- 53rd North Carolina at Gettysburg - American Civil War Forums
A 4 x 1st cousin, 3rd Lieutenant of Co K ( Wilkes County ) Thomas Charles Land, was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on the field upon the death of his Captain and nephew, William J Miller July 1,1863 Thomas shortly before his death in 1912 Fifty-third North Carolina Infantry Gettysburg
- Isaiah Boles, 53rd Regiment, Alabama Partisan Rangers
The 53rd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, Partisan Rangers, was organized by increasing the 1st Cavalry Battalion to regimental size at Montgomery on 5 November 1862 Recruits were from Autauga, Coffee, Coosa, Dale, Dallas, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Macon, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Tallapoosa and Wilcox counties It proceeded in a few weeks to Mississippi
- “Buck and Ball” Casualties at Gettysburg | Gettysburg
Captain John Shields, Company E, 53rd Pennsylvania, suspected buckshot on the neck July 2 Colonel George Prescott, 32nd Massachusetts, received buckshot in his butt along with a ball that struck his boot but did not penetrate [In the Wheatfield July 2, attributed to the arrival of Wofford's brigade to the right and rear
- Two Soldiers from the 53rd Virginia and 69th Pennsylvania Meet in 1863 . . .
A member of the 53rd (B L Farinholt) indicated Company E was at the left center of the regiment and that Company H was to the right of the colors (meaning the regiment did not retain its original alignment, with Company A on the far right) Therefore, we cannot determine where Company A stood in the line that day No matter
- Firearms for Union Kentucky Regiments | Small Arms Ammunition
Good morning everyone, I was wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction in finding out what muskets and or rifle muskets that regiments from Kentucky in the Union Army would have carried I am specifically looking at the 23rd KY Infantry and 53rd KY Mounted Infantry Thank
- Chancellorsville - American Civil War Forums
The official casualty report of the 53rd Georgia, endorsed by Colonel James P Simms commanding the regiment; submitted by Lawrence Baker of Co E and Acting Adjutant; and published in the Southern Confederacy (Atlanta, Ga ), May 13, 1863, page 1 confirms that Marion Floyd Dees was indeed killed at Chancellorsville
- Virginia Regimental Flag Captured by the 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry.
The 53rd swept down the breastworks at a "double-quick" pace capturing over 600 Confederates and one battle flag of the 9th Virginia Infantry It is not known if this Virginia flag is for sure that of the 9th, but we do know that Van Ormer brought home this war trophy from an overrun Virginia unit in from Lee's Army of Northern Virginia
- J. M. Nichols- 53rd KY - American Civil War Forums
I have been researching one of my 3rd great grandfathers, James Marshall Nichols ( 5 May 1847 - 11 Mar 1918) and it says on numerous ancestry site, and documents he served in 53rd KY Mounted Infantry No information as to what company , and or Field and Staff to which he was assigned But
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