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| − | The 102nd New York Regiment did fight in the Atlanta Campaign under Sherman in 1864. It served in the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division, XX Corps under Joseph Hooker. Previously, it had formed part of the XII Corps and fought at such engagements as Antietam, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. However, no Colonel Thaddius Riker ever commanded the regiment. The Colonels in command during the Atlanta Campaign were Col. James C. Lane and Col. Herbert von Hammerstein. The |
+ | The 102nd New York Regiment did fight in the Atlanta Campaign under Sherman in 1864. It served in the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division, XX Corps under Joseph Hooker. Previously, it had formed part of the XII Corps and fought at such engagements as Antietam, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. However, no Colonel Thaddius Riker ever commanded the regiment. The Colonels in command during the Atlanta Campaign were Col. James C. Lane and Col. Herbert von Hammerstein. The person in the photograph is actually [[Major]] L. R. Stegman of the 102nd New York Regiment, as can be seen on page 289 of F. Miller's ''The Photographic History of the Civil War, vol. 7'' (1911). He was standing next to a Lieutenant Donner from Ohio, although an image of [[Gerrit Graham]] as [[Quinn|Q]] was imposed over Donner. |
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| − | P.S. According to F. Miller's 1911 [[The Photographic History of the Civil War]] Volume 7 |
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| − | .p.289 this photo is actually of Major {later Col} |
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| − | L. R. Stegman of the 102nd New York. In the TV epsiode the officer to the left was [[Q]]; in fact |
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| − | the orginial photo was of a Lt. Donner of Ohio. |
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| − | ==End Note== |
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The [[US]] insignia for a colonel was a silver embroidery shaped like a stylized eagle, holding olive branches in one claw and arrows in the other, with the eagle's beak facing the side he held his arrows (the so-called "war eagle"). The colonel's insignia was displayed on two epaulet shoulder straps with colored backgrounds. While Thaddius Riker was not seen wearing his uniform insignia, as an infantry colonel, his eagle would have been on a field of medium blue. |
The [[US]] insignia for a colonel was a silver embroidery shaped like a stylized eagle, holding olive branches in one claw and arrows in the other, with the eagle's beak facing the side he held his arrows (the so-called "war eagle"). The colonel's insignia was displayed on two epaulet shoulder straps with colored backgrounds. While Thaddius Riker was not seen wearing his uniform insignia, as an infantry colonel, his eagle would have been on a field of medium blue. |
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Revision as of 03:15, 25 February 2007
Colonel Thaddius Riker (1864)
Colonel Thaddius Riker was a soldier in the Union Army during the United States Civil War. He was a distant ancestor of Kyle and William T. Riker.
Known to his compatriots as "Old Iron Boots", Colonel Riker was in command of the 102nd New York Infantry during Sherman's March to the Sea on Atlanta.
During the campaign, Colonel Riker was wounded at the Battle of Pine Mountain, Georgia, in late June, 1864. He was carried back from the front line by another soldier who was actually discovered, in 2372, to be a Q.
Without the actions of this Q, there would have been no William T. Riker, which would have allowed the Borg to assimilate the Federation. (VOY: "Death Wish")
Background
The 102nd New York Regiment did fight in the Atlanta Campaign under Sherman in 1864. It served in the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division, XX Corps under Joseph Hooker. Previously, it had formed part of the XII Corps and fought at such engagements as Antietam, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. However, no Colonel Thaddius Riker ever commanded the regiment. The Colonels in command during the Atlanta Campaign were Col. James C. Lane and Col. Herbert von Hammerstein. The person in the photograph is actually Major L. R. Stegman of the 102nd New York Regiment, as can be seen on page 289 of F. Miller's The Photographic History of the Civil War, vol. 7 (1911). He was standing next to a Lieutenant Donner from Ohio, although an image of Gerrit Graham as Q was imposed over Donner.
The US insignia for a colonel was a silver embroidery shaped like a stylized eagle, holding olive branches in one claw and arrows in the other, with the eagle's beak facing the side he held his arrows (the so-called "war eagle"). The colonel's insignia was displayed on two epaulet shoulder straps with colored backgrounds. While Thaddius Riker was not seen wearing his uniform insignia, as an infantry colonel, his eagle would have been on a field of medium blue.