Anderson Zouaves Research Return of the Anderson Zouaves [8 July 1864]
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From Our Own
Correspondent. Washington, Sunday,
July
3, 1864. The
Sixty-second
New-York Volunteers, Col. Nevin, reached Washington this morning from the
front, by the mail-boat, in route for New-York, its term of service having
expired as a three years' regiment The regiment now
numbers, of those going home, eighty enlisted men, under the following
officers: Col. Nevin, Lieut.-Col. T. P. Hamilton, Surgeon F. G. Grinner [F. S.
Grimes], Assistant-Surgeon J. Reagles, Jr., Adjt. Samuel C. Thwait,
Quartermaster Wm. Brady, Chaplain Jno. Harvey, Captain. Wm. Ackerman, Capt. Wm.
Davis, Capt. George H. Eddy, Capt. Wm. H. Baker, Lieut. E. H. Morris, Lieut. W.
W. Sherman, Lieut. Jno. T. Cumming, Lieut. Wm. Barnet, Lieut. Samuels, Lieut.
Sanford J. Dockstader, and Lieut. Wm. Milligan. The regiment leaves
eighty-seven reenlisted veterans in the field, who will be used exclusively as
skirmishers and sharpshooters on detached service. This
regiment retires
from the field with laurels second to none among those of our veteran
organizations which have numerous battles inscribed on their banness. The
following are the general engagements in which the Sixty-second has taken part:
"Williamsburgh," "Fair Oaks," "Turkey Bend,"
"Malvern Hill." "South Mountain," "Anteitam,"
"First" and "Second Fredericksburgh," "Rappahannock Station,"
"Wilderness," "Spottsylvania," "Cold Harbor," and
"Petersburgh." During
its term of
service the regiment has lost six hundred and fifty men, embracing killed and
wounded. Gen.
Getty, commanding
Second Division, Sixth Division, Sixth Corps, wounded at the Wilderness Battle,
returned to his command on the 29th ultimo… New
York Times, July 8, 1864, Page 8. Anderson
Zouaves Newspaper Clippings. Contributed by J.
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