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In the severe battle of the 30th the enemy assaulted the Union lines in vastly superior numbers, but he was repulsed with great slaughter, and the conduct of the Fifty-seventh on that occasion was highly com- mended by that accomplished soldier, General Kearny. The loss in the regiment was seven killed and fifty-six wounded. But, with undaunted spirits and unflagging zcal it met the enemy at Malvern Hill on the following
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day, and in this, the last of the series of bloody battles of that Peninsular campaign, it sustained well its reputation for efficiency and bravery. But, without a field officer and with only a few line officers fit for duty-reduced by battle, by sickness and by death to only fifty-six effective men-it presented a marked contrast to the thousand strong that, scarcely three months before, had marched forth to battle. But before leaving the Peninsula, recruits were received, the sick rapidly returned and the regiment was restored to almost its original efficiency.
From the Peninsula the regiment proceeded to Alexandria, and from there joined Pope's army in time to participate in the second Bull Run battle on the 29th and 30th of August. By a forced march the regiment reached the battle-field of Chantilly. Here the gallant Kearny, having ridden into the enemy's lines while reconnoitring, was killed, and his body fell into the hands of the enemy. On the following day four companies of the Fifty-seventh were sent, under a flag of truce, to receive his body and bear it within our lines. On the 13th of December the regi- ment crossed the Rappahannock on pontoons, and soon was fiercely engaged with the enemy on the bloody field of Fredericksburg. On the 14th, in company with the One Hundred and Forty-first Pennsylvania, it was ordered to the extreme front line, where it remained until the night of the 15th. Upon recrossing the river it returned to its old camp, but with sadly-thinned ranks. Of the three hundred and sixteen men with which the regiment went into that battle, twenty-one were killed, seventy-six wounded and seventy-eight were missing. About the 1st of March, 1863, in the reorganization of the army under Hooker, the Fifty-seventh was assigned to Graham's brigade, composed entirely of Pennsylvania regiments, viz. : The Fifty-seventh, Sixty-third, Sixty- eighth, One Hundred and Fifth, One Hundred and Fourteenth and One Hundred and Forty-first. On the 28th of April it started on the Chancellorsville campaign, crossing the river on the 30th and reaching the field on the 1st of May. On the 2d it moved to the front, but, with the exception of some skirmishing, was not seriously engaged. At daylight of the 3d, the brigade being in column of regiments, the enemy suddenly assaulted it with great fury. It immediately moved by the flank at double quick and deployed in line of battle near the Chancellor House, where it charged and drove the enemy; but, after a desperate encounter, was forced to fall back. The regiment again suffered a grievous loss, having thirteen of its number killed, forty-eight wounded and twenty-three missing. On the 6th it recrossed the river and re- turned to its old camp. On the 11th of June the regiment started on the Gettysburg campaign, arriv- ing at Emmittsburg, Md., July 1st, and reaching the battle-field that night. Early on the 2d it moved to the front, and during the fierce fighting that occurred the Fifty-seventh was in the thickest of the fray.
While the regiment was in position near Sherfy's house the brigade was compelled to fall back by a flank movement of the enemy, and a number of the men having taken cover in an old cellar, did not hear the order to retire, but continued a rapid and destruc- tive fire. When too late, they discovered their isolated position and were nearly all captured. During the 3d it remained at the front and at night was placed on picket. The casualties of the regiment were again heavy, being twelve killed, forty-five wounded and forty-seven missing. In the pursuit of Lee, and in all the subsequent campaigns and engagements in the Valley of Virginia, including Mine Run, Auburn . Creek, Kelly's Ford and Locust Grove, the regiment participated, and at noon, on the 9th of April, when within a mile of Appomattox Court-House, the joyful tidings was brought that Lee had surrendered.
Company A .- Nearly half of Company A enlisted from this county, and the remainder were mostly from our neighboring county of Wyoming. J. R. Lyons was mainly instrumental in recruiting the men from Sus- quehanna, having a recruiting station on the fair- ground during the county fair in September, 1861. Upon the organization of the company he was chosen first lieutenant, and upon the promotion of Captain Sides to lieutenant-colonel, soon after, he was made captain of the company, and continued in command until obliged to leave the service on account of wounds received in the severe engagements his regi- ment participated in. His brother, Clark M. Lyons, was made adjutant of the regiment, and died from wounds received in battle. Henry H. Hinds was promoted to captain of the company, and Edgar Williams was promoted to captain Company E, and died of wounds. The company bore manfully its part during the severe service of the regiment, as the record of its members will bear evidence.
COMPANY A, FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Mustered into service November 11, 1861, unless otherwise stated ; mustered out June 29, 1865.
Capt. Jerome R. Lyons, Dec. 4, '61 ; pr. from Ist It. to capt. Sept. 15, '62 ; disch. Oct. 4, '64, for wds. rec. in action (see Capt. Lyons Post. G. A. R.)
Capt. Henry H. Hinds, Dec. 4, '61 ; pr. from Ist sergt. to Ist lt. Jan. 7, '63 ; taken pris. at Gettysburg; pr, to capt. May 15, '65; disch. May 15, '65.
Sergeants.
Wm. Doherty, Feb. 10, '64; pr. from cor. to sergt. June 1, '65 ; mus. out with Co.
Edgar Van Loan, April 1, '62 ; mus. out April 10, '65, exp. of term.
Edgar Williams, Oct. 4, '61 ; pr. to 2d It. Co. E., Nov. 4, '63 ; to Ist It.
Sept. 1, '63; to capt. Nov. 1, '63 ; died May 23, '64, of wds. rec. in action.
Wm. W. Hinds, Dec. 4, '61 ; wd. at Malvern Hill ; mortally wd. at Fred- ericksburg, Va. ; died Dec. 22, '62.
Corporals.
Gilbert H. Mitchell, Jan. 1, '64; mus. out with Co. June 29, '65 ; vet. Theodore S. Clink, Dec. 4, '61 ; not on mus. out roll ; disch, April 19, '62. Adelbert B. Robinson, Dec. 4, '61; wd. at Chancellorsville ; knocked senseless by a shell at Gettysburg ; on detached serv. at mus. out of Co. ; vet.
Edward F. Hawley, Oct. 23, '61 ; capt'd ; died at Andersonville, Ga., July 7, '64.
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Jolin L. Strunk, Dec. 4, '61; died June 4, '62, at Yorktown, Va. Bentley Stark, Dec. 4, 'GI ; died at Harrison Lauding, Aug. 3, '62.
Privates.
Anson, Levi, Dec. 31, '63 ; mus, ont with Co. June 29, '65 ; vet.
Ansou, Lafayette, Oct. 22, 'GI ; mus. out Oct. 25, 64, exp. of term.
Austin, John, Dec. 4, '61 ; tr. to V. R. C. Nov. I, '63.
Bronson, Philander S., Dec. 4, '61 ; disch. Sept. 16, '62, for disability. Brotzman, Isaac, Dec. 4, '6I ; taken pris. at Chancellorsville; died at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md., Aug. 17, '63.
Bolls, Lyman, Dec. 4, '61 ; dischi. Nov. 16, '62.
Bump, Dennis L., Dec. 4, '61 ; disch. Nov. 14, '62, at Ft. Hamilton ; re. in Co. C, 203d P. V.
Barnes, Horace J., Dec. 4, '6I ; wd. at Fair Oaks, and left in the hands of the enemy.
Bray, Levi T., Feb. 12, '62 ; taken pris. at Fredericksburg ; on detached duty at mus. out ; vet.
Bramlee, Wm. J., Jan. 29, '62 ; re. as a vet.
Bramlee, Alonzo T., Mar. 10, '62 ; not on mus. out roll.
Clink, Adam, Oct. 22, '61 ; not on mus. out roll.
Clink, James, Oct. 22, '61; disch. Jan. 16, '63.
Coggswell, Aaron, Oct. 22, '6I ; died at Ft. Monroe, June 17, '62.
Doherty, Patrick, Dec. 31, '63; mus. out withi Co. June 29, '65 ; vet.
Devine, Daniel, Nov. I, '61 ; wd. at Glendale ; disch. Jan. 16, '63.
Devine, Jno. Wesley, Nov. I, '61 ; taken pris. at Chancellorsville ; re- turned to Co. Dec. I0, '63 ; vet.
Fargo, Jason E., Nov. 1, '61 ; not on mus. ont roll.
Granger, John W., Nov. I, '61 ; pr. to cor. Feb. 18, '63 ; to sergt. July 1, '63 ; tr. to V. R. C. Jan. 15, '64.
Granger, Luther A., Nov. 1, '6I ; killed at Gettysburg.
Hinds, Frederick M., Oct. 22, '61 ; pr. to cor. Mar. 1, '62; disch. Oct. 14, '62.
Jackson, Fred., not on mus. out roll.
Keator, W. B., Nov. 1, '6I ; not on mus. out roll.
Kennard, Lewis C., Jan. 30, '62 ; in actions of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks ; killed at Glendale.
Kennedy, Richard V., Nov. 1, '61 ; left arm shot off at Gettysburg ; disch. Dec. 3, '63.
Kirkhoff, J., died April 12, '65 ; bur. at Arlington, Va.
Larum, Joseph, April 8, '65 ; substitute ; ab. sick at mus. out.
Lines, Sumuer E., Nov. 1, '61 ; killed in front of Petersburg, Va., June 18, '64.
Lyons, Clark M., Nov. 1, '61 ; pr. to Ist It. and adjt. May 2, '64 ; died June 20, '64, of wds, received in action (see "Four Brothers " Post, G. A. R.)
Lewis, Kennard, Nov. 1, '61 ; not on mus. out roll.
McCauley, John, Nov. I, '61 ; disch. for disability Dec. 9, '62.
McCormick, John C., Nov. I, '61; wd. at Gettysburg ; disch. at Harris- burg, Pa.
McCormick, Chas., Nov. 1, '61; wd. at Gettysburg, leg amputated ; died from wds. July 12, '63.
McCracken, Volney, Feb. 13, '64; not on mus. out roll.
McDonald, Myron, Feb. 13, '64 ; not on mus. out roll.
Osborn, Wm. H., Nov. 1, '61 ; disch. March 10, '63, disability.
Osborn, Stephen M., Nov. I, '61 ; wd. at 2d Bull Run, and died of his wds. at Alexandria, Va., Sept. 17, '62.
Otis, Ferdinand, Nov. I, '61 ; killed in action Dec. 13, '62.
Otis, Dudley M., Nov. 25, '61; died near Falmouth, Va., June 9, '63, of wounds received at Chancellorsville, Va.
Otis, Israel, Nov. 1, '61; wd. at Chancellorsville, Va. ; pr. to cor. ; killed. Potter, Henry W., Nov. 1, '61 ; died Jan. 12, '62, at Union Heights, Georgetown.
Penny, Wm. H., Nov. 1, '61; not on mus. out roll.
Penny, Sidney E., Nov. 1, '61 ; not on mus. out roll.
Roberts, Mortimer, Nov. 1, '61; disch. Sept. 20, '62, at Ft. Monroe.
Stage, Geo. E., March 31, '64; wd. at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64 ; ab. at mus. out.
Seeley, Benj. E., Feb. 13, '64 ; disch. on surg. cert. April 14, '65.
Stage, Aaron, Feb. 11, '62; fifer ; tr. to Co. I, April 1, '62; died at Ft. McHenry Oct. 28, '62.
Stage, Richard H., March 31, '64 ; died May 7, '64, of wounds received in action ; previously served 9 mos. in Co. H, 177th Regt.
Shaddock, Joseph, Feb. 15, '62 ; not on mus. out roll. Seeley, Malory, not on mus. out roll.
Sembler, Frank O., Nov. I, '61 ; not on mus. out roll.
Stephieus, Fred., Nov. 1, '61; killed Dec. 13, '62.
Sherwood, N. Y., Nov. 1, '61 ; dischi. Dec. 12, '62, of disability.
Simpson, Walter B., Nov. 1, '61 ; pris. at Fredericksburg; exchanged ; wd. at Kelly's Ford ; re-enlisted ; vet.
Stark, Mitchell O., Nov. 1, '61 ; not on mus. out roll.
Strickland, P. B., Nov. I, '61; died at Ft. Monroe June 17, '62, of wounds received at Fair Oaks, Va.
Seeley, Hollis, Feb. 22, '64; not on mus. out roll.
Seeley, Malvern E., Feb. 22, '64 ; not on mus. out roll.
Smith, Daniel, Mar. 22, '64 ; died June 14, '64.
Sweet, Perry, Feb. 1, '64; ab. in hos, at Phila. at mus. out ; disch. by G. O. June 12, '65.
Sweet, Henry, Feb. I, '64; died at Beverly hos., N. J., Oct. 22, '64; had served 9 months in Co. A., 151st P. V.
Terry, Henry W., Feb. 25, '62 ; wd. at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; ab. at mus. out.
Tallon, James, Nov. 1, '61 ; disch. for disability Oct. 28, '62; re. in Co. D, 50th P. V.
Tiffany, Volney W., Nov. 1, '61 ; killed at Fair Oaks, May 31, '62.
Whitney, Willard J., Oct. 5, '61 ; wd. at Charles City Cross-Roads June 30, '63 ; wd. and capt'd at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; disch. Nov. 15, '63.
Wickson, Joshna, Nov. 1, '61 ; re-enlisted; killed at battle of Wilderness May 5, '64 ; vet.
Wood, Warren S., Nov. I, '61 ; disch. for disability April 13, '62.
Warner, Erastus, Nov. I, '61 ; wd. at Fair Oaks ; on detached duty at mus. out ; vet.
COMPANY I. Privates.
Maxum, Charles, Feb. 28, '62 ; died in hospital Aug. 2, '63.
Parker, Joseph W., Feb. 28, '62 ; disch. for disability Sept. 30, '62.
COMPANY D. Privates.
Dimmick, Addison, Feb. 21, '62 ; disch. on surg. cert. Aug. 8, '62. Freer, Du Bois, Feb. 28, '62 ; died June 3, '62.
Thatcher, C. E., Feb. 16, '62; tr. to V. R. C. Oct. 7, '63.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT .- The three counties of Bradford, Susquehanna and Wayne furnished the men composing this regiment, seven companies being recruited in Bradford, two in Susquehanna and one from Wayne. The companies rendezvouzed at Camp Curtin, where, on the 28th of August, 1862, the commissioned officers of the several companies met to select regimental officers. With a unanimity that thus early evinced that the purpose of both officers and men of the regiment was to stamp out rebellion, and not self-aggrandizement, they decided to call to the command of the regiment a soldier of experience and known ability; and their choice fell upon Major Henry J. Madill, of the Sixth Pennsyl- vania Reserves, a resident of Bradford County. At the moment of his election Major Madill was partici- pating with his regiment in the bloody battles that culminated on the 30th in another disaster to the Union troops at Bull Run. The organization was completed by the selection of Guy H. Watkins and Israel P. Spalding, of Bradford County, as lieuten- ant-colonel and major, Daniel W. Searle, of Susque- hanna, as adjutant, and Robert N. Torrey, of Wayne, as quartermaster. The total number on the rolls of the regiment, including field and staff, was nine hun- dred and forty-nine men. On the evening of the 28th orders were received for the regiment to proceed to Washington the next day, which was received with great satisfaction and obeyed with alacrity. The regiment left Camp Curtin the next afternoon, and reached Washington the following day. The booming
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of cannon from the battle-field of Bull Bun could be distinctly heard, and all was excitement and confusion at the Capitol. Taking dinner at the Soldiers' Rest, the regiment was immediately ordered to Arlington Heights ; but upon reaching Long Bridge, they were detained until dark by an ambulance train going to Bull Run, and did not reach their destination until eleven o'clock. Here, weary and exhausted, they threw themselves down to sleep; but within an hour orders came to proceed to Chain Bridge, some nine miles distant. Pope's defeat was now known, and the regiment fell into line for this march, not knowing at what moment it might encounter the victorious foe. To add to the perils of the situation, the regiment was practically without arms; for there was not a round of ammunition that would fit their old Austrian muskets, nor a hundred bayonets that could be used. Had the men of the regiment known at that time what they soon afterwards learned-the value of having in their hands a trusty musket, capped and primed, with " forty rounds" in their pockets-they might have done what never occurred during their term of service -disobeyed orders. The survivors of the regiment will never forget that night-march. No glimmering star illumined the blank darkness, and to add to its misfortunes the guide lost his way, and it was daylight when the regiment halted near its destination. Less than two hundred men were in line. The remainder, overcome by fatigue, had "fallen by the way ; " but during the forenoon most of the men arrived in camp. Bates, in his " History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers," speaking of the regiment at this time, says : "For two days it was kept marching and counter-marching among the defences of Washington, being held in readiness to repel an attack of the enemy, which seemed to be hourly anticipated. The days were in- tensely hot and the nights cool, and for more than a week after its arrival the regiment was without tents. Rations also were scarce, and privation and exposure soon began to tell fearfully upon the health of the men, nearly three hundred being carried to hospitals, and five hundred reported unfit for duty." On the 12th of September the regiment was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division of the Third Corps, and became associated with the Sixty-third, Sixty-eighth, One Hundred and Fifth, and One Hundred and Four- teenth Pennsylvania, and the Twentieth Indiana Regiments. General John C. Robinson, now a resi- dent of Binghamton, N. Y., commanded the brigade. He was a regular army officer, a gallant soldier and strict disciplinarian.
In the following brief account of the regiment's services the writer is indebted for many items of in- terest to a very complete and accurate history of the One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment, written by Chaplain David Craft, and published in 1885. The regiment remained in the defences of Washington until the 10th of October, when, with the brigade, it made a forced march to Poolsville, Md., in a fruitless
attempt to intercept Stewart on his return from his rebel raid into Pennsylvania. It is said that "severe marches are more destructive to armies than battles;" and this march, so far as the One Hundred and Forty- first was concerned, was a striking illustration of its truth The surgeon of the regiment reported that more than one hundred cases of hernia alone were traceable to the Poolsville march. The regiment remained here on picket duty until the 28th, when it crossed the river at White's Ford, and joined the army in its march to Warrenton. When Burnside assumed com- mand, it moved with the army towards Fredericks- burg, reaching Falmouth on the 22d of November. The battle of Fredericksburg was the first engage- ment in which the regiment participated. It was un- der arms all day the 10th, and on the morning of the 11th of December it was awakened by a " reveille " it will never forget-the booming of cannon at Freder- icksburg. All day and the next it waited, momentarily expecting orders to cross the river. On the morning of the 13th it marched to a point on the hills oppo- site the head of Franklin's pontoon bridge, and stacked arms. Here it lay, a silent spectator, in full view of the terrible battle now raging across the river, until nearly two o'clock in the afternoon, when it re- ceived orders to cross and hasten to the relief of the gallant Reserves, who were being forced back by over- whelming numbers. For nearly a mile the regiment was exposed to the fire of the enemy's artillery, which, as the brigade approached the field, was concentrated upon it, and shot and shell flew thick and fast, The arrival of the brigade was most timely. The yelling rebels of Early's brigade were within a hundred yards of Randolph's battery, and would doubtless have cap- tured it but for the withering fire poured into their ranks by the advance regiments of the brigade, which compelled them to fall back. The One Hundred and Forty-first was ordered in support of Randolph's bat- tery, upon which the enemy did not cease their fire until dark. On the night of the 14th Major Spalding, with twenty men from each company and six commis- sioned officers, were placed on advanced picket, within twenty rods of the enemy's lines. Here they re- mained from five o'clock Monday morning until two o'clock Tuesday morning, when, the army having safely recrossed the river, they silently withdrew, and were among the last to reach the north bank of the Rappahannock. The regiment returned to its old camp and erected winter-quarters. On the 20th of January the regiment started on what was afterwards known as Burnside's " mud march;" and its particular significance to the regiment arises from the fact that in this well-planned movement it had been selected for the important and perilous duty of crossing the river in boats, and taking possession of the hill and holding it while the pontoon bridge was laid. The confidence thus placed in the courage and ability of the officers and men of the regiment was no small compliment; but fortunately for them, the elements
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interposed, and they were spared the ordeal. Return- ing to camp, it quietly passed the remainder of the winter, and the spring found it ready and waiting for the campaign that followed.
On the 27th of April, 1863, orders were received to be ready to march on the following day. The regi- ment participated in the operations of Sedgewick in and about Fredericksburg, designed to divert the attention of Lee from Hooker's real point of attack at Chancellorsville, but did not cross the river. On the 30th the regiment started up the river, and early on the morning of May 1st it crossed the pontoon bridge at United States Ford, and marched to the front. It will be remembered that in the Chancellors- ville campaign the regiment was in Graham's bri- gade, Birney's division,' and Sickles' (Third) corps. We have space to only briefly note the part taken by the regiment in the terrible battles then fought. During the day of the 1st, Graham's brigade was ordered to the support of the Twelfth Corps, and was subjected to the fire of the enemy's artillery, losing some men. On the 2d it participated in the advance in which the enemy were driven back, but just before dark "Stonewall" Jackson's rebel legions swooped down upon the Eleventh Corps, "rolling it up like a scroll," and placing the regiment, with the other troops in the advance, in a perilous condition. But aided by the darkness, they withdrew, and that night were placed on picket. At daylight on the morning of the 3d, while the brigade was in column of regiments, the enemy suddenly opened fire upon it. Says Bates : "The brigade was unprepared for the shock, but retiring by the flank it rapidly re-formed near the Chancellor house and delivered a counter-charge upon the enemy, who had followed them up sharply, and was now crossing an open field towards a wood, where he was met, and where a fierce, almost hand-to-hand fight ensued. The fighting on the part of the regi- ment One Hundred and Forty-first was here most heroic, and resulted in driving the enemy from its front and holding him in check until nearly surrounded, when it retired in good order, re- peatedly rallying and pouring destructive volleys into the faces of the closely pursuing foe. · * *
For its discipline and bravery exhibited on the memorable 3d of May, the regiment was warmly complimented by both Generals Birney and Graham." In his report of the battle, General Graham says: "I would give especial praise to the One Hundred and Forty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, a new regiment, for the second time under fire. No men could have behaved better. Its thinned ranks are better proof of its steadiness under fire than any words can be; of four hundred and seventeen men taken into the fight, it lost two hundred and thirty-four." On the evening of the 6th the regiment reached its old camp on Potomac Creek. On the 11th of June the regiment again broke camp, and on the night of July 1st bivouacked on the battle-field of Gettysburg. At
dawn of the 2d the regiment was in line of battle. It was not seriously engaged until after noon, when, being temporarily detached from the' brigade, it was placed in support of the batteries in the Peach Orchard. We quote from Bates-" For two hours it held this exposed position, when the enemy's infantry charged in heavy force along his whole line. Already had his lines reached the fence which skirted the orchard, counting on the easy capture of the Union guns, when the regiment, which had lain concealed from view, leaped the wall and dashed forward upon the foc. Bewildered by its sudden appearance, and from front the enemy gave ground, and the regiment held its advanced position until the guns could be dragged by hand to a place of safety. * * * The enemy's attack was now renewed with overwhelming force and the Union lines were forced to give way. Though fearfully torn, the regiment preserved a bold front, and again and again rallied and turned upon the foe. Its loss in this day's fight was probably greater, in proportion to the number engaged, than almost any other regiment in the army." Colonel Madill, in his report of the battle, says : "I took two hundred men into the fight, with nine officers. Out of that number I lost one hundred and forty-five men and six officers." Of these, one-third were killed on the field or died of their wounds-among the number, the gallant Major Spalding.
The regiment participated in the fall campaign, and among other engagements in which it par- ticipated were Auburn, Kelly's Ford and Mine Run. It went into winter-quarters early in November near Brandy Station. Upon the opening of the spring cam- paign of 1864 the regiment, having received accessions to its ranks by recruits, and by men returned from hospitals, numbered about three hundred and twenty- five officers and men present for duty. Under Grant it started on the bloody Wilderness campaign, break- ing camp on the 3d of May. On the fifth it was hotly engaged, and early on the morning of the 6th it charged a line of breastworks, carrying them and capturing the colors of the Thirteenth North Carolina Regiment and fifty prisoners. On the 12th the regi- inent, occupying a portion of the works wrested from the enemy, was repeatedly assaulted in their desper- ate efforts to regain their lost ground, but were each time bloodily repulsed. In front of the position occupied by the One Hundred and Forty-first stood the large tree which was entirely cut off by bullets, the trunk of which is preserved at Washiington as a memorial of the war. Around this the enemy were slain by hundreds. The losses in the regiment were again scvere, being, from May 5th to 18tlı, nine killed, ninety-eight wounded and twenty-nine miss- ing. At North Anna, Cold Harbor and at Peters- burg the regiment met the foe, and at the latter place, on the 18th of June, while gallantly leading the reg- iment, Colonel Madill being in command of the brigade, Lieutenant-Colonel Watkins was almost
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