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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 ...
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.
8th Va Infantry Cole's Cavalry Potomac Home Brigade Loudoun Rangers Union victory The Fight at Waterford: August 27, 1862 35th Battalion, Va. Cav Loudoun Rangers Confederate victory The Affair at Glenmore Farm: October 16, 1862 35th Battalion, Va. Cav 6th New York Cav. Union victory Skirmish at Hillsboro September 1, 1862 35th Battalion Va Cav.
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 ]
Duffié's brigade consisted of the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment, the 34th Ohio Mounted Infantry Regiment, and a detachment of the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Seymour B. Conger. [12] [Note 3] Colonel William H. Powell was the commander of the 2nd West Virginia, while Major John W. Shaw commanded the 34th Ohio.
The fort built by the 27th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. [15] It had 31 guns, including four 200 pounders, [16] (8-inch (203 mm) Parrott rifles), [17] and 16 mortars. It was named for Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, who was killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, August 10, 1861.
The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville: Small But Important Riots, June 10–27, 1863. Lynchburg, VA: H. E. Howard, 1993. ISBN 1-56190-052-4. Salmon, John S. The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001. ISBN 0-8117-2868-4
124th New York Infantry Monument Houck's Ridge, Sickles Avenue: Maurice J. Power P. B. Laird 1884 MN 129 Colonel Ellis was killed in the battle. Captain Henry V. Fuller Marker 64th New York Infantry Rose Woods, Brooke Avenue