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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 ...
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
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.
From October 1863 to October 1864, he served as colonel of the 16th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, operating against Mosby's Rangers in the Upper South. He resigned his volunteer commission in October 1864.
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 ]
The surplus men recruited were ordered transferred to the 6th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment in April 1864, and in May 1864, a large number of men were transferred to the 81st New York Volunteer Infantry and 148th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment and 270 to the 1st Regiment New York Mounted Rifles. Regiment concentrated at Washington ...
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