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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 ...
1st New York Dragoons Regiment; 5th New York Veteran Infantry Regiment; 16th New York Cavalry Regiment; 16th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment; 17th New York Veteran Infantry Regiment; 19th New York Cavalry Regiment; 24th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery; 178th New York Infantry Regiment
Corbett re-enlisted later that month in Company L, 16th New York Cavalry Regiment. On February 26, 1864, he was demoted to private as punishment for an unknown incident. On February 26, 1864, he was demoted to private as punishment for an unknown incident.
This is a list of American Civil War legions, legions being defined as combined arms units of infantry and cavalry and, often but not always, artillery. [1] The popularity of this type of unit had declined by the time of the American Civil War owing to the difficulty of organizing and maintaining its disparate elements; nevertheless, the Confederate Congress authorized the raising of at least ...
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.
C. 1st New York Cavalry Regiment; 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment; 3rd New York Cavalry Regiment; 3rd New York Provisional Cavalry Regiment; 4th New York Provisional Cavalry Regiment
3rd New Hampshire; 7th New Hampshire; 16th New York Heavy Artillery (7 companies) Third Brigade Col Harris M. Plaisted. 10th Connecticut; 11th Maine; 24th Massachusetts; 100th New York; Second Division BG Robert S. Foster. First Brigade Col Newton Martin Curtis. 3rd New York; 112th New York; 117th New York; 142nd New York; Second Brigade
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