties and reports. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Abbreviations used Military rank * MG = Major General * BG = Brigadier General * Col = Colonel * Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel * Maj = Major * Cpt = Captain * Lt = Lieutenant Other * w = wounded * mw = mortally wounded * k = killed * c = captured Army of the Mississippi MG William S. Rosecrans *Chief of Staff: Ltc Henry Gassaway Kennett *Aide de Camp: Col John V. Du Bois Army of the Tennessee MG Ulysses S. Grant (not present) Detachment commanded by BG James B. McPhersonMcPherson arrived at Corinth on October 4 at about 4:00 p.m. according to his report (O.R. Ser. I, Vol. XVII, Part I, p. 367) Notes References * * Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher David John Eicher (born Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Army
During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states. It proved essential to the preservation of the United States as a working, viable republic. The Union Army was made up of the permanent regular army of the United States, but further fortified, augmented, and strengthened by the many temporary units of dedicated volunteers, as well as including those who were drafted in to service as conscripts. To this end, the Union Army fought and ultimately triumphed over the efforts of the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. Over the course of the war, 2,128,948 men enlisted in the Union Army, including 178,895 colored troops; 25% of the white men who served were immigrants, and further 25% were first generation Americans.McPherson, pp.36–37. Of these soldiers, 596,670 were killed, wounded or went missi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Gassaway Kennett
Henry Gassaway Kennett (August 29, 1835 – January 6, 1895) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a Union brevet brigadier general during the period of the American Civil War. Kennett began the war serving a lieutenant colonel for the 27th Ohio. He later served as a colonel of the 79th Ohio Infantry Regiment and led this regiment in Tennessee. Kennett resigned from the Union army on August 1, 1864. He was later named a brevet brigadier general with a promotion date of March 13, 1865. After the war, Kennett served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He died in 1895, in Cincinnati. His father Colonel John Kennett, who was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, had attended Harvard College, and had co-owned a large tobacco company in Cincinnati, before leading the 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment from 1861 until 1863. See also *List of American Civil War generals The list of American Civil War (Civil War) generals has been divided into five articles: an int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 47th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 47th Illinois Infantry was organized at Peoria, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 16, 1861.Roy L. Moore''History of Woodford County: A Concise History of the Settlement and Growth of Woodford County.''Eureka, IL: Woodford County Republican, 1910; pg. 125. The unit was transferred to St. Louis, Missouri, on September 23, 1861, and remained on barracks duty until December of that year. The 47th Illinois Volunteers lost 30 killed and 100 wounded in the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi, in October 1862. The unit also suffered heavy casualties in a May 22, 1863, charge during the initial phase of the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Following a discharge at Springfield, Illinois, in October 1864 there was subsequent reorganization, with the reorganized unit seeing duty in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. The regiment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
26th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 26th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 26th Illinois Infantry was organized for 3 years' service with seven companies at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 31, 1861. Three more companies were raised by January 1, 1862. The 26th Illinois Infantry on January 1, 1864, had 515 men present for duty, of whom 463 re-enlisted as veterans and were granted a furlough. At the end of the furlough, the regiment returned to the field with its ranks replenished with recruits. After the fall of Atlanta on September 1-2, 1864, most of the regiment's original officers mustered out on the expiration of their terms of service. The regiment participated in the Grand Review of the Armies on May 23–24, 1865, in Washington, D.C.; was mustered out on July 20, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky; and on July 28, 1865 was paid off and disbanded at Springfield, Illinoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph A
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled '' Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
The 8th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, nicknamed the "Lyons' Pinery Battery," was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 8th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine, Wisconsin, on January 8, 1862. The battery was mustered out on August 10, 1865. Total strength and casualties The 8th Independent Battery initially recruited 161 officers and men. An additional 102 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 263 men. The battery suffered 1 officer and 1 enlisted man killed in action or died of wounds and 26 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 28 fatalities. Commanders * Captain Stephen J. Carpenter * Captain Henry E. Stileshttp://www.wisconsinhistory.org/roster/results.asp?image_id=1384 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886. See also * List of Wisconsin Civil War units * Wisconsin in the American Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battery "C" 1st Regiment Michigan Light Artillery
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Independent Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Companies
The state of Illinois raised a number of short-lived Independent Cavalry Companies which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Most of these units were quickly amalgamated with larger formations. Units *Barker's Dragoons was organized at Chicago, Illinois on April 19, 1861. It served at Cairo, Illinois and later West Virginia, serving as George B. McClellan's escort. It participated in the Battle of Rich Mountain and was mustered out in September 1861. *Carmichael's Independent Cavalry Company was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois as Cavalry Company B of the 29th Illinois Infantry, mustering into service on August 19, 1861. It participated in the operations against Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, and then the Battle of Shiloh. In July 1862 it was assigned as Company B of Stewart's Independent Cavalry Battalion. *Dollins' Independent Cavalry Company was organized in conjunction with the 31st Illinois Infantry, mustering in on September 18, 1861 at Cairo, Ill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
63rd Ohio Infantry
The 63rd Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the Union forces in the Western Theater of operations. Organization The original 63rd Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized on December 1, 1861, at Camp Worthington in Columbus and at Camp Marietta in Marietta, but only enough men were available to fill four companies. Hence, the 63rd was not officially designated as a regiment. The 63rd Ohio Infantry was organized January 23, 1862, in Marietta, Ohio, by consolidation of a battalion of the 22nd Ohio Infantry Regiment and the four companies originally raised for the 63rd Ohio Infantry Regiment. Governor David Tod appointed John W. Sprague as the regiment's colonel. Its ten individual companies had been raised in southern Ohio. Service history The regiment immediately took the field and joined Major General John Pope in Missouri. At New Madrid, the 63rd was brigaded with other Ohio regiments in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wager Swayne
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43rd Ohio Infantry
The 43rd Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 43rd Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized in Mount Vernon, Ohio September 28, 1861, through February 1, 1862, and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Joseph L. Kirby Smith. The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Mississippi, to March 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Mississippi, to April 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 8th Division, Left Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 8th Division, XVI Corps, to March 1863. 4th Brigade, District of Corinth, Mississippi, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, to May 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tennessee, 5th Division, XVI Corps, to November 1863. Fuller's Brigade, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, XVI Corps, to September 1864. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
39th Ohio Infantry
The 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Colerain and Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio July 31 through August 13, 1861, and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel John Groesbeck. The regiment was attached to Army of the West and Department of the Missouri to February 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Mississippi, to April 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 8th Division, Left Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 8th Division, XVI Corps, to March 1863. 4th Brigade, District of Corinth, Mississippi, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, to May 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tennessee, 5th Division, XVI Corps, to November 1863. Fuller's Brigade, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, to January 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, XVI Corps, to Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
