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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 ...
"Lincoln Cavalry" 1st Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Cavalry: 1st Regiment New York Mounted Rifles: Sometimes referred to as 7th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry: 1st Regiment New York Dragoons: 1st Regiment New York Provisional Cavalry: 2nd Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry "Harris Light" 2nd Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Cavalry
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.
13th New York Cavalry: Col Henry Gansevoort; 16th New York Cavalry: Col Henry M. Lazelle; District of Washington Col Moses N. Wisewell [14] 1st Veteran Reserve Brigade Col George W. Gile (attached to Hardin's Division) 1st Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps; 9th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps; 6th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps
16th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Salem Heights, Virginia: May 3, 1863: For extraordinary heroism on 3 May 1863, while serving with 16th New York Infantry, in action at Salem Heights, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Major Gilmore seized the colors of his regiment and gallantly rallied his men under a very severe fire. —
Men Wanted for the Invalid Corps notice, 1863 10th VRC band in Washington, 1865. The Veteran Reserve Corps (originally the Invalid Corps) was a military reserve organization created within the Union Army during the American Civil War to allow partially disabled or otherwise infirm soldiers (or former soldiers) to perform light duty, freeing non-disabled soldiers to serve on the front lines.
16th New York Cavalry Regiment; 19th New York Cavalry Regiment; ... 2nd New York Veteran Cavalry Regiment; D. 1st New York Dragoons Regiment; E. 1st New York Engineer ...
The 16th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. In its one and only combat operation, the 16th Armored Division liberated the city of Plzeň in western Czechoslovakia (today the Czech Republic ), an operation that influenced the landscape of post-war Europe.