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The Civil War's youngest wounded soldier on record, he was twelve when his left hand and arm were shattered by an exploding shell. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] Courtland Comly Cooper born 1847, of De Kalb, NY, enlisted in the 92nd NY Infantry in 1861 at the age of either 14 or 15, birthdate unknown, and died at Cold Harbor June 1, 1864, while charging the rebel ...
Image credits: historycoolkids #3. Ronald (left) and Carl McNair (right) were born 10 months apart in the Segregated South. The two were inseparable as toddlers and well into adulthood.
Post civil war picture alleging "Pickets cooking their rations. Reserve picket fort near Fredericksburg, December 9, 1862" [1] Picture of alleged "Confederate dead on Matthews Hill, Bull Run" Brady Handy Collection [2] [3] The American Civil War was the most widely covered conflict of the 19th century. The images would provide posterity with a ...
The head of the jury gave them 14 names. These men were taken from jail and, without the benefit of any trial, were lynched on October 12 and 13. The court adjourned. [21] On 16 October, Colonel William Cocke Young, who some say had attempted to moderate the proceedings, was killed while pursuing a group who had killed another man along a creek ...
From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Photographs by Mathew Brady [ 1 ] Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (April 11, 1837 – May 24, 1861) was a United States Army officer and law clerk who was the first conspicuous casualty [ 2 ] and the first Union officer to die [ 3 ] in ...
Losses were far higher than during the war with Mexico, which saw roughly 13,000 American deaths, including fewer than two thousand killed in battle, between 1846 and 1848. One reason for the high number of battle deaths in the civil war was the continued use of tactics similar to those of the Napoleonic Wars , such as charging .
Pages in category "Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 242 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
Many of the AI photos draw in streams of users commenting “Amen” on bizarre Jesus images, praising the impressive work of nonexistent artists or wishing happy birthday to fake children sitting ...