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Sept. 23, 61,
3 Tr. to Co. K, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26, 1864. 3. Tr. to Co. C, Ilth regiment P. V .. Nov. 26, 1864. 3. Captured at Weldon R. R., Va., Aug. 19, 1864. . 3 Promoted from private company I-discharged September 30. 1864-expiration of terui.
Andrews. Benj.
Private Sept. 26. '63, 3 Drafted-deserted October, 1863.
Abbott. Edward do Sept. 26. 63. 3
Drafted-deserted May S. 1864.
inflebach, Seth ... do ..... Sept. 22, '63, 13 Drafted-captured May 5, 1864-died at Ander-
sonville, Ga,, August 9, 1864-grave, 5,119.
Tr. to Co. H, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26. 1864. Tr. to Co. I, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 20, 1864. Deserted May 26, 1862.
Warno, John
.do
July 29. '63,
Williams, John
.do
Sept. 25, '63. Aug.
7, '63, 3
Drafted-deserted March 1, 1864.
Welch, Thomas
do
White, Richard R ... do
Sept. 21. '61,
Not accounted for.
Weirsersen, Wm .do
Sept. 24. '61,
Sept. 17, '61, July 17, '63,
John T. Reilly.
.. do .....
Feb. 26, '62,
Sept. 17, 61. 3 3 Promoted to 2d Lieut. company G, Jan. 4, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.
Benj. H. Tyre .. .do ...
TARM-YEARS.|
3 Tr. to Co. E, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26, 1864 3 Tr. to Co. E, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26, 1864. 3 Deserted October 25, 1862.
Siner, William H
do
Sept. 17, '61,
Sept. 17, '61,
Drafted-deserted November 6. 1863.
183
THREE YEARS' SERVICE,
NAME.
BANK.
DATE OF MUSTEL INTO SBEVICE.
REMARKS.
Not accounted for.
Not accounted for.
Burke, Thomas
.do
Sept. 16, '63,
Brown, Charles
do
Sept. 16, '63,
Boston, William
do
Feb. 21, '62,
Brown, James. .. do
Nov. 22, '62, 3
Banker, Charles.
.do
Sept. 6, '63, 3
Bonsall, James S
.do
Sept. 17, '61,
3 Not accounted for.
Borgard, John A.
do
Dec. 31, '61,
Not accounted for. Not accounted for.
Bender, John
do
Jan.
2, '62,
Broadhead, John D do
Feb. 14, '62,
Custard, William do
Mar. 3, '62,
Tr. to Co. E, 11th reg. P. V., Nov. 26, 1864.
Cox, Lemuel B.
.do
Sept. 16, '63,
Cave, Bowen M
.do
Sept. 17, '61, Oct.
Not accounted for.
Chapman, Wm. H .. do
Oct. 23, '61,
Cunningham, Win .. .do
Dec.
13, '61,
Cribb, Thomas W. do
Feb. 12, '62,
3 Not accounted for.
Not accounted for.
Not accounted for.
Callis, Samuel.
do
Feb. 26, '62,
Danfield, Conrad.
do
July 15, '63, 3
Day, John ...
da
July 17, '63, Feb.
Duprey, Wm. S. .do
14, '62,
Dwyer, Michael do
Feb. 26, '62,
3
Devine, Michael. .. do
Feb.
8, '65, 3
Engles, George H ..
do
Dec. 9, '61, 3 Deserted December 24, 1861.
Faust, George.
do
July 16, '63, 3
Fredericks, Theo .. .do
Jan. 11, '62,
3
Finfrock, Henry .do
Nov. 12, '61,
3
Finn, Michael do July 29, '63, 3
Fergundus, Theo
do Aug. 27, '63, 3
Florey, George .. .do Nov. 12, '61, 3
Fratchley, Franklin
do
Feb. 24, '62,
3
Getty, Henry W.
.. do
July 28, '63,
3
Gardner, James H ..
.. do
Aug. 17, '63, 3
Drafted - transferred to company K, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864.
3 Not accounted for.
Transferred to company A, April 30, 1862.
Hinkle, William .... .do
Aug. 11, '63, 3
Harkness, Samuel .. do
Feb. 25, '62. Jan. 11, '62,
3
Howard, Joseph ...
.do
Dec. 30, '61,
3
Drafted-deserted September 5, 1863.
3 Not accounted for.
Houser, Jos. M.
.do
Oct. 17, '61, Jan. 11, '62, 3
Not accounted for.
Hunt, John H. B.
do
Feb. 17, 162,
3
Not accounted for.
Not accounted for.
Captured August 18, 1864-disch Oct. 2, 1865.
Insco, James W
do
July 15, '63,
3
Jones, William
.do
July 15, '03. 3
Jackaway, Samuel ..
do .do
Feb. 24, '62. Jan. 24, '02, July 15, 63,
3
Drafted-deserted September 6, 1863.
Kimble, Thos. S.
Labar, Lewis T.
do do do .do
Sept. 9, '63, 3
Drafted - transferred to company K, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864.
Lockery, John ..
Lugar, George W
do .. do .. do
Feb. 21, '62. Nov. 12. '61, Dec. 24, '61, 3
3 Not accounted for.
Wd. at Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862-not accounted for.
Not accounted for.
Transferred to company I-date unknown.
Loque, John ..
Mills, John .. do
Jan. 24, '62, Feb. 25, '62. Aug. 7, '63,
TERM-YEARS | 333 3333333333 3 3
Ackley, Theodore ... Alderman, Robert.
Private
do
Oct. 25, '61, Feb. 25, '62,
Drafted-transferred to company H, 11th regi- ment P. V .. November 26, 1864.
Draft'd-capt'd at Weldon R. R., Va., Aug. 19, '64. Deserted January 4, 1862. Deserted November 25, 1862.
Drafted-deserted October, 1863.
Drafted-transferred to company K, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864.
Not accounted for.
Carson, Thomas .do
2, '61,
3 Not accounted for.
Promoted to Cor. company I-date unknown.
Cribb, George R .do
Feb. 12, '62,
Courtright, Wm do
Feb. 24, '62,
Not accounted for.
Drafted -transferred to company D, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864. Drafted-deserted May 27, 1864.
Not accounted for.
Not accounted for.
Transferred to Co. H, 11th regiment P. V.
Drafted-transferred to conipany K, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864.
Tr. to Co. F, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26, 1864. Deserted September, 1862.
Drafted-deserted September 6, 1863.
Drafted-deserted October, 1863.
Died at Alexandria, Va., June 9, 1862-grave, 43. Not accounted for.
Draftei-transferred to company K, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864.
Gardner, Thos. H.
.do
Gregory, Wm. E.
do
Sept. 17, '61, Feb. 25, '62. 3
3
Tr. to Co. G, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26, 1864. Tr. to Co. K, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26, 1864. Deserted July, 1863.
Hill, John ... .do
Aug. 7, '63, 3
Hanley, Thomas do Feb. 25, '62,
3
Drafted - transferred to company K, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864.
Tr. to Co. K, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26, 1864. 3
Kintner, William
Deserted August, 1862.
Keating, Morris
.. do
3 Drafted-deserted September 5, 1863.
Kenny, James
3 Discharged November 19, 1864.
Tr. to Co. A. 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26, 1864.
Large, William G ...
Lunders, Herman ...
.do
July 29, 63. Oct. 6, '62. Jan. 11, 62, Nov. 12, 61, 3 Wd., with loss of leg, April 23, 1863-tr. to Co. K, 11th reginient P. V., Nov. 26, 1864.
3 Deserted September, 1862.
Lunge, Levi
Lawrence, Theo. H ... do .. do
Drafted-transferred to company K, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1804.
.do
Hewitt, William. do
Drafted - transferred to company K, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864.
Houser. Horace B
333333333
Not accounted for.
184
NINETIETH REGIMENT,
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Miller, Andrew
Private
Sept. 17, '63,
Drafted-transferred to company K, 11th regi- ment P. V., Noveniber 26, 1864.
Majorette, Samuel ..
.do
Sept. 26, '63,
Drafted-transferred to company D, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864.
Myers, William A .. .do
Sept. 29, '62, 3 Deserted December 8, 1862.
Maguire. Thomas
.do
July 29, '63,
3
Drafted-deserted September 6, 1863.
Martin, James,
.do
Aug. 7, '63, 3 Drafted-deserted September 5, 1863.
Murray, James
do
Sept. 26, '63,
Mahoney, John .. do
Sept. 26, '63,
3
Drafted-deserted November 19, 1863.
Miller, Samuel R. .do
do
Oct. 29. '61,
3
3
Transferred to Regimen'l Band-date unknown. Not accounted for.
Mayberry, Chas. M Miller, Thomas
do
Jan. 29, '62,
3 Not accounted for.
Miley, Albert M.
.do
Feb. 19, '62.
3
Not accounted for.
M'Crudden, John. do
Feb. 21, '62,
3
Deserted January 4, 1862.
M'Cann, John ...
do
July 29,
'63,
3
Drafted-deserted September 5, 1863.
M'Clain, Thomas
.do
Dec. 10, '61,
3
M'Elhaney, Sam'l.
do
Feb. 25, '62,
3
Nightingale, J. H ... do
July 15, '63,
3
Nienhouse, Peter.
.do
May 28, '62,
Ott, Henry ..
do
Mar. 29, '62,
3
O'Neil, John do
Aug. 7, '63,
3
Pancoast, Josiah do
Sept. 17, '61, 3 Discharged February 27, 1864.
Paul, William K .. .do
Oct. 16, '61,
3
Piffer, George do
Dec. 7, '61,
Pancoast, James. do
Dec. 21, '61,
Parr, Sam'l B .do
Jan. 30, '62,
Reed, George W. .do
Sept. 28, '62,
3
Roberts, John .. .do
Aug. 7, '63, 3
Reynolds, Frank. do July 29, '63, 3
Reilly, Samuel do
Sept. 23, '63, Dec. 9.'61.
3
Rose. John.
do
Feb. 13, '62. 3
Savidge, George.
do
Nov. 25, '61, 3
Simon, John
do
Dec. 2, '61,
3
Smith, Kline.
do
Nov. 26, '61, 3
Smith, Sebastian .. do
JuNy 13, '63,
3
Snodgrass, Jas. S. do
Dec. 3, '61, 3
Shady. John do
Nov. 26, '61,
Staples, John W. do Dec. 3, 61,
Salter, Johu H. do Mar. 3, '62,
Schenck, Charles
do
Aug. 8, '63, 3
Simmons, Chas. F .. do
Sept. 17, '61, 3
Soord, John do
Oct. 4, '61, 3
Sergeant, John A .. do
Oct. 21, '61.
3 3
Schartle. Jacob. do Nov. 26, '61,
Sheets, Samuel do
Dec. 24, '61, 3
Scott, John do
July 29, '63, 3
Transue, Uriah
do
Jan. 11, '62. 3
Thompson, John
do
Aug. 7, '63, Sept. 22, '65, 3
Drafted-prisoner from October 14, 1863, to Nov. 20, 1864-discharged July 18, 1865.
Drafted-deserted October 14, 1863.
Truet, John B.
.do
Dec. 28. '61, July 29, '65, 3
Weaver, George ..
.do
Sept. 25, '63, 3
Walters, John .. do
Feb. 21, '62, 3
3
Wentzel, Louis .do
3 Deserted April 19, 1863.
Deserted November 25, 1862.
Whalen, James.
.do
July 24, '63, 3
Drafted-captured October, 1863-died at Rich- Inond, Va., January 17, 1864.
White, Edward. .do ...
July 22, '63, 13 Drafted-deserted September 6, 1863.
Williams, Alex. .do
Aug. 7, '63. 3
Drafted-deserted September 5, 1863. Drafted-deserted September 5. 1863.
Williamson, H. .do Aug. 7. '63, Sept. 22, '63, 3
Drafted-deserted October, 1863.
White, William do ... Webb, John C .. do Sept. 17, '61, 3 Not accounted for. ....
Not accounted for.
3 Not accounted for.
3 Not accounted for.
3 Not accounted for.
Tr. to Co. D, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26, 1864. Drafted-transferred to company K, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864.
Drafted-deserted September 6, 1863.
Drafted-deserted November 14, 1863.
Transferred to company I-date unknown.
Drowned at Acquia Creek, Va., May. 1862.
Tr. to Co. K, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26, 1864. Wounded at Antietam, Md .. Sept. 17, 1862-tr. to company K, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26, 1864. Tr. to Co. H, 11th reg. P. V., Nov. 26, 1864-Vet. Drafted-transferred to company K, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864.
Tr. to Co. E, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26, 1864.
3 Deserted May, 1862.
3 Deserted May 27. 1862.
Deserted March 8, 1863.
Drafted-deserted September 5, 1863.
Discharged-expiration of term. Discharged-expiration of term.
Not accounted for.
Transferred to Regiment'l Band-date unknown. Not accounted for.
Drafted-captured at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864-discharged September 22, 1865.
Tr. to company A, 11th reg. P. V., Nov. 26, 1864. Drafted-deserted September 5, 1863.
3
Torry, Robert .. do
Thompson, John. .do
Sept. 26, '63, 3 3 Not accounted for.
Drafted-transferred to company K, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864.
Drafted-transferred to company K, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864. Tr. to Co. K, 11th regiment P. V., Nov. 26, 186-1. Deserted June 4, 1862.
Williams, William .do
Feb. 24, '62, Mar. 19, '62. Nov. 22, 62, 3
3
Rosenthall, A .. do
do
Oct 15, '61,
3
Killed at Fitz Hugh House, Va., April 28, 1863. Not accounted for.
Magee, James. Miller, Wm. R. do
Nov. 26, '61, Jan. 6, '62,
3
Transferred to company I-date unknown. . Not accounted for.
Drafted-transferred to company K, 11th regi- ment P. V., November 26, 1864.
3 Deserted October, 1862.
Transferred to Co. F. 11th reg. P. V., Nov. 26, '64. Drafted-deserted September 6, 1863.
3 Drafted-deserted October, 1863.
TERM-YEARS.33
3
Walter, John .do
Watts, Edward. do
-
185
THREE YEAR'S SERVICE.
--
NAME.
BANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARK3.
Wollenweber, L. A
Private!
Oct. 28, '61, 3 3
Wood, William A ..
do
Dec. 14, '61,
Wasson, John
.do
Feb. 21, '62,
Wier, James.
.do
Feb. 24, '62, 3 Discharged-expiration of term.
Wilson, Edward.
.do
Aug. 22, '63, ( 3)
Drafted-discharged by G. O., June 5, 1865.
UNASSIGNED MEN.
Dantrechy, Paul C| Private Aug. 16, '64,
Shultz, Charles
.do
Jan. 19, '65, 1
1
Discharged by General Order, May 23, 1865. Not accounted for.
TERM -YEARS. |
Died Jan. 6. 1863-bu. in Mil. Asy. Cem .. D. C. Transferred to company I-date unknown.
3 Not accounted for.
NINETY-FIRST REGIMENT.
T THE Ninety-first Regiment was recruited under Edgar M. Gregory, in com- pliance with an order of the War Department, during the fall of 1861, in the city of Philadelphia. In October, a force then being recruited by Ed- ward E. Wallace was consolidated with it. The rendezvous was Camp Chase, at Gray's Ferry, on the Schuylkill, near the city. The command was mustered into service on the 4th of December, and the regimental organization was effected by the choice of the following field officers: Edgar M. Gregory, Colonel; Edward E. Wallace, Lieutenant Colonel ; George W. Todd, Major.
On the 21st of January, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Washington, and upon its arrival went into camp three miles from the city, on the Bladens- burg Road. Drill which had been regularly practiced at Camp Chase was- resumed, and schools for officers, under the immediate direction of Lieutenant Colonel Wallace and Major Todd, were established. On the 28th of February, companies A and E were ordered to duty in the city, A at the old capital prison, and E for patrol. On the 19th of March, company G was stationed at Long Bridge, company D at the Central guard house, and the balance of the regiment was quartered at Franklin Square Barracks. On the 27th of April the regiment was ordered to Alexandria, where it relieved the Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania, and was quartered in various parts of the city for provost duty, Colonel Gregory acting Military Governor, and Captain Joseph H. Sinex, Provost Marshal of the town.
The regiment remained on duty at Alexandria until the 21st of August, when it was relieved by the Ninety-fourth New York, and ordered to duty with the First Brigade,* Second Division, Fifth Corps, then on its way from the Peninsula to join General Pope's Army, and encamped near Cloud's Mills, Virginia. Remaining in camp until the 28th, it was detailed to escort a train of eighty-seven wagons to Fairfax Court House, and had proceeded as far as Annandale, when it was ordered back to camp. On the evening of the 29th it was marched back to Fort Ellsworth, remaining that night and the follow- ing day, and on the morning of the 1st of September was moved to Fort Stevenson and encamped, on the 12th to Columbia College, and on the 15th started on the Maryland Campaign, arriving at Antietam on the morning of the 18th, after a tedious march, having been on duty the greater part of the time along the Monocacy Creek. Until the 16th of October it remained in
*Organization of the First Brigade, General E. B. Tyler; Third Division, General A. A. Humphreys; Fifth Corps, General Fitz John Porter ; Ninety-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel Edgar M. Gregory ; One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, James G. Elder; One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Jacob G. Frick; Ono Hundred aud Twenty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Vol- unteers, Colonel Matthew S. Quay.
187
1862
BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG.
camp in Maryland, when the Third Division, with a part of the Second, crossed the Potomac, and proceeded on a reconnaissance up the valley. At Shepherds- town the enemy was encountered in some force, and a spirited skirmish en- sued, in which his forces were driven across the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which had been destroyed. As the column retired the rebels followed closely, and at Shepherdstown it was ordered to about face and meet them ; but they retired without risking an engagement, and the command returned to camp.
On the 30th of October the army broke camp and moved to Warrenton, when M'Clellan was superseded by Burnside, and the army was re-organized, General Hooker being assigned to the centre grand division, composed of the Third and Fifth Corps. About the middle of November the division marched towards Falmouth, encamping at Stoneman's Switch, and remaining until the 11th of December, when it marched up to the Phillips House, the men laying on their arms until the morning of the 13th, the battle of Fredericksburg about to open. At nine o'clock it crossed the river, and after marching up through the town the regiment was formed to support a battery of the Second Corps in position behind the stone enclosure of a grave-yard, just outside the town. After remaining in this position for some time, it was ordered out, and moving at double-quick was thrown into line on the Fredericksburg Road, the right resting at the tan-yard. It was here exposed to a hot fire of artillery, in which Lieutenant George Murphy and three men were killed, and Major Todd, a valuable officer, received a mortal wound. At five P. M. the regiment was ordered to join in the charge upon the enemy's lines, well protected by the famous stone wall. Says a correspondent of Harper's Weekly: "Hum- phreys' Division of Butterfield's Corps was resting on its arms in the streets of Fredericksburg. General Butterfield sent an order to move it to the front. Simultaneously General Hooker ordered Hazard and Frank to take their bat- teries to the crest, which our infantry had made their fighting line all the day long, to open rapidly and concentrate their fire on a certain point in the stone wall. This was a perilous undertaking, but it was executed in a most gallant manner. Hazard was at once in position, though losing sixteen men and eighteen horses before he fairly began. Frank followed and took up a po- sition farther to the left on the same line; and then both batteries opened with shell and solid shot, at a range of only two hundred and seventy-five yards. While the cannonading was going on, Humphreys, at the head of Allabaugh's Brigade, had crossed the mill-race and was forming his men be- hind the crest ready for the charge, and Tyler's First Brigade was following closely after, ready to support. The line was formed and the column moved gallantly forward, reached the line of battle, passed fifty yards beyond, when a deadly fire from behind the stone wall caused it to falter, and finally to fall back, re-formning under the crest from which it started. Humphreys and staff and many other field officers were dismounted in this charge, their horses being killed, while the brigade lost five hundred men in fifteen minutes. Now there was but one more chance. Tyler's Brigade had come up, and notwith- starding the turmoil, General Humphreys had succeeded in forming it in gal- lant style. The only hope now was with the bayonet. The men were ordered not to fire. Then with great exertions the batteries on the crest were per- suaded to cease firing while the charge was being made. The officers were ordered to the front, and the brigade, led by Generals Humphreys and Tyler, moved forward with a cheer. They reached the little rise in the ground within
188
NINETY-FIRST REGIMENT.
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eighty yards of the stone wall, where line after line of our men lay flat on the ground. They began to move over the living mass, when suddenly the pros- trate men cried out, 'don't go there, 'tis certain death,' and rising began to impede the progress of the column, and by protestations of every nature im- plored the men not to go forward. Then the crisis came. The division was fighting its maiden battle. Older troops than they quailed before the murderous volleys now making great gaps through their ranks. The head of the charging column was enveloped in a sheet of living flame ; the hideous shells were burst- ing all around and in their midst ; the men began to load and fire; the mo- mentum of the charge was gone; the column began to retire slowly, falling back to its place of formation. This was the forlorn hope of the day, and this was what it did : it demonstrated the strength of the enemy's position ; demon- strated that the bravest troops in the world could not stem the torrent of fire which poured into that fatal place." The regiment lost in the charge two offi- cers and cighty-seven men. At eight o'clock P. M. it was withdrawn and taken back into town; but at mid-night was again led to the front to protect the re- moval of the wounded. At day-break it returned to town, remaining until the evening of the 15th, when it was ordered to the right to protect working parties engaged in throwing up carthworks. A few hours later it was moved to the left, relieving a portion of the Sixth Corps, the pickets being posted along the Richmond Railroad. During the night the army was withdrawn across the river. At day-break the pickets of the regiment were called in, and moving at double quick through the town passed over, among the last troops to leave the hostile shore.
Upon the resignation of Lieutenant Colonel Wallace, Captain Joseph H. Sinex was promoted to succeed him, and Captain John D. Lentz to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Major Todd. Until the 20th of January, 1863, the regiment rested in camp, its chief duty picketing the rear line, and then set out on Burnside's Mud Campaign, marching in the direction of Banks' Ford. For several days it was employed in building corduroy roads and as- sisting to move the artillery and trains, and upon the abandonment of the movement returned to camp. On the 13th of April the right wing under com- mand of Colonel Gregory was ordered to United States Ford, and the left under Lieutenant Colonel Sinex, to Banks' Ford, to picket the crossings and the approaches. The Assistant Surgcon, one Sergeant, and four men of the right wing were captured, the former being speedily released, but with the loss of his horse and side-arms. Remaining until the 25th, it was relieved by the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania, and returned to camp.
On the 28th, the Fifth, together with the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps, started on the Chancellorsville campaign, the Fifth crossing at Kelly's and Ely's Fords, and reaching the Chancellor House at one o'clock on the morning of the 1st of May. Resting until noon it marched, left in front, down the road leading to Banks' Ford; but the division of regulars under Sykes becoming heavily engaged, the Third Division was countermarched and put upon the road leading to Richardson's Ford. It was formed in line on the right of the road, the left of the division resting on the river, and ordered to entrench. All day of the 2d it was kept busy throwing up earthworks, a heavy linc of skirmishers well out upon the front. At six o'clock on the morning of the 3d it was re- lieved by the Eleventh Corps, and was again taken up to the Chancellor Housc. At nine o'clock the division was thrown forward into a wood with
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thick underbrush. Advancing in line it struck the rebel skirmishers and drove them in; but soon came upon his main line, when the firing became earnest. Until near noon the fighting was severc, when the ammunition of the infantry having been exhausted, and repeated calls for more being un- answered, the line was forced to retire to the breast-works. The dead and most of the wounded were left upon the field. To screen his movements, the enemy set the forest on fire where they lay, and many perished miserably in the flames. The enemy followed up and had reached the edge of the wood just in front of the works, when the batteries opened on him a murderous fire, causing him to recoil. The regiment was then taken back and posted in the forks of the Chancellorsville and United States Ford roads. Here it re- mained until noon of the 4th, when it was moved to the rear, and ordered to throw up a new line of works. At night it again moved out to the front, and was formed in line to cover the retreat. At midnight it fell back to the forti- fied line, and a little before morning re-crossed the river, and returned to its old camp. Captain Theodore H. Parsons and Lieutenant George Black were mortally wounded. Colonel Gregory received a wound in the leg, and Lieu- tenant Colonel Sinex was dismounted.
At the conclusion of the campaign all but two of the regiments in the bri- gade were mustered out of service, and the Ninety-first was transferred to the Third Brigade, Colonel O'Rouke, Second Division, General Sykes. On the 28th of May the regiment was ordered to Stoneman's Switch, where it re- lieved the Thirty-Second Massachusetts, and was employed in guarding the railroad from the station to Potomac Bridge. On the 4th of June it was transferred to United States Ford, relieving the cavalry, and on the 9th fell back to Mount Holly Church, and thence to Catlett's Station. Here General Weed was assigned to the command of the brigade, and the march towards Gettysburg was resumed, the weather very hot, the men suffering much on the way, many of them being shoeless, and passed through Manassas Junction, Gum Spring, and Aldie, where it turned aside to support cavalry, crossed the Potomac at Edwards' Ferry, and arriving at Frederick City, rested until the 2Sth. In the meantime General Meade had taken command of the army, General Sykes succeeding him in command of the corps, and Gen- eral Ayers of the division. Resuming the march, it arrived on the evening of the 1st of July at Hanover, where it halted for the night; but at eight in the evening it was ordered into line, and marched on rapidly towards the battle-field. At midnight the column was halted, and the men lay down in the road resting as best they could until four in the morning, when the march was resumed, and upon arriving on the ground, was thrown into position on the right of the line of battle, remaining about an hour, Captain Hall, of com- pany E, receiving a severe wound while here. It was then moved to a posi- tion in support of the left centre. At two P. M. the brigade was ordered to move at double-quick to Little Round Top, to the relief of a part of the Third Corps, which had been hard pressed and was being driven. "Our brigade," says Colonel Sellers, "marched up one side of Little Round Top, as the rebels charged up the other, and was thrown into line to mect them. Our regiment was ordered at the same time to move at double-quick to the right, to support Battery I, of the Fifth United States, but had barely got to the place when we were about-faced and marched back to Little Round Top, and thrown into line in front of Battery D, of the Fifth United States, at once opening a brisk
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