Signed CDV Civil War Union Cavalry Officer – Lt. Colonel Nathan Cutler Goodenow
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Signed photograph of Lt. Col. Nathan Cutler Goodenow, whoserved in both the 2nd Illinois Light Artillery and the 16thIllinois Cavalry Regiment. Saw action in many battles while part of theCavalry: Resaca, Dallas, New Hope, Altoona Hills, Lost Mountain, Assault onKenesaw, Seige of Atlanta, Battles of Franklin and Nashville, Pursuit of Gen.Hood, and others. I will email copies of my research if desired. Inscribed: “Yours faithfully, Nat C. Goodenow; April 2nd, 1863” ...(at the time of his promotion toCaptain)Backmark: Fassett's Gallery, 122 & 124 Clark St., ChicagoHis Service Record: · Enlisted: 12 Dec 1862 at Springfield, Illinois asJr. 2nd Lieutenant, Battery A, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery. · Mustered out for promotion, 8 April 1863, CampButler, Illinois and Springfield, Illinois· Enlisted and Mustered: 8 June 1863 as Captain, Company K, 16thIllinois Cavalry.· Commissioned: as Lt. Colonel, 21 Jul 1865, HQField & Staff of 16th Illinois Cavalry.· Mustered out 19 Aug 1863, Nashville, Tennessee.His Biography:· Born about 1831, Wilton, Franklin CO, ME; height - 5 foot 8 inches; hair – brown; eyes– blue; complexion - light· Enlisted 1862 -after the death of his first wifehe joined the Army. · Married second time on 18 June 1874 to Lucy Garphelia.Belcher, daughter of Major GeneralHannibal Belcher, of the 8th Division of Maine Militia.2ndRegiment, Illinois Light ArtilleryOVERVIEW:Organized at Peoria, Ill., and mustered into State serviceMay 23, 1861. Moved to Alton, Ill., July 6, thence to St. Charles and Mexico, Mo., and duty in Northern Missouri till August. Ordered to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and mustered in August 17, 1861. Moved to Jefferson City, Mo., thence toBooneville, Mo., October 1. Attached to Fremont's Army of the West and to Dept.of Missouri to February, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of SouthwestMissouri, to May, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, toJuly, 1862. District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri. to December, 1862, and Dept. of the Tennessee to January, 1863. Artillery, 12th Division, 13thArmy Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to May, 1863. Artillery, 14th Division, 13thArmy Corps, Army Tennessee, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 13th ArmyCorps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf toSeptember, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. Defences of New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to April, 1865.District of LaFourche, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1865.SERVICE:Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo., October21-November 8, 1861. At Ottersville, Mo., till January, 1862. Moved to Lebanon, Mo., January 25. Curtis' advance on Springfield, Mo., January 25-February 11.Pursuit of Price into Arkansas February 14-29. Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., March6-8. March to Sugar Creek March 10, thence to Cross Timbers March 15, and overOzark Mountains to Batesville April 5-May 3. March to Helena, Ark., May 25-July13. Duty at Helena till March, 1863. Ordered to Milliken's Bend, La., March 20, and duty there till April. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning GrandGulf April 25-30. Battle of Thompson'sHill, Port Gibson, Miss., May 1.Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At BigBlack till August. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 20. At Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick till October. Western Louisiana Campaign October3-November 30. Duty in District of LaFourche and Defences of New Orleans, La., till August, 1864. Operations in Mobile Bay against Forts Gaines and MorganAugust 2-23. Siege and capture of Fort Gaines August 3-8. Siege and capture ofFort Morgan August 8-23. Duty in the Defences of New Orleans and District ofLaFourche till July, 1865. (1st Section detached in District of SouthwestMissouri to October, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of theFrontier, to June, 1863. District of Southeast Missouri. Advance onFayetteville, Ark., October 11-December 3, 1862. March to relief of Gen. BlountDecember 3-6. Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7. At Fayetteville tillDecember 27. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren, Ark., December27-29. Duty at various points in Missouri till April, 1863. Operations againstMarmaduke April 20-May 2. Moved to Pilot Knob, Mo. Duty in District ofSoutheast Missouri till July, 1863.) Battery mustered out July 28, 1865.Battery lost during service 5 Enlisted men killed andmortally wounded and 1 Officer and 16 Enlisted men by disease. Total 22. 16thIllinois Cavalry RegimentOVERVIEW:Organized at Camp Butler, near Springfield, Ills., Januaryto April, 1863, by assignment of Thielman's Independent Cavalry Battalion asCompanies "A" and "B." Schambeck's Independent CavalryCompany as Company "C." Company "D" organized March 27, 1863. Company "E, " originally organized for 17th Illinois Cavalry, assigned as Company "E." Company "F, " organized January 2, 1863. Company "G, " organized May 21, 1863. Company "H"organized February 17, 1863. McClellan's Body Guard, organized January 21 toApril 16, 1863, assigned as Companies "I, " "K" and "L."Company "M" organized May 19, 1863. Duty at Camp Butler, nearSpringfield, Ills., till October, 1863. Ordered to Covington, Ky., October 16, 1863, thence to Knoxville, Tenn. Attached to Cumberland Gap, Tenn., Left Wingforces, Dept. of Ohio, to January, 1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. Ohio, toFebruary, 1864. Camp Nelson, Ky., 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division Cavalry Corps, Dept. Ohio, to May, 1864. 1stBrigade, Stoneman's Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to June, 1864. Detached Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864.Dismounted Cavalry Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1864. 1stBrigade, 6th Division Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE:Moved to Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and garrisonduty there till February, 1864. Actions at Jonesville, Va., December 13, 1863, and January 3, 1864. Near Stickleyville, Powell Run, December 13, 1863 (Co."E"). At Camp Nelson, Ky., February to April, 1864. Moved to RedClay, Ga., April 28-May 10. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign, May to September. Action atVarnell Station May 12. Battle of Resaca May 13-15. Advance onDallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills, May 25-June 5. Operations about Mariettaand against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19.Cheyney's Farm June 27. Olley's Creek June 26. Assault on Kenesaw June27. (Assigned to 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, June 21.) Nickajack Creek July2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Siegeof Atlanta July 22-August 25. Detached as Provost Guard 23rd Army Corps, August 16. At Decatur till September 14. Ordered to Nicholasville, Ky., September 14, to refit. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., October 22, thence moved toPulaski, Fayetteville and Waynesboro. Nashville Campaign November-December, Henrysville and Mt. Pleasant November 23. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Maury's Mills and crossing of Duck River November28. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee RiverDecember 17-28. Franklin and West Harpeth River December 17. Spring HillDecember 18. Rutherford Creek December 19. Anthony's Gap, near Pulaski, December 25-26. At Pulaski till March, 1865, and at Springfield till May. Dutyat Pulaski, Holton, Courtland and Decatur, Ala., till August. Mustered outAugust 19, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 30 Enlisted men killed and mortallywounded and 1 Officer and 228 Enlisted men by disease. Total 262.
SERVICE:Moved to Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and garrisonduty there till February, 1864. Actions at Jonesville, Va., December 13, 1863, and January 3, 1864. Near Stickleyville, Powell Run, December 13, 1863 (Co."E"). At Camp Nelson, Ky., February to April, 1864. Moved to RedClay, Ga., April 28-May 10. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign, May to September. Action atVarnell Station May 12. Battle of Resaca May 13-15. Advance onDallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills, May 25-June 5. Operations about Mariettaand against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19.Cheyney's Farm June 27. Olley's Creek June 26. Assault on Kenesaw June27. (Assigned to 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, June 21.) Nickajack Creek July2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Siegeof Atlanta July 22-August 25. Detached as Provost Guard 23rd Army Corps, August 16. At Decatur till September 14. Ordered to Nicholasville, Ky., September 14, to refit. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., October 22, thence moved toPulaski, Fayetteville and Waynesboro. Nashville Campaign November-December, Henrysville and Mt. Pleasant November 23. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Maury's Mills and crossing of Duck River November28. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee RiverDecember 17-28. Franklin and West Harpeth River December 17. Spring HillDecember 18. Rutherford Creek December 19. Anthony's Gap, near Pulaski, December 25-26. At Pulaski till March, 1865, and at Springfield till May. Dutyat Pulaski, Holton, Courtland and Decatur, Ala., till August. Mustered outAugust 19, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 30 Enlisted men killed and mortallywounded and 1 Officer and 228 Enlisted men by disease. Total 262.
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