Murdock Morrison, Co. "I", 1st Maine Cavalry - Alternate name per the NPS Soldiers and Sailors System is Angus
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Angus Morrison
Residence Woodstock ME; 20 years old.
Enlisted on 3/1/1864 as a Private.
On 3/1/1864 he mustered into "I" Co. ME 1st Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 8/1/1865
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine
MAINE
1ST CAVALRY
(THREE YEARS)
Organized: Augusta, ME on 10/31/61
Mustered Out: 8/1/65
Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 15
Officers Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 3
Enlisted Men Killed or Mortally Wounded: 159
Enlisted Men Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 341
(Source: Fox, Regimental Losses)
First Cavalry.-Cols., John Goddard, Samuel H. Allen,
Calvin S. Douty, Charles H. Smith; Lieut.-Cols., Thomas Hight,
Calvin S. Douty, Charles H. Smith, Stephen Boothby, Jonathan
P. Cilley; Majs., Samuel H. Allen, David P. Stowell, Calvin S.
Douty, Warren L. Whitney, Jonathan P. Cilley, Charles H.
Smith, Stephen Boothby, George M. Brown, Sidney W. Thaxter,
Constantine Taylor, Benjamin F. Tucker, Paul Chadbourne,
Daniel S. Curtis, Joel W. Cloudman. This regiment was raised
at large, consisted of twelve companies, and was mustered in
at Augusta, Nov. 5, 1861, for three years. It was the equal
of any in the service in the character of its men and the
quality of its horses. It remained encamped at Augusta until
the following spring. Companies A, D, E and F left the state
for Washington on March 14, under command of Col. Allen,
arriving there on the 19th. Companies B, I, H and M, under
Maj. Douty, arrived on the 24th and C, G, K and L, under Maj.
Stowell, on the 28th. A, B, E, H and M under Lieut.-Col.
Douty, joined Gen. Banks, corps at Strasburg, Va., on May 11,
and were attached to Gen. Hatch's cavalry brigade. The other
seven companies were first assigned to Gen. Abercrombie's
brigade, and soon afterwards to Gen. Ord's division at
Fredericksburg. The men participated in their first severe
engagement on May 23, when Lieut.-Col. Douty with his command
and two companies of the 1st Vt. cavalry, charged the enemy at
Middletown, Va., covering Banks, retreat to Williamsport.
The loss was 176 horses and equipments. The regiment was reunited
at Warrenton, Va., on July 10, and attached to Bayard's
brigade, with which it took part in the battle of Cedar
mountain. It participated in the retreat of Gen. Pope's
forces to Fairfax Court House, where it arrived on Sept. 3,
and reported to Gen. Reno, having engaged the enemy at Brandy
Station on Aug. 20, and been present at the second battle of
Bull Run on the 30th, under Brig.-Gen. Elliott of Pope's
staff. Arriving in Washington on Sept. 4, it was attached to
Burnside's corps and engaged the enemy at Frederick, Md., on
the 12th. Co. G, acting as Gen. Reno's body-guard, took part
in the battle of South mountain, Cos. M and H, under Gen.
Porter, in that of Antietam. The regiment (except Cos. G, M
and H) remained at Frederick from Sept. 12, to Nov. 2, up to
which period it had lost in action and worn out in service
nearly 700 horses. The severity of the service to which the
men of this regiment were subjected may be inferred from a
bare recital of the battles in which they were subsequently
engaged and from data showing some of their heaviest losses.
The list of battles includes, in addition to those above
mentioned: Fredericksburg, Rappahannock Station, Brandy
Station, Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville, Gettysburg,
Shepherdstown, Sulphur Springs, Mine Run, about Richmond, Old
Church, Todd's tavern, Ground Squirrel Church, Hawes' shop,
Cold Harbor, Trevilian Station, St. Mary's Church, Deep
Bottom, Reams' Station, Wyatt's farm, Boydton road and
Bellefield. Col. Douty was killed at Aldie, Va, while leading
a gallant charge, on June 17, 1863, as was Capt. Summatt while
rallying his men under a murderous fire of grape and canister.
Three hundred selected men from the regiment participated in
the daring raid of Gen. Kilpatrick to the vicinity of
Richmond, Feb. 27 to March 12, 1864, the loss of the 1st in
this famous raid being 93 men killed, wounded or missing and
over 200 horses. It also moved with the cavalry corps on Gen.
Sheridan's first raid, May 9, 1864, until within 3 miles of
Richmond. In the engagement at Trevilian Station, June 24,
1864, its loss was 10 officers and 58 enlisted men. During
August of this year its loss in killed, wounded and missing
was 49 men and 75 horses, and the total casualties during 1864
amounted to 295 officers and enlisted men. In Aug., 1864,
seven companies of the 1st D. C. cavalry were transferred and
assigned to the several companies of this regiment by a
special order of the war department. The original members of
the regiment whose term of service expired Nov. 4, 1864, were
mustered out at Augusta, Me., on the 25th, while the regiment,
now composed of veterans recruits and members of the 1st D. C.
cavalry whose term had not expired, participated in the
closing battles of the war; was mustered out of the U. S.
service at Petersburg, Va., Aug., 1, 1865, and arrived in
Augusta, Me., on the 9th.
See also: http://www.mainecav.org/
MAINE CAVALRY REGIMENTS
1st Maine Cavalry....fact..."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments." The First Maine Cavalry sustained the greatest loss in battle of any cavalry regiment in the Union army.
1st Maine Cavalry, "History of the 1st Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865," by Edward P. Tobie, 2nd Lieutenant of the 1st Maine Cavalry as well as the Regimental Historian. Originally published in 1887, by the author, Edward P. Tobie, at Boston, Massachusetts with 735 pages. Organized at Augusta, Maine, the 1st Maine Cavalry sustained the heaviest loss of killed in action of any Union Cavalry regiment during the Civil War. They fought valiantly at Middleburg, Shepherdstown, Cedar Mountain, 2nd Manassas, South Mountain, Antietam, Brandy Station, the Dahlgren Raid on Richmond, Ashland, St. Mary's Church, Petersburg, Boydton Plank Road, Dinwiddie Court-House, Sayler's Creek, Farmville, and at Appomattox Court-House. The 1st Maine was part of J.I. Gregg's Brigade, D.M. Gregg's Division, Cavalry Corps, and was led into battle by Colonels Charles H. Smith, Samuel H. Allen, and Calvin S. Douty. Although an original 1887 copy may be hard to locate, it was reprinted in 1987 and should cost around $ 45.00.
1st Maine Cavalry, "Horse Soldiers in Blue, the First Maine Cavalry," by Torlief S. Holmes. This book is based on the letters and diaries of Colonel, later Brigadier-General Charles H. Smith, recipient of the Medal of Honor. This regiment participated in more engagements than any other unit in the Army of the Potomac and lost the greatest number of killed in action than any other cavalry regiment in the entire army. Published in 1985 by the Butternut Press, Gaithersburg, Maryland, with 250 pages, originally cost $ 25.00, but could now costs closer to $ 40.00.
http://www.mosocco.com/maine.html
The U. S. Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. list the following in their unit bibliography:
USAMHI
HistServices
6 Sep 02
1st Maine Cavalry Regiment
Atwood, Thomas W. "Life in a U.S. Army Hospital, 1862." Army (Jan 1988): pp. 52 57
(6 photocopied pages). Per.
Based on letters of Private Edward P. Tobie.
Benson, Andrew M. "My Capture, Prison Life and Escape." In Civil War Papers (MOLLUS, MA,
Vol. 1). Boston: By the Commandery, 1900. pp. 109 38 (16 photocopied pages). E464M5.1991v52.
Bowman, Martin T. V. "My Experiences on Pope's Retreat." In War Sketches and Incidents
(MOLLUS, IA, Vol. 2). Des Moines, IA: Kenyon, 1898. pp. 48 56 (5 photocopied pages). E464M5.1991v56.
Calvert, Mary R. The First Maine Cavalry. Monmouth, ME: Monmouth Pr, 1997. 325 p.
E511.6.1st.C35.
Cilley, Jonathan P. "A Plea for Regimental Histories." Maine Bugle II (1895): pp. 144 57
(7 photocopied pages). E5ll.4M352.1895.
_____. "Regimental Histories." Maine Bugle II (1895): pp. 175 78 (3 photocopied pages).
E5ll.4M352.1895.
Coburn, Jefferson L. "Adventures at Farmville, Virginia." Maine Bugle IV (1897): pp. 22 28
(4 photocopied pages). E5ll.4M352.1897.
_____. "An Episode of the Wilson Raid, City Point to Roanoke, Va., June 21 30, 1864." Maine
Bugle II (1895): pp. 187 203 (9 photocopied pages). E5ll.4M352.1895.
_____. "A Visit to the Battlefield of Dinwiddie Court House, Incidents and Anecdotes Relating to That
Battle." Maine Bugle II (1895): pp. 52 75 (12 photocopied pages). E5ll.4M352.1895.
Darling, Joseph T. "Nine Months in a Rebel Prison." Maine Bugle V (1898): pp. 1 13 and
115 26 (14 photocopied pages). E5ll.4M352.1898.
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH:
Morningside, 1979. Ref.
See pp. 1215 16 (2 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.
First Maine Bugle. 2 vols. Rockland, ME: First Maine Cavalry Association, 1890 1893.
E5ll.4M351.
Contains articles by regimental veterans and proceedings of the 12th (1883) through the 22nd (1893) annual reunions.
1st Maine Cavalry (p. 2)
Ford, Charles W. "Charge of the First Maine Cavalry at Brandy Station." In War Papers (MOLLUS,
ME, Vol. 2). Portland, ME: Lefavor Tower, 1902. pp. 268 89 (11 photocopied pages). E464M5.1991v17.
Hall, Henry C. "Some Recollections of Appomattox." Maine Bugle I (1894): pp. 133 40
(5 photocopied pages). E5ll.4M352.1894.
Hennessey, James J. “My Old Blue Cavalry Trousers: A Poem by Winsor Bruce Smith, Late
Sergeant, 1st Maine Cavalry…” Mil Images Magazine (Jan/Feb 2000): pp. 20-21 (2 photocopied pages). Per.
Holway, Sumner A. To Let them Know: The Civil War Diaries of...Company H., 1st Maine
Cavalry. S.l.: Arcadia Lodge Pr, 1990. 84 p. E601H74.
Holmes, Torlief S. Horse Soldiers in Blue. Gaithersburg, MD: Butternut, 1985. 259 p.
E5llS65H65. (Charles H. Smigh)
Maine. AGO. Annual Report...for the Years 1864 and 1865. Augusta, ME: Stevens & Sayward,
1866. UA43M2.1864 1865.AppD.
See pp. 1 57 & 866 906 (40 photocopied pages) for a roster of the regiment. Although regimental rosters appear in earlier Annual Reports, that found in this edition is the most complete for the unit's wartime service.
_____. 1st Cav Regt. First Maine Cavalry Association Record of Proceedings at the...Annual
Reunion... Augusta, ME: Various publishers, 1876 1885. E5ll.4M35.
Contains proceedings of the 3rd (1876) through the 11th (1882) reunions.
_____. Gettysburg Comm. Maine at Gettysburg.... Portland, ME: Lakeside, 1898. E475.53M3.
See pp. 469 516 (24 photocopied pages) for addresses delivered at the dedication of the regimental monument at Gettysburg National Military Park.
Merrill, Samuel H. The Campaigns of the First Maine and First District of Columbia Cavalry.
Portland, ME: Bailey & Noyes, 1866. 436 p. E5ll.6.lst.M47.
Rummel, George A., III. Gettysburg Cavalrymen: 1st Regiment, Maine Volunteer Cavalry, Army
of the Potomac...Along with a Brief Description of Marches and Activities During the Gettysburg Campaign (June 27-July 18, 1863). Bridgeport, WV: By the Author, 1999. 28 p. E511.6.1st.R86.
Sidney Warren Thaxter. Portland, ME: Marks Printing House, 1909. 56 p. E415.9T48S63.
Smith, Charles H. "A Reconnaissance with the First Maine Cavalry." Jrnl US Cav Assn (1890):
pp. 253 62 (6 photocopied pages). Per.
"Time Lapse." CW Times Illus (Jan/Feb 1991): p. 66 (1 photocopied page). Per.
Vignette on and photo of Leroy H. & Edward Tobie, Co. G.
Thaxter, Sidney W. "A Remarkable Reconnaissance." In War Papers (MOLLUS, ME, Vol. 1).
Portland, ME: Thurston, 1898. pp. 20 28 (5 photocopied pages). E464M5.1991v16.
lst Maine Cavalry (p. 3)
Tobie, Edward B. "The Boys in Blue and the Boys in Gray." Blue & Gray II (1893): pp. 51 54
(4 photocopied pages). Per.
_____. History of the First Maine Cavalry, l86l l865. Boston: Emory & Hughes, 1887. 735 p.
E5ll.6.lst.T63.
_____. Service of the Cavalry in the Army of the Potomac. Providence, RI: RI Soldiers & Sailors
Hist Soc, 1882. 56 p. (28 photocopied pages). E464R47ser2no14.
_____. Personal Recollections of General Sheridan. Providence, RI: RI Soldiers & Sailors Hist Soc,
1889. 40 p. (20 photocopied pages). E464R47ser4no5.
_____. "Supporting a Battery." Blue & Gray II (1893): pp. 257 60 (4 photocopied pages). Per.
_____. A Trip to Richmond as Prisoner of War. Providence, RI: RI Soldiers & Sailors Hist Soc,
1879. 48 p. (24 photocopied pages). E464R46ser1no6.
_____. "A 'Yank' in the Hands of the Enemy." Blue & Gray I (1893): pp. 173 178 (3 photocopied
pages). Per.
Whitman, William W.S. Maine in the War for the Union: A History of the Part Borne by Maine
Troops.... Lexington, ME: Nelson Dingley, 1865. E511W61.
See pp. 350 82 (17 photocopied pages) for a brief history of the regiment.
Our Photo Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:
Bigelow, Eustace WalkerColl (Letter to Lt, Jan 5, 1862)
Bowman, M.T.V. - BrakeColl (Lt's account of Gettysburg, "A Ride to Battle")
Brackett, Alvin N. HCWRTColl GACColl (Enlisted man's letters, Nov 17, 1861-Feb 1864;
Diary, Jan 1-Feb 26, 1864)
Gardner, Charles E. CWTIColl (Enlisted man's memoirs, 1861-65; Miscellaneous papers,
1841-1913)
Gould, John M. - CWMiscColl (MAJ's letter from enlisted man, Constantine M. Taylor,
Nov 11, 1870)
Gregg, David M. - CWMiscColl (GEN's order to Capt Andrew Bibber, Oct 2, 1864)
Hazeltine, Asa & John B. CWMiscColl (Letter containing reference to enlisted man, Asa
Hazeltine)
Holman, Freland N. CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's letters, Feb 7, 1862-Dec 25, 1868)
Johnson, Ebenezer S. CWMiscColl & EarlHessColl (Enlisted man's letters, Sep 24 &
Nov 13, 1863)
Johnson, E. S. LeighColl Bk 42: 38 42 (Enlisted man's letters, Apr 19, 1862-Aug 20, 1863)
Johnson, Elbridge S. CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's letter, Jul 27, 1864)
Johnson, William L. CWMiscColl (Letters of enlisted men William L. Johnson &
Sam M. Johnson, Apr 3, 1861-1865)
Sawyer, Alonzo J. CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's diary, Oct 10, 1863-Feb 1, 1864)
Smith, Elzar H. EarlHessColl (Enlisted man's letter, Jul 20, 1862)
Elzar H. LeighColl Bk 3: 38 (Enlisted man's letters, Dec 21, 1862 & Jul 18, 1863)
True, Frank W. HCWRTColl GACColl (Enlisted man's letters, Oct 28, 1861-Feb 14, 1862)