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The following order was accordingly issued :
HEADQUARTERS, HARPER'S FERRY, VA., 14th September, 1862.
SPECIAL ORDER No. 120.
1 .- The cavalry force at this post, except detached orderlies, will make imme- diate preparations to leave here at 8 o'clock to-night without baggage, wagons, am- bulances or lead horses, crossing the pontoon and taking the Sharpsburg road.
2 .- The senior officer, Colonel Voss, will assume command of the whole, which will form in the following order: the right at the Quartermaster's Office; the left up Shen- andoah Street, without noise or loud command, viz., "Cole's Cavalry," 12th Illinois Cavalry, 8th New York Cavalry, Rhode Island Cavalry, 1st Maryland Cavalry. No other instruc- tions can be given to the commander for his guidance than to force his way through the enemy's lines to our army.
(Signed)
H. C. REYNOLDS, Lieut. and A. A. Gen'l.
By order of Colonel Miles.
"Cole's Cavalry" did head the cavalry force, which, at the appointed hour, promptly penetrated the enemy's lines, and, before the enemy could comprehend the nature of the movement, had passed beyond the lines of the besieging armies, but only to enter that part of General Lee's Army then at Sharpsburg. The Cavalry, however, pushed on through this force, and upon reaching the turnpike leading from Hagerstown to Wil- liamsport, the column discovered the ammunition train of General Longstreet's Corps of Lee's Confederate Army moving southward, immediately captured a large part thereof and successfully defended it against all efforts at recapture.
Subsequent to the battle of Antietam, the Confederate Cavalry, under the command of General Jeb Stuart, made a raid around the Army of the Potomac, and boasted "that they did not lose a man" in their gallant exploit. "Cole's Cavalry," who, however, took up the pursuit, harrassed them whenever practicable, and not only captured seven of their number, but promptly advised General Stoneman, commanding the Federal Cavalry Division, of the movements of the raiding party and the topography of the country and where they could be intercepted, whose cautious and deliberate movements alone pre- vented the capture or dispersal of the entire raiding party.
In November, 1862, "Cole's Cavalry" was assigned to the 12th Army Corps, under the immediate command of General Slocum, its corps commander, and as they were the only Cavalry with this corps, they were kept constantly in the saddle scouting and skirmishing.
On the 2d day of December, 1862, with General Geary's Division of the 12th Army Corps, "Cole's Cavalry" started out as the advance guard on a reconnoissance up the Shen- andoah Valley of Virginia. The battalion being the only cavalry with the Division, were constantly engaged during the movement in skirmishing with the enemy, more especially at Charlestown, Va., December 2, 1862; at Berryville, Va., December 3, 1862; at Winchester, Va., December 5, 1862.
When the 12th Army Corps marched into eastern Virginia, "Cole's Cavalry" was left in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. On the 20th day of December, 1862, a portion of the 12th Virginia Confederate Cavalry, under a certain Captain Baylor (who had achieved an unenviable notoriety by firing upon a flag of truce amongst his other ex-
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ploits), concluded to wipe out of existence "Cole's Cavalry," and moved rapidly down the valley to surprise them; "Cole's Cavalry" had, however, been promptly advised by their scouts of the movement, and Companies A and C, under Captain Vernon, leaving their pickets in position, moved around the left flank to the rear of the attacking column, and although outnumbered, charged them, capturing Captain Baylor and a large part of his command, driving them four miles. Captain Baylor was subsequently tried at Harper's Ferry, Va., for his life for violating the laws of civilized warfare.
On the 13th day of June, 1863, "Cole's Cavalry," in pursuit of a Confederate Cavalry detachment, ran into the advancing column of Rhodes' Division of the Confederate Army, who, after driving out a Brigade of Federal troops at Berryville, were on the march for the Martinsburg road, in the rear of General Milroy's Division. Scouts from the com- mand were immediately sent through the enemy's lines to Winchester to apprise General Milroy of his peril.
After the Division of General Milroy had been overwhelmed by Lee's Army and a portion of it captured, the detachment, who had forced their way through the enemy's army, were protected in their retreat by "Cole's Cavalry" with great tenacity, who aided in the escape of large numbers of Milroy's Division.
"Cole's Cavalry" then assumed the offensive, confronted and hung upon the flanks and rear of Lee's Confederate Army, then engaged in its campaign of invasion that culminated at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Whilst suffering severe losses themselves, nevertheless, by reason of their thorough knowledge of the country, traveling rapidly from point to point, they inflicted tenfold greater losses on the enemy, whilst drafts were made upon the command for couriers and guides for the advancing columns of the Army of the Potomac; the remainder of the command was constantly in the saddle.
The engagement at Berryville, Va., June 13, 1863; at Martinsburg, Va., June 11, 1863; at Williamsport, June 15, 1863; at Catoctin Creek, June 17, 1863; at Frederick, June 22, 1863; at Fountain Dale, Pa., and Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863; Emmittsburg, Md., July 5, 1863; at Harper's Ferry and Falling Waters, July 6, 1863, attested the good work of the command. They captured large numbers of the enemy; they captured the despatch-bearer from General Lee to General Ewell "ordering a concentration of the Confederate Armies at Gettysburg," which was delivered into the hands of General Reynolds, who was killed in the first day's fight at the battle of Gettysburg.
They captured the enemy's supplies; they burnt Lee's pontoon bridge in the rear of his army; they interrupted his lines of communication-in fact, rendered splendid service during the memorable campaign.
After the Gettysburg campaign the battalion made strenuous and successful efforts to recruit their depleted ranks.
On the 14th day of September, 1863, the battalion succeeded in surprising and cap. turing, on Catoctin Mountain, near Leesburg, Va., nearly the entire command of a Con- federate cavalry company who had been a source of annoyance to the Union Armies.
On the 18th day of October, 1862, the Confederate brigade of General Imboden sur- prised and captured at Charlestown, Va., the 9th Maryland Infantry. "Cole's Cavalry," who had previously apprised this command of the proximity of the enemy and of their liability to attack, promptly rushed to the rescue with Minor's Indiana Battery, followed
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by the 34th Massachusetts Infantry and 10th Maryland Infantry. The battalion repeat- edly charged the retreating columns of the enemy, who were compelled to stop, form line of battle, brigade front, and drive back the battalion, only to be again vigorously attacked in turn. Only at one time during the entire day did the infantry support reach the battlefield, when the enemy again retreated in haste with their prisoners.
"Cole's Cavalry" suffered severely this day in killed and wounded.
In December, 1863, Cole's Cavalry formed a part of the raiding column who were ordered to demonstrate down the Shenandoah Valley towards Staunton, whilst another co-operating column of cavalry passed on beyond their right flank to the James river and cut the railroad between Lynchburg, Va., and Bristol, Tennessee, to prevent rein- forcements being sent from Lee's Army to reinforce Longstreet's Army, then besieging Knoxville, Tenn. During the fifteen days' midwinter raid, "Cole's Cavalry" suffered severe loss, but rendered invaluable service during these successful movements.
On the 10th day of January, 1864, Cole's Battalion, whilst occupying an isolated camp on a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Loudon Heights, Va., were attacked at midnight, on a bitter cold winter night, by Mosby's Guerrilla Battalion, augmented by volunteers from Lee's Army. With the firm conviction that they would make a rich capture, a most sanguinary battle ensued, principally a hand to hand fight, in which the battalion suffered severely in killed and wounded, but inflicted greater loss upon the enemy, whom they drove with confusion from the camp, then mounted and vigor- ously pursued the enemy.
This battle evoked the following order of congratulation from the General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States, viz .:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, WASHINGTON, D. C., January 20, 1864.
Brig-General B. F. KELLY, Cumberland.
General :- I have just received, through your headquarters, Major Henry A. Cole's report of the repulse of Mosby's attack upon his camp, on Loudon Heights, on the 10th inst.
Major Cole and his command, the Battalion of P. H. B. Cavalry, Maryland Volunteers, deserve high praise for their gallantry in repelling the rebel assault.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief.
In the latter part of January, 1864, the battalion pushed through Winchester to Romney and Moorfield, in Western Virginia, to assist in repelling a large raiding party of the enemy's cavalry.
On the 13th day of February, 1864, the battalion re-enlisted for the war, and was granted a thirty days' furlough. The battalion marched to Frederick, Md., where they received an ovation from the loyal people of Western Maryland. They were met at the outskirts of the city by the corporate authorities and a military escort, and, amidst the ringing of the church and fire bells, waving of flags and cheers of the people, conducted to the City Hall, where they were formally welcomed home by Justice Nelson, of the Supreme Court, and accorded a banquet.
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After the expiration of the furlough of the veteran battalion, the command was recruited up to a full regiment of twelve companies. Whilst waiting for the proper mounting and equipment of the entire regiment, all of the mounted men both in the old battalion and new battalions were sent to the front. In the disastrous battles fought by General Sigel, at New Market, Va., May 13th and 15th, 1862, "Cole's Cavalry" suffered heavily, when General Hunter assumed command of this army in the Shenandoah, and again advanced. All of "Cole's Cavalry" then mounted, joined him and participated in the splendid victory at the battle of Piedmont, Va., June 5, 1864, as well as the skir- mishes at Tye River Gap, June 12, 1864, Lexington, June 13, Buchannon, June 14, and Lynchburg, Va., June 18, 1864.
The arrival of another army under General Early, at Lynchburg, compelled General Hunter's command to retreat from Lynchburg by the Kanawha Valley. General Early's Confederate Army promptly moved up the Shenandoah Valley; in the mean time the balance of the regiment, still dismounted, moved out from Martinsburg with the column of troops who, at Leetown, Va., July 3, 1864, repulsed the advance guard of Early's army.
A detachment of the dismounted command was mounted and rendered good ser- vice to the Union armies during the raid into Maryland by Early's Army and his attempt to capture Washington, capturing men, provisions, etc.
After the battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864, the repulse of Early's Army in front of Washington, July 12, 1864, and its pursuit by the 6th and 19th Army Corps, with the Army of West Virginia, "Cole's Cavalry" participated in the engagements that ensued, more especially at Ashby's Gap, Va., July 19, 1864.
"Cole's Cavalry" (mounted men) remained with the Army of West Virginia at Winchester, Va., after the 6th and 19th Army Corps returned towards Washington, where they were attacked by Early's army again, July 25, 1864, and compelled to retreat beyond the Potomac with this army.
"Cole's Cavalry" was attacked July 26, 1864, by a column of Confederates, who attempted to cross the Potomac River at that point, but promptly repulsed the enemy. After the burning of Chambersburg, Pa., in July, 1864, by a raiding party of Confeder- ate Cavalry, "Cole's Cavalry" assisted in driving the enemy out of Maryland.
On the 5th day of August, 1864, a large part of General Early's Army, consisting of infantry, cavalry and artillery, again recrossed the Potomac river, near Sharpsburg, Md., and advanced through Sharpsburg toward the National turnpike, at Boonsboro.
The advance brigade of the column was met at Keedyville by the regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Vernon, promptly and vigorously attacked and driven back beyond the Antietam, where they were checked by the artillery and infantry of the Confederate Army, who, in turn, compelled "Cole's Cavalry" to retreat slowly into the mountain gaps of the Blue Ridge Mountains; the enemy being satisfied with shelling the command, made no further attempt to dislodge the regiment. In this spirited engagement, lasting several hours, the command suffered severely in killed and wounded, but inflicted greater loss upon the enemy, and only retired before an overwhelming force.
The advance of General Sheridan's Army up the Shenandoah Valley, by the way of Harper's Ferry, caused Early's Army to retire to Winchester, Va.
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The regiment was now assigned to Merritt's Cavalry Division of Torbert's Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah.
In the autumn of 1862, the armies of Sheridan and Early alternately advanced up and down the Shenandoah Valley, the cavalry corps, including "Cole's Cavalry," being almost constantly engaged, until Sheridan, by his brilliant battles at Opequan (Win- chester), Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, effectually destroyed Early's Confederate Army and compelled its remnants to retreat towards the James river.
A raiding party of the enemy's cavalry, under General Rosser, into Western Vir- ginia, in the winter of 1864-5, necessitated the sending of "Cole's Cavalry" into West Vir- ginia to protect that section, and the subsequent capture and burning of trains on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in Western Virginia, by Mosby's Guerrillas, compelled the command to be assigned to duty in West Virginia during the remainder of the Civil War.
On the 28th day of June, 1865, "Cole's Cavalry" was mustered out of the military ser- vice of the United States, at Harper's Ferry, Va., by orders of the War Department, and, by reason of the close of war, proceeded thence to Baltimore, where the regiment was finally discharged.
"Cole's Cavalry," during its nearly four years of active, arduous service in scouting and raiding in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, from Gettysburg, Pa., to Lynchburg, Va., from the Potomac river south to the James river, and west to the Kanawha and the Ohio river, marched over seven thousand (7000) miles.
The death list of "Cole's Cavalry" was as follows : Killed in battle, two (2) com- missioned officers and forty-five (45) enlisted men; total forty-seven (47) ; died of wounds, in prison, etc., two (2) commissioned officers and one hundred and twenty (120) enlisted men; total, one hundred and twenty-two (122); or an aggregate death list of one hun- dred and sixty-nine (169).
"Cole's Cavalry" participated in the following skirmishes, engagements and battles during the Civil War, either by company, detachments, battalions or as a regiment, viz .: South Branch Bridge, Va., October 26, 1861; Hancock, Md., January 5 and 6, 1862 ; Bloomery Gap, Va., February 14, 1862 ; Martinsburg, Va., March 3, 1862; Bunker Hill, Va., March 5, 1862 ; Stephenson's Depot, Va., March 7 and 8, 1862; Winches- ter, Va., March 12, 1862; Kernstown, Va., March 22 and 23, 1862 ; Edinburg, Va., April 1, 1862; Grass Lick, Va., April 23, 1862; Wordensfield, Va., May 7, 1862; Charlestown, Va., May 28, 1862 ; Leesburg, Va., September 2, 1862 ; Harper's Ferry, Va., September 13 and 14, 1862; Sharpsburg, Md., September 15, 1862; Hyatts. town, Md., October 12, 1862; Charlestown, Va., November 14, 1862; Charlestown, Va., December 2, 1862; Berryville, Va., December 3, 1862; Winchester, Va., December 5, 1862; Hall Town, Va., December 20, 1862; Berryville, Va., June 13, 1863 ; Martinsburg, Va,, June 14, 1863 ; Williamsport, Md., June 15, 1863; Catoctin Creek, June 17, 1863 ; Sharpsburg, Md., July, 1863; Fountain Dale, Pa., July 1, 1863 ; Frederick, Md., June 22, 1863 ; Gettysburg, Pa., July 1 to 3, 1863; Emmits- burg, Md., July 5, 1863; Falling Waters, July 6, 1863 ; Harper's Ferry, July 6, 1863 ; Catoctin Mountain, Va., September 14, 1863; Snickersville, Leesburg, Rector's X Roads and Bloomfield, Va., September, 1863; Upperville, Va., September 25, 1863 ; Charlestown, Va., October 18, 1863; Mt. Jackson, Va., November 17, 1863; Wood- stock and Ashby's Gap, November, 1863 ; Upperville, Va., December 10, 1863 ; Edin-
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burg, Va., December 17, 1863; New Market, Va., December 18, 1863; Harrisonburg and Staunton, December 21, 1863; Rectortown, January 1, 1864 ; Loudon Heights, Va., January 10, 1864 ; Romney, Moorfield and Mechanicsville Gap, January, 1864 ; New Market, Va., May 13 to 15, 1864; Harrisonburg, Va., June 3, 1864; Pied- mont, Va., June 5, 1864 ; Tye River Gap, June 12, 1864; Lexington, Va., June 13, 1864 ; Buchannon, Va., June 14, 1864; Lynchburg, Va., June 15, 1864; Salem, Va., June 21, 1864 ; Leetown and Shepardstown, Va., July 3, 1864 ; Frederick, Md., July 11, and 12, 1864; Maryland Heights, Brownesville, Crampton's Gap and Herndon, July, 1864; Purcelville, Va., July 16, 1864 ; Snicker's Ferry, Va., July 18, 1864; Ashby's Gap, Va., July 19, 1864; Winchester, Va., July 19, 1864 ; Kernstown (Win- chester), July 23 and 24, 1864 ; Snicker's Gap, July 25, 1864 ; Falling Waters, July 26, 1864; Hagerstown, July 29 and 30, 1864; Keedysville and Antietam, Md., August 22, 1864 ; Summit Point, Va., August 30, 1864; White Post, Va., Sep- tember 3, 1864; Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864.
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ROSTER. FIELD AND STAFF.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR MUSTER IN.
DATE OF MUSTER OUT OR DISCHARGE.
REMARKS.
Henry A Cole
Colonel.
Aug. 10, 1861 June 28, 1865 Entered the service as Captain Company A, August 10, 1861; promoted Major, August 1, 1862; Lieutenant- Colonel, March 5, 1864; Colonel, April 20, 1864. During the siege of Harper's Ferry, Va., September, 1862, the commanding officer of the beleaguered garrison desiring to communicate with General Mcclellan and the Army of the Potomac, sent for Major Cole, and advised him of his wishes in the premises. Major Cole volunteered his services, passed through the enemy's lines, delivered the dispatch in person, and received the thanks of General Mcclellan.
George W. F.
Vernon
Lieut .- Col.
Aug. 10, 1861
June 28, 1865 Entered the service as Second Lieutenant Company A, August 10, 1861; promoted First Lieutenant, May 10, 1862; Captain, October 25, 1862; Major, March 7, 1864; Lieutenant-Colonel, April 20, 1864; severely wounded, January 10, 1864, at Loudon Heights, Va .; left eye shot out in midnight attack by Mosby's guerrillas; from May to October, 1864, assigned temporarily to command Dismounted Cavalry Brigade, consisting of Cole's Cavalry, Maryland Volunteers, Twenty- Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, Twenty-First New York Cavalry; commanded the same in engagement at Leetown, Va .; detached from his command and placed in charge of Provisional Brigade, consisting of battalions from Eighteenth Connecticut Infantry, Fourteenth West Virginia, Thirteenth Maryland In- fantry, and One Hundred and Ninety-Fifth Pennsyl- vania Infantry, Department of West Virginia, from December, 1864, to March, 1865; mustered out with his regiment, June 28, 1865.
Alexander M.
Flory Major.
Aug. 24, 1861
Oct. 12,
1864
Entered the service as First Lieutenant Company B, August 24, 1861; promoted Major, April 20, 1864; dis- charged October 12, 1864.
J. Townsend
Daniel Major.
Mar. 19, 1864
June 28,
1865
Robert S. Mooney
Major.
Mar. 23, 1864 June 28, 1865 Entered the service as First Lieutenant Company I; promoted Major, April 20, 1864; mustered out, June 28, 1865.
Oliver A. Horner Major.
Aug. 27,
June 28,
1865 Entered the service as private Company C, August 27, 1861; promoted Corporal, August 31, 1861; First Ser- geant, June 10, 1862; Second Lieutenant, January 14, 1864; First Lieutenant and Adjutant, April 20, 1864; Major, February 1, 1865; detached from May 21 to June 18, 1864, at Camp Stonemen, D. C., as A. A. A. General to Colonel Cole, commanding a division of dismounted cavalry; detached from June 24 to July 7, 1864, as Ordnance Officer at Martinsburg, W. Va .; detached from July 8 to July 14, 1864, as A. A. A. Gen- eral to Colonel Harris, commanding Brigade of In- fantry, Department of West Virginia; detached as Post Adjutant to Colonel Vernon at Hagerstown, Md., from July 22, to July 29, 1864; captured at Middletown, Md., July 6, 1864, whilst charging, with a small detachment, a brigade of Rebel cavalry, in order to gain time and give the army an opportunity to meet the advancing enemy; escaped same day; mustered out with regiment, June 28, 1865.
Oliver A. Horner
1st Lieut. and Adjutant.
Aug. 27, 1861 June 28, 1865 See Record as Major.
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FIELD AND STAFF -- (Continued.)
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR MUSTER IN.
DATE OF MUSTER OUT OR DISCHARGE.
REMARKS.
Charles Ostrelli
1st Lieut. and Adjutant.
Mar. 19, 1864 June 28, 1865 Entered the service as private Company I; promoted Sergeant-Major, May 1, 1864; First Lieutenant, Com- pany E, December - 30, 1864; Adjutant, February 1, 1865.
Hiram F.
Winchester
1st Lieut. and R. Q. M.
Mar. 8,
1864 June 28, 1865
Henry H. Vernon
1st Lieut. and R. C. S.
April 24, 1864
Entered the service as First Lieutenant and Regi- mental Commissary of Subsistence, April 24, 1864; died, June 23, 1864, of disease contracted in service.
Samuei J.
Maxwell
1st Lleut. and R. C. S.
Aug. 27, 1861 June 28, 1865 Promoted from Sergeant, Company C. to Company Commissary Sergeant, January 1, 1863; veteran vol- unteer, February 13, 1864; promoted First Lieutenant and Regimental Commissary of Subsistence, July 7, 1864; taken prisoner, September 2, 1862; mustered out, June 28, 1865.
Walter R. Way
Surgeon.
Mar. 27, 1863
Aug. 18, 1865 Entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; promoted Surgeon, April 20, 1864; Assistant Surgeon, United States Volunteers, December 3, 1864; mustered out, August 18, 1865.
D. Wellington Onderdonk
Surgeon.
May 6,
1864
June 28, 1865 Entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; promoted Surgeon, January 23, 1863; mustered out, June 28, 1865.
John McIlvain
Assistant Surgeon.
Feb. 20,
1864
June 28, 1865 Promoted from Hospital Stewart, May 17, 1865.
Charles Cole
Chaplaln.
May 31,
1864
June 28, 1865
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
James McDonald Charles L. R. Sumwalt
Vet. Surg.
Mar. 28, 1864
June 28, 1865
Sergt. Maj.
Mar. 28,
1864
June 28,
1865 Enlisted as private Company K; promoted Sergeant, September 1, 1864; Sergeant-Major, January 6, 1865.
Charles Ostrelli
Sergt. Maj. 1 R. Q. M. Sergeant.
Mar. 19, 1864
Nov. 27, 1861
June 28, 1865 Enlisted as private Company D; promoted from Quar- termaster Sergeant Company D, to Regimental Quar- termaster Sergeant, May 1, 1864; veteran volunteer.
Job Rice
R. Q. M. Sergeant.
Ang. 10, 1861
Enlisted as First Sergeant, Company A; promoted Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant; accidentally killed, April 22, 1864.
William Nick Currens
R. Com. Sergeant.
Aug. 27, 1861
June 28, 1865 Enlisted as private Company C; promoted Corporal, June 10, 1862; Sergeant, May 7, 1864; Regimental Commissary Sergeant, September 1, 1864; veteran volunteer.
Joseph D. Main
Hos. Stew.
Aug. 10, 1861
Aug. 19, 1864 Enlisted as private Company A; promoted Hospital Steward.
John McIlvain James A. Scott
Hos. Stew. Hos. Stew.
Aug. 27,
1861
June 28, June 28,
1865
Enlisted as private Company C; promoted Corporal, January 1, 1863; Hospital Steward, December 1, 1864; wounded, September 2, 1862, Leesburg, Va .; taken prisoner, September 14, 1862; veteran volunteer.
A. M. Hunter Chas. H. Barto
Hos. Stew. Chief Trump'tr. Chief
Feb. 24,
1864
June 28,
1865 See Roster, Company K.
Charles S. Long
Feb. 15,
1864 June 28, 1865 Enlisted as private Company F; promoted Chief Trumpeter, May 1, 1865.
Samuel T. Wolf
Trump'tr. Reg. Sad. Sergeant.
Aug. 27,
1861 June 28, 1865 Enlisted as Saddler, Company C; promoted Regimental Saddler Sergeant, November 1, 1864; taken prisoner. September 2, 1862; veteran.
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Feb. 20,
1864
1865
See Roster, Field and Staff.
Feb. 10,
1865
June 28, 1865
June 28, 1865 See Roster, Field and Staff.
Harvey G. Winter
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