Pennsylvania 62nd Infantry Regiment
Regimental History: The Overland Campaign,
including Battles of The Wilderness,
Spottsyvania Court House, and Cold Harbor
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Overland Campaign
Organization
The 62d Pennsylvania's place in the organization of Army of the
Potomac at the time of the battle in the Wilderness, 5 to 8 May 1864:
- United States Army (Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, commander)
- Army of the Potomac (Major-General George Meade)
- Fifth Army Corps (Major-General Gouverneur K. Warren)
- First Division (Brigadier General Charles Griffin)
- Second Brigade (Colonel Jacob Bowman Sweitzer)
- 9th Massachusetts (Colonel Patrick R. Guiney)
- 22d Massachusetts (Colonel William S. Tilton)
- 32d Massachusetts (Colonel George L.
Prescott)
- 4th Michigan (Lieutenant-Colonel George W.
Lumbard)
- 62d Pennsylvania (Lieutenant-Colonel James C.
Hull)
Regimental History
- The Overland Campaign begins.
- The campaign, which began on the 1st of May, was the first for
the Army of the Potomac after U.S.
Grant was elevated to command all the armies of the United States. His
dual goals were to take Richmond and destroy
the Army of Northern Virginia. The Army of the Potomac
technically was still commanded by George Meade, but there is little
doubt that it was Grant who was taking the initiative. With U. S. Grant
in command, the
nature of the war changed. Instead of intermittent staged battles
followed by one side's retreat and both side's recuperation, Grant
waged a brutal, continuous campaign. In what was a series of
indecisive battles, the Union army never retreated, but pressed
forward.
Part of Grant's strategy must of come from his awareness that a large
percentage of his army were in three year regiments whose expiration of
service was only a few months away. While he had superior numbers, he
appeared to be willing to brutally sacrifice soldiers to wear down and
expend the smaller numbers of Confederate troops.
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- On the 1st of May, the 62d Pennsylvania was in Winter Camp on
the north side of the Rappahannock River at Rappahannock Station. It
broke camp, and, with the rest of the the Fifth Corps, crossed the
Rappahannock and marched to a bivouac near Brandy Station. The next day
a torrential rain interrupted further marching. On 3 May, they moved on
to the vicinity of Culpepper Court House. Around midnight, an all night
march was begun, and toward daybreak Germanna Mills was reached.
Earlier Union cavalry had cleared away a small Confederate post at
Germanna Ford, and a pontoon bridge had been laid across the Rapidan
River. As part of the Second Brigade of the First Division of the Fifth
Army, the 62d Pennsylvania crossed the Rapidan in the early morning.
The Fifth Corps was huge, complete with wagon trains and a herd of
cattle. River crossings were often occasions, but the Union army
encountered no opposition. The Fifth Corps then marched down the Orange
Turnpike until around 2 p. m., halting at a crossroads near the
Wilderness Tavern. It could have marched further, but there was concern
about leaving the right too open and keeping the trains secure. As part
of the Fifth Corps, soldiers of the 62d spent the night laying across
the pike, about a mile out from Germanna Road.
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- Grant did not expect to do battle in the Wilderness; its
unfitness as a field of battle had been learned during the Battle of
Chancellorsville. When the army crossed the river without opposition it
was hoped that the Confederate forces had retreated to more open
ground. However, Lee outguessed Grant, and undiscovered, was ready to
bring the battle to him where superior forces would be no advantage and
where neither artillery nor cavalry could be effectively used. Near a
crossroads where stood the Wilderness Tavern, the Fifth Corps
bivouaked, unaware of the battle that would begin the next morning. By
late in the day on the 4th Grant still only had a sketchy idea of the
location of the body of Confederate troops, and where the Union Army
rested after mid-day, the Confederate continued to move well into the
night and again in the early morning.
- Battle
in The Wilderness,
on 5 to 7 May 1864
- The Wilderness was so called for its difficult terrain with only
a few narrow roads
cutting through thickets of pine and tangles of scrub, briars, and
underbrush. Throughout the battle in the Wilderness communication was
difficult or impossible. Confusion caused
numerous deaths and injuries by friendly fire, including the wounding
of General Longstreet. To further complicate the situation and create
more
danger, wildfires broke out during the battle and spread rapidly.
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- THE FIRST DAY (MAY 5), THE GIST: At dawn camp was broken, and the Fifth Corps, with
Griffin's division in the rear, was ordered to march south. Very
shortly after an outpost from the first brigade of Griffin's division
spotted signs
of cavalry movement to the west of the Fifth Corps's position and it
was established that a Confederate force were advancing east down
Orange Court House Turnpike ready to form a line of battle less than a
mile
from the Fifth Corps' position. By 7:30 orders
were changed. General Warren ordered Griffin to get ready to attack at
once. The Corps turned back north and returned to the position near
where they had been at the start of the morning. The corps
then formed a positionabout a half mile west of
the Wilderness Tavern centered at the east end of an open area called Saunders Field where the Orange Court House Turnpike besected it
. Griffin's division formed the right side of the
corps. The troops spent the rest of the morning awaiting orders and
throwing up a hasty breastworks
of logs and any other material at hand.
The generals spent the morning arguing strategy and tactics. General
Warren, commander of the Fifth Corps, advised that no attack begin
until both the Fifth and Sixth Corps were in place to attack in
conjunction. Meade and Grant were of a different mind.Grant believed the Confederate
force near at hand must be an isolated group and should be attacked "without giving time for disposition." Grant through Meade
ordered Warren not to wait for the Sixth Corps, but to attack
immediately. Warren realized that force, even if isolated was sizable
and its line extended much further to the north than did the Fifth
Corps line. Thus the right side of his force would be extremely
vulnerable and could be quickly destroyed,. He again appealed for
delay, but was refused. The Fifth
Corps then advanced, and shortly after noon, skirmishing turned into
a real battle. The Fifth Corps initially took command of the field.
Bartlett's and Sweitzer's Brigades met and routed John M. Jones's
Brigade, while other brigades advanced
successfuly south of the Turnpike. As Warren had predicted, as Ayres'First
Brigade on the extreme right was forced to take cover in a gully to
avoid the enfilading fire and then, under heavy casualties, was driven
back.By one-thirty the rest of Griffin's Division had to retreat to
its breastworks. Reports
were that "Griffin had been pushed back somewhat." By around 3 o'clock,
the
Sixth Corps finally arrived and relieved the Fifth Corps. The fresh
troops were able to repulse the attack, fighting mostly in the woods
north of the Turnpike, and hold the right side of the
line. By midafternoon the confusion that the Wilderness would become
famous for, took hold. Fire broke out in Saunders field and burned all
who were unable to flee.To the south of the field, attacks and counterattacks were inconclusive until the Fourth Division's famed Iron Brigade was forced into retreat and
the Fifth Corps was split in half as the Confederate army advanced
through the gap. By the end of the day the Confederates held the field.
Elsewhere that day, the rest of A.P. Hill’s corps encountered
the rest of the Union army, principally the Second Corps, on the Plank
Road. Only after dark, shortly after 8 P. M., did the desperate
fighting stop. Through the afternoon, fighting was fierce but
inconclusive as neither side was able to maneuver in the dense thickets
and difficult underbrush. A Union force of approximately 38,000 had met
a Confederate force of 14,000, and neither could claim the upper hand.
- THE SECOND DAY (MAY 6), THE GIST: The fighting
recommenced at dawn on May 6. The Second Corps
initially drove back Hill’s Corps until Longstreet’s Corps arrived to
prevent a rout. By noon, the Confederates mounted a fierce attack until
Longstreet was wounded by friendly fire. The Ninth Corps finally
arrived in late afternoon, taking a position in the center of the line.
It advanced, but was repulsed. To the north where the Fifth and Sixth
Corps faced Ewell's Corps, which during the night had been strongly
reinforced, there was repeated action the second day, but neither side
was able to penetrate the other's line. Since both armies were well
entrenched, and the distance in between was such a tangled forest,
almost any attack would have promised failure. Throughout the day,
wildfires raged and become as much an enemy as any human force,
especially perilous to the wounded and fallen. Once again, when the
fighting ended at nightfall, neither army had taken command.
- THE THIRD DAY (MAY 7), THE GIST: Most of both armies
took up defensive positions and reorganized their commands. There was
only detached fighting on similar lines of the previous days'
encounters. Well after nightfall, the Union Army began to move. The
fight had been a tactical draw, but a large Union force had failed to
destroy or even dislodge a smaller Confederate force. Private soldiers
feared that the war effort under a new general would not make a
different. The tactic of continued hammering against an impenetrable
wall of the enemy line at severe cost of life had not worked before and
did not appear to be working any better. But what General Grant did
that was different was that he did not acknowledge this as a defeat.
Grant gave up the fight, but in his own way. Instead of retreating and
withdrawing north of the river, he ordered the army forward toward
Spotsylvania Court House in an attempt to place the Army of the Potomac
between Richmond and the Army of Northern Virginia. By the following
night, the Fifth Corps moved to the left in the first of a series of
flanking maneuvers toward Spottsylvania Court House.
- DETAILS ABOUT THE 62D: It was to the Griffith's Division
that the distinction fell for opening the battle. On the morning of May
5, the
62d Pennsylvania, with the rest of the Second Brigade, was in the dense
woods along the Orange Turnpike about a mile west of the Wilderness
Tavern. Rumors were already spreading that the Confederates were
advancing, not retreating. The brigade was ordered to
build breastworks of logs and dirt. Once having completed that task,
the volunteers waited for further orders. As a regiment in the Second
Division the 62d held the extreme right of the battle line that faced
west. The 62d Pennsylvania held the extreme right against the Orange
Turnpike, with other members of the division formed on the left of the
road. Shortly after midday, the Second Brigade was ordered to leave
their breastworks and advance. After pressing forward about a half
mile, they discovered the rumors of a Confederate advance were true.
They with the other regiments in the brigade encountered fire from
skirmishers from an advanced line of Ewell's forces. There was great
confusion in that jungle of thicket and underbrush, and driving the
enemy through a clearing, they discovered themselves in a clearing with
the enemy hidden in the woods. This was Saunders Field. The unexpected heavy fire and poor
position cost many lives, and as the fighting continued, soldiers un
sure of their position. The 9th Massachusetts, the 62d sister regiment
wa ordered to recapture two pieces of artillery that had been taken
earlier in the day. The guns had been set up as a trap, and the 9th
suffered huge casualites before it fell back. Colonel Sweitzer ordered
them to fall in again, but had his orders countermanded by orders from
General Griffith, the division commander. As 3 o'clock approached, all
the regiments of the Second Brigade were ordered to retreat from their
advanced line. The brigade retired to the position behind the
breastworks built in the morning. Compared to the heavy cost of
soldiers in the 9th Massachusetts, the 62d fared much better,
surprisingly, suffering no deaths that first day, but more than fifty
wounded, captured, or missing.
- The 6th of May was a long day for the 62d. At 3 a. m. the
First Division moved from the right flank to the center of the Union
line. It now took a position with its right resting on the Parker's
Store Road. It remained waiting all day, not engaging the enemy, but
being "considerably annoyed" by skirmish fire and occasional artillery
shots. Finally around 7 p. m. orders came. The brigade was ordered to
the rear. Then after moving back no more than 200 yards, a
counter-order came to advance. After an unsuccesful attempt to drive
the Confederate forces from an entrenched position, the brigade fell
back again.
- The 7th of May was another day of no rest. At 3 a. m., the
62d, with other regiments in the brigade, was ordered to fall back even
further -- to its original position that day behind the log
breastworks. Around 5:30 a. m., while still on the move, Confederates
came up the road and made a charge, but were discouraged by artillery
fire. The 62d Pennsylvania was then able to move into a position in the
barricade created by the 22d Massachusetts several days before to the
right of a heavy artillery unit already there. Once they took this
position, they waited most of the day. Just after noon, they were
subjected to artillery fire, but were kept waiting for further orders
for the next ten hours. Finally at 11 p. m. they joined the line of
march for Spottsylvania Court House.
- Battle at Spottsylvania
Court House, Virginia on 8 to 15 May 1864
- Spottysvania Courthouse is fifteen miles southeast of the
center of the battle in the Wilderness. Grant, in an attempt to
outmaneuver Lee and place the Union Army between Lee's army and
Richmond, ordered the Fifth Army Corps to make a nighttime advance by
rapid march to seize Spottsyvania Court House. Unfortunately the march
was slowed by the pitch dark, narrow roads, notoriously difficult
terrain, Conderate barricades, general confusion and weariness, and by
a Union cavalry force blocking the way. As a result, it was daylight
before they had gone more than a couple miles, and a Confederate force
was able to reach the town first, move into position and throw up
breastworks. The battlefield was a continuation of the dense scrub
woods of the Wilderness, if not even more hazardous because of mostly
dead cedars that created a nearly impassible barrier of bayonet-like
branches that were intertwined and pointed in all directions. Despite
constant orders from General Meade, General Warren, in command of the
Fifth Corps, delayed further advance until the Sixth Corps arrived on
the grounds that the army was weakened by casualties and fatigue. This
reasoning lost him the favor of General Grant from which he never
recovered.
- Skirmishing continued on the 9th, and on 10 May, when a
battery was moved up to the immediate left of the 62d, Confederate
sharpshooters, well hidden in the woods, became even more troublesome.
Further assaults were ordered, but it was reported that neither
Griffin's nor another division made much of an attempt to advance.
- There was little activity on the 11th, other than Grant
writing his famous dispatch, proposing "to fight it out on this line if
it takes all summer."
- On 12 May, the Second and Ninth Corps were ordered to make an
early morning charge against what became known as the Bloody Angle. The
Second Corps was initially successful, before after a day of fighting
it reached a stalemate. Warren was ordered and then re-ordered to move
the Fifth Corps upon the enemy at Laurel Hill "without regard to the
consequences." Generals Grant and Meade believed the Confederate
position at Laurel Hill must be weakened, given its strength at the
Bloody Angle. Five or six assaults were quickly repulsed. Forced to
order an even further assault, with the bayonet if necessary, Warren
commanded his soldiers to move forward once again. With surprising
vigor, given earlier reports of soldiers being discouraged, exhausted,
and unwilling or unable to fight vigorously, a violent assault began.
The 62d Pennsylvania, the 9th and 32d Massachusetts charged along the
whole line against the enemy breastworks. The enemy position,
unfortunately, was not any weaker than before, nor were the
Confederates surprised. The attack proved to be a deadly, but
impossible task, and they were driven back in disarray with heavy
casualties. The 62d's commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel James
Hull, was killed.
- On the 13th, the armies rested. But that night another night
manuever was ordered. Now under the command of Captain William P.
Maclay of Company C, the 62d, as part of two brigades from the Fifth
Corps' First Division, was moved to the left of the corps in position
at the Bloody Angle, to be ready for an early morning assault. General
Warren described the night march as "one to be remembered by all my
Corps as one of horror among the horrible ones." The soldiers faced
intense darkness, heavy rain, mud that was knee deep, through a hostile
and unknown terrain. By 4 am, hardly enough soldiers to make a good
skirmish line had arrived in position, and the assault was called off.
On the evening of 14th, the 62d, with three other regiments, were
called up to support Battery D of the Fifth Artillery. They were
shelled as they went into position but suffered few casualties, finding
shelter in the several ravines.
- For more than a week, the armies fought from their
entrenched positions, with nearly constant artillery fire, and numerous
minor assaults made and repulsed. By the 16th there was a concern for
rations, and considerable discomfort due to mud. Lines might have moved
500 feet one day and back another, but, except for artillery fire,
there was much quiet. One day pickets might engage in fraternizing, the
next in skirmishing.
- Grant kept extending the line to the left in an attempt to
overlap the Confederate right flank, but the Confederate position
continued to be unassailable, until finally, on 20 May, the order was
given for the army to move on. On the 21st Hancock's Second Corps was
able to slip away from its position undetected, and the Fifth Corps
soon followed.
- DETAILS ABOUT THE 62D: When the leading division of the
Fifth Corps emerged from the woods at a place called Laurel Hill, about
two miles northwest of Spottsylvania, it was exhausted and confused as
it a Confederate force began to attack it. The line wavered and fell
back. It was believed at first that the force was only a small
dismounted cavalry, and a second assault was ordered. A second line of
a few brigades was formed, with Sweitzer's brigade on the left. In the
sharp engagement that followed, the 62d Pennsylvania Volunteers
suffered heavy causalties. The Confederates had advanced their position
after the first encounter. Now the Union forces drove the Confederates
back to the densely wooded crest of Laurel Hill.
- Marching to North Anna Creek, 21 to 23 May.
- Grant
next planned a grand flanking effort in the Army of the Potomac's march
towards Richmond. If the Army reached the North Anna Creek before the
Army of Northern Virginia, it could cut off the Confederates' line of
communication. On 21 May, the Fifth Corps marched south on the
Telegraph Road, crossed the Mattaponi, and reached Milford for a total
of ten miles. There was one brief encounter with the rebels, who were
driven away. On the 22d it continued south, and on the morning of the
23d it neared the North Anna River.
- Battle at North Anna River,
Virginia on 23 through 25 May 1864
- THE GIST:
Grant had divided the army into three parts to cross the North Anna
River at different fords before making an attack. Unfortunately, for
Grant's plan, the Confederates had a much shorter distance to travel
and had obtained information of the Union Army's movement, and was
ready. The Second Corps was unable to cross because of rebel defenses.
The Fifth Corps, however, crossed where it was unexpected at Jerico
Ford, four miles above the rest of the Union army. Two divisions of
A.P. Hill's Corps attacked the Fifth Corps after the crossing was
completed, but the rebels were repulsed.
- The next day Union forces at Ox Ford were repulsed at a
place which became known as the hog snout, while other Union forces had
more success further on the Confederate right. When Grant recognized
the strength of Lee’s position, he ordered the Union Army to withdraw
back across the North Anna River and move downstream, once again trying
to outflank the Confederate forces while advacing on Richmond.
- DETAILS ABOUT THE FIRST DIVISION, SECOND BRIGADE: I
don't have details about the 62d Pennysylvania at North Anna, but the
Second Brigade was heavily engaged. Fortunately for the soldiers of the
Fifth Corps, when they approached the North Anna on the morning of the
23d, a local black man warned them that the Confederates were in
position where they were supposed to cross. Instead they crossed the
river at Jericho Ford, much farther to the west. It was not much of a
crossing place, as the Second Brigade, marching at the head of column
as it crossed the river, discovered when it plunged in. With
waterbreast high, the current swift, and the banks high, it wasn't much
of a ford, but it was unguarded. Although the Second Brigade and others
continued to cross, and indeed a few soldiers were scolded for
horseplay and skylarking, the main force of the Fifth Corps halted
until a pontoon bridge was constructed. By 4:30 pm, the entire corps
had crossed. Reforming a column, it marched over an open space about a
third of a mile wide and formed a line of battle, entrenching along a
fence at the edge of a woods. Skirmishers from the Second Brigade (from
a regiment other than the 62d) met a few Confederate pickets. The
rebels quickly retreated, but the position of the Fifth Army was now
known.
- Only after the completed the fortification of its position
in the evening did the troops begin their evening meal preparations.
They were then interrupted by a surprise attack. First they were hit by
a battery barrage, then a division from A. P. Hill's Corps began its
assault. Sweitzer's Brigade helped save the day. Griffin's Division was
in position in the center of the line. As the division to its right
fell back under the attack, the First Division held and, led by the
Second, then repulsed the attack. As the Third Brigade shored up the
First, the Confederate line was broken and forced to flee.
- The following day, the troops of the Fifth Corps advanced
their line south of the Virginia Central Railroad and further
entrenched near Noel's Station, but on this and the next day, when they
advanced to Little River, they saw little or no action against the
Confederates. On the 26th, when Grant ordered a withdrawal, because of
less fortunate developments elsewhere, the Fifth Corps recrossed the
North Anna at Quarles Ford. The Battle at North Anna was over, and the
next outflanking maneuver was begun.
- At the battle at North Anna, 13 soldiers of the 62d Pennsylvania
were wounded and one was killed.
- Further Marching Through Virginia, 26 to 28 May.
- Deciding
that the position of the Army of the Potomac could not lead to a
successful fight, Grant ordered another night march. On the night of
the 26th, once again over muddy roads, the Union Army swung widely to
the east and then south. By 28 May the four corps had all reached the
Pamunkey River.
- Engagements at Pamunkey
Creek and Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia on 28, 29, 30 May 1864
- The
Fifth Corp started its march at 5:30 am on the 28th, and reached the
Pamunkey Creek at Dabney's Ferry (near Hanovertown) four hours later.
The troops crossed the creek on a pontoon bridge, continued another
mile, and then constructed barricades. On the 29th, they marched three
miles further before encountering rebel pickets. A line of battle was
formed, but the rebels withdrew, so no encounter ensued. On the 30th,
the brigade started out on the road to Shady Grove Church. The 22d
Massachusetts and 4th Michigan were sent out as skirmishers. They
encountered the rebels and drove them into a clearing, only to discover
they had fallen into a trap. They now faced two lines of breastworks at
right angles, so they were caught in a cross-fire. These regiments were
able to hold on and then drive the rebels back. The 62d Pennsylvania
and 32d Massachusetts then joined the line of battle to relieve them.
The 62d suffered no casualties in this engagement until the morning of
the 30th. Griffith's Division was ordered to drive some skirmishers
from the Union front. Determined resistance intensified the combat, and
Sweitzer's Brigade was ordered to advance against the Confederate line
of defense. After brisk fighting, the Confederates were repulsed, but
the 62d suffered heavy casualties.
- Battle at Cold Harbor,
Virginia, 31 May to 12 June 1864 (Bethesda Church, 3 June 1864)
- THE GIST:
Cold Harbor is infamous for being the bloodiest hour (or 8 minutes) of
the war. Although the deadliest part of the battle lasted only briefly,
the battle, from preliminary skirmishes to aftermath, was waged for
several days. Fighting began as early as 31 May, when Sheridan’s
cavalry seized the crossroads of Old Cold Harbor. It was not until 12
June that Grant abandoned the Overland Campaign on Richmond, and the
combined Union forces marched to James River. Until the 2d of June,
most of the action was manuevering, when the full strength of both
armies faced each other on a front that extended several miles. On the
31st the Fifth Corps was still positioned on the Totopotomoy Creek,
"pressed up against the enemy," it is recorded in Under the Maltese
Cross,
"as close as practical without assaulting." By the division must have
manuevered right, since Griffin's Division was massed at Bethesda
Church, near New Cold Harbor. This was the northernmost position of a
Union line that now stretched many miles south to the Chickahominy
River. Along the line, the Army of the Potomac faced a well entrenched,
practically immovable force. The phrase "not war, but murder" was used
to describe the action of the 3rd of June. Apparently not having
learned any lesson from either Picket's Charge or the Battle of Gaines
Mill fought two years earlier on nearly the same ground, Grant sent
forward the Second Army Corps into another hopeless daylight charge on
the 3rd of June. Beginning at dawn, the Second and Eighteenth Corps
charged and were slaughtered. In the north, near Bethesda Church,
additional fighting occurred, but it became immediately clear to Grant
that the Overland Campaign would not lead to a successful assault on
Richmond. U. S. Grant admitted later that "Cold Harbor is, I think, the
only battle I ever fought that I would not fight over again under the
circumstances." The Army of the Potomac then withdrew with a secrecy
that fooled the Confederate generals and moved its whole force east and
south, crossing the Chickahominy and the James to begin a new campaign
to assault Richmond from the south.
- DETAILS ABOUT THE SIXTY SECOND: Fortunately, the
62d was not part of the infamously senseless assault. The Fifth Corps
was positioned near Bethesda Church on the extreme right of the line.
It was not at full strength, because 10 regiments had just been ordered
to the rear because their term of service had expired. As part of the
Second Brigade of the First Division, the 62d was on the extreme right
flank. It was so far removed from the main conflict at Cold Harbor,
that the action near Bethesda Church is sometimes referred to as a
separate battle. The Confederate forces, led by Jubal Ewell, either
seeking to take advantage of the savagely failed Union charge earlier
in the day or acting independently, tried to outflank the Federal line.
The Federal troops met the attack and forced it back. On the following
day, the Fifth and Ninth Corps engaged in skirmishing and assaults of
the Confederate line, in part to prevent consolidation of Rebel forces
to take advantage of the devastated Union line where the Second Corps
had been cut down. During the next week, the 62d Pennsylvania saw no
more action than occasional skirmishing.
The Overland Campaign included, for the 62d, battles
at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna, Totopotomoy,
Bethesda Church, and Cold Harbor. In some of the battles the regiment
was held in reserve or saw little action. Numbers from tables in The
War of the Rebellion: a
Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880-1902.
|
The Wilderness
|
Spottsylvania Court House |
North Anna, Pamunkey, and Totopotomoy |
Cold Harbor and Bethesda Church |
Aggregate for the Campaign |
Officers Killed |
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
Enlisted Killed |
0
|
13
|
1
|
3
|
17
|
Officers Wounded |
8
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
14
|
Enlisted Wounded |
47
|
107
|
13
|
24
|
191
|
Officers Captured or Missing |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
Enlisted Captured or Missing |
5
|
18
|
1
|
0
|
24
|
Aggregate |
61
|
144
|
15
|
30
|
250
|
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