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Llewellyn Haskell
Llewellyn Frost Haskell (born Thomas Frost Haskell; October 8, 1842 – November 26, 1929) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. Life Born in Belleville, New Jersey, he was originally named Thomas Frost Haskell. His father was Llewellyn Solomon Haskell, druggist, landscape gardener and founder of Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey. Around 1862, his father requested he change his first name to Llewellyn for family reasons after joining the army. His name change was later ratified by an 1873 act of the legislature of the State of New Jersey. Records from his service use both names. Haskell was receiving his education in Heidelberg, Germany when he decided to return in 1861, and enlisted in the 14th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a private. He fought at the First Battle of Bull Run where he sustained slight wounds and sunstroke. He later served as second Lieutenant Colonel in the 5th Missouri Volunteer Infantry and the 27th Missouri Volunteer In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belleville, New Jersey
Belleville (French: "Belle ville" meaning "Beautiful city / town") is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township's population was 38,222, reflecting an increase of 6.4% from the 2010 Census population of 35,926, an increase that follows a decline of 2 (0.0%) from the 35,928 counted in the 2000 Census. History Originally known as "Second River" or "Washington", the inhabitants renamed the settlement "Belleville" in 1797. Belleville was originally incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1839, from portions of Bloomfield. Portions of the township were taken to create Woodside Township (March 24, 1869, now defunct) and Franklin Township (February 18, 1874, now known as Nutley). The independent municipality of Belleville city was created within the township on March 27, 1874, and was dissolved on February 22, 1876. On November 16, 1910, Belleville was reincorporated as a to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 14th New York Infantry Regiment was a New York infantry regiment, active for two years from May 1861 to May 1863 during the American Civil War. The regiment was part of the Union Army, and was raised primarily from Oneida County, with some companies also raised from Onondaga County; Columbia County; and Lewis County. Organization In May 1862, the 14th New York Volunteer Infantry was assigned to second brigade, first division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac where it would serve from the Peninsula Campaign through Chancellorsville. The companies of the 14th New York Volunteer Infantry were raised from the following locales: * Company A - Utica * Company B - Utica * Company C - Utica * Company E - Utica * Company F - Boonville; Forestport; and Port Leyden * Company G - Rome * Company H - Syracuse * Company I - Lowville * Company K - Hudson Combat History The regiment existed from 1861 until 1863, at which time the "two year men" were discharged, and the "three yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Petersburg
The Richmond–Petersburg campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil War. Although it is more popularly known as the Siege of Petersburg, it was not a classic military siege, in which a city is usually surrounded and all supply lines are cut off, nor was it strictly limited to actions against Petersburg. The campaign consisted of nine months of trench warfare in which Union forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assaulted Petersburg unsuccessfully and then constructed trench lines that eventually extended over from the eastern outskirts of Richmond, Virginia, to around the eastern and southern outskirts of Petersburg. Petersburg was crucial to the supply of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army and the Confederate capital of Richmond. Numerous raids were conducted and battles fought in attempts to cut off the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad. Many of these battles caused the leng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bureau Of Colored Troops
The Bureau of Colored Troops was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863, under General Order No. 143, during the American Civil War, Civil War, to handle "all matters relating to the organization of colored troops." Major Charles W. Foster was chief of the Bureau, which reported to Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas. The designation United States Colored Troops replaced the varied state titles that had been given to the African-American soldiers. Origins and recruitment The first official authorization to employ African Americans in federal service was the Confiscation Act of 1862, Second Confiscation and Militia Act of 1862, Militia Act of July 17, 1862. This act allowed President Abraham Lincoln to receive into the military service persons of African descent and gave permission to use them for any purpose "he may judge best for the public welfare." However, the President did not authorize use of African Americans in combat until issuance of the Emancipation Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th United States Colored Infantry
The 7th United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863. Service The 7th U.S. Colored Infantry was organized at Baltimore, Maryland, beginning September 26, 1863, and mustered in November 12, 1863. The regiment was attached to Post of Jacksonville, Florida, District of Florida, Department of the South, to July 1864. District of Hilton Head, South Carolina, Department of the South, July 1864. Jacksonville, Florida, District of Florida, Department of the South, to August 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, X Corps (Union Army), X Corps, Army of the James, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to December 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XXV Corps (Union Army), XXV Corps, to January 1866. Department of Texas t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minié Ball
The Minié ball or Minie ball, is a type of hollow-based bullet designed by Claude-Étienne Minié, inventor of the French Minié rifle, for muzzle-loading rifled muskets. It was invented in 1847 and came to prominence in the Crimean War and the American Civil War, where it was found to inflict significantly more serious wounds than earlier round musket balls. Both the American Springfield Model 1861 and the British Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled muskets, the most common weapons used during the American Civil War, used the Minié ball. Rifling, the addition of spiral grooves inside a gun barrel, imparts a stabilizing spin to a projectile for better external ballistics, greatly increasing the effective range and accuracy of the gun. Before the introduction of the Minié ball, balls had to be rammed down the barrel, sometimes with a mallet, because gunpowder residue would foul a rifled bore after a relatively small number of shots, requiring frequent cleaning of the gun. McPher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Cedar Mountain
The Battle of Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain or Cedar Run, took place on August 9, 1862, in Culpeper County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War. Union forces under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks attacked Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Cedar Mountain as the Confederates marched on Culpeper Court House to forestall a Union advance into central Virginia. After nearly being driven from the field in the early part of the battle, a Confederate counterattack broke the Union lines resulting in a Confederate victory. The battle was the first combat of the Northern Virginia campaign. Background On June 26, Maj. Gen. John Pope was placed in command of the newly constituted Union Army of Virginia. Pope deployed his army in an arc across Northern Virginia. Its right flank, under Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel, was positioned at Sperryville on the Blue Ridge Mountains, its center, under Maj. Gen Nathaniel P. Banks, was located a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Pea Ridge
The Battle of Pea Ridge (March 7–8, 1862), also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, took place in the American Civil War near Leetown, northeast of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Federal forces, led by Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, moved south from central Missouri, driving Confederate forces into northwestern Arkansas. Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn had launched a Confederate counteroffensive, hoping to recapture northern Arkansas and Missouri. Curtis held off the Confederate attack on the first day and drove Van Dorn's force off the battlefield on the second. The battle was one of the few in which a Confederate army outnumbered its opponent. By defeating the Confederates, the Union forces established Federal control of most of Missouri and northern Arkansas. Background Union forces in Missouri during the latter part of 1861 and early 1862 had pushed the Confederate Missouri State Guard under Maj.-Gen. Sterling Price out of the state. By spring 1862, Federal Brig. Gen. Samuel R. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Asboth
Alexander "Sandor" Asboth ( Hungarian: Asbóth Sándor, December 18, 1811 – January 21, 1868) was a Hungarian military leader best known for his victories as a Union general during the American Civil War. He also served as United States Ambassador to Argentina and as United States Ambassador to Uruguay. Early life Asboth was born in Keszthely, Hungary.Cox, pp. 5-6 When Asboth was 8, his family moved to Zombor (now Sombor in Serbia). Asboth wanted to be a soldier, like his elder brother Lajos, but instead his parents decided he should be an engineer. He studied at the Mining Academy of Selmecbánya and the Institutum Geometricum in Pest.Warner, pp. 11-12 After graduation he worked on the construction of the Széchenyi Chain Bridge as a civilian engineer and later he had some part in the river regulation of the Lower-Danube. He joined with freedom-fighter Lajos Kossuth in the 1848 revolutionary movement. In December 1848 he was promoted to captain. During his time as capta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
The 27th Missouri Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 27th Missouri Infantry Regiment was organized at St. Louis, Missouri, September 2, 1862 through January 3, 1863 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Thomas Curley. The regiment was attached to District of Rolla, Department of Missouri, to March 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to June 1865. The regiment mustered out June 13, 1865. Because their enlistments had not expired, Companies F, G, and I were transferred to the consolidated battalion of the 31st Missouri Infantry/ 32nd Missouri Infantry. Detailed service On duty at Chillicothe, Mo., and as provost guard at St. Louis during organization of the regiment. Ordered to Rolla, Mo., January 10, 1863. Duty at Rolla, Mo., until March 1, 1863. Ordered to join the Army of the Tennessee before Vicksburg, Miss., arriving there March 20. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union, 3 Years)
The 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment was organized at St. Louis in March 1862 It was constructed by Major General Henry W. Halleck's consolidation of 5th United States Reserve Corps, Gerster's Pioneer Company, Winkelman's Pontoneer Company and Voerster's Company of Sappers and Miners. The regiment had a quiet war, performing garrison duty and patrolling within Missouri. Their first mission was guarding bridges on St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad and patrolling in southeast Missouri until July. Company "F" was detailed in the District of Mississippi in July. The rest of the regiment was transferred to Cape Girardeau until November, 1862. In November the regiment was disassembled. Companies "A" and "I" were transferred to the 35th Missouri Volunteer Infantry.Companies "A" and "I" of the 5th Missouri, became "K" and "I" of the 35th Missouri. For detai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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