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Francis A. Stitzer ...
.do
Nov. 22, '64,
3 Pr. from Ist Sgt. to 2d Lt., Aug. 29, '62-to Capt.,. Nov. 28, 1864-to brevet Major, April 2, 1865- mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Jacob Douty ..
Ist Lt .. Oet.
1, '61, 3
Pr. from 2d to Ist Lieut., Aug. 29, '62-mustered out, September 30, 1964-expiration of term. 3 |P. from Sgt. to Ist Sgt .- to 2d Lt., Oet. 4, 1864- to Ist Lieutenant, December 1, 1865-mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
J. C. Hinchcliff
2d Lt ...
Jan.
1, '64, 3 Pr. from Sgt .- to 2d Lt., Dec. 4, 1864-mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
George M. Dengler ..
Ist Sgt ..
Jan.
1, '64, 3 Pr. from Corporal to Sergeant-to 1st Sergeant- mustered out with company, July 17, '65-Vet.
Christ'n N. Haerter Serg't ..
Jan.
1, '64, 3 Promoted to Corporal-to Sergeant-mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Geo. J. Weaver
.. do
Jan.
1, '64, 3 Pr. to Sgt .- mus. out with Co., July 17, '65 -- Vet.
Daniel F. Bausum .. .. do
Jan.
1, '64,
3 Pr. to Sgt .- mus. ont with Co., July 17, '65-Vet.
John M. Brown
.do
Jan.
1, '64, 3 Promoted to Sergeant, June 16. 1865-mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Wm. Laubenstein ..!
.. do
Oct.
1, '61,
3 Promoted to Sergeant-discharged on Surgeon's certificate, December 6, 1864-Vet.
John Dechant
.. do
Jan.
1, '64, 3 Promoted to Corporal-to Sergeant-to Sergeant Major, June 16, 1865-Vet.
Roland D. Filbett
.do . :.
Oet.
1, '61,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Patrick F. Quinn .. do
Oct.
1, '61,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Howard W: Haas
Corp ..
Jan.
Nathan Hauser do
Jan.
Lowis A. Moul .. .. do
Jan.
3 3 1, '64, Mustercd out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. 1, '64, Mastered ont with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. . 1, '64, 13| Mustered out with company, July 17, 1866-Vet ..
4
Thomas Irwin
.. do
Jan.
1, '64,
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Died June 22, '64, of wounds received in action-
Zimmerman, Benj .. .. do
Oct.
TERM-YEARS.
Reinhard, August's
.do
Wounded in action, July 17, 1865-mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Smith, Madison K .. .do
Mar. 30, '64,
Substitute-mustered ont with Co., July 17, '65. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
8 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
1233
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
William F. Reed ....
Corp
Jan.
1, '64,
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Edward P. Payne ..
do
Jan.
1, '64,
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Albin Day ....
do
Jan.
1, '64,
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Milton K. Nagle ..
.do
Feb. 26, '64,
3 Promoted to Corporal, June 16, 1865-mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Wilson W. Miller ..
.. do
Mar.
4, '64,
3 Promoted to Corporal, June 27, 1865-mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Henry A. Schultz ..
do
Jan.
1, '64,
John C. Berger
.do
Oct.
1, '61,
John F. Dencer
do
Jan.
19, '63,
Thomas Brennan
.do
Oct.
1, '61,
Charles Boyer ..
.do
Oct.
1, '61,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Patrick Hanly .
do
Oct .-
1, '61,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Francis Jones
dc
Oct.
3
Not on muster-out roll.
,Daniel Moses
do
Oct.
3
Not on muster-out roll.
James Moran
.. do
Oct.
1, '61,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
William Straw.
Muc ...
Jan.
1, '64,
Henry Yost .do
Jan.
1, '64,
3
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. Absent, sick, at muster out. 3
Ademan, John ...
Private
Mar. 15, '64,
Adams, M. V. B.
do
Feb. 26, '64,
Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Oct. 4, 1864. 3
Bellford, Wesley.
do
Feb. 26, '64,
Bossler, Samuel.
do
Feb. 22, '64,
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Bartolet, Richard ..
do
April 5, '64,
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Brunges, Wm. N.
do
Dec.
9, '64,
Bausam. John ....
do
Mar.
6, '65,
Bartels, Henry.
.do
Mar. 14, '65, 1
Burgess, Joseph ..
.do
Mar.
2, '64,
3
Drafted-discharged by G. O., June 9, 1865.
Boyer, Daniel
.do
Oct.
1, '61,
Boyer, Peter ...
.do
Oct. 1, '61, 3 Not on muster-out roll.
Burgess, Joseph .. do
Oct. 1, '61, 3 Not on muster-out roll.
Burke, Peter.
.do
Oct. 1, '61, 3
Brennan, Michacl ... .do
Oct. 1, '61,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Bensman, John W ..
.do
Mar.
6, '65,
Carey, Warren. do
Jan.
1, '64,
Covert, Arthur. .do Jan. 23, '65,
Cannon, Thomas.
.. do
Jan. 25, '65, 13 Substitute-mustered out with Co., July 17, '65.
Cashan, Michael ... .. do
Sept. 10, '64, 1 | Discharged by General Order, June 7, 1865.
Cavanaugh, James
.do
Oct.
10, '61,
3 Transferred to Edwards' Batt'y-date unknown.
Cheetham, Joseph ..
do
Oct.
1, '61,
3 | Not on muster-out roll.
Crawford, John M .. do
Oct.
1, '61,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Corr, John.
do
Oct.
1, '61,
3: Not on muster-out roll.
Curry, John. do
Oct.
1, '61,
3 | Not on muster-out roll.
Curry, Thomas do
Oct. 1, '61, 3 Not on muster-out roll.
Dress, Jonathan. .do
Jan. 1, '64,
Dress, William H. .do
Oct. 1, '61,
Drake, Nelson. do
Oct.
1, '61,
Dress, David R do Mar. 30, '64,
Delaney, Nicholas ... do Jan.
1, '64, 3 Killed accidentally, February 23, 1865-Vet.
Dress, David R do
Oct.
1, '61,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Dress, David D .do
Oct.
1, '61,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Dress, William D ... .do
Oct.
1, '61,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Day, James, Jr .do Oct.
1, '61,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Dullard, James. do
Oct.
1, '61,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Delph, George D. .do Mar.
Ely, Franklin. do
Edwards, Edward .. .do
Jan.
Edinger, Horatio. do
Jan.
3
Ebert, Jacob .. .do
Sept. 10, '64,
Felty, Ferdinand. .do
Mar. 12, '64, 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Fenstermaker, E do Mar. 30, '64,
Fenstermaker, D .do Jan.
16, '65, 1
Fritz, William. do Jan. 25, '65, 1
Fleck, Thomas. do
Deo. 25, '64,
1
Fougherty, Thos. .do
Mar.
9, '64,
3
Fenstermaker, H do
Sept. 23, '64,
Fenstermaker, W. do Oct.
Fenstermaker, E do Oct.
1, '61, 1, '61, 3 Discharged-date unknown.
Fenstermaker, D do Oct. 1, '61, 3 Not on muster-out roll.
Gillinger, John ... do Feb. 18, '64, 3.
Mustered out with company July 17, 1885.
156
Dec.
9, '64,
1
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Died November 14, '62-buried in National Ceme- tery, Antietam, Md .-- sec. 26, lot, E, grave, 460. 3
Not on muster-out roll.
3| Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. 3 Substitute-mustered out with Co., July 17, '65.
3 Mustered out, Sept. 30, 1864-expiration of term. Mustered out, Sept. 30, 1864-expiration of term.
3 Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Jan. 15, 1865.
Dentzer, George. do Oct.
1, '61, 3 Not on muster-out roll.
Day, Frederick H ... .do Oct.
1, '61, 3
Not on muster-out roll.
Not on muster-out roll.
3 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
1 Discharged by General Order, June 7, 1865.
3
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vot. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. Substitute-mustered out with Co., July 17, '65. Drafted-mustered out with Co., July 17, 1865. Missing in action, September 30, 1864.
1 Discharged by General Order, June 7, 1865.
3 Not on muster-out roll.
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Bartolet, John ...
do
Feb. 29,' '64.
Drafted-mustered out with Co., July 17, 1865. 1
1
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 13, '65.
Broughton, John ..
do
3 | Died July 5, 1865, burial record July 5, 1864-bu. 3
at Philadelphia-Vet.
8, '64,
Feb. 20, '64, 1, '64, 1, '64,
1, '61, 1, '61,
TERM-YEARS.
3 3 Discharged on Surgeon's cert .- date unknown. Promoted to Com. Sergeant, Sept. 15, 1864-Vet. 3 Died Dec. 28, 1864, of wounds received in action.
3 Not on muster-out roll.
1234
FORTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT,
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Grim, Henry.
Private
Feb. 18, '64,
Absent, sick, at muster out.
Gross, George H ..
.. do
Feb. 29, '64,
3
Missing in action, September 30, 1864.
Gray, Arthur
.do
Jan. 1, '64,
3
Killed at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864-Vet.
Haas, Daniel.
do
Feb. 24, '64,
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Hauser, David ..
... do
Feb. 22, '64, 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. 3 Substitute-absent, sick, at muster out.
Held, George
.do
Jan. 25, '65,
Harkins, Hugh B.
.do
Jan.
1, '64,
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet,
Hine, Allen
.do
Mar. 10, '64,
3
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Haas, Wellington P .do
Feb. 22, '64,
3
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Homan, Amos, .do
Feb. 20, '65,
1 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Hudson, Thomas E do
Feb. 20, '64, 3 Absent, in hospital, at muster out.
3 Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Jan. 15, 1865.
Henn, John W.
.do
Feb. 26, '64,
3 Killed at Spottsylvania, Va , May 12, '64-buried on battle-field.
Hoffman, Simon.
.do
Feb. 26, '64,
3 Died-date unknown-of wounds received at at Petersburg, April 2, 1865.
Hendley, Adam
do
Oct.
1, '64, 3 Not on muster-out roll.
Jones, John
do
Mar. 4, '64,
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Jennings, John do Feb. 13, '65, 1 Disch. on Surgeon's certificate-date unknown. Koch, Francis W . .do Feb. 22, '64, King, John .do . Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. 3 Feb. 22, '64, Kline, Benjamin F .. .do 1 Des .- returned-mus. out with Co., July 17, '65. Discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865.
Koch, Edward. .do Sept. 9, '64,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Little, John ....: do
Feb. 18, '64,
Luckenbill, Lewis .. .do
Feb. 27, '64,
Lord, Henry. do
Feb. 18, '64,
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Long, Charles. do
Jan. 1, '64,
Lauer, John N. .do
Mar.
3, '64, 3
Lebengood, Lewis. do
Feb.
18, '64,
Leonard, Thomas .. do
Feb.
18, '64, 3
Missing in action, September 30, 1864.
Lanby, Jacob. do
Feb. 25, '64,
3 Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864.
Ludwig, Milton do
Oct.
1, '61,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Lawler, John .. do
Oct.
1, '61, 3 Not on muster-out roll.
Lord, Jesse. do
Oct.
1, '61,
Labenberg, Wm. .do
Oct. 1, '61,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Little, George. do
Feb. 18, '64, 3 Not on muster-out roll.
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Morgan, George. .do
Morel, John C do
Feb. 18, '64, 3
Miller, James do Jan. 25, '65, 3 Substitute-deserted - returned-mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Murphy, John do
Oct. 1, '61, 3
M'Keaver, Philip. .do
Sept.
1, '61, 3
Mains, George F .do
Oct.
1, '61, 3
M'Dermed, Henry .. .do
Oct.
1, '61,
3
Osterhout, Chas. H .do
Oct. 1, '61, 3
Mustered out, Sept. 30, 1864-expiration of term.
Phillips, David H ... .do
Pelton, William F ..
do
Mar. 4, '64, 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. Feb. 18, '64, 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Patry, John
.do
Mar. 9, '64, 3 Captured, Sept. 30, 1864-discharged by General Order, August 7, 1855.
Reed, Jeremiah
do
Feb. 22, '64.
Reader, Henry. .do
Mar. 10, '64,
3 Mustered out with company, Jnly 17, 1865.
Reichard, John .. do
.. do
Jan. 25, '65, 3 Substitute-mustered out with Co., July 17, '65. Jan. 25, '65, 3 Substitute-deserted -returned-mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Racher, Frederick .. do
Jan. 27, '65, 1
Rich, Nathan .. .do
April 10, '62, 3
Royen, John. do Jan. 27, '65, 3
Richards, William .. .do
Oct.
1, '61, 3
Reese, John. .do
Oct. 1, '61, 3
3
Mnstered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Schwartz, Oliver W .do
Feb.
18, '64,
Snyder, Frederick. do
Feb. 18, '64, 3
Showers, George.
do
Feb.
18, '64, 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Schach, Gottlieb. .do
Mar. 9, '64, 13
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Shutt, Casper .do
Mar.
9, '64, 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Stitzer, David H .do
Jan. 1, '64. 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Sherman, John A ... .. do
Oct.
1, '61, 3 Captured Nov. 29, 1863-escaped and returned, March 21, 1865-discharged May S0. 1865.
Snyder, Paul. do
Sept. 23, '64,
1 Mustered out by General Order, June 9, 1865.
Schmidt, Henry do
Jan. 25, '65, 1 Substitute-disch. by G. O .- date unknown.
Stout, Peter do
Oct. 1, '61, 3 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Apr. 13, '62.
Simons, Franklin. .do Oct. 1, '61, 3 Not on muster-ont roll.
Substitute- mustered out with Co., July 17, '65. Killed at Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864-buried in 9th Corps Cemetery, Meade Station, Va. Substitute-deserted June 20, 1865.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 11, '62. Not on muster-out roll.
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Scheafer, Wm. P ... .do Feb. 26, '64,
Shollenburger, A ... do
Feb. 29, '64, 3 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Absent, sick, at muster out-Vet.
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865 -- Vet. 3
Mustered out, Sept. 30, 1864-expiration of term. Mustered out, Sept. 30, 1864-expiration of term. Died at Hatteras Inlet, N. C., March 30, 1862. Trausferred to company C-date unknown.
Mulhall, John .. do
Feb. 25, '64, 3
Feb. 29, '64, 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Heiser, William .do
Feb. 18, '64,
Sept. 10, '64,
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Rodgers, Edward.
1235
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
NAME
RANE.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKE.
Snyder, Frederick ..
Private Oct.
1, '61,
Discharged-date unknown.
Shanely, Daniel.
.do
Oct.
1, '6],
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Starr, Johu
.do
Oct.
1, '61,
Not on muster-out roll.
Spears, Hiram
do
Oct.
1, '61,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Trough, Henry.
.do
Feb. 22, '64,
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Tobin, Thomas
do
Oct.
1, '61,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
White, Paul
do
Jan.
4, '64,
3 Absent, sick, at muster-out-Vet.
Weaber, Andrew .do
Mar.
do
Feb.
9, '65,
1
1 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Weidner, John.
.do
July 16, '62,
3 Mustered out by General Order, June 7, 1865.
Williams, John .. .do
Aug. 14, '63,
3 Drafted-disch. on Surg. cert .- date unknown.
Whetstone, Ephr'm .do
Mar.
4, '64,
3
Wool, John ..
do
Oct.
1, '61,
3
Wagner, Frelingh'n ... do
Oct.
1, '61,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
UNASSIGNED MEN.
Bradley, John
Private Oct. 19, '64,
1
Not on muster-out roll.
Brady, Thomas
do
Jan. 25, '65, 1
Not on muster-out roll.
Barret, James. do
April 8, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Casey, Henry.
do
April 8, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Coyle, David.
do
April 8, '64, 3 Not on muster-out roll.
Cibert, George C.
do
Mar. 17, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Donnley, William ...
.do
Mar. 24, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Dergan, Charles
.do
June 5, '63,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Fay, William
do
April 8, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Grader, John ..
do
Jan.
5, '65,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Moose, William. .do
Dec.
3, '61, 3 Not on muster-out roll.
May, Cornelius W .. do
Aug. 11, '64,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Miller, George N ... do
Aug. 11, '64,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Montgomery, W. N
.. do
Feb. 24, '64,
3
Deserted February 26, 1864.
Miller, John P.
do
Aug. 27, '64,
1 Deserted-date unknown.
Nevins, Thomas
do
April 8, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Pucket, John E ..
do
Feb. 19, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Smith, Charles H
do
Jan. 25, '65,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Spink, John.
do
Jan. 25, '63,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Smith, Franklin
do
Feb. 16, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Ward, Robert .. do
Jan. 25, '65,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
White, John .. ... do
April 8, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Miller, Charles. do
April 8, '64,
3
Wd. May 12, '64-mus. out with Co., July 17, '65.
Whalen, John.
1
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Whalen, Michael . do
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Windermuth, Jos .. .do
Feb. 20, '65,
4, '64,
Feb. 11, '65,
3
TERM-YEARS.
Died of wds. rec. before Petersb'g, Va., June, '64. Not on muster-out roll.
1
FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
A T Camp Curtin, on 14th of September, 1861, the Forty-ninth Regiment was organized by the choice of the following officers: William H. Irwin, of Mifflin county, Colonel; William Brisbane, of Luzerne county, Lieutenant Colonel; Thomas M. Hulings, of Mifflin county, Major. Companies A and G were recruited in Centre county, B and F in Chester, C and D in Hunting- don, E, H and K in Mifflin, and I in Juniata. Colonel Irwin had commanded the Seventh Regiment in the three months' service, and a considerable number of both officers and men had likewise served in the three months' campaign. The State colors were presented by Governor Curtin on the 14th of Septem- ber, with appropriate ceremonies, and on the 22d it moved to Washington, where it was assigned to Hancock's Brigade of Smith's Division .* The divi- sion encamped in line with the Army of the Potomac, the Forty-ninth rest- ing near Lewinsville, where it remained until the middle of March, 1862, and was drilled in all the elements of light infantry tactics, from the first position of a soldier to evolutions of the line. Guard and picket were the principal active duties performed during all this period, with the exception of a recon- noissance to Hunter's Mills, which was accomplished without loss.
On the 10th of March, the regiment broke camp and marched with the army towards Manassas, whence, after some delay, wherein it was ascertained that the enemy had retreated from his strong holds and was unwilling to risk a bat- tle, it marched to Alexandria. On the 24th it embarked upon transports, and on the 26th landed at Newport News. Here it immediately formed and marched towards Yorktown, before which it encamped on the 1st of April, and was en- gaged on the left bank of Warwick River, in doing picket duty, digging rifle- pits, and building corduroy road until May 4th. On this day a general forward movement commenced, Stoneman with the cavalry leading the way. The enemy was encountered near Williamsburg, posted in a line of forts stretching across the Peninsula, Fort Magruder, the principal defence being located on the right of the Williamsburg Road. Smith's Division arrived in front of this fort at sundown, and formed in line of battle, the Forty-ninth on the right. Hooker, on the left, attacked on the following morning. At ten A. M., Hancock's Bri- gade was ordered to move upon the enemy's left flank. Reaching the position designated, the line was formed in an open field, the Fifth Wisconsin on the right, the Sixth Maine in the centre, the Forty-ninth Pennsylvania on the left, with the Forty-third New York deployed as skirmishers in the woods on the left.
* Organization of the First Brigade, Brigadier General Wm. S. Hancock, Division, Briga- dier General W. F. Smith, Fourth Corps, Major General E. D. Keyes. Sixth Regiment Maine Volunteers, Colonel Hiram Burnham; Forty-third Regiment New York Volunteers, Colonel Francis L. Vinton; Fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, Colonel Amasa Cobb; Forty-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel Wm. H. Irwin.
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The enemy's skirmishers were soon driven in, and the line advanced to within twelve hundred yards of Fort Magruder, when he opened with his artillery, and the men dropped upon the ground to avoid his shells. Failing to drive Hancock with his guns, he sent forward Early's Brigade, which advanced under cover of a strip of timber on the right, until it had reached, undiscovered, a point within three hundred yards of Hancock's line where it was deployed. At this juncture Hancock gave the order "Retreat by alternate battalions !" Retir- ing about one hundred yards, the enemy following close, yelling and firing as. he came, the brigade suddenly halted, faced to the front and opened fire. A few deliberate and well directed volleys soon checked his impetuous advance, when Hancock gave the order to charge, and Early's noisy columns were quickly scattered, leaving his dead and wounded in the hands of the victors. The loss of the regiment was slight, the enemy's balls generally passing harmless over ' head. "As the smoke raised," says Adjutant Hilands, "we saw our first fruits of killing rebels. For three or four hundred yards in our front, the ground appeared to be covered with dead; but soon many of them jumped up and ran towards us. Nearly three hundred gave themselves up as prisoners. To get out of the fight safely they had lain down among the dead and wounded, or as the boys said, 'played off.' The brigade remained on the field during the night, and at day-light the next morning it was found that the enemy had fled. Colonel Irwin received the thanks of Generals Hancock and M'Clellan on the field, the latter saying, "Colonel, I thank you for the magnificent conduct of your regiment; no men could have done better."
After a few days' delay the regiment marched with the brigade in pursuit of the enemy, and reached the Chickahominy on the 25th, encamping near New Bridge. Here it was employed in building bridges, digging rifle-pits, and on picket duty until the 5th of June, when it crossed the Chickahominy on Sum- ner's grape-vine bridge, and was again similarly employed. The enemy had now massed his troops on the left bank of the river, and was fighting his heavy battles there, while a thin line under Magruder was keeping up a noisy demon- stration in front of our lines on the right bank. Here the Forty-ninth was posted early in the day of the 27th on Garnett's Hill, and was under a con- tinuous fire of artillery until sundown, when his infantry advanced to the attack, and after a half hour's action retired. At ten P. M., the brigade was relieved and moved to Golding's Farm, where, on the 28th, it was again in action. The loss in the two days' fighting was ten killed and twenty-three wounded. On the 29th the brigade marched to Savage Station, and formed in line on the right of the York River Railroad, the Forty-ninth on the left of the brigade. The ene- iny attacked at sundown with much spirit, but was signally repulsed. At night the brigade marched across White Oak Swamp, and during the following day was under fire, but not actively engaged. During the night of the 30th it moved to Malvern Hill, and formed on the right of the army, but was not called into action. The army moved to Harrison's Landing on the following day, and while encamped here the regiment suffered much from sickness, at least sixty per cent. being on the sick list.
On the 16th of August, the regiment marched via Charles City Court House, Williamsburg, Big Bethel and Hampton, to Fortress Monroe, where, on the 23d, it embarked upon transports and moved to Alexandria, encamping near Fairfax Seminary, with orders to be ready to march at a moment's notice. At daylight, on the 27th, it started with three days' cooked rations, and after a
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march of six miles encamped at Annandale. It was now attached to Frank- lin's Corps, which proceeded from Annandale to Centreville, where the defeated forces of Pope were met in full 'retreat. The corps remained in the works at Centreville until the night of August 31st, when it moved out to Fairfax Court House, and thence, on the following day, to Fairfax Seminary, where the regi- ment remained several days in camp.
On the 5th of September it started on the campaign in Maryland. By easy marches it moved forward, and came up with the enemy on the 14th at Cramp- ton's Gap, where, after a severe engagement, he was routed, and the column passed through. Until daylight on the morning of the 17th, it lay in Pleasant Valley, when it marched to Antietam Creek, which it crossed in rear of the right of the army, and was immediately ordered to the front on the double quick, the division relieving General Sumner. Hancock's Brigade was on the right of the line, the regiment on the right of the brigade, and was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Brisbane, Colonel Irwin having been placed in command of the Second Brigade of Smith's Division. After getting into position, the regiment was much annoyed by the enemy's fire, and lost several.men killed and wounded without being brought to close quarters, having received positive orders to hold the line which it then occupied. General Hancock had said be- fore reaching the field, that this would be the last fight, as it was to be the battle of the war; yet the brigade was kept from advancing, and did not fire a shot in all the Battle of Antietam. During the 18th the regiment still re- mained in position under orders to hold the ground at all hazards. On the following morning it was found that the enemy had escaped. The army im- mediately moved forward to the banks of the Potomac, when the campaign was ended, and the weary troops rested.
On the 10th of October the regiment marched to Cunningham's Cross Roads to intercept the rebel cavalry under Stuart, in their ride to Chambersburg, by the rear of the army; but the chase was fruitless. From Maryland the regiment marched via White Plains, Warrenton, Catlett's Station, and Stafford Court House to Belle Plain, where it remained until the battle of Fredericksburg. On the 13th of December it crossed the Rappahannock on pontoons near Deep Run, and was in position in support of batteries on the right of Franklin's Grand Division, and under fire during the day, but not engaged. On the 16th it re-crossed the river, and encamped near White Oak Church, thus ending the campaign of 1862.
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