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CHAPTER VI
COLONEL BENJAMIN J. SWEET
Colonel Sweet wounded and IVIajor Schumacher killed in the battle of Perryville—No field officer with the regiment—Tlie loss in killed and mortally wounded at Perryville one of the remarkable losses of the war—General Buell failed as a commander of an army—A character sketch of Colonel Benjamin J. Sweet,
In the battle of Perryville, Colonel Sweet was so badly wounded that he never rejoined the regiment, Major Schumacher was killed outright. As the lieutenant-colonel had not yet joined the regiment, this batde left it without a field officer. Captain Alexander White of A Company assumed command and remained in command until the lieutenant-colonel came to us at Lebanon, Kentucky, in the latter part of October, 1862. William F. Fox, in his "Regimental Losses in the Civil War," gives the loss of the twenty-first at Perryville in killed and mortally wounded, as one of the remarkable losses of the war. The number is sixty-four out of one hundred and forty-three hit by shot and shell. This large percentage of killed compared with the number wounded shows how close and deadly the fight- mg was. The large proportion of killed in the whole forces engaged in comparison with the whole number struck in this battle, is equaled only by that of the battle of Williams¬ burg on the Potomac. Some time since I read an account of the battle of Perryville written by a member of another
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Object Description
| Title | Echoes of the Civil War As I Hear Them |
| Source Title | Michael H. Fitch's Echoes of the Civil War as I hear them |
| Regiment | 21st Infantry |
| Volume | 1 |
| Author/Creator | Fitch, Michael Hendrick, b. 1837 |
| Description | Lt. Col. Michael H. Fitch (1837-1930) of the 21st Infantry was a Milwaukee attorney when he enlisted in 1861. He wrote this 370-page memoir in 1905 to record his experiences. Fitch participated in all the major engagements in the West, including the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga and the Atlanta Campaign. He commanded his regiment during Sherman’s March to the Sea and was leading it north when the war ended. He describes not only battles but also malaria and pneumonia, Menominee Indian soldiers, media influence on the war, language problems between English speaking and non-English speaking soldiers, and details of camp life. After the war Fitch became a successful banker in Colorado, where he died in 1930. |
| Subcollection | Personal Narratives |
| Source | Microfiche |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Source Creation Date | 1905 |
| Source Publisher | R.F. Fenno & Co. |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2011 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN006010000 |
Description
| Title | 65 |
| Source Title | Michael H. Fitch's Echoes of the Civil War as I hear them |
| Regiment | 21st Infantry |
| Volume | 1 |
| People | Sweet, Benjamin J., Col. |
| Battle | Perryville, Battle of |
| Topic | casualties; military skills |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2011 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | CHAPTER VI COLONEL BENJAMIN J. SWEET Colonel Sweet wounded and IVIajor Schumacher killed in the battle of Perryville—No field officer with the regiment—Tlie loss in killed and mortally wounded at Perryville one of the remarkable losses of the war—General Buell failed as a commander of an army—A character sketch of Colonel Benjamin J. Sweet, In the battle of Perryville, Colonel Sweet was so badly wounded that he never rejoined the regiment, Major Schumacher was killed outright. As the lieutenant-colonel had not yet joined the regiment, this batde left it without a field officer. Captain Alexander White of A Company assumed command and remained in command until the lieutenant-colonel came to us at Lebanon, Kentucky, in the latter part of October, 1862. William F. Fox, in his "Regimental Losses in the Civil War" gives the loss of the twenty-first at Perryville in killed and mortally wounded, as one of the remarkable losses of the war. The number is sixty-four out of one hundred and forty-three hit by shot and shell. This large percentage of killed compared with the number wounded shows how close and deadly the fight- mg was. The large proportion of killed in the whole forces engaged in comparison with the whole number struck in this battle, is equaled only by that of the battle of Williams¬ burg on the Potomac. Some time since I read an account of the battle of Perryville written by a member of another 65 |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN006010065 |