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Mar. 2, '64, Sept. 27, '64, Sept. 14, '64. Sept. 27, '64. July 16, '64, Sept. 24, '64, Sept. 13, 64, Oct.
27, '61,
3 |Promoted to Sergeant Co I, Feb. 6, 1865 -- Vet.
Oct. 27, '61, 3 Not accounted for.
Not accounted for.
William Klinger. John Haney. Henry Straw ..
Muc. do
Oct.
3 Not accounted for.
3 Never joined company.
3 Transferred to company H-date unknown.
Acker, Joseph. .do
Andreas, Abraham .. do
-,
Died at Falmouth, Va., December, 1862.
3
Wounded-date unknown-mustered out with company, June 29, 1865-Vet.
3 Never joined company.
3
Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865. Missing in action. June 3, 1864.
3 3 Substitute -- mustered out with Co., June 29, '65.
Died May 4, 1863- buried in Harmony Burial Grounds, D. C.
Deal, John do
Died June 6, 1864 - buried in National Ceme- tery, Arlington, Virginia.
Died at Portsmouth Grove, R. I., Aug, 15, 1862. Not accounted for.
Not accounted for.
Disch. on Surgeon's certificate-date unknown. Substitute-mustered out with Co., June 29, '65. Mustered out with company, June 29, '65-Vet.
Farley. Michael. .. do Fisher. Daniel .. do Fisher, John C. do Felton, Abram. do Farrow, Robert T. .do
... Aug. 6, '62, Oct. 27, '61, Oct. 27, '61, 3 Not accounted for.
Hayman, Joseph .. do
Killed at Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862. Substitute-absent, sick, at muster out. Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865.
Henry, David. do
Hardy, William do
TERM-YEARS.
Serg't ..
Oct. 27, '61, 3 3 3 Oct. 27, '61, Not accounted for.
Killed at Farmville, Va., April 7, 1865-Vet. Not accounted for.
Corp ....
Aug. 24, '64,
1 1 Substitute-discharged by G. O., June 1, 1865. Substitute-discharged by G. O., June 1, 1865.
3 Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps-discharged on Surgeon's certificate, May 11, 1865-Vet. Died June 14, 1864-buried in National Ceme- tery, Arlington. Virginia-Vet.
3 Died June 11, 1864.
Charles W. Fellows do
Oct. 27, '61,
Jan.
3 1 Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865.
3 Not accounted for.
3 Not accounted for.
Oct. 27, '61, Oct. 27, '61, April 13, '64,
Aug. 10, '64,
3 Never joined company.
2
1200
EIGHTY-FIRST REGIMENT,
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTEE INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS. i
Hammond, James ..
Private
Oct. 27, '61, 3 Not accounted for.
Hagerty, Condy .
.do
Oct.
27, '61,
3
Not accounted for.
Henry, Samnel. .. do
3 Not accounted for.
Hopkins, Lewis
.do
Oct.
27, '61, 3 Not accounted for.
Johnson. James
.. do
Ang. 15, '64,
1 Substitute-discharged by G. O., June 1, 1865.
Kenvin, Isaac ...
.do
Oct. 27, '61,
3
Wounded June 3, '64-absent at mus. out-Vet.
Klinetop, Edward ..
.do
Dec.
3 23, '63, Mustered ont with company, June 29, 1865-Vet.
Kresge, James M.
do
3 Dec. 11, '61, 3 Mar. 2. '64, Deserted-returned-isch. hy G. O., June 3, '65. Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865.
Kelley, Charles
.do
Koons, Stephen
.da
Mar. 2, '64, 3 Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865.
Klotz, John
.. do
Mar.
2, '64,
3 Absent, sick, at muster out.
Kuchner, Samuel
.. do
May
3, '64,
3
Mustered out with company, June 29. 1865. Substitute-discharged hy G. O., June 1, 1865.
Karchner. Martin ...
.do
Oct. 27,
'61.
3 Not accounted for.
Kloss, David.
.. do
Lutz, Thomas
.. do
-,
3 Died, 1862.
Lines, Jesse
.. do
Lowers, Penrose.
.. do
Miller, Otmar.
.. do
Aug. 11, '64,
3 Wounded May 8, 1864-absent at muster ont.
Murphy, George. .do
Sept. 20, '64,
3 Never joined company.
Miller, Jacob .do
'Ang. 26, '64,
Miller, George W. .. do
Sept. 24, 64,
Miller, Samuel. do
Ang. 26, '64,
1 Discharged by General Order, June 1, 1865.
Morgan, William
.do
Oct. 27, '61,
3
Maiger, John B. .do
Magee, William .. do
Oct. 27, '61, Oct. 27, '61,
3
Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Discharged June, 1865.
M'Murray, Robert .. .do
Seot. 12, '64, 1
Aug. 6, '62,
3
Discharged by General Order. June 1. 1865.
M'Gee, Peter. .do
Oct. 27, '61,
3
Promoted to Ist Sgt. Co. A-date unknown-Vet.
O'Brien, Francis .. .do
Sept. 27, '64, 3
Oct. 27, '61,
3
Not accounted for.
Never joined company.
Rout, Manasseh .. do
Mar. 3, '64,
3
Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865.
Reiley, Patrick .. do
Feb. 6, '64,
3
Never joined company.
Ruttman, William .. .. do
Mar. 2, '64,
3
Rutter, John.
Aug. 27, '64,
3
Rhyne, John ..
Raver, Daniel. .do
Oct. 27, '61,
Sowers. Penrose. .do
Mar. 9, '6+, Mar. 9, '64,
3
Smith, John B. .do
Feb. 10, '64, 3
Stahr, Aaron. .. do
Mar. 2, '64, 3
Shaugh, Antonie. .do
Feb. 10, '64, 3
3
Sharkee, Patrick
do
Sept. 20, '64, Sept. 15, '64,
3
Steinbrick, Edw'd .. do
Aug. 17, '64,
3
Sweeney, John. do
3
Satorious, John G .. .do
3
Stetler, Alexander. do
Oct. 27, '61, Oct. 27, '61, 3
3
Died-date unknown.
Discharged-date unknown.
Stein, John. .. do
Oct. 27, '61, 3
Deserted, 1862.
Shafer, Henry
.. do
Oct. 27, '61,
Oct. 27, '61,
3
Not accounted for.
Shoepp, A. .. do
Oct. 27, '61, 3 Mar. 30, '64, 3 Absent, sick, at muster out.
Thurbur, Charles .. do
Tuhhs, Burton ... .. do
Oct. 27, '61, Mar. 30, '64,
3 3
Absent, wounded, at muster out.
Whipple, Henry. .do
Mar. 2, '64,
3
Absent, sick, at inuster out.
Wallace, William .. do
Sept. 22, '64, Sept. 15, '64, Sept. 24, '64, Aug. 22, '64, Aug. 6, '62,
3
Never joined company. .
Williams. William
.do
Wolfe, Christian .....
do
Washburn, Daniel .. .. do
3
Willis, Edward .do
Oct. 15, '61, 3
3 Not accounted for.
Meckes, William .. do
Matthews, Joseph .. .. do
Martin, Henry ... do
Oct. 27, '61, >64, -, Mar. 23, '64,
3
3 Mustered ont with company, June 29, 1865.
Discharged by General Order, June 1, 1865.
Nothstein, Dennis. .do
Mar. 2, '64, 3
Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865.
Never joined company.
O'Conner, David. .do
Polland, Charles. .do
Sept. 27, '64,
3
Never joined company.
Quinn, Morris do
Sept. 27, '64, 3
Never joined company.
Discharged hy General Order, June 1, 1865. Killed at Farmville, Va., April 7, 1865.
3 | Discharged-expiration of terin.
Mis. in action at Spottsylvania C. H., May 12, '64. Ahsent, sick, at muster out.
Mis. in action at Ream's Station, Va., Ang. 25,'64. Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865. Mis. in action at Ream's Station, Va., Aug. 25,'64. Never joined company.
Never joined company.
Substitute-wounded March 25, '65-discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865.
Capt'd-died at Salisbury. N. C., Nov. 27, 1864. Discharged by General Order, June 1, 1865.
Shafer, Samnel .. do
3 Not accounted for.
Schleppy, Henry .do
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, 1862.
3 Never joined company.
Ward, George .. .do
1
1 Discharged by General Order, June 1, 1865. Substitute -- discharged hy G. O., June 1, 1865. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62- discharged by General Order, June 1, 1865.
Discharged Nov. 22, 1864, to date exp. of term.
Kelley, Barney. .. do
Oct.
27,
'61,
3 Not accounted for.
Oct. 27, '61,
3 Not accounted for.
161,
Oct. 27, '61, 3 Not accounted for.
Oct. 27, '61,
3 Killed at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864. 1 Substitute-absent. sick, at muster out.
Mullherron, Mich'1 .. do
Mar. 2, '64,
3 Discharged by General Order-date unknown.
1 Discharged by General Order, June 1, 1865.,
Died July 26, '64-buried in National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Dled at Philadelphia, Pa., May 9, 1865.
3 Deserted, 1862.
M'Kensay, Francis ... do
M'Carron, James .. do
.. do. do
3
Smith, Jonathan .do
Smith, John do
Sept. 24, '61, Aug. 6, '62,
Not accounted for.
Wilkins, George K .. do
Oct. 27, '61,
TERM-YEARS !
Kurtz, James K .do
Aug. 22, '64, 1
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
NAME.
BANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
BEVARES
Wilson. David D.
Privato
Not accounted for.
Worrell, Win. I
.do
Oct. 27, '61, Oct. 27,.'61,
Not accounted for.
Wells, James S.
.. do
Oct. 27, '61,
Died Feb. 20, 1863-buried in Harmony Burial Grounds, D. C.
Washburn, Jaines ..
.do
'62,
3 Died-date unknown.
Walter, W. S.
do
'64,
3 Discharged June, 1865.
Zigler, Henry.
do
Aug. 16, '64,
3
Substitute-mustered out with Co., June 29, '65.
Zollinger, Paul
.do
Mar. 2, '64,
Missing in action at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864.
-
UNASSIGNED MEN.
Doyle, Patrick
Private| Mar. 9, '64,
3
Not accounted for.
Everells, Frederick
.do
April 26, '64,
3
Not accounted for.
Field, George
do
Sept. 2, '64,
1 Substitute-not accounted for.
Fynck, George R ...
.. do
Sept. 2, '64,
1
Substitute-not accounted for.
Fink, John.
do
Sept. 2, '64, 1 Substitute-not accounted for.
Hamilton, Andrew
do
Mar. 10, '64,
3 Not accounted for.
Lambert, William ..
.do
April 26, '64,
3 Not accounted for.
Murphy, Dennis .. ...
.do
Aug. 4, '64,
2 Substitute-discharged by G. O., July 10, 1865.
Shaw, George
.do
Mar. 9, '64,
3. Not accounted for.
Tierney, John.
.do
Mar.
9, '64,
3 Not accounted for.
Wallace, John ..
do
Mar.
9, '64. 3 Not accounted for.
Warriver, A. M.
.do
Sept.
2, '64,
1 | Substitute-not accounted for.
,
.
TERM-YEAR8, 333 3333 3 3
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151-VOL. II.
EIGHTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
TI THIS regiment, originally, and until after the battle of Fair Oaks, where it suffered severely, was known as the Thirty-first, having been recruited under orders direct from the War Department. Nine of the companies were organized in Philadelphia, the remaining one, company B, in Pittsburg. Many of the men, and most of the officers, had served in the three months' service, and a considerable number in the armies of France and Great Britain, some of them bearing medals, the testimonials of gallant conduct. The camp of ren- dezvons was at Suffolk Park, but when four companies were assembled, they were ordered to Washington to meet a threatened exigency, where the balance of the companies joined them, and a regimental organization was effected by the choice of the following field officers : David H. Williams, of Pittsburg, Colonel; Frank Vallee, of Philadelphia, Lieutenant Colonel; John M. Weth- erill, of Pottsville, Major,
The regiment was originally armed with an inferior Belgian rifle for the flank, and smooth bore muskets for the remaining companies. Before active campaigning opened, these were exchanged, for the Enfield rifled muskets. Shortly after its organization it was assigned to the First Brigade,* First Di- vision, Fourth Corps. The division occupied a position, the left resting near the Potomac and enveloping the city of Washington, the brigade holding the extreme right of the line, and extending to the Bladensburg Road, the camp of the Eighty-Second being on Queen's Farm, in rear of the line of earth-works erected for the city's defence. Here, occupving a pleasant and healthy camp, the regiment was drilled in Hardee's system of infantry tactics, comprising company, battalion, brigade, and division movements, and grand guard and picket duty. Schools for the instruction of field officers were regularly held at brigade headquarters, under the supervision of General Graham, and in- struction was given by these to the line officers. Occasional details were made in large numbers for fatigue duty upon the earth-works, and, when com- pleted, guards from the regiment performed regular tours of duty upon them. On this ground it remained for nearly six months. The health of the men was excellent, the sick list rarely exceeding two per cent.
On the 9th of March, 1862, the division broke camp, and with the grand army moved forward towards Manassas, where the enemy had wintered. Af-
* Organization of the First Brigade, Brigadier General Lawrence P. Graham, First Divi- sion, General Buell, subsequently General Couch, Fourth Corps, General Keyes; Sixty-fifth Regiment New York Volunteers, (First Chasseurs, ) Colonel John Cochrane; Twenty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Colonel David B. Birney ; Sixty-seventh Regiment New York Volunteers, (First Long Island,) Colonel Julius W. Adams; Eighty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel David H. Williams. The Sixty-first Pennsylvania was ad- ded to the brigade late in the following winter, and remained with it about a year.
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ter a few days' fruitless search, having found his works abandoned, the army returned and the division again occupied its old quarters. About wo weeks later, the regiment marched to Alexandria, and in company with the Sixty- seventh New York, embarked upon the steamer Daniel Webster for Fortress Monroe. Upon its arrival it occupied a position on the left of the Williams- burg Road, two miles in advance of the ruined town of Hampton. Early in April, it moved out to the neighborhood of Lee's Mills, on the Warwick River, where the column was halted by the enemy's skirmishers, deployed on the western bank of the stream. Line of battle was formed, the left of the Eighty- second resting on the Warwick River, and company B thrown forward as skir- mishers. The line was thus advanced, and the enemy's skirmishers driven under cover of his works. Separated by the Warwick River, the two armies looked each other in the face for nearly a month, at the end of which the ene- my retired.
The army now followed on to Williamsburg, where the advance had a severe battle, the Eighty-second not arriving in time to participate, and thence to the Chickahominy. On the 22d, the brigade, now temporarily in command of General Abercrombie, crossed the river and encamped a half mile in rear of Casey's Division, resting at Seven Pines. Here it was employed, with other troops, in constructing earth-works from Savage Station to White Oak Swamp. General Casey being in need of reinforcements, the brigade was sent to bis assistance on the 29th of May, the position of the Eighty-second being at Fair Oaks Station. While in this position, shortly after twelve o'clock on the 31st, the enemy attacked. The men had scarcely finished dinner, when the firing on the skirmish line, which had been of common occurrence, seemed more severe than usual, and they hastened to put on their accoutrements and prepare for battle. The line was quickly formed, fronting the Nine Mile Road, the left of the regiment resting at Fair Oaks Station, the Sixty-first Pennsylvania on the right, and the Sixty-seventh New York on the left. The pressure being heavy on the left, the Eighty-second was sent to its support; but there being a lr : in the firing for a time, it was relieved by the Sixty-first, and returned to the right, covering the same ground as before, but in advance of the Nine Mile Road. The left of the regiment was here assailed by the enemy's skirmishers, and several men were wounded, but no serious attack was made upon it. The entire force upon the left, where Casey stood, having been swept away, it be- came necessary for General Couch, commanding the right wing, to fall back and take up a new position. The movement was executed in perfect order, and the new line of battle, a half mile further back, was formed along the road leading to the Grape Vine Bridge, facing south. Soon the head of Sumner's Corps arrived, and the General in person, assumed command. He at once established the Eighty-Second in position, at right angles to that formerly oc- cupied, the left resting on Grape Vine Bridge Road, in open ground immedi- ately in the rear of a clump of woods. On the left of the road, connecting with the left of the Eighty-second, Kirby's Battery was posted, the Sixty-fifth New York connecting with it on the left. These dispositions had scarcely been made, when the enemy was discovered advancing from the direction of Fair Oaks Station in two columns, of division front. Kirby's guns immediately opened, but the enemy held his ground with much steadiness. Meanwhile a third line, advancing through the wood in front of the Eighty-second, ap- proached unperceived until within short range, when he opened a vigorous
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fire. It was instantly replied to, with telling effect, repelling him at every point. Again and again he returned to the onset, seemingly bent on the cap- ture of Kirby's guns, and to this end of turning the right and driving back the Eighty-second; but with unexampled fortitude it held its ground, com- pletely foiling him in every attempt. The ground in the regiment's front, was thickly strewn with the enemy's killed and wounded, and many of the soldiers spent the short summer night in caring for the wounded of both parties instead of taking their much needed rest. On the following morning, the regiment. charged through the woods in its front, and continued on to the position oc- cupied on the previous day, but without meeting opposition. Fighting was early renewed on the left, but did not reach the position on the right which the regiment occupied. The loss was eight killed and twenty-four wounded, the enemy's infantry for the most part firing too high.
The regiment remained in this position, behind a rude breast-work of logs, for more than a week, under command of General Sumner. At the end of that time, Couch's Division was sent to the left of Savage Station, and in rear of the front line. An impenetrable swamp, on which the left rested, made its occupation secure. The duty was consequently comparatively light. At nine o'clock on the evening of the 26th, the brigade was ordered under arms and led to the right, to a point opposite.Gaines' Mill. Just before daybreak on the 27th it was ordered to return, and marching past Savage Station and across White Oak Swamp, it rested at noon in the vicinity of Charles City Cross Roads. Here it remained, skirmishing with the enemy's cavalry, until night- fall of the 29th, when it resumed the march, arriving at the James at eleven o'clock on the morning of the 30th. The sound of cannon, heard at two in the afternoon, told that the enemy was approaching, and it was advanced about a mile and posted on Malvern Hill. Couch occupied the ground on the left of Porter's Corps, and the brigade, during the afternoon and following night, re- maired massed in this position, On the morning of the 1st of July, the regi- meat was posted a quarter of a mile further to the right, behind a rail fence, where it was subjected to severe shelling, losing some men. About two o'clock it was ordered to advance in line, and moving across a ploughed field, under a heavy artillery tire, passed the Union batteries in front, and took position on the front line, with the Fifty-fifth New York on its right, and the Sixty-first Pennsylvania on the left, the line forming a right angle with that of the Fifty- fifth. The enemy kept up a steady fire from his position in front, and his skirmishers on the right flank. A company was sent forward as skirmishers, to a point lower down the hill, and when necessary to sustain them, the regi- ment fired over their heads. This position was held until nine o'clock, when the fire of the enemy slackened, and the command retiring took post in the rear. At midnight it joined in the retreat to Harrison's Landing. The regi- ment sustained severe loss in this engagement, Lieutenants James B. Grier and Mark H. Roberts being among the killed.
On the 5th of August, the regiment proceeded, with a portion of the army, on a reconnoissance to Malvern Hill. On the 7th, the infantry returned ; but, by some error, four companies of the Eighty-second. under Major Wetherill, not receiving notice to retire, remained unsupported on the enemy's front. As soon as it was discovered that the Union forces had been withdrawn, Wetherill reported his situation to General Pleasanton, in command of the cavalry, a mile to the rear, who ordered an immediate retreat. This was executed in the
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face of the enemy's cavalry, but in such good order that lie hesitated to attack, giving time for the destruction of the bridge across Turkey Island Creek. Af- ter a detention of several hours, by General Pleasanton, in anticipation of a general attack upon the outposts, these companies returned to camp.
From Harrison's Landing the regiment marched to Yorktown, where, on the 27th, the right wing, and the 28th the left wing, embarked for Alexandria. Upon its arrival, the right wing was posted in advance of Fairfax Court House. where, on the morning of the 1st of September, the left wing re-joined it. Dur- ing the battle of Chantilly, the regimeut was in line, but not actively engaged. Upon the opening of the Maryland campaign, General John Cochrane was as- signed to the command of the brigade, and the One Hundred and Twenty- second New York was added to it.
On the evening of the 14th of September, the brigade arrived at Burketts- ville, in the rear of the forces of Franklin's Corps, which had just before charged and carried Crampton's Pass of the South Mountain. On the 15th, the brigade took the advance, crossing the South Mountain into Pleasant Valley, the ene- my being in position near the village of Brownsville. Remaining in front of M'Law's Division during the 15th and 16th, on the morning of the 17th Couch's Division marched to the Potomac, near Harper's Ferry, but immediately coun- termarched, and, at nine P. M., joined the army, the hard fighting being now over. Early on the following morning, the brigade was sent forward to relieve regiments upon the front line, the position of the Eighty-second falling just in front of the Dunker Church, still held by the enemy. It was exposed during the day to an annoying fire of sharpshooters hidden in the tree tops, and lost six men wounded, but no serious attack was made. During the night the enemy retreated, and on advancing in the morning, several prisoners and one piece of artillery were captured. On the 19th, the regiment joined in pursuit of the enemy, and marched to Sharpsburg; but on the following day returned, and crossing the field of Antietam, moved to near Williamsport, where it skirmished with the enemy's cavalry. Three days later the division went into a permanent camp near Downsville, where Couch's Division was attached to the Sixth Corps, with which it ever afterwards remained.
From Maryiand the regiment moved with the army, by easy marches, to the Rappahannock, a day's march beyond Stafford Court House, where it re- mained until the 11th of December. On that day it moved down two miles below Fredericksburg, where pontoon bridges had been laid. In the evening, a portion of the division, then under command of General John Newton, crossed the stream, and after a slight skirmish drove the enemy's outposts. On the morning of the 12th the remainder of the division crossed. The regiment was with the division in line during the day, a short distance in front of the bridges. On the 13th, Meade's Division, which formed the advance of the attacking party, having been repulsed, the brigade was ordered to the left at ten A. M., to reinforce the shattered line, where it was exposed to a heavy fire during the entire day ; bnt, being protected by. a deep diteh, it suffered little loss. On the 14th, it resumed its former position with the division ; but on the 15th was again ordered to the front line. On the same night it fell back again, and at two A. M., of the 16th, re-crossed the river.
Remaining in camp until the 16th of January, 1863, the regiment was or- 'lered to guard duty at Belle Plain Landing, but on the 20th, re-joined the bri-
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EIGHTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
gade, then engaged in the abortive movement of General Burnside to again cross the Rappahannock.
The campaign of 1863 opened with the movement of the army, under Hooker, upon Chancellorsville. The brigade formed part of the Third Divi- sion, General Newton, Sixth Corps, General Sedgwick. On the 28th of April, the Eighty-second was ordered, with other troops, to bear pontoons to the river, two miles below Fredericksburg, with as little noise as possible, so as not to excite the attention of the enemy. A bridge was laid and a crossing effected on the following morning. During the night of the 1st of May, Sedg- wick moved np, and passing the enemy's outer lines, reached Fredericksburg on the morning of the 2d. Orders having been given to storm the works on Marye's Heights, two columns were formed for the assault, the right composed of the Sixty-first and Eighty-second Pennsylvania, the Sixty-first in advance. A narrow causeway was to be passed, an impenetrable marsh on either side. Moving by the flank, with a front to the enemy of four men, the column ad- vanced under a murderous fire. The head of the assaulting party was soon broken, a large proportion fallen, among them Colonel Spear, of the Sixty- first, who was killed. Withont faltering the column closed up and pressed on, carried the heights, the Eighty-second capturing the horses of one of the ene- my's batteries. Advancing the same day to Salem Heights, the regiment joined in the severe engagement at that point, and when it became necessary to with- draw, in the face of an overpowering force, it was among the last to cross the river at Banks' Ford, on the morning of the 6th of May. Among the mortally wounded in the storming of the heights, was Captain John H. Delap.
Eucamped near the bank of the Rappahannock, within long range of the enemy's guns, where it was occasionally visited by the Whitworth missiles, it re- mained until the general movement of the two armies towards Pennsylvania commenced. Early in May, Colonel Williams and Lientenant Colonel Vallee having previously resigned, Mai : Bassett was commissioned Colonel, and John M. Wetherill, Lientenant Colonel. On the 30th of June, the Sixth Corps, which formed the rear of the army, reached Manchester, Maryland, near the Pennsyl- vania border. Here it remained until the evening of the 1st of July, when it was ordered upon a forced march to Gettysburg. The brigade, now under com- mand of General Alexander Shaler, arrived upon the field on the afternoon of the 2d, and was ordered into position on the left of the line, near Little Round Top; but the fighting ou that part of the field being nearly over, it was not en- gaged. On the morning of the 3d, Shaler was ordered to the extreme right, to the support of Geary, who had been severely engaged since early dawn. It was here exposed to a severe artillery fire. After the lines had been re- established, and the fighting was over npon this part of the field, the brigade was ordered to the left to meet a threatened attack, and was subsequently brought back to the centre, where it was held in reserve until the close of the battle. With the Corps, the regiment followed up the retreating enemy, and on the 12th had a severe skirmish near Funkstown, where he had established his lines, in which it suffered a loss of eight wounded. On the morning of the 14th, it was discovered that the enemy's works were abandoned, and upon ad- vancing, the piekets of the Eighty-second picked up a number of stragglers.
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