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Drafted-deserted October 18, IS63.
3 3 3 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 28,'61. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 1, '62. Mustered out with company B, June 28, 65-Vet. Promoted to Hospital Steward, March 17, 1865. Drafted-captured-died at Andersonville, Ga., March 26, 1864-grave, 173.
Drafted-deserted October 11, 1863.
Squires, Calvin ..... .do
Stevenson, George .. ... do ...
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 30, '61. Drafted-disch. on Surg. certificate, Dec. 17, '63. 3. Drafted-disch. on Surg. certificate, Dec. 14, '63. Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864-tr. to Vet. Reserve Corps. Dec. 13, 1864-Vet.
Discharged December 15, for wounds received at Gaines' Mill, Va., June 27, 1862.
TERM-YRARE.
Mallery, Jasper E.
.. do
Meddaugh, Cassius do
Mixer, Charles D .. .. do
3
M'Allister, Clark .do
.. do
Power, Thos. J., Jr .. do
3
Riddle, Solomon S .. do
1304
EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT,
SAME.
BANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SEAVICE.
REMARKS.
Sheffer, William P
Private Sept. 11, '63,
Stehle, John.
do
Sept. II, '63,
Storm, George .. .do
Sept. 24, '63,
Shontz, Jackson.
.do
Mar. 22, '64, 3 Mustered out with company B, June 28. 1865.
Scott, Clinton G do
Sept.
8, 61,
Salmon, Elisha D.
do
Sept.
1, '61,
Schultz, Angust ... do
Sept.
1, '63,
3
Drafted-killed at Laurel Hill, Va., May 8, 1864. Drafted-deserted October 18, 1863.
Sanitz, William .. do
Sept.
26, '65,
3
Terrel, James G ... do
Sept.
5,
'61.
Taylor, Elias W ..... do
Sept. 1,
'61.
Tyler, Ebenezer D ..
do
Sept.
1, '61,
3
Turnow, John ..
do
Sept.
1, '61, 13
3
Urmson, Adam S ...
.. do
Sept.
8, '61,
3
Discharged November, for wounds received a; Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862.
Van Wagner, Jacob .do
Mar. 21, '64,
3 3 Mustered out with company B, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company B, June 28, 1865.
Van Wagner, Henry .do
Mar. 21, '64,
Wissiger, Daniel .. do
Sept. 4, '63,
Witter, Jacob
.do
Sept. 8, '61,
White, Lewis E. do
Aug.
6, '62,
Williamson, Sam'l. do
Ang.
5, '62,
Wilson, James.
.. do
Ang. 13, '63,
Young. Jacob
... do
Aug. 30, '61,
3 Drafted-killed at Laurel Hill, Va., May S, IS64. 3 | Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Apr. 30, '62.
COMPANY K .*
RECRUITED IN DAUPHIN COUNTY.
G. W. Huff.
Capt ...
Mar. 9, '65, 1
John Deitrick
1st Lt ...
Mar.
9, '65,
1
Benj. M. Frank
2d Lt ...
Mar. 11, '65,
1
David C. Ritter
Ist Sgt.
Mar. 7, '65,
I
J. J. Sponenberger
Serg't ..
Mar.
3, '65,
I
Michael W. Bowers
do
Mar.
S, '65,
1
M. D. Barndollar ...
do
Mar.
3, '65, 1
Henry Derr
do
Mar.
7, '65,
1
Cor's R. Buffington .. do
Mar.
7, '65,
Peter Derr
Corp
Mar.
S, '65,
John Ditty
do
Mar.
7, '65,
1 Mustered out with company, June 25, 1865.
J. W. E'shleman
.do
Mar.
3, '65,
Benj. F. Krouse.
.do
Mar.
3, '65,
I
William Baskin.
.do
Mar.
7, '65,
John J. Nagle ..
do
Mar.
S, '65,
Henry J. Michael.
do
Mar.
9, '65,
1 Wounded-discharged by G. O., June 17, 1865.
Adam Everich ..
Muc.
Mar.
3, '65,
John H. Keim ... do
Mar.
3, '65,
1
Anderson, Thomp'n
do
Mar. Mar.
I
Benner, Henry. do
Mar.
9, '65,
Brink, Bradford. do
Mar.
3, '65, 1
Baker, R. M .. do
Mar.
3, '65, 1
Brink, William
do
Mar.
3, '65,
I Not on muster-out roll.
Charles, Ira
do
Mar.
3, '65,
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Crook, Samuel do
Mar.
7, '65,
Carpenter, John H .. do
Mar.
3, '65,
I
Cumbler, Jesse E do
Mar.
7, '65,
Carver, Augustus. do
Mar.
9, '65,
Clase, Daniel W. do
Mar. Mar.
3, '65, 3, '65,
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Deitrick, Jacob R do
Mar.
3, '65,
1 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 15, 65.
Funk, James
.do
Mar.
7, 165,
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Glaza, Samuel .. .do
Mar.
3, '65, 1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Graut, George W.
.. do
Mar.
7, 165,
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Mustered out with company, June 28, IS65. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Promoted to Adjutant, May 5, 1865.
Commissioned 2d Lieutenant, June 23, 1865-not mustered-mus. out with Co., June 28, 1565. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, IS65. Promoted to Sergeant, June 2, 1865-mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. 1 1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, IS65.
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, IS65. Mustered out with coupany, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, IS65.
Private, Mar. Beigh, John R.
1 I
Bowers, John H.
do
Baughman, P. S. do
Mar. Mar.
3, '65, 3, '65, 3, '65, 3, '65,
I Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. 1 1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Abseut, sick, at muster out.
1 1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. I Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Dudley, John C .. do
* New Company, assigned March, 1865.
TERM-YEARS.
3 3 3 Drafted-died at City Point, Va., July 23, 1864. Drafted-mustered out with Co. B, June 28, '65. Drafted-absent, sick, at muster out.
3 3 Died at Washington, D. C., December 15, 1861. Killed at Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862.
3 3 Mustered out, Sept. 20, 1864-expiration of term. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 5, ISGI.
Taunt, Gardiner ..
do
Dec. 15, '63,
Wounded at Gaines' Mill, Va., June 27, 1862- disch. on Surgeon's certificate, Sept. 1, 1562. Died at Hall's Hill, Va., February 27, 1862. Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864.
3 Drafted-mustered out with Co. F, June 28, '65. 3 Died at Fortress Monroe, Va., June 29, 1862. Killed at Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1562. 3 3 Died at Centreville, Va., June 17, IS64.
Blymire, Benjamin do
3, '65,
1 1 Discharged on Surgeen's certificate, June 2, '65. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
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THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
.
YAME.
RAXE.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Holman, Jacob.
Private
Mar. S, '65,
Hayes, David M .....
do
Mar.
3, '65,
Hefelfinger, Wm. L .do
Mar.
3, '65,
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Hamilton, Levi W ..
do
Mar.
Hunter, Isaiah.
do
Mar.
7, '65,
Hetrick, William ..
.do
Mar.
7, '65,
Heckand, Fred'k
.do
Mar.
S, '65,
Inhoff, Benj. H.
.do
Mar.
3, '65,
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Jones, John C ..
do
Mar.
3, '65,
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Kritzer, Samuel S ..
.. do
Mar. 3, '65,
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Keiser, Jacob,
.do
Mar.
3, '65,
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Knight, Cyrus ..
.. do
Mar.
3, '65,
Mustered out with company, June 2S, 1865. 1
Kline, Jonas ..
do
Mar.
3, '65,
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Lehkichler, Joseph do
Mar.
7, '65,
1
Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Lebkichler, Geo. W
do
Mar.
7, '65,
I Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Lehman, William ... do
Mar.
3, '65,
Lucas, Joshua .. ......
do
Mar.
3, '65,
Mar.
9, '65,
Levingston, Samuel
.do
Mar.
3, '65,
Lidick, David.
do
Mar.
3, '65,
Levingston, Benj.
... do
Mar.
3, '65,
Long, William .do
Mar.
3, '65,
1
Lutz, Isaac ..... .do
Mar.
7, '65,
I
Miller, Henry
do
Mar.
9, '65,
1
Miller, Joseph ..
do
Mar.
3, '65,
1
Miller, George W.
.do
Mar.
3, '65,
Meck, Morris
do
Mar.
3, '65,
Meck, Nelson
do
Mar.
8, '65,
1
M'Kelvy, Thomas .. M'Glaughlin, C.
do do
Mar.
1
Newberry, Lewis.
do
Mar.
3, '65,
1
O'Neil, Jeremiah. do
do
Mar.
7, 165,
1
Parson, Napoleon B do
Mar.
7, '65,
1
Potter, William H .. .do
Mar.
Roush. Daniel
Mar.
Mar.
Reifsnyder, Lewis C
.do
Mar.
Roush, Simon do Mar.
Ritter, William R
do Mar.
Rupp, George.
do
Mar.
3, '65,
Shure, Henry
do
Mar.
S, '65, I
Snyder, Charles C.
do Mar. Mar.
3, '65,
Sponenberger, F do
Mar.
7, '65,
1
Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Spicher, Samuel L .. .do
Mar.
3, '65,
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Shuman, Michael. do
Mar
3, '65,
1
Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Sheesley, George. do
Mar.
3, '65,
1 Mustered out with company, June 25, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. 1
Snoke. John N do
Mar.
5, 65,
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 15, '65. 1
Trimmer, John .... .. do
Mar.
3, 165,
1
Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Williamson, Cyrus do
Mar.
7, '65,
1
Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
. Williamson, Ram'v .do Weiser, David R. P .do
Mar.
7, '65,
1
Mustered but with company, June 28, 1865.
Walt, Joshua .. .do
Mar.
3, '65, 1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Weirick, Henry H .. .do
Mar.
3, '65, 1 Mustereu ont with company, June 28, 1865.
Zaring, John W .. .do
Mar.
3, '65, 1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
Zeigler, Alfred C ...
.do
Mar.
7, '65,
1 | Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
UNASSIGNED MEN.
Angstadt, B. Frank
Private Feb. 24, '65,
1
Promoted to 2d Lieut. company I, 192d regiment P. V., March 2, 1865. Not on muster-out roll.
Babcock, Vincent P do
Feb. 15, '64, Feb. 15, '64,
3
Colvin, Darwin .do
3 Not on muster-out roll.
3 Not on muster-ont roll.
Davis, George. do Feb. 20, '64, 1 Ewing, Jesse. do Feb. 7, '65, Not on muster-out roll. April 5, '64, 3 Not on muster-out roll.
Fountain, Madison do
do
April 5, 164, 3 Not on muster-out roll.
Hoffman. Fred'k do
Feb.
4, '64, 3 Not on muster-out roll.
1 1 1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. 1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. I Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Discharged by General Order, July 10, 1865. Mustereu out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865.
1
Mar.
3, '65, 3, '65,
Mar.
3, '65,
1
9, '65, 1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. 7, '65, 1 7, '65, 1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. 1 3, '65, 1 8, 65, Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. S, '65, 1 |Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. I Mustered out with company, Juue 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. 1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. 1
3, '65,
Sponenberger, Fos'r do
Segrist, Henry H. do
Mar.
3,
165,
Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. 1
Mar.
3, '65,
1
1
Prior, John W
Rush, Nathaniel
.do do.
TERM-YEARLB.
1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. 1
3, '65, 1 1 1 Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 28, 1865. 1 Absent, sick, at muster out.
Levingston, Chris'n .. do
1
4774747
Gordon, William
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EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Hart, James
Private
Mar. 22, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Henton, Lert ..
.. do
Oct. 29, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll. 3 ! Not on muster-out roll.
Jenkins, Wm. D.
.do
Mar. 28, '64,
Kinter, John.
.do
Feb. 25, '64,
3 Died April 8, 1864-buried in Allegheny Ceme- tery, Pittsburg, Pa.
Keiff, James
do
May 9, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
M'Murdy, Isaac.
.do
Mar. 51, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Nichols, Francis do
Oct. 29, '64,
3| Not on muster-out roll.
Nicholson, John
do
Mar. 28, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Newton, John E ...
do
Mar. 7, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
O'Brien, Jno. Pat'k
.. do
Feb. 24, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Rice, John
do
Mar. 29, '64,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Summerville, C. E.
.do
May 13, '64,
3 | Not on muster-out roll. 3 Not on muster-ont roll.
Scranton, Geo. W.
do
Mar. 9, '64.
Van Wart, Jas. A Wright, Lewis ...
.do
Feb. 23, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
do
Feb. 27, '64,
3: Not on muster-out roll.
Woritschit, H. A.
.do
Feb. 22, '64,
3 | Not on muster-out roll.
TERM-YEARS.
t
EIGHTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.
T HE Eighty-fourth Regiment was recruited under the direction of William G. Murray, in the counties of Blair, Lycoming, Clearfield, Dauphin, Co- lumbia, Cameron, and Westmoreland. The men rendezvoused at Camp Cross- man, near Huntingdon, and subsequently at Camp Curtin. Recruiting com- menced early in August, and towards the close of October an organization was effected by the choice of the following field officers: William G. Murray, Colonel; Thomas C. MacDowell, Lieutenant Colonel; Walter Barrett, Major.
On the 31st of December, the regiment was ordered to Hancock, Maryland, arriving January 2d, 1862. Here it received arms, Belgian muskets, and cross- ing the Potomac, proceeded rapidly to Bath, where a portion of the Thirty- niuth Illinois, with a section of artillery, Lieutenant Muhlenberg, was posted, confronting the enemy. Upon his arrival, Colonel Murray assumed command of the entire force, and at four o'clock on the morning of the 4th, advanced to the eminence beyond the town and deployed in line of battle. He soon learned that Stonewall Jackson, with a well appointed force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, greatly superior to his own, was in his front. At eight o'clock, Jack- son began to press upon him, driving in his skirmishers. By skillful ma- nœuvring, preserving a bold front, he kept the enemy at bay until near night- fall, when he fell back to Hancock, with the loss of but one man, drowned in crossing the stream. During the night, General Lander arrived and assumed command, and Jackson, who had approached and was shelling the town, sent Colonel Ashby, on the morning of the 5th, with a flag of truce, to demand its im- mediate surrender. Lander defiantly refused, and having been reinforced with Parrott guns, a spirited cannonade ensued, which was kept up during the entire day following. But this demonstration on the part of Jackson was to cover his movement upon Romney, and Lander, as soon as he discovered his antagonist's purpose, hastened away to secure its evacuation, which he did, bringing his forces into Cumberland. The Eighty-fourth made a forced march to the latter piace, arriving on the 12th. Jackson having been foiled in his expedition to Romney, by the rapid movement of Lander, returned to Winchester, and the Eighty-fourth was posted successively during the winter at the North Branch Bridge, at the South Branch Bridge, and at Paw Paw, points along the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad. On the 2d of March General Lander died, the com- mand devolving on Colonel Kimball, and soon after the regiment moved on to Winchester. Here General Shields took command of the division, and about the middle of the month drove the enemy up the valley, four miles beyond Strasburg, skirmishing with his rear guard, who destroyed bridges and ob- structed the way as he went. As Shields returned towards Winchester, Jack- son, reinforced, followed closely on his track, the Eighty-fourth marching on the
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EIGHTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.
1862
20th from its camp near Strasburg, without a halt, to Winchester. At five P. M. on the 22d, it returned at double quick through the town, and moved to the sup- port of the Union Cavalry, posted at the west end, which the enemy was en- gaged in shelling. Soon after the regiment arrived upon the ground General Shields was struck by a fragment of shell and disabled, the command again devolving on Colonel Kimball. The Eighty-fourth was ordered to fix bayonets in anticipation of a charge, but the enemy soon after retreated and was driven about two miles in the direction of Kernstown, where the regiment bivouacked for the night. On the following morning it was engaged in laying out the ground for a camp, when the enemy at eleven A. M. attacked, and it was im- mediately ordered into line in support of artillery. Under cover of a wooded eminence on the right, the enemy advanced, and with infantry and artillery gained a foothold upon the flank behind rocks and a stone wall, where he seri- ously threatened the integrity of the Union line. This position the Eighty- . fourth was ordered to charge. Forming upon the high ground near the Kerns- town Road, it moved gallantly forward through an open valley and up towards the wooded 'eminence, where were the guns; as it gained the crest, the rebel infantry rose up from behind rocks and the fence where they had been con- cealed, and poured upon it withering volleys. The fire was returned with good effect ; but standing without shelter, and at close range, it was fearfully decimated. Colonel Murray's horse was struck, when he dismounted and ad- vanced on foot. A moment later, while at the head of his men, and leading. them on for the capture of the guns, he was himself struck in the forehead by a minnie ball and instantly killed. At this juncture, being without a field officer; with two of its captains fallen, the regiment fell into some confusion, and a part of it fell back under the shelter of the crest. The remainder, led by Lieutenant George Zinn, taking shelter behind trees, kept up a steady fire. At this juncture the Fifth Ohio came up on the right, and with other troops, forced the enemy from his position. A general advance was ordered along the entire line, and the foe was driven in utter rout. Three hundred prisoners, two guns, four caissons, and a thousand stand of small arms were taken. Out of two hundred and sixty, of the Eighty-fourth, who went into battle, twenty-three were killed, and sixty-seven wounded. Colonel Murray, Captain Patrick Gal- lagher, and Lieutenant Charles Reem, were killed.
After the battle the Eighty-fourth, under command of Major Barrett, was assigned to provost duty in the town of Berryville, where it remained until the 2d of May. It then joined in the general advance up the valley, and passing through Strasburg and Front Royal, proceeded to Fredericksburg. Scarcely had it reached its destination, when it was ordered back to Front Royal, where it arrived on the 30th. On the following day a smart skirmish was had on the Winchester Road, after which the brigade, the Fourth of Shields' Division, com- manded by Colonel Carroll, moved on towards Port Republic, arriving on the Sth of June. "We charged," says an officer of the Eighty-fourth, "what we. took to be a wagon-train, but soon found that it consisted of about thirty pieces of artillery with wagon covers, which gave us a warm reception. The next day, June 9th, the enemy came out in large numbers, and advanced to the attack. He came up in fine style, and fought hard to turn our right flank; but was re- pulsed with great loss. While we were following up our advantage, however, his forces out-flanked us on the left, and came in on our rear. We then faced about, and the Third Brigade of our division coming up, we had them between
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two fires, and they soon fied to the mountains. He had by this time re-formed his lines in front, and was coming down in such numbers as to make a resist- ance out of the question, and the General gave the order to fall back. Now com- menced a running fight. He followed us for several miles, and kept his batte- ries at work in a manner that showed that he was familiar with the route. His cavalry made repeated charges, but was repulsed by the steady fire of our iu- fantry. We finally came upon the First and Second Brigades, drawn up in line, with General Shields in command, when the enemy gave over the pursuit and rapidly retired."
From Port Republic the division marched to Alexandria, whence the First and Second Brigades proceeded to the Peninsula, and the Third and Fourth went into camp near the town. The campaign had been a severe one, the marches long and difficult, the men poorly clad, and much of the time subsist- ing on scanty rations. On the 25th of June, Samuel M. Bowman of Columbia county, late a Major in the Fourth Illinois cavalry, who had seen service under Grant and Sherman, in the Western Army, was commissioned Colonel, Major Barrett was promoted to Lientenant Colonel, and Adjutant Thomas H. Craig, to Major. In July the regiment broke camp, and marched ont to join Pope's Army. Carroll's Brigade was here attached to Ricketts' Division of M'Dowell's Corps. In the battle of Cedar Mountain, which occurred on the 9th of August, the regiment was not under fire until after dark, when a few of the enemy's shots and shells reached its ranks. On the 14th, it joined in pursuit of the enemy, following him up to the Rapidan, occupying the line of the river nntil the 19th, when it retired to the Rappahannock. Here for a week the rebels were held at bay, the fighting being general along the entire line, for the most part with the artillery. As soon as it was ascertained that the enemy had turned Pope's right flank, Ricketts' Division was sent to Thoroughfare Gap, to check the progress of Longstreet's Corps, on its way to join Jackson, already at Man- assas Junction, in Pope's rear. In the engagement which ensued the regiment took little part. On the 29th it moved into position on the right flank of the army, near Groveton, and on the morning of the 30th was warmly engaged. It remained upon the field until after dark, and for several hours after the mass of the army had crossed Bull Run. It was finally charged by a force of the enemy, which approached under cover of darkness. Uncertain whether it was friend or foe advancing, Lieutenant Alban H. Nixon, volunteered to go out and as- certain his true character. He passed the outer pickets without discovery, and soon found himself in the very midst of General Pender's South Carolina troops, who were moving upon the flank of the brigade, and only waiting the signal, that its retreat was cut off, to move upon and capture it entire. At the peril of his life, Nixon shouted, "They are the enemy, boys," when a timely retreat was ordered, and the greater part of the brigade was snatched from the clutches of Pender's troops. Enraged at having their well laid plans thus suddenly frus- trated, they threatened Nixon with instant death, and were only prevented from executing it by a fellow prisoner, who seized him by the arm, and ex- claimed, "Yon will not shoot an unarmed man !" He was spared, and with other officers and men, found upon the skirmish line, was marched away to Richmond. When the regiment arrived within the defences of Washington, it had scarcely seventy men in its ranks fit for duty. In consequence of its severe losses, it was ordered to light duty at Arlington Heights, in the com- mand of General Whipple, where it remained during the Antietam campaign.
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In the meantime, through the exertions of patriotic citizens of Pennsylvania, some of whom accepted commissions, headed by Colonel Bowman, about four hundred recruits were added to its ranks, which, with the return of men from hospitals and from furlough, brought its numbers up to the full standard of a regiment.
About the middle of October it proceeded to re-join the army, near Berlin, and marched with it to the neighborhood of Fredericksburg. In the campaign which followed, it continued in General Whipple's Independent Division. On the second day of the battle of Fredericksburg, General Griffin called on Gen- eral Whipple for Carroll's Brigade. It was promptly ordered forward, and moved up through the town, under an incessant shower of shot and shell. Taking temporary refuge in a cut of the Fredericksburg and Richmond Rail- road, the officers dismounted. At the word of command, climbing the steep acclivity, at double-quick, the entire brigade rushed on and soon reached the front. Such was the spirit and daring of the movement, that two companies of the Eighty-fourth reached a point considerably in advance of the line of bat- tle, whence they had to be re-called. During the following night the enemy approached stealthily, under cover of darkness, with the expectation of sur- prising and forcing the part of the line where lay the Eighty-fourth and One Hundred and Tenth Pennsylvania, but was handsomely repulsed. At the close of the action the regiment retired with the army, and went into winter- quarters. General Carroll, in his official report, says, " Where all did so well it seems invidious to particularize ; but I cannot forbear mentioning Colonel S. M. Bowman and Major Milton Opp, of the Eighty-fourth, and Lieutenant Col- onel Crowther, of the One Hundred and Tenth, whose coolness, judgment, and unsparing bravery were conspicuous."
Under General Hooker, the army was re-organized, and the Eighty-fourth and One Hundred and Tenth Pennsylvania, and Twelfth New Hampshire constituted the Second Brigade of the Third Division, Whipple's, of the Third Corps, and Colonel Bowman was assigned to its command. During the winter the principal duty consisted in guard and picket, in which the regiment shared, frequently meeting parties of the enemy, who made their appearance on the north bank of the river. By close scrutiny, Colonel Bowman discovered that permits, or what purported to be permits, from Union authorities were used by the enemy to come within our lines. These irregularities were re- ported and effectually broken up.
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