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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
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
Jeff. Davis Legion, a cavalry regiment; Kemper Legion, a company of the 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Pee Dee Legion, the 9th South Carolina Infantry Battalion [8] Rucker's Legion, also known as 1st East Tennessee Legion. This formation, commanded by Col. Edmund Rucker, consisted of the 12th and 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalions.
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.
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 ...
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 .
Of the 38 New York regiments, except the Fifth, the 16th New York Infantry Regiment lost the most men among all the other regiments who served for the same length and time. [14] Furthermore, a total of 111 men passed away due to serious wounds, with 107 of them being enlisted men and 4 of them were officers. [ 14 ]