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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
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Museum: Fort Irwin: San Bernardino: Military: website, history of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, located at the Fort Irwin National Training Center: Agua Caliente Cultural Museum: Palm Springs: Riverside: Native American: History and culture of the Agua Caliente and other indigenous peoples Agua Mansa Pioneer ...
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.
Drum Barracks Civil War Museum, August 2008. Drum Barracks was the Union Army's headquarters for Southern California and New Mexico during the Civil War. It consisted of 19 buildings on 60 acres (240,000 m2) in what is now Wilmington, with another 37 acres (150,000 m2) near the waterfront.
116th New York: Cpt John Higgins; 2nd Brigade BG Godfrey Weitzel [1] Col Stephen Thomas [2] 12th Connecticut: Ltc Frank H. Peck (w) 75th New York: Col Robert B. Merritt; 114th New York: Col Elisha B. Smith (mw) 160th New York: Ltc John B. Van Petten; 176th New York: Cols Charles C. Nott, Ambrose Stevens, Charles Lewis; 8th Vermont: Col Stephen ...
Hall was born in New York on November 16, 1827, and entered service at Plattsburgh, New York in October 1862. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on May 3, 1863, at the Battle of Salem Church, while serving as a Chaplain with the 16th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Col. Nelson B. Sweitzer, commanding officer of the 16th New York, was appointed commander of the new regiment. The 3rd Provisional NY Cavalry was honorably discharged and mustered out on September 21, 1865, at Camp Barry near Washington, D. C., having lost by death from disease and other causes, four enlisted men. [1]