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Baker, George M., Feb. 25, '62 ; disch. on surg. cert. Burdick, Joseph, Mar. 28, '64 ; not ou mus. roll.
Canfield, Johu S., Mar. 3, '64 ; mus. out with Co. Chapman, James Q., Apr. 12, '64 ; mus. out with Co. Cornell, Judson L., mus. out Sept. 29, '64, exp. of term. Chamberlain, C. W., Feb. 28, '62 ; mus. out Mar. 23, '65, exp. of term. Canfield, Lyman B., Mar. 29, '64 ; killed at Spottsylvania C. H. May 12, '64.
Carter, Charles T., or R., Mar. 29, '64 ; died June 3, '64, of wds. rec. at Spottsylvania C. H. May 12, '64.
Corey, James H., Feb. 25, '64; died at Scrantou, Pa., Mar. 25, '65, just released from Andersonville Prison.
Cross, Isaiah H., Sept. 9, '61; mus. out Sept. 29, '64, exp. of term.
Cool, David, Sept. 9, '61 ; dischi. on surg. cert.
Coddington, W. H., Sept. 9, '61 ; disch. for wds. rec. in action.
Day, Thomas, Apr. 1, '64 ; ab , in hos., at mus. out.
Dennis, William H., Apr. 2, '64 ; mus. out with Co.
Doloway, Hiram, Apr. 2, '64 ; disch. June 28, '65, for wds. rec. at Wil- derness May 9, '64.
Davis, Thomas P., Mar. 1, '64 ; tr. to Co. F Apr. 30, '64 ; wd. June 18, '64 ; pr. to 1st sergt. July 1, '65 ; com. 2d lt. May 2, '65 ; not mus. ; mus. out witlı Co.
Denel, Benjamin, disch on surg. cert.
Darrow, Oscar B., Feb. 24, '62 ; discb. for wds. rec. in action.
Estes, Joseph W., Apr. 2, '64 ; tr. to V. R. C. Jan. 25, '65.
Estes, Jolın N., Apr. 2, '64 ; died at Philadelphia July 31, '64.
Estes, Andrew, Apr. 2, '64 ; died at Florence, S. C., Oct. 5, '64.
Estes, Miles R., died of wds. rec. in action.
Esterbrook, W. D., Sept. 6, '64 ; dischi. on surg. cert.
Fessenden, C. E., Apr. 2, '64 ; ab., in hos., at mus. out.
Fish, William C., wd. in South Carolina and battle of Wilderness ; mus. out Sept. 29, '64, exp. of term.
Frink, Charles C., disch. on surg. cert. Nov. 17, '64 ; vet. Fordham, Abram, died at Andersonville June 26, '64.
Foster, Charles A., died at Knowville Feb. 5, '64.
Fisher, James, Mar. 27, '64; not on mus. roll.
Hoage, Charles A., Apr. 2, '64 ; wd. at Petersburg ; ab., in hos., at mus. out.
Hyde, Jonathan, Feb. 24, '65 ; drafted ; mus: out with Co. July 30, '65. Howard, Joseph W., Mar. 31, '64; disch. by G. O. May 31, '65.
Hacket, James, died at Andersonville, Ga. July, '64.
Hufteln, Palmer, not on mus. out roll.
Howard, Jobn W., not on mus. out roll.
Jackson, James, Mar. 30,'64 ; died June 18, '64, of wds. rec. in battle. Jenks, George E., disch. on surg. cert.
Kirhuff, Barney, Mar. 7, '64 ; mus. out with Co.
Kanaway, Joseph G., mus. out with Co. ; vet.
Krause, Edgar F., Mar. 3, '64 ; disch. on surg. cert. Dec. 2, '64, for wds., loss of arm at Wilderness.
Kelsey, Samuel A., mus. out by S. O. Jan. 17, '66, to date July 30, '65 ; vet.
Leary, John J., Mar. 28, '64 ; ab., in hos., at mus. out.
Lines, Orrin A., Apr. 12, '64 ; mus. out with Co.
Lester, William II., pr. to cor. ; mus. out Sept. 29, '64, exp. of term.
Lord, Franklin, mus. out Sept. 29, '64, exp. of term.
Lindsley, George A., mus. out Sept. 29, '64, exp. of terw.
Lindsley, Henry, disch. on surg. cert.
Lewis, Francello, died, date unknown. Lee, Thomas, died, date unknown.
Manzer, Price, Mar. 7, '64 ; mus. out with Co. July 30, '65.
Mallison, Joshua D., Mar. 28, '64 ; absent in hospital at muster out.
Messinger, Rufus, Aug. 9, '62 ; wd. in front of Petersburg, Va. ; disch. by G. O. July 10, '65.
Millins, Seth, mus. out with company ; vet.
Miller, Elijab, Feb. 24, '65 ; drafted ; disch. by G. O. May 10, '65. Mooney, Eben B., Feb. 26, '62 ; trans. to V. R. C. Jan. 23, '64. Maynard, Elvin, died May 12 of wds. rec. at Spottsylvania C. H .; vet. Marsh, Darius, Mar. 25, '64 ; died at Andersonville July 2, '64. Moore, Andrew J., Apr. 2, '64 ; died May 13, '64, of wds. rec. in action. Mulkey, James A., Apr. 2, '64 ; died at Andersouville, Ga., July 13, '64. Mott, De Wolf, disch. on surg. cert. Mitchell, Geo. W., mus. out Sept. 29, '64 ; expiration of term.
McKune, Michael, mus. out with the company ; vet. Mckenzie, Chas., killed at Wilderness May 6, '64.
McRoy, Jobn, disch. on surg. cert. McMillan, Daniel F'., disch. on surg. cert.
Newconib, Edgar E., Mar. 3, '64 ; mus. out with company.
Nichols, James, Mar. 8, '64; mus. out with company; vet.
Owens, Ebenezer, Mar. 7, '64 ; died at Andersonville, Ga., Sept. 20, '64. Perkins, William A., Apr. 2, '64; mus. out with company.
Penningtou, Isaac, Feb. 26, '61; drafted ; mus. out with company. Pickering, John D., Mar. 9, '64 ; disch. by G. O. May 15, '65. Patterson, David, Apr. 2, '64 ; died Oct. 13, '64.
Price, Channcey, Mar. 7, '64 ; died May 13, '64, of wds. rec. at Spottsyl vania C. H.
Pierson, Henry T., died, date unknown.
Pierson, David C., disch. on surg. cert.
Potter, Charles B., discb. on surg. cert. Quick, Amos M., died, date unknowu.
Rose, Wm. S., Apr. 2, '64; died at home wbile on a fur. Mar. 23, '65. Rockwell, W. C., disch. on surg. cert. Jan. 8, '64 ; re. Mar. 28, '64 mus. out with company July 30, '65 ; vet.
Ryan, Philip, Sept. 5, '61 ; mus. out with company ; vet.
Rodgers, Henry B., disch. on surg. cert.
Resseguie, Amasa, died, date unknown.
Sterling, Collins M., mus. out with company ; vet.
Smith, John P., Feb. 24, '65 ; drafted ; mus. out with company. Swith, Win. G., Feb. 27, '65 ; drafted ; mus. out with company. Shippy, John, Feb 24, '64 ; drafted ; mus. out with company. Stanton, Jobn, Mar. 13, '65 ; substitute ; mus. out with company. Snyder, Hiram J., mus. out Sept. 29, '64 ; exp. of term.
Spencer, Edwin D., died May 12, '64, of wds. rec. at Wilderness, May 9, '64.
Smitlı, Mark, disch. by G. O. May 9, '65; vet.
Stephens, Chandler, Mar. 7, '64 ; disch. on surg. cert. Nov. 17, '64. Smith, Thos., mus. out with company July 30, '65 ; vet. Smith, David, Feb. 24, '65 ; disch. by G. O. May 10, '65. Sloat, Edwin H., Mar. 7, '64 ; died at Andersonville, Ga., July 28, '64. Snyder, Sylvester, Apr. 6, '64 ; died May 10, '64, of wds. rec. in action. Spencer, Milo A., Mar. 7, '64 ; died May 16, '64, of wds. rec. at Freder- icksburg.
Stepbens, Daniel H., Mar. 7, '64; died at Washington, D. C., June 19, 1864, of wds. rec in battle of Wilderness.
Street, Wm. H,, disch. on surg. cert .; dato unknown.
Spafford, Milton L., disch. on surg. cert. ; date unknown.
Sutton, Wm. A., disch. on surg. cert .; date unknown.
Sutton, Edward L., died ; date unknown.
Shaw, Henry A., disch. on surg. cert .; date unknown.
Stebbins, Wm. H., disch. on surg. cert. ; date unknown.
Tiffany, Alonzo M., Mar. 27, '64 ; ab. iu lios. at mus. out.
Tarbox, Samuel A , April 2, '64; disch. by G. O. May 15, '65.
Tallon, James, April 2, '64 ; died at Florence, S. C., Nov. 15, '64.
Todd, Theodore L., died ; date unknown.
Turner, Jolın W., disch. on surg. cert.
Van Wye, Moore T., Feb. 28, '62; not with company at mus. out.
Warner, Ansel L., April 2, '64 ; ab. in hos. at mus. out.
Weaver, Wm. H., Mar. 28, '64 ; mus. out with company July 30, '65. White, Samuel, Mar. 9, '65 ; substitute ; mus. out with company. Weiman, Geo., Mar. 2, '65 ; substitute ; mus. out with company.
Webb, Thos. H., Mar. 14, '64; substitute ; mus. out with company. Warner, Julius, Mar. 3, '64 ; died Sept. 24, '64.
Westbrook, John, Mar. 7, '64 ; died May 10, '64, of wds. rec. at Wilder- ness.
Williams, Porter S., disch. on surg. cert.
Warner, Theodore F., died of wds. rec. in action ; vet.
Warner, Edson S., pr. to 1st It. Company K, 56th Regt. P. V. Mar. 3,'62. Watkins, Azariab J., died ; date unknowu.
Wells, Horatio M., disch. on surg. cert. ; date unknown; re. in same company in '64 as Marble Wells.
COMPANY G.
Mapes, Milton C., Mar. 8, '65 ; substitute ; mus. out July 30, '65. Markham, Rufus A., Feb. 20, '62 ; mus. out Feb. 30, '65; exp. of term.
COMPANY K.
Corp. Jerry Bolles, Sept. 9, '61 ; killed at Bull Run Aug. 28, 62.
FIFTY-SIXTH REGIMENT .- The men composing this regiment were from various sections of the State, but principally from Philadelphia and the counties of Indiana, Centre, Luzerne, Schuylkill, Susquehanna
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and Wayne. ' The regiment was organized at Camp Curtin in the fall of 1861. Sullivan A. Meredith was made colonel and commanded the regiment until his promotion to brigadier-general in November, 1862. The other field-officers were J. William Hofman, lieutenant-colonel, and John B. Smith, major. The regiment remained at Camp Curtin during the win- ter, and on the 8th of March, 1862, broke camp and proceeded to Washington. It remained in the vicin- ity of Washington until April 4th, when it proceeded by steamer to Budd's Ferry, on the Lower Potomac, and was there engaged on guard duty. On the 24th it embarked for Acquia Landing, and upon its arrival was engaged in repairing damages done by the rebels to the railroad and landing. Until August 9th it was occupied in doing guard duty, but on that date was assigned to Doubleday's Brigade, King's Division of McDowell's corps, and became associated with the Seventy-sixth and Ninety-fifth New York Regiments, the Seventh Indiana and the First New Hampshire Battery. The Brigade immediately moved with the corps across the Rappahannock, and on the 21st, near Rappahannock Station, the men of the regiment first heard the shriek of shells. On the 28th it had a short but sharp encounter with the enemy, in which Colonel Meredith was severely wonnded. On the 29th it again engaged the enemy and was de- ployed to hold in check the rebel line of battle while our troops changed position. The regiment changed front under fire and held its ground until ordered to retire, bnt suffered severely in killed and wounded. On the morning of the 30th, the day on which was fought the principal battle of the second Bull Run, the regiment mustered but one hundred and fifty-four men for duty. It was engaged that day, bnt mainly in support of other troops. When the army retircd it, with the brigade to which it belonged, was the rear-guard and suffered some loss. The campaign in Maryland soon opened, and the Fifty-sixth again en- countered the enemy at South Monntain, when it inflicted severe blows and suffered severe loss.
In the battle of Antietam, which occurred two days afterwards, it participated, but did not snffer serious loss. Its next serious engagement with the enemy was had after crossing the Potomac, on the 30th of Octo- ber, when it moved to the support of Pleasanton's cavalry and met the enemy near Union, on the 2d of November. They defeated and drove the enemy from his position, bnt with considerable loss. The Fifty-sixth, for its gallant action on that occasion, received the congratulations of the division comman- der. At the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, it occupied the left of Franklin's division, but was not actively engaged, although within range and under fire of the enemy's guns. Early in January, 1863, Lieutenant-Colonel Hofinan was promoted to colonel, and Captain George B. Osborn to lieu- tenant-colonel of the regiment. In the Chancellors- ville campaign the regiment bore an active part, but
its movements were confined to the operations in and about Fredericksburg, designed to divert the enemy from Hooker's real point of attack. On the 7th of June the Fifty-sixth was detailed with the Seventh Wisconsin, to support the cavalry at Brandy Station, and had several sharp encounters with the euemy. On the 25th of June the regiment started on its march to Gettysburg. It reached Frederick on the 28th, and Emmittsburg the morning of the 30th. At this time the regiment belonged to the Second Bri- gade of the First Corps, and when the corps rcached the battle-field on that ever-memorable 1st of July the Second Brigade had the advance, and the Fifty- sixth was the second in the brigade column. Getting into position a little in advance of the other regiments, and seeing the enemy advancing, it was ordered to fire and thns opened the battle. General Cutler, then in command of the First Division of the First Corps, in a letter to Governor Curtin dated November 5, 1863, says : " In noticing in the papers to-day an ac- count of the proposition for a national cemetery at Gettysburg for the men who fell there in July last, I am reminded that I have neglected a duty which I owe to one of your regimeuts, the Fifty-sixth, and its brave commander, Colonel Hofmann. It was * my fortnne to be in the advance on the morning of Jnly Ist when we came upon the ground in front of the enemy. Colonel Hofmann's regiment got into position a moment sooner than the others. The at- mosphere being a little thick, I took out my glass to examine the enemy. Being a few paces in rear of Col. Hofmann, he turned to me and inquired, 'Is that the enemy ?' My reply was yes. Turning to his men, he commanded: 'Ready, right-oblique, aim, fire ! ' and the battle of Gettysburg was opened. The fire was followed by other regiments instantly ; still, that bat- tle on the soil of Pennsylvania was opened by her own sons, and it is just that it should become a mat- ter of history. ** I desire to say to your Excel- leucy that the Fifty-sixth is oue of the very best regi- ments in the service. * * * I hope you will cause proper measures to be taken to give that regiment the credit, which is its dne, of having opened that memorable battle." It was fiercely engaged on the 2d, and on the 3d supported the batteries at the cem- etery. Its losses, mainly snstained the first day, were ten killed, sixty-seven wounded and seventy-eight missing. Among the wounded was Captain Burritt, of Company K. Ou the 10th of March, 1864, a suffi- cient nninber having re-enlisted to retain its organiza- tion as a veteran regiment, it was granted a veteran furlough and returned to Philadelphia. On the 20th of April it returned to the front, and after a few days of camp life started on the memorable Wilderness campaign. The regiment crossed the Rapidan on the morning of May 4th, and at noon of the 5th be- came desperately engaged with a vastly superior force of the enemy, and, though bravely conteuding, was forced to fall back with heavy loss. Among the
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killed was Lieutenant Titman, of Company G, a brave officer whose sword-drawn for the first time in this battle-was presented to him in acknowledge- ment of his services in the ranks. On the 6th it was in the thickest of the fight, and towards evening assisted in re-capturing the intrenchments wrested from the Second Corps, and was the first to plant its flag on the works where a moment before had floated the rebel colors. Again on the 7th it bravely faced the foe, and during the bloody battles that followed it was ever at the front. On the 19th of August, during a fierce attack of the enemy, the Fifty-sixth settled an old debt with the rebels. At the battle of Bull Run in '62 its color company was surrounded and colors cap- tured. It now saw an opportunity to avenge the loss. The foe was repulsed, and, hotly pursuing them, the regiment captured the battle flag of the Fifty-fifth North Carolina. It shared in the perils and honors of the last campaign, and on the 1st of July, 1865, was mustered out of service at Philadelphia.
Company K .- Susquehanna County furnished some- thing over fifty men to this company, the remainder being principally from the county of Schuylkill. Upon its organization David Mitchell, of Schuylkill County, was made captain ; Edson S. Warner, at the time a member of Company D, Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, was promoted to first lieutenaut; and Ira N. Burritt, also of this county, was made second lieutenant. That Company K was a part of the gal- lant Fifty-sixth, whose brilliant record we have briefly traced, is sufficient commendation. Upon the resignation of Captain Mitchell, in December, 1862, Lieutenant Warner was promoted to captain, and was in command of the company until February, 1863, when he resigned. He is now in the postal ser- vice of the United States, being mail agent on the Montrose Railway, and resides at Montrose. Lieu- tenant Burritt was promoted to the command of the company when Captain Warner was discharged, which he retained until November, 1864, when, on account of wounds, he was discharged. Lieutenant B. C. Stoddard, of Company A, was then promoted to the captaincy, who, although residing in Wayne County before the war, is now and has been for many years, a resident of the borough of Susquehanna. Captain Burritt is a resident of Washington, D. C., where he is engaged in editing and publishing a newspaper. Loren Burritt, when the company was organized, was made first sergeant, from which he was promoted to second and to first lieutenant. November 7, 1863, he was commissioned major of the Eighth Regiment, United States Colored Troops. On the 20th of February, 1864, at Olustce, Florida, Major Burritt was severely wounded. He was afterwards promoted to lieutenant-colonel and brevet-colonel, but, on account of his wound, was obliged to relin- quish command of the regiment, and was placed on detached service. November 10, 1865, Colonel Bur- ritt was mustered out with his regiment and returned
to Susquehanna County. The next year he was elected to the Legislature, and again in 1867. But he had never recovered from the wound received in Florida, and about this time it began to affect his health in an alarming manner. Baffling the skill of the most eminent physicians of the country, his dis- ease soon completely prostrated him, and for more than twenty years he has been a helpless invalid.
But Susquehanna County was represented in the Fifty-sixth by fifty or sixty other patriotic "boys ' who enlisted in other Companies-principally in A, D and I, and their names appear in the record of their service, which follows. When the "date of muster into service" is marked 1864, it refers to date of re- enlistment :
COMPANY K, FIFTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.
Mustered into service March 3, 1862, unless otherwise stated; mustered out July 1, 1865.
Capt. Edson S. Warner, pr. from Ist lt. Feb. 3, '63; res. Feb. 27, '63. Capt. Ira N. Burritt, pr. from 2d to Ist It. Feb. 3, '63; to capt. Feb. 27, '63 ; wd. at Gettysburg, Wilderness and Weldon R. R. ; disch. Nov. 21, '64.
1st Lt. Loren Burritt, Mar. 7, '62; pr. from Ist sergt. to 2d lt. Feb. 3, '63 ; to 1st lt. Apr. 1, '63; to major, 8th Regt. U. S. Colored Troops, Nov. 7, '63 ; afterwards pr. to It .- col and bev. col.
Sergt. John L. Vanauken, Apr. 19, '62, died May 12, '64, of wds. recd. in action.
Corporals.
Drake, Henry W., Mar. 6, '64 ; wd. four times ; mus. out with Co. ; vet. Baxter, Orrin, W., Jan. 25, '64 ; mus. out with Co. ; vet.
Potter, Richard B., Jan. 28, '64; pr. to cor. June 1, '65 ; mus. out with Co .; vet.
Richards, Joseph D., Mar. 27, '64 ; pr. to cor. June 1, '65, mus. out with Co .; vet.
Maxfield, Cyrus N., Jan. 23, '63 ; disch. June 16, '65 ; vet.
Privates.
Ainey, Peter, wd. at Gettysburg ; leg amputated ; disch. Feb. 7, '64.
Brown, George, July 27, '63 ; drafted ; mus. out with Co.
Brown, Josialı R., Mar. 7, '64 ; ab. sick at mus. out.
Bradshaw, E. M., Feb. 3, '64 ; not on mus. out roll ; vet.
Chase, Wm. J., Jan. 30, '64 ; mus. out with Co. ; vet.
Crow, Patrick, Feb. 13, '64 ; mus. out with Co. ; vet. ; enlisted after war in Mexicau Army.
Coy, Asa, Feb. 17, '62 : died at Annapolis, Md., June 17, '62.
Colvin, Jared B., com. Ist It. Nov. 22, '64 ; not ou mus. out roll.
Driscol, Jerry C., Apr. 19, '62; died June 17, '62.
Devine, Hiram, disch. ; date unknown.
Doud, William, disch. ; date unknown. Eldridge, Wm. H., disch. June, '62.
Ellis, John H., not on mus. out roll.
Goss, Edward A., Feb. 14, '64 ; ab. sick at mus. out ; vet.
Gleason, Stephen, Feb. 27, '63 ; tr. to V. R. C. Mar. 2, '64. Garvey, James, not on mus. out roll.
Hughes, Geo. W., Jau. 27, '64 ; mus. out with Co. ; vet.
Hughes, Thos. W., Sept. 10, '62; disch. on surg. cert. Sept. 11, 63.
Jewett, Allen, Jan. 29, '62 ; died at Alexandria, Va., June 23, '63, of wils. recd. in action.
Kerr, Christian, Mar. 28, '62 ; mus. out Apr. 5, '65 ; exp. of term. Lindsay, Ezra D., Jan. 20, '62; disch. ; date unknown ; re. iu Lgt. Art. Lynch, Harvey W., Jan. 29, '62; disch. on surg. cert. ; date unknown. McKinny, Chester, Mar. 25, '62; died at Knoxville, Tenn. ; date un- known.
Otis, Leander, Mar. 25, '62; not on mus. out roll ; re. in U. S. Navy.
Perkins, Julius G., Feb. 27, '62; mus, out with Co .; vet
Perkins, Chas. L., Feb. 27, '62 ; not on mus. out roll.
Richards, Lemuel, Mar. 27, '64; mus. out with Co .; vet.
Reynolds, Wm. H., Mar. 27, '64; not on mus. out roll; re. in 2d Pa. Heavy Art.
Rhinevault, Sylvester P., Mar. 27, '64 ; not on mus. out roll.
Richards, Chas. F., Mar. 27, '64 ; not on mus. out roll.
Snyder, Philo J., Feb. 21, '64; mus. out with Co. ; vet.
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Swisher, Audrew J., Feb. 2, '64 ; mus. out with Co. ; vet.
Sanders, James E., Apr. 5, '62 ; disch. on surg. cert. Dec. 9, '62; re. in Co. B, 17th Pa. Cav.
Slade, James, Mar. 24, '62 ; disch. on surg. cert. ; date unknown. Sanders, Beuj. F., Mar. 24, '62 ; disch. on surg. cert. ; date unknown. St. Clair, Geo. W., Mar. 24, '62 ; disch. on surg. cert. ; date unknowu. Thompson, John J., Feb. 24, '62; mus. out with Co. July 1, '65 ; vet.
Vergason, Newell J., Feb. 24, '62 ; disch. on surg. cert. ; date unknown ; re. in Co. K, 187th P. V.
Westbrook, John, Feb. 27, '62 ; disch. on surg. cert. Jan. 28, '63. White, William, Feb. 27, '62; disch. on surg. cert. ; date unknown. Whitford, Adney J., Mar. 28, '64 ; disch. Apr. 26, '64; vet. Wilbur, Charles, Feb. 27. '62 ; tr. to Battery B, 1st Pa. Art.
Wilbur, Isaiah S., Feb. 13, '64 ; killed in action Aug. 20, '64; vet.
The following-named men were also members of - the Fifty-sixth Regiment :
COMPANY A.
Sergt. Andrew J. Archer, Oct. 2, '61 ; not with Co. at mus. out.
Cor. Avery Porter, Feb. 12, '64; pr. to cor. Apr. 1, '65; mus. out with Co. ; vet.
Privates.
Avery, George, Mar. 30, '64 ; not on mus. out roll.
Burman, George H. Oct. 4, '61; capt'd at Bull Run Aug. 29, '62.
Bloxham, Arthur E., Feb. 24, '62 ; killed at Bull Run Aug. 29, '62.
Burman, David, died at Camp Curtin Jan. 25, '62.
Burman, Danford, Mar. 30, '64; disch. by G. O. June 17, '65. Cass, Frederick, Oct. 2, '61 ; disch. on surg. cert. ; date unknown.
Foster, Archibald L, Oct. 2, '61 ; not with Co. at mus. out. Gelatt, C. W., Oct. 22, '61 ; disch. for wds. recd. at Gettysburg July 1, '63. Hine, Isaac, died at Camp Curtin Jan. 20, '62.
Lathrop, Eugene, not on muster out roll.
Lagier, George, disch. on surg. cert. May 7, '62. Perkins, Lewis L., Oct. 22, '62 ; killed at North Anna River. Robinson, Henry J., Mar. 6, '62 ; disch. on surg. cert. May 6, '62. Sillick, Milton, Feb. 4, '62 ; disch. ; date unknown.
Sillick, Wm. H., Oct. 22, '62 ; not on mus. out roll.
Storer, Isaac F., Oct. 22, '61 ; disch. on surg. cert. ; date unknown. Schriver, Jeremiah, not on mus. out roll.
Ticknor, George B., Oct. 22, '61 ; capt'd at Bull Run Aug. 29, '62. Wood, Albert N., Oct. 2, '61 ; killed at Bull Run, Aug. 29, '62. White, Orrin B., Oct. 2, '61 ; died of wds. recd. at 2d Bull Run. Washburn, Luman, died at Camp Curtin Dec. 2, '61.
COMPANY D.
Capt. Robert H. Day, Nov. 1, '61 ; pr. from Ist sergt. to 2d It. Sept. 27, .'62 ; to Ist lt. Mar. 1, '63; to capt. June 13, '63 ; disch. Jan. 10, '65. Sergt. Wm. H. Miller, pr. to sergt. June 24, '62 ; disch. for wds.
Cor. Walter F. Aldrich, pr. to cor. Jan. 24, '62 ; tr. to V. R. C.
Privates.
Brush, Geo. A., disch. ; date unknown. Brush, Edgar J., capt'd at 2d Bull Run.
Grimes, Curtis F., Feb. 13, '64 : mus. out with Co. July 1, '65 ; vet.
Gordon, Samuel G., disch. on surg. cert. ; date unknown.
Morse, Joel Furman, died June 2, '63 ; bur. at Antietam.
Middaugh, Charles, died ; date unknowu.
Martin, Edward F., Feb. 13, '64; disch. for wds., with loss of leg, recd. June 20, '64.
Lung, Addison W., not on mus. out roll.
COMPANY G.
Ist Lt. Henry C. Titman, 1861 ; pr. from sergt. to Ist. It. Dec. 6, '63; killed at Wilderness May 5, '64. (See Lt. "Titman " Post, G. A. R.) Strunk, Wm. C. Priv. died Aug. 12, '64.
COMPANY I.
Sergt. William Anderson, Feb. 13, '64, pr. to sergt. Apr. 1, '65; mus. out with Co. July 1, '65 ; vet.
Sergt. Urbane Barrager, Feb. 13, '64; pr. from cor. to sergt. May 21, '65 ; mus. out with Co. July 1, '65 ; vet.
Cor. Jasper Gardner, Feb. 13, '64 ; wd. in action June 18, '64, ab. in hos. at mus. out ; vet.
Cor. M. J. Slocum, Feb. 13, '64; pr. to cor. Feb. 25, '62 ; not on mus. out roll ; vet.
Mus. Winfield S. Carr, not on mus, out roll.
Privates.
Benuett, Geo. E., not on mus. ont roll.
Coil, Charles, tr. to Co. A ; date unknown. Coil, John, Aug. 20, '64 ; tr. to Co. A ; date unknown.
Coil, Thomas, Aug. 20, '64 ; tr. to Co. A ; date unknown. Coil, James, not on mus. out roll.
Canfield, James A., not on mus. out roll. Galloway, E. F., not on mus, out roll. Weed, Phineas, not on mus. out roll.
FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT .- The men of this regi- ment were mainly from the counties of Mercer, Craw- ford, Venango, Tioga, Bradford, Wyoming and Sus- quehanna. The regiment was organized early in December, 1861, by the choice of the following officers : William Maxwell, colonel; Elhanan W. Woods, lieutenant-colonel; and Jeremiah Culp, major. The regiment left Camp Curtin for Washington on the 14th and encamped on the Bladensburg Pike. In February, 1862, it crossed the river into Virginia and joined the Army of the Potomac. It was here assigned to General Jameson's brigade of the Third Corps, being associated with the Eighty-third and One Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania regiments and the Eighty-seventh New York. On the 4th of April it moved with the army to Yorktown, and after remain- ing under the fire of the enemy's guns for a few days it was moved to a wooded swamp in the rear, where, for a month, the men labored in the trenches. "Here," wrote Surgeon Lyman, "the men walked in mud, slept in mud, and drank water from holes scooped ont of the mud; and the combined remonstrances of the medical officers of the brigade were met by the silencing reply, 'It is a military necessity.' But the result proved the fears of the surgeons well founded, and nearly half the regiment were rendered unfit for dnty and many of them died. On the 11th the regi- ment had a brief but sharp engagement with the enemy, and on May 4th, while on the march to the battle-field of Williamsburg, it was ordered to throw off knapsacks, blankets and overcoats, and proceed 'double quick ' to the front. They reached the field, but, night coming on, they were not engaged; and, overheated by their rapid march, wet to the skin by a drenching rain, without rations, blankets or fires, they remained under arms all night." "It seemed," writes Colonel Perkins, then adjutant of the regiment, "im- mediately after, as though the regiment had been struck by a pestilence. I think the loss to the regi- ment by discharges, on account of that night's expo- sure, was greater than our casualties in any battle during the war." At the battle of Fair Oaks the regiment suffered severely, having eleven men killed and forty-nine wounded.
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