Next Prev Next Enter Your Search Terms Below Putting your search in quotes will search on the entire phrase - like "15th New Jersey". Limit to the first 10 20 50All results. Fox's Regimental Losses There were 35 general officers who died of disease during the war. Among them were several prominent and able officers — Generals Sumner, C. F. Smith, Birney, Mitchel, Welsh, Buford, Corcoran, Ransom, Crocker, and other noted generals. A large number of brigades were commanded by Colonels, some of whom held a brigade command for a long time, during which they displayed marked ability, but without any recognition of their services on the part of the Government.-" The list of Brigadiers killed in action would convey an erroneous impression as to the losses in that grade, unless accom panied by a supplementary list of the other brigade commanders who also lost their lives in battle. The following list is composed of Colonels who had been entrusted with brigades, and were exercising such commands at the time of their death. They were men of noble spirits, intrepid soldiers, whose gallantry and ability had won the admiration and respect of all. KILLED IN ACTION. BRIGADE COMMANDERS, WITH RANK OF COLONEL. Colonel Edward D. Baker, Colonel Julius Raith,f Colonel Everett Peabody, Colonel George Webster, Colonel John A. Koltes, Colonel William B. Goodrich, Colonel George W. Roberts, Colonel Frederick Schaefer, Colonel George C. Spear, Colonel David S. Cowles, Colonel George B. Boomer, Colonel Edward E. Cross, Colonel George L. Willard, Colonel Eliakim Sherrill, Colonel Haldinand S. Putnam, Colonel James E. Mallon, Colonel Edward A. King, Colonel Hans C. Heg, Colonel Philemon P. Baldwin, Colonel William R. Creighton, Colonel Patrick E. Burke, f Colonel Orlando H. Morris, Colonel Lewis 0. Morris, Colonel Henry Boyd McKeen, Colonel Frank A. Haskell, Colonel Jeremiah C. Drake, Colonel Richard Byrnes, f Colonel Patrick Kelly, Colonel William Blaisdell, Colonel Simon Mix, 71st 43d 25th 98th 73d 60th 42d 2d 61st 128th 26th 5th 125th 126th 7th 42d 68th 15th 6th 7th 66th 66th 7th 81st 36th 112th 28th 88th llth 3d Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New York, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, New York, New Hampshire, New York, Indiana, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, New York, New York (H. A.), Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New York, Massachusetts, ^ New York,:}: Massachusetts, New York Cavalry, BaU's Bluff. Shiloh. Shiloh. Chaplin Hills. Manassas. Antietam. Stone's River. Stone's River. Marye's Heights. Port Hudson. Vicksburg. Gettysburg. Gettysburg. Gettysburg. Fort Wagner. Bristoe Station. Chickamauga. Chickamauga. Chickamauga. Ringgold. Rome Cross Roads. Cold Harbor. Cold Harbor. Cold Harbor. Cold Harbor. Cold Harbor. Cold Harbor. Petersburg. Petersburg. Petersburg. * In the Confederate Army, each brigade commandant was commissioned as a Brigadier-General, except where the appointment was a temporary one. t Mortally wounded. J Irish Brigade. _02477
