These men faced the enemy head on and fell some would live others would died.
I place their names here in their honor and for their satisfies.
Although the information is short sometimes one line, I will be happy to send a report on the battle they were in so you can learn what lead up to their being shot.
Any report will be sent upon request : dsegelquist1@cox.net
Note. This information comes from The Official records of the Rebellion which is housed at the Ohio State University.
Major General John Sedgwick, commanding the Sixth Army Corps, was killed by a rifle-shot in the head from a rebel sharpshooter near the Sixth Maryland Regiment, on the 9th of May.
Note. Here is a Bill that was in Congress.
A joint resolution:
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of (he United States of’ America in (Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place in charge of Major General H. G. Wright, Major General Frank Wheaton, Major General George W. Getty, and Major General Truman Seymour, three bronze cannon, captured by the sixth army corps in battle, for the construction of a statue of the late Major General John Sedgwick, to be placed on a monument erected to his memory by the sixth corps of the army of the Potomac.
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Numbers 79. Report of Lieutenant Colonel John C. Chadwick, Ninety-second U. S. Colored Troops, of action near Moreauville.
HDQRS. NINETY-SECOND U. S. COLORED TROOPS,
Morganza, La., June 13, 1864.
Antoine Davis, acting first sergeant of Company E, was shot in the head, left breast, and groin by the same weapon, a pistol, in the hands of a rebel cavalryman, but could not be moved from his ground until the shot in the groin laid him upon the earth. he received the enemy's fire with the muzzle of the pistol resting against his left breast. I regret to be obliged to report his death in hospital at New Orleans on the night of the 22nd instant.
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Private Ellerbee Bradock, Company D, Twenty-first South Carolina Volunteers; killed by a shot in the head from enemy's sharper shoot.
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Numbers 221. Reports of Captain Augustus P. Martin, Third Massachusetts Battery, commanding Artillery Brigade, Fifth Army Corps.
HDQRS. ARTILLERY BRIGADE, FIFTH ARMY CORPS,
Camp near Warrenton, Va.,
July 31, 1863.
First Lieutenant Charles E. Hazlett [who commanded the battery] was shot in the head. He was carried to the rear, and died at 8 p. m.
Note. First Lieutenant Charles E. Hazlett, 5th Regiment of Artillery, to be captain by brevet, May 4, 1862, and to be major by brevet, May 27, 1862, for meritorious services at the siege of Yorktown and at the battle of Hanover Court-House.
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Report of Colonel Friend S. Rutherford, Ninety-seventh Illinois Infantry.
HDQRS. NINETY-SEVENTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLS.,
Arkansas Post, Ark., January 12, 1863.
Corpl. Samuel Matthews, of Company G, was a shot in the head and killed.
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No. 210 Report of Brig. Gen. P. R. Cleburne, C. S. Army, commanding Second Brigade.
HDQRS. SECOND BRIGADE, HARDEE'S DIVISION, May 24, 1862.
Captain Cowley, acting major of the Fifteenth Arkansas, a true and tried officer, was shot in the head.
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No. 8. Report of Captain Ezra Taylor, Battery B, First Illinois Light Artillery.
CAMP LYON, MO., November 8, 1861.
First Sergt. Charles W. Everett, musket-shot in the head.
Note. Charles W. Everett, first sergeant Co. B. first Ill. Light Artillery. Lived in Chicago, Cook Co. Ill., joined July 16, 1861, at Birds Point Mo., for 3 years, was muster in July 16, 1861, at Cairo Ill. He was 23 years 5’10 in. tall, hair light, eyes blue and complexion was light, worked as a saleman. He died at Chicago Ill., November 21, 1861, of wounds received November 7, 1861, at Belmont Mo.
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HDQRS. THIRD Brigadier, FIRST DIV., TENTH ARMY CORPS,
Before Richmond, Va., October 29, 1864.
CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report the part taken by my command in the affair of this afternoon at the Doctor Johnson plantation, on Darbytown road:
Robert Brady, Eleventh Maine, deserve to be particularly mentioned, though on the sick list, and his term of service having expired, went out with the regiment and volunteered for the skirmish line. He was wounded in the leg. Brady has been conspicuous for good conduct on every occasion calling for coolness and dash. Three times wounded in the campaign, he was to-day shot in the arm severely after reaching the enemy's works.
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Numbers 40. Report of Major William B. Mitchell, Seventh Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia.
SPRINGFIELD, MO., November 3, 1864.
James T. Burnes, being shot in the arm and let side.
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Report of Colonel John B. Klunk, Twelfth West Virginia Infantry, of operations June 12-15.
Bloody Run, Pa., June 28, 1863.
Lieut . James R. Durham, Company E, while leading on the party, was wounded by a rifle-shot in the arm and right hand.
Note. 1867, to be Captain by Brevet, James R. Durham, late first lieutenant Twelfth West Virginia Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
DURHAM, JAMES R.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company E, 12th West Virginia Infantry. Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 14 June 1863. Entered service at: Clarksburg, W. Va. Born: 7 February 1833, Richmond, W. Va. Date of issue: 6 March 1890. Citation: Led his command over the stone wall, where he was wounded.
The Twelfth West Virginia Infantry was organized August, 1862, with John B. Klunk, colonel; Robert S. Northcott, lieutenant-colonel; and Francis P. Peirpoint, major. Its early service was performed in West Virginia in scouting, guard duty, etc. In January, 1863, we find the regiment at Winchester, in the Middle Department, Eighth Army Corps, General Milroy's division. In March, it is a part of Col. Geo. Hay's brigade, still at Winchester. May 11, it is at Clarksburg in General Roberts' command. June 1, at Grafton; again at Winchester, June 13 to 15, participating in Milroy's disastrous defense of that place, when the regiment lost two officers and six enlisted men killed, one officer and 35 wounded. In this engagement Lieut. James R. Durham, of Co. E, while gallantly leading his company in the fight was severely wounded in the right arm and hand.
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No. 8. Report of Captain Ezra Taylor, Battery B, First Illinois Light Artillery.
CAMP LYON, MO., November 8, 1861.
Sergt. David F. Chase, shot in the arm.
David F. Chas, Sergeant, Co. B., first Ill. Light Artillery. Lived at Chicago, Cook Co. Ill. Joined July 16, 1861, at Birds Point, Mo., for 3 years. Muster in July 16, 1861, Cairo Ill. He was 29 years was 5’9 and a half in. tall, hair was sandy, eyes blue and complexion was sandy. He worked as a lumberman. Discharged for disability June 19, 1862.
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HDQRS. 1ST DIV., AMBULANCE CORPS, 1ST ARMY CORPS,
December 27, 1862.
Captain B. HUTCHESON,
Commanding First Ambulance Corps, First Army Corps:
Sergeant, George W. Peet, of Twentieth New York State Militia, of same brigade was wounded in the early part of the engagement by a cannon-shot in the leg, rendering amputation necessary.
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Numbers 374. REPORT OF Lieutenant JOHN H. CALEF, BATTERY A, SECOND U. S. ARTILLERY.
CAMP NEAR WARRENTON, VA.,
JULY 27, 1863.
CORPORAL ROBERT S.WATROUS, CHIEF OF PIECE, IN BRINGING UP A ROUND OF CANISTER, WAS SHOT IN THE LEG BY A MINIE BULLET.
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Major Ridgely Brown, of the [First Battalion] Maryland Cavalry. He was shot in the leg at Greenland, there being two inches between the entrance and exit of the ball, yet he continued on duty, not even examining the wound until he arrived at Buckhannon, a distance of 168 miles, and then started home on the earnest solicitation of Dr. [R. P.] Johnson.
Note. 1863, to be Lieutenant-colonel, Maj. Ridgely Brown, of Maryland, to be lieutenant-colonel of the First Maryland Battalion Cavalry (his battalion having been increased to six companies), to rank from August 20, 1863.
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Number 57. Report of Lieutenant Colonel Addison H. Sanders, SIXTEENTH Iowa Infantry. CAMP near Vicksburg, August 7, 1863.
Private William Vontress, of Company K, was shot in the leg by a rebel sharpshooter while with others viewing a rebel battery. His leg was amputated, and he afterward died in the DIVISION hospital.
Note. VOUTRESS, William. Age 32. Residence Boonsboro, nativity Indiana. Enlisted March 8, 1862. Mustered March 24, 1862. Wounded June 7, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss. Died of wounds June 8, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss. Buried in National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss. Section G, grave 305.
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HDQRS. SECOND Brigadier, THIRD DIV., SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
Camp at Burkeville, Va., April 18, 1865.
Major William Wood, Ninth New York Heavy Artillery while leading his battalion in a charge, received a dangerous wound from a canister shot in the face.
Note. 1866, to be lieutenant-colonels by brevet, Major William Wood, of the Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.
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Numbers 319. Report of Captain Charles A. Phillips, Battery E, Massachusetts Light Artillery.
HDQRS. BATTERY E, MASSACHUSETTS ARTILLERY,
July 6, 1863.
Lieutenant Henry D. Scott was shot in the face and severely wounded while bringing off this piece.
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