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Company B.
Marcus M. Munson, corporal, died at Kingston, Ga., June 4, 1864, from wounds received at Dallas.
Guy Rathbone, corporal, died in South Carolina, Jan. 25, 1865.
Jonathan II. Barlow, died at Washington, D. C., Jan. 20, 1863.
John Bright, died in Nashville, Tenn .. June 27, 1864, of wounds received at Dallas.
Harrison D. Cooper, died at Nashville, Tenn., July 7, 1864, from wounds received at Dallas.
Hay Griene, killed at the battle of Dallas, May 25, 1864.
Harvey Harrington, died at Antietam, Md., Sept. 18, 1862, from wounds received at the battle of Antietam.
Ilcory C. Howland, died near Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864, from wounds received while on skirmish linc.
Jacob W. Jackson, died at Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 1862.
Charles S. Keener, died at Kingston, Ga., July 31, 1864, of wounds received at Dallas.
Martin McGuire, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
1 Stephen Rickey, died at Summit House, Md., Dec. 22, 1862.
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Oscar M. Root, died at Louisville, Ky., Aug. 24, 1864, from wounds received at Dallas.
Van Buren Stage, died at Harper's Ferry, Oct. 13, 1862.
Charles J. Terwilliger, died at Harper's Ferry, Va., Oct. 15, 1862.
Frederick Lostensen, died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 28, 1864, from accidental wounds. Louis N. Vreeland, killed at Dallas.
Levi B. Van Gelder, died at Nashville, Tenn., July 29, 1864, from wounds received at Dallas.
Company C.
Jeremiah B. Wood, sergeant, Dallas, Ga., May 30, 1864.
William R. Christler, corporal, killed at Averysborn', N. C., March 17, 1864.
John McCarrick, Atlanta, Ga., Oet. 11, 1864.
David Able, Harper's Ferry, Oct. 29, 1862.
Andrew Brockway, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
Oscar F. Bradley, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 15, 1864.
Archilest Campbell, Atlanta, Oet. 25, 1864.
George Compton, Ilope Landing, Va., March 3, 1863.
Michael Crampton, New York, March 19, 1864.
Patrick Dore, killed at Atlanta, Aug. 11, 1864.
Clement Dreher, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
Louis Matthias, Newbero, N. C., May 25, 1864, of wounds received at Averysboro'.
Clark Richardson, Aquia, Va., May 8, 1863, of wounds received at Chancellorsville.
William Parks, Aquia Bay, March 17, 1863.
Francis S. Steinbeck, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
William Williams, killed at Rockingham, N. C., March 8, 1864.
Company D.
William E. Van Auken, sergeant, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864. Ford, sergeant, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
Beach Beardsley, corporal, Fairfax Seminary, Va., Aug. 11, 1863. William J. Personius, sergeant, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 5, 1864.
Henry Armstrong, mortally wounded at the battle of Dallas, May 25, 1864, and died same day.
Patrick Callahan, Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862, of wounds received io battle.
M. Dayton, Harper's Ferry, Va., Oet. 28, 1862.
Nathaniel Finch, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 27. 1862.
Isaac N. Lobdell, David's Island, N. Y., April 29, 1865.
Isaac Slawson, Richmon I, Va., Feb. 18, 1863, prisoner.
Company E.
Guy C. Adams, sergeant, killed ou skirmish line, at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 3, 1864.
Peter C. Compton, sergeant, died June 30, 1864, of wounds received at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
Daniel B. Scott, corporal, mortally wounded on skirmish line, Aug. 17, 1864; died on the following day.
William Diekinson, corporal, killed at Rockingham, N. C., March S, 1865.
Martin Bloss, corporal, Louisville, Ky., Dec. 16, 1864, of wounds re- ceived at Pine Knob.
Charles Willover, corporal, Harper's Ferry, Va., Oct. 26, 1862.
Erastus Busking, date and place not given.
William Church, Chattanooga, Teno., Aug. 2, 1862.
William Cooper, Ilarper's Ferry, Va., April 11, 1864.
Stephen Corwin, killed at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 3, 1864. Joseph V. Hloyt, wounded at Atlanta, Ga. ; died July 30, 1864. Josiah Hand, Wilmington, Del., Nov. 7, 1862. John Lalor, llope Landing, Va., Feb. 21, 1863. William Ladow, Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1864. Elias Raiker, wounded at Averysboro'; died March 19, 1865.
Edward Sherman, Harper's Ferry, Va., Nov. 8, 1862. Andrew Van Camp, Harper's Ferry, Va., Nov. 3, 1862.
Company F.
Capt. John F. Knox, Kingston, Ga., in May, 1864, of wounds re- ceived at Dallas.
Lieut. John D. Hill, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
Sergt. Amos Rogers, Harper's Ferry, Va., Oet. 7, 1862.
Daniel F. Hathaway, Nov. 3, 1862.
Davul Latonrette, Sept. 18, 1864.
Henry B. Aldrich, Nov. 16, 1862.
Enos P. Barnes, Nov. 16, 1862.
John Brewer, Feb. 6, 1863. Daniel Cummings, March 31, 1863.
Wm. II. Hatch, killed at Chancellorsville. Va., May 3, 1863.
James B. Jones, June 5, 1864, of wounds received at Dallas.
Albert A. Johnson, June 1, 1864, of wounds received at Dallas.
Theophilus Krumloff, Feb. 18, 1863.
James Kelly, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
Abraham Miller, Oct. 16, 1862.
David B. Moranville, March 28, 1863.
Samuel Miller, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
James D. Molson, wounded at Dallas ; died May 25, 1864.
Fred'k Melleo, Oct. 7, 1864.
James B. Nellis, Sept. 7, 1864, of wounds received at Dallas.
Edwin M. Reynolds, Nov. 21, 1862.
Gilbert C. Sticklee, Oct. 1, 1862.
David Simonson, killed at Keucsaw, Ga., June 16, 1864.
James B. Taft, wounded at Dallas ; died Juve 9, 1864.
Parley S. White, Nov. 2, 1862.
Fred'k W. Wagner, June 10, 1863.
A. D. Watson, March 5, 1863.
Wm. HI. Young, wounded at Dallas ; died May 26, 1864.
Company G.
Samuel Kinney, sergeant, wounded ; died at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 17, 1864.
Ilorace Hotchkiss, sergeant, killed at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863.
Joho E. Stratton, killed at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863.
Adam Tomer, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
Albert V. Borden, llarper's Ferry, Oet. 25, 1862.
J. H. Greek, Nashville, Teon., Feb. 17. 1865.
T. M. Aederman, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
Abram Denniston, Washington, D. C., Feb. 6, 1863.
Edward Dickinson, Nashville, Tenn., July 20, 1864.
Wm. L. Everitt, killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.
Alonzo Johnson, killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Wm. Jackson, died from wounds received at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
John Kallaher, killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. James W. Lovell, Hope Landing, Va., May 7, 1863. Walter B. Long, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864. Edmond Lewis, Tullahoma, Tenn., April 24, 1864. James McCullough, Hope Landing, Va., March 1, 1863.
Fayette McCarty, Bell Buckle, Tenn., April 18, 1864. John Morgan, killed at Averyshoro', N. C., March 16, 1865.
Eleazer J. Mowers, killed at Atlanta, Ga .. Aug. 17, 1864.
Nelson A. Robinson, Smoketown, Md., Dec. 13, 1862.
Jesse E. Stevens, killed at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862.
David B. Sanford, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864. Jonathan E. Smith, Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 18, 1864,
E. Taylor, Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 10, 1864.
Francis Wheaton, Harper's Ferry, Oct. 10, 1862. James Wilcox, Chattanooga, Tenn., June 30, 1864. John Morrell, Division Hospital, Aug. 19, 1864.
Company H.
Beojamin Force, sergeant, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
Nathan F. Dykeman, sergeant, Washington, D. C., May 29, 1865; killed by cars.
Joseph Couse, Maryland Heights, Oct. 1, 1862.
Edwin W. Shaw, Hope Landing, Va., April 23, 1863.
John R. Ackerly, Hope Landing, Va., Feb. 25, 1863.
Anthony Boyce, killed at Culp's Farm, Va., June 22, 1864.
Cyrus J. Covill, killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Myron Couch, killed at Dallas, Ga., May 25, 1864.
Geo. W. Cutler, llope Landing, Va., March 5, 1863. Andrew Dewitt, Hope Landing, Va., April 5, 1863.
M. S. Dawson, died at Frederick City, Md., Oct. 1, 1862, of wounds received at Antietam.
Jason J. Youmans, Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 8, 1864, of wounds re- ceived at Dallas.
Stephen Edwards, Savannah, Ga., Feb. 15, 1865.
John Griffith, Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 21, 1864, of wounds received at Atlanta.
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Iliram L. Hawley, Kenesaw, Va., July 1, 1864. Isaac Middleton, killed at Atlanta, July 22, 1864. Johnson B. Margeson, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864. Charles Mathews, Harper's Ferry, Va., Oct. 13, 1862. Hiram Paddock, Hope Landing, Va., March 2, 1863. Dewayne Patterson, Washington, D. C., Jan. 22, 1863. Daniel A. Stewart, Baltimore, Sept. 13, 1863.
John D. M. Van Vleet, Chattanooga, Tenn., June 24, 1864, of wounds received at Dallas.
Ethan Worden, llarper's Ferry, Oct. 22, 1862.
Company I.
Nat E. Rutler, captain, killed at Chancellorsville, May 1, 1863. Geo. W. Bragg, sergeant, killed at Atlanta, Ga., July 26, 1864. Gideon Belman, Harper's Ferry, Oet. 22, 1862. Calvin Burlinghame, Hope Landing, Va., Feb. 2, 1863. Daniel F. Corwin, killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Levi Carpeuter, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864. John J. Decker, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864. John Dougherty, killed at Atlanta, Aug. 5, 1864. Albert N. Jaynes, Frederick, Md., Feb. 11, 1863. Samuel Johnson, Harper's Ferry. Oct. 30, 1862. Elias Newberry, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864. John Puwell, New Albany, Ind., Aug. 31, 1864. Alfred S. Walters, Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 29, 1865.
Company K.
0. W. Marey, sergeant, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864. . Eugene Q. Thatcher, sergeant, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
Alman W. Burrell, sergeant, Philadelphia, June 6, 1863.
Austin Lockwood, Nashville, Aug. 5, 1864.
Chas. Alden, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864. llenry Brewer, Ilarper's Ferry, Oct. 16, 1864.
Patrick Brauman, drowned near Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 6, 1864.
E. J. Coleman, Wilmington, March 30, 1865. G. S. Cone, Aquia Bay, March 12, 1863. Philander Dowley, Murfreesboro', Tenn., March 14, 1864. James Fuller, Aquia Bay, Feb. 17, 1863. Simeon M. Goff, Chattanooga, Sept. 17, 1864.
Eugene E. Ilowe, killed at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863.
Wm. H. Horton, killed at Dallas, May 25, 1864.
William Harrison, Dalton, Ga., Feb. 18, 1864.
C. L. Johnson, Annapolis, Md., March 12, 1865. Wm. R. Kelley, Harper's Ferry, Oct. 9, 1862.
Lewis Knickerbocker, Aquia Bay, Va., March 19, 1863.
Theo. F. Morris, killed at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863.
Jerome B. Newton, killed at Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1864.
Adin Ormsby, Covington, Ky., May 18, 1864. John W. Ryau, Harper's Ferry, Va., Oct. 9, 1862.
Henry 11. Rasco, Aquia Bay, Va., May 12, 1863.
Chas. H. Storms, Chattanooga, June 19, 1864. Martin Sage, Maryland Heights, Oct. 4, 1862.
John Van Dyke, New York, Sept. 10, 1863, from wounds received at Gettysburg.
RECAPITILATIUN.
Field and staff.
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B
18
D
10
E
17
F
28
G
28
66
H
23
13
= K
26
Total. 195
Died of wounds or killed.
88
disease. 107
CHAPTER XXVI.
MILITARY HISTORY-(Continued).
The One Ifundred and Forty-First-The One Hundred and Sixty- First.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIRST.
THE 14Ist Regiment New York Volunteers was organ- ized at Elmira during Angust, 1862. At the time, by the disasters of the Peninsula, it became needful to raise addi- tional troops to beat baek the defiant legions of the South, who were bent, on account of their successes, upon a gen- eral invasion of the North. The want of troops was so imminent that two full regiments were raised in a short time from this congressional district. The 107th was the first to perfect its organization, and the 141st soon followed suit. Col. S. G. Hathaway was selected from the first to be its colonel, and he added his powerful and efficient in- fluenee to hasten its organization. The maximum number of men were recruited before the last day of Angust, hut the regiment was not ordered to the front until Sept. 15, 1862. After reaching Washington, D. C., it went into eamp at Laurel, Md., to do gnard duty on the railroad between Baltimore and Washington, and construct military fortifications in the vieinity of Laurel. It was relieved November 24 of the same year and ordered to Miner's Hill, Va., and joined Gen. Cowden's Brigade, of Aber- erombie's Division, in the defenses of Washington. Here it took its first lesson in picket duty, and perfected itself in warlike discipline and defense.
The roster of the officers of the regiment at that time was as follows: Colonel, Samuel G. Hathaway, Jr. ; Lien- tenant-Colonel, James C. Beecher ; Major, John W. Dininny ; Adjutant, Robert M. McDowell; Surgeon, Joseph W. Robinson ; Assistant Surgeons, O. S. Green- man, M. T. Babcock.
Company A .- Captain, Charles W. Claubarty ; First Lieutenant, William P. Ross; Second Lieutenant, John Strawbridge.
Company B .- Captain, Andrew D. Compton ; First Lieutenant, Stephen F. Griffith ; Second Lieutenant, Robert F. Hedges.
Company C-Captain, Elisha G. Baldwin ; First Lien- tenant, James McMillan ; Second Lientenant, Robert F. Stewart.
Company D .- Captain, Charles A. Fuller ; First Lien- tenant, William Merrill ; Second Lieutenant, Joseph Town- send.
Company E .- Captain, William K. Logie; First Lieu- tenant, John A. Shultz; Second Lieutenant, E. J. Belding.
Company F .- Captain, Andrew J. Russell; First Lieu- tenant, John Barton ; Second Lieutenant, Win. L. Collins.
Company G .- Captain, Daniel N. Aldrich ; First Lieu- tenant, John W. Hammond; Second Lieutenant, John H. Rowley.
Company HI .- Captain, William A. Bronson ; First Lieutenant, Stephen S. Roscoe ; Second Lieutenant, James W. Smith.
Company I .- Captain, E. L. Patrick ; First Lieutenant, R. A. Hall; Second Lieutenant, George Tubbs.
Co. A
14
C
16
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Company K .- Captain, Wilbur F. Tuttle; First Lieu- tenant, George E. Whiton ; Second Lientenant, Joseph A. Frisbie.
Companies A and B were organized in Sehuyler County ; Companies C, I, and K in Chemung County ; Companies D, E, F, G, and II in Steuben County.
Feb. 12, 1863, the regiment moved from Miner's Hill to Arlington Heights. At this time Col. Hathaway and Lieut .- Col. Beecher resigned their respective positions. Maj. Dininny was promoted to the coloneley. Capt. Wm. K. Logie, Company E, was advaneed to be lieutenant-colonel, and Capt. E. L. Patrick, Company I, to be major. April 15 the division broke eamp, and was sent to Suffolk, Va., to the department then commanded by ex-Governor John A. Dix. That vieinity was soon relieved of the presence of the enemy, and the regiment was not engaged in any general battle. May 3 it was ordered baek, via Fortress Monroe, to West Point, up York River, at the confluence of the Mattapony and Pamunkey Rivers.
Gen. Gordon now assumed command of the division, numbering eight thousand men, consisting of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. The regiment tarried three weeks, and engaged in building riffe-pits and fortifications until the command was suddenly ordered back to Yorktown. While here Col. Dininny resigned his commission, and Lieut .- Col. Logie was promoted to the vacant place, Maj. Patrick to the lieutenant-eoloneley, and Capt. Chas. W. Clanharty, Company A, senior captain, whose just rights had been hitherto ignored, was advaneed to the majorship. On the 9th of June the regiment took up the march to Williams- burg. The weather on this march was exceedingly hot and dry, and the men suffered extremely from excessive heat and thirst. June 11 the march was resumed, reaching Diascund Bridge June 13, where it remained, far in advance of the rest of the troops, in a low, marshy, and unhealthy locality, and the duty was constant, onerous, and harassing. At this point the regiment had its first brush with the enemy, David McCann (Capt. McDowell's company) being the first victim to the rebel bullets.
On June 26 the regiment resumed its march to White House Landing, and joined Gen. Dix's whole command, numbering some thirty thousand, on an expedition towards Richmond,-which should have been captured at that time, while Gen. Lee and very nearly his entire armies were invading Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania. Gordon's Division advanced as far as Bottom Bridge, only twelve or fifteen miles from Richmond, skirmishing frequently and getting a healthy practical experience of shot and shell. Engagements were frequent between the pickets, but no general battle took place until the 8th of July, when orders were received to abandon the expedition, and the troops were transferred to the Army of the Potomae. For four or five months the bill of fare served up partook of so much sameness that the regiment suffered extremely in general health. Their staple diet, as well as luxuries, consisted of hard-taek, bacon, and coffee, served up ud infinitum, with no ringing of the changes. July 8 it took up the line of march to Williamsburg. The severity of the Peninsular campaign was now apparent in the hard marches made, which were the immediate causes of more sickness and
death in the 14Ist than was subsequently experienced. Rain fell in torrents for days ; and in one day twenty-seven miles were gained through mud and rain, to find a watery couch at night. The weather was so hot that the men's feet were scalded in their wet shoes and stockings. Hun- dreds went into Yorktown barefooted and feet blistering sore ; but there could be no delay,-it was laid out to eap- ture Lee in Maryland. The regiment left the place by transport, and proceeded direet to Frederick City, Md., ariving there July 14. The same night the whole Confed- erate army made a safe retreat across the Potomac. Gor- don's Division was now disbanded and the troops trans- ferred to the 11th and 12th Corps.
The 141st was consigned to the 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 11th Corps; Gen. Howard commanding the corps, Carl Schurz the division, and Col. Krzyzanowski the brigade. The regiment joined the corps at Berlin, Md, after three days' march from Frederick City. July 19 it erossed the Potomac, aud arrived at Warrington Junction the 25th. It remained in this locality for some time, marching, eoun- termarching, changing camp, and drilling until September 24, when the order came to move. The 11th and 12th Corps, under the command of Gens. Howard and Slocum, both under the command of Maj .- Gen. Joe Hooker, were transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, then in Ten- nessce. The regiment arrived at Bridgeport, Ala., October 2, and went into camp on the banks of the Tennessee River, having traveled in eight days about fourteen hundred miles. Rosecrans was then shut up in Chattanooga on short ra- tions,-transportation being fifty miles around by wagons, while by the railroad through Chattanooga Valley it was only twenty-eight miles,-the enemy holding the road and threatening beleaguered Chattanooga from the heights of Lookout Mountain. The gallant Hooker took the job to open this valley, which was accomplished in just forty-eight hours, ending with the famous moonlight " Battle of Wau- hatehie" on the night of October 28. This opened the railroad nearly to Chattanooga, and the Army of the Cum- berland " dubbed" Hooker's men as " Cracker Boys," as it had not seen but one cracker per day for a month, until Hooker's men supplied their haversaeks from their own. The 141st took part in the above aetion, which was fought on our side entirely by Eastern troops.
Wauhatehie is about five miles from Chattanooga, at the base of Lookout Mountain. The regiment participated in the glorious battle of Lookout Mountain, or the " Battle above the Clouds," where Hooker and the 11th and 12th Corps won immortal glory.
In the mean time Gen. Grant had taken command at Chat- tanooga. After the pursuit of the enemy for two days, the 11th and 15th Corps were headed for Knoxville, where Longstreet was making a threatening siege ; but upon the approach of Sherman and Howard with their brave troops, he beat a hasty retreat over the Virginia line for safety. This ended the march in that direction, and the regiment returned to its old eamp at the base of Lookout Mountain, having in twenty-four days marched in mud and rain about three hundred miles. It remained in winter quarters until Jan. 24, 1864, when the 2d Brigade was ordered to Shell Mound, twenty-two miles from Chattanooga and six from
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Bridgeport, Ala., where it remained doing the usual picket duty, drilling, etc., until the 2d day of May, when it joined the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Corps,-the 11th and 12th having been consolidated, forming the 20th,-under the command of Gen. Hooker, and immediately in conjunc- tion with the armies of the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Ohio, made for Ringgold to attack the enemy, under com- mand of Joe Johnston. The battle of Resaca followed that of Ringgold, in which the regiment lost ninety-five men in killed and wounded. Lieut. Barber, universally respected as a Christian, and a courteous and brave offieer, fell in- stantly killed ; and several officers were wounded. and a number of non-commissioned officers and privates were killed and wounded. The 141st also fought gallantly at Dallas, Pine Mountain, and at Peach-Tree Creek,-the latter being the opening siege of Atlanta, where Col. Logie and Lieuts. Warren and Babbitt were killed. Lieut .- Col. A. J. MeNett (who had been appointed to the position late in the December previous, in place of Lieut .- Col. Patrick, resigned) lost his right arm. Maj. Clauharty, Adj. Hazard, and Lieut. Shapper were severely wounded ; Capt. Towns- end and Lieut. Willor were slightly wounded. Half the regiment was disabled, but stood its ground nobly under Capt. Baldwin, who succeeded to the immediate command of the regiment during the slaughter of its officers and men, and victory continued to perch on their banners. More fighting was at hand, and Atlanta fell September 2. The 20th Corps, having previously fallen back to the Chatta- hoochie, as a feint to the enemy and to cover the rear of the Union army, was the first to enter Atlanta.
Lieut .- Col. MeNett was promoted to be colonel ; Maj. Clauharty, lieutenant-colonel ; Capt. Baldwin, major ; Adjt. Hazard, eaptain ; Lieut. Grey, adjutant ; and four months previous, Capt. Robert M. MeDowell was appointed by Gen. Hooker chief topographical engineer of the 20th Corps, on his staff.
Soon after Sherman's " march to the sea" was begun, and, after about a six weeks' campaign, entered the city of Sa- vannah, Dec. 21, 1864. Jan. 17, 1865, leaving Savannah, Sherman's resistless legious swept northward through the Carolinas towards Virginia, constantly engaged in skir- mishing with the enemy, but in no general engagements until, the 17th and 19th of March, the battles of Averys- boro' and Bentonville were fought. Here, amid swamps and under every discouragement, the noble old 141st gained its last glory in severe battles ; and in its last campaign marehed over five hundred miles, at the most inelement season of the year.
After Johnson's surrender the march was taken home- ward from Raleigh, N. C., to Alexandria and Washington, and, May 24, participated in the great review in Washing- ton, and soon after was mustered out of service.
The regiment reached home June 13, 1865. It was met at the depot by the committee of arrangements, who escorted it to the William Street Hospital, where, with the 137th Regiment, which arrived on the same train, they were furnished with a comfortable breakfast at the hands of a corps of ladies, who had worked assiduously all night to get the entertainment ready by the time of their arrival. After heartily discussing their meal, both regiments were
marehed to Camp Chemung, where permission had been previously obtained for them to pitch their tents. In a short time after reaching the ground, hack of the eneamp- ment of the 19th Regiment, tents were struck and every- thing was got in readiness for a good rest after their weari- some marches and long ride.
During the day the 141st was visited by a host of friends and acquaintances who were eager to welcome baek the re- maining veterans, the heroes of desperate battles and victo- rious campaigns. The regiment was given a distinguished reception and dinner, and a beautiful address of welcome was delivered by Hon. Stephen MeDonald, in Wisner Park.
Below we give the roster of officers. The regiment numbered three hundred and eighty men when mustered out. From first to last the regiment had enlisted about twelve hundred men.
Lieutenant-Colonel, A. J. MeNett, promoted to colonel, not mustered ; Major, Charles W. Clauharty, promoted to lieutenant-colonel, not mustered ; Adjutant, George E. Gray ; Quartermaster, E. Belding; Surgeon, G. S. Beaks ; Assistant Surgeon, O. S. Greenman ; Assistant Surgeon, M. T. Babcock.
Company A .- Captain, W. P. Ross; First Lieutenant, C. E. Coryell ; Second Lientenant,
Company B .- Captain, W. H. Bradford ; First Lieu- tenant, J. F. Carroll ; Second Lieutenant,
Company C .- Captain, E. G. Baldwin, promoted to major, not mustered ; First Lieutenant, Jud Griswold ; Second Lieutenant, -
Company D .- Captain, W. Merrill; First Lieutenant,
C. Osmun ; Second Lieutenant, C. H. Freeman. Company E .- Captain, Archie Baxter.
Company F .- Captain, A. J. Russell ; First Lieutenant, M. V. Sherwood ; Seeond Lieutenant, L. B. Scott.
Company G .- Captain, P. C. Mitchell; First Lieuten- ant, M. G. Shappee ; Second Lieutenant,
Company 11 .- Captain, George Tubbs; First Lieuten- ant, F. C. Willor; Second Lieutenant, A. Stewart.
Company I .- Captain, R. M. McDowell, brevetted Major United States Volunteers ; First Lieutenant, J. B. Rathbone ; Second Lieutenant, William M. Ware.
Company K .- Captain, G. L. Whiton ; First Lieuten- ant, M. J. Hogarth; Second Lieutenant, George W. Rogers; Second Lieutenant, William H. Brown, not assigned.
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