tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90106115653237717672024-03-12T17:03:03.590-07:00A Day in the Life of the Civil WarLivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.comBlogger1062125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-6473890749475760152016-01-06T05:00:00.003-08:002016-01-06T05:04:01.408-08:00A New Jersey Medal Of Honor <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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William Joyce Sewell was promoted to Colonel of the 5<sup>th</sup>
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William J Sewell was born 6 December 1835 in Castlebar,
Mayo, Ireland. He immigrated in 1851,
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When the Civil War started, Sewell began service as a Captain
in the 5<sup>th</sup> New Jersey. He
moved quickly through the ranks and was made Captain in the regiment 6 January
1862. He was in command of a brigade at the
Battle of Chancellorsville, where he would be wounded. He would receive another wound while in
command of the 5<sup>th</sup> on 2 July 1863 out along the Emmitsburg Road,
near the Klingle Farm. This wound would
force from the field and out of the war until 1 October 1864. When he returned to duty it was as the
commander of the 38<sup>th</sup> New Jersey Infantry, but with his wounds still
giving him trouble, he was reassigned to command of Fort Powhatan in the
Department of Virginia until the end of the war.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Following the war Sewell went to work in the railroad
industry, before entering politics. He
would serve in the New Jersey State Senate from 1872 to 1881, and was elected
to the United States Senate, serving from 1881 to 1887. At the time of his death, Sewell was the
President of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. He died at his home in Camden, New Jersey 27
December 1901. Sewell was buried with
full military honors in the Harleigh Cemetery in Camden, New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sewell was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during
the Battle of Chancellorsville on 25 March 1896. The citation reads, “Assuming command of a
brigade, he rallied around his colors a mass of men from other regiments and
fought these troops with great brilliancy through several hours of desperate
conflict, remaining in command though wounded and inspiring them by his
presence and the gallantry of his personal example.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3649">Find A Grave: William Joyce Sewell</a></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-81679780897839691732016-01-05T04:52:00.003-08:002016-01-05T04:54:03.420-08:00To Cross The River<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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A part of the Romney Campaign, the Battle of Hancock was
fought 5 January 1862.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Confederate General Thomas J Jackson moved his troops from
Winchester, Virginia to Bath in order to block the movement of supplies on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Upon reaching the Potomac River across from
the town of Hancock, Maryland the Confederate soldiers skirmished with the
Union soldiers garrisoned in the town on 5 January 1862. Jackson ordered artillery set up on Orrick’s
Hill, and had it fire on the town. The
artillery caused only minor damage.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Union commander Brigadier General Frederick W Lander would
not surrender. Jackson had the artillery
continue to bombard the town for two day while he looked for a place to cross
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On 7 January 1862, Jackson had his troop withdraw, and they
moved on to Romney, West Virginia. There
were an estimated 25 casualties reported.<o:p></o:p></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-75744008134425935262016-01-04T04:40:00.000-08:002016-01-04T04:40:07.625-08:00Under Orders Of The Governor<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The Mount Vernon Arsenal was seized by troops under the
order of the Alabama Governor on 4 January 1861.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Mount Vernon Arsenal was authorized by Congress in 1824
and formally finished and named on 1 January 1829. It was built near the Mobile River about 3
miles from Fort Stoddert. The Arsenal’s
primary duty was the assembly of gun parts manufactured elsewhere and the
manufacturing of ammunition.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On 4 January 1861 militia troops under the orders of Alabama
Governor Andrew Barry Moore seized the Mount Vernon Arsenal. The commander of the Arsenal at the time was
United States Captain Jesse I Reno. He
surrendered the garrison without any shots fired.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once Alabama seceded, the Arsenal was turned over and
remained in Confederate hands until the end of the war. Following the fall of New Orleans in 1862,
most of the equipment was moved to locations farther away from Union lines.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After the Civil War ended the Arsenal was turned into army
barracks, and was used as a prison camp for about 400 Apaches between 1887 and
1894, including Geronimo. The United
States government deeded the property to the state of Alabama in 1895. On 11 December 1900 the Alabama State
Legislature turned it into the Mount Vernon Hospital for the treatment of the
insane. <o:p></o:p></div>
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LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-17057592115155887332016-01-03T07:30:00.000-08:002016-01-03T07:30:00.814-08:00Not To Secede<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two weeks after the first southern state; South Carolina
seceded, Delaware’s legislature voted on 3 January 1861 not to secede from the
Union.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Slavery was a troublesome issue in Delaware, where the
influence of Quakerism led many slaveholders to free their slaves. By 1860 over 90% of the state’s black
population were freedmen.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Following South Carolina’s section, Delaware’s legislature
voted on 3 January 1861, not to secede and to stay in the Union. One of the five border, slave holding states
to remain in the Union [Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and when it became a
state; West Virginia]. Governor William
Burton said that Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, and
join the Union, and it would be the last to leave it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Although Delaware stayed in the Union, there were deep
sympathies among the population for both sides.
Union troops had to occupy polling stations in the state in 1862 while
state and federal elections were being held, due to fears of political
intimidation. Lincoln lost both of his
presidential elections in Delaware. It
was the only slave holding state in which no Confederate regiments or militia
was raised. About 13,000 men fought for
the Union, including 954 black troops.
There were an estimated few thousand men who left the state and enlisted
in Confederate service in neighboring states.<o:p></o:p></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-77862784703953032422014-08-30T04:47:00.000-07:002014-08-30T04:47:37.503-07:00A South Carolinian <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Colonel John Hugh Means, the 64<sup>th</sup> Governor of South Carolina was
killed in action August 30<sup>th</sup> 1862 at the Second Battle of Manassas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">John Hugh
Means was born August 18<sup>th</sup> 1812 in the Fairfield District of South Carolina.
He attended the Mount Zion College in Winnsboro, before graduating from South
Carolina College in 1832. He was a part of the planter class, and an outspoken
supporter of State’s Rights. Means was elected the Governor of South Carolina
in 1850, and he presided over the state convention of 1852, which passed the
resolution stating that South Carolina had a right to secede. He used his time
in office to increase the funding of the state militia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1860
Means signed the Ordinance of Secession. He enrolled in the Confederate Army as
the Colonel of the 17<sup>th</sup> South Carolina Infantry. They saw action during the Peninsula
Campaign. The 17<sup>th</sup> was part of Confederate General James
Longstreet’s Corps, and was part of the right flank at the Second Battle of
Manassas. Means was killed in action on August 30<sup>th</sup> 1862 [I have
found his death listed at August 29<sup>th</sup>, 30<sup>th</sup>, 31<sup>st</sup>,
and September 1<sup>st</sup>]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-51296290116525546292014-08-29T04:16:00.001-07:002014-08-29T04:16:51.775-07:00The Final Escort<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pennsylvania Cavalry was organized August 29<sup>th</sup> 1861 at Camp Cameron,
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The 9</span></span><sup style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">th</sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">
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southeast and </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">southcentral</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Pennsylvania. The regiment was organized near
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being trained the regiment was moved to Kentucky, where it became part of the
Department of the Cumberland. In March they were ordered to Tennessee, where
they tangled with Confederate John Hunt Morgan. They were reassigned to the
Union Army of the Ohio, where they saw a small amount of action at the Battle
of Perryville in October 1862. During the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863 they
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1864 the 9<sup>th</sup>’s enlistment was up. The men who re-enlisted took a
furlough to go home and recruit. They would reform and see action that fall in
Kentucky and Tennessee. When Union General William T Sherman began his march,
the 9<sup>th</sup> was included, seeing action in the Battle of Griswoldville.
On April 17<sup>th</sup> 1865 the 9<sup>th</sup> was part of the escort for
Union General Sherman when he went to meet Confederate General Joseph E Johnston
at the Bennett Farm to discuss surrender. Following the ending of the war the 9<sup>th</sup>
was mustered out at Lexington, Kentucky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-70998048986334626402014-07-23T04:50:00.000-07:002014-07-23T04:50:09.378-07:00End Of The Campaign<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Confederate General Robert E Lee’s retreat back into Virginia following the
Battle of Gettysburg, the Battle of Manassas Gap, or the Battle of Wapping
Heights was fought July 23<sup>rd</sup> 1863 in Warren County, Virginia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Battle of Gettysburg, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia retreated to
and crossed the Potomac River at Williamsport, Maryland. With the Union Army of
the Potomac in pursuit, Union Major General George G Meade made a flanking move
into the Loudoun Valley and the Confederates rear. Meade ordered the Union III Corps commanded
by Major General William H French to cut off the Confederate columns retreat at
Front Royal, Virginia by forcing a passage through the Manassas Gap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At dawn on
July 23<sup>rd</sup> 1863 French ordered an attack against the troops of
Confederate Brigadier General Ambrose R Wright’s Georgians, who were defending
the Gap. With Union Brigadier General Francis B Spinola using his larger
numbers the commander of the Excelsior Brigade pushed Wright’s men back through
the Gap by the late afternoon. Wright was reinforced by Confederate Major
General Robert E Rodes’ division.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fell the Union attack stalled out. During the night the Confederate troops
withdrew into the Luray Valley. The
Union army occupied Front Royal, Virginia the next morning, but the Confederate
army had moved beyond pursuit. This was the last action in the Gettysburg
Campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-71827716849660016302014-06-25T04:26:00.000-07:002014-06-25T04:26:03.993-07:00The First Of The Seven Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Battle of Oak Grove in Virginia was the first of the Seven Days’ Battles which began on June 25th 1862.<br />
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Oak Grove was an important location for the siege of Richmond during the Peninsula campaign. Union Major General George B McClellan advanced his line on June 25th 1862 along the Williamsburg Road, with the plan of getting his guns in range of Richmond, Virginia. McClellan’s troops attacked over swampy ground, with darkness ending the fighting. The battle wasn't strong enough to stop the Confederate offensive, and the next day Confederate General Robert E Lee attacked Union troops at Mechanicville.<br />
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The Union troops at Oak Grove advanced less than a mile at a cost of 626 dead, wounded and missing, with Joseph Hooker’s division baring the brunt of the attack. The Confederate losses were 441.LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-17505959585188370512014-06-04T04:37:00.001-07:002014-06-04T04:37:40.448-07:00The Barbarism<div class="MsoNormal">
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States Senator Charles Sumner delivered a speech on June 4<sup>th</sup> 1860
entitled “The Barbarism of Slavery”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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States Senator Charles Sumner had been missing from the Senate Chambers for
four years, after having been beaten almost to death by South Carolina
Congressman Preston Brooks. The speech
titled “The Barbarism of Slavery” delivered on June 4<sup>th</sup> 1860 was the
last speech made in Congress before the Civil War, and until emancipation was
discussed. It was covered in its
entirety in the leading newspapers, as well as being issued in several
pamphlets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-55964047165412423752014-06-03T05:06:00.000-07:002014-06-03T05:06:19.287-07:00A Political Military Leader <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Colonel Peter Augustus Porter was killed June 3<sup>rd</sup> 1864 in the Battle
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Augustus Porter was born July 14<sup>th</sup> 1827 in Black Rock, New York the
son of Peter Buell Porter. He graduated
from Harvard Law School in 1857, as well as studying abroad in Europe. Porter was an elected to the New York State
Assembly in 1862.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On July 7<sup>th</sup>
1862 Porter was appointed the Colonel of the 129<sup>th</sup> New York
Infantry, which would be renamed the 8<sup>th</sup> New York Heavy Artillery. They were placed on duty guarding the forts
that ringed Washington, DC. On September
5<sup>th</sup> 1863 Porter was nominated to the office of New York Secretary of
State, but declined to stay with the military.
In May 1864 the 8<sup>th</sup> along with Porter were ordered to join
the Army of Potomac and General Ulysses S Grant’s Wilderness Campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At the
Battle of Cold Harbor on June 3<sup>rd</sup> 1864, Porter was killed while
leading his men. He was found to have
been shot six times. Two nights later,
during a rain storm, five men from the 8<sup>th</sup> went out under fire and
got their Colonel’s body; bring it back into Union lines. Porter’s body was taken to Baltimore,
Maryland where it was met by military escort.
A Chaplain accompanied the body back to his home, where he was buried in
the Oakwood Cemetery in Niagara Falls, New York.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-58080962272564567852014-06-02T04:40:00.001-07:002014-06-02T04:40:48.202-07:00Reduced In Numbers<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RE6i6FdRqUM/U4xiARaAgII/AAAAAAAAEgU/w4Ex2qLcqhc/s1600/Edmund_Kirby_Smith.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RE6i6FdRqUM/U4xiARaAgII/AAAAAAAAEgU/w4Ex2qLcqhc/s1600/Edmund_Kirby_Smith.jpg" height="400" width="256" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gen Edmund K Smith</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Confederate
General Edmund Kirby Smith surrendered what was left of his troops on June 2<sup>nd</sup>
1865 at Galveston, Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Confederacy was reduced by the end of May to the Department of Trans
Mississippi including the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma,
and Texas. Some this territory was even
held by the Union at this point. The
commander of this Department was Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith. Smith had a few thousand troops, most of them
located in Texas. On May 20<sup>th</sup>
1865 Smith moved his headquarters to Houston, Texas from Shreveport, Louisiana
in preparation of defending Texas.
However he lost hundreds of men to desertion every day, as people felt
the war was over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Smith could
see the end was coming and May 26<sup>th</sup> 1865 he agreed to terms proposed
by Union General Edward R S Canby. With terms similar
to those offered to other Confederate military leaders, Smith agreed to
surrender his Department on June 2<sup>nd</sup> 1865 at Galveston, Texas. Following the surrender Smith went into exile
in Mexico and Cuba.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-50843616536702286132014-06-01T04:17:00.000-07:002014-06-01T04:17:56.976-07:00Their New Colonel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The 5<sup>th</sup>
United States Infantry was stationed in New Mexico when on June 1<sup>st</sup>
1863 it officially got its new Colonel; Union Major General John F Reynolds, he
would not take command.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The 5<sup>th</sup>
United States Infantry traces its origins back to 1808, however technically the
regiment was created March 3<sup>rd</sup> 1815 by an Act of Congress reducing
the Regular Army from 46 infantry and 4 rifle regiments with the ending of the
War of 1812, to peace time numbers of 8 infantry. Six old regiments were consolidated into the
5<sup>th</sup>, and placed under command of Colonel James Miller.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the spring
of 1861 when the Civil War got started, the 5<sup>th</sup> was ordered to
concentrate at Albuquerque, New Mexico for a move east. But, with some Western Departmental pressure
placed on Washington, DC, the 5<sup>th</sup> was left on the frontier. When Confederates from Texas invaded New
Mexico in early 1862, four companies of the 5<sup>th</sup> were the rear Union
guard at Valverde on February 21<sup>st</sup> 1862, in which the Confederates
were victorious. Two other companies
captured a field piece on March 28<sup>th</sup> 1862 at the Battle of Glorieta
Pass, defeating the Confederates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On June 1<sup>st</sup>
1863 the 5<sup>th</sup> received a new Colonel, Union Major General John F
Reynolds. He was of course on detached
service commanding volunteers with the Army of the Potomac, and was killed one
month later at the Battle of Gettysburg.
After Reynolds’ death the army appointed another Army of the Potomac
general, Daniel Butterfield to be the Colonel of the 5<sup>th</sup>, but he
also was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, and would not join the regiment
while the war was going on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The 5<sup>th</sup>
would remain throughout the Civil War on frontier duty watching for another
Confederate attack. After the war ended the 5<sup>th</sup> was transferred to
the east moving to Fort Riley in Kansas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-1025280035074006292014-05-31T04:18:00.000-07:002014-05-31T04:18:44.632-07:00He Changed His Position<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2er5yZjnpjM/U4m5sz9t53I/AAAAAAAAEeo/LIJFvT2ih2c/s1600/Hopkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2er5yZjnpjM/U4m5sz9t53I/AAAAAAAAEeo/LIJFvT2ih2c/s1600/Hopkins.jpg" height="400" width="280" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Confederate
Colonel Robert Hopkins Hatton was killed May 31<sup>st</sup> 1862 at the Battle
of Fair Oaks [also called the Battle of Seven Pines].<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Robert
Hopkins Hatton was born November 2<sup>nd</sup> 1826 in Steubenville,
Ohio. While still a child his family
moved to Tennessee. He would receive a
degree from the Cumberland University, pass the bar and begin a law practice in
Lebanon, Tennessee in 1850. He became a
member of the Whig Party and won a seat in the Tennessee State Legislature in 1855
and to the United States Congress in 1858.
While in Congress Hatton was the chairman of the Committee on
Expenditures in the Department of the Navy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hatton
wished to see the Union preserved and opposed secession, but after President
Abraham Lincoln made his call for troops Hatton changed his position. He raised the Lebanon Blues, which became a
part of the 7<sup>th</sup> Tennessee Infantry, and was elected the Colonel of
the Regiment. In 1862 Hatton and the 7<sup>th</sup>
were part of the troops protecting Richmond, Virginia from Union Major General
George B McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On May 31<sup>st</sup>
1862 while leading troops at the Battle of Fair Oaks, Hatton was shot in the
head and killed. His body was sent back
to Tennessee, but as Middle Tennessee was held by the Union his body was
temporarily placed in Knoxville. He
would be reentered in 1866 in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Lebanon, Tennessee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-36080170044991875352014-05-30T05:10:00.001-07:002014-05-30T05:10:52.767-07:00The First Seventh<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g1cc6-EHb_M/U4h0SpmL6zI/AAAAAAAAEd0/A5JHfIO8rdI/s1600/morris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g1cc6-EHb_M/U4h0SpmL6zI/AAAAAAAAEd0/A5JHfIO8rdI/s1600/morris.jpg" height="400" width="357" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Union BG Thomas A Morris</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The 7<sup>th</sup>
Indiana Infantry was sent to Grafton, Virginia on May 30<sup>th</sup> 1861, and
just four days later was in battle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The 7<sup>th</sup>
Indiana Infantry was organized in Indianapolis, Indiana in April 1861 as a
three month regiment. The men were
shipped to Grafton, Virginia on May 30<sup>th</sup> 1861. On June 3<sup>rd</sup> 1861 the men of the 7<sup>th</sup>
took part the Battle of Philippi, one of the first battles of the Civil War.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The men of
the 7<sup>th</sup> were placed in Union Major General George B McClellan’s Army
of West Virginia, in Brigadier General Thomas A Morris’ Indiana Brigade. They would see almost continuous action from
July 6<sup>th</sup> through 17<sup>th</sup> 1861 at the Battles of Laurel Hill,
Belington, Corrick’s Ford and in the pursuit of Confederate Brigadier General
Robert S Garnett’s troops.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The 7<sup>th</sup>
mustered out of service on August 2<sup>nd</sup> 1861. The 7<sup>th</sup> was reorganized on
September 13<sup>th</sup> 1861 in Indianapolis, Indiana into a three year
regiment. The original 7<sup>th</sup>
had one man killed in action and two who died from disease.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-59903754971845202242014-05-29T04:15:00.000-07:002014-05-29T04:15:33.694-07:00Just Damage The Bridge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RuM2TpFama0/U4cWRRAkNhI/AAAAAAAAEcw/hYt47YuQMmc/s1600/ChristBenjamin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RuM2TpFama0/U4cWRRAkNhI/AAAAAAAAEcw/hYt47YuQMmc/s1600/ChristBenjamin.jpg" height="400" width="355" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The First
Battle of Pocotaligo was fought in Yemassee, South Carolina on May 29<sup>th</sup>
1862, with the Union objective of disrupting the Charleston and Savannah
Railroad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A Union
detachment commanded by Colonel Benjamin C Christ and made up of the 1<sup>st</sup>
Massachusetts Cavalry, 8<sup>th</sup> Michigan Infantry, 79<sup>th</sup> New
York Infantry, and 50<sup>th</sup> Pennsylvania moved out from Beaufort, South
Carolina on May 29<sup>th</sup> 1862, toward the Charleston and Savannah
Railroad. As they moved toward
Pocotaligo, the Union troops began pushing in Confederate pickets. Reaching Pocotaligo the Union troops, where
they found the bridge destroyed, there was some heavy fighting. About 300 of the Union troops got across the
river, and drove the Confederates into the woods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As the Union
mission, which was to destroy the bridge; had been obtained, the Union force
withdrew. Union casualties were 2 killed
and 9 wounded, while the Confederates reported losses of 2 killed, 6 wounded
and 1 man missing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-57725419717165436172014-05-28T05:08:00.002-07:002014-05-28T05:08:30.381-07:00Both Claimed A Victory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n2XWuR5gaxs/U4XQX1NcMVI/AAAAAAAAEb4/boQf01_L_HA/s1600/Haw%2527s_Shop.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n2XWuR5gaxs/U4XQX1NcMVI/AAAAAAAAEb4/boQf01_L_HA/s1600/Haw%2527s_Shop.png" height="280" width="400" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Battle
of Haw’s Shop [also called the Battle of Enon Church] was fought in Hanover
County, Virginia May 28<sup>th</sup> 1864.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Union
General Ulysses S Grant abandoned his line at North Anna, after fighting Confederate
General Robert E Lee’s force there, and swung once again, trying to flank the
Confederates. Lee moved his troops
quickly, and sent out cavalry to gather intelligence about the Union movement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Confederate
Major General Wade Hampton, who was scouting the Union troops, ran into Union
cavalry under the command of Brigadier General David M Gregg on May 28<sup>th</sup>
1864 at Enon Church near Hanovertown, Virginia bring on the Battle of Haw’s
Shop. Although both sides were cavalry
they fought predominately dismounted.
Both sides used earthworks in the area, and neither could gain an
advantage. Greg received reinforcements
from Union Brigadier General Alfred T Torbert’s New Jersey division. As the seven hour fight was wrapping up with
Hampton withdrawing his men, Union Brigadier General George A Custer launched
an attack, that brought everything to an end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Battle
of Haw’s Shop was inconclusive, with both sides claiming victory. Union Cavalry Corps commander Major General
Philip H Sheridan felt his men had won as they drove Hampton from the field, but
Hampton had held up the Union cavalry for seven hours and was able to provide
Lee with intel about the Union Army. The
Union force reported 344 casualties, including Private John Huff of the 5<sup>th</sup>
Michigan Cavalry, who fatally shot Confederate major General JEB Stuart a few
weeks earlier at the Battle of Yellow Tavern.
Confederate casualties were unofficially counted about 400.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-42843517762843362672014-05-23T04:31:00.001-07:002014-05-23T04:31:23.459-07:00At A Crossing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k7QigRdcr5Q/U38v5DEuhAI/AAAAAAAAEbg/sqDV7or3QUg/s1600/Jericho_Mills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k7QigRdcr5Q/U38v5DEuhAI/AAAAAAAAEbg/sqDV7or3QUg/s1600/Jericho_Mills.jpg" height="326" width="400" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Battle
of Jericho Mills a part of Grants Overland Campaign was fought May 23<sup>rd</sup>
1864 between the Union V Corps and a part of AP Hill’s Corps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After the
fighting at Spotsylvania Court House came to end Union General Ulysses S Grant
moved to flank Confederate General Robert E Lee’s Army of Northern
Virginia. He was brought up short by
Lee’s “Hog Snout Line” along the North Anna River. At that point Grant divided the Army of the
Potomac into three parts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Union
General Gouverneur K Warren reached Mount Carmel Church on the morning of May 23<sup>rd</sup>
1864. He stopped his V Corps which
caused Union General Winfield S Hancock’s II Corps to come up behind and get
tangled on the road. The two commanders
decided that the II Corps would move down Telegraph Road while the V Corps
would cross the North Anna at Jericho Mills.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As they
moved down the Telegraph Road, Union Major David B Birney’s division of the II
Corps began to take fire. He deployed
two brigades and attacked. They also
called up artillery which opened fire on Confederate Colonel Edward P
Alexander’s artillery. It was during
this duel that Lee was just missed by a cannonball which lodged in the door
frame near him, and Alexander was hit by bricks from the chimney which was hit
by Union shells. At 6pm the Union troops
charged, overwhelming the Confederate at the bridge. With Alexander’s artillery still lying down a
heavy fire, the Union troops did not cross the bridge, but entrenched on the
north side of the river.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile at
Jericho Mills, the V Corps found the North Anna ford unprotected. Warren sent Union Brigadier General Charles
Griffin’s Division across the river while the rest the Corps crossed by 4:30 pm
on a pontoon bridge. Finding out from a
captured Confederate that there was a force nearby on the Virginia Central
Railroad, Warren deployed for battle.
Lee felt that Warren’s movement was a feint and so had AP Hill send a
single division under Major General Cadmus M Wilcox, with artillery commanded by
Colonel William J Pegram. The
Confederates struck Warren’s Corps hard, breaking their line and causing them
to flee to the rear where they came up against the bluffs along the river. Warren’s Corps was saved in part by Union
Colonel Charles S Wainwright’s artillery which laid down a deadly fire on the
Confederates. It was also at about this
time that Union Brigadier General Joseph J Bartlett led his 83<sup>rd</sup>
Pennsylvania Infantry against the right flank of the Confederate line causing
them to retreat and leaving that part of the line untenable. Seeing that reinforcements from Confederate
Major General Henry Heth would not reach the field in time, Wilcox had his men
withdraw.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Wilcox was
greatly outnumbered with about 6,000 men to the Union’s 15,000. There were about 730 Confederate casualties,
while the Union reported 377.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-60121687824606394052014-05-22T05:24:00.002-07:002014-05-22T05:24:53.518-07:00The First Killed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The first
Union soldier killed by a Confederate soldier was Thornsbury Bailey Brown; he
was killed May 22<sup>nd</sup> 1861 in Taylor County, Virginia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thornsbury
Bailey Brown was born May 15<sup>th</sup> 1829.
He lived in the Taylor County, Virginia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Union
Lieutenant Daniel Wilson and Brown, both members of the Grafton Guards; which
would become a part of the 2<sup>nd</sup> West Virginia Infantry, on May 22<sup>nd</sup>
1861 attended a recruiting rally in Pruntytown, Virginia. The two men were returning to Grafton,
Virginia in the evening when they encountered three members of the Confederate
Letcher Guards; which would become of the 25<sup>th</sup> Virginia Infantry,
George E Glenn, Daniel Knight, and William Reese. The three men where on picket duty at the
Fetterman Bridge, a crossing located on the Northwestern Turnpike and the
tracks of the Baltimore of Ohio Railroad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The three
pickets ordered Brown and Wilson to halt; instead Brown fired a pistol at the
Confederates. The shot apparently hit
Knight in the ear. The Confederates then
opened fire on Brown and Wilson, killing Brown.
The Letcher Guards took Brown’s body to their camp and turned it over to
their commander Colonel George A Porterfield.
The commander of the Grafton Guards Captain George R Latham led his men
toward the Confederate camp planning to take the body back, by force if
necessary. They met the Confederates
returning Brown body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Brown was
buried at first in a family plot. His
body was moved the Grafton National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia in 1903.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-53989712814041398872014-05-21T04:45:00.000-07:002014-05-21T04:45:23.220-07:00A Cavalry Man<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Confederate
Brigadier General Albert Gallatin Jenkins died May 21<sup>st</sup> 1864, from
wounds received at the Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Albert
Gallatin Jenkins was born November 10<sup>th</sup> 1830 in Cabell County,
Virginia, the son of Captain William and Jeanette Grigsby (McNutt) Jenkins. He attended Marshall Academy, and graduated
from both Jefferson College, and Harvard Law School. Jenkins was admitted to the bar in 1850 and
set up a practice in Charleston, Virginia.
In 1859 he inherited a part of his father plantation, and would be
elected to serve as a Democratic United States Congressman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the
Civil War started and Virginia seceded, Jenkins returned home from Congress,
and raised a company of mounted rangers.
By June 1861 Jenkins’ company was part of the 8<sup>th</sup> Virginia
Cavalry and Jenkins was their Lieutenant Colonel. He served as a delegate to the First
Confederate Congress, but was back in the saddle with a promotion to Brigadier
General on August 1<sup>st</sup> 1862.
In September of that year Jenkins’ cavalry made a raid into Ohio near
Buffington Island, as well as raiding throughout northern Kentucky and West
Virginia. In December 1862 Confederate
General Robert E Lee had Jenkins with his men moved to the Shenandoah Valley. During the Gettysburg Campaign Jenkins’
cavalry was the screen for Confederate General Richard S Ewell’s Corps, seizing
the railroad in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and fighting in the Battle of
Sporting Hill near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
He was wounded on July 2<sup>nd</sup> 1863 during the Battle of
Gettysburg, which kept him out of action for most of the rest of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1864
Jenkins raised and organized a large cavalry force, and by May was the
Commander of the Department of Western Virginia. Learning of a Union force moving from the
Kanawha Valley under the command of Brigadier General George Crook, Jenkins
moved to intercept. On May 9<sup>th</sup>
1864 Jenkins was wounded and captured during the Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain,
his arm was amputated but he didn’t recover.
He died May 21<sup>st</sup> 1864 and was buried in the New Dublin
Presbyterian Cemetery. His body would be
moved later to the Confederate plot in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington,
West Virginia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Another
couple of good web sites are </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh8-1.html">The Civil War Record of Albert Gallatin Jenkins, C. S. A.</a> and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><a href="http://www.rocemabra.com/~roger/tagg/generals/general68.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Confederate Cavalry Division, Jenkinks's Brigade</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-24239958013750908682014-05-20T04:34:00.000-07:002014-05-20T04:34:48.033-07:00Completely Under Military Rule<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LZ5iJhEvfbA/U3s84P5pwaI/AAAAAAAAEZo/T8hY2PYtS9g/s1600/morton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LZ5iJhEvfbA/U3s84P5pwaI/AAAAAAAAEZo/T8hY2PYtS9g/s1600/morton.jpg" height="400" width="263" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Battle
of Pogue’s Run, more of an uprising then a battle took place May 20<sup>th</sup>
1863 in Indianapolis, Indiana.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The Governor
of Indiana, Oliver Morton, who was a Republican, reported hearing of a plot to </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">overthrow </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">the state government by the Knights of the Golden Circle. As the Knights were a Democratic group,
Morton had Union troops stationed at the Democratic State Convention.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As Thomas A
Hendricks was speaking on May 20<sup>th</sup> 1863 in front of about 10,000
conventioneers, several Union soldiers advanced on the podium with bayonets
fixed and rifles cocked. This action broke
up the convention, sending the crowd scattering. A fence was pushed down on the east of the
state house as the crowd fled. Adding to
the rush of bodies was a squad of Union cavalry moving down Tennessee Street. Under threat from the Union soldiers,
Hendricks closed his speech, had the resolutions read and the meeting
dismissed. Soldiers seized several
individuals, marching them up a few streets to frighten them. A number of other men were taken in custody
for carrying concealed weapons and arrested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">That night
many of the Democratic Conventioneers left town on trains. There were a number of shots fired from these
departing trains with the attention to create a further disturbance. A train on the Indiana Central Railroad was
stopped and boarded by a number of soldiers and police, who demanded that all
weapons be surrendered. A train going to
Cincinnati was also stopped, with the men on board throwing their guns off the
train and into Pogue’s Run. Thinking
that the soldiers </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">wouldn't</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> search women, many men gave their guns to
ladies. One single woman was found
hiding seven guns on her person. Before
the round up was finished about 500 loaded guns were confiscated from those who
had attended the Democratic Convention.
A local Democratic newspaper the “Indianapolis Sentinel” reported on the
incident this way, "It is with feelings of sorrow, humiliation and
degradation that we witnessed the scenes of yesterday. . . . Indiana is as
completely under military rule as France, Austria or Russia".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-82795441045771805792014-05-12T04:11:00.000-07:002014-05-12T04:11:03.409-07:00An English Sailor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aKPJF6rC4B8/U3Crfjj52CI/AAAAAAAAEYk/BJF2e5fs6ok/s1600/USS-Santee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aKPJF6rC4B8/U3Crfjj52CI/AAAAAAAAEYk/BJF2e5fs6ok/s1600/USS-Santee.jpg" height="255" width="400" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Union sailor
George H Bell a Medal of Honor recipient, joined the Union Navy May 12<sup>th</sup>
1861 while the ship he was serving on, was docked in New York City.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">George H
Bell was born March 12<sup>th</sup> 1839 in Sunderland, England. His family moved to Newcastle, England in the
1840’s and at the age of 14, Bell began a maritime career. Over the next several years he would sail on
vessels in most of the world’s oceans.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A ship Bell
was sailing on docked in New York City at the beginning of the Civil War, and
on May 12<sup>th</sup> 1861 he enlisted in the Union Navy. By July 1861 Bell was an able seaman on the
USS Santee, but past naval experience found him quickly promoted to coxswain. On November 7<sup>th</sup> 1861 in an early
naval action in Galveston Bay, Texas, Bell distinguished himself in the destruction
of the Confederate CSS Royal Yacht. He
would be awarded the Medal of Honor for this action in 1863.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bell
returned to England after the war. He
died September 26<sup>th</sup> 1917, and is buried in Newcastle, England.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bell's Medal
of Honor citation reads: “Served as pilot of the U.S.S. Santee when that vessel
was engaged in cutting out the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht from Galveston
Bay, 7 November 1861, and evinced more coolness, in passing the 4 forts and the
rebel steamer General Rusk, than was ever before witnessed by his commanding
officer. "Although severely wounded in the encounter, he displayed
extraordinary courage under the most painful and trying circumstances."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-84809264901003023492014-05-09T04:35:00.000-07:002014-05-09T04:35:47.426-07:00A Heavy Push<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LanRbnDzUVo/U2y8ynwi0GI/AAAAAAAAEX0/erqgjzGYyKc/s1600/buttler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LanRbnDzUVo/U2y8ynwi0GI/AAAAAAAAEX0/erqgjzGYyKc/s1600/buttler.jpg" height="400" width="301" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Battle
of Swift Creek was part of a push made by Union Major General Benjamin F Butler
towards Petersburg, and was fought May 9<sup>th</sup> 1864.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Confederate
General Bushrod R Johnson had a division on the south side of Swift Creek in a
defensive position. Johnson’s men were
between Union Major General Benjamin Butler’s force and Petersburg,
Virginia. Butler pushed toward Swift
Creek on May 9<sup>th</sup> 1864 and was met at Arrowfield Church, just north
of Swift Creek by a Confederate attack.
The Union troops deployed along the railroad and turnpike. The Confederate 21<sup>st</sup> South
Carolina Infantry made a charge across the bridge and up the turnpike toward
the Union troops and were fired on by an artillery battery. The Union troops pushed the Confederates back
delivering them heavy losses. Butler
didn’t follow up the attack, but settled into skirmishing and tearing up the nearby
railroad tracks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">During the
night Butler had his troops withdraw.
The Confederates made repairs to the railroad and had it running the
next day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-60283973798392834522014-05-08T03:59:00.001-07:002014-05-08T03:59:09.335-07:00An Old New Yorker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xb4AmilfD1k/U2tfYgK9fwI/AAAAAAAAEXc/2lYNy1bRxgw/s1600/Wadsworth.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xb4AmilfD1k/U2tfYgK9fwI/AAAAAAAAEXc/2lYNy1bRxgw/s1600/Wadsworth.jpeg" height="400" width="287" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Union
General James Samuel Wadsworth died May 8<sup>th</sup> 1864 from wounds
received two days earlier at the Battle of the Wilderness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">James Samuel
Wadsworth was born October 30</span></span><sup style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">th</sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> 1807, the son of James Wadsworth in
Geneseo, Livingston, New York. He
studied law at both Harvard and Yale, and was admitted to the bar. He </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> set up a practice; instead
Wadsworth managed the family’s estate.
He would enter politics as a Democrat, but then became one of the
organizers of the Free Soil Party, and finally a Republican. In 1861 Wadsworth was a member of the Peace
Conference.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the
Civil War became inevitable, Wadsworth volunteered his service to the
Union. He served as an aide-de-camp at
the First Battle of Bull Run to Union Major General Irvin McDowell. McDowell recommended Wadsworth for command,
and with the rank of Brigadier General on October 3<sup>rd</sup> 1861 he began
commanding the 2<sup>nd</sup> Brigade of 3<sup>rd</sup> Division of the 1<sup>st</sup>
Corps. From March 17<sup>th</sup> to
September 7<sup>th</sup> 1862 Wadsworth had command of the Military District of
Washington, and had a hand in holding troops for its defense against the wishes
of Major General George B McClellan.
After having stepped on McClellan’s toes, Wadsworth could see no
prospect in McClellan’s army, and so put his name into the running for Governor
of New York State. After McClellan was
replaced at the head of the Army of the Potomac, and Wadsworth had lost the
election to Democrat Horatio Seymour, he took the command of the First Division
in the 1<sup>st</sup> Corps. He was well
thought of by his men. As the leader of
his new division, they were only marginally involved at the Battle of
Chancellorsville in May 1863. At the
Battle of Gettysburg, his division was the first Union infantry troops to
arrive on the field on July 1<sup>st</sup> 1863, and was heavily engaged,
loosing over 50% of their strength that day.
They would also fight on the second day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the spring
1864 Campaign began, the Army of the Potomac was reorganized, and Wadsworth
became the commander of the 4<sup>th</sup> Division in the V Corps. At the Battle of the Wilderness, Wadsworth
was the oldest Union divisional command at 56.
On May 5<sup>th</sup> 1864 his division was ordered to defend the left
of the Union line, but lost their way in the thick underbrush, exposing his
left flank to an attack. Then on May 6<sup>th</sup>
1864 while placing two of his brigades, Wadsworth was shot in the back of head,
he fell from his horse and was captured by the Confederates. Wadsworth would die in a Confederate field
hospital two days later on May 8<sup>th</sup> 1864. His son-in-law Montgomery Harrison Ritchie
would cross line under a flag of truce to retrieve his body. He is buried in the Temple Hill Cemetery in
Geneseo, New York.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-33160349665008396012014-05-07T03:47:00.000-07:002014-05-07T03:47:37.630-07:00First Fire In Virginia<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hIIxA3XZY7k/U2oOYvFSMVI/AAAAAAAAEXE/Pkji3x6qbyM/s1600/Garrett-Pendergrast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hIIxA3XZY7k/U2oOYvFSMVI/AAAAAAAAEXE/Pkji3x6qbyM/s1600/Garrett-Pendergrast.jpg" height="400" width="338" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flag Officer Garrett Pendergrast</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Battle
of Gloucester Point in Virginia occurred on May 7<sup>th</sup> 1861 and is
reported to be the earliest action of the Civil War to take place in Virginia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In early May
1861 it came to the attention of the Union Navy that a Confederate leaning
force was building fortifications at Gloucester Point, Virginia. On May 7<sup>th</sup> 1861 Union Flag Officer
Garrett J Pendergrast ordered an examination of the area. He sent Navy Lieutenant Thomas O Selfridge
Jr, who commanded the USS Yankee a converted steam tug, up the York River on a
reconnaissance of the area. As the
Yankee pulled to within about 2,000 yards of Gloucester Point a shore battery
fired a shot across the tug’s bow.
Selfridge continued his course and the guns on shore fired at them
again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The battery
on the shore; manned by the Virginia State Richmond Howitzers under the command
of Lieutenant John Thompson Brown, fired between 12 and 13 shots at the Union
tug. The Yankee returned fire on the
battery, but </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">couldn't</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> get the elevation, and his guns were too small to have
done much damage anyway. After firing on
each other, the Yankee turned around and headed back to its base near Fort
Monroe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There were
no reported injuries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
LivingInVermonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168167965330765074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010611565323771767.post-4437154118987230012014-05-06T04:28:00.001-07:002014-05-06T04:28:23.218-07:00Friendly Fire Part Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oB-SnTSv7bU/U2jGENwZhWI/AAAAAAAAEWw/0u-fuwFduoI/s1600/m-jenks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oB-SnTSv7bU/U2jGENwZhWI/AAAAAAAAEWw/0u-fuwFduoI/s1600/m-jenks.jpg" height="400" width="312" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Confederate
General Micah Jenkins died from a wound May 6<sup>th</sup> 1864, received during
the Battle of the Wilderness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Micah
Jenkins was born December 1<sup>st</sup> 1835 on Edisto Island, South Carolina,
the son of John and Elizabeth Jenkins.
He graduated in 1854 from the South Carolina Military Academy [the
Citadel], first in his class. Jenkins
was a member of the Yorkville Episcopal Church.
He worked to organize, and founded along with Asbury Coward in 1855, the
King’s Mountain Military Academy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">As the Civil
War got started Jenkins recruited and became the Colonel of the 5</span></span><sup style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">th</sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">
South Carolina. They were present for
the First Battle of Manassas. During the
Battle of Seven Pines, Jenkins took command of Richard Anderson brigade after Anderson
was wounded, leading it with distinction until he wounded in the knee. He was promoted to Brigadier General July 22</span></span><sup style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">nd</sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">
1862. Jenkins was wound again at the
Second Battle of Manassas in the abdomen and chest, which kept him out of the
Battle of Antietam. He was back with the
army in time for the Battle of Fredericksburg, serving in Confederate Major
General George Pickett’s division, but </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">wasn't</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> engaged. Jenkins brigade went with Confederate
Lieutenant General James Longstreet to Tennessee, taking part in the second day
of the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20</span></span><sup style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">th</sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> 1863. On January 16</span></span><sup style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">th</sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> 1864, he led his
men in a victory against Union cavalry at the Battle of Kimbrough’s Crossroads.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At the
Battle of the Wilderness on May 6<sup>th</sup> 1864, Jenkins was riding with Longstreet
and some other staff officers at about 1pm when they were hit with friendly
fire coming from the 12<sup>th</sup> Virginia.
It occurred very near the place where Confederate General Thomas J
Jackson was struck down a year before.
Jenkins was hit in forehead, with the ball entering his brain. He remained semiconscious, but unknowing,
dying of his wounds six hours later. He was
buried first in Summerville, South Carolina, but in 1881 was moved to the
Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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