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Nathan B. Webb

Sgt. Nathan Boyd Webb, Co. D, 1st Maine Cavalry; died 19 Apr 1891; 49 years of age.

Nathan B. Webb enlisted as a Private and was mustered into Company D, 01st Maine Cavalry, on 19Oct1861. He served more than 43.5 months; 19 Oct 1861 to 05 June 1865.

While Nathan B. Webb was in service, the 1st ME CAV was engaged in the following battles which had a direct impact on the course of the war and / or a decisive influence on a campaign:

Cedar Mountain, Va., 09 Aug 1862

Manassas_II, Va., 30 Aug 1862

Antietam, Md., 16-17 Sept 1862

Fredericksburg_I, Va., 12-15 Dec 1862

Brandy Station, Va, 09 Jun 1863

Gettysburg, Penn., 01-03 July1863

Mine Run, Va., 27 Nov - 02 Dec 1863

Todd's Tavern, the Wilderness, Va., 05-06 May 1864

Cold Harbor, Va., 31 May -01 June 1864

Poplar Springs Church, Va., 29 September-01Oct 1864

Boydton Plank Road, Va., 27-28 October 1864

Dabney's Mill, Hatcher's Run, Va., 05-07 Feb 1865

Five Forks, Va., 0 1April 1865

Sailor's Creek, Va., 06 April 1865

Appomattox Station, Va., 08 April 1865

The 1st Maine Cavalry regiment

shared the hardships and discomforts of Gen. Burnside's infamous "Mud March", 20-24 Jan 1863
and

was present at the surrender of Gen. Lee and his army at Appomattox Court House 09 Apr 1865.

However, Nathan B. Webb is known to have missed the Battle of Gettysburg, Penn., 01 - 03 July 1863 because he was one of six 1st Maine Cavalry troopers captured at the Battle of Aldie, Va., 17 June 1863, imprisoned, and exchanged [date not give].

Further, Nathan B. Webb was wounded at the Battle of Deep Bottom, Va., 16 Aug 1864, and hospitalized in Pennsylvania. Depending on the severity of his wound(s) he may not have returned to active service.

Nathan B. Webb was:

captured at the Battle of Aldie, Va., 17 June 1863, imprisonment, and exchange [date not give].

wounded at the Battle of Deep Bottom, Va, 16 Aug 1864

promoted to Sergeant in 1864

Nathan B. Webb was discharged on 05 June 1865.

On June 9, 1863 the First Maine Cavalry participated in the Battle of Brandy Station, the first battle in the Gettysburg campaign and the largest cavalry battle ever fought on American soil with about 22,000 mounted participants gloriously charging their foe with drawn sabers.

The 1st Maine Cavalry fought in more battles than any other organization in the Army of the Potomac and sustained the highest losses in battle of any Cavalry Regiment in the Civil War: 15 officers and 159 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded in battle.
In addition, 3 officers and 341 enlisted men died of disease.
In all, the First Maine Cavalry lost 518 soldiers.
Another 145 men died in Confederate prisons.
[1778 soldiers served in the 1st Maine CAV]

Sources

a family historian

Historical Data Systems, Inc., Duxbury, MA 02331

NPS CWSSS Battle Summaries

NPS CWSSS Regimental Histories

Additionally information regarding Nathan Boyd Webb can be found in his Boulder Genealogical Society biography hosted on the City of Boulder [Colorado, USofA], Parks & Recreation, Columbia Cemetery website.

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