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At the Battle of Globe Tavern, 21 August 1864, SGT William V. Izlar and the 25th South Carolina advanced alongside the rest of Hagoodâs Brigade against what was perceived to be an open flank of the Union V Corps, but in reality occupied by BG Lysander Cutlerâs 4th Division.
Sources used for this episode:
Izlar, William V. A Sketch of the War Record of the Edisto Rifles, 1861-1865. Columbia: The State Company, 1914. https://www.loc.gov/item/19014528/.
Davis, George B., Perry, Leslie J., Kirkley, Joseph W. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 42, pt: 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1893. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077725905&view=1up&seq=3.
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At the Battle of Yellow Tavern, 11 May 1864, MAJ James H. Kidd, commander of the 6th Michigan Cavalry faced the Confederate Cavalry under MG J.E.B. Stuart. After a fight that lasted several hours, MG Sheridan, commander of the Union Cavalry Corps, ordered his men to charge.
Sources used for this episode:
Kidd, James H. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman with Custerâs Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War. Ionia: Sentinel Printing Company, 1908. https://www.loc.gov/item/09002245/.
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records on the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 36, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924097311744&view=1up&seq=3.
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At the Battle of Wilsonâs Creek, 10 August 1861, SGT William H. Tunnard and the 3rd Louisiana advanced north against an artillery battery which opened upon them only to run into a Battalion of US Infantry. After being repulsed, the regiment hastened south to face a Union Brigade marching from the south.
Sources used for this episode:
Tunnard, William H. A Southern Record. The History of the Third Regiment Louisiana Infantry. Baton Rouge, 1866. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t8kd1r57h&seq=9.
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 3. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1881. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079597021&view=1up&seq=3.
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At the Battle of Secessionville, PVT Herbert W. Beecher and the 1st Connecticut Light Artillery Battery supported the advance of the 2nd Division upon the Tower Battery on James Island with their 4x 14-inch James Rifles. Though the Confederate Artillery mostly focused on the several infantry advances upon the Tower Battery, they eventually dueled with the men from Connecticut.
Sources used for this episode:
Beecher, Herbert W. History of the First Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers, 1861-1865. Personal Records and Reminiscences. The Story of the Battery from its Organization to the Present Time. New York: A. T. De La Mare PTG. And Pub. Co., LTD, 1901. https://archive.org/details/historyoffirstli01beec/page/n11/mode/2up.
Scott. Robert, N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 14. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924080782182&view=1up&seq=3.
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At the Battle of Champion Hill, 16 May 1863, CPL Ephraim M. Anderson and the 2nd Missouri (Confederate) rush north along with their entire division to bolster the Confederate left flank which was crumbling under an advance by the Union Army of the Tennessee. After forming in line of battle, the Missourians charged and successfully routed this first Union line, and advanced toward Champion Hill where a second Union line formed.
Sources used for episode:
Anderson, Ephraim M. Memoirs: Historical and Personal; Including the Campaigns of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade. St. Louis: Times Printing Co., 1868. https://www.fold3.com/memorial/658505066/ephraim-m-anderson-civil-war-stories.
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 24, pt. 2: Reports. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077723033&view=1up&seq=3.
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At the Battle of Cold Harbor, 3 June 1864, PVT Martin A. Haynes and the 2nd New Hampshire, just days from the expiration of their enlistments, advanced into what would become one of the great debacles of the Civil War as the XVIII, VI and II Corps suffered heavy casualties during their failed advance upon Confederate fortifications.
Sources used for this episode:
Haynes, Martin A. A History of the Second Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, In the War of the Rebellion. Lakeport, 1896. https://www.loc.gov/item/02001828/.
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 36, pt: 1 â Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924097311744&view=1up&seq=3/
Haynes, Martin A. History of the Second Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers: Its Campaigns, Marches and Battles. Manchester: Charles F. Livingston, 1865. https://archive.org/details/03435198.3268.emory.edu.
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At the Battle of Cherbourg, 19 June 1864, Seaman Magee aboard the USS Kearsarge spotted the CSS Alabama, commanded by CPT Semmes as it departed the safety of Cherbourg Harbor to do battle in the English Channel. While both sloops-of-war were almost evenly matched in terms of cannon, the USS Kearsarge also had an armored hull, which became a deciding factor in the coming engagement.
Sources used for this episode:
Bradlee, Francis B. C. The Kearsarge-Alabama Battle. The Story as told to the writer by James Magee of Marblehead, Seaman on the Kearsarge. Salem: Essex Institute, 1921. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t2c82qw8g&seq=11&view=1up.
Semmes, Raphael. Memoirs of a Service Afloat, During the War Between the States. Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co., 1869. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/34827/pg34827-images.html.
Rush, Richard. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Washington: Government Printing Press, 1896. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924051350829&view=1up&seq=9.
17 Medals of Honor issued to the crew of the USS Kearsarge. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/lists/civil-war-uss-kearsarge-recipients.
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On the evening of 24 February 1863, the expedition that captured the USS Indianola involved a Confederate force of four ships: CSS Queen of the West, CSS Webb, CSS Batey and CSS Grand Era, the latter two being support vessels only. MAJ Joseph L. Brent commander of the expedition, caught up with the USS Indianola as it steamed up the Mississippi river to rendezvous with MG Grants army. Though outmatched in terms of firepower, the Queen of the West and the Webb steamed ahead, intent on ramming their Union foe.
Sources used for this episode:
Brent, Joseph Lancaster. The Lugo Case; Capture of the Ironclad, Indianola. New Orleans: Searcy and Pfaff, LTD, 1926. https://www.loc.gov/item/54050193/.
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 11, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079609560&view=1up&seq=3.
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 24, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077699738&view=1up&seq=3.
Fold3. âUS, Civil War Service Records (CMSR) Confederate â Officers, 1861-1865, Joseph L. Brent.â Accessed November 16, 2024. https://www.fold3.com/image/65655299/brent-joseph-l-page-4-us-civil-war-service-records-cmsr-confederate-officers-1861-1865.
âDeath of Gen. Brent.â Times-Democrat, November 28, 1905. https://www.newspapers.com/image/165685451.
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At the Second Battle of Charleston Harbor, July â September 1863, CH Denison and the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery supported the X Army Corps as it occupied Morris Island at the mouth of the Harbor and assaulted Fort Wagner in July. In the wake of these failed assaults, BG Gillmore, the Union Army commander, ordered the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery and several other units to dig gun emplacements for siege artillery. On 17 August, the Rhode Islanders fired the first shots of a bombardment that eventually reduced Fort Sumter to rubble.
Sources used for this episode:Denison, Frederick. Shot and Shell: The Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment in the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, 1879. https://www.loc.gov/item/07038069/.
Denison, Frederick. A Chaplainâs Experience in the Union Army. Providence: Providence Historical Society, 1893. https://archive.org/details/05590038.3497.emory.edu/page/n3/mode/2up.
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederates Armies. ser. 1, vol. 28, pt. 1: Reports. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077699779&view=1up&seq=3.
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At the Battle of New Market, 15 May 1864, Cadet Captain Frank Preston and the Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, as an infantry battalion, marched north from Lexington to the town of New Market Virginia, where they joined the Confederate Army under MG Breckenridge. Initially placed in a reserve linethey advanced across the muddy fields north of New Market. After a failed Union Advance, CPT Preston and the VMI Cadets filled a gap between two regiments. Now in the front rank, they prepared to charge across a muddy field north of the Bushong House.
Picture Credit of CPT Frank Preston to Historic Smithfield at www.historicsmithfield.org.
Sources used for this episode:
V.M.I New Market Cadet. The Battle of New Market and The Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute May 15, 1864. 1914. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101065096610&seq=3.
Davis, George B., Perry, Leslie J., Kirkley, Joseph W. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 37, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077728289&view=1up&seq=5.
âCollege of William and Mary.â Norfolk Virginian, September 4, 1869. https://www.newspapers.com/image/604908452/.
âDeath of An Esteemed Gentleman.â Norfolk Virginian, November 22, 1869. https://www.newspapers.com/image/604914261/.
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At the Battle of the Wilderness, 5-7 May 1864, 2LT Camille Baquet and the 1st New Jersey marched to the aid of the V Corps which discovered the Confederate 2nd Corps along the Orange Turnpike. The thick vegetation of the Wilderness meant the Jerseymen fought blind, unable to see the Confederate lines in front of them or in some cases the lines of adjacent Union regiments.
Sources used for this episode:
Camille, Baquet. History of the First Brigade, New Jersey Volunteers, from 1861 to 1865. Trenton: MacCrellish & Quigley, State Printers, 1910. https://www.loc.gov/item/13009241/.
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 36, pt: 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Press, 1891. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924097311744&view=1up&seq=3. -
At the Action at Mount Zion Church, 6 July 1864, PVT John W. Munson and the 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion, or Mosbyâs Rangers, intercepted a Union Cavalry detachment that had perused them for three days after their successful raid of the Army Garrison at Point of Rocks Maryland. Mosbyâs Rangers specialized in disrupting lines of supply and communication but were more than capable of fighting in the open when the occasion required.
Sources used for this episode:
Munson, John W. Reminiscences of a Mosby Guerrilla. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1906. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t48p5vn20&seq=13.
Scott, Robert N. War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 25, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077730244&view=1up&seq=3.
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At the Second Battle of Corinth, 3-4 October 1862, CPT William H. Chamberlin and the 81st Ohio alongside the entire 2nd Division are driven from their first position but manage to rally around a White House. After holding the line for the rest of the day, the Ohioans march with their division further east and face another day of hard fighting on 4 October around Battery Powell.
Sources used for this episode:
Chamberlin, William H. History of the Eighty-First Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers: During the War of the Rebellion. Cincinnati: Gazette steam Printing House, 1865. https://www.loc.gov/item/02015233/.
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser 1, vol. 17, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077728248&view=1up&seq=3.
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At the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862, the 2nd Florida engaged two Union regiments southeast of the town. COL Ward, the 2nd Floridaâs commander, was killed in action and the regiment was forced to retreat to a second position. Once the lines stabilized, 1LT Fleming joined a party to recover COL Wardâs body, but was himself wounded. Brought to the town of Williamsburg by his brother and several volunteers, 1LT Fleming was not evacuated as the Confederates retreated from the town and he was captured the next day.
Sources used for this episode:
Fleming, Charles S. Memoir of Capt. C. Seton Fleming, of the Second Florida Infantry, C.S.A. Jacksonville: Times-Union Publishing House, 1884. https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A96836#page/1/mode/2up.
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 11, pt. 1. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079609560&view=1up&seq=3. -
At the Battle of Pea Ridge, on the morning of 7 March 1862, an advance Cavalry and Artillery force which included CPL Dysart and the 3rd Iowa Cavalry witnessed some of the first shots of the battle as three artillery pieces fired into the Confederate Right Wing as it marched along the Ford Road toward Elkhorn Tavern. A ârunning cavalry fightâ ensued, but the Union force was routed, and CPL Dysart made for Union lines forming south of him.
Sources used for this episode:
Dysart, Henry M. Civil War Diary: Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 1862. https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Atestcwd_22746_2_1.
Scott, Robert N. The Wart of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 8. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079893719&view=1up&seq=3. -
At the Battle of Dallas, 28 May 1864, 2LT Lot D. Young and the 4th Kentucky as part of the Orphan Brigade advanced upon a heavily entrenched Union Army. What was intended to be a three-brigade advance was cancelled by the division commander, but the Orphan Brigade and the Floridians to their south, never received the order.
Sources used for this episode:
Young, Lot D. Reminiscences of a Soldiers of the Orphan Brigade. Paris Kentucky, 1918. https://www.loc.gov/item/42011058/.
Davis, George, B. Perry, Leslie J. and Kirkley, Joseph W. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 38, pt. 3: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077722993&view=1up&seq=3.
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At the Third Battle of Winchester, 19 September 1864, 1LT Lemuel A. Abbott and the 10th Vermont, form as part of a two Corps advance upon the first Confederate position east of the town of Winchester Virginia. By virtue of rugged terrain and a fierce cannonade, the assaulting force fractures and 1LT Abbottâs Brigade faces the Confederates alone.
Sources used for this episode:
Abbott, Lemuel A. Personal Recollections and Civil War Diary 1864. Burlington: Free Press Printing Co. Printers, Binders, Stationers, 1908. https://www.loc.gov/item/08034279/.
Davis, George B. Perry, Leslie J. and Kirkley, Joseph W. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 43, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1893. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924080776929&view=1up&seq=3.
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At the First Battle of Collierville, 11 October 1863, 1LT Dinkins and the 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion form in the center of an attacking Confederate force that possessed five times the men against a fort and ammunition depot held by approximately 500 men at Collierville Tennessee along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. The Confederates send a flag of truce and asked for surrender. Under orders from his superior, COL Anthony, commander of the 66th Indiana which garrisoned the fort, rejected their terms.
EPISODE PRODUCTION ANNOUNCEMENT: New Episodes will now come out every other week. Meaning 24 July is the next publish date.Sources used for this episode:
Dinkins, James. 1861 to 1865, by An Old Johnnie. Personal Recollections and Experiences in the Confederate Army. Cincinnati, The Robert Clarke Company, 1897. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t15m62x4z&seq=11.
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 30, pt. II, Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077699878&view=1up&seq=3.
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At the Battle of Gettysburg, 3LT Rogers and the 47th North Carolina on 1 July advance through a wood line into an open field. As they march toward McPhersonâs Ridge, a line of infantry appears on its crest, CPL Strong and the 121st Pennsylvania, and unleash a withering fire upon the North Carolinians. On 3 July, following the largest artillery barrage of the war, 3LT Rogers and the 47th North Carolina march in the front rank of a three-division assault known as Pickettâs Charge. After enduring Union Artillery, they approach the stone wall on cemetery ridge and in front of them is 1LT Seville and the 1st Delaware.
Sources used for this episode.
Rogers, J. Rowan. âAdditional Sketch Forty-Seventh Regiment.â Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861-'65. Written by members of the respective commands, vol. 3, edited by Walter Clark, 103-09. Goldsboro: Nash Brothers Book and Job Printers, 1901. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081797668&seq=11&q1=%22forty-seventh%22&view=1up.
Strong, William W. History of the 121st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, By the Survivors Association. An Account from the Ranks. Philadelphia: Burk & McFetridge Co., 1893. https://www.loc.gov/item/02016606/.
Seville, William P. History of the First Regiment, Delaware Volunteers, From the Commencement of the "Three Months' Service" to the Final Muster-Out at the Close of the Rebellion. Wilmington: The Historical Society of Delaware, 1884. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002040669989&seq=7&view=1up.
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 27, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077699761&view=1up&seq=3.
Scott, OR. Ser. 1, vol. 27, pt. 2: Reports. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077728255&view=1up&seq=3.
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At the Battle Thompsonâs Station, 5 March 1863, CPL McBride and the 33rd Indiana, alongside their reinforced brigade meet MG Earl Van Dornâs Cavalry while conducting a reconnaissance from Brentwood TN toward Spring Hill.
Sources used for this episode:
McBride, John W. History of the Thirty-Third Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry During the Four Years of Civil War From Sept. 16, 1861 to July 21, 1865. Indianapolis: WM. B. Burford, 1900. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx2nfa&seq=9.
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 23, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077699720&view=1up&seq=3.
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