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ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIXTH REGIMENT.
This regiment was recruited under the aus- piees of the Union League, at Philadelphia, to serve for one hundred days, and it was known as the Fifth Union League Regiment. It in- cluded Company I, of Berks County. It was organized at Camp Cadwalader on July 20, 1864, and a week later proceeded to Camp Bradford, near Baltimore. About the middle of August it moved by rail to Chicago, Ill., where it performed guard duty at Camp Doug- lass, a large number of prisoners of war having been confined there. Early in November it returned to Philadelphia, and was thence ordered to duty at Fort Delaware. It was mustered out
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of service at Philadelphia on November 17, 1864.
COMPANY I.
(Recruited at Reading; mustercd in July 13, 1864; mustered out November 17, 1864.)
Captain, G. S. Rowbotham. First Lieutenant, Mahlon Shaaber.
Second Lieutenant, Johu Wesley.
First Sergeant, Edward S. Earley.
Sergeants : Nicholas Seitzinger, Adam Trivitts, Francis Hyneman, David Bingeman.
Corporals : Charles A. Keever, Adam Shaaber, Lewis Koch, Hiram Nachtriet, Harrison
Peck, George Ritner, William A. Boyer, Hiram Fritch.
Musicians : John Seyfert, Arthur Wells.
Privates .- Samuel Adams, Nicholas Burkhart, George M. Boyer, Edward Brady, Robert Bell, James G. Bobst, Martin Bronch, Charles Colp, John Cronan, William Calvert, Joseph Condon (pro. to q.m .- sergt. July 22, 1864), Frederick Couturer, Charles Deininger, John G. Durand, Elwood Dickinson, Jas. A. Eisenbise, George Eisenbise, George Engle, Howard Fisher, Thomas Fair, Charles A. Grant, Reuben Gruff, Mahlon Good, George P. Groves, Edward F. Gentner, Francis Hoyer, Jacob A. Hamilton, Daniel Haine, Albert Herzog, Christian Haddock, Henry C. Jones, James Jones, Edward Jacoby, Theodore Keen, Samuel Kutz, James Kilpatrick, John Kissinger, Patrick Kelly (trans. to Co. D, Ang. 1, 1864), William Lewis, James Long- acre, William Longlott, Z. Taylor Lacy, Henry C. Ludwick, George Mason, James Moore, Winfield S. Miller, Marshall Miller, Peter McNoon, William Mclaughlin, Adam McCove, George Nagle, William H. Nail, Zacharias Oswald, James O'Neil, Edward Pettit, Joseph Purchase, Alexander Price, Peter Price, Thomas Quinn, Francis Ray, Lawrence Resler, Henry Row, Charles Rogers, Franklin Roberts, James 0. Rooke, William Sonders, Albert Stroud, John Seitzinger, Thomas Stafford, John Steely, Lawrence Whiteman, John Wells, Thomas R. Werner, Henry L. Wolfskill, Jacob Wolfskill, Samuel White, Fran- cis Young.
ONE YEAR'S SERVICE.
The following six volunteer companies were from Berks Connty in the one year's service, having been enlisted in Angust, 1864 :
Co. B, 205th Regt., Capt. Joseph G. Holmes.
Co. E, 205th Regt., Capt. William F. Walter.
Co. H, 205th Regt., Capt. Franklin Schmehl. Co. D, 198th 'Regt., Capt. Isaac Schroeder. Co. G, 198th Regt., Capt. William L. Guinther. Co. F, 192d Regt., Capt. John Teed.
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTH REGIMENT.
Companies B, E and H of this regiment were recruited in Berks County. They rendezvonsed
at Camp Curtin, where, on September 2, 1864, field officers were selected, including William F. Walter, captain of Company E, as lieutenant- colonel. Lieutenant-Colonel Walter had served in the One Hundred and Fourth Regiment. On the 5th the regiment left Harrisburg, pro- ceeded to Washington, crossed the Potomac, and went into camp at Fort Corcoran. At the end of a week it moved to Camp Distribution, and taking in charge thirteen hundred recruits and drafted men there, proceeded with them by transports to City Point. It was engaged in picketing from the left of the army line to the James, and in building forts and earth-works for the defense of City Point, nearly the entire regiment being called to duty daily. On Octo- ber 9th it was ordered to the Army of the James, and at the end of twenty days, during which it was employed on picket duty, it re- turned and proceeded to join the Army of the Potomac. With five other new Pennsylvania regiments, it formed a provisional brigade, com- manded by General Hartranft, and was attached to the Ninth Corps. Early in December this brigade moved to the relief of the Second and Fifth Corps, which were threatened with an attack by the enemy, while out upon a demon- stration on the left. On December 15th the six regiments composing this brigade were organized into a division, which became the Third of the Ninth Corps, composed of two brigades. The Two Hundred and Fifth was in the Second Brigade. General Hartranft commanded. the division, and General Parke the corps. With the exception of occasional marches to the left, in support of aggressive movements, the regiment remained in camp, near Fort Prescott, on the Army Line Railroad during the winter, where it was engaged in drill and fatigue duty.
Before daylight, on the morning of March 25, 1865, the regiment was summoned to arms, and ordered to stand in readiness to move upon the first signal, the enemy having broken through the line on Wilcox's front, and cap- tured Fort Steadman. General Hartranft was quickly upon the ground where further disaster threatened, and gathering in the regiments of his division, attacked and checked the victori-
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ous onset of the enemy. The Two Hundred and Fifth was ordered to move down a ravine which ran in the rear of the captured line, and opposite Fort Haskell, halted under cover, holding in support the rest of the line, which was hotly engaged. For nearly an hour it was forced to stand in waiting. Finally, when all his plans for a combined assault had been per- fected, General Hartranft gave the signal to charge, and with a united front, and with the greatest determination and daring, the lines moved on, sweeping everything before them, and regaining all that was lost. The Two Hundred and Fifth moved at once to the sup- port of the charging column, and held a large number of prisoners, small arms and one battle- flag. The loss, fortunately, was but slight, being but ten wounded.
Of the part taken by the Two Hundred and Fifth, in the final assault upon the works before Petersburg, on the morning of the 2d of April, an idea will be best gained by the following ex- tract from Captain Holmes' official report: "On the night of the 1st instant, at eleven o'clock, the regiment was ordered to form on the color line in front of the camp, Major Morrow in command. At one o'clock A.M., of the 2d the regiment was moved towards, and on the Plank Road in rear of Fort Sedgwick, halted some time, and then advanced by the right of the fort in the covered way and formed in line of battle, with the Two Hundred and Seventh in front, directly in rear of our picket line. The order was given to charge the enemy's works at day- light, which was gallantly accomplished. The regiment captured Battery 30, with a number of prisoners. A battle-flag was also captured by Private John Lilly, of Company F, who acted very gallantly throughout the engagement. This flag was forwarded to General Hartranft's head- quarters with a statement of its capture. Our col- ors were planted on the works, and remained there until the regiment was relieved. At this time Major Morrow received a severe wound in the foot, and was taken off the field. I then as- sumed command, and remained with the regi- ment in the works, repulsing several charges made by the enemy during the day, and at night assisted in placing the abatis in front of our
works, under a severe enfilading fire from the enemy, remaining upon the line until two o'clock on the following morning, when I was ordered to move with the regiment to the rear of our picket line." In the advance upon the hostile works, and in driving out the enemy and hold- ing the line when captured, the regiment was exposed to a fearful fire of infantry and artil- lery, from the effect of which it suffered heavy losses. Two officers, Lieutenants Henry A. Lower and David B. Roberts, and twenty-two enlisted men were killed, six officers and ninety- one enlisted men were wounded, one officer, Lieutenant Samuel L. Hughes, of Company E, mortally, and five men were missing,-an aggre- gate loss of one hundred and twenty-six.
At daylight the regiment was ordered to ad- vance towards Petersburg, but everywhere the evidences of a general evacuation were observ- able, and, on arriving within the city, it was found that the enemy had fired it in several places. By the aid of the fire companies the flames were subdued and the bridges crossing the Appomattox were saved. At noon the regiment returned to its former camp, and, striking tents, started with thedivision to follow up the advantage. The progress to Burkesville Junction was slow, the command being charged with the repair of the South Side Railroad as it went, and with keeping open this line of communication with the main body of the army. The regiment remained at Burkesville until after the surrender of the rebel armies in the east and hostile operations were at an end. It then proceeded via City Point to Alexandria, and encamped at Seminary Hill, where it was mustered out of service on June 2d.
COMPANY B .- This company was mustered out June 2, 1865, except where otherwise noted.
Joseph G. Holmes, capt., must. in Aug. 31, 1864.
Samuel L. Hughes, 1st lieut., must. in Aug. 31, 1864; died at Washington, D. C., April 28th, of wounds received at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington.
Peter A. Lantz, 2d lieut., must. in Aug. 31, 1864; disch. by S. O: May 15, 1865.
James E. Teed, 1st sergt., must. in Aug. 15, 1864.
John B. Fair, sergt., must. in Aug. 16, 1864. Alexander R. Lace, sergt., must. in Aug. 17, 1864. Henry A. Wix, sergt., must. in Aug. 17, 1864.
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James Long, sergt., must. in Aug. 18, 1864. Henry Wann, corp., must. in Aug. 18, 1864. Joel Hinkle, corp., must. in Aug. 19, 1864. George H. Price, corp., must. in Aug. 17, 1864. Thomas Lincoln, corp., must. in Aug. 19, 1864. Charles Richards, corp., must. in Aug. 19, 1864. George E. Morris, corp., must. in Aug. 17, 1864. Cyrus Baker, eorp., must. in Aug. 22, 1864.
T. H. Rothenberger, corp., must. in Aug. 18, 1864; wounded at Fort Steadman, Va., March 25, 1865 ; absent, in hospital, at muster out. Adam K. Hess, musician, must. in Sept. 17, 1864. Albert Hoberocker, musiciau, must. in Aug. 17, 1864.
Privates.
John E. Augstadt, must. in Aug. 17, 1864. Albert Augstadt, must. in Aug. 20, 1864. William Augstadt, must. in Aug. 23, 1864. Henry R. Adams, must. in Aug. 24, 1864.
James B. Adams, must. in Aug. 22, 1864; absent, sick, at muster out.
William Adams, must. in Aug. 16, 1864. John Agen, must. in Aug. 16, 1864. Wellington Boyer, must. in Aug. 30, 1864. David Borrell, must. in Aug. 20, 1864. Frederick Bard, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. Mark Boyer, must. in Aug. 23, 1864. Adam C. Bentz, must. in Aug. 24, 1864.
. Samuel Bernhart, must. in Aug. 22, 1864.
James R. Boyer, must. in Aug. 24, 1864; pro. to com .- sergt. Sept. 2, 1864. John Cullen, must. in Aug. 17, 1864. William Deckert, must. in Aug. 16, 1864. Levi A. Davis, must. in Aug. 20, 1864. James B. Eckert, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. John Endy, must. in Aug. 23, 1864. D. F. Espenshade, must. in Aug. 16, 1864. Hiram Evans, must. in Aug. 18, 1864.
James Eidle, must. in Aug. 22, 1864; killed at Peters- burg, Va., April 2, 1865 ; buried in Poplar Grove Nat. Cem., sec. D, div. C, grave 86. Harrison Foreman, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. Benjamin Fehr, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. Shaw Frew, must. in Aug. 23, 1864. John Fair, must. in Aug. 30, 1864. John G. Gohr, must. in Aug. 19, 1864. Urias Gambber, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. Jonathan Groff, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. Nathan Gross, must. in Aug. 19, 1864. Mahlon Houck, must. in Aug. 19, 1864. George Haines, must. in Aug. 20, 1864. Charles Hynerman, must. in Aug. 16, 1864. Peter Heckman, must. in Aug. 23, 1864. Winfield Holmes, must. in Aug. 23, 1864. Adam Hepp, must. in Aug. 23, 1864. Henry Howard, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. Joseph Hays, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. John Karcy, must. in Aug. 23, 1864; not on muster- out roll.
William C. Kline, must. in Aug. 17, 1864; absent, on furlough, at muster out.
Samuel Kirby, must. in Aug. 23, 1864.
Daniel Kaufman, must. in Aug. 15, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1864.
John Kane, must. in Aug. 18, 1864. Daniel Killeon, must, in Aug. 23, 1864. Aaron Leas, must. in Aug. 23, 1864. John S. Ludwig, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. Joseph Lacy, must, in Aug. 19, 1864. George Moore, must. in Aug. 25, 1864. Simon Miller, must. in Aug. 16, 1864. David Moyer, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. Samuel B. Moore, must. in Aug. 24, 1864.
Jesse R. Miller, must. in Aug. 22, 1864.
Robert L. Morgan, must. in Aug. 17, 1864 ; wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865. John Moore, must. in Aug. 24, 1864. .James Miller, must. in Aug. 18, 1864.
Jacob MeDonongh, must. in Aug. 23, 1864.
Thomas McComb, must. in Aug. 19, 1864; disch. on surg. certif. March 18, 1865. James McLain, not on muster-out roll.
William R. Nein, must. in Aug. 20, 1864. Daniel R. Nein, must. in Aug. 20, 1864. John Nestell, must. in Aug. 15, 1864.
Charles W. Phleger, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. Isaac H. Richwine, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. Joel Reiter, must. in Aug. 20, 1864.
Daniel Richard, must. in Aug. 22, 1864.
Frank R. Rhoades, must. in Aug. 22, 1864.
Effenger N. Rhoades, must. in Aug. 22, 1864.
George S. Reigle, must. in Aug. 19, 1864. John A. Ruth, must. in Aug. 18, 1864. John Rainard, must. in Aug. 18, 1864. F. E. Reifsynder, must. in Aug. 23, 1864. Joseph C. Rambo, must. in June 21, 1861 ; trans. to Co. F, 51st Regt. P. V., date unknown.
Henry Rutter, must. in Aug. 20, 1864. Lemon Sellers, must. in Aug. 23, 1864. William Shetly, must. in Aug. 23, 1864. Samuel K. Scull, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. John Smith, must. in Aug. 18, 1864.
William Syfert, must. iu Aug. 24, 1864.
Frank Simon, must. in Aug. 20, 1864; died near Hancock Station, Va., Dec. 17, 1864.
George Thomas, must. in Aug. 18, 1864.
Edward B. Willeston, must. in Aug. 18, 1864; absent, on furlough, at muster out. Andrew S. Werner, must. in Aug. 18, 1864. Jonathan K. Woomer, must. in Aug. 22, 1864. Lewis Weidner, must. in Aug. 24, 1864. Hiram P. Yeager, must. in Aug. 24, 1864. Daniel Yeager, must. in Aug 23, 1864.
COMPANY E. (Mustered in April 26, 1864, and mustered out June 2, 1865.) William F. Walter, captain, pro. to lieut .- col. Sept. 2, 1864.
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Richard Boone, captain, pro. from 1st lieut. Sept. 2, 1864; brev. capt. April 2, 1865.
George L. Knopp, 1st lieutenant, pro. from 2d lieut. Sept. 2, 1864.
William J. Smith, 2d lieutenant ; pro. from 1st sergt. Sept. 2, 1864.
Richard B. Hause, 1st sergeant ; pro. from sergt. Sept. 2, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865 ; absent, sick, at muster out. Sergeants : John K. Miller, John A. McConnell, Daniel Briner, Jacob Henning.
Corporals : Wellington Markley, Thomas Sassa- man, Samuel Trayn, Nicholas Cramer, Lewis Wingert, Benjamin Lash, Henry Schmeck, J. D. Liebensperger.
Musicians : Albert Bechtel, George W. Young. Privates .- John Barr, Frederick Barbelein, Henry D. Boger, Louis Bower, Daniel Bridegam, Lafayette Bright, Jacob Blum, Henry Brouch, Theodore Burk- ert, John Busser, Jonathan W .. Butz, Simon C. Ben- ner,1 Terrence Callaghan, William Callbach, Peter Carl, Henry Christian, William Cook, Henry Eb- ling, Levi Endy, Charles Engle, Philip Engstetler, John Ettingehause, Jeremiah Fair, John Fisher, Joseph Foreman, Isaac Francis, Michael Fries, John M. Gift, Robert M. Gift, Henry Groff, John Hart- man, Charles Heilman, John Hiller, John Homan, Charles Huhn, John Johnson, Alexander Johnson,2 John Kramer, John Kroppenbacher, Henry Kepner, Edmund Leaf,3 John Machmer, Conrad Mathias, Sebastian Markart, Valentine Miller, Robert Mills, Hugh Murray, Charles Miller,2 Michael Murray,4 John Maier,5 Christian Miller,6 William Printz, Thomas Reber, Henry Regenfuse, Oliver Richards, Conrad Reinhart, F. Rodenberger, Henry Roland, Christian Ruoss, John F. Rheiner, Thomas Reese,7 Thomas Rheily,8 Jacob Siebenheifer, Joseph Shaw, Peter Shild, Henry Smith, Henry B. Smith, Daniel B. Snyder, George Sterr, Mayberry Swoyer, Jacob Sanders, Enoch Saylor, Uriah Slechter, Samuel Treisch, Thomas Troop, Adam Usner, Abraham Wahl, Peter R. Walter, Henry Wesner, Francis Wiest,9 Reuben Wous, Bernard Wittich, John Wil- liams, Franklin Yeager, Franklin Yates, James Young, John Zimmerman.
COMPANY H .- This company was mustered out June 2, 1865, except where it is otherwise stated.
1 Mustered in Sept. 2, 1864.
' Mustered in Aug. 15, 1864.
3 Mustered in Sept. 5, 1864.
" Mustered in Aug. 12, 1864.
5 Mustered in Aug. 19, 1864.
6 Mustered in Aug. 28, 1864.
7 Mustered in Aug. 16, 1864.
& Mustered in Aug. 20, 1864.
" Mustered in Aug. 29, 1864.
Franklin Schmehl, capt., must. in Sept. 3, 1864. David B. Roberts, 1st lieut., must. in Sept. 3, 1864; killed at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865.
George W. White, 1st lieut., must. in Sept. 3, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865.
Irwin S. Philips, 2d lieut., must. in Sept. 2, 1864 ; pro. from 1st sergt. May 11, 1865.
Joseph Olds, 1st sergt., must. in Sept. 2, 1864. Peter Hampele, sergt., must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Joseph R. Koenig, sergt., must. in Sept. 2, 1864. August L. Yeager, sergt., must. in Sept. 2, 1864. John M. Kleeman, sergt., must. in Sept. 2, 1864. Josiah H. K. Miller, corp., must. in Sept. 2, 1864. Obadiah Clouser, corp., must. in Sept. 2, 1864. Daniel R. Totheroh, corp., must. in Sept. 2, 1864. William L. Heafer, corp., must. in Sept. 2, 1864. Peter K. Harbach, corp., must. in Sept. 2, 1864. Daniel Sanders, corp., must. in Sept. 2, 1864. George Harman, corp., must. in Sept. 1, 1864. William Herline, corp., must. in Sept. 2, 1864. Ephraim K. Brosey, corp., must. in Sept. 2, 1864; killed at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865. Samuel Wentzel, musician, must. in Sept. 2, 1864. John Row, musician, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Privates.
Thomas S. Allgaier, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Isaac Albright, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Robert Andrews, must. in Sept. 1, 1864; not account- ed for.
John Ashton, must. in Ang. 30, 1864; not accounted for.
Reuben Brady, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
George B. Britton, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Richard H. Bohn, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
George W. Bowers, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
George Boyer, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Henry Bowers, must. in Sept. 2, 1864. John B. Becker, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Henry Bitner, must. in Sept. 6, 1864; disch. by G. O. May 30, 1865.
Henry Briney, must. in Ang. 31, 1864.
Thos. G. Barnes, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Charles Bechtel, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
J. C. Bartholomew, must. in Aug. 29, 1864; not ac- counted for.
Thomas Brady, must. in Aug. 27, 1864; not accounted for.
Franklin Callman, must. in Aug. 29, 1864; not ac- for.
Jacob Conrad, must. in Sept. 10, 1864.
James F. Coxell, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Wellington Diehl, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
James Dreibelbeis, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
David L. Evans, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Edward B. Fry, must. in Sept. 2, 1864; wounded at
Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; disch. by G. O. May 26, 1865. Philip Freese, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
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Charles Fry, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Jacob Fritz, must. in Aug. 29, 1864; not accounted for.
Charles Faron, must. in Sept. 2, 1864; not accounted for.
Simon P. Fink, must. in Sept. 2, 1864; not accounted for.
Jesse S. Gross, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Isaac Graeff, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Lewis Godfrey, must. in Sept. 2, 1864; disch. by G. O. May 22, 1865.
Daniel Garver, must. in Sept. 1, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865.
Augustus Grote, must. in Sept. 2, 1864; not accounted for.
Henry Haas, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
John Haas, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
William H. Hains, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Reuben Hole, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Charles Harper, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Thomas Hollin, must. in Aug. 31, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865.
Elias D. Hoch, must. in Sept. 2, 1864; killed at Pe- tersburg, Va., April 2, 1865.
William Harvey, must. in Sept. 2, 1864; not account- ed for.
Francis Huber, must. in Aug. 27, 1864; not accounted for.
Reuben Keller, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Jacob Klink, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Charles R. Koenig, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Edward Kelly, must. in Aug. 29, 1864; not accounted for.
John Koehler, must. in Aug. 29, 1864; not accounted for.
John Kelly, must. in Aug. 29, 1864; not accounted for.
Henry Koeing, must. in Aug. 24, 1864; not accounted for.
John J. Levi, must. in Sept. 2, 1864; wounded at Pe- tersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; died, date unknown. John Lynch, must. in Aug. 29, 1864; not accounted for.
John Lloyd, must. in Aug. 27, 1864; not accounted for.
John D. Metler, must. in Sept. 2, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; disch. by G. O. June 24, 1865.
Andrew Marr, must. in Sept. 2, 1864; not accounted for.
George Machamer, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Jacob Markley, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Isaac Moore, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
John Murray, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Amos Myers, must. in Sept. 1, 1864.
Amos Machamer, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Charles McCormick, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
James McGinley, must. in Aug. 27, 1864.
Cornelius McMakin, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
John H. Neff, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Cornelius S. Ox, must in Sept. 2, 1864. William O'Boyle, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
William Palm, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
William Plunkett, must. in Aug. 27, 1864.
Abra'm Pilkington, must. in Aug. 24, 1864; trans. to Co. F, 51st Regt. P. V., May 28, 1865.
John B. Quimby, must. in Sept. 2, 1864. John Reedy, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Henry Reider, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
John H. Rotlı, must. in Sept. 2, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; absent, in hos- pital, at muster out.
Levi Rothenberger, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
William Ray, must. in Sept. 27, 1864.
Cornelius B. Stamm, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Benjamin Sweezey, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Lewis Smith, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
John Savage, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Fraukliu Seiders, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
John Seidel, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Herman Summers, must. in Aug. 30, 1864.
Valentine Steltz, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Charles Smith, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
P. S. Trumbower, must. in Sept. 2, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; absent, sick, at muster out.
Wm. O. Whitman, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Jacob Wertz, must. in Sept. 2. 1864.
James G. Weidner, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
John Wilson, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
Jared G. Yarnell, must. in Sept. 2, 1864.
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
This regiment was recruited at Philadelphia during the summer of 1864 under auspices of the Union League to enter service for one year. It included Companies D and G from Berks County. It was organized September 9, 1864, and September 19th following it proceedcd to join the Army of the Potomac in front of Petersburg. Upon its arrival it was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division of the Fifth Corps.
The battle of Peeble's Farm opened on the 30th, and here the regiment had its first baptism of fire. It had scarcely got into position, when incessant volleys of musketry and artillery opened upon it from a wood in front, where the enemy was posted. Advancing at once to the attack, the regiment opened fire, and, though little accustomed to the terrible ordeal to which it was subjected, succeeded, by hard fighting, in driving the enemy from the first line of works, inflicting a severe loss upon him. Breast-works
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HISTORY OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
were immediately thrown up, and the regiment continued heavily engaged until October 2d, when it moved up near the enemy's works. Here for five hours it held its ground under a severe fire. It was then withdrawn a short distance, and again threw up works, and on the follow- ing day went into camp half a mile to the rear. On the 27th it moved with the corps for a demonstration upon the South Side Railroad. With four days' rations and forty rounds of ammunition to the man, it moved at daylight, and after five hours' toilsome marching, through dense timber, arrived in front of the enemy's formidable works, where it was exposed to a severe artillery fire. At sunset a strong picket line was thrown out and engaged nearly the en- tire night. Until noon of the following day. the pickets were kept busy ; then the entire regiment was withdrawn two miles to the rear. Here comfortable quarters were erected. On December 6th it marched with the corps for the destruction of the Weldon Railroad. Until the evening of the 9th the work of destruction was vigorously pushed, the ties being burned and the rails twisted for a considerable distance beyond Bellefield. Upon the return march there was much suffering, the weather having been intensely cold. Winter-quarters were again erected.
On February 5, 1865, the Fifth Corps, in light marching order, moved for an assault upon the enemy's works, and came upon them near Hatcher's Run. At three in the afternoon the advance of the column encountered, and after a desperate struggle, carried a portion of his fortifications. Soon afterwards the First Division, commanded by General Griffin, was sent for a diversion towards Dinwiddie Court- House. This feint was a complete success. A large force of the enemy followed it, thus weakening the lines in front of the main body . of the corps, which assaulted when this force was well away, and carried his works. Upon the return of the division, it was placed in the captured works, and a heavy skirmish line was thrown out. At three on the afternoon of the 6th it was attacked by a heavy force of the enemy and driven in, a general engagement en- suing. General Sickel, seeing that the Second
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