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Johnson, Charles .... .. do May 29, '61,
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Garwood, Allen L.
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Aug. 13, '62,
Gibson, Tolbert .do
Sept. 25, '61,
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Reading, James.
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Sept. 25, '61,
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July 22, '61,
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Martin, John D.
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May 29, '61,
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634
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT-THIRD RESERVE,
COMPANY K. RECRUITED IN BUCKS COUNTY.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OP MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Horatio G. Sickol
Capt
May 27, '61, May 29, '61,
David Wonderly. ....
.. do
May 27, '61,
David W. Donaghy Thos. C. Spackman
1st Lt .. ... do
May 27, '61, July 11, '61,
3
3
John M. James
2d Lt ...
May 27, '61, 18
Promoted to Sgt. Mareh 1, '62-to 1st Sgt., Mar. 1, 1863-to 2d Lt., Sept. 16, 1863-mustered out with company, June 17, 1864.
William Krause ...
1st Sgt. May 27, 61,
Promoted to Cor., August 19, 1862-to Sgt., Dee. 10, 1862-to 1st Sgt .. Nov. 1, 1863-killed acci- dentally, June 7, 1864.
Ran'ph Williamson
Serg't ..
do
May 27, '61, 3 Promoted to Cor., Mareh 1, '62-to Sgt., Dee. 11, 1862-mus. out with eompany, June 17, 1864. May 27, '61, 3 | Promoted to Cor. Aug. 1. 1862-to Sgt., Mareh 1, 1863-mus. out with company, June 17, 1804.
Edward Wood
dc
Rob't D. D. Brian
do
May 27, '61, 3 Promoted to Cor., Oct. 17, 1862-to Sgt., July 1, 1863-mus. out with company, June 17, 1864. Mar. 1, '62, 3 Promoted to Cor., Oct. 17, 1862-to Sgt., Dec. 26, 1863-transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4,1864. Promoted to Sgt., February 28, '63-to Sgt. Maj., March 1, 1863.
William P. Smith
do
May 27, '61, 3
William H. Brian
do
July 29, '61, 3
Promoted to Cor., Mareh 1, 1862-to Sgt., Dee. 10, 1862-deserted May 25, 1863.
Thomas Kane.
Corp.
May 27, '61, 3 Promoted to Corporal, December 10, 1862-mus- tered out with company, June 17, 1864.
James Brooke.
do
May 27, '61, 3 Promoted to Corporal, Deeember 10, 1862-mus- tered out with company, June 17, 1864.
Charles Morgan.
do
May 27, '61, 3 Promoted to Corporal, December 10, 1862-mus- tered out with company, June 17, 1864.
William H. Lewis ..
do
May 27, '61, 3
Charles Brook
dc
May 27, '61, 3
Wm. Dennison
.do
May 27, '61, 3
Promoted to Corporal, February 8, 1862-trans- ferred to battery C, 5th U. S. Art., Dee. 9, 1862. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 11,1861. Promoted to Corporal, Augus: 6, 1861-discharg- cd Dec. 7, 1862. for wounds received in aetion. Promoted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1861-discharged on Surgcon's eertifieate, November 2, 1862.
Owen Jones,
do
May 27, '61,
3
Promoted to Corporal, March 1, 1862-diseharg-
Georgo M. Sailor
.do
May 27, '61, 3
ed on Surgeon's certificate, Deeember 2, 1862. Promoted to Corporal, Dee. 1, 1861-discharged on Surgeon's certificate, February 10, 1862.
Matthew Jordon
do
William Brittain
.do
May 27, '61, 3 Promoted to Corporal, Dee. 10, 1862-transferred to 54th regiment P. V., July 4, 1864-Vet. May 27, '61, .Promoted to Corporal, February 8, 1862-killed 3 at Antietam, September 17, 1862.
Francis Conner
Mue.
Aldworth, John.
Private
Adair, Samuel M. .. do
Adams, Joseph .do May 27, '61, 3
Boger, Henry D. do June 27, '61, 3 Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864.
Bryant, Joseph. .. do
May 27, '61,
3 Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Dee. 2, 1863. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864.
Brown, Stephen. do
May 27, '61, 3
Bender, John F. .do May 27, '61, 3 8 Beehtel, John do May 27, '61, 27, '61, Brockway, John do May 3 July 16, '61, Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 26, '63. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July 26, '62. 3 Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864-Vet. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, July 29, 1863.
Black, James. .. do
Buck, Isaae G. .. do
July
9,
'61, 3 Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864.
Bows, Dennis do
Bressler, John ..
.. do July 11, '61, May 27, '61,
3 July 17, '61, Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864. Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864-Vet. 3 Died November 26, 1862.
Barr, Joseph .. do
Beck, Augustus .: .. do July 17, '61,
Deserted August 1, 1862.
1
Beaumont, John B .. .. do May 27, '61,
Clayton, James W .. .. do May 27, '61,
Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864.
Clayton, Hepry M,,.I ... do
May 27, '61, 3| Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864.
3 3 3 Deserted August 22, 1862.
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William Brian.
.do
Promoted to Colonel, June 21, 1861. Appointed Capt. V. R. C., Sept. 15, 1863-diseh. for wounds received in action, Feb. 15, 1863. Promoted to 1st Lt., Feb. 1, 1863-to Capt., Sept. 16, '63-disch. on Surg. certifieate, May 23,1864. Discharged on Surgeon's certifieate, Jan. 27, 1863. Promoted to Cor., Mareh 1, 1862-to Sgt., July 31, '62-to 1st Sgt., Aug. 1, 1862-to 2d Lt., Feb. 1, 1863-to 1st Lt., Sept. 16, 1863-mustercd out with company, June 17, 1864.
Gabriel L. Todd.
William Hazlett. .do
July 18, '61, 3
May 27, '61, 3 Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. 3 May 27, '61, July 13, '61, 3 Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864. Deserted Deeember 4, 1862.
635
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARSS.
Collins, John ...
Private May 27, '61, 3
Carr, Edwin A.
.do
May 27, '61,
3
Conway, William ..
.do
Sept. 4, '62,
3 3
Carpenter, John B .. Callahan, Hugh.
do
May 27, '61,
3
Devitt, Henry B ..
... do
May 27, '61,
De Baufre, Wm ...
.do July 29, '61,
Eckard, George W. .do
May 27, '61,
3
3
Fisher, Albert D .... do May 27, '61, 3
Frazier, Alexander .do May 2, '61,
Ferguson, David. do July 16, '61,
Deserted July 19, 1861.
Deserted June 10, 1963.
Haynes, William H .do May 27, '61,
Helfricht, George I do May 27, '61,
Hopper, Jacob .do May 27, '61,
Humison, Hiram ...
.. do
July 17, '61,
3
Handerhill, Daniel .do
July 17, '61,
3
Hanold, Charles: .. do
May 27, '61,
3
Jones, David .do May 27, '61,
3
Jaquett, Joseph. .do May 27, '61,
3
Loag, James .do
Sept. 6, '62,
3
Leonard, Thomas
.. do
May 27, '61, S
Lenay, John . .. do
May 27, '61, 3
Lantz, Jacob ..
do
May 27, '62, 3
Morgan. George W .do
May 27, '61,
Mitchell, Lemuel .. do May 27, '61,
Mooney, Hugh do May 27, '61,
M'Donald, William
.do May 27, '61,
Nickerson, Joshua .. do.
May 27, '61,
Neid, John
do
Sept. 4, '62, 3
Painter, William do
May 27, '61,
Phillips, Henry E .. do May 27, '61,
3
Quick, Abraham I .. do May 27, '61,
Reinboth, George F .do May 27, '61,
3
Ramler, Leonard .... .do
May 27, '61,
3 3
Killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864.
Reduced from Sgt .- deserted Aug. 22, 1862-ar- 3
3
Schroyer, Wesley ... do July 11, '61, 3
Shaw, Wm. H. H .. .do May 27, '61,
3
Stackhouse, David .. dc May 27, '61, 3
Shaw, William H .. .do May 27, '61, 3
Stern, Valentine ..... do
July 18, '61, 3
Spink, Valentine W .. do
Sept. 10, '61,
3
Stillman, Thomas ... .do
May 27, '61,
3
Todd, James A do
May 27, '61, 3
Thomas, George . .do
May 27, '61,
Ungerbuehler, W ... .do
May 27, '61, 3
Vanhorn, John .do
May 27, '61, 3
Watson, Joseph. do
May 27, '61, 3
Wilson, Thomas, do ....
May 27, '61, 3
William, Thomas .. do
May 27, '61, 3
Wright, Enos L.
do
July 29, '61, 3
Wine, George .. .. do
May 27, '61. 3
Wondesland, Peter .do
May 27, '61, July 9, '61,
3
3
Wright, George .do
July 29, '61,
3
Young, Edward ...
.. do
May 27, '61, 3
UNASSIGNED MEN.
Durr, John
Privata
Mar. 10, '64,
Not on muster-out roll.
Foy, Joseph H.
.. do .....
Nov. 6, '63,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
White, Thomas S ....... do .....
Mar. 10, '64, 13 Not on muster-out roll.
Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Transferred to 54th regiment P. V., July 4, 1864. Killed by gun-shot while in discharge of duty, April 2, 1862.
Deserted September 16, 1862-arrested October 8, 1863-deserted again July 6, 1864.
Discharged on Surg. certificate-date unknown. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Mis. in action at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Deserted August 25, 1861.
Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Disch. for wds. rec. in action-date unknown. Transferred to 54th regiment P. V., July 4, 1864. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 29, '63. Died at Annapolis, October 11, 1862.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Sept. 26, '62. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1861.
Rudolph, Joseph do
May 27, '61,
Sinn, Samuel IL. do
May 27, '61, 3
Swan, Thomas E do
May 27, '61,
3
Snyder, Benj. K .. do
May 27, '61,
Sample, Thomas.
.do
rested Nov. 13, 1863-mus. out June 17, 1864. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, May 24, '62. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July 25, '62. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July 28, '62. Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, '64-Vet. Transferred to 51th reg. P. V., July 4, '64-Vet. Transferred to 54th regiment P. V., July 4, 1864. Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, '64-Vet. Deserted August 1, 1862-arrested December 5, 1863-deserted again January 6, 1864.
Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 14, '61. Promoted to Sgt., Mar. 1, 1862-reduced-trans- ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Feb. 11, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Oct. 26, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Nov. 26, '62. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Oct. 21, '62. Disch. on Surgeon's certificate-date unknown. Transferred to 54th regiment P. V., July 4, 1864. Missing in action at Glendale, Va., June 30, '62. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864.
White, Thomas .do
.do
July 16, '61,
Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1861-Vet. Deserted August 25, 1861. Deserted June 20, 1861.
3 Pr. to Cor., July 1, 1861-to Sgt., Dec. 1, 761-re- duced-disch. on Surg. certificate, Aug. 7, '63. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, April 12, '62. 3
Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Deserted August 22, 1862.
Gosler, Isaiah S ...... .. do May 27, '61, 3 3 Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864.
Evins, Christopher do
May 27, '61,
3
3
3
3
Absent, sick, at muster out. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 27, '63. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 25, '61. Deserted July 26, 1861.
Deserted December 12, 1862.
3 3
3 3
3
THIRTY-THIRD REGIMENT, FOURTH RESERVE.
T" THE companies composing the Fourth Regiment were recruited, one from each of the counties of Chester, Monroe, Montgomery, Lycoming and Susquehanna, and the remaining five from the city and county of Philadelphia. The latter were sworn into the State service before leaving Philadelphia. Most of these companies had been partially recruited under former calls, but not being accepted their organizations werc preserved and the expenses borne by the officers and their friends. The companies were ordered to rendezvous at the camp at Easton, where seven, raised in Philadelphia and vicinity, arrived early in June. General M'Call, who had been appointed to command the divi- sion, visited the camp on the 14th of June, and gave orders for its voluntary organization. He again visited it on the 20th, when, finding that regimental organizations had not been effected, he prescribed regulations by which they were immediately executed. The following field officers were clected for the Fourth Regiment : Robert G. March, Colonel, John F. Gaul, Lieutenant Colonel, and Robert M. M'Clure, Major.
The regiment was clothed and cquipped at the camp near Easton in July. On the 16th it was ordered to Harrisburg, and proceeded thither by rail, en- camping at Camp Curtin, where it remained until the 21st, when, in compliance with orders from the national authorities at Washington, it moved by rail to Baltimore, and encamped at Carroll Hill, reporting to General Dix. A few days later it moved to Stewart's mansion on Baltimore street, where it remained on duty until the last of August, when it was ordered to the general camp of rendezvous for the Reserves at Tenallytown, On the Second of September Gen- eral M'Call thus reports its condition : "The Fourth Regiment, Colonel Robert G. March, with an aggregate list of cight hundred and forty-seven men, is vari- ously armed, the flank companies have rifles; company K, has the Harper's Ferry musket; the other companies the old, altered flint-lock musket. This regiment, when encamped near Baltimore, was drilled in street firing to the neglect of the battalion drill, which is now being steadily practiced." On the 1st of October Colonel March resigned on account of disability, and was suc- ceeded by Albert L. Magilton, Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Reserve. Upon the occasion of the presentation of flags to the division, the Fourth, being on picket duty, did not participate in the ceremonies. Colonel Magilton was well versed in military duty, and under his skillful discipline the regiment acquired marked proficiency. Upon the organization of the division, the Fourth was assigned to the Second Brigade," commanded by General Meade.
* Organization of the Second Brigade, Brigadier General George G. Meade; Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, Major General George A. M'Call. Third (32d) Regiment Pensylvania Volun -.. teers, Colonel Horatio G. Sickel; Fourth (33d) Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel Albert L. Magilton; Seventh (36th) Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel Elisha B. Harvey; Eleventh (40th) Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel Thomas F. Gallagher.
637
BATTLE OF GAINES' MILL.
1862
On the 9th of October the division broke camp at Tenallytown, and crossing the chain bridge, encamped in line with the Army of the Potomac near Lang- ley. The Fourth Regiment, with the exception of the First, which was on its right, held the extreme right of the line. During the month of December Colonel Magilton established a school for the instruction of the officers, which was held nightly, and at which they were critically examined in the lesson which they had been required to study, and in the daily drill they were called, in turn, to put in practice the lesson of the previous evening. By this thorough course of discipline they soon became expert in duties, which, to many of them, were entirely new. In the brilliant little victory achieved at Dranesville on the 20th of December, by the Third Brigade under General Ord, the Second Bri- gade was held in reserve; but, upon the opening of the fight, marched rapidly to its support, arriving upon the field, however, too late to be engaged.
Joining in the general forward movement of the army towards Manassas, which commenced in March, the Fourth moved to Hunter's Mills, where the division was halted, it having been discovered that the enemy had fled. After a few days delay it returned to Alexandria, where it bivouacked and remained till ordered to Catlett's Station.
Upon the departure of M'Clellan for the Peninsula, it was intended that M'Dowell, who commanded the First Corps, should join him by an overland route, covering Washington. The Reserves, constituting a part of the First Corps, were ordered to concentrate at Falmouth, opposite Fredericksburg, early in June, and orders were issued for an advance by the general route of the Richmond and Potomac railroad. The First Brigade was already across the Rappahannock, when the order for an advance by that line was countermanded, and the Reserves, being detached from M'Dowell's Corps, were ordered to pro- ceed by water to White House, on the Pamunky, and thence march and form a junction with M'Clellan's army.
The Fourth regiment arrived in the neighborhood of Mechanicsville on the 20th of June, and soon confronted the enemy. On the 26th a severe battle was fought by the Reserves on the line of Beaver Dam Creek, in which the enemy was repulsed with great slaughter. In this engagement the Fourth was held in reserve, and, though under fire during the entire battle, was not actively engaged. During the night the division was withdrawn to Gaines' Mill, where, on the following day, the rebel army, sixty thousand strong, under its most trusted leaders, attacked the single corps of Fitz John Porter, isolated from the main ariny by the Chickahominy River. In this engagement M'Cail's divi- sion was held in reserve until three o'clock P. M., when it was ordered in, and soon became desperately engaged. The Fourth Regiment, says Sypher, " com- manded by Colonel Magilton, supported Duryea's Zouaves, and after driving the enemy from the woods the regiment moved up to support Colonel Sickel, whose regiment was engaged in a terrific contest. Before the Fourth could come up, the Third had repulsed the enemy, and Colonel Magilton was ordered to the extreme left. Soon after going into action there, his regiment was over- whelmed,* driven back, and becoming detached, was forced to cross the Chicka- hominy to Smith's division to escape being captured."
*This and all our positions were held against the enormous odds, and the enemy were at times driven back by our battalions of fresh troops as they were successively thrown into action. At each repulse by us, fresh troops were thrown by the enemy upon our exhausted forces, and in such numbers and so rapidly that it appeared as if their Reserves were inex-
1862
638
THIRTY-THIRD REGIMENT -- FOURTH RESERVE.
Retiring from the Chickahominy, the Army of the Potomac slowly wended its way towards the James. At Charles City Cross Roads the Reserves were drawn up across the New Market road to resist any attack from the direction of Richmond. On the 30th of June the enemy having massed his forces in their immediate front, attacked at half past two P. M. in the most determined manner, and followed up his first onset with unabated fury. The Fourth was posted in the front line on the right, in support of Randall's Battery. Upon the opening of the battle the enemy struck heavily upon the left, but supports coming up quickly the foree of the blow was broken and his lines were repulsed. "Some time after this," says General M'Call in his official report, "the most determined charge of the day was made upon Randall's Battery by a full bri- gade, advancing in wedge shape, without order, but with a wild recklessness that I never saw equalled. Somewhat similar charges had, as I have stated, been previously made on Cooper's and Kern's Batteries by single regiments without success, the Confederates having been driven back with heavy loss. A like result appears to have been anticipated by Randall's company, and the Fourth Regiment, (as was subsequently reported to me,) was requested not to advance between the guns, as I had ordered, as it interfered with the cannon- eers, but to let the battery deal with them. Its gallant commander did not doubt, I am satisfied, his ability to repel the attack, and his guns fairly opened lanes in the advaneing host." But the enemy, unchecked, elosed up his shat- tered ranks and eame on, with arms trailed, at a run to the very muzzles of the guns where he pistolled and bayonetted the eannoneers and attacked their sup- ports with such fury and in such overwhelming numbers that they were broken. and thrown into great confusion. Remnants of the regiment, however, rallied and held their ground with the most determined obstinaey. " It was here, however," says General M'Call, "my fortune to witness between those of my men who stood their ground, and rebels who advaneed, one of the fiereest bayo- net fights that perhaps ever occurred on this continent. Bayonets were erossed and locked in the struggle; bayonet wounds were freely given and received. I saw skulls erushed by the heavy blow of the butt of the musket, and, in short, the desperate thrusts and parries of a life and death encounter, proving indeed that Greek had met Greek, when the Alabama boys fell upon the sons of Pennsylvania."* The enemy was successfully held in check, and during the night the Reserves retired to Malvern Hill. Here M'Call's Division was held in reserve and was not ealled into action. The casualties in the Fourth Regiment, during the seven days of battle, were upwards of two hundred.
From Malvern Hill the Reserves marched with the army to Harrison's Land- ing, where they remained until summoned to the support of Pope, on the Rapi- dan. General M'Call having resigned, the command of the division was given to General John F. Reynolds, under whom it marched to the plains of Manas- sas, and was engaged in the second battle of Bull Run, on the 29th and 30th of August. The Fourth Regiment was posted near the centre of the last line. Attacked with overwhelming numbers the left was obliged to yield, the troops
haustiblo; the action now extended throughout our entire line, the brigades of M'Call were successively thrown forward to give support to Morrell's hard pressed division. The promised reinforcements (Slocum's Division) arrived just as the last of M'Call's troops had been sent in to the relief of those of Morrell's Battalions, whose ammunition had been exhausted, or to take the place of those who had been nearly cut to pieces .- Oficial Report of General Porter.
* Mooro's Rebellion Record, Comp. Vol., page 668.
639
ANTIETAM AND FREDERICKSBURG.
1863
not being sufficiently in hand for the commanding General to furnish ready supports at the needed points. The Reserves fought well in this battle; but from no fault of theirs it was in vain. The loss in the Fourth was one killed and eleven wounded.
The regiment next met the enemy at South Mountain. General Meade hav- ing succeeded to the command of the division, Colonel Magilton assumed com- mand of the Second Brigade, and Major Nyce, that of the regiment, Colonel Woolworth being absent, wounded. The First Brigade, under Seymour, was ordered to advance and take a low ridge, running parallel to the mountain. The Third Brigade, under Gallagher, and the Second, under Magilton, was formed in line with that of Seymour's, but lower down in the Valley. At the foot of the mountain the enemy's infantry was met, when the action became general, and, as the line advanced, his troops, posted behind trees and rocks, were gradually dislodged until the heights were carried and the victory was complete. The Fourth lost, in this engagement, five men killed and twenty- two wounded.
From South Mountain the Reserves moved through Boonsboro', and, cross- ing Antietam Creek, opened the battle on the evening of the 16th of Septem- ber, where the Fourth was in the advance. Resting upon the ground on which they had fought, at daybreak on the following morning they renewed the battle, which raged with great fury for five hours, when the division was relieved. The Fourth lost in this engagement five killed, forty wounded and four missing.
In the battle of Fredericksburg, which was fought on the 13th of December, . the Fourth participated and held the right of the second line. Advancing in the face of a severe fire of infantry and artillery, the men fought with deter- mined bravery, and breaking through the enemy's line carried the summit, which was the key to his position; but failing of support the division was forced to retire,* and the fruits of the success were lost. The Fourth lost in this engagement two killed, thirty-four wounded and four missing. Among the wounded was Lieutenant Colonel Woolworth, commanding the regiment.
Soon after the battle of Fredericksburg, Colonel Magilton resigned, and Richard H. Woolworth, Major of the Third Regiment, who had been acting as Lieutenant Colonel, was promoted to fill the vacancy. On the 8th of February, 1863, the Reserves, now greatly reduced by active service, were ordered to the defences of Washington to rest and recruit. Here the Fourth Regiment re- mained, engaged in various duties pertaining to the Department, until the 6th of January, 1864, when, in company with the Third, it was ordered to duty in West Virginia.
On the evening of January 3th, orders were received to take transportation at Washington. Soon after midnight they left camp, marched into Washington, were loaded into box cars, and proceeded by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to Martinsburg, where they arrived on the morning of the 7th. From Wash-
#So sudden and unlooked for was Meade's success, that General Gregg, mistaking the ad- vancing Federals for a body of Confederates, did what he could to prevent his men from firing and fell mortally wounded while doing so. The brigades received and poured a withering fire into the faces of Meade's men. At this moment the second line, composed of Early's and
. Taliaferro's Division, moved forward at a double quick and turned the tide. Meade's confused line was compelled to draw back ; the enemy was elosing in on cither flank, and the alterna- tive of a rapid retreat, only, was left him .- Battle-field of Fredericksburg, (rebel,) pages 16 and 17.
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ington Junction to Martinsburg, the cars were pushed forward at their utmost speed. The 6th and 7th being the coldest days of the winter, the men suffered terribly from the sharp winter blasts as they were hurled through the gaps and ravines of this mountainous district.
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