New York Cavalry, 7th Regiment; 2d Cavalry The engagement began when about 35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington, D.C. to strike a Confederate force of 20,000 along a small river known as Bull Run. This group was very concentrated in some areas and were against President Lincoln. The Iron Brigade prepared for battle, at Gettysburg, by anchoring the Union Army's southern flank, 10:0010:45a.m., on Day 1. Cavalry Nicknames from the Civil War CW Nicknames List of names and questions to be answered 2-5-12 B lack Student sparks debate with Confederate Flag Would they have used shortened nicknames like Ben for Benjam. German Artillery Company; Hamilton Artillery(34th Ind. Militia, 9th Regiment; 83d Infantry Militia, 12th Regiment, Co. A; Co. A, 102d Infantry Morgan State Zouaves; Co. F, 10th Infantry Virginia provided the following units to the Virginia Militia and the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS) during the American Civil War . Metropolitan Guard, 2d Regiment; 133d Infantry Ira Harris Guard, 3d; 12th Cavalry Almost immediately following the Union defeat in the Second Battle of Bull Run, the III Corps was transferred back to the Army of the Potomac and redesignated the I Corps, under the command of Joseph Hooker; Gibbon's brigade became the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps. Required fields are marked *. Yates' Rifles; part 51st Infantry Morgan's (Governor) United States Light Artillery, 2d Regiment; 2d Artillery Potsdam Regiment; 92d Infantry Burgesses Corps; Company R, 25th Militia Sickles' Brigade; see Excelsior Brigade Morgan Light Artillery; part 2d Artillery Highlanders, 78th; 78th Infantry Battery A, New York Volunteer Artillery; 2d Battery Hobart's (Elijah) Company, 2d Regiment United States Sharpshooters; Co. B, 93d Infantry [2] This brigade was initially designated the 3rd Brigade of Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell's division of the Army of the Potomac, and then the 3rd Brigade, I Corps.[3]. Oswego County Regiment, 4th; 147th Infantry National Guard Artillery, 69th Regiment; 182d Infantry National Guard Artillery; 18th Militia Barry's (General) Rocket Battalion Artillery; Rocket Battalion, later 23d and 24th Batteries Confederate General Pierre G. T. Beauregard was both of French descent and very skilled inplanning and executing military tactics, as was Napoleon Bonaparte. One Hundred and Twelfth New York Volunteers, Co. L; 7th Co. Sharpshooters Wiedrich's Battery; Battery I, 1st Light Artillery They were known throughout the war as the "Black Hats" because of the black 1858 model Hardee hats issued to Army regulars, rather than the blue kepis worn by most other Union Army units. Oswego County Regiment; 24th Infantry Sharpshooters, 5th Company, Tenth Legion; Co. L, 56th Infantry Washington County Regiment; 123d Infantry Black River Artillery; 4th Battalion; 7th Battalion Artillery Merchant's Brigade, 3d Regiment; part 178th Infantry Empire, or Spinola's Brigade, 1st Regiment; 158th Infantry In June 1865, the units of the surviving brigade were separated and reassigned to the Army of the Tennessee. Zouaves, 2d; a transient organization, men joined 40th Infantry, Rosters Of The New York Volunteers During The Civil War, 61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Empire Light Cavalry; 2d Veteran Cavalry Constitution Guard; 40th Infantry Gen. James J. Archer's brigade, and Archer himself. Independent Company Infantry; 30th Infantry Corps d'Elite; 103d Infantry; Company C Manhattan Rifles; part 57th Infantry Fremont Regiment; 46th Infantry : A long, dark blue coat that came down to the mid thighs, resembling that of an officers coat. --- Nicknames. DeCamp's Cavalry; 14th Cavalry (part) Rochester Race Horses; 140th Infantry Irish Brigade Batteries, 5th Regiment Artillery; 14th Battery United States Volunteers; Captain Chatfield's Co., 43d Infantry Little Zouaves; 9th Infantry Schwarze Yaeger; 54th Infantry California Regiment, 1st; 32d Infantry Doubleday (Thomas D., Colonel), Heavy Artillery; 4th Artillery Albany Regiments; 91st Infantry Richard S. Ewells hairless pate caused him to be Old Bald Head, and reading spectacles combined with a strict temperament prompted the men of Union general Andrew A. Humphreys to call him Old Goggle Eyes.. Excelsior Rifle Blues; 92d Infantry Oneida Independent Company of Cavalry; Oneida Cavalry Company (Pictured right). Thurlow Weed Guards; part 132d Infantry Independent Irish Regiment; 63d Infantry Dickinson Guard; 89th Infantry Independent Battery, Flying Artillery; 11th Battery Blenker's Rifles; 8th Infantry The 6th Wisconsin and the 24th Michigan would take part in the attacks at Fizthugh's crossing, April 29th, 1863, losing a combined total casualty list of 58. I, 71st Militia, originally Co. L, 19th Militia Brig. Scott's Life Guard, 2d Regiment; 38th Infantry Blair Rifles; consolidated with 178th Infantry Unit Nicknames & Synonyms. Livingston County Regiment; 104th Infantry Another brigade in the Army of the Potomac had previously been known as the Iron Brigade, later the "Iron Brigade of the East" or "First Iron Brigade", to avoid confusion. Herkimer Regiment; 34th Infantry [6], 24th Michigan Monument, Gettysburg National Military Park. Onondagas; 122d Infantry Irish Regiment, 3d; 63d Infantry Bell Jefferson, or Bell Rifles; 94th Infantry During the War Confederacy mustered between 750,000 and 1,000,000 . General Hooker received this nickname not for any action, but purely on the fact that the New York Courier and Enquirermade a typo and instead of reading an incoming transmission as FightingJoe Hooker Attacks Rebels it was relayed as Fighting Joe Hooker Attacks Rebels. He was never very fond of the nickname and hardly deserved it. Van Buren Light Infantry; 102d Infantry Gen. Lysander Cutler (6th Wisconsin): March 25, 1864 May 6, 1864 Corcoran's Brigade The brigade would fight in the bloody Overland campaign of 1864, and would take part in the siege of Petersburg for the rest of the war. Independent Tompkins Blues; 12th Militia The Michigan regiment lost 397 out of 496 soldiers, an 80% casualty rate. This single-shot, muzzle loading, percussion cap rifle weighed nine pounds with a barrel length of forty inches. Harlan's Cavalry, Krom's Co.; Co. G, 5th Cavalry The other rooster had popped both gaffs through his head. Madison and Cortland Regiment; 157th Infantry Bensen Guard of I25th Regiment; 12th Militia Independent Company Infantry, 2lst; Co. F, 194th Infantry As a cadet at West Point, Ulysses S. Grant was known as Sam Grant in a play on his U.S. initials and Uncle Sam. Washington Rifles; 11th Militia, part of 87th Infantry 28th Infantry Division, US Army: Originally nicknamed "Keystone Division," the unit acquired the nickname "Bloody Bucket" by German forces during World War II because the red keystone patch resembled a bucket. Eighth Ward Rangers; Company D., 25th Infantry document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Blog Posts, Grant, Ulysses S., Jackson, Thomas J., Lee, Robert E. Pennsylvania Volunteers Cavalry Regiment, W. H. Boyd's Co.; Co. C, 1st Cavalry Irish Regiment, Buffalo; 164th Infantry Seymour Guard; 7th Artillery Auburn Regiment; 75th Infantry document.getElementById( "ak_js" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Stonewall Jackson Makes His Fatal Reconnaissance But On Which Road? United States Zouave Cadets, Co. B; Co. A,. The 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division is also known as the Iron Brigade. Cavalry Battalion; Company D, 12th Cavalry Sprague Light Cavalry; 16th Cavalry Of the 800 men of the Iron Brigade engaged at Antietam, 343 were killed or wounded, the 6th Wisconsin would lose 150 out of the 280 men they would bring into battle that day. The men of Company G, 55th North Carolina, from Johnston and Wayne Counties were known as the "North Carolina Rebels." The men of Company F, 56th North Carolina, from Guilford County, were known as the "Stonewall Boys." Company B, 34th North Carolina, from Rutherford County were known as the "Sandy Run Yellow Jackets." Death of General John F. Reynolds as he supervised the deployment of the Iron Brigade early on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Marine Artillery; 1st Regiment National Union Rangers; part 2d Artillery Fremont Rifles; Company C, 49th Infantry Colored Troops 36th Regiment Infantry U.S. Scott's Nine Hundred; 11th Cavalry For example, a 16-year-long war fought in the 19th century in Yorubaland was nicknamed " Kiriji " which is an onomatopoeic word for the thunderous sounds of cannons used during the war. United States Chasseurs; 65th Infantry Cameron Highlanders; part of 78th Infantry (old) Seward National Guard Many leaders were given a nickname to illustrate a certain physical characteristic or personality trait. As best as I can tell, Lincoln received this nickname because he led the nation as Abraham led his nation in the Bible. National Guard Zouaves; Co. A, 10th Infantry New York Battery; part of Baker's Rifles; 103d Infantry Rebel general William Extra Billy Smith, owner of an antebellum mail coach business, reportedly had a knack for obtaining additional government payments for his postal routes. Hancock Guard; 90th Infantry (part) Winslow's Company of Infantry; part 142d Infantry, Yager Regiment, 2d; 41st Infantry Orange and Sullivan Regiment; 56th Infantry [1], The unit that eventually became known as the Iron Brigade was activated on October 1, 1861, upon the arrival in Washington, D.C., of the 7th Wisconsin. Oregon Rifles, 1st Regiment This is a list of South Carolina Confederate Civil War units. I, 33d Infantry Excelsior, or Sickles' Brigade, 3d Regiment; 72d Infantry It was during World War I that the 57th Field Artillery Brigade earned its nickname as it spent many hours at the front and fired more artillery rounds than any brigade in the American Army. The Civil War in Virginia (1862) George B. McClellan -who replaced the aging General Winfield Scott as supreme commander of the Union Army after the first months of the war-was beloved by his. United States Volunteers; part 57th Infantry Dozen, The; 12th Infantry Anderson Zouaves; 62d Infantry On August 28, 1862, during the preliminary phases of the Second Battle of Bull Run, it stood up against attacks from a superior force under Maj. Gen Thomas J. Jersey Company; Co. D, 48th Infantry Corcoran's Brigade or Irish Legion Original 3d Regiment; all, except Companies A and D, in 164th Infantry Independent Company of Infantry (Amos Soper's); Co. K, 189th Infantry Corcoran's Brigade or Irish Legion: 2d Regiment; the original 5th Regiment; Companies A and D of the 3d, and D of the 6th Regiment; the 5th Regiment formed Companies A to G; Companies A and D., 3d Regiment, I, K; and D, 6th Regiment, Company H; designated 155th Infantry German Artillery, Company F; 41st Infantry (part) Most badass military nicknames are born of certain actions portrayed by fliers under duress (albeit, and in this . Morgan's 2d Regiment; 2d Artillery Empire, or Spinola's Brigade, 3d Regiment; 163d Infantry Irish Brigade, Meagher's, 2d Regiment; 88th Infantry Oneida County Regiment, 5th; 146th Infantry It was formed with units from the states of Wisconsin and Michigan. National Guard, see Militia Unfortunately, we didn't have room to include all that we found. German Artillery Corps; 1st Battalion Artillery German Rifles, 5th Regiment; 45th Infantry United States Sharpshooters, Hobart's Company, 2d Regiment; Co. B, 93d Regiment Billinghurst Battery; 18th Battery Forster's Heavy Artillery; part of 16th Artillery Col. William W. Robinson: May 6, 1864 June 7, 1864 Blenker's Battery; 2d Battery Malone Regiment; 98th Infantry American Guard; 124th Infantry Buffalo Light Artillery; 27th Battery Confederate State Units. Make Ford. However, the brigade that succeeded it, which included the survivors of the Iron Brigade, was commanded by: Col. William W. Robinson (of the 7th Wisconsin): July 1, 1863 March 25, 1864 New York Legion For example, 61% (1,153 out of 1,885) were casualties at Gettysburg. Goshen Company; Company B, 124th Infantry This unit was the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps, also known as Merideth's Brigade. Latson's (John W.) Light Artillery, Cos. B, A and I, 2d Artillery Morgan Guards; Cos. H, I and K, 104th Infantry The Badgers play in Camp Randall Stadium, a site used to train Wisconsin volunteers during the Civil War.[10][11]. Excelsior, or Sickles' Brigade Civil War Potpourri Best Unit Nicknames Mr. King Aug 2, 2017 1 2 3 4 Next Mr. King Sergeant Major Joined Jan 15, 2014 Location Carolina Coast Aug 2, 2017 #1 What are the best regiment, brigade, and division names? Anthony Wayne Guard; 135th Infantry, later 6th Artillery General Thomas received the nicknameRock of Chickamauga due to his ability to endure theonslaughtwhich the Confederacy unleashed at the Battle of Chickamauga. As the prospect of War grew in late 1860 and early 1861 on February 28, 1861 Provisional Confederate Congress made provisional volunteer army and granted military control to the newly chosen Confederate president and "commander in chief" Jefferson Davies. Colored Troops 38th Regiment Infantry U.S. . Also, the fact that the book mentions the name, but offers up no explanation seems strange. It repulsed the first Confederate offensive through Herbst's Woods, led by the 2nd Wisconsin, capturing much of Brig. Try something original, rather than derivative. Leslie Guards; part 66th Infantry. Saint Lawrence County Regiment, 2d; 92d Infantry Foreign Rifles, 1st; 39th Infantry Albany Regiments; 3d Infantry French Regiment; 55th Infantry Cortland Regiment; 157th Infantry 54th Regiment, in full Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts infantry unit made up of African Americans that was active during the American Civil War (1861-65). Syracuse Regiment; part 101st Infantry The brigade commanders, disregarding temporary assignments, were: Brig. Brady's Light Infantry; 11th Infantry, reorganization of Ticonderoga Cavalry Company; Co. E (new), 2d Cavalry Dickinson Light Artillery; 16th Battery Hungarian Regiment; part 39th Infantry O.) Your email address will not be published. Manhattan Rifles; Co. G (old), 43d Infantry Independent Company Infantry; 22d Infantry : THREE YEARS' SERVICE. Porter Guard; 10th Cavalry Governor's Guard; 2d Mounted Rifles Netherland Legion; part 39th Infantry Militia, 52d Regiment, part; part 176th Infantry New York Light Infantry; 11th Militia Practical Engineers and Mechanics, 1st Regiment Dragoons, 1st Regiment; 130th Infantry, then 19th Cavalry The border states had both Confederate and Union units, and in many of the Confederate states Union forces organized Union units from individuals who swore loyalty to the United States. Seeing that General Beauregard fought for the Confederacy and had gray uniformsyou get the picture. But following his victory at Fort Donelson, the Northern press quickly rechristened him Unconditional Surrender Grant. The brigade took pride in its designation, "1st Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps", under which it played a prominent role in the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. For the Union, 3559 separate units included regiments; separate battalions, companies, or batteries of this total 2144 were infantry regiments, 272 cavalry regiments, 61 of heavy artillery, 13 of engineers, 9 light infantry battalions, and 432 separate batteries In 1866, six all-Black cavalry and infantry regiments were . Saint Lawrence County Regiment, 1st; 60th Infantry Independent Company Infantry; 45th Infantry Ontario County Regiment; 33d Infantry Cerro Gordo Legion; 32d Infantry (part) National Guard, 5th Regiment, 174th Infantry Ethan Allen Regiment; 178th Infantry (part) Excelsior, or Sickles' Brigade, 2d Regiment; 71st Infantry Rifle Battery; 26th Battery What was the nickname of the infantry unit that marched the furthest in the Civil War in one 24-hour period? Tenth Ward Rangers; Co. A, 25th Infantry It was the most widely issued infantry weapon used by Federal troops. The nickname "Iron Brigade," with its connotation of fighting men with iron dispositions, was applied formally or informally to a number of units in the Civil War and in later conflicts. Fifty-sixth Regiment Battery (Fitch's), 2d; 8th Battery Buffalo Regiment, Col. Franklin Sidway's; merged in 151st Infantry Irish Rifles; 37th Infantry Monitors; 127th Infantry Corcoran Zouaves; 164th Infantry Nickname [ edit] Independent Volunteers; 50th Engineers Tenth Legion; 56th Infantry Washington County Regiment; 93d Infantry Tenth Legion Sharpshooters, 5th Co., Sharpshooters ; Co. L, 56th Infantry Out of the 1,883 men the Brigade initially went to battle with, only 671 reported for duty. Raney's (James A.) Is there a list of Gilmore Medal Recipeints to be found anyw. Washington, D.C.: Adjutant General's Office, 1861. Fisher's Cavalry; 14th Cavalry (part) Mix's Cavalry; 3d Cavalry WilHamsburgh Volunteers; Co. A, 3d Infantry Brooklyn Rifles; 87th Infantry, except Companies C and E Tompkins' Blues; 12th Militia Heavy Artillery, 1st Regiment; Co. B, 2d Artillery Col. John A. Kellogg (6th Wisconsin): February 28, 1865 April 27, 1865 I hardly see why this nickname is worth mention. Fluvanna Artillery ). Rifle Regiment; 13th Infantry New York Light Infantry; Co. G, 15th Engineers Wayne Guards, Anthony; 135th Infantry, later 6th Artillery Chasseurs a Pied; 84th Infantry Engineers and Artisans; 2d Engineers; 15th Engineers (part) Griswold Light Cavalry; 21st Cavalry Hooker said that the brigade had performed even more superbly at Second Bull Run; to this, McClellan said that the brigade consisted of the "best troops in the world". Fighting Joe was the nickname given to Union General Joseph Hooker. Independence Guard; 12th Militia Oneida County Regiment, 4th; 117th Infantry You think so, huh? Black Zouaves(uncompleted) The Iron Brigade lost its all-Western status on July 16, 1863, following its crippling losses at Gettysburg, when the 167th Pennsylvania was incorporated into it, and a company of New York sharpshooters. Brooklyn Phalanx, 84th Infantry Lincoln Greens; 4th Cavalry Battery C, New York Volunteer Artillery; 4th Battery Federal Records [ edit | edit source] The Iron Brigade of the West was the unit that received the most lasting publicity in its use of the nickname. Ellsworth's Avengers; 44th Infantry Chicago Light Artillery, Busteed's Battery; part of Batteries B and G, 1st Artillery Perkin's Rifles; 171st Infantry Ohio and the Civil War Ohioans played an important role in the Civil War effort, supplying 319,189 Union soldiers for at least 29 artillery units, 13 cavalry units, and 198 infantry units. Monroe Blues; 12th Militia by Jessica | Jul 18, 2013 | American History, . Barnes' Rifle Battery; 26th Battery Posted Over 1 Month. 13th Indiana: "Old Guard" Regiment. : 110th-140th RegimentsInfantry; 110th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Governor Morgan's United States Light Artillery, 2d Regiment; 2d Artillery New York British Volunteers United States National Guards; 11th Infantry brigade. Abraham Lincoln, New York, military, rebellion, secession, artillery, the federal government, battlefield, fire, conflict, secession are some of the common words referred to whenever you will talk about the war's period. The following is taken from Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Military Statistics of the State of New York, Albany: [The Bureau], (C. Wendell), 1866.. Oneida county responded promptly to the President's first call for troops, and never flagged in her zeal during the war. Fun Trivia . Adirondack Regiment; 118th Infantry Stoneman's Cavalry; 9th Cavalry Dutchess County Regiment, 2d; 159th Infantry, Eagle, or Scrogg's Brigade The Springfield Model 1861 rifled musket, firing the .58 caliber projectile, was issued to the 6th Wisconsin, 19th Indiana, and 24th Michigan regiments. List of military units raised by the Commonwealth of Kentucky during the American Civil War for service in the Union Army. Excelsior Battery, 1st; 5th Battery Ira Harris Guard, 1st; 5th Cavalry Morgan Artillery; part 2d Artillery State Rifles, New York; 18th Infantry Dodge's Mounted Rifles; 1st Mounted Rifles Wayne County Regiments; part of 138th Infantry "Fall-Out" A soldier that can not keep up with his/her unit. Smith Battery, 4th Independent Battery "On the Union side, continental European firearms were mostly distributed to the Western armies--as such, the Lorenz Rifle was relatively uncommon in the Army of the Potomac (although two regiments of the famous Iron Brigade carried them) but heavily used by the Army of the Cumberland and Army of Tennessee. The Iron Brigade, also known as The Black Hats, Black Hat Brigade, Iron Brigade of the West, and originally King's Wisconsin Brigade was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Morgan Cavalry; part 10th Cavalry Vanguard Regiment; 59th Infantry Fifty-sixth Regiment Battery (Regan's), 1st; 7th Battery Cameron Rifle Highlanders (new); 79th Infantry (part) Independent Company Infantry, 31st; Co. F (new), 75th Infantry Billy Wilson's Zouaves; 6th Infantry While a professor at the Virginia Military Institute, Jacksons oddities of character had led the cadets to mockingly refer to him as Tom Fool Jackson. Drew's Co.; part Co. C, 51st Infantry New York or United States Cavalry, 7th Regiment; 2d Cavalry, Harris Light Troy Regiment, 1st; 2d Infantry Light Guard, 106th Regiment; 12th Militia The Iron Brigade of the West was the unit that received the most lasting publicity in its use of the nickname. Militia, 13th Regiment; part 87th Infantry Sackett's Harbor Regiment; 94th Infantry Independent Company of Infantry (Edw. O.) Black River Artillery Regiment; 10th Regiment Artillery As July of 1863 approached, Ulysses S. Grant was about to take Vicksburg, cutting the Confederacy in two and making the Mississippi a Union river again. Sappers, Miners and Pontoniers; 50th Engineers The 6th Wisconsin (along with 100 men of the brigade guard) are remembered for their famous charge on an unfinished railroad cut north and west of the town, where they captured the flag of the 2nd Mississippi and took hundreds of Confederate prisoners.

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