Elmer Ellsworth and the United States Zouave Cadets-- Part 13: Some Other Members

 This is a continuation thread from a long time ago.  From December 8, 2017--  Part 12.

I was listing Ellsworth-trained Zouave Cadets who fought in the Civil War.

LUCIUS LARRABEE--  Mortally wounded July 2, 1863, at Little Round Top, Battle of Gettysburg.  Captain, Company B, 44th New York regiment, known as Ellsworth's Avengers.

HARRISON KELLY--  In 44th New York  Infantry, made up of many former Zouave Cadets.

JOHN CONANT LONG--  Became drillmaster at Camp Douglas.  Trained 50 Illinois regiments there.

JOSEPH R. SCOTT--  Mortally wounded at Stones River, January 2, 1863.

HECTOR A. AIKEN--  Captain, Co. B, 29th USCT  Severely wounded at the Battle of the Crater July 30, 1864.  Died two days later.

--Old Secesh

Some More on Sgt. Henry H. Taylor- Part 2

This is also called the Battle of Vicksburg Crater.  Explosives were placed in a mine under this part of the Confederate defensive lines and exploded, creating a huge gap in their lines.  Union infantry was sent in.  (I have also been writing about the 27th USCT regiment which went on a similar mission to exploit the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg and later participated in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher in my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog.)

The 45th Illinois was part of U.S. Brigadier General Mortimer D. Leggett's First Brigade, assigned to U.S. Major General John Logan's First Division of Major General James B. McPherson's XVII Corps.

The regiment was led by Colonel Jasper Maltby and rushed into the gaping hole left by the detonation of the mine in what Gen. Leggett describd as "desperate" fighting.  Taylor, as color bearer was in the front of the regiment.

As they clawed their way to the top of the Third Louisiana Redan, Sgt, Taylor planted the regiment's colors on the works.  The fighting would continue until late in the night.  The federaal troops eventually pulled back 75 feet to a position they held until the city's surrender on July 4, 1863.

Taylor received his Medal of Honor during the fight which also became known as "General Logan's Canal."

After the surrender, the 45th Illinois was the first regiment into the city.

Taylor remained with the 45th until he was mustered out on September 8, 1864, when his three year term of enlistment expired.

After the war, he and his wife Margery, lived in Wyandotte, Kansas, where he worked as a banker.

--Old Secesh

This Month in the Civil War-- Part 2

Continuedfrom July 1.

From the American Battlefield Trust 2022 calendat.

JULY 11, 1864

**  Battle of Fort Stevens.  Confederates fail to capture Washington, D.C.

JULY 13, 1863

**  Riots erupt in New York City in protest of the draft.

JULY 18,1863

**  The 54th Massachusetts attacks Fort Wagner near Charleston, South Carolina.

JULY 18, 1864

**  Battle of Cool Spring, Virginia.

JULY  21, 1861

**  First Battle of Manassas, Virginia.

JULY  22, 1862

**  President Lincoln presents to Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet.

JULY 22, 1864

**  Battle of Atlanta, Georgia.

JULY 24, 1864

**  Second Battle of Kernstown, Virginia.

JULY  28, 1864

**  Battle of Ezra Church, Georgia.

JULY 30, 1864

Battle of the Crater at Petersburg, Virginia.

--Old Secesh

Edward S. Bragg-- Part 9: End of the War

For the next several weeks, they remained in position besieging Petersburg.  They were in the trench line, which meant they were subject to  sniper fire and enemy artillery and there they remained until June 28, when they were relieved temporarily.

Finally, Edward Bragg received word of his official promotion to brigadier general, effective June 25, 1864.  They rotated back to the trenches a few weeks later.

They remained engaged in siege for the rest of the year and into early 1865.

On July 30, 1864, a Union sapper mine was exploded under the Confederate trenches resulting in what was called the Battle of the Crater.  On August  18, 1864, they were part  of a successful Union raid known as the Battle of Globe Tavern, to cut the Weldon Railroad and reduce the flow of supplies to the Petersburg defenders.

In October there was  another attempt to do that known as the Battle of Boydtown Plank Road, to sever another Confederate supply line, but the attack was withdrawn.

General Bragg's final battle of the war was the Battle of Hatcher's Run, which took place  February 6, 1865, near the site of the Battle of Boydtown  Plank Road.  The Iron Brigade took heavy casualties and, following the battle had to be significantly reorganized.

General Bragg was then summoned to Washington with four regiments and then sent to Baltimore to supervise transportation of conscripts.  He remained there until the end of the war and mustered out on October 9, 1865.

--Old Secesh

14 Medals of Honor for USCT at Battle of New Market Heights-- Part 3

Corporal Miles James   Co. B, 36th USCT,   born Princess Ann County, Va.

First Sergeant Alexander Kelly,  Co. F,  6th USCT, born Pennsylvania.

First Sergeant Robert Pinn    Co. I, 5th USCT   born Stark County, Ohio.

First Sergeant Edward Ratcliff   Co. C,   38th USCT,  born James County, Va.

Private Charles Veal   Co. D,    4th USCT,  born Portsmouth, Va.

Sergeant Major Thomas Hawkins   6th USCT,  born Cincinnati, Ohio     Cited for valor [at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Virginia, on September 29, 1864].  MoH  was issued on February 8, 1870.

Sergeant Decatur Dorsey   Co. B,  39th USCT born Howard County, Md.    Cited [for valor  at the Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, Virginia,] on July 30, 1864--  issued November 8, 1865.

Private Bruce Anderson     Co. K,  142nd New York Infantry.  Born Oswego County, New York.  This was Martin Curtis' regiment that fought at Fort Fisher.  Received his Medal of Honor for action at Fort Fisher.

Sergeant Major Milton Murray Holland   5th USCT   born Austin, Texas.

--Old Secesh

Answers to Frank's Questions from Yesterday-- Part 2

1.  Adelbert Ames--  Last Union general to die.  (Also Benjamin Butler's son-in-law.)

2.  Edward Kerrigan--  Of the 16th Illinois Cavalry.  Supervised the hangings of the six Raiders at Andersonville.

3.  Sgt. Harry Reese--  Of the 48th Pennsylvania.  Volunteered to enter tunnel to what became the Crater at Petersburg to see why it hadn't ignited.

4.  C. C.. Banks--  Of the U.S. Christian Commission.  Informed Lincoln's son Robert that his father had been shot.

5.  Elizabeth Queseberry--  Involved in John Wilkes Booth's escape into Virginia.

6.  Martin Reuben Merritt Wallace-- 4th Illinois Cavalry.  Brother of General Wallace.  Drowned at Cairo, Illinois, in 1862, while embarking for the attack on Fort Henry.

Hard enough there, Frank.

OK, Frank, here's one for you:  Who was James Reilly, Sgt. U.S. Army, Major C.S. Army and what was he noted for?

--Old Secesh

Cornelius G. Attwood's Funeral-- Part 3: Fought In Many Battles

With rthis regiment in many of the telling engagements of the war, Roanoke Island, Newbern, Goldsboro, Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor among the rest.  In the last battle he was wounded during the famous charge of the 3rd of June, but the final engagement he took part in which he took part was that in the crater before Petersburg.

He was mustered out because of disability in August, 1864, and afterwards was breveted colonel of volunteers.

--Old Secesh

Two Major Petersburg Sites to be Saved

From the August 15, 2012, Fredericksburg.com "Allies to save depot, attack site" by Clint Schemmer.

Two major Petersburg, Virginia, sites are to be preserved thanks to state grants, the city and the Civil War Trust.

$850,000 in funding will spent to restore the city's South Side Depot, the last railroad controlled by Confederates.

Another 81 acres on Cemetery Hill is also to be preserved. This is a critical site in three battles. This is located between Blandford Cemetery, home to a famous chapel that honors Confederate dead and the Fort Stedman portion of the Petersburg National Cemetery.

There were over 16 major battles in the 10-month long Petersburg Campaign, resulting in 80,000 killed, wounded and captured between the two sides.

Cemetery Hill was significant in the Union Army's initial assault on the city June 18, 1864, the July 30, 1864, Battle of the Crater and the March 25, 1865 Confederate surprise attack on Fort Steadman.

Always Good to Save Battle Sites. --Old Secesh