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Wounded at North Anna River, May 29, 1864- mustered out with company, Juno 11, 1864.
Keith, Joseph do June 21, '81, 3 |Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
3
Cogan, Henry J. .do
William Black .do June 21, '61,
June 17, '61,
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
689
NAME.
FANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Kelly, William
Private:
June 21, '61,
3
Klepper, John :. .do
June 21, '61,
3
Kinch, Emminger .. .do
June 21, '61,
3
Knee, Henry. do June 15, '63,
Laird, Milton .do June 21, '61,
Louis, Marshall H .. do
Dec. 27, '63,
Laporte, Samuel. .do
July 19, '61,
Leper, George .. .do
June 21, '61,
3
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Maguire, Luke.
.do June 21, '61,
3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Killed at Mechanicsville, Va., June 26, 1862. 3
Morrow, William
do June 21, '61,
M'Coy, Joseph.
do
Sept. 16, '61,
3 Transferred to 191st regiment P. V., June 6, '64. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. 3
Nash, Alexander. .do
Jan. 4, '64,
3
Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet.
Patterson, Wm. H .. .do
June 21, '61,
3
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Parks, James' do June 21, '61,
3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Rice, Jacob do June 21, '61,
3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Rice, John C .. do June 21, '61,
Raybold, Gottlieb. .do June 21, '61,
Reader, Daniel .do June 21, '61,
Romberger, Geo. A. .do
Dec. 27, '63,
Romberger, B. F .... do June 21, '61,
Shannou, William do June 21, '61,
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Stewart, David D.
do June 21, '61,
3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Swisher, Henry
do
June 8, '63, 3 Transferred to 191st regiment P. V., June 6, '64. Died at Windmill Point, Va., February 4, 1863.
Shollenberger, C. do
June 21, '61,
3
Killed at Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862.
Smitb, James W do
Deserted September 14, 1862.
Staines, William. .do
Deserted August 21, 1862.
Stewart, William do
Strepler, Jacob. do
do
June 21, '61,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Tate, Edward do
June 21, '61,
3
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Thompson, Jobn P .. .do
June 21, '61,
3
Died at Forage Station, Va., June 18, 1862. Deserted August 21, 1862.
Taylor, Samuel. do
June 21, '61, 3
Watson, George do June 21, '61, 3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Weston, Jeremiah .. .do Wills, Samuel ... .do 3 June 21, '61, June 21, '61, 3 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Aug. 20, '62. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Sept. 15, '63. Discharged by General Order, October 10, 1862. June 21, '61, 3
Wilson, George C ... .. do
Worts, Thomas .do
June 21, '61,
3 Tr. to battery C, 5th U. S. Art., Nov. 21, 1862.
Wilson, Abraham ... .do Sept. 16, '62,
White, Henry .. .do June 21, '61,
Young, David ... .. do
June 13, '63, 3 Transferred to 191st regiment P. V., June 6, '64.
Yingling, Martin. ... do
July 19, '61, 13 | Deserted September 7, 1862.
COMPANY K.
RECRUITED IN LANCASTER COUNTY.
Joseph W. Fisher ... Arnodt D. Collins ...
Capt ... do
May 15, '61, May 28, '61,
3
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, June 21, 1861. Pr. from 1st Lt. to Capt., June 21, 1861-wd. at at Mechanicsville, June 26, '62-at Fredericks- burg, Dec. 13, 1862-transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Sept. 1, 1863-discharged Oct. 12, 1863.
Thos. H. Caldwell ...
do
May 28, '61,
3
Pr. to 2d Lt., July 1, 1862-to Ist Lt., March 5, '63-to Capt., Sept. 21, '63-Bv. Major, Mar. 13, 1865-mus. out with company, June 11, 1864. Promoted from 2d to 1st Lieutenant, July 21, '61- to Adjutant, May 27, 1863.
John L. Wright,
1st Lt ...
May 15, '61,
3
John T. Baynes
.. do
June 21, '61, 3 Pr. to 2d Lt., March 5, 1863-to 1st Lt., Sept. 22, 1863-dismissed March 3, IS64.
William H. Carter ..
.do ...:
June 21, '61,
3
Promoted to Ist Lieutenant. April 1, 1864-cap- tured at Spottsylvania Court House, May 13, 1864-discharged March 11, 1865.
Samuel Evans ..
2d Lt ... June 21, '61, 3 Promoted to Quartermaster, October 1, 1861.
John J. Torbert
1st Sgt June 21, '61,
Jacob S. Clair. Sergt .. June 21, '61, 3
3 Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Livingston Bogart .. .. do June 21, '61, 3 Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet.
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Shannon, Peter
.do
June 21, '61, 3 Tr. to battery C, 5th U. S. Art., Nov. 21, 1862.
Schuch, Benneville do
Aug. 24, '62, 3
Simpson, Oliver .do
June 21, '61, 3
Killed at Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862.
June 21, '61, 3
June 21, '61, 3
3
Deserted September 14, 1862.
Tremberg, Peter M .do
Feb. 1, '62,
3
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Sept. 11, '62.
June 21, '61,
Aug. 24, '62, 3 Deserted October 29, 1862.
Sailor, Samuel.
3 3 3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. 3 Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Aug., '61. 3
Nash, John. do
June 21, '61,
TERM-YEARS.|
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Aug. 10, '62. Transferred to Signal Corps-date unknown.
3 Transferred to 19ist regiment P. V., June 6, 1864. 3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. 3 3 3 Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. 28, '62. Deserted September 14, 1862.
Miller, Leander .do June 21, '61,
3 Transferred to 191st regiment P. V., June 6, '64. Died at Camp Pierpont, Va., January 21, 1862.
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690
THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT-FIFTH RESERVE,
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Joseph E. Dasher ...
Serg't ..
June 21, '61, 3
Wel'n R. Kershner
... do .....
June 21, '61,
3
Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '61-Vet. Wounded at Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862-dis- charged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 1, 1862.
Robert W. Smith.
.. do
... June 21, '61,
3 Transferred to company G, August 8, 1862.
Thomas Bennett.
... do .....
June 21, '61,
3 Died Sept. 22, 1862, of wounds received at South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862 -- bu. record, Sept. 19, '62-buried at Mt. Olivet Cem., Frederick, Md.
Edw'd M, Shreiner
... do .....
June 21, '61,
3 Wounded and pris. at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862-died.at Richmond, Dec. 18, 1862-bu. re- cord, December 18, 1863.
Peter Wells
.do
June 21, '61, 3 Died of wds. received at South Mountain, Sep- tember 14, 1862.
Charles Hollands.
... do
June 21, '61, 3 Died January 25, 1863, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862.
Chas. E. Faulkner.
Corp.
June 21, '61, 3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
John W. Albright .. ... do
June 21, '61,
3
3 Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Abraham Hess
.do
Aug. 8, '61,
Allen, James
Private
June 21, '61,
3 Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. 3 Wounded at Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862-disch. on Surgeon's certificate-date unknown.
Boger, Julius ...
.. do
Betts, Fleming. .do
Bailey, Jacob B. .. do
Buchanan, Robert .. do Mar. 29, '64,
Bouffter, Jacob C .. .. do
June 21, '61,
Carpenter, Dan'l L .. do
June 21, '61,
3
Caley, William E. ... do
June 21, '61,
3
Coles, Thomas .. .. do
April 10, '62, 3 3
Carney, Thomas.
do
Aug. 8, '61,
Carnes, William .. ... do
April 10, '62, 3
Crusan, Isaac. .do
July 25, '61, 3 Deserted December 16, 1862.
Dysinger, Michael .. do
June 21, '61,
3
Desch, Augustus do
June 21, '61,
3
Dyer, George do
June 21, '61, 3
Eisenhart, Christ'n do June 21, '61, 3
Finley, George W. do June 21, '61,
3
Fry, Robert J .. do
June 21, '61,
3
Farley, James .. .. do
June 21, '61,
3
Froiley, Jacob J .. do
June 21, '61,
3
Feagley, Henry. .do
June 21, '61,
3
Fackler, George. .. do June 21, '61, 3
Gohn, George F. .. do
Gohn, Daniel F .do June 21, '61, 3
Gaigan, Patrick .. do June 21, '61,
Gibble, Reuben H .. do June 21, '61, 3
Gish, Addison ..
do Aug. 8, '61,
3
Gabriel, William C
.do
Aug. 8, '61,
3
Gude, Lawson H. do
Aug. 22, '61, 3
Hougendoubler, A .. .do
June 21, '61, 3
Hoops, Benj. F .. do
June 21, '61, 3
Habecker, John .... .do
Feb. 18, '64,
Heugendoubler, JA do
High, Michael ..
do
Jones, Gomer.
.do
Aug. 13, '61,
3
Kercher, Herman ..
do
June 21, '61, 3
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862-absent, in hospital, at muster out.
Kilburn, Francis.
.do
June 21, '61, 3
Linfield, Levi E
... do
June 21, '61, 3
Lewis, David R do June 21, '61,
3 Deserted December 6, 1862.
Moran, Michael H .. .do
June 21, '61,
3
Miller, Jacob D. do June 21, '61,
3
Mullen, Henry. .do June 21, '61,
Marsh, Joseph M ..
do Aug. 13, '61,
3
M'Laughlin, James Nicely, Alexander .. .do April 10, '62, 3
.do June 21, '61, 3
Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, August 1, 1863. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, May 5, 1863.
Omer, Robert. .....
.do Feb. 25, '64, 3. Transferred to 191st regiment P. V., June 6, '64.
Poll, John do June 21, '61, | 3 |Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864 ..
Discharged August 19, 1864.
Wounded at Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862-tr. to 191st regiment P. V., June 6, 1864.
Disch. May 4, 1863, for wds. received in action. Wounded at Fredericksburg, December 13, '62- died at York, Pa., April 19, 1863.
Killed at Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862.
Killed accidentally at Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 9,'61. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Aug. 4, '61. Disch. by order of War Department, Jan. 28, '64. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 15, '62. Killed at Alexandria, Va., March 30, 1862 - bu. record, June 14, 1864-grave 1,311.
3 Dishonorably discharged, September 18, 1863. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Aug. 8, '62. Transferred to 191st regiment P. V., June 6, '64. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. 19, '62. Transferred to 191st regiment P. V., June 6, '64. Killed at South Mountain, September 14, 1862. 3 Not on muster-out roll.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62- absent at muster out.
Tr. to western gunboat service, Feb. 18, 1862.
Wounded at Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862- died at Baltimore, July 22, 1862.
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. 3
James W. Gohn ..... do
Aug. 8, '61,
Wm. F. Bostick. ... do
June 21, '61, 3
H. H. Berntheizel Muc ....
June 21, '61, 3
June 21, '61, 3 3 '61, 3 June 21, July 25, '61, Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Oct. 7, 1861. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. 3 Deserted September, 1862. 3
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862-ab- sent, in hospital, at muster out.
Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet.
June 21, '61, 3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
June 21, '61, 3
TERM-YEARS.
691
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Pitts, Daniel H. Potts, Francis A.
Private do
do
June 21, '61, June 21, '61,
Roads, John
do
Aug. 8, '61,
Rinehart, Jared C ...
do
June 21, '61,
3
Roat, George ..
do
June 21, '61, 3
Ressler, Daniel M.
.do
Feb. 18, '64,
3
Roat, Charles G.
do
June 21, '61.
3
Roody Lewis.
do
June 21, '61,
3
Wounded and prisoner at Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862-died while prisoner, July 6, 1862.
Rambo, Joseph C.
do
June 21, '61,
3 Deserted June 1, 1863.
Sheridan, John.
do
June 21, '61,
3
Sommers, Michael.
do
June 21, '61,
3
Souders, Benj. F.
do
June 21, '61, 3
Smith, John ..
do
June 21, '61,
3
Smedley, Wm. L ...
.do
June 21, '61, 3
Smith, George W .
do
June 21, '61, 3
Saylor, John.
.do
June 21, '61,
3
Speaker, Joseph.
do
June 21, '61,
Stokes, John ..
do
June 21, '61,
Sommers, Patrick do
June 21, '61,
Saylor, Peter W
.do
June 21, '61,
Troast Benjamin.
.do
June 21, '61,
Torbert, William P do
Aug. 7, '62,
Williams, Jacob ..
do
June 21, '61,
Welsh, Whitefield ..
.. do
June 21, '61,
3 Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet.
White, Eri D.
.do
Feb. 28, '64,
3 Missing at Spottsylvania Court House, May 13, 1864-tr. to 191st regimet P. V., June 6, 1864.
Wilson, Thomas G ..
.do
June 21, '61,
3 Captured-died at Richmond, Va., Feb. 9, 1863.
UNASSIGNED MEN.
Cochran, Michael ...
Private
Feb. 19, '64, 3
Not on mnster-ont roll.
Clarkson, William.
.. do
May 5, '64,
3
Not on muster-ont roll.
Dicks, Daniel
.. do
Feb. 19, '64,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Feeney, Thomas
do
May 5, '64,
3
Not on muster-ont roll.
Loydd, Gilbert.
do
May 28, '64,
3 Not on muster-ont roll ..
Madary, Robert ..
.. do
Mar. 21, '64,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
White, John.
... do
Jan. 22, '64, | 3 |Not on muster-out roll.
3
Mustered out, June 29, 1864. Wounded at Fredericksburg, December 13, '62- died December 18, 1862.
Rothwell, John
Reese, George V.
do
July 25, '61, June 21, '61,
TERM-YEARS.
3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. 3 Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Aug. 4, '61. Transferred to 191st regiment P. V., June 6, '64. Wounded and prisoner at Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862-died while prisoner, July 2, 1862.
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Aug. 4, '61. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Transferred to 191st reg. P. V., June 6, '64-Vet. Killed at Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862. Wounded and prisoner at Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862-died while prisoner, July 6, 1862.
3 3 3 Killed at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. Deserted November, 1863. Deserted November, 1863.
Absent, sick, at muster out.
3 3 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Aug 7, 1861. 3 Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, January 20, 1864. 3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
THIRTY-FIFTH REGIMENT, SIXTH RESERVE.
0 AN the 22d of April, 1861, two companies, recruited in Bradford county, under the call of the President for seventy-five thousand men, left To- wanda for Harrisburg, arriving on the 2d of May, and formed the nucleus of the Sixth Reserve Regiment. Upon their arrival at Camp Curtin, finding it impossible to be accepted for the three months' service, the quota being already full, they re-enlisted for the term of three years, and became companies F and I, Thirty-fifth Regiment of the line.
It is a remarkable coincidence, that, although recruited in different sections of the State, six of the ten companies were organized on the same day-April 22, 1861-as follows : The "Iron Guard," company A, in Columbia county; the "Northern Invincibles," company F, in Bradford county; the "J. D. Cameron Infantry," company G, in Dauphin county; the "Tioga Invincibles," company H, in Tioga county; the "Towanda Rifles," company I, in Bradford county, and the "Susquehanna Volunteers," company K, in Susquehanna county. The remaining four companies B, C, D and E were from Snyder, Wayne, Franklin and Montour counties respectively. The men, with but few exceptions, had had no previous military experience.
On the 22d of June, the organization of the regiment was effected by the selection of the following field officers: W. Wallace Ricketts, of company A, Colonel; William M. Penrose, Lieutenant Colonel; Henry J. Madill, Major. Lieutenant Henry B. M'Kean, of company I, was appointed Adjutant. The Fifth Regiment and the Kane Rifles were, on the same day, ordered to the western border of Maryland, leaving Colonel Ricketts, the senior officer, in com- mand of the camp. While here the regiment did guard duty and received in- struction in the manual of arms. Orders were issued on the 11th of July to be in readiness to march on the following morning to Greencastle, Pennsylvania, and the necessary equipments were received. It was armed with the Harper's Ferry musket, excepting companies A and K, which were supplied with Spring- field rifles. Arriving at Greencastle on the morning of the 12th it was placed in Camp Biddle, where drill was resumed under the instructions of Major Harshbarger.
On the 22d it moved by rail via Harrisburg and Baltimore to Washington. In its passage through Baltimore, a private of company E, slipped upon the pavement and fell; his musket was discharged by the concussion, and wounded Sergeant William Kriner in the leg. The men supposing that they were fired into from the crowd gathered on the streets, and that a repetition of the scenes of the 19th of April was to be cnacted, were with great difficulty kept from discharging their pieces at their supposed assailants. The command was halted and the truc cause of the alarm ascertained, when the march was quietly resumed. .
693
CAMP PIERPONT.
1862
Reaching Washington on the the afternoon of the 24th it encamped east of the Capitol, where the regiment was mustered into the United States service on the 27th, by Lieutenant Ellwood of the regular army. From thence it moved to Tenallytown, where General M'Call had established his headquarters, and was organizing his division of Pennsylvania Reserves. Here it was engaged in performing guard and picket duty and assisting in the construction of forts. About this time General M'Call, in his report to General M'Clellan, says of the Sixth, "the regiment is very well drilled." The hardy yeomanry composing the Sixth had thus far escaped the sickness and disease incident to camp life, but the malaria arising from the low grounds about Washington, where they first encamped, produced its effect, transforming it from a healthy regiment with no sick list, to an invalid organization with a sick roll numbering hundreds.
The Sixth was assigned to the Third Brigade * of General M'Call's Division. On the 9th of October, the regiment, with the division, marched across Chain Bridge and encamped near Langley. A commendable degree of proficiency in discipline was attained, which was severely tested upon many well fought battle-fields. On the 19th, a reconnoissance was made for the double purpose of driving in the enemy's pickets and securing forage. This accomplished, it returned to camp on the 21st, but soon to go forth and confront the foe, who was reported in force near Dranesville. The order was given on the 19th of December to march at 6 A. M. of the following day, and leaving camp in buoyant spirits, the regiment proceeded to the Leesburg pike, where the col- umn was formed and speedily moved towards the field of battle. The Ninth Reserve was posted on the right, the Sixth in the centre, the Kane Rifles on the left and the Tenth and Twelfth in reserve.
While the position was being taken by the Reserves, the enemy opened fire from a battery posted on the Centreville road, which was promptly responded to by a section of Easton's Battery of the First Pennsylvania Artillery, the first discharge eliciting cheers from the entire line. Immediately after the Sixth then on the pike, with its right resting a short distance from the intersection of the pike with the Alexandria road, was ordered forward, and after crossing a field and ascending a gentle slope, entered a wood, into which it advanced a short distance, when the Ninth was met slowly retiring, having encountered the rebel force under such circumstances as to make it doubtful whether it was the enemy or the Kanc Rifles. His true character was not long in being de- veloped and volley after volley was exchanged without an attempt by either party to advance. At length a charge was ordered upon his battery. At the word "forward" the regiment bounded the fence in front, crossed the open field and in a moment had driven him from his position in confusion, capturing one caisson and some prisoners. Thus the initial victory of the Reserves was won. Privates Samuel C. Walter, of company A, and Daniel Darling, of company C, were killed.
But little occurred during the next two months to vary the monotony of camp life. Constant drill and guard, picket and fatigue duty were regularly performed. On the 26th of February, 1862, Colonel Ricketts was discharged
* Organization of the Third Brigade, Colonel John S. M'Calmont, Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, General George A. M'Call. Sixth (35th) Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, Colonel W. Wallace Ricketts; Ninth (38th) Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, Colonel Conrad F. Jackson; Tenth (39th) Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, Colonel John S. M'Calmont ; Twelfth (41st) Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, Colonel John H. Taggart.
1862
694
THIRTY-FIFTH REGIMENT -- SIXTH RESERVE.
on account of his continued ill health, and Lieutenant Colonel Penrose having previously resigned, Major Madill was left in command of the regiment. Re- maining in Camp Pierpont until the 10th of March, when the army of the Po- tomac advanced upon the rebel fortifications at Centreville and Manassas, it marched sixteen miles to Hunter's Mills, remaining there until the 14th, when ordered to Alexandria, where it arrived on the 16th, after one of the most fa- tiguing marches, through rain and mud, shelterless and hungry, experienced during its whole term of service. On the 1st of April, Lieutenant William Sinclair, of the Third United States Artillery, and Adjutant Henry B. M'Kean were elected respectively Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel. Quartermaster Ser- geant A. A. Scudder was commissioned Quartermaster vice R. H. M'Coy, re- signed. The regiment changed its camp on the 27th, to a beautiful grove near Bailey's Cross Roads, and had secured comfortable quarters by appropriating the tents of an unoccupied camp in the vicinity, when orders came on the 10th to march to Manassas. Moving through Fairfax Court House and Centreville, and crossing Bull Run at Blackburn's Ford, the command reached Manassas Junction on the 12th. These points were full of interest to the men, in conse- quence of being the winter quarters of the rebel army.
On the 18th, the command marched, following the line of the Orange and Alexandria railroad, to Catlett's Station. Remaining there until the 2d of May, it advanced with the division through Hartwood to Falmouth, where it arrived on the 3d, and encamped a mile north of the town. Comfortable and pleasant quarters were constructed of lumber obtained at an adjoining mill. Here Gen- eral Ord took leave of the brigade, having been promoted to Major General, and assigned to the command of a division. To the Third Brigade he was a valuable officer and friend, and the parting was full of sadness to the men who had become devotedly attached to the "Hero of Dranesville." He was suc- ceeded by Brigadier General Truman Seymour. Extensive preparations were being made for an advance upon Richmond from Fredericksburg, the troops being clothed and equipped for the campaign in the best possible manner. But these plans were all frustrated by the advance of Stonewall Jackson down the Shenandoah Valley, and his defeat of Banks. It was then determined to send the Reserves, by water, to the support of M'Clellan's army, operating on the' Peninsula. The announcement of this fact by General M'Call brought forth hearty cheers, and the General from that time grew in popularity with the men until his association with them terminated.
On the 13th of June, the regiment embarked for White House, where it ar- rived on the following day. Here had been accumulated vast stores for the supply of M'Clellan's army. The First and Second Brigades had already ar- rived and had moved forward. Upon the arrival of the Third Brigade the post was in a state of considerable alarm, Stuart having on the night previous made his famous cavalry raid in M'Clellan's rear, temporarily cutting his line of sup- ply. The Sixth Regiment was detailed to remain behind, when the brigade marched to join M'Clellan's column, and was stationed at Tunstall's Station, four miles from White House, on the Richmond and York River railroad. On the 19th, five companies were ordered to fall back to White House, and the companies remaining at Tunstall's were set to work throwing up earthworks for their protection. The advance of the rebels on the right flank of the Union army rendered White House no longer tenable as a base of supply, and pre- parations were hastily made for its evacuation. On the morning of the 28th,
695
1862
STATIONED AT WHITE HOUSE.
everything wore a gloomy aspect. Railroad and telegraphic communication with the front was severed, and Dispatch Station was in possession of the enemy. Innumerable transports, laden to their fullest capacity with govern- ment stores, were moving away, and huge piles, remaining for want of trans- portation, were prepared for destruction by surrounding them with hay and saturating them with whiskey. The dense clouds of black smoke grandly roll- ing up towards the sky, at length indicated the nature of operations at White House.
At four P. M., Colonel Sinclair, in command of the companies at Tunstall's Station, received orders to march to White House without delay. On the way he was twice urged forward by orders from General Stoneman, and finally di- rected to throw away everything except arms and cartridge boxes, and move at double quick. The enemy followed closely, but made no demonstration. Upon its arrival at the landing, the command immediately embarked, the other five companies having already departed. The view of the shore was inexpres- sibly grand, and in strong contrast with the appearance it presented a few days previous. Where everything had been one busy scene of action-the whole plain a vast storehouse-was now swept by the destructive flames.
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