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Gohn, John D. do Green, John. do do do do
do
1
1
1 Not on muster-out roll.
1
Not on muster-out roll.
Not on muster-out roll.
Hays, John ..
.do do
Sept. 29. '64, 1
1 Not on muster-out roll.
1 Not on muster-out roll.
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Hubly, George ..
do
Herter. William
Sept. 17. '64. 1
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Hunt, Wilson
.do do do
May 5, '64, Mar. 14, '64. 3 Not on muster-out roll.
Jenkins, William .. Jackson, Samuel. .do .do .do Jacoby. Samuel. .... Kennedy, Samuel A Keating, James F. .. do
Kramer, Warren do
do do .do
Oct. 1, '64. 1
1 1
1
3 Not on muster-out roli.
Keating, James .do
Locherty, Michael .. .do
Lambert, John .. do
Lainhart, John F do
Oct. 4. '64. Oct. 13. '64, Oct. 26, '64,
1
1
Lahr, Henry S. do Aug. 27, '64, 1
Aug. 6, '64, 1
Not on muster-out roll.
Loudar, John do Lee, Charles .. .do Oct. 31. '64, 1 Not on muster-out roll.
1
1
Discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865. Discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865. Discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865. Not on muster-out roll.
Hewitt, Thomas J
.do do
Oct. 26. '64,
Hull, Charles L. Hart, James
.do
Oct. 29. '64,
Hart, Cornelius
Hopkins. Charles P Hand, Albert
.. do .. do
Oct. 15, '64, Oct. 8, '64, Sept. 28, 64, Aug. 27, '64,
1|Not on muster-ont roll. Not on muster-out roll.
Hall, John
do Oct. 21. '64, Oct. ' 26, '64, Sept. 6. '64, Jan. 25. '64, June 14, '64, Sept. 6, '64,
3 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865.
3
Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865.
1 Discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865. Discharged by General Order. May 28, 1865. Discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865. Discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865. Not on muster-out roll.
Kelly, Jefferson .. Kauffman, Henry ... Klinker, Conrad. Kelly, Patrick. Kelly, George.
do do
Sept. 30. '64. Aug. 19, 64. Oct. 26, '64. May 25, '64, June 14, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Promoted to Corporal battalion, Dec. 2, 1864- transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, '65. Discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865.
Aug. 27, '64, 1 Not on muster-out roll.
June 22, '64.
3 Not on muster-out roll.
1 Discharged by General Order, May 23, 1865.
Donati, Pasquati ..
.do
1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. 1 3 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. 1 Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll.
3 Not on muster-out roll.
3 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V .. June 6, 1865. Transferred to 65th regiment P. V .. June 6, 1865. Promoted to Corporal battalion. Nov. 1, 1864- transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, '65. 1 3 Discharged by General Order, July 25, 1865. Mustered out in company H, batt., Sept. 23, '65. 1 Not on muster-out roll.
Promoted to Blacksmith battalion-transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6. 1865.
Given, David E Green, Daniel
.do
Aug. 19, '64.
.do
Sept. 28. '64, 1 Discharged by General Order. May 23, 1865.
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Green, Charles .do
Sept. 28, '64.
Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll.
1 1 1 Not on muster-out roll. Sept. 30. '64. Sept. 30. : 64. Aug. 27. '64. 1 Not on muster-out roll. Aug. 19, 64, 3 June 22, '64, Not on muster-out roll. Oct. 13, '64. 1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865.
Hamilton, George ... Hefner, Christian C Hill, Nathaniel B. Hoke, Joshua S.
Ang. 23. '64. Sept. 5. '64, Sept. 6, '64,
Oct. 26. '64,
1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V .. June 6, 1865. 1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. 1 Discharged by General Order, June 24, 1865.
TERM-YEARB.
1 1 Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll.
1 Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll. 1
405
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MESTES ISTO SERVICE,
REMARKS.
Private Oct. 26, :64, 1
Not on muster-out roll.
Looney, James.
do
Feb.
8, '64,
Looney, Charles
do
Feo.
S, '64,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Laden, Jesse
do
Sept. 13, '64,
Lehr, John
do
Aug. 27, '64,
1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865.
Moore, James S.
do
Oct. 14, '64, Oct. 12, '64,
1
Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865.
Martin, Joseph.
.do
Mar. 19, '64,
3
3
Mustered out in company E, batt., Sept. 23, '65.
Moore, James
do
Aug. 10, '64,
1
3 Died near Petersburg, Va., March 12, 1865.
Mitchell, Wm. N.
do
Mar. 22, '64,
Mellinger, John J ..
.do
Aug. 15, '64,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Meyers, Alex'r D ..
do
Sept. 1, '6+, Sept. 1. '64,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Meyers, Henry.
.. do
do
Sept.
1, '64,
1
Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll.
Murray, Richard.
.do
Oct.
29, '64,
1
1 Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll.
Miller, Peter.
.do
Oet.
24, '64,
Moore, William
.. do
Oct.
24, '64,
Morris, John
.do
do
Oct. 26, '64,
Moylan, Martin
do
Oct.
6, '64,
Meade, Francis W.
do
Sept. 23, '64,
Mattis, Sylvester ...
.do
Miller, James
.do
Morgan, John ..
.do
Oct. 13. '64, Sept. 12, '64,
Messersmith, Israel
.do
Sept. 9, '64,
Mathews, Milton.
.do
Aug. 30, '64,
Mills, William
.do
Aug. 30, '64,
Miller, John K.
.do
Sept. 17, '64,
Miller, Edward R.
.do
July 23, '64,
Myers, John
.. do
Aug. 27, '64,
Moore, John
do
Mar. 19, '64,
Moore, John
do
Sept. 19, '64,
1
Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. 1
M'Cauley, Henry
do
Oct.
14, '64,
1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865.
M'Brearty, James
.do
Oct.
13, '64,
1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865.
M'Henry, George.
.du
Oct.
7, '64,
M'Carty, James.
do
Oct.
8, '64,
M'Elwee, John
.do
do
M'Master, John.
do
Sept. 9, '64, Aug. 20, '64,
1
Mustered out, September 25, 1865.
M'Rae, Amos
do
Aug. 25, 164,
M'Call, Rudolph P
do
Aug. 17, '64.
M'Laughhin, John .
do
Mar. 30, '64,
M'Cabe, Robert do
M'Guire, Hugh
do
M'Gouldrich, Jas do
Oct.
7, '64,
Aug.
'0. '64, -
1
O'Brien, Charles,
do
Mar. 19, '64, Oct. 26, '64, 1
Pearson, Fletcher ...
do
Oct. 7, '64, 1
Poff, George do
Sept. 5, '64, 1
Piper, Samuel D. H
do
Aug. 17, '64, 1
Pechard, Wm. H
do
Aug. 17, '64, 1
Aug. 2, '64, 1
1
Rhoads, Frank. do Oct. 26, '64,
1
Ringland, John do
Oct. 12, '64, 1
Reno, Samuel J do
Feb. 10, '64, 3
3
Roan, James E ..
Mar. 13, '63,
3
1
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Promoted to Bugler company I, battalion-trans-
Sylvester, James. .. do
Reid, Andrew .. do Snyder, Lewis E. do Sept. 1, '64, Sept. 9, '64, Oct. 26, '64, 1 ferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865.
Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865.
Schooner, John do
July 13, '64, June 8, '64,
3
Discharged by G. O., in Co. I. batt., June 3, 65. Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Not on muster-out roll.
.
Promoted to Corporal battalion-discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865.
Not on muster-out roll.
Preston, Robert do
Quillan, Robert C. .. do Oct. 26, 164,
3
Not on muster-out roll.
Not on muster-out roll.
Juue 22,
22, '64, 3 1 1
Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Not on muster-out roll.
Not on muster-out roll.
Sept. 9, '64,
3 Not on muster-ont roll.
Pace, Patrick
do
Aug. 24, 164,
1 1 1
Mustered out, September 23, 1865.
Discharged by General Order, June 21, 1865.
3 Not on muster-out roll.
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Oct. 27, '64,
May 12, '64,
1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. 3 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1805. 1
1 Discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865.
Discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865.
M'Tiernan, Jas. H
do do
June 13, '64, Sept. 19, '64,
M'Gloue, Thomas
do
Murphy, Jobn H.
1
1 1 Not on muster-ont roll. Not on muster-out roll. 1 Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll.
1
1
3
3 Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll.
Mar. 14, '64,
3
Murray, Johu
.do
Oct. 28, '64,
Moore, John
Morgan, Richard.
.. do
Sept. 28, '64,
1 1 1 1 1 I Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll.
Morris, William
1 1
Seut. 19, 164, Mar. 18, '64,
3
1
Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll. Not on muster-out roll.
Matson, Jacob
Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6. 1865. Discharged by General Order, May 23, 1865.
Mansfield, Michael
do
June 6, '64,
1 Not on muster-out roil.
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Monaghan, Jobn
do
TERM-YEARB.
Larkins, Thomas ...
| Not on muster-out roll. 3
...
M'Cann, Samuel.
Norman, Frederick do O'Donell, Samuel Al do Owens, William do
Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Not on muster-out roll.
Promoted to Corporal battalion-discharged by General Order. May 28, 1865.
Roberts, John ... do do
Oct. 26, '64,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
.
406
SIXTIETH REGIMENT-THIRD CAVALRY,
NAME.
HANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Sites, Samuel
Private
Feb. 13, '64, 3 Deserted, 1864.
Sınith. John
do
Oct.
27, '64,
Scheppler, Angust ..
.. do
Oct.
27, '64,
Stoddard. Alfred L
.. do
Oct.
6, '64, 1
Stuart, Thomas.
.do
Oct.
6, '64,
Sheppard, Samuel ..
do
Oct. 7, '64,
Staly, John
do
Feb.
2, '64,
Strausbaugh, H. N .. do
Sept.
9, '64,
Santee. Joseph B .... do
Schaubel, Freder'k
do
Sept. 28, '64,
Sullivan, Daniel.
do .. do
Sept.
6, '64,
Smith, George .do
Sept. Sept. 6,
164,
Smith, John .do
Studenrich, Addi'n .. do
Shepp, Jacob. .. do
Sloat, John. do
Sept. 3, '64,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Į Discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865.
L Not on muster-out roll.
Schuder, Edward .. .do
1 Aug. 27, '64, 1 Not on muster-out roll. Discharged hy General Order, May 28, IS65.
. Spotz, Albert
Aug. 27, '64,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
1 Pr. to Sgt., batt .- disch. by G. O., May 28, 1865.
Sarins, Levi D
do
Aug. 19, '64,
1
Not on muster-out roll.
Shugars, Samuel
.do
Aug.
2, '64,
Sullivan, Andrew.
do
May
7, '6,
3 | Not on muster-out roll.
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Shelby, Joseph. .do
Mar. 14, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Shoeman, Daniel K ... do
Dec. 20, '61,
Smith, Daniel. .do
Sept. 8, '64,
1
Not on muster-out roll.
Not on muster-out roll-Vet.
Seroggins, James M do Aug. 24, '64, 3
Seely, Joseph. .. do Tolan, John W. do Oct. IS, '64,
Timothy, Samuel .. .co
Sept. 17, '64,
1
Not on muster-out roll.
1 Not on muster-out roll.
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Tauzer, James .. do Underwood, A. W .. do
Sept 3, '64,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Vaughn, William .. do
Voigt. Amandus. do
Wright, John .. do Sept. 29, '64, 1
Wolfe, Henry B do Wambold, M. A .. do
Sept. 19, '64,
1 'Not on muster-out roll.
Jan. 4, 764, 3 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865.
1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1863.
Wolf, Leonard .do
Sept. 9, '64, Sept. 29, '64,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Whitmover, David
Sept. 5, '64, 1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865.
Warner, John .. do Sept. 26. '64, 1 Not on muster-out roll.
Wilson, George H. do Sept. 28, '64, 1 Discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865.
Wilson, Robert C. do
Sept. 17. '64,
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Ward, Frank do
May
12. '64, 3 Not on muster-oat roll.
Wells, Charles H. do Oct. 28, '64.
Young. George E .. .do Aug. 18, '64, Oct. 7, '64, 11
Zahn, Hugo., .do
. Zwike, Jehu A. .do Mar. 26, '64, 13 Sept. 6, '64, :1
Zinn, Sylvester ... do
TERM -- YEARS.
1 Not ou muster-out roll.
1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Not on muster-out roll.
1 Deserted-returned-transferred to 65th regi- ment P. V., June 6, 1865.
1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, IS:35.
3 Not on muster-out roll. 1 Not ou muster-out roll.
1 Not on muster-out roll.
1 Not on muster-out roll.
1 1 Discharged by General Order, May 28, 1865. Discharged hy General Order, May 28, 1865.
1 Not on muster-out roll.
1 Discharged by General Order, May 2, 1865.
I Discharged hy General Order, May 28, 1865.
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Smyser, Augustus .do
Aug. 27, '64.
Schriver, Peter do
Aug. 27, '64,
Schenberger, Mil'n .. do .do .do
Stallman, John
Aug. 18, '64,
3 Promoted to Corporal battalion-mustered out, December 19, 1864-expiration of term.
Stahl, Jonathan .do Dec. 11, '65,
3
Mustered out, September 23, 1865.
Discharged by General Order, May 19, 1865.
1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865.
'Tanner, Montgom'y do
Oct. 27, '64,
Thompson, John do Sept. 21, '64,
Sept. 6. '64, 1 Not on inuster-out roll.
Oct. 29, '64, 1 Not on muster-out roll.
Oet. 28, '64, 1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Not on muster-out roll.
Wies, Charles. do Oct. 26, '64, Woolston, Charles S .do Oct. 7, '64, 1 : Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. 1, Not on muster-out roll.
Wormald, George ... do
1. Not on muster-out roll.
1 Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Transferred to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865. Not on muster-out roll.
Died March 20, 1865-buried near railroad, City Point, Virginia.
-
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Smith, James .. do
Aug. 8, '64,
Sept. 21, '64,
Smith, John E
Aug, 17, '64,
6. '64,
Sept. 3, '64,
Aug. 27, '64,
May 19, '64,
Jan. 22, '64, 3
1
SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
T THE Sixty-First Regiment was originally recruited at Pittsburg, and was organized at Camp Copeland in August, 1861. Oliver H. Rippey, who had served as a private in the Mexican war, and as Lieutenant Colonel of the Seventh Regiment in the three months' service, was commissioned Colonel, and Frank P. Robinson, Lieutenant Colonel. The pressing demand of the government for troops, at this period, caused it to be ordered to the field with ranks only par- tially filled, and it proceeded to Washington, about six hundred strong, in less than a month from the time that recruiting commenced. It was first stationed at Camp Advance, south of the Potomac, and assisted in building Fort Lyon. During the succeeding winter it was consolidated into six companies, the origi- nal organizations having never been recruited to the minimum strength, no op- portunity having been given. Soon after taking the field, Lieutenant Colonel Robinson resigned. In February, 1862, it was ordered to report to General Buell, whose division was encamped near Bladensburg. Here, four companies under Major Spear, were transferred from Colonel Birney's Regiment, the Twenty-third, which had fifteen companies, to the Sixty-first, raising it to the full maximum strength. Major George C. Spear, of Philadelphia, was then commissioned Lieutenant Colonel, and George F. Smith, of Chester county, Major. The service here was comparatively light; drill and camp duties were regularly performed, the discipline was good, and the officers spent two hours daily in the study and discussion of tactics. The regiment was assigned to Graham's Brigade .*
On the 10th of March, the Sixty-first, fully officered, armed, and equipped, the men in excellent spirits and eager to meet the enemy, broke camp and marched towards Manassas. But the foe, having abandoned his fortifications, bad fled upon the approach of the Union Army, and the regiment returned to its old camp. Two weeks later it again broke camp and proceeded by trans- port to Fortress Monroe, arriving on the 30th. Sharing in the toils of the march to Yorktown, in common with the army, the regiment encamped before that place in the neighborhood of Warwick Creek, on the left of the line of investment. Upon the evacuation of the town, the pickets of the Sixty-first were the first to enter the deserted works in their front. Pushing immediately forward, Couch's Division was ordered to Williamsburg, and after a weary
*Organization of the First Brigade, Brigadier General L. P. Graham, First Division, Briga- dier General Don Carlos Buell, Fourth Corps, Major General E. D. 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 Volun- teers, (First Long Island, ) Colonel Julius W. Adams; Eighty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel David H. Williams; Sixty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col nel Oliver H. Rippey.
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SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
1862
march, through deep mud and a drenching rain, it arrived, on the evening of the 5th of May, upon the battle-field, but too late to have much part in the ac- tion. The advance up the Peninsula was soon after resumed, the only relief to its monotony being an occasional reconnoissance. One was made to Bottom's Bridge, over the Chickahominy, in which companies A, Captain Jacob Creps, and H, Captain Robert L. Orr, crossed to the right bank, the first troops over, and another in the direction of White Oak Swamp; but in each failed to meet the enemy. Finally, on the evening of the 30th. the regiment reached Seven Pines, and was immediately ordered to the right two miles, to Fair Oaks Station, where skirmishers were thrown out, who soon found the enemy, and companies G, Captain Crosby, and H, Captain Orr, were established upon the picket line. On the morning of the 31st the rain poured down in torrents until about half past nine, when it ceased, and the enemy attacked. The battle raged fiercely for nearly two hours on the left of the advance line, when, out-flanked and over-powered by the weight of numbers, it gave way, and the enemy struck Couch's Division holding the second line. "No field officer," says General Abercrombie, then in command of the brigade, "of the Sixty-first Pennsyl- vania is left to make out the report of that regiment. At twelve o'clock M, I. received notice to warn the men to fall in at a moment's notice. * * *
The position of the Thirty-first (Eighty-second) Pennsylvania, Colonel Williams, was near the railroad, upon the road leading from the station to Richmond ; that of the Sixty-first, Colonel Rippey, near the railroad leading from the depot to the Chickahominy. The duty assigned to these two regiments was to guard the crossing at the depot. I received orders at one o'clock to take position with the First Chasseurs, the Thirty-first, (Eighty-second,) and the Sixty-first Pennsylvania, and Brady's Battery of the First Pennsylvania Artillery, near the camp of the Thirty-first, to prevent the enemy from turning our right flank .. Shortly afterwards the Sixty-first was placed in position near the Twenty-third,- then already engaged. # The dead of the enemy on the por- # *
tion of the battle-field occupied by the First Long Island, the Twenty-third and Sixty-first Pennsylvania, are the proofs I have of the gallantry displayed by these regiments. The Sixty-first Pennsylvania mourn the loss of all their field officers, the Colonel killed, the Lieutenant Colonel and Major wounded and missing." At a little past two o'clock," says General Keyes in his official re- port, "I ordered Neill's Twenty-third, and Rippey's Sixty-first Pennsylvania. regiments to move to the support of Casey's right. Neill attacked the enemy twice with great gallantry. In the first attack the enemy were driven back. In the second attack, and under the immediate command of General Couch, these two regiments assailed a vastly superior force of the enemy, and fought with extraordinary bravery; though compelled at last to retire, they brought in thirty-five prisoners. Both regiments were badly cut up, Colonel Rippey of the Sixty-first and his Adjutant were killed; the Lieutenant Colonel and Major were wounded and are missing. The casualities in the Sixty-first amount to two hundred and sixty-three, and are heavier than in any other regiment in Couch's Division. * * The Sixty-first withdrew in detachments, some of which came again into action near my headquarters."* The loss fell heavily upon the Sixty-first. Eleven officers and two hundred and sixty-nine enlisted menwere either killed, wounded, or missing. Colonel Rippey, Captain Gerard,
*Moore's Rebellion Record, Vol. V, Docs. page, 77.
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1862
BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS.
and Lieutenants Moylan, Scott, Pollock, and Rhodes were among the killed, and Lieutenant Colonel Spear and Major Smith were wounded and taken prisoners.
Without a field officer, the remnant of the regiment, in command of Captain Robert L. Orr, fought in the second position until it was too dark to see the enemy. On the following day, the fighting was resumed by Sumner's Corps and the ground which had been lost was regained. The regiment remained in eamp, near the old battle ground, engaged in picket duty, participating in occasional skirmishes, until the night of June 28th, when it was ordered to the extreme right of the line, which had been attacked and beaten back to the Chickahominy, but arrived too late to be of much avail. At three o'clock A. M., of June 29th, it was ordered to start on the retreat from the Chickahominy to the James, the special duty assigned to the division being to open and to hold the roads leading to Charles City, which was accomplished after much fatigue, but with little loss. The pickets of the regiment were attacked at Charles City Cross Roads, by a force of cavalry, but which had seen no field service, and was quickly put to flight. Resuming the march, it reached the James River on the morning of the 30th of June. After two hours rest, it again moved inland, and participated in the action at Turkey Bend, preliminary to the sanguinary battle of Malvern Hill. The loss in the regiment here was but. slight. On the morning of July 1st, upon the opening of the final struggle of the campaign, it was again called into action, and during the entire day and until after dark it was hotly engaged; but, owing to fits sheltered position, suffered comparatively small loss, being but two officers and thirty-two men. Captain Dawson and Lieutenant Rhodes were among the wounded.
Taking up the line of march at one P. M. of the 2d, in the midst of a driv- ing rain, it reached Harrison's Landing on the following morning in a state of complete exhaustion. In the afternoon a ration of whisky was issued-a ration which will doubtless be long remembered by the men, who, from prostration, were in need of stimulants. On the morning of July 4th the army began to assume an organized form, and the Sixty-first was moved into position, near to the James River facing Malvern Hill, and ordered to build breast-works. The pioneers soon had the wilderness cleared, and in twenty-four hours a substan- tial work, of sufficient strength to withstand the action of artillery, was com- pleted. With the exception of a reconnoissance to the old battle ground at Malvern Hill, the regiment remained in camp at this place until the 16th of August, when orders were received to march, which were well understood to mean evacuate. The heavy material and the knapsacks of the men had pre- vionsly been shipped by transports, and, leaving without regret the scene of this severe but unfortunate campaign, the regiment proceeded through Charles City and Williamsburg to Yorktown. The division was here for some time engaged in levelling the old besieging works of the previous April. Rumors of Lee's northward march were now rife, and soon the division was ordered to move by transports to Alexandria where, upon its arrival, it received orders from General M'Clellan "to debark immediately and march to Centreville, where further orders would be given." At daylight of September 2d, the regi- ment marched to Chantilly, where the enemy under Jackson was reported to be in force, but arrived on the field too late to be engaged, and there, for the first time, got definite intelligence of the discomfiture of the Union Army at Bull Run, and of the death of Generals Kearney and Stevens in the severe
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battle of the previous evening. A retrograde movement was immediately commenced, and the division, acting as rear guard to a part of the army, was formed for battle three times in as many miles; but the sole purpose of the enemy seemed to be to delay, and not to engage the column. Crossing the Chain Bridge the regiment moved on the Maryland campaign, and was posted along the line of the Potomac for picket duty. Here it remained until the' morning of the 17th, when it joined the division, reaching the battle-field of Antietam on the evening of that day. Skirmishing at once opened, which was continued at intervals until the 20th, resulting in some loss, when it received orders to march with the division to Williamsport, where the enemy's cavalry was met and quickly put to flight.
On the 23d the regiment went into camp at Downsville, where it remained, with the exception of a short interval, in which it made an expedition up the Potomac to Hancock, until the 31st of October. In the meantime the Sixty- first, with the division, was assigned to the Sixth Corps, to which it remained attached until the close of its term of service, and during the period in which that corps won a reputation for valor unsurpassed by any in the army. Cross- ing the Potomac with the corps, it moved down the valley of Virginia to the neighborhood of Warrenton, remaining in the vicinity until the opening of the Fredericksburg campaign under Burnside. It was in the left Grand Division, under Franklin, in that ill-starred battle; but fortunately was only lightly en- gaged and suffered little loss. Upon the abandonment of the struggle it re- turned to camp on the left bank of the Rappahannock, where it remained, with 'the exception of a short interval while out upon the "Mud March," until the re-organization of the army under General Hooker.
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