Some more Civil War folks buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
CHALES FERGUSON SMITH (1807-1862)-- Union general.
HECTOR TYNDALE (1821-1880)-- Union general.
PINKERTON R. VAUGHAN (1841-1866)-- Medal of Honor, USMC, on USS Mississippi at Port Hudson.
LANGHORN WISTER 1834-1891)-- Union colonel.
JACOB ZEILIN (1806-1880)-- Commandant of USMC in 1864.
--Old Secesh
Wikipedia.
I wrote about Philadelphia's West Laurel Hill Cemetery earlier. That cemetery is a part of the larger Laurel Hill Cemetery in that city.
According to Wikipedia, hundreds of era persons are buried there, along with 40 Civil War-era generals.
HENRY K. BIDDLE (1841-1912)-- Union Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient. Forwarded personal effects of mortally wounded Confederate General Armistead to his old friend, Union Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock.
ULRIC DAHLGREN (1842-1864)-- One of leaders of famed 1864 attack on Richmond and son of Union Naval Admiral John A. Dahlgren. His father is also buried there.
SAMUEL GIBBS FRENCH (1818-1910)-- Confederate general. Buried in Florida but family has a cenotaph on family plot.
GEORGE GORDON MEADE (1815-1872)-- Hero of Gettysburg.
JOHN C. PEMBERTON (1814-1881)-- Confederate General who surrendered Vicksburg.
Kind of interesting to have two Confederate generals remembered in the cemetery.
--Old Secesh
One thing I like to do is take a Road Trip Through History, starting with one article and seeing how far and where I can follow it to. This started in my Running the Blockade blog when I wrote about Marine Sgt. Richard Binder who received a Medal of Honor for his service at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher. He is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
That means that I look through lists of people buried there and find anyone of particular interest. I have been doing this in my Cooter's History Thing blog already. Plus, I wrote about four other Medals of Honor recipients buried there in my Running the Blockade blog.
Here is one notable of interest who are buried with Sgt. Binder.
ROBERT COOPER GRIER (1794-1870)-- Associate Supreme Court Justice 1846-1870. He would have been involved with decisions during the war.
I found three others which I will write about in the next post.
--Old Secesh
Art Fort Hill, the colors of the Forty-fifth remained until the line could be extended to another work farther to the right, which was also blown up. Then, as the general saw that he could not hold the position and prevent its reconstruction without remaining in the crater, he withdrew the troops about seventy-five feet from it, and there remained his position until the surrender of Vicksburg.
This work was done under the orders of Generals Logan and McPherson. The mining was done underbthe immediate guidance and supervision of General A. Hickenlooper, the corps engineer.
--Old Secesh
Last month I wrote about Sgt. Henry H. Taylor getting a Medal of Honor for action at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Here is his Find-A-Grave information:
BIRTH: 4 July 1841, Galena, Illinois
DEATH: 3 May 1909 (aged 67), Leavenworth, Kansas
BURIAL: Greenwood Cemetery, Clay Center, Kansas
Civil War Medal of Honor recipient. Born in Galena, Illinois, he became a sergeant in Company C, 45th Illinois Infantry Regiment. At Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, on June 25, 1863, Sergeant Taylor was first to plant colors on the Confederate fortifications on Fort Hill.
For this heroic action in the face of the enemy, he was awarded the Medal of Honor on September 1, 1893.
He gave the city of Clay Center the cemetery.
--Old Secesh
Same surce as the last two.
** Of the 64 Battle of Gettysburg recipients, only 20 received them during the war.
** Corporal Joseph De Castro became the first Hispanic Medal of Honor recipient.
** Lt. Alonzo Cushing received his Medal of Honor 151 years after he was killed.
** Corporal Thaddeus Smith of the 6th Pennsylvania Reserves is the youngest Gettysburg recipient at age 16. He was also the last Gettysburg recipient to die in March 1933.
** Only one of the recipients was killed in the battle, Lt. Alonzo Cushing.
** One bugler (Charles Reed) and one musician (Richard Enderlin) earned the Medal of Honor at Gettysburg.
--Old Secesh
Since I have been writing about Richard Enderlin receiving a Medal of Honor for what he did at the Battle of Gettysburg, I decided to take a look at other Medals of Honor given at this, the arguably biggest battle of the war.
From the National Medal of Honor Museum "The Battle of Gettysburg and the Medal of Honor."
Ten different Union soldiers earned their Medal of Honor on the first day, July 1.
Twenty-two different soldiers earned it on the second day (including Richard Enderlin), July 2.
Thirty-two Union soldiers won theirs on the 3rd day, July 3.
This was more than any other single battle in the Eastern Theater of the war. Only twenty received their Medal during the Civil War. Forty more were awarded between 1897 and 1905. The last Medal of Honor recipient from Gettysburg, Corporal Thaddeus Smith of the 6th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry, would die in March 1933.
--Old Secesh
From the Encyclopedia Dubuque, (Iowa)
Assigned to the 45th Illinois on November 20, 1861. The regiment was officially mustered into federal service on December 25, 1861, in Camp Douglas, Chicago.
The 45th would fight in many major battles including Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg Campaign, Atlanta Campaign and the Carolina's Campaign.
Taylor mustered in as a private and rose to the rank of sergeant of Company C where he became the color bearer.
It was during the Vicksburg Campaign that Henry Taylor merited the Medal of Honor. On June 30, 1863, after the reduction of the Third Louisiana Redan, by an underground mine, the infantry was sent into the breach.
--Old Secesh
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
I wrote about him back on April 13. He will be having a bust dedicated in Galena this Saturday.
From Wikipedia.
Received the country's highest military honor for action at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on June 25, 1863. Received the Medal of Honor on 1 September 1893.
He was born in Galena, Illinois, on July 4, 1841, and enlisted in Company C of the 45th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in Galena. He died on May 3, 1909 and is buried in Clay Center, Kansas.
MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION:
"Was the first to plant the Union colors upon the enemy's works."
--Old Secesh
From the April 18, 2023, Chillicothe (Ohio) News "Recognized for service: Local Civil War veteran once saved the life of Nixon's great grandfather" by Shelby Reeves.
Quite the coincidence that I had just found out about Richard Enderlin in the last few weeks and to come across this article. Like I said, you never know where you're going to go when you start RoadTripping Through History.
Richard Enderlin is getting another honor next month.
The Ohio Military Hall of Fame and Valor was established in 2000 to recognize Ohio servicemen and women who were decorated for heroism while in combat situations.
He is one of 11 members of this year's class to be inducted after his death. There are a total of 24 honorees who served from trhe Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom.
His Medal of Honor and another medal are on display at the Ross County Heritage Center in Chillicothe, Ohio.
--Old Secesh
From the July 1, 2021, littermedia "Civil War statue returns to Yoctangee Park" by Mike Smith.
The statue at the head of Chillicothe's Yoctangee Park was damaged by a traffic crash in December 2019. It has now been repaired and returned to its pedestal.
Although Richard Enderlin's name appears on the pedestral, the Union soldier statue is not him, but represents the men who served with him.
Its return on June 30th comes just in time to commemorate the 158 years since Medal of Honor recipient Richard Enderlin "voluntarily took a rifle and served as a soldier in the ranks during the first and second days of the Battle of Gettysburg. Voluntarily and at his imminent peril went into the enemy's lines at night and, under a sharp fire, rescued a wounded comrade."
The inscription of it reads:
"Erected 1917 by Richard Enderlin, Co. B, 73 Regt. O.V.V.I. to the memory of his comrades who helped preserve the Union. LOYALTY"
It is so refreshing to see statues being returned instead of removed or torn down.
--Old Secesh
I found out that both George Nixon and Richard Enderlin were in the same Company B of the 73rd Ohio.
For his extraordinary courage, Richard Enderlin was promoted to sergeant the next day. He continued his duties as musician until seriously wounded himself in the spring of 1864. He finished the war in the Veteran Reserve Corps.
Then on September 11, 1897, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Enderlin went on to live a long life and died February 11, 1930 and is buried at Grandview Cemetery in Chillicothe, Ohio, his hometown. Chillicothe had a memorial to Enderlin outside of Yoctangee Park.
--Old Secesh
In my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog I have been writing about the 27th USCT (United States Colored Troops) Infantry Regiment which took part in the Battle of Fort Fisher.
I found that two members of the 27th had a last name of Butler and were buried in Grandview Cemetery in Chillicothe, Ohio. In keeping with my RoadTripping Through History thing, I had to take a look at others buried in this cemetery and see if any were of special interest. They were.
Also, this cemetery obviously was not a segregated one.
There were quite a few governors, Congressmen and Senators from Ohio along with several Civil War brevet generals and one Medal of Honor recipient. Also, several veterans from the War of 1812. I will be writing about the Civil War men in this blog. The War of 1812 men will be in my Not So Forgotten: War of 1812 blog.
The Civil War generals were Joseph Scott Fullerton, Joshua Woodrow Sill and Richard Long, Jr. The Medal of Honor recipient was Richard Enderlin.
--Old Secesh
From the April 10, 2023, The Reconstruction Era" blog. "Sgt. Henry Taylor Vicksburg Medal of Honor winner will have bust dedicated April 29, 2023."
I have been writing a lot recently about the Galena, Illinois' 45th Infantry Regiment from the Civil War and came across this post in this blog. Something I am considering attending.
Taylor was born and raised in the Galena area (northwest Illinois) in Jo Daviess County. The memorial will be coordinated with the 2023 U.S. Grant Pilgrimage (a Boy Scout function), Blackhawk Area Council and Boy Scouts of America. The community is invited to attend the event and brief ceremony.
The Fickbohm-Hissem Post 193, American Legion Department of Illinois is the coordinating post for the event.
--Old Secesh
From American Battlefield Trust March 2023 calendar.
MARCH 4, 1861
** Abraham Lincoln inaugurated 16th President of the United States of America.
MARCH 7, 1862
** Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, begins.
MARCH 16, 1865
Battle of Averasboro, North Carolina.
MARCH 17, 1863
Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia.
MARCH 19, 1865
Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina begins.
MARCH 23, 1862
** First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia.
MARCH 5
** Medal of Honor Day.
MARCH 26, 1862
** Battle of Glorieta Pass, New Mexico Territory, begins.
MARCH 31, 1865
** Battle of White Oak Road, Virginia.
--Old Secesh
8. Two officers who fought at the Battle of Perryville were fathers of significant World War II generals. Simon Buckner commanded a third of the Confederate Army and the 24th Wisconsin Infantry had Arthur McArthur.
Simon B. Buckner, Jr. was killed in WW II and the Wisconsin regiment had the father of Douglas MacArthur. They were the only two father/son duos to ever receive the Medal of Honor.
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9. Perryville Battlefield has maybe the first monument dedicated to Confederate dead paid for by the U.S. government.
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10. Perryville State Battlefield Site was established on October 8, 1954, 92 years after the battle. By 1952, the battle site had deteriorated badly and the Perryville Lions Club rehabilitated the small Confederate cemetery and surrounding area.
They got the Kentucky State Conservation Commission to create a state park that opened on October 8, 1952.
--Old Secesh
These people are buried where Gen. Charles C. Gilbert is.
** There are a lot of Union generals and some Confederate officers buried there.
** PERRY WILKES (1830-1889)
Union Navy Medal of Honor recipient. While the pilot aboard the Union steamer USS Signal proceeding up the Red River 5 May 1864 engaged a large force of enemy shore batteries until the ship was completely disabled. Wilkes remained at his station the whole time with his hands on the ship's wheel until a bursting shell destroyed it.
After the war, he became one of the best steamboat men between Pittsburgh and New Orleans.
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** BENNETT HENDERSON YOUNG (1843-1919)
Confederate Army officer and author. As a private, he was captured in 1863 during John Hunt Morgan's Ohio raid and escaped, eventually making his way to Canada and then back to the Confederacy. He was made a lieutenant and sent back to Canada where, on October 19,1864, he led a raid on St. Albans, Vermont.
--Old Secesh
** ELEAZER ARTHUR PAINE 1815-1882): Graduated from West Point in 1839. Colonel of 9th Illinois Infantry. Commanded 4th Division of Army of Mississippi at battles of Corinth, Island No. 10 and Fort Pillow. Placed in command of District of West Kentucky and deployed his corps to protect railroads from Confederate raiders from 1862 to 1864.
Formally reprimanded for brutality toward citizens and violating their civil rights, he resigned in November 1864. After the war was a lawyer.
** SAMUEL D. PHILLIPS (1845-1915): Indian Campaigns Medal of Honor recipient as member of 2nd U.S. Cavalry. Received it for action at Muddy Creek, Montana.
** Quite a few Union brigadier generals and Minnesota politicians.
** JOHN BENJAMIN SANBORN (1826-1904): Brigadier General. Led troops at Battles of Iuka Corinth and Vicksburg. After war sent to western frontier to subdue hostile Indians and attempted mediation of difficulties between Indians of Indian Territory and their former slaves who had been freed by the 13th Amendment.
--Old Secesh
