The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-02-21
THEIR RECORDS.
Brief Sketches of the Services Of
Various Regiments.
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The 52d III.

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an officer of the Regular Army, was made
Brigadier- General Nov. 90. 1862; Col. John
s. Wilcox resigned Feb. 20, 1864; Jerome
ID. Davis was in command at muster-0nt.
It served in Sweeny's Division, Sixteenth
Corps. Total loss, two officers and 81 men
killed and 119 men died.
The 14th Ky.
Organized at Camp Lawrence, Lawrence
County, Ky, Dec. 10, 1861, to serve three
years; yeteranized; mustered ont Dec. 10,
1865. Col. l.. T. Moore resigned Jan. l.,
1862: Col. John G.. Cochran resigned JAM
10. 1868; Col George W. Gallop was mus
tered out at expiration of term; Henry q.
Gardner was in command ut muster-out. III
served in HsscalPs Division, Twenty-third
Corps. Total loss. FIVE officers and 49 men
killed and Ave officers and 142 men died.
The 18th Ky.
Organized at Culverton Station, Paris,
Townsend, Valley, Falmouth, and Cynthi-
ana. XIV. Feb. 8. 1862, to serve three years !;
veteranzed; mustered out July IL, 1860.
Col. William A. Warner was discharged
Dec. Is. 1868; Hubbard X. Milward was In
commando at muster-out. While in Nelson's
Division, at Richmond, KY, it lost So IN
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Fourteenth Corps. Total loss, five officers
and So men killed, and one officer and 152
men died.
The 18th Kan. Cav.
This regiment, composed OF 10 companies,
was organized at Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
in October, 1861, to serve three years; vet
eranized, and was mustered out Sept. 20,
1865. Col. Albert L. Lee was promoted
D.. I'll
resigned, Col Thomas z. Herriek was mus
tered out at expiration OF term, and Francis
NJ Malone was in command during latter
part Of service. The War Department cred
its it with 43 battles. 1t served in Wash
burns Division, Sixteenth Corps. Total
loss, three officers and % men killed, and
one officer and ia men died.
The 14th Kan. Cav.
Organized at Fort Scott and LeavenwOrth,
Kan, from April to Nogem Der, 1863, TO serve
three years; mustered out June %, 1869
It's Colonel was Charles w. Blair, Breyet
Bripadier- General 1t is credited by the
War Department with 10 battles. 1t served
In Thayer's Division, Seventh Corps, and lost
while in the service two officers and 81 men
killed, aud two officers anu lii men died.
The SD Me.
Organized at Augusta, Me-, during March,
ApT;l. and May, 1854, to serve three years,
and g. nsolidateti with the 31st Me Dec. II,
1864 It's Colonel was II. F. Wentworth.
1t is credited by the War Department with
seven bai ties. Itserved in Potters Division,
Ninth Corps. Total loss, four officers and
81 men killed, and three officers and ia
men died.
The 4th Ne.
Organized at Rockland, Me-, June Is, 1861,
TO serve three years; original members, ex-
cept veterans, were mustered ont July 19,
1864, and veterans and recruits transferred TO
the 10Th Ne. Col. Hiram 6. Berry was pro-
moted Brigadier- General March IL, 1862.
Col. Elijah Walker was in command during
latter part of service. The regiment had an
enviable record At Fredericksburg, while
in Birney's Division, it lost 33 killed out of
oil engaged, or over ID per cent. Its loss at
Gettysburg was over Is per cent. At the
battle of Wilderness it lost 80 killed, 136
wounded and number in missing. 1t served
in Wards Brigade, Brney's Division, Third
Corps. 1t was one of the 800 fighting regi-
ments given by Col. Fox, having lost IA OH
GERS and 156 men killed and two officers and
1876 men from other causes.
The 31st Me.
Organized at Augusta, Me-, from March
to April 90 1854 to serve three years. Two
unassigned companies OF Maine volunteers,
organized in October, 1864, were assigned to
the regiment. The 32d Me- was cons0lidat-
ed with it Dec. IL, 1864, and the entire regi-
ment was mustered OUT July Is, 1865. The
Colouels of the regiment were Thomas
HIGHT a graduate of West Point and an
-, q he P.o A Iol
White. Breyet Brigadier-General. The regi-
ment served in Griffin's Brigade, POtter's
Division, Ninth Corps. At Bethesda Church
its loss was Is killed, so wounded and sew
eral missing. At Petersburg it lost IL
killed and 50 wounded. 1t was one of Fox's
300 fighting reg ments, and lost IL officers
and 165 men killed, and 176 men died.
The 18th Mimi.
Organized at Camp Release, Fort Smell
ling, and st. Peter, Mimi, Fall of 1862, to
serve three years; mustered oat Aug. Is,
1865. Col Stephen Miller, the first COM
mander. was promoted rigadier-General,
DC. 90. 1863. William X. Marshall, Brevet
BrigadieI. General, was in command at mus
ter-out. 1t is credited with IL battles by
the War Department.. AT Nashville, while
in MeArthur's Division, Sixteenth Corps, it
lost SIX kllleu anu Oh WOuDuSU- lOtaI loss,
two officers and 81 men killed, and 1873 men
died.
The 10th Mass.
Organized ut Bedford, Mass, in Fall of
1862, to serve three years; mustered out
June is, 1866 Col. Burr Porter was dis
charged July %, 1868; Guy V. Henry,
graduate of West Point, an officer in the
Regular Army, and Brevet Brigadier-G Gen.
eral, WAS in command at muster-out. 1t
served in Brookss Division, Eighteenth
Corps. Total loss, five officers and 81 men
killed, and 125 men died.
The 4Sth wis.
Organized Mt Milwaukee, Wis, in Feb
ruary, March, and April, 1866, to serve one
year; mustered out by companies at differ
ent dates from Dee. 80, 1866, to March "a,
1866. Uri B. Pearsall, the first commander
of the regiment, was brevetted Brigadier-
General. 1t lost Is men by death during its
service.
The 49th wis.
Organized at Madison, Wis, during Feb
ruary aud March, 1865, to serve one year;
mustered out by companies at different dates
from Nov / to 8, 1865. Col. Samuel Fallows,
the commander of the regiment, was brevet-
ted Brigadier-General Oct. "a, 1865 1t lost
81 men by death.
CONSUMPTION CURED.
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