At the Battle of Perryville, 1LT Michael H. Fitch of the 21st Wisconsin and PVT Sam Watkins of the 1st Tennessee follow their regiments into the fighting on the northern end of the battlefield. Both regiments directly engage each other in a Cornfield, where the 1st Tennessee, along with other Confederate Regiments, successfully route the 21st Wisconsin. 1LT Fitch and the 21st Wisconsin successfully rally and become the anchor for other Union Regiments to form around them. After Sam Watkins and the 1st Tennessee capture a Union Battery of Artillery, they move toward this newly reformed line of Union infantry and advance directly against the 21st Wisconsin for a second time. The Union line held firm and both regiments engaged each other at a distance for the remainder of the day.

Sources used for this episode:

Fitch, Michael H. Echoes of the Civil War as I hear Them. New York: R. F. Fenno & Company, 1905. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015003295188&seq=11.

Watkins, Sam R. Co. Aytch, Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; Or, A Side Show of the Big Show. 2nd ed. Chattanooga: Times Printing Company 1900. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/fk9t14v821&seq=3.

Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, Vol. 16, Pt. 1: Reports. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1886. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079609594&view=1up&seq=3.

At the Battle of Franklin, 30 November 1864, Private Edward Young McMorries and the 1st Alabama Infantry, on the eastern side of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, advanced upon the Union Army of the Ohio's defensive lines. After successfully carrying the first line of defenses, the Confederate Army reorganized and charged the second line. Here, PVT McMorries and the 1st Alabama become caught in an intense cross fire of musketry and artillery, as they tried to carry the second line of works, but to no avail. PVT McMorries survived the battle unscathed, but takes grim stock of the casualties the next morning.

Sources used for this episode:

McMorries, Edward Young. History of the First Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry C.S.A. Montgomery: The Brown Printing Co., 1904. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044019372333&seq=11.

Davis, George B., Perry, Leslie J., and Kirkley, Joseph W. War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, Vol. 45, Pt. 1: Reports, Correspondence, etc. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077743031&view=1up&seq=3.

Davis, George B., Perry, Leslie J., and Kirkley, Joseph W. OR. Ser. 1, Vol. 45, Pt. 2: Correspondence etc. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077723009&view=1up&seq=3.

"McMorries, Edward Young. 1844-1906.” Accessed 18 February, 2024. https://www.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Authors/?p=1752.

At the Battle of New Market Heights, CPT McMurray and the 6th U.S.C.T. assaulted Confederate positions on the morning on 29 September 1864. Their advance was through 50 yards of a recently cut forest and proved extremely difficult to navigate. Two Black soldiers: First Sergeant Alexander Kelly, and Sergeant Major Thomas R. Hawkins, and one white officer: 1st Lieutenant Nathan H. Edgerton rallied the men by taking up the regimental colors after the color guard suffered heavy casualties and urged the men of the regiment to continue the fight. Though the regiment retreated, the larger attack upon New Market Heights was a success, and the 6th U.S.C.T. reformed and participated in the defense of the newly captured Fort Harrison against a Confederate counterattack that evening.

For their actions at New Market Heights, First Sergeant Alexander Kelly, Sergeant Major Thomas R. Hawkins and 1st Lieutenant Nathan H. Edgerton all received the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Sources Used:

McMurray, John. Recollections of A Colored Troop. 1916. https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss83434.495/?st=slideshow#slide-4.

"John McMurray." Accessed February 7, 2024. Newspapers.com

"Thomas R. Hawkins." Accessed February 7, 2024. https://www.fold3.com/file/315148369/hawkins-thomas-r-us-civil-war-widows-pensions-1861-1910?terms=r,thomas,hawkins.

"1SG Alexander Kelly Congressional Medal of Honor." Accessed February 7, 2024. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/alexander-kelly.

"SGM Thomas R. Hawkins Congressional Medal of Honor." Accessed February 7, 2024. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/thomas-r-hawkins.

"1LT Nathan H. Edgerton Congressional Medal of Honor." Accessed February 7, 2024. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/nathan-h-edgerton.

At the Battle of Antietam, 17 September 1862, SGT J.J. McDaniel and the 7th South Carolina arrive on the battlefield at a run. They, alongside the 2nd, 3rd, and 8th South Carolina Regiments advance toward the West Woods and the Dunker Church. After pushing Union Infantry back, SGT McDaniel and the 7th South Carolina find themselves on a small hill south east of the Dunker Church and surrounded by Union Artillery on three sides.

Sources Used:

McDaniel, J.J. Diary of Battles, Marches and Incidents of the Seventh S.C. Regiment. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t9571vt6m&seq=5.

Scott, Robert N., Lazelle, Henry M. The war of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 19, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079609610&view=1up&seq=3.

Antietam on the Web. "J.J. McDaniel." Accessed February 5, 2024. https://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=20075&from=results.

At the Battle of Chancellorsville, Corporal Daniel Crotty, a Color Bearer for the 3rd Michigan in the III Corps Army of the Potomac, recounts the advance of his regiment to the Catherine Furnace on 2 May 1863, the midnight assault on Confederate lines, their retreat to the Chancellorsville House, and their continued retreat until they arrive in their final positions by noon of 3 May.

Crotty, Daniel G. Four Years Campaigning in the Army of the Potomac. Grand Rapids: Dygert Bros. & Co., 1874. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/fk6251g14h&seq=7.

 
Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, vol. 25, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077730244&view=1up&seq=3.

 COL Samuel B. Hayman 3rdBDE, 1st DIV, III Corps CDR report of Chancellorsville battle.

Fold3. “Daniel G. Crotty.” Accessed January 2024. https://www.fold3.com/memorial/662858574/daniel-g-crotty-civil-war-stories/facts. 

The Civil War A Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian. ed. Modern Library Edition, New York: Random House, 1963.

Estimated time of mortal wounding according to Shelby Foote page 302

On 28 and 29 December 1862, COL Hall and the 26th Louisiana fought against General Shermans Army at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou in Mississippi, approximately 10 miles north of Vicksburg. The 26th Louisiana held a heavily entrenched line on 28 December against a two brigade attack and fought off the assault on 29 December in the center of the Confederate line. It is after this assault and while on detail that COL Hall had to threaten his men with force to restore discipline within the ranks.

Hall, Winchester. The Story of the 26th Louisiana Infantry, In the Service of the Confederate States. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t9f487w3q&seq=5

Local Designations of Confederate Troops. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t02z1t570&seq=9.

Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser.1, vol. 17, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077728248&view=1up&seq=3.

Sources used for this episode:

Phisterer, Frederick. The Regular Brigade of the Fourteenth Army Corps, The Army of the Cumberland, in the Battle of Stone River, or Murfreesboro, Tennessee, From December 31st 1862, the January 3rd, 1863. 1883. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044011857356&seq=9.

Scott, Ltc. Robert N., Lazelle, Ltc. Henry M. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser 1, vol. 20, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079609602&view=1up&seq=3.
General Thomas's report is on page 373, General Rousseau's on page 380, and Major Frederick Townsend's report is on page 404.

“Gen. Phisterer, Famous Soldier, Is Dead.” Buffalo News, July 14, 1909. Newspapers.com.

Source used for this Episode:

Edwards, Rev. John E. The Confederate Soldier; Being a Memorial Sketch of George N. and Bushrod W. Harris Privates in the Confederate Army. New York: Bullock & Co., 1868. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu01492306&seq=5.

Sources used for this Episode:

Morgan, Thomas J. Reminiscences of Service With Colored Troops in the Army of Cumberland, 1863-65. Providence: Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical Society of Rhode Island, 1885. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=dul1.ark:/13960/t3tt7ms2q&seq=9.

Davis, Maj. George B., Perry, Leslie J., Kirkley, Joseph W. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 39, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1892. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077728297&view=1up&seq=3.

Due to its length, the reports concerning Nathan Bedford Forrest's Raid begin on page 504.

Sources for this episode:

PVT Bowden Co. B 2nd Georgia
Bowden, Rev. John Malachi. Some of My Experiences as a Confederate Soldier, In the Camp and on the Battlefield, In the Army of Northern Virginia. https://repository.duke.edu/dc/bowdenjohnmalachi-000846432/secst0281.

CH Armstrong 50th Pennsylvania
Raul, Hallock F, ed. Letters From a Pennsylvania Chaplain at the Siege of Petersburg 1865. London: The Eden Press, 1961. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015016756986&view=1up&seq=13&q1=hill.