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Civil War Soldiers - Howell
| Howell, Joshua B., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was a native of Somerset county, Pa. He was commissioned
colonel of the 85th Penn. regiment, Nov. 12, 1861, and joined
McClellan on the Peninsula. He participated with his regiment in the
operations which drove the enemy in upon their capital, engaged in the
battle of Fair Oaks, where the regiment lost heavily in killed and
wounded, and, after the evacuation of the Peninsula, made a short
excursion into the interior of North Carolina, being transferred then
to the Department of the South, where Col. Howell was given command of
a brigade, which he continued to command during most of the remainder
of his service. He was employed in the operations for the reduction of
Charleston, taking part in the siege of Fort Wagner, and in April,
1864, was ordered with his command to Virginia. Here, on May 20, he
distinguished himself by leading his brigade in a daring charge on the
enemy's works, and subsequently he participated in the vigorous
operations of the 10th corps on the north side of the James, leading
his brigade until early in September, when he was given command of a
division of colored troops. On the 12th of the month he received
injuries from a fall of his horse which proved fatal, and he was given
his commission as brigadier-general of volunteers to date from that
day. He died Sept. 14, 1864. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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