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1st New Jersey Brigade

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Greg B)

O. O. Howard wrote:

Armchair General wrote:

I live in Southern Maine. One of my ancestors was killed at GBurg fighting with the 17th ME, another was a chaplain to a Massachusetts battalion and wrote the regiment's history while another lost an arm because of gangrene.

So what Mass. regiment was the chaplain in?

I can't remember at the moment, but when I went to Williamsburg I read the regimental history because the College of William and Mary had it on an e-file.


*Edit: Did some scrounging around for a family tree and found that Alonzo Hall Quint was in the 2nd Massachusetts.

Hancock the Superb wrote:

Washington.

State or DC?

J

Armchair General wrote:

O. O. Howard wrote:

Armchair General wrote:

I live in Southern Maine. One of my ancestors was killed at GBurg fighting with the 17th ME, another was a chaplain to a Massachusetts battalion and wrote the regiment's history while another lost an arm because of gangrene.

So what Mass. regiment was the chaplain in?

I can't remember at the moment, but when I went to Williamsburg I read the regimental history because the College of William and Mary had it on an e-file.


*Edit: Did some scrounging around for a family tree and found that Alonzo Hall Quint was in the 2nd Massachusetts.

Cool.

2nd Vermont Brigade
Brig Gen George J Stannard commanding
13th Vermont
14th Vermont
16th Vermont

My Gx4 grandfather was a private in Company G of the 14th Vermont. He was lightly wounded by artillery shrapnel on the afternoon of July 3, 1863 while the regiment was entertaining uninvited visitors from Virginia and Florida.


-Jim

1. Louisiana Brigade or Taylor's/Hay's Brigade.
2. Louisiana Brigade or Starke's/Nicholls' Brigade.

Hays kicked Union butt on Day 1 and broke the Cemetery Hill line for a bit. Others were afraid to help so Union counter charged knocked them back down the hill on Day 2.

1. LA Brigade was also an important part of the Shenandoah Campaign of '62. Which was of course was an epic couple of weeks.

2. LA Brigade fought on Culp's Hill with Jesse Williams in charge since Nicholls was seriously wounded at Chancellorsville (in Jackson's flanking attack). Lost pretty much all of its Brigade commanders during the war. Got beat up good at Antietam (famous photos along the turnpike fencing shows dead members of their Brigade), but stuck it to the Yankees turning their attack into retreat.