NPS files Fort Blaisadell - Colonel William Blaisadell 11th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, killed 23 June 1864 (Confederate sharpshooter) Fort Bross - Lieutenant Colonel John a Bross 29th US Colored Troops, killed July 30, 1864 Fort Clarke - Captain William H Clarke 21st Massachusetts, killed at the Crater 30 July 1864 Fort Conahey - 2nd Lieutenant John Conahey 118th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, killed 30 September 1864 Fort Cummings - Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cummings 17th Vermont, killed 30 September 1864 Fort Davis - Col. P. Stearns Davis 39th Massachusetts Infantry, killed 11 July 1864 Fort Dushane - Colonel Nathan Thomas Dushane 1st Maryland Volunteer Infantry Regiment, killed 21 Aug 1864 Fort Emery - 1st Lieutenant George W. Emery, 9th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, killed 30 September 1864 Fort Fisher - 1st Lieutenant Otis Fisher 8th U.S. Infantry, died on 3 Oct 1864 of wounds received at the Battle of Peebles Farm 30 September 1864 Fort Gregg (Union) - 1st Lieutenant James Potter Gregg 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 30 September 1864 Fort Haskell - Colonel Frank Haskell 36th Wisconsin, 3 June 1864 (Cold Harbor, sharpshooter) Fort Howard - Lieutenant Colonel Henry Howard 2nd Maryland Infantry, killed 30 July 1864 Fort Keene - Captain Weston H Keene 20th Maine, killed 30 September 1864 Fort McGilvery (Battery 4) - Colonel Freeman McGilvery Chief of Artillery X Corps, died 3 September 1864 On August 16th, during the battle of Deep Bottom, Lieutenant Colonel McGilvery wounded his left forefinger. The wound did not heal properly. He consented to surgery and died suddenly from the effects of chloroform taken during the amputation of his finger. Fort McMahon - Colonel James P McMahon 164th New York Volunteers, killed 3 June 1864 (Cold Harbor) Fort Meikle - Lieutenant Colonel George Meikle 20th Indiana, killed September 1864 Fort Morton - Major James St. Clair Morton Chief Engineer IX Corps, killed 17 June 1864 Fort Patrick Kelly - Colonel Patrick Kelly 88th New York Infantry and the “Irish Brigade”, killed 16 June 1864 (near the Hare House) Fort Pearson - Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pearson 6th New Hampshire killed 26 May 1864 (Cold Harbor, sharpshooter) Fort Prescott - Colonel George Prescott 32nd Massachusetts Regiment, killed 18 June 1864 Fort Rice - General James Clay Rice Commander 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, V Corps, killed May 10, 1864 (Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse) Fort Sampson - Captain Orange S Sampson 21st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, killed 30 September 1864 Fort Sedgwick “Fort Hell” - Major General John Sedgwick VI Corps, killed 9 May 1864 (Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse) Fort Seibert - 1st Lieutenant Jacob E. Siebert, 20th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, killed 30 September 1864 Fort Stedman - Colonel Griffin Alexander Stedman 11th Connecticut Infantry, died 6 August 1864 Fort Stevenson – General Thomas Greely Stevenson, 1st Division, IX Corps, killed 10 May 1864 (Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse,sharpshooter) Fort Tracy – Captain William Carter Tracy, 4th Vermont Volunteer Infantry, killed 23 Jun 1864 Fort Urmston – 1st Lieutenant Thomas D. Urmston, 12th U.S. Infantry, killed on 30 September 1864 Fort Wadsworth - Major James Wadworth 4th Division V Corps, died 8 May 1864 (Battle of the Wilderness) Fort Welch - Colonel Norval E Welch 16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, killed 30 September 1864 Fort Wheaton - Captain James Henry Wheaton 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry, killed 30 September 1864 |
Last updated: November 26, 2023