“Scarcely had we got into position which we heard the fearful rebel yell. On they came like an avalanche.”1 The previous passage was a recollection of Captain James Hamilton of Company C of the 110th Pennsylvania Infantry regarding first contact with the enemy near the Wheatfield at Gettysburg on...
Colonel Ira Coray Abbott could see the trouble coming. His regiment, the First Michigan Infantry, had arrived on the battlefield around 4:00 pm on July 2, and had been posted atop a small, boulder-strewn hill well in advance of the main Union battle line. ...
The 105th PA was officially mustered into service on September 9 1861. With the majority of the companies coming from Jefferson, Clarion and Clearfield Counties, the regiment was called the "Wildcats" and the name stuck. (Rep Hiram Payne of McKean County once made the remark "I represent more territory, more bears, more...
Lt Col Norval Welch had an excellent leadership record in a number of bloody battles and minor skirmishes. Gettysburg was his first major battle in which he would be the official commanding officer of the regiment. I previously posted about the lead up to Gettysburg for Welch...
This regiment was mustered in on September 8th, 1861 as "Stockton's Independent Regiment” in Detroit under the command of Col Thomas Stockton. Stockton, with former military experience, was able to convince the War Department to allow him to raise a regiment outside of Michigan’s quota....
Mustered in on August 6th 1862, the 33rd Massachusetts had 1200 men in 12 companies under the command of Col Alberto Maggi. The regiment of Eastern Bay Staters would be sent to Washington, and soon lose Companies L and M to the 41st MA. In...
In the years following the Civil War, Americans found ways to remember the service of the veterans of the fighting. Songs, monuments and reunions brought their experiences to the public....
The 124 men of the 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Richard McMichael, and the rest of Colonel John Brooke’s Brigade...
On March 13, 1864 Maj. General Hooker told the committee “So far as my experience extends, there are in all armies officers more valiant after the fight...
It was a fortunate occurrence that Maj. General Meade found himself in Washington during the first week of March 1863. He had not been previously summoned...