The Battle of Five Forks - April 1, 1865
Lithograph - Kurz & Allison--Battle of Five Forks, Va. Library of Congress
Army of the Potomac - Major General George Meade
V Corps - Major General Gouveneur K. Warren
Third Division - Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford
Third Brigade - Colonel Richard Coulter
94th New York Infantry Regiment - Major Henry H. Fish
95th New York Infantry Regiment - Captain George T. Knight
147th New York Infantry Regiment - Major Dennis B. Dailey
56th/88th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment - Major Henry A. Laycock
121st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment - Major West Funk
142 Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment - Lt. Col. Horation N. Warren
V Corps - Major General Gouveneur K. Warren
Third Division - Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford
Third Brigade - Colonel Richard Coulter
94th New York Infantry Regiment - Major Henry H. Fish
95th New York Infantry Regiment - Captain George T. Knight
147th New York Infantry Regiment - Major Dennis B. Dailey
56th/88th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment - Major Henry A. Laycock
121st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment - Major West Funk
142 Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment - Lt. Col. Horation N. Warren
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Among the soldiers of the 88th who were killed or mortally wounded at Five Forks:
Company A: Captain Thomas J. Koch, Sgt. David Whitaker (MW)
Company E: Lt. Daniel J. Lehman (MW)
Company H: Sgt Thomas R. Hartman (MW)
Company A: Captain Thomas J. Koch, Sgt. David Whitaker (MW)
Company E: Lt. Daniel J. Lehman (MW)
Company H: Sgt Thomas R. Hartman (MW)
The Fifth Corps Attacks at Five Forks - Alfred Waud - Library of Congress
Five Forks, Virginia vicinity Confederate prisoners on the way to the rear. Captured at Five Forks - Library of Congress
Out of 22,000 Union troops engaged Union forces suffered approximately 830 casualties.
Out of 10,600 Confederate troops engaged, Confederate forces suffered approximately 2,950 casualties.
The Eighty-Eighth suffers four killed, twenty-seven wounded and nine missing (who were later confirmed as prisoners of war).
The Battle of Five Forks was a Union Victory.
Out of 10,600 Confederate troops engaged, Confederate forces suffered approximately 2,950 casualties.
The Eighty-Eighth suffers four killed, twenty-seven wounded and nine missing (who were later confirmed as prisoners of war).
The Battle of Five Forks was a Union Victory.
The Battle of Five Forks - Civil War Trust
Five Forks Battlefield - National Park Service
The Battle of Five Forks - Sons of the South
Five Forks Battlefield - National Park Service
The Battle of Five Forks - Sons of the South