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Hubbard, John E. Hastings, Wm. F. Haines, Geo. W. Hanahan, John Hassan, Dennis Hull, William Henderson, Sam'l Janney, Jos. J. Jenkins, Silas Jones, William Johnson,
Private.
April 19, 1864 Jan. 4, 1865
Private.
Sept. 18, 1862
June 17, 1865
Private.
Sept. 5,
1862 May 31, 1865
Private.
Private.
Sept. 19, 1862
Deserted, October 29, 1862.
Private.
Oct. 17, 1863 July 2, 1865
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Killed, May 25, 1863.
Private. Sergeant.
Nov. 10,
1862
Sept. 8, 1862 Dec. 17, 1864
See roster, Company C.
Private.
Aug. 30, 1862
Deserted, September 13, 1862.
Private.
Sept. 18, 1862
Died, October 4, 1864.
Edward R. Private.
Kiel, George A.
Corporal.
Sept. 10, 1862 June 26, 1865
Taken prisoner, August 21, 1864; transferred to Com- pany I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Kaupp, Sylvester
Private.
Sept. 9,
1862 May 31, 1865
Kaupp, Leas Knowles,
Private.
Aug. 21, 1862
Deserted, March 1, 1863.
Christian F. Lowry, Ebenezer Lee, Samuel
Private.
Aug. 30, 1862
Deserted, September 8, 1862.
Private.
Sept. 27, 1862
Deserted, December 5, 1862.
Lone, John
Private.
Sept. 27, 1862
Aug. 29, 1862
Nov. 17, 1864
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Deserted, February 12, 1863.
Michael J. Marriner, John W. Private.
Private.
Sept. 18, 1862 Sept. 19, 1862
July 5, 1865
Wounded in action, August 18, 1864; transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Miller, John Mowbray, Jno. M. Murphy, Michael Moore, George Messick, Jas. W.
Private.
Sept. 9. 1862
June 21,
Private.
Sept. 18, 1862
Private.
Sept. 4,
1862
Deserted, March 5, 1863.
Maha, Morris McCarter,
Private.
Aug. 23,
1862
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Deserted, September 14, 1862.
Charles H. Private.
Dec. 5,
1863
Taken prisoner, August 21, 1864; transferred to Com- pany I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Private.
Sept. 22, 1862
Deserted, October 12, 1862.
Private.
Sept. 23, 1862
June 14, 1865
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Deserted, February 8, 1863.
Mallory, John
Private.
Nov. 12, 1862
Borne on War Department rolls as Mallony; deserted, November 21, 1862.
Nov. 13, 1862
Deserted, February 11, 1863.
Dec. 5,
1863
July 2, 1865
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Deserted, September 12, 1862.
Sept. 19, 1862
Deserted, January 4, 1863.
Sept. 4, 1862
Deserted, September 15, 1862.
Private. Com. Sergt.
Aug. 27,
1862 Feb. 5, 1865
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Private.
Sept. 11, 1862
Deserted, September 15, 1862.
Private.
Sept. 22, 1862
Deserted, October 12, 1862.
Private.
Sept. 23, 1862
Nov. 17, 1864 Taken prisoner, August 21, 1864; transferred to 8th Maryland Infantry.
Perry, Frank
Nov. 28, 1862
Deserted, March 5, 1863.
Page, James C. Robinson, George
Private.
Sept. 8, 1862
Borne on War Department rolls; reclaimed as a de- serter from 2nd Maryland Infantry.
Private.
April 16, 1864 Nov. 17, 1864
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Corporal.
Aug. 30,
1862 May 31, 1865 Transferred to Company I, Sth Maryland Infantry.
Corporal.
Nov. 10, 1862 April 18, 1864
Sept. 10, 1862
1st Sergt. Private.
Nov. 12, 1862
Deserted, January 10, 1863. Deserted, February 10, 1863.
Wounded in action, August 18, 1864; transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Private.
Nov. 13, 1862
Killed, August 21, 1864.
Deserted, October 11, 1862.
Murrick, Lewis M. Sergeant. Musson, Jefferson McPhillips,
Corporal.
Sept. 16, 1862
Deserted, February 11, 1863.
Private.
Sept. 12, 1862
May 31, 1865
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. 1865 Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Deserted, October 18, 1862.
Martinot, Hector Mencer, John
Manahan, Geo. W. Private.
Dec. 4, 1862
Mar. 29,
1864 July 2, 1865
Sept. 11, 1862
1862
Deserted, February 9, 1863.
Pouch, Adam Pary, Ernest Perry, Samuel
Private. Private.
Nov. 10, 1862
Deserted, March, 1863.
Renaud, Geo. L. Roberts, Alfred T. Ryder, William Somer, John Smith, Henry
Nov. 10, 1862
Deserted, January 4, 1863.
McDaniel, John Private. McCann, Geo. H. Private. McCourt, William Private. Nolliker, Fred. Private. Niven, Donald Private. O'Donnell, Chas. Private. O'Brien, Wm. Poston, John F. Paulding, Wm. H. Corporal.
Private.
Sept. 8, 1862
1864 Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Jan. 4, 1864 Nov. 17,
Transferred to Company 1, 8th Maryland Infantry. Taken prisoner, August 21, 1864; transferred to 8th Maryland Infantry.
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Deserted, September 26, 1862.
Sept. 12, 1862
Aug. 28, 1862| May 31, 1865
Sept. 9,
790
PURNELL LEGION CAVALRY-COMPANY C.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR MUSTER IN.
DATE OF MUSTER OUT OR DISCHARGE.
REMARKS.
Shores, Nehemiah Corporal.
Sept. 19, 1862 May 31, 1865 Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Smith, Hooper
Corporal.
Aug. 30, 1862
Feb. 10,
1865 Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Swab, Frederick
Corporal.
Aug. 25, 1862
1862 May 31,
1865
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Shorter, John
Private.
Aug. 29, 1862
Nov. 17,
1864 Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Killed, August 18, 1864.
Stephens, Wm. H. Private. Sheridan, John S. Schott, Geo. H. Private.
Blacksmith. Nov. 9,
1862 Feb. 17, 1865
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Borne on War Department rolls as Scholl; killed, June 17, 1864.
Smith, Thomas Smith, William
Private.
Nov. 28,
1862
Deserted, December 6, 1862.
Private.
Nov. 11,
1862
Deserted, June 22, 1863.
Sprague, Jas. M.
Private.
Nov. 10,
1862 June 12, 1865
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Died, August 31, 1864.
Titus, Frank
Sergeant.
Aug. 27,
1862
May 31, 1865
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Trainer, Patrick Thomas, Christian
Private.
Sept. 9,
1862
Nov. 17,
1864
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Thomson, Jno. T.
Private.
Nov. 26,
1863
July 2,
1865
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Deserted, November 28, 1862.
Worley, Harry Wilson, John M.
Sergeant.
Aug. 21,
1862
May 8,
1865 Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Warwick, Thos. Wilson, John Warren, Jos. H. Willie, George
Private.
Sept. 16, 1862
Private.
Aug. 29, 1862
Killed, June 28, 1864.
Private.
Sept. 9,
1862
Nov. 17, 1864
Taken prisoner, August 21, 1862; transferred to 8th Maryland Infantry.
Wagner, George Willis, Richard
Private.
Sept. 18, 1862
Deserted, September 27, 1862.
Private.
Aug. 30,
1862
May 31,
1865
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Transferred to V. R. C.
Weckler, Eugene Walker, John
Private.
Dec. 2,
1862
Deserted, December 5, 1862.
Wilson, George
Private.
Nov. 25,
1862
Deserted, December 6, 1862.
Willey, Richard
Private.
Aug. 30,
1862 Nov. 17, 1864
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry.
Yingling, Wm. H.
Private.
Dec. 4,
1862
July 31, 1865
Yenair, Charles
Private.
Aug. 29,
1862
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Absent in confinement.
Deserted, January 4, 1863.
Straughn, Wm. V. Corporal.
Sept. 4,
Smith, Frederick
Private.
Sept. 15, 1862 Nov. 17,
1864
Smith, Joseph
Private.
Nov. 10,
1862
Private.
Aug. 29,
1862
Deserted, October 26, 1862.
Private.
Nov. 11,
1862
Private.
Sept. 18, 1862 Nov. 17, 1864
Transferred to Company I, 8th Maryland Infantry. Deserted, October 26, 1862.
Private.
Sept. 6,
1862 July 3,
1865
Sept. 10, 1862
Sept. 23, 1862
SMITH'S INDEPENDENT COMPANY CAVALRY.
HIS company was organized at Snow Hill, Worcester County, Md., October 15, 1862, to serve three years. It was mustered out of service June 30, 1865, in accordance with orders from the War Department.
This company was recruited, in accordance with authority granted Captain G. W. P. Smith, by the Secretary of War, "to raise a company for special duty on the Eastern Shore of Mary- land and Virginia, unless the exigencies of the service should require it to be attached to some regiment for general service."
The company was used to prevent the disloyal element in the section of the coun- try in which it scouted from organizing bands of recruits for the Confederate army ; to protect the loyal element, resident therein ; to keep a lookout for and capture blockade runners ; in fact, to perform such duties over a wide section that would otherwise have necessitated the maintenance of large infantry detachments.
During its term of service the company was stationed at Snow Hill, Newton, Point Lookout, Eastville, Drummondtown, Salisbury, Relay House, Barnesville.
It was not the fortune of this command to engage in any skirmish or battle, never- theless it performed its duty honorably, under the orders of superior authority.
No casualties have been reported by this command.
792
SMITH'S INDEPENDENT COMPANY CAVALRY.
ROSTER. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR MUSTER IN.
DATE OF MUSTER OUT OR DISCHARGE.
REMARKS.
George W. P.
Smith Captain.
Oct. 15, 1862
June 30, 1865
Jas. H. Vincent
1st Lieut.
Sept. 29, 1862
June 30, 1865 Entered the service as 1st Sergeant, September 29, 1862; promoted 2nd Lieutenant, May 16, 1863; 1st Lieuten- ant, August 1, 1864.
Arthur J. Wallis Jos. T. Fearing
1st Lieut. 1st Lieut.
Oct. 15,
1862
Sept. 27, 1863
Charles F. Foster William E. Tarr
2nd Lieut. 2nd Lieut.
Sept. 30, 1862
June 30, 1865
Entered the service as Corporal, September 30, 1862 ;. promoted 2nd Lieutenant, August 9, 1864.
ENLISTED MEN.
Aydelotte,
Josiah D.
Private. Private. Private.
Sept. 29, 1862
June 30, 1865
-
Arbuckle, Joseph Allen, Ethan Aydelotte,
Elijah C.
Private. Private.
Sept. 13, 1862
June 30,
1865
Babb, Winiam
Private.
Sept. 13, 1862
June 30,
1865
Brittingham, E. I.
Private.
Sept. 27, 1862
June 30, 1865
Bowen, Isaac
Private.
Sept. 27, 1862
June 30, 1865
Butler, Hamilton Bacon, Wm. H.
Private. Private. Private.
Sept. 29, 1862
June 30, 1865
Cropper,
Josiah A. F.
Sergeant. Sergeant. Teamster.
Sept. 20, 1862
June 30, 1865
Causey, Wm. H. Cosgrove, Wm.
Chattam,
Josephas
Private. Private.
Mar. 31, 1864
June 30,
1865
Charles N.
Private. Private.
Sept. 18, 1862
June 30,
1865
Davis, Littleton D.
Private.
Sept. 19, 1862
June 30, 1865
Davis, John D.
Private.
Sept. 17, 1862
June 30, 1865
Dasheill, Chas. F. Private.
Sept. 20, 1862
June 30, 1865
Deschleld,
Francis F.
Teamster.
Sept. 20, 1862
June 30, 1865
Esham, Geo. W.
Private.
Sept. 27, 1862
June 30,
1865
Evans, Wm. L.
Wagoner.
Sept. 27, 1862
June 30,
1865
Private.
Sept. 25, 1862
June 30,
1865
Private.
Mar. 31, 1864
June 30, 1865
Sergeant. Private.
Teamster. Private.
Sept. 17, 1862 Sept. 29, 1862
June 30, 1865
Stephen
Private.
Sept. 22, 1862
June 30, 1865
Hancock,
Leonard W.
Sergeant.
Sept. 30, 1862
June 30, 1865
Hancock,
Wilmore Hurbut, Antonia
Private. Corporal.
Sept. 26, 1862 Sept. 28, 1862
June 30,
1865
June 30, 1865
Deserted, February 14, 1864.
Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant.
Sept. 21, 1862
June 30,
1865
Clayville, Geo. C. Clayville,
Feb. 6, 1864
June 30, 1865
Davis, Jos. L. M.
Sept. 27, 1862
June 30,
1865
Sept. 15, 1862
June 30, 1865
Sept. 25, 1862
Sept. 24, 1862
June 30, 1865
Baker, -
Sept. 15, 1862 Sept. 24, 1862
June 30, 1865
June 30, 1865
Sept. 27, 1862
June 30, 1865
Brown, Geo. W.
Sept. 20, 1862
Sept. 1, 1862
May 9,
Jan. 30, 1865 Entered the service as Sergeant, September 20, 1862; promoted 1st Lieutenant, October 2, 1863; discharged. 1863 Entered the service as 2nd Lieutenant; discharged.
Ennis, Josephus Ennis, Henry O. Fearing, Jos. T. Fassitt, Elijah Gorsuch, John C. Guthrie, Thos. B. Goswelling,
Sept. 20, 1862
June 30, 1865
Sept. 17, 1862
June 30, 1865
Died, April 18, 1865, of disease contracted in service.
793
SMITH'S INDEPENDENT COMPANY CAVALRY.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR MUSTER IN.
DATE OF MUSTER OUT OR DISCHARGE.
REMARKS.
Holland, Peter J. Hammond,
William J.
Private.
Sept. 22, 1862
June 30, 1865
Hoy, Henry
Private.
Nov. 9,
1863 June 21, 1865 Veteran volunteer.
Hancock, Andrew Holly, Henry
Private.
Nov. 9,
1863
Discharged for disability.
Hudson, Jesse
Private.
Sept. 22, 1862
June 30,
1865
Hyland, Lambert
Private.
Feb. 25,
1864 June 30,
1865
Hudson, John H. Holland, Wm. I.
Private.
Sept. 22, 1862 June 30,
1865
Holland, Sam'l L.
Private.
Mar. 25, 1863
June 30,
1865
Private.
Sept. 21, 1862
June 30,
1865
Corporal.
Sept. 25, 1862
June 30,
1865
Private.
Sept. 25, 1862
June 30, 1865
Edward T.
Private. Private.
Sept. 30, 1862
June 30,
1865
Sergeant.
Sept. 22, 1862 June 30, 1865
Hiram D.| Private.
Littleton,
Levin H. S. Private.
Sept. 27, 1862
Littleton, Ara S.
Private.
Sept. 30, 1862
Private.
Sept. 29, 1862
May 4,
1865
Com. Sergt.
Sept. 19, 1862
June 23, 1863
Corporal.
Sept. 19, 1862
June 30, 1865
Private. Private.
Sept. 29, 1862 June 30,
1865
Sergeant.
Sept. 27, 1862 June 30, 1865
Private.
Oct. 1, 1862 June 30, 1865
Private.
Sept. 27, 1862
June 30,
1865
Private.
April 16, 1864 June 30, 1865
Private.
Aug. 22, 1864
June 30, 1865
Mar. 26, 1863
June 30, 1865
Sept. 25, 1862
June 30,
1865
Sept. 22, 1862 June 30,
1865
Private.
Sept. 29, 1862
June 30,
1865
Sept. 26, 1862
June 30, 1865
Sept. 18, 1862
June 30,
1865
Sept. 27, 1862
Sept. 22, 1862
June 30,
1865
Sept. 22, 1862
June 30, 1865
Sept. 22, 1862
June 30, 1865
Sept. 20, 1862
June 30, 1865
Major N. C. Private.
Sept. 20, 1862 June 30, 1865
Private.
Sept. 20, 1862
June 30, 1865
Private.
Sept. 27, 1862
June 30, 1865
Private.
Sept. 27, 1862
June 30, 1865
Private.
Sept. 20, 1862
June 30, 1865
Sept. 19, 1862 June 30, 1865
Private. Private. Private.
Sept. 18, 1862
June 30,
1865
Sept. 27, 1862
June 30,
1865
Sept. 30, 1862
June 30,
1865
Private. Corporal. Private. Private. Sergeant. Private.
Sept. 29, 1862
Sept. 20, 1864
May 8, 1865
Mar. 28, 1864
Sept. 21, 1862
June 30, 1865
Sept. 22, 1862
June 30, 1865
Private. Private.
Sept. 22, 1862
Sept. 24, 1862
June 30, 1865
Private.
Mar. 28, 1864
June 30, 1865
Corporal.
Corporal.
Sept. 26, 1862
June 30, 1865
Sept. 22, 1862 June 30, 1865
Deserted, December 30, 1862.
Deserted, December 31, 1862. Deserted, December 31, 1862.
Discharged for disability.
Deserted, June 5, 1864. Discharged for disability.
Died, July 19, 1864, of disease contracted in service.
Thomas E. Redden, Geo. U. Rebill, William Sturgis, Thomas Smack, Geo. W. Scarborough,
George W. Farrier. Sheppard, Jno. H. Corporal.
Private.
Sept. 19, 1862 June 30, 1865
June 30, 1865
Kelly, Charles P. Lutton, James T. Littleton,
Private.
Sept. 2
1862 June 30,
1865
Hancock, Miley Jones, Levin J. Johnson, Wm. L. Johnson,
Private.
Sept. 17, 1862
June 30, 1865
Landon, Wm. I. Milburn, Wm. T. Mills, Thomas J. Mason, Irving S. Mallet, Micajah Morris,
Francis E. P. Mills, Thomas J. Mason, Wm. P. McDonald, Jno. H. Melburn, Wm. H. Melvin, Alfred L. Nock, George H. Nock, John J. Nock, Thomas A. Nock, John W. Neathaw, Wm. L. Purnell, G. W. C. Parsons, Geo. W. Paradise, Benj. Paradise, Joseph Paradise, John R. Philipps,
Private. Sergeant. Private.
Private. Saddler. Corporal. Private. Sergeant. Corporal. Private.
Sept. 30, 1862
Sept. 30, 1862
Sept. 13, 1862 June 30, 1865
Paradise, James Powell, Levin H. Pruitt, John P. Payne, Wm. F. Payne, James W. Parsons, John T. Powell, Geo. H. Powell, John S. Price, George W. Prince, Wm. H. Parsons, John G. Redden, James Riley, James E. Richardson,
June 30, 1865
June 30, 1865
Sept. 19, 1862 June 30, 1865 Sept. 19, 1862 June 30, 1865
794
SMITH'S INDEPENDENT COMPANY CAVALRY.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR MUSTER IN.
DATE OF MUSTER OUT OR DISCHARGE.
REMARKS.
Sturgis, Wm. I.
Private.
Sept. 22, 1862
June 30, 1865
Swift, Benj. W.
Private.
Sept. 18, 1862
June 30,
1865
Sturgis, Wm. H.
Private.
Sept. 19, 1862
June 30,
1865
Sturgis, Ara S.
Private.
Sept. 15, 1862
June 30,
1865
Swift, Henry
Private.
Sept. 19, 1862
June 30, 1865
Schaffer,
Christopher S. E. Swift, Henry F.
Private.
Sept. 15, 1862
June 30,
1865
Private.
Sept. 19, 1862
June 30,
1865
Sliver, Moses L.
Private.
Oct. 19,
1864
June 30,
1865
Tarr, William E.
Sergeant.
Sept. 30, 1862
June 30,
1865
Truitt, John A.
Sergeant.
Sept. 30, 1862
June 30,
1865
Saddler.
Sept. 18, 1862
June 30,
1865
Private.
Sept. 22, 1862
June 30,
1865
Private.
Sept. 30, 1862
June 30,
1865
Tilghman, A. L.
Private.
Sept. 24, 1862
June 30,
1865
Vincent, James H. Vickers, Isaac T. White, Francis A. Wainwright,
1st Sergt.
Sept. 29, 1862
June 30,
1865
Farrier.
Sept. 29, 1862
June 30,
1865
Elijah
Private.
Sept. 30, 1862
Wainwright,
Ebenezer
Private.
Sept. 29, 1862
Webb, Edward
Private.
Sept. 24, 1862
June 30, 1865
Ward, John W.
Musician.
Sept. 19, 1862
June 30, 1865
Webb, William
Private.
Sept. 22, 1862
June 30, 1865
Webb, John T.
Private.
Sept. 22, 1862
June 30,
1865
Warraner, Robert
Corporal.
Feb. 6,
1864 June 30, 1865
Worthington,
Joseph C.
Private.
April 1,
1864 June 15, 1864 Borne on War Department rolls as Whittington; dis- charged for disability.
Deserted, December 30, 1862.
Deserted, December 2, 1864.
Wagoner.
Sept. 20, 1862
Deserted, February 14, 1864.
Tatham, Wm. H. Tull, George W. Taylor, John J. Tull, William
Private.
Sept. 24, 1862
June 30,
1865
BATTERY A, LIGHT ARTILLERY [1st], "RIGBY'S."
HIS battery was organized at Baltimore and Pikesville, Maryland, in August and September, 1861, to serve three years.
On the expiration of its term of service, the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, com- posed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until March 11, 1865, when it was consolidated with Battery B, Maryland Light Artillery.
Battery A was originally a part of the Purnell Legion, Mary- land Volunteers.
In the latter part of the year 1861, Battery A was sent to the eastern shore of Vir- ginia, where it rendered efficient service.
In the early part of the year 1862, the battery was sent to the Army of the Potomac, then under General McClellan, in his campaign against Richmond, Virginia, and assigned to the artillery reserve under General Hunt, where it performed splendid service, more especially at the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862, on the right of the Federal line with Sumner's corps. In this battle the Federal artillery was instrumental in repulsing, with severe losses, the Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee.
During the Maryland campaign, caused by the invasion of Lee's Confederate army in September, 1862, Battery A, Maryland Light Artillery, again rendered conspicuous service, especially at Crampton's Gap, Md., September 14, 1862, and at the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862.
At the battle of Antietam (really the most severe in losses by death in a single day's fight during the Civil War), Battery A, Maryland Light Artillery, was posted on the right of the line with Slocum's Division, in front of the Dunkard Church, where the battle raged fiercely all day, with alternate victory and defeat.
The battery was commended by General Slocum, commanding division, for its gal- lantry and efficiency.
The battery experienced serious loss in the battle.
After the battle of Antietam the battery took part with the Army of the Potomac in all of its subsequent movements, culminating in the battles of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862, and Marye's Heights, Va., May 3, 1863.
Atthe battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Battery A was highly complimented by Colonel Wainright, Chief of Artillery of the 1st Army Corps.
Battery A marched with the Army of the Potomac during the Gettysburg Campaign.
796
BATTERY A, LIGHT ARTILLERY [1st], " RIGBY'S."
At the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., Battery A took part in the second and third days' fight, having been posted on the extreme right of the line with the 12th Army Corps.
The battery continued on active duty until its consolidation with Battery B, Mary- land Light Artillery, March 11, 1865.
The record of this battery, more especially whilst under the command of Captain Rigby, was a brilliant one, and reflected great credit upon the battery and the State.
Battery A, Maryland Light Artillery, incurred the following losses by death during its term of service, viz .: Killed in battle, six enlisted men ; died of wounds, disease, etc., twenty-eight enlisted men; total losses by death, thirty-four enlisted men.
Battery A, Maryland Light Artillery, participated in the following battles during the Civil War, viz .: Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862 ; Crampton's Gap, Md., September 14, 1862 ; Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862 : Marye's Heights, Va., May 3, 1863; Salem Heights, Va., May 3-4, 1863 ; Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-3, 1863.
NOTE .- "The battery was organized under Cap. Jno. W. Wolcott and was under his command at battles of Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Crampton's Gap and Antietam."
797
BATTERY A, LIGHT ARTILLERY [1ST], "RIGBY'S."
ROSTER. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
AME.
RANK.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR MUSTER IN.
DATE OF MUSTER OCT OR DISCHARGE.
REMARKS.
Jno. W. Wolcott James H. Rigby
Captain. Captain.
Nov. 21, 1861 Dec. 31, 1862 Resigned.
Aug. 20, 1861
Mar. 11,
1865 Entered the service as First Lieutenant; promoted Captain, January 10, 1863; mustered out, March 11, 1865, upon the consolidation with Battery B; he was present with his command in all the engagements in which it participated.
Theodore J.
Venneman
1st Lleut.
Aug. 31, 1861 Dec. 23,
Thomas Binyon Lowell A.
1st Lieut.
Aug. 20, 1861
Nov. 10,
Chamberlain 1st Lieut.
Nov. 21, 1861
July 3,
1865 Entered the service as Second Lieutenant; promoted First Lieutenant, January 21, 1863; transferred to Battery B, March 11, 1865; mustered out.
Edgar G. Taylor
2nd Lleut.
Aug. 2
1861
Jan. 16,
1864 Entered the service as Second Lieutenant, August 20, ยท1861; resigned, September 12, 1862; re-entered, First Lieutenant, Battery B, June 25, 1863; mustered out, January 16, 1864.
Frank I. Witcher
2nd Lieut.
Nov. 21,
1861
Nov. 16, 1862 Entered the service as Second Lieutenant, November 21, 1861; resigned, November 16, 1862.
Augustine
McIntyre
2nd Lleut.
Dec. 15,
1861
John F. Daneker
2nd Lleut.
Nov. 9,
1861
April 14, 1864 Entered the service as Corporal; promoted Second Lieutenant, December 2, 1862; resigned, April 14, 1864. Mar. 24, 1865 Entered the service as First Sergeant, Company C, Baltimore Light Infantry; promoted Second Lieu- tenant, Battery A, February 3, 1863; transferred to Battery B, March 11, 1865; mustered out, March 24, 1865.
ENLISTED MEN.
Allen, Samuel Allen, Thos. F. Anderson. .
Private. Private.
April 22, 1863
Deserted, May 1, 1863.
Nov. 13, 1861 July 3,
1865
Transferred to Battery B; veteran.
Edward C.
Private.
Private.
Sept. 13,
1861
July 3,
1865
Transferred to Battery B; veteran.
Private.
April 22,
1863
Deserted, July 6,- 1863.
Private.
Dec. 14,
1861
Mar. 28, 1863
Private.
Sept. 30, 1864
July 3,
1865 Transferred to Battery B. Present June 30, 1862; no further record found. Died April 26, 1864.
Private. Private. Private. Private.
Dec. 27,
1861
Mar. 10, . 1865 Veteran.
Private.
Oct. 2,
1861
July 3,
1865
Transferred to Battery B; veteran.
Bowers, Charles Bradley, Henry S. Brady, Patrick Bremmer,
Private.
May 14,
1864
Deserted, May 22, 1864.
Private. Private.
Jan. 19,
1862 Oct. 21, 1862
Christian Private.
April 10, 1863
Jan. 9, 1864
Brown, Chas. W. Brown,
Private.
April 22, 1863
Deserted, May 1, 1863.
Samuel W.
Private.
Oct. ? , 1864
No further record found, A. G. O., War Department.
Brown, Thos. J.
| Private.
April 22,
1863 Feb. 14, 1865
Bruce, John C.
Private.
April 10,
1863
Deserted, April 13, 1863.
Bufter, Jos. R.
Private.
Oct. 8, 1861
July 3,
1865 Transferred to Battery B; veteran. Deserted, May 1, 1863.
Burke, Jas. (2)
Private.
April 10, 1863 Mar. 31, 1864
Burns, Edward Busby, James
Private.
Sept, 13, 1861 Sept. 16, 1864
Private.
Sept. 5,
1861 Oct. 31,
1864 Transferred to V. R. C.
Burke, Jas. (1)
Private.
Sept. 18,
1861
July 3, 1865
Transferred to Battery B; veteran.
Oct. 24, Mar. 29,
1861
1864
Sept. 13, 1861
Mar. 10,
1865 Veteran.
Appleby, John P. Banghart, John Banghart, John Bankart, John Barker, Chas. F. Beam, George Beard, John C. Bennett, Wm. D. Berry, Urias
April 10, 1863
Deserted, April 13, 1863.
1862 Entered the service as Second Lieutenant; promoted First Lieutenant, January 1, 1862; resigned. 1864 Mustered out, expiration of term.
.
April 22, 1863
798
BATTERY A, LIGHT ARTILLERY [1ST], "RIGBY'S."
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR MUSTER IN.
DATE OF MUSTER OUT OR DISCHARGE.
REMARKS.
Butterfield,
William J.
Private. Private.
Oct. 6,
1864 July 3,
1865 Transferred to Battery B.
Capito, Jacob F.
Private.
Nov. 23,
1861
July 3,
1865 Transferred to Battery B; veteran.
Casey, Martin J.
Private.
Nov. 30,
1861
July 3,
1865
Transferred to Battery B; veteran.
Caulk, Jas. M.
Private.
Sept. 24,
1861 Mar. 10,
1865
Veteran.
Chaney, Henry C.
Private.
Sept. 10,
1861
Oct. 24,
1862
Chesnut, John
Private.
Feb. 12,
1864
July 3,
1865 Transferred to Battery B.
Ciancy, John
Private.
Dec. 12,
1861
Deserted, November 1, 1862.
Clayton,
Samuel L.
Private.
Sept. 18, 1861
July 3,
1865 Transferred to Battery B; veteran.
Cole, Charles E.
Private.
Nov. 12,
1861
Nov. 26,
1865 Transferred to Battery B.
Cole, David
Private.
Oct. 14,
1862
Colehouse,
William T.
Private.
Sept. 13,
1861
July 3,
1865 Transferred to Battery B; veteran.
Connelly, Wm.
Private.
Dec. 27,
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