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Grove, David L., mus. in Oct. 25, '61; absent on furlough at mus. out.
Ilayden, Caleb F., absent, sick at mns. ont.
Honsacker. Nicholas, mus. in Oct. 15, '61; mus. ont with Co. Nov. 22, '64.
HIarden, John P., mus. out with Co. Nov. 22, '64.
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Hunter, Isaac, mus. in Oct. 25, '61; absent, sick at mus. out. Hayden, Henry M., mus. in Oct. 15, '61; disch. on Surg. Cert. 1862.
Haney, Wm. H., mus. in March 4, '62; disch. on Surg. Cert. 1862.
Ilusk, Frederick, mus. in Oct. 15, '61; died at Baltimore, Md., July 16, '62.
Huss, James, mus. in Oct. 15, '61; des. June 30, '62.
Hoffinan, George, des. Nov. '61.
Jacobs, Josephus, mus. out with Co. Nov. 22. '65.
Jenkins, Andrew J., mus. in Oct. 22, '61; mus. out with Co. Nov. 22, '61.
Kent, John R., mus. out with Co. Nov. 22, '64.
Kniseley, George W., disch. on Surg. Cert. July, '63.
Kennedy, Van B. mus. in Oct. 15, '61; died at Camp Scott, Va., April 25, 62.
Lloyd, George, mus. in Oct. 15, '61; disch. on Surg. Cert. Ang. 21, '62.
Lyon, James F., mus. in Oct. 15. '61; died at Harrison's Land- ing, July 2, 62.
Lytle, Rodandus, mus. in Oct. 15, '61; died at Fortress Monroe, Ang. 14, '62.
Martin, David W., absent on detached service at mus. out.
Meredith, Enrix, mus. in Oct. 15, '61; disch. on Surg. Cert. Dec. 22, '62.
Mitchell, Allen W., mus. in Oct. 24, '61; disch. on Surg. Cert. Ang., '62.
Moser, John P., tr. to Co. G, 188th Regt. P. V., June 28, '65; Vet.
Murdock, J. H. L., died at White Oak Swamp, Va., June 28, '62.
Moore, John, died at Washington, D. C., Dec. 6, '61; bur. in Mil. Asy. Cem.
Moser, Silas L., des. Nov. 18, '61.
McDonald, John, mus. in Oct. 15, '61; wd., with loss of right arm and left hand, July 29, '63; disch. on Surg. Cert. May 7, '64. McGill, William, mus. in Oct. 15, '61, disch. on Surg. Cert. March 6, '63.
McMasters, James, died at Camp Scott, May 16, '62.
Nicholson, J. W., mus. in July 16, '62; died at Folly Island, Nov. 1, '62.
O'Neal, Henry, mus. in Oct. 15, '61; disch. ou Surg. Cert. Ang. 5, '63.
Pratt, Joseph S., mus. in Oct. 15, '61; abs. on detached duty at mus. out.
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Patton, Henry B., mus. in Oct. 15, '61; mus. out with Co. Nov. 22, '64.
Patterson, W. H., mus. in Oct. 15, '61; disch." on Surg. Cert. Nov. 13, '62.
Pratt, Ashabel F., mus. in Oct. 15, '61; disch on Surg. Cert. Aug. 5, '63,
Pitcock, Owen, mus. in Nov. 1, '61; tr. to Vet. Res. Corps., Sept. 16, '63.
Patton, Caleb A., mus. in Oct. 15, '61; died at Philadelphia, Pa., July 10, '62.
Phillips, Ashberry, died at Chesapeake Hospital, Va., June 10, '62, of wds. received in action.
Rush, John W., mus. out with Co. Nov. 22, '64.
Ramor, Minor A., mus. in Oct. 15, '61; disch. on Surg. Cert. May 9, '63.
Rush, John D., disch. on Surg. Cert. Nov. '61.
Reid, Joel, mus. in Oct. 15, '61; died Sept. 22, '62; bur. in Cyp. Hill Cem. L. I.
Sutton, William A., mus. in Oct. 23, '61; absent in ar. at mus. ont.
Strickler, John, mus. in Oct. 15, '61; abs., sick at mus. out. Shultz, Israel, disch. Nov. '61.
Strosnider, Reason, disch. on Surg. Cert. Nov. '61.
Spicer, John, disch. on Surg. Cert. Jan. 6, '63.
Sturgis, Phineas W., mus. in Oct. 15, '61; died at Yorktown,
Va., June 2, '62; buried in Nat. Cem. Sec. D, grave 167.
Sturgis, David R., mus. in Oct. 15, '61; died at Baltimore, Md., May 29, '62.
Titus, Benjamin, mus. in Oct. 15, '61; absent, sick at mus. out.
Thomas, Joshua R., wd. Aug. 9, '63; disch. Nov. 11, '64; exp. of term.
Tell, William, mus. in July 30, '62; disch. by Gen. Order, June 8, '65,
Tannehill, Joseph, mus. in Oct. 15, '61; died at Morris Island, S. C, August 23, '63.
Utt, William II., mus. in Oct. 15, '61; disch. on Surg. Cert. November 27, '62.
Wilcox, Moses, mus. in Oct. 15. '61; died at Baltimore, Md., May 20, '62.
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CHAPTER XXIX.
COMPANY A, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY REGIMENT.
ORGANIZATION-NORTH CENTRAL RAILWAY - CHANCELLORSVILLE- WHITE HOUSE-GETTYSBURG-THE WHEAT FIELD -- MINE RUN CAMPAIGN-THE WILDERNESS - CORBIN'S BRIDGE -- SPOTTSYL- VANIA -- TOLOPOTOMY CREEK-DEATH OF CAPTAIN MCCULLOUGH -COLD HARBOR -- BEFORE PETERSBURG - JERUSALEM PLANK ROAD-DEEP BOTTOM-REAM'S STATION -- HATCHER'S RUN- SOUTHERLAND STATION-SAILOR'S CREEK-FARMVILLE-APPO- MATTOX COURT HOUSE-SURRENDER OF LEE -- MUSTER OUT --- RECORD OF INDIVIDUAL SOLDIERS.
COMPANY A, of the One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment, was. recruited in Greene County, and was originally officered by John F. Mccullough, Captain; J. Jackson Purman, First Lieuten- ant; David Taylor, Second Lieutenant. The regiment was organized at Camp Curtin on the Stli of September, 1862, with Richard P. Roberts, of Beaver County, Colonel; John Frazer, of Washington County, Lieutenant-Colonel; Thomas B. Rodgers, of Mercer County, Major. During the period of Lee's invasion of Maryland, which culminated in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, the regiment was posted along the line of the North Central Railway to keep open that great thoroughfare. Having been thoroughly drilled, it was ordered to the front, and arrived as the troops were returning from the disastrous battle of Fredericksburg. It became a part of the Third Brigade, General Zook, First Division, Second Corps. In the battle of Chancellorsville it was engaged in front of the Chancel- lor House on the old turnpike leading to Fredericksburg, where General Hancock hield an advanced position, and where the enemy made frequent and determined attacks. With Colonel Miles it was upon the picket line during the nervous and nneasy night of the 2d, when the least movement of troops drew the fire of whole divisions of the army. During the morning of the 3d, while, the One Hundred and Fortieth was supporting the Fifth Maine Bat- tery, the White House, which was situated at the apex of the new line of battle, took fire and was ntterly destroyed. Thirty-three wounded men, and three women, who had taken refuge in the cellar.
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were brought forth from the burning wreck. When the army re- tired to the new line the One Hundred and Fortieth occupied a posi- tion to the left of the White House, where it remained, subjected to occasional artillery fire, until the 6th, when it retired across the river.
The battle of Gettysburg followed close upon Chancellorsville. The First and Eleventh Corps met a full half of the rebel army on the heights beyond the town to the northwest, and were driven back through its streets to the ridge to the south, in the centre of which was the quiet little Evergreen Cemetery. On the morning of the 2d the Second Corps, now under the gallant Hancock, came upon the field, and was posted along the left centre of the line, stretching from the cemetery along the Emmettsburg Pike towards the Peach Orchard. About four o'clock Sickles, who, with the Third Corps, occupied the extreme left, stretching from the pike along the Peach Orchard to Little Round Top, was fiercely attacked. His line was thin and weak; but right gallantly did he hold his ground, and hurl back the foe. Again and again he came. In the midst of the fray Sickles was grievously wounded with the loss of a leg. His weakened columns were gradually forced back. "Portions of the Fifth Corps were sent to his relief, but shared a like fate. Finally Hancock sent Caldwell's Division, of his own corps, to check the enemy's mad ad- vance, and repair the threatened disaster. Moving rapidly across the little wooded knoll to the right and front of Round Top, he first sent the brigades of Cross and Kelly to penetrate the Wheat Field and the wood beyond, where the fiercest fighting had been. Colonel Cross was killed, and his command was terribly torn, as it advanced upon that fatal Wheat Field, on three sides of which the enemy in heavy numbers was concealed. And now, as a forlorn hope, the brigades of Zook and Brooke were sent forward. Zook was killed while leading his troops into the fight, and before he had hardly got into action. The command of his brigade then fell upon Colonel Roberts of the One Hundred and Fortieth. Gallantly did these two small brigades push forward over this devoted ground in the face of a severe fire. The enemy was swept back from the cover of the woods, and the rocky ridge beyond the Wheat Field, a position of great natural strength, was carried. But th's advantage, gained at a fearful cost, was of no avail. The angle in Sickle's line at the Peach Orchard, the weak point in his formation, had been hope- lessly broken, and through this opening the enemy swarmed and turned the right of Caldwell's position, compelling him to with- draw. He rested at night on the low ground on the left centre of the line, where he remained during the heavy cannonade of the suc- ceeding day, and until the close of the battle." The loss in Com- pany A in the battle was severe. Sergeant Brown and Corporal
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Eddy were killed, Private Loar was mortally wounded, Lieutenant Purman was wounded with loss of a leg, Captain Mccullough, Sergeant Zimmers and Private Eddy were severely wounded, Colonel Roberts, Captain Acheson and Lieutenant Wilson of the regiment were killed.
The One Hundred and Fortieth now became a part of the First Brigade, to the command of which Colonel Nelson A. Miles, of the Sixty-first New York, was assigned. Lieutenant-Colonel Frazer was made Colonel, Major Rodgers, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Captain Thomas Henry, Major. " In the advance of the army to the Rapidan, and the retrograde to Centreville, and subsequent advance to Mine Run, where the campaign ended without coming to a decisive battle, the regiment shared the fortunes of the corps, participating in the action of Bristoe Station on the 14th of October, 1863, and the skirmishing in front of the enemy's position at Mine Run, sustaining some loss in wounded."
By midnight of the 3d of May, 1864, the regiment was on the march for the Wilderness campaign. General Grant was now in supreme command. By noon of the fifth, the regiment had arrived upon the Brock road, where it threw up breast-works, the enemy in front. The scenes on that gory field, pen cannot portray. The regi- ment shared in the fiery conflict. At three on the morning of the 6th, it was aroused, the brigade holding the left of the line where substantial breast-works were erected. On the morning of the 8th the regiment joined in the general movement of the army, and had an encounter with the enemy at Corbin's bridge. On the 9th the Po River was crossed, and the regiment was placed upon the skirm- ish line and met the pickets of the enemy. A line of rifle pits was thrown up along the Po River. Early on the morning of the 12th the regiment joined in the grand movement of Hancock's corps, which resulted in the movement upon the rebel intrenehments, and large captures of men and material at Spottsylvania. The movement was commenced at the first breaking of the day, and was shielded somewhat from view by a dense fog which prevailed on that morning. The advantage gained was securely held, though the enemy made repeated attacks to regain his lost ground, and atone for his discomfiture. The loss in the regiment in this affair was over one hundred, and in Company A, Benjamin Dunston, John W. Peden, Thomas Doty and Judson W. Paden, were killed. Andrew J. Wald- ers was mortally wounded, John Henry was wounded, and David Frays and Job Smith, Jr., were missing in action.
Starting on another grand flanking movement on the 20th, the North Anna was crossed on the 23d, but finding the enemy advant- ageously posted, Grant determined not to attack; but, withdrawing, he encountered the enemy at Tolopotomy Creek, and severe fighting
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occurred, Hancock occupying the centre and successfully carrying the enemy's first line and holding it against every fierce attack of the foe. Here Company A lost its brave leader, Captain John F. Mccullough, who was killed, and Norval Troy, who was mor- tally wounded.
Without loss of time the army moved on to the old battle ground of Gaines' Mill, only with the two opposing columns reversed, Lee having the ground of MeClellan, and Grant that of Stonewall Jack- son. Grant here boldly attacked along the whole line, Hancock holding the left. But the ground was now found to be completely fortified, and the attack, though successful in parts, was not in the main desigu fruitful, and was finally abandoned with grievous loss. In Company A, John R. M. Greene, and John Gray, were killed, and Michael Roope was mortally wounded. By the middle of June the army was across the James, and an attack upon the enemy at Petersburg was promptly delivered. But finding, as usual in this campaign, that the enemy had placed himself behind elaborately planned and strongly fortified works, the attempt to carry the place by direct assault was abandoned, and the army sat down before the town and commenced the more tardy operations of the siege. In this first attack before Petersburg, John Acklin, of Company A, was killed. In the movement on the Jerusalem Plank Road, on the 21st of June, the One Hundred and Fortieth participated with the Second and Sixth Corps, but only a partial success was achieved; though a position was taken and fortified, which the enemy found himself nnable to break through. On the 26th of July a demon- stration was made to the north side of the James, where, in con- nection with the Nineteenth corps, the brigade gallantly charged the enemy's works, on the 28th, and captured prisoners and four Parrott guns, and on the 30th returned to the Petersburg front. The mine explosion resulted in no advantage to the Union army. On the 14th of Angust the corps again crossed the James, and at Deep Bottom the rebel works were carried by Birney's division, which was advanced within sound of the rebel capital. Returning to the Petersburg front the corps took up the line of march on the 21st, and at Ream's Station had a desperate encounter with the enemy, who appeared in superior force.
" In the subsequent operations of the corps during the fall and winter, the regiment bore a part, being hotly engaged in front of Petersburg, on the 9th of September, in the general movement of the 27th of October; suffering much from inclemency of the weather in the expedition to Hatcher's Run, from the 8th to the 10th of December, and in that to Dabney's Mills from the 5thi to the 17th of February, 1865. Apart from these it remained undisturbed in winter quarters until the opening of the spring campaign on the
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25th of March. On that day the Second Corps made an advance upon the rebel lines at Hatcher's Run, and a portion of his works, designed to cover the South Side Railroad, was carried. For four days the fighting was continued on this part of the line, the corps making daily some substantial advance, Miles' Division executing a brilliant move at Southerland's Station on the 3d of April, whereby extensive captures of men and materials were made. The corps was again engaged on the 6th at Sailor's Creek, and on the 7th at Farmville fought its last battle. In this engagement an assaulting column led by General Miles was bloodily repulsed. Night put an end to the contest, and under cover of the dark- ness the enemy withdrew. Two days later Lee surrendered. Hos- tile operations were soon after coneluded, and returning to the neighborhood of Washington, the regiment, on the 31st of May, was mustered out of service."
COMPANY A, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH REGIMENT.
Recruited in Green County, mustered into service Sept. 4. 1862.
John F. MeCullongh. Capt .. wd. at Gettysburg, July 2, '63; Com. Col. 183d Reg. P. V., May 28, '64; not mus; killed at Tolo- potomy, Va., May 31, '64.
James M. Pipes, Capt., pro. fr. 1st Serg. to 2d Lient., Jan. 2, '64; to Capt., June 27, '64; wd., with loss of arm, at Reame's Station, Va., Ang. 25, '64; disch. on Surg. Cert. Feb. 17, '65.
John A. Burns. Capt., pr. fr. Sergt. to 1st Sergt., Jan. 2, '64; to 1st Lient., June 27, '64; to Capt., March 4, '65; mus. out with Co., May 31, '65.
J. Jackson Purman, 1st Lieut., wd. with loss of leg at Gettys- burg, July 2, 63; disch. on Surg. Cert., May 20, '64.
Mark G. Spragg, 1st Lient., pr. fr. Corp. to Sergt., March 1. '64; to 2d Lieut., June 27, '64; to 1st Lient., March 4, '65: mns. ont with Co. May 31, 65.
David Taylor, 2d Lieut., resigned July 31, 63.
Charles T. Iledge, 1st Sergt., pr. fr. Corp. July 1, 64; com. 2d Lient., Dec. 18, 64; not mus .; mus. ont with Co. May 31, 65.
Daniel B. Waychaft, Sergt .. pr. to Sergt., July 1, '64; disch. by Gen. Order, July 5, '65.
Nathaniel N. Purman, Sergt., wd. at Chancellorsville, May 3, '63; tr. to 105th Co. 2d Battl. V. R. C., Jan. 30, 65; disch. Sept. 4, '65; exp. term.
Henry Zimmers, Sergt .; wd. at Gettysburg, July 2, '63: abs. at mus. out.
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John C. Coen, Sergt., pr. to Corp. July 1, '64; to Sergt., May 1, '65; mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Cornelius J. Burk, Sergt., pr. fr. Corp., Nov. 1, '63; disch. on Surg. Cert. March 16, '65.
Wiliam A. Brown, Sergt., killed at Gettysburg, July 2, '63.
J. S. Herrington' Corp., pr. to Corp. July 1, '64; tra to V. R. C .; disch. by Gen. Order, July 20, 65.
Alpheus Crawford, Corp., disch. by Gen. Order, June 6, '65.
Carey M. Fulton, Corp., mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Thomas J. Kent, Corp., pr. to Corp. July 1, '64; mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
James B. Reinhart, Corp., pr. to Corp. July 1, '64; mus. out with Co. May 31, '55.
Joseph Bane, Corp., pr. to Corp. July 1, 64; mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Kramer Gabler, Corp., mus. ont with Co. May 31, '65.
Spencer Stephens, Corp., pr. to Corp. May 1, '65; mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Leroy S. Greenlee, Corp., killed at Gettysburg, July 2, '63; bur. in Evergreen Cemetery.
John W. Peden, Corp., killed in action, May 15, '64.
James Woods, musician, mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Morgan Dunn, musician, mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Anderson, Harrison, mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Acklin, Samuel, mus. in Feb. 27, '64; tr. to V. R. C .; disch. by Gen. Order, Feb. 24, '65.
Armstrong, Oliver, tr. to Co. F, 18th Reg. V. R. C., Aug. 10, 64; disch. by Gen. Order, June 27. 65.
Anderson, James, tr. to 114th Co. 2d Battl. V. R. C., March 13, '64; disch. by Gen. Order, July 18, 65.
Acklin, John, killed at Petersburg, Va., June 17, '64.
Burson, Oliver, H. P., mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Bennett, John, mus. out with Co. May 31, 65.
Barney, Peter, tr. to 51st Co. 2d Battl. V. R. Corps. Nov. 6, '63; disch. Sept. 4, '65; exp. term.
Clutter, Samuel, mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Cox, John, Jr., mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Clutter, Noah D., mus. in April 13, '64; tr. to Co. K, 1st Reg. V. R. C., Sept. 1, '63; disch. by Gen. Order, July, '65.
₦ Cowan, Joseph, des. Dec. 10, '63.
Doman, George N., mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Dunstan, Benjamin, killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, '64. Eddy, Michael, tr. to Vet. R. Corps. Jan. 6, '65.
Eddy, John W., wd. and cap. at Gettysburg, July 2, '63; died at Richmond, Va., Jan. 27, '64.
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Freeland, George, disch. on Surg. Cert. Jan. 16, '65.
Fisher, John, mus. in Nov. 29, '62; tr. to Co. HI, 53d Reg. P. V., May 30, '65.
Frays, David, missing in action at Spottyslvania, C. H. Va., May 12, '64.
Freeland, Charles A., died Nov. 17, '62.
Garber, Thornton, disch. by Gen. Order, July 10, '65.
Gray, George, mns. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Geary, Simon, wd. at Tolopotomy, Va., March 31, '65; absent at mus. out.
Green, John R. M., killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 6, '64.
Green, Isaac P., died at Falmonth, Va., Jan. 8, '63.
Gray, John, killed at Cold IIarbor, Va., June 2, '64.
Henry, John, wd. at Spottsylvania, C. II., May 12, '64; disch. by Gen. Order, June 8, '65.
Hopkins, Daniel S. mus. in Feb. 29, '64; tr. to Co. HI, 53d Reg. P. V., May 30, '65.
Harris, Stephen C., tr. to Ind. Batty. C, Pa. Artillery, Feb. 15, '64.
Hoge, David R., died at Washington, D. C., Jan. 10, '65; bur. in Nat. Cem. Arlington.
Jones, John C., mus. ont with Co. May 31, '65.
Jones, George, mus. in Feb. 27, '64; tr. to Co. HI, 53d Reg. P. V., May 31, '65.
Kent, Regin S., wd. at Bristoe Station, Va. Oct. 14, '63; absent at mus. out.
Kener, Oliver, mns. out with Co. May 31, '65.
King, Daniel, disch. on Surg. Cert. Jan. 17, '65.
Kent, James F. disch. by Special Order, March 13, '63.
King, Daniel, inns. in March 22, '64; tr. to Co. II. 53d Reg. P. V., May 30, '65; disch. by Gen. Order, June 3, '65.
Loar, Benjamin F., died at Philadelphia, Aug. 1, of wds. recd. at Gettysburg, July 2, '63.
Meighen, John, uns. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Miller, John H., disch. on Surg. Cert. Jan. 20, '63.
Mariner, George W., tr. to 114th Co. 2d Battl. V. R. C., March 13, '65; disch. by Gen. Order, July 18, '65.
Miller, Abraham, tr. to Vet. Res. Cor. Dec. 1, '63.
Morris, Franklin R., missing in action at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63.
Morris, Lindsay, died at Washington, D. C., Dec. 22, 64; bur. in Nat. Cem. Arlington.
McCullongh, L. G., disch. by Gen. Order, June 6, '65.
Mccullough, Hiram, missing in action at Ream's Station, Aug. 25, '64.
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Ogden, William, absent, sick at mus. out.
Pipes, Abner, disch. by Gen. Order, June 26, '65.
Pettit, Joseph, died July 7, '64, at Alexandria, Va .; grave 2,346.
Rush, John A., mus. ont with Co. May 31, '65.
Roop, John E., mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Roop, William, disch. on Surg. Cert. Jan. 16, '63.
Roop, Lindsay, mus. in March 26, '64; tr. to Co. II, 53d Reg. P. V., May 30, 65.
Roop, Henry, mus. in March 26, '64; tr. to Co. II. 53d Reg. P.
V., May 30, '65.
Robinson, Alex. D., mus. in Feb. 29, 64; tr. to Co. H, 53d Reg. P. V., May 3, '65.
Ridgway, Samuel, died at Parkton, Md., Nov. 25, '62.
Roope, Michael, mus. in March 26, '64; died July 29, of wds. recd. at Cold Harbor, June 2, '64; bur. in Nat. Cem., Arlington.
Steel, Nicholas, disch. by Gen. Order, July 15, '65.
Steel, Elnud, mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Swart, James M., mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Scott, Simon P., mus. out with Co. May 31, 65.
Scott, Henry, mus. out with Co. May 31, 65.
Sprowls, Jesse, wd. at Spottsylvania, C. H., May 12, '64; absent at mus. out.
Strosnider, Caleb, disch. by Gen. Order, July 12, 65. Sergeant, Richard, disch. March 10, '63.
Strosnider, Kener L., tr. to 169th Co., 2d Battl., V. R. C., Jan. 9, '65; disch. by Gen. Order, July 3, 65.
Sanders, Harvey, tr. to Vet. Res. Corps. Sept. 1, '63.
Smith, Job, Jr., mus. in March 9, 64; missing in action at Spottsylvania, May 12, 64.
Simpson, John, mns. in Feb. 27, 64; died Sept. 17 of wds. recd. in action, Ang. 14, '64; bur. in Nat. Cem., Arlington, Va.
Steward, Jesse, died at Philadelphia, April 9, '65.
Spragg, John M., killed at Mine Run, Nov. 29, '63.
Smith, Job, Sr., des. July 2, '63.
Taylor, Abner W., mus. ont with Co. May 31, '65.
Taylor, Levi, tr. to Vet. Res. Corps. March 13, '65.
Troy, Norval L., mus. in Nov. 29, '62; died June 27 of wds. reed. at Tolopotomy, May 31, '64; bur. at Alexandria, grave 2,234. Wilson, John R. H., mns. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Wilson, George W., mas. ont with Co. May 31, '65.
Wallace, Benjamin F., tr. to 51st Co. 2d Battl. V. R. C., Jan. 18, '65; disch. Sept. 4, '65.
Walters, Brezan T. mus. out with Co. May 31, '65.
Woolum, Harrison, disch. by Gen. Order, May 15, '65.
Wallace, Francis A., disch. on Surg. Cert. Oct. 12, '63.
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West, Simon S., tr. to Independent Battery C, Pa., Art. date unknown.
Walters, Andrew J., mus. in Feb. 27, '64; died at Philadelphia, July 4, of wds. recd. at Spottsylvania, C. H., May 12, '64.
Welsh, Morris, mus. in April 3, '65, des. May 15, '65.
CHAPTER XXX.
COMPANY K, FIFTEENTH CAVALRY, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTIETH OF THE LINE.
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM-DISORGANIZED -- SENT TO KENTUCKY -- STONE RIVER-REFUSAL TO ADVANCE -- COLONEL PALMER RELEASED- ORGANIZATION COMPLETED-BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA-ROSE- CRANS SHUT UP BY BRAGG AT CHATTANOOGA-GRANT IN COMMAND -VICTORY-ARMY RELIEVED-VALLEY OF THE FRENCH BROAD -ORDERED TO NASHVILLE TO RECRUIT-NASHVILLE-PURSUITOF HOOD-PURSUIT OF DAVIS-CAPTURE OF BRAGG AND VAST SUMS OF MONEY-MUSTERED OUT-INDIVIDUAL RECORD.
YOMPANY K, of the 15th Cavalry, 160th of the line, was in part recruited in Greene County. It was partially organized at Car- lisle, in September, 1862; but before it was completed, and before the company officers were selected, the regiment was ordered to the front and participated in the Antietam campaign then in progress. Un- fortunately, Colonel Palmer, who was looked to by the men to see that suitable officers should be selected, was taken prisoner, and be-
. fore further company organization was effected, the regiment was ordered west to the army of Rosecrans, in Kentucky, and arrived upon the eve of the battle of Stone River. Well knowing that the regiment was in no condition to go into battle in its disorganized state, without company officers, and wholly wanting in drill and dis- cipline, all but three companies stacked arms and refused to obey the order to advance. Majors Rosengarten and Ward, with about three hundred men, went into the battle. The former officer was killed, and the latter mortally wounded, and thirteen men were killed and sixty-nine wounded and missing.
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