WEST POINT, VIRGINIA

7 May 1862

(Peninsula Campaign)

or

Eltham's Landing

Barhamsville

OR- Series I, Volume XI, Chapter XXIII, Pg 613

 

Union Forces

                        Franklin’s Division – Brigadier General William Buell Franklin

Chief of Artillery --- Captain Richard Arnold

            2nd Brigade – Brigadier General Henry Warner Slocum

5th Maine Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Jackson

16th New York Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Howland

27th New York Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Bartlett

96th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

            3rd Brigade – Brigadier General John Newton

6 Companies, 1st New Jersey Infantry --- Lieutenant Colonel McAllister

18th New York Infantry Regiment --- Colonel W. H. Young

31st New York Infantry Regiment --- Colonel C. E. Pratt

32nd New York Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Roderick Matheson

95th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John M. Gosline

Company D, 6th U.S. Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Emory Upton

1st New Jersey Battery --- Captain William Hexamer

Battery F, 1st New York Light Artillery --- Captain Wilson

Taylor’s Brigade

1st New Jersey Infantry Regiment

2nd New Jersey Infantry Regiment

3rd New Jersey Infantry Regiment

5th Maine Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Jackson

            Dana’s Brigade – Brigadier General Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana

Battery A, New Jersey Light Artillery

1st Massachusetts Battery --- Captain Josiah Porter

CASUALTIES=  Killed 49 Wounded 104 Missing 41

Partial Casualty List

Captain Heiss – Killed

Captain Young – Killed

Captain Brown – Killed

Captain Curtis – Wounded

Captain Beattes – Wounded

Lieutenant Schickhardt – Wounded

Lieutenant Pross – Killed

Lieutenant Fossard – Wounded

Lieutenant Wallace – Killed

Lieutenant Stone – Wounded

Private Stehwein – Wounded

Lieutenant Horatio G. Babcock – Mortally Wounded

Lieutenant Charles E. Klein – Mortally Wounded

Lieutenant James T. Twaddle – Mortally Wounded

 

Confederate Forces

Whiting’s Division – Brigadier General William Henry Chase Whiting

Hood's Brigade - Brigadier General John Bell Hood

1st Texas Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Alexander T. Rainey

4th Texas Infantry Regiment ---Colonel John Marshall

            Porter’s Company – Captain Porter

            Martin’s Company – Captain Martin

            Carter’s Company – Captain Carter

                (Remaining Companies unknown)

5th Texas Infantry Regiment --- Colonel James Jay Archer

18th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel W. T. Wofford

Blathis’ Battery --- Colonel S. Z. Ruff

            Hampton Legion – Colonel Wade Hampton

Griffin’s Infantry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel Griffin

19th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Johnson

            Anderson’s Brigade – Brigadier General S. R. Anderson

6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Colonel William Dorsey Pender

CASUALTIES=  Not Reported

 

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