Hi Everyone

[texascavcadet]

Howdy from Texas!!!! This is a geat board!!!

Great to have you with us!!

HUZZAH!!

[scone]

Welcome to the Board.

Kindest, Regards,
Steven Cone
Re enactor, Living Historian and Battlefield Preservationist

[hoosier]

Welcome, GHS62, from the shining light on the Hudson.

I'm afraid the board's automatic censor tends to be a bit overactive at times. Feel free to try some inventive spellings of the site of your ancestor's capture, so we can figure out what you meant.

[Rad2duhbone53]

Welcome Greg. This is a great bunch here.Hope your stay is a good one. Hope to pick your brain on some topics both North and South.


Radman

[GHS62]

Originally Posted by Fifth Iowa

I see you have a direct connection to the 11th Virginia Infantry, but I'm curious about your particular interest in the 147th New York..?

My mothers GGF, Martin C. CaHill, was a musician (drummerboy?) in Co. G, 147th NY Vols.

NY 147th Inf Regt
An Oswego County regiment, organized at Oswego, mustered in 09/23/1862
Received by transfer, 01/25/1865, remnant of NY 76th Inf Regt
Left State 09/25/1862, served in defenses of Washington, north of the Potomac and in the Provisional Brigade, Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac; assigned 1st Div, 1st Corps
Engaged at Fitzhugh's Crossing [below Fredericksburg], a preliminary move of the Chancellorsville Campaign [May 1863] - in Reserve at Chancellorsville
2nd [Cutler's] Brigade, 1st [Wadsworth's] Div, 1st Corps, marched to Gettysburg, being the first infantry to arrive on the field [1st volley by 56th PA] - 380 men went into the fight; 76 killed or mortally wounded, 146 wounded, 79 missing, total 301
Mine Run Campaign
Wintered at Brandy Station
March, 1864 - assigned to 3rd Brigade, 4th [Wadsworth's] Div, 5th [Warren's] Corps - engaged in all of Grant's 1864-1865 battles - The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna River, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, 1st assault on Petersburg, Weldon RR, Poplar Spring Church, Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, White Oak Ridge, Five Forks and Appomattox CH
Mustered out near Washington 06/07/1865
Total enrollment = 2,102
581 Killed or wounded
9 officers and 159 men killed or mortally wounded
2 officers and 177 men died of disease
total deaths = 11 officers and 336 men
[The Union Army, Vol II, pp 155-156]

[GHS62]

Originally Posted by hoosier

Welcome, GHS62, from the shining light on the Hudson.

I'm afraid the board's automatic censor tends to be a bit overactive at times. Feel free to try some inventive spellings of the site of your ancestor's capture, so we can figure out what you meant.

Oh sorry....that would be "Mil""ford" Station, VA. May 21 1864. Grant was on his way into the North Anna, and 'ol poppa Horton managed a little delaying action that day.