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During the American Civil War, music played a prominent role on each side of the conflict, Union (the North) and Confederate (the South). On the battlefield, different instruments including bugles, drums, and fifes were played to issue marching orders or sometimes simply to boost the morale of one's fellow soldiers.
The regiment was organized in New York City and was mustered in for a two-year enlistment on April 23, 1861. [7] It was nicknamed "The Steuben Rangers". Early in its training, it was so poorly equipped that a civilian who visited the troops wrote a letter to the editor of The New York Times (published May 16, 1861) complaining that tailors within the regiment had to resew the uniforms and put ...
The 7th Regiment of the New York Militia, aka the "Silk Stocking" regiment, was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Also known as the "Blue-Bloods" due to the disproportionate number of its members who were part of New York City's social elite, [1] the 7th Militia was a pre-war New York Militia unit that was mustered into federal service for the Civil War.
7th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment: Originally mustered in as 113th regiment of infantry on August 18, 1862. Re-designated 7th New York Heavy Artillery on December 19, 1862 due to need for defenses surrounding the capital. 8th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment: Originally mustered in as 129th New York Infantry Regiment on August 22, 1862.
The regiment included some men from the 7th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. [ 2 ] The some companies of the regiment were attached to the 52nd New York Volunteer Infantry until July 22, 1864, and upon completing recruitment it was assigned to the 1st Division, 2d Corps, Army of the Potomac, serving in both the 3rd Brigade and the ...
However, the battle cry Root shouted was one of "freedom." Freedom had many meanings in the Civil War – for instance, freedom from Confederate political tyranny or the oft-perceived "slaveholders' conspiracy" – but, in the context of Root’s political beliefs and other activities, he clearly meant to suggest some degree of abolitionism.
Collection of the records began in 1864; no special attention was paid to Confederate records until just after the capture of Richmond, Virginia, in 1865, when with the help of Confederate Gen. Samuel Cooper, Union Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck began the task of collecting and preserving such archives of the Confederacy as had survived the war.
This regiment was organized at Troy, New York to serve three years. November 18, 1861, it was designated by the State authorities as the 2nd Regiment of Cavalry; by the War Department it was designated 7th N. Y. Volunteer Cavalry, under which designation it was mustered out of service, and was, therefore, so recorded.