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Sergeant Boston Corbett, 16th New York Cavalry, who shot John Wilkes Booth, April 26, 1865. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Photograph by Mathew Brady. The 16th New York Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American ...
The "largest encampment ever held by the" Union Veterans League was held "on this historic battlefield". 1901-07-01 Through July 31, the US cavalry and artillery camp commanded by General Witherspoon was on 320 acres (1.3 km 2) east of Rock Creek [23] and south of the York/Hunterstown Rd intersection. [G 2] 1902-07-02
5th New York Cavalry: June 30, 1863 February 11, 1878 "Capture of battle flag." (13th Virginia Cavalry at the Battle of Hanover) Charles E. Capehart: Major 1st West Virginia Cavalry: July 4, 1863 April 7, 1898 "While commanding the regiment, Major Capehart charged down the mountain side at midnight, in a heavy rain, upon the enemy's fleeing ...
Some of the battlefield was lost to development and the construction of PA Route 581. A Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission historical marker, denoting the skirmish, exists at the intersection of 31st Street and Market Streets in Camp Hill. The wooden part of the Eberly barn, where the Confederate soldiers were positioned, was ...
Park road system in 1998. ... 6th New York Cavalry Monument ... Reading, PA 1889 MN 91 Brigadier-General Strong Vincent Marker Little Round Top
Edward P. Doherty (1838-1897) Edward Paul Doherty (September 26, 1838 – April 3, 1897) was a Canadian-American American Civil War officer who formed and led the detachment of soldiers that captured and killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of US President Abraham Lincoln, in a Virginia barn on April 26, 1865, twelve days after Booth had fatally shot Lincoln.
16th New York Cavalry Regiment; 19th New York Cavalry Regiment; 22nd New York Cavalry Regiment; 26th New York Cavalry Regiment; 2nd New York Veteran Cavalry Regiment; D.
History of the 16th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, for the Year Ending October 31st, 1863: Commanded by Colonel John Irvin Gregg, of Centre County, Pa. (Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers), 1864. Attribution. This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion ...