Wounded men in Fredericksburg

[OleMissRebel]

The information for this one is listed as "Kearney's men wounded at Fredericksburg." However, by the time the Union had Fredericksburg, Kearney was dead. So I'm not sure if the info is correct or not.

[BobbyHughes]

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The First Sergeant by the door seems to have a VI Corps Badge on his vest. If they belong to what was Kearny's III Corps, and if this image was taken in '64, they could be "Kearny's Men", even though he was dead, as the 3d Division III Corps was transferred to the VI Corps in March of that year.

[Jefferson Guards]

Re: Wounded men in Fredericksburg

Or possibly "Kearny's Men" referred to the "New Jersey Brigade" originally commanded by Phillip Kearny. In 1864 it was the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps.

[Andrew Kasmar]

Re: Wounded men in Fredericksburg

Hi,

The the sergeant also has what looks like the same corp badge on the top of his kepi.

[MD_Independent]

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I also noticed the Sixth Corps badge almost immediately. Gen. Phillip Kearny's old division, commanded by Gen. David Birney at the time of the spring, 1864 'merger', went to Hancocks Second Corps, not the Sixth. The Third Corps division that went to the Sixth was French's Division, attached to the Third Corps after G-burg(remembering my Payne's Farm research here), so they never considered themselves "Kearny's Men". So that's pretty much out.

Is it possible that these are members of the Sixth Corps "Jersey Brigade", commanded early in the war by Phil Kearny? These boys spent a lot of time in and around Fredericksburg...
Bill Birney

[markj]

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Once again, this image is extensively discussed and analyzed by William Frassanito in his "Grant and Lee: The Virginia Campaigns, 1864-1865" (Gettysburg PA: Thomas Publications, 1983, p. 78-84).

Frassanito speculates the troops shown above were, indeed, affiliated with the 6th Army Corps (the use of Roman numerals to identify corps-level units is a purely 20th Century device). Frassanito identifies the locale as being in the rear of the USSC supply depot then located near the intersection of Commerce (now William) and Charles streets. All of the known photos in this series were taken within a short time of each other on Friday, 20 May 1864, thus indicating most, if not all, of the men shown were casualties of the previous fighting in the Wilderness and around Spotsylvania C. H.

Regards,

Mark Jaeger

[Civilian_Soldier]

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How many buttons does this said First Segeant have on his coat. What kind of Jacket has ten buttons? I thought nine was the most?

[gfchhdgf]

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Could be a Schuylkill Arsenal jacket or some other variety of Federal jacket, these could exhibit as many as 12 buttons down the front and as they look to be the same size as his vest and cuff buttons, I'd say this is the case here that is is some sort of issue or private purchase jacket.

[unclefrank]

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Checkout the shapeless "Hillbilly hat" in the fifth photo down. ;)