BALL'S BLUFF, VIRGINIA

21 October 1861

Also known as

Harrison’s Island

Leesburg

OR- Series I, Volume V, Chapter XIV, Pg 289

 

 

Union Forces

BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES P. STONE

Brigade Commander- Colonel Edward D. Baker (K)

Colonel Milton Cogswell (WC)

1st California Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Jones Wistar (W)

15th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Charles Devens

20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment--- Colonel William R. Lee (W)

42nd New York (Tammany) Infantry--- Colonel Milton Cogswell

1 Gun, Battery "B", 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery--- Lieutenant W. M. Bramhall (W)

2 Guns New York State Militia --- Lieutenant Frank S. French

CASUALTIES = Killed 49 Wounded 158 Missing 714 TOTAL 921

Partial Casualty List

Baker, Edward D., Colonel - Killed	Lee, William R. Colonel - Wounded
Bramhall, W. M., Lieutenant - Wounded	Wistar, Isaac, Jones, LtCol - Wounded
Cogswell, Milton, Colonel - Wounded & Captured

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confederate Forces

Evans' Brigade - Brigadier General Nathan George "Shanks" Evans

17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Winfield Scott Featherston

18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment--- Colonel E. R. Burt (mw)

                                                                        Lieutenant Colonel T. M. Griffin

8th Virginia Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Eppa Hunton

Company "D", 13th Mississippi Infantry--- Captain L. D. Fletcher

3 Companies, Virginia Cavalry Regiment--- Colonel Walter H. Jenifer

CASUALTIES = Killed 33 Wounded 115 Missing 1 TOTAL 149

Partial Casualty List

Burt, E. R., Colonel - Mortally Wounded

 

 

 

 

 

 

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