Episode 6: Corporal Daniel Crotty and the 3rd Michigan at the Battle of Chancellorsville

At the Battle of Chancellorsville, Corporal Daniel Crotty, a Color Bearer for the 3rd Michigan in the III Corps Army of the Potomac, recounts the advance of his regiment to the Catherine Furnace on 2 May 1863, the midnight assault on Confederate lines, their retreat to the Chancellorsville House, and their continued retreat until they arrive in their final positions by noon of 3 May.Crotty, Daniel G. Four Years Campaigning in the Army of the Potomac. Grand Rapids: Dygert Bros. & Co., 1874. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/fk6251g14h&seq=7. Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, vol. 25, pt. 1: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077730244&view=1up&seq=3. COL Samuel B. Hayman 3rdBDE, 1st DIV, III Corps CDR report of Chancellorsville battle.Fold3. “Daniel G. Crotty.” Accessed January 2024. https://www.fold3.com/memorial/662858574/daniel-g-crotty-civil-war-stories/facts. The Civil War A Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian. ed. Modern Library Edition, New York: Random House, 1963.Estimated time of mortal wounding according to Shelby Foote page 302