The Battle of Five Forks - April 1, 1865
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
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)
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