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Muster In: Organized at Philadelphia, Pa., March 12 to June 3, 1864.1
Muster Out: Mustered out October 20, 1865.2
Commander(s):
Colonel Stephen B. Yeoman
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Lieutenant Colonel H. Seymour Hall
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Major Horace Bumstead
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Captain Jesse Wilkinson
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Fourth Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3,4
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- Weapons:
- Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)5
- Enfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)6
Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Fourth Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army7,8
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel H. Seymour Hall (June 30, 1864)9
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- Weapons:
- Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)10
- Enfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)11
Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Fourth Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army12,13
- Commander: Captain Jesse Wilkinson (July 31, 1864)14
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Fourth Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army15
- Commander: Major Horace Bumstead (August 31, 1864)16
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army17
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army18,19
- Commander: Major Horace Bumstead (October 31, 1864)20
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
First Brigade | Third Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army (November 1-December 3, 1864?)21
Third Brigade | Third Division | XXV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (December 3-31, 1864)22
- Commander: Colonel Stephen B. Yeoman (December 31, 1864)23
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- Note: On December 3, 1864, the X Corps and XVIII Corps of the Army of the James were reorganized into the XXIV Corps and the XXV Corps.
- Note: This regiment and the other USCT regiments which made up the Third Division, Ninth Corps, Army of the Potomac were transferred from the Army of the Potomac to the Army of the James in late November or early December 1864. (Need source)
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XXV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army24,25
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- Note: At some point, apparently in December and probably due to the First Fort Fisher Expedition, the First and Third divisions of the XXV Corps switched places. The old First Division under Brigadier General Charles A. Paine became the new Third Division and was mostly sent on the First Fort Fisher Expedition. The old Third Division, under Brigadier General Edward A. Wild, became the new First Division and remained at the Siege of Petersburg.
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XXV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army28,29
- Commander: Colonel Stephen B. Yeoman (March 31, 1865)30
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles31:
- Before Petersburg June 15-19.
- Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864.
- Weldon Railroad August 18-21.
- Poplar Grove Church September 29-30 and October 1.
- Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28.
- On the Bermuda Hundred front and before Richmond until March, 1865.
- Moved to Hatcher’s Run March 27-28.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- Hatcher’s Run March 29-31.
- Fall of Petersburg April 2.
- Pursuit of Lee April 3-9.
- Appomattox Court House April 9.
- Surrender of Lee and his army.
- Duty at Petersburg and City Point until May 30.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- NT: October 17, 1907 National Tribune: The Massacre in the Crater
- Petersburg Medals of Honor: A Bayonet Charge Put the Rebels to Flight
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 231 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 550 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 43rd United States Colored Troops Entry, Page 96; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 43rd United States Colored Troops Entry, Page 96; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 231 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 550 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 550 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 43rd United States Colored Troops Entry, Page 96; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 43rd United States Colored Troops Entry, Page 96; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 260 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 735 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 735 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 617: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 617: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1301. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 463: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 159: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces…Boydton Plank Road, Va., October 27-28, 1864” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 463: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1127: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1127: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 336: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 750: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 336: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 750: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 579: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 596: “Return of casualties in the Union Forces commanded by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, March 29-April 9, 1865” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 579: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
Brett. I found the following picture of Captain Wilkinson with the Connecticut Historical Society. http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/media/view/Objects/15646/15409?t:state:flow=2378093a-66b9-44a8-8648-a2bb634be95e
Thanks David! I will be sure to add that image after work if I can get the appropriate permissions. I appreciate it. My free time for the site is very limited these days.
Brett