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In the campaign that followed in the valley of Virginia, the 106th shared with the brigade the long marches and unceasing vigilance that characterized that campaign on the part of the Union army, and which were called forth by the wary and constant manœuvring of the enemy for an advan- tage. In the action at Robertson's tavern, the 106th was actively engaged, and endured great suffering from cold in attaining the position at Mine Run, and fortifying the pro- posed line of battle. On the abandonment of offensive operations the regiment withdrew with the army, and went into winter quarters near Stoneboro'.
During the winter a portion of the regiment re-enlisted. Col. Morehead resigned April 4, 1864, Maj. Stover was promoted to the command of the 184tl Pennsylvania as colonel, and Capt. John J. Sperry, of Co. A, was commis- sioned major of the 106th.
On the memorable campaign of Gen. Grant against Richmond, in 1864, the 106th bore an honorable and con- spicuous part. On May 3 it broke eamp, and after a severe march crossed the Rapidan, and arrived on the 5th on the Wilderness battle-ground. For three days that terrible struggle was maintained in the tangled recesses of the woods, the fighting being at close quarters, and bloodily sustained. From this battle-field the 106th marched to- wards Spottsylvania Court-House, but encountered the en-
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emy before reaching that point, and renewed the contest. On the afternoon of the 11th the brigade withdrew from the breastworks in front of the Court-House, and with the corps marched to the left of the line, where, on the morning of the 12th, as the day dawned, Hancock's columns charged the enemy's works, and carried them, capturing numerous prisoners and guns. The 106th suffered severely in this encounter. Lieut .- Col. Curry, in command, was mortally wounded, and Lieuts. Charles S. Schwartz and Joshua Gage were among the killed.
The regiment was constantly skirmishing on the front until the 18th, when another attempt was made to rout the enemy, but unsuccessfully. Again moving by the left flank, the corps were brought to bay by the enemy at the North Anna, and again at Cold Harbor. At the latter place the brigade charged the enemy in his intrenchments,-a most gallant attempt, but unsuccessful in driving him out,-the line advancing without faltering up the open ground in front of the fortifications under a galling fire. Finding the works too strong to be carried, the men dropped on the ground, and remained in their advanced position until night, and then, throwing up a breastwork, held the same. In this charge, Lieut. S. R. Townsend was killed.
The regiment crossed the James on July 14, and parti- cipated in the action before Petersburg, and a week later in a movement on the Jerusalem plank-road, losing consider- ably in both. On July 27, the veterans and recruits were organized into a battalion of three companies, and for field service united to the 69th Pennsylvania ; the remainder of the regiment being mustered out of service at the expira- tion of its term, at Philadelphia, Sept. 10, 1864. The bat- talion remaining in the field was engaged at Reams' Station and Boydton plank-road, and in the closing campaign of the Rebellion, in the spring of 1865. It was mustered out of service, June 30, 1865.
FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS."
T. G. Morehead, col., Aug. 28, 1861 ; discharged by special order, April 5, 1864.
Wm. L. Curry, lieut .- col , Nov. 16, 1861; died at Washington, D. C., July 7, of wounds received at Spottsylvania C .- H., Va., May 11, 1864; buried at South Laurel Hill cemetery, Philadelphia.
John H. Stover, maj., Dec. 11, 1861 ; promoted to col. 184th P. V., April 13, 1864.
John J. Sperry, maj., Aug. 17, 1861 ; commissioned maj., April 5, 1864; lieut .- col., July 8, 1864. Not mustered. Mustered out with Co. A as capt.
Ferdinand M. Pleiss, adjt., Aug. 28, 1861 ; died Aug. 2, of wounds received at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.
John A. Steel, adjt., Aug. 13, 1861 ; promoted from 1st lieut., Co. B, Aug. 29, 1863; discharged, Sept. 10, 1864. Exp. of term.
Ralph B. Clark, adjt., Feb. 16, 1864; promoted from Ist lieut., Co. K, Jan. 24, 1865 ; commissioned maj., June 23, 1865. Not mustered. Mustered out with bat. Vet.
Henry S. Camblos, quar .- mast., Aug. 28, 1861 ; resigned, June 30, 1862.
Wm. H. Stokes, quar .- mast., Aug. 28, 1861; promoted from 1st lieut., Co. E, June 30, 1862 ; mustered out with regiment, Sept. 10, 1864.
Ellis Coder, quar .- mast., Aug. 28, 1861; promoted from priv., Co. F, Dec. 1, 1864; mustered out with bat. Vet.
Justin Dwinelle, surg., Sept. 11, 1861 ; mustered out with regiment.
Philip Leidy, asst. surg., Nov. 1, 1861; discharged by general order, Sept. 6, 1862.
llugh Alexander, usst. surg., Aug. 6, 1862 ; discharged by special order, Oct. 21, 1862.
Erasmus D. Gates, asst. surg., Sept. 13, 1862; discharged by gen- eral order, June 15, 1865.
Hugh D. MeLean, asst. surg., Nov. 5, 1862; discharged by special order, Dec. 6, 1863.
Wm. C. Harris, chap., Nov. 1, 1861; resigned, Oct. 31, 1862.
Theodore Wharton, sergt .- maj., Sept. 28, 1861; promoted to 2d lieut., Co. I, May 1, 1862.
James C. Riggs, sergt .- maj., Oet. 31, 1861; promoted to sergt .- maj., May 1, 1862 ; to 1st licut., Co. F, Sept 19, 1862.
Wm. A. 1lagy, sergt .- maj., Aug. 28, 1861; promoted from Ist sergt., Co. I, Sept. 19, 1862; 2d lieut., Co. G, May 1, 1863.
James D. Tyler, sergt .- maj., Aug. 27, 1861; promoted from priv., Co. D, May 1, 1863 ; transferred to V. R. C., Jan. 15, 1864.
Wm. HI. Neiler, sergt .- mnaj., Sept. 2, 1861; promoted from 1st sergt., Co. C, May 1, 1864; discharged, Sept. 2, 1864. Exp. of term. Edward J. Lathrop, sergt .- maj., Ang. 14, 1861; promoted from sergt., Co. F, Sept. 1, 1864; to 1st lieut., Co. K, Jan. 24, 1865. Vet.
James C. Reynolds, serg .- maj., Aug. 28, 1861; promoted from sergt., Co. H, Jan. 24, 1865; commissioned 1st lieut., Co. H, June 8, 1865; capt., June 23, 1865. Not mustered. Mustered out with bat. Vet.
Samuel L. llibhs, quar .- mast. sergt., Aug. 28, 1861 ; promoted to 2d lieut., Co. I, Oct. 23, 1862.
Wm. M. Casey, quar .- mast. sergt., Aug. 17, 1861; promoted to quar .- mast. sergt., Sept. 6, 1862; 2d lieut., Co. A, March 1, 1865.
Wm. M. Mehl, quar .- mast. sergt., April 3, 1862 ; promoted from priv., Co. E, March 1, 1863; discharged, April 16, 1865. Exp. of term.
Charles Rettew, quar .- mast. sergt., March 7, 1864; promoted from priv., Co. K, April 16, 1865; commissioned 1st lieut., Co. K, June 8, 1865 ; mustered out with bat.
Jacob Roop, com .- sergt., Aug. 28, 1861; mustered out with regi- ment.
Fred. Weinderman, com .- sergt., Oct. 31, 1861; promoted from sergt., Co. H, Nov. 1, 1864; commissioned 2d lieut., Co. H, June 8, 1865; mustered out with bat. Vet.
Giles M. Coons, com .- sergt., Nov. 1, 1861; promoted from corp., Co. K, Oct. 1, 1864; discharged, Nov. 1, 1864. Exp. of term.
Charles H. Weinert, com .- sergt., Sept. 23, 1861; promoted from corp., Co. F, Oct. 10, 1864; commissioned 2d lieut., Co. F, June 8, 1865 ; mustered out with bat. Vet.
Lewis Grantier, prin. mus., Feb. 28, 1862; promoted to prin. mus., Nov. 1, 1863 ; discharged, Feb. 28, 1865. Exp. of term.
Hiram W. Landon, prin. mus., March 11, 1862; died at Bolivar Heights, Va., Sept. 24, 1862.
Charles Sims, prin. mus., Feb. 16, 1864; promoted from priv., Co. H, June 13, 1864; mustered out with bat., June 30, 1865.
Charles T. Whitcomb, prin. mus., Aug. 11, 1862; promoted from priv., Co. K, March 1, 1865 ; discharged by general order, June 13, 1865.
Company D.
Samuel H. Newman, capt., Aug. 27, 1861; discharged on surgeon's certificate, July 19, 1862.
William N. Jones, capt., Aug. 27, 1861 : promoted from Ist licut., July 26, 1862; mustered out with company, Sept. 10, 1864.
John Irwin, Ist lieut., Aug. 27, 1861; promoted from 2d lieut., July 26, 1862 ; commissioned capt., Co. B, June 22, 1864; transferred to Co. K ; discharged, Oct. 6, 1864. Exp. of term.
Joshua A. Gage, 2d lieut., Aug. 27, 1861; promoted from sergt., July 26, 1862 ; killed at Spottsylvania C .- H., Va., May 12, 1864.
THE ELEVENTH CAVALRY (ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH REGIMENT).
This regiment, originally known as " Harlan's Light Cavalry," was raised as an independent regiment during the months of August and September, 1861, by Col. Jo- siah Harlan, of Philadelphia, under special authority from the secretary of war. Companies from different States
# The date following the rank in each case is that of muster into service.
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were included in its ranks,-Co. A being from Iowa, por- tions of E and F from New York, a part of I from New Jersey, M from Ohio, the balance being from Pennsylvania. Co. F was Captain Calkins' company, from Bradford County. The organization of the regiment was completed Oct. 5, the following field-officers being chosen : Josiah Harlan, colonel ; Samuel P. Spear, lieutenant-colonel ; Geo. Stetzel, Samuel Wetherill, and Noah M. Runyan, majors. Its strength was 41 officers, and 1089 enlisted men. It was assigned to Gen. Innis M. Palmer's Brigade, and marched Oct. 16 from Camp Harlan, in Washington, to Camp Palmer, near Ball's Cross-Roads, Va., where it went into camp for instruction and drill. The name was changed to the 11th Cavalry Nov. 13, and attached to the Pennsyl- vania State troops. In the distribution of the companies of the regiment into battalions, in May, 1862, Co. F. re- mained under the command of Col. Harlan, and so con- tinued until that officer was mustered out of service, Aug. 19, 1862. The service of the regiment for the year 1862 was principally in scouting and picket and patrol duty in and about the operations of the Army of the Potomac. On the muster-out of Col. Harlan, Lieut .- Col. Spear was com- missioned colonel, Maj. Stetzel lieutenant-colonel, and Capt. Frank A. Stratton major.
Frequent skirmishes and engagements took place with the enemy on the frequent reconnoissances made to the . Blackwater. On Dec. 2 a battalion under Maj. Stratton made a sabre charge at Beaver Dam church against a superior foree of the enemy's cavalry, completely routing it, capturing 25 prisoners and a section of the celebrated rocket battery taken from MeClellan on the Peninsula. The regiment was armed at this time with sabres and revolvers, and a few of Sharp's carbines to each company. From this time forward to the close of the campaign of 1864 the numerous victories of the regiment were won with the sabre princi- pally, in the use of which the 11th became extremely ex- pert and efficient. The sabre charges of the 11th never failed to promptly clear the roads of the enemy's pickets or advanee.
On Jan. 30, 1863, the regiment made several charges, and prominently aided in the defeat of the rebel Gen. Pryor, at Deserted House. In an attack on the enemy's works at Franklin, March 17, two battalions under Majs. Stratton and Cornog attempted to carry the works by a mounted charge, in which Lieut. Mowday fell. During the siege of Suffolk by Longstreet the regiment was prominent in the operations of defense, and captured many prisoners during the pursuit that followed the raising of the siege. During the year 1863 the 11th scouted over the whole country on the left bank of the Blackwater and Chowan rivers, from the James river to Albemarle sound, in North Carolina, keeping the country clear of the enemy, capturing many prisoners and considerable property. It is estimated that each company traveled an average of 300 miles per month during that period. The horses were well cared for when not in use, and the regiment attained a high state of discipline and efficiency.
On June 26, 1863, the enemy's works at the Virginia C'entral railroad bridge, over the South Anna river, near Hanover Court-House, were carried by the regiment with
trifling loss, by a mounted and dismounted charge, and 125 prisoners taken. The rebel Gen. W. Fitz Hugh Lee was captured during the expedition, and the bridge destroyed, when the regiment returned to the White House with a long train of spoils from the rebel commissariat. An ex- pedition under Brig .- Gen. Getty, consisting of 7000 in- fantry and artillery, with the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry, destined to destroy the bridge on the Richmond and Fred- ericksburg railroad, and so complete the severanee of rail- road communication between Richmond and Lee's army, then near Gettysburg, failed in its main object, but Cos. G and M, under Maj. Stratton, destroyed, on the night of July 4, the railroad bridge, station, and public property at Ashland.
On Sept. 16, Col. Spear was placed in command of the brigade, and Maj. Wetherill succeeded to the command of the regiment. He was succeeded, Aug. 22, by Lieut .- Col. Stetzel, who remained in command until July, 1864.
From July 25 to Ang. 2, the 11th, with the 1st New York mounted rifles, was engaged in a raid into North Caro- lina, via Winton, for the purpose of destroying the railroad bridge at Weldon. Finding the enemy in heavy force at Jackson, an attack was made, which, failing to dislodge him, the command retired after a short engagement, bring- ing off 40 prisoners and 100 horses, taken from the foe.
From this time to January, 1864, the regiment was en- gaged in unimportant expeditions, clearing the country of guerrillas, and destroying contraband traffic ; while in camp, drill was resumed. In October the order of the War Depart- ment for the re-enlistment of veterans was published, and during the next six months 400 of the regiment enrolled themselves for three years' additional service.
The 11th was stationed at Williamsburg from Jan. 24 to April 8, when it returned to its former post, Portsmouth, where active preparations were made for the spring can- paign. Brig .- Gen. August V. Kautz took command of the cavalry division, composed of the 11th and 5th Pennsylva- nia, 1st District of Columbia, and 31st New York, whose effective strength was about 3000 men. The first march of the campaign began May 5, and on the 8th the 11th, assisted by the 1st District of Columbia, charged and drove back a regiment of rebel infantry guarding the Weldon railroad bridge over the Nottoway, burned the bridge, and on the same day defeated the enemy at Jarret's Sta- tion, and thence the command proceeded direct to City Point, where it arrived on the 10th, having marched 300 miles in six days. The loss of the regiment during the raid was 1 man killed, and Lieut. Purdhomme and 10 men wounded. Another raid was begun on the 11th, on the Danville road and South Side railroad, the command re- turning to City Point the 17th, and destroying in its march a large amount of track on the two roads named and the Weldon road, besides a vast amount of rebel government property, station buildings, locomotives, cars, and ware- houses filled with stores. The losses of the command were 1 officer, Lieut. Shriver, and 5 men killed, and 8 men wounded.
In the operations before Petersburg, and in its rear, from May 28 to June 20, the 11th bore a conspicuous share. From June 21 to 30 the regiment was engaged in the raid
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of Kautz's and Wilson's divisions, having for its object the destruction of the Danville railroad, the command being about 10,000 strong. In the demonstration on the 25th by Kautz's division, at the bridge over Staunton river, the regiment lost one of its best officers, Capt. Reynolds, wlio fell in the beginning of the engagement. Maj. Ackerly was also severely wounded. The command commenced its return march from this point, the enemy being too strongly posted to dislodge, or to risk a general attack. Much prop- erty and track had been destroyed on the South Side rail- road, and for thirty miles on the Danville road there was nothing left but the earthwork. The destruction of every thing else was complete.
On its return, the command encountered the enemy in strong force of infantry and cavalry at Stony Creek, on the night of the 28th, and at Ream's Station on the 29th, where engagements were had, both divisions suffering severely. The battle of the 29th lasted from early morning until two o'clock P.M., the command being obliged to retreat by a circuitous route, abandoning the most of its artillery and material. The 11th lost many brave and gallant officers and men in a charge made that day. The loss of the regi- ment in this raid was 130 killed, wounded, and missing. Among the killed were Capts. Bailey, Loomis, and Reynolds, and Lieut. Tears and Capt. Roberts, mortally, and Maj. Ackerly, severely wounded. Surg. Harlan was captured, and Lieut. Barclay wounded and captured. For rapidity of march and endurance of men, this raid, it is said, has not been excelled, nearly five hundred miles having been compassed in ten days, including the time engaged in fighting.
During July the regiment refitted at their camp at Jones' Neck, on James river. Lieut .- Col. Stetzel was assigned to the dismounted portion of the division on the 16th, and Maj. Stratton assumed command of the regiment, which he retained, principally, until its muster out of service. The division was attached to Sheridan's forces, constituting a part of the 15,000 cavalry with which he successfully en- gaged the enemy on the 29th.
On the 31st the regiment moved aeross the Appomattox, and was placed on picket-duty at Lee's Mills on the extreme left of the army, and on Aug. 4, at Mount Sinai Church. From the 18th to the 25th it was engaged in all of the hard-fought and important actions which resulted in the final occupation of the Weldon railroad by the Union forces. On the 19th and 21st it was engaged in skirmishing, and on the evening of the 21st and on the 22d was heavily engaged, and on the 23d, in an engagement at Ream's Sta- tion, the regiment suffered some loss. On the 25th it was engaged all day on the extreme left in the bloody battle at Ream's Station, our forces under Hancock, after being driven out of the works, retaking and holding them. Lieut. Neilson was among this day's killed. The regiment returned to Mount Sinai, and picketed the rear of our army till Sept. 28, when it returned to Jones' Neck. The next day the carbines with which the regiment had been armed, Merrill's, Sharp's, Burnside's, and Spencer's, were exchanged for the new Spencer repeating carbines, and on that day started on an important expedition across the James. The object of the expedition, the capture of Richmond, failed, the cavalry
losing their way in the darkness on the night of the con- certed attack, Sept. 29. For seven days following constant skirmishing was going on, and some considerable engage- ments took place. The division, at this time reduced to 1000 effective men, was pushed out to the extreme right flank of the army, three miles from the infantry support. On Oct. 7 the position was turned and surrounded by a force of the enemy 5000 to 7000 strong, and, after a contest of several hours, the division was driven back with the loss of its artillery. The loss of the regiment in killed, wounded, and prisoners was considerable. Maj. Titus and Lieut. Barber were wounded, and Capt. Bacon and Lieut. Beers taken prisoners.
During the remainder of October the regiment was en- gaged in picket duty, having several skirmishes with the enemy, in one of which Lieut. Banks was severely wounded. It was actively engaged on the 13th and 27th, under Gen. Butler, in his attempt to turn the enemy's left, with slight loss.
The regiment went into winter-quarters in November, in the rear of the lines, two miles north of the James, and was occupied in reorganizing, refitting, and drilling. Du- ring the fall about 400 of the officers and men were mus- tered out on the expiration of their term of service. On December 10, the enemy attacked the right of the Union lines, with a heavy force, in which the 11th held the right of the line at New Market Heights, and lost several men killed and wounded ; among the latter, Capt. Tripp.
On March 28, the division, now under command of Brig .- Gen. Ronald S. Mackenzie, crossed the James and Appo- mattox, and reached the left wing of the army at Ream's Station on the evening of the 29th, and entered upon the brief but brilliant campaign of Sheridan's command, filled with splendid vietories, and terminating in the surrender of Lee at Appomattox.
At the battle of Five Forks, on April 1, the 11th made a mounted and dismounted charge, and drove the enemy from his position along the White Oak road. It suffered, how- ever, a heavy loss in its triumph, Maj. Munroe and Capt. Lancaster being killed, Lieut. Matthews mortally wounded, Lieut. Wolfe captured, and several men killed and wounded. The division followed this flank attack, and closing into the left and moving on the right of the 5th Corps, swept round with it to the enemy's rear, capturing 10,000 prisoners. The 11th bore its full share in this movement, and captured a large number of the enemy.
From this time to the 9th the movements and engage- ments, more or less severe, of the regiment were continuous. On the 7th the division, having become much reduced in numbers, was reorganized as a brigade, Brig .- Gen. Mac- Kenzie retaining command, and the brigade changed to the extreme left of Sheridan's army. On the 8th the march was pushed to Appomattox Station, two miles from the court-house.
On the morning of the 9th Mackenzie's Brigade moved forward to the Lynchburg turnpike to engage the enemy and develop his position. This was about one mile west of Appomattox Court-house, near which Lee's army lay, and which movement placed the brigade directly across the rebel chieftain's line of escape. Two divisions of the 21st
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Corps were but two hours behind, following the same route, and other troops were rapidly coming up. Lieut .- Col. Stratton, with the 11th, held the advance of the brigade, and thus had the honor of opening the final battle of the glorious campaign, the rest of the brigade coming in on the right.
" The enemy, supposing he had only cavalry to oppose him, determined to force his way through in the direction of Lynchburg, and for that purpose moved forward heavy lines of infantry to meet the attack, sending a large cavalry force from his right to gain the rear of the attacking force. Soon after the brigade became well engaged, and was begin- ning to be pressed by the strong flanking forees of the enemy, orders were received to fall back slowly to meet the supporting lines of the 24th Corps. The command was therefore gradually withdrawn westerly along the main road. The enemy, anticipating an casy victory over the retiring force, advanced confidently, although once repelled by the cavalry, now strengthened by Davies' Brigade. This move- ment to the rear had continued but a few hundred yards, when Foster's Division of the 24th Corps emerged from the woods in the rear in solid line of battle, and moving rapidly forward swept baek the enemy nearly a mile to the slope of the hill overlooking the rebel main position, and there halted. Other bodies of troops came rapidly into line, 40 pieces of artillery were placed in position, and the cavalry was thrown out well on the left. In the valley below, only half a mile distant, lay the shattered and de- moralized remnant of the main army of the rebellion,- infantry, cavalry, artillery, and trains, crowded together in confusion, surrounded on all sides, commanded by the guns, and completely at the merey of the victorious army of the Union. While in this position hostilities were sus- pended, the terms agreed upon, and the surrender took place."
Fifty-four pieces of field-artillery, with carriages and cais- sons, buried by the rebels at Red Oak Church, and not included in the property surrendered, were found the next day by a squadron of the 11th. The brigade marched on the 12th to Lynchburg, which had been evacuated by the enemy, the 11th taking possession of the place, and a large amount of ordnance and other rebel property, including 56 field-pieces, 41 mortars, and 6 heavy guns. Leaving Lynchburg on the 10th, it marched via Burkesville to Richmond, where it arrived on the 24th.
The regiment bore a conspicuous part in this brief cam- paign, and an immense amount of rebel property fell into its possession. Including that at Red Oak Church and Lynchburg, it captured, took possession of, and delivered to the proper anthority, 110 field-pieces, 41 mortars, 6 heavy guns, 120 carriages and caissons, 7 forges, and a large quantity of ammunition and stores. Its losses were 3 officers killed, 1 captured, but recaptured again on the 9th, and 25 enlisted men killed and wounded.
This final battle ended the important military duties of the regiment, and after remaining in southeastern Virginia until about the close of July it was ordered to Richmond, where it was mustered out of service Ang. 13. On the 17th it reached Philadelphia, and moved to Camp Cadwal- lader, where it was disbanded and paid.
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