At the Siege of Vicksburg, 1SG Marshall and the 83rd Ohio participated in two separate assaults upon the Confederate works and conducted siege operations that culminated in the 4 July 1863 surrender of the city.

Sources used for this episode:

Marshall, Thomas B. History of the Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, The Greyhound Regiment. Cincinnati: The Eighty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association, 1912. https://www.loc.gov/item/13020149/.

Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, Vol. 24, Pt. 1. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077699738&view=1up&seq=3.

Scott, Robert N. OR. Ser. 1, Vol. 24, Pt. 2. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077723033&view=1up&seq=3.

Captured at the Battle of Wyse Fork, 8 Mar 1865, PVT Ernul was transported to Point Lookout Maryland and stayed there until paroled in June 1865.

Sources used for this episode:

Ernul, J. B. Life of a Confederate Soldier in a Federal Prison. Vanceboro, 1914. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc01.ark%3A%2F13960%2Ft4pk1qn30&seq=3.

Ainsworth, Fred C. and Kirkley, Joseph W. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 2, Vol. 8. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079575233&view=1up&seq=3.

Point Lookout Maryland. https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/pga/02500/02593u.tif.

At the Battle of Fredericksburg, 11 December 1862, 2LT John G.B. Adams and the 19th Massachusetts, alongside the 7th Michigan, conduct the first opposed river crossing and urban warfare of the Civil War. On 13 December, 2LT John G.B. Adams earned the Medal of Honor during the assault on Marye’s Heights.

Sources used for this episode:

Adams, John G.B. Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1899. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t0ft8sn43&seq=9.

Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies . Ser. 1, Vol. 21. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1888. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077723017&view=1up&seq=3.

American Battlefield Trust. “The Battle of Fredericksburg.” Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/fredericksburg.