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Kramer, John ..
.do
Sept. 11, '61, 3
Kessler, Gotthold.
do
Sept. 10, '61,
3
Kœstol, Charles.
do
Sept. 11, '61,
3
Klingenberger. C ...
Aug. 17, '64, 1
Kammery, William
.do
Sept. 15, '64.
1
Knox. Robert. cio
Mar.
6, 65, 1
Krochel. Wendel.
.do
Mar. 6, 65, 1
Kneer, Samuel
.. do
Mar. Sept.
7, '61,
3
Kramer, Henry .. do
Leutzinger. Rud'h .. do
Aug.
1. '64,
1
Lausser. Jacob. .. do
Ang.
.62.
3
1 1
Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. 1 |Discharged by General Order, June 23. 1865. Died at Washington, D. C., Dec. 15. 1862. Died at Philadelphia, Pa., March 26. 1864.
3 Discharged Sept. 11. 1864-expiration of termn. 3 Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Transferred to Regimental Band, Oct. 1, 1861. 1 Transferred to company E. October 1, 1861. Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865-Vet. 3 Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Va .. July 1. 1862- discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 5. '62. 1 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 29, '65. Discharged Sept. 11, 1864-expiration of term. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 20, '65. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1S65. Deserted May 1, 1863.
3 Prisoner from August 6, 1864, to May 1, 1865- mustered out with company. June 29, '65-Vet. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate. Aug. 9, '62. Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 6. 1864-dis- charged Sept. 11, 1864-expiration of term. 1 Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864- discharged by General Order. June 20, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Aug. 1. '62. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Des. July 16, 64-ret. - disch. - date unknown. Transferred to company D, October 1, 1861. Promoted to Sgt. company I, Nov. 1, 1862. Wounded at Fort Stevens, D. C., July 12, '64- killed at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864. Died at New York. Aug. 3, of wounds received at Malvern Hill. Va., July 1, 1862.
Mustered out with company, June 29. 1865-Vet. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 1, 62. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 1. '62. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Oct. 17. '63. Discharged Sept. 11, 1864-expiration of term. Discharged-date unknown.
Discharged by General Order, June 23. IS65. Discharged by General Order. June 23. 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23. 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23. 1865. Transferred to company D. October 1, 1861. Dropped from the rolls-date unknown.
Died at Alexandria. Va .. June 17. of wounds re- ceived at Spottsylvania C. H., May 9, 1864. Deserted December 15. 1862.
S Deserted September 12, 1862.
Discharged by General Order. June 23. 1865. Mustered out with company. June 29. 1865-Vet. Discharged by General Order, June 12, 1805. Mustered out with company, June 29. 1865. Mustered out with company, June 29. 1865. Des .- ret .- mus. out with Co., June 29. 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July 31. '62. Discharged Dec. 26, for wounds received at Mal- vern Hill, Va., July 1. 1862.
Discharged Sept. 11, 1864-expiration of terin. Discharged by General Order, June 20. 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 20, 1365. Discharged by General Order. June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Died at Patrick Station. Va., Jan. 13. 1865-Vet. Substitute-mustered out with Co., June 29. 65. Drafted-inustered out with Co., June 29. 1865. Discharged by General Order. June 20. 1865.
1 Mar. 6, '65, [ 11 Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865.
Loui, Peter
do
Mar. Mar.
6, '65, 6, '65.
1
3
3 3
Kammerer, Chas .do
Mar. 8. '64,
6, '65, 1
Long, William M. .do
Mar. 15, '65,
TERM-YEARS.
3
3
Haas. John do
Hartner, Joseph
504
NINETY-EIGHTH REGIMENT,
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OP MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
. Ludwig, George ....
Private
Mar. 6, '65, 1
Little. Lafayette.
.do
Mar.
6, 65,
1
Lutz, Simon .
.. do ...
Oct.
8, '62,
Manner, Faul ..
do
Mar. 10, '64,
Mutchler. John ......
do
Mar. 2, '65, 1
Mossler, Frederick
do
Sept.
9, '61.
Messberger. Bene't
do
Sept.
7, '61,
Mann, Christopher
.do
Sept.
12, '61.
3
Meng, George ...
do
Sept. 11, '61,
Mars, Lewis ..
do
Sept. 17, '61,
Matz, John
do ...
Aug. 22, '61,
.
Marso, Nicholas do
Mar. 6, '65,
1
Mangold, Frank .do
Mar.
6, 65,
Myers. Lorenz. do
Mar.
6, '65, 1
Myers, Anthony do
do
Mar.
6, '65,
1
Mack, George
do
Sept. 10, '61, 3
Moll, Jacob
do
Aug.
6, '64,
3
Metschel, Joseph M .do
Mar. 16, '64, 3
May, Tiber
.do
Sept. 12, '61,
3
Molz, John G
do
Feb. 21, '64, 3
Messer, William.
do
Aug. 20, '62,
3
Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, '64-died at City Point, Va., Jupe 30, 1864.
Merkle, George .. ..
do
Sept. 9, '61, 3
Mooney, Richard R
.. do
Feb. 26, '64,
3
Maier, Frederick do
Deserted July 19, 1862.
Mang, Frederick. .do
Sept. 9, '61,
Maier, Henry .do
Mar. 12, '64,
-
Deserted March 24, 1864.
Mansfield, Charles .. ... do
Mar. 12, '64,
M'Intire, John.
do
Newinan, August.
do
Noon, William. .do
Sept. 10, '61,
Nellis, Matthias
.. do
Newman, Frank
.. do
Ott, John
.do
Mar. 6, '65,
Pohnet, John
.. do
Sept. 9, '61,
Riemer, Ehrhardt ..
.. do
Sept. 11, '61,
Roppel, Casper
do
Oct. 22, '62, 3
Reir, George.
Dec. 20, '64,
Reinhardt,
do do do
Sept. 10, '64,
Runser, Frederick
do
Mar.
6, '65, 1
Roup, Joseph
do
Mar. 6, '65, 1
Rockwell, Powell.
do
Mar.
6, '65, 1
Ripert, Jacob.
do
Aug. 1], 162. 3
Roppel, Jacob. .do
Oct. 22. .62.
3
Regensberger, Jno ..
do
Feb. 17,
164.
3
Schiple, John
do
Sept. 9, '61, 3
Schaug, Anton
do
Sept. 7, '61,
3
Scheibe, Frederick
do
Sept. 10, '61, 3
Shires, Daniel
.do
Feb. 21, '64, 3 3
Sautter, Jacob.
.do
Sept. 10, '61,
Smith, Joseph
Aug. 17, '64, 1
Simon. Jacob
cio.
Mar.
6, '65, 1
Stough, Samuel cio Mar. 6, '65, 1
Smith, Christian cio Mar. 6, 65. 1
Strong, Stephen.
Mar. 6. '65, 1
Sherman, Myron .do
Mar.
6, '65. 1
Sherman, John
Mar. 6, '65, 1
Stiles, George. .. do
Oct. 1, '62,
Seahouse, Charles ..
... do
Sept. 11, '61,
3
Schmitzler, Josepb
... do
Feb. 23, '64,
3
Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 4, 1864- killed at Fort Stevens. D. C., July 12. '64-Vet. Died at Washington, July 22, of wounds received at Fort Stevens, D. C., July 12, 1864.
Schmid, Alois. .do
Sept. 12, '61, 3 Deserted October 1, 1861.
Stachle, William. .do Sept. 11, '61, 3 / Deserted April 14, 1863.
TERM-YEARS !
Discharged oy General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, July 20, 1865. Deserted March 24, 1864.
3 Discharged by General Order, June 2, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865.
3 3 Dischargedi on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 7, '63. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Aug. 11, '62. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate. Dec. 18, '62. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. S, '63. Discharged Sept. 11. 1864-expiration of term. Wd. at Malvern Hill, July 1. 1862, and at Fish- er's Hill, Va., Sept. 22, 1864- discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. 3, 1865-Vet. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Transferred to company H, Oct. 1, 1861.
Substitute-tr. to 107th reg. P. V., June 26, 1865. Wd. and mis. at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864. Wd. and mis. at Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862. Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864.
Killed at Fort Stevens, D. C., July 12, 1864-bu. in National Cemetery, Arlington, Va .- Vet. Wd. at Cold Harbor, June 4. 1864-killed at Ce- dar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864- buried in Na- tional Cemetery, Winchester, lot 25.
Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864-de- serted December 12, 1864.
Sept. 12, '61, 3 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Apr. 12, '63. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 23, 63. Sept. 10, '61, 3 Mar. 6. '65, 1 3 Feb. 19, '64, Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 24, '63. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Deserted March 24, 1864.
1 Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865.
3 Deserted June 28, 1863.
3 Mustered out with company, June 29, '65-Vet. Deserted-returned-absent at muster out. 1 Drafted-mustered out with Co., June 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865. : 1 Discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Transferred to 2d reg. U. S. Art'y, Nov. 10, '62. Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Feb. 15, '64. Deserted March 24. 1864.
Mustered out with company, June 29, '65-Vet. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, May 1, 62. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 4, '63. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 4, '64-dis charged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 30, 1864. Discharged-date unknown.
Discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23. 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863- dropped from the rolls-date unknown.
Rauch, Frederick ..
Deserted May 1, 1863.
Deserted March 24, 1864.
Maringh. de Adrian .. do
Mar. 12, '64,
Mar. 6, 65, 1
Motz, Peter
...
505
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Seif. John ...
Private
July 27, '64,
Not on muster-out roll.
Taylor. William G ..
.. do
Sept. 10, '61,
Tage, Gustavus.
do
Mar. 6, '65,
Ulmer, Gottfried ...
.40
Dec. 27, '61,
3 Transferred to V. R. C., December 18. 1865.
Vollmer, Valentine
.. do
Sept. 12, '61,
Volk, Christian .....
do
Sept. 12, -61, 3
Vollmer, Henry
do
Nov. 21, '61,
Weingartner, Fr ..
.. do
Sept. 9, '61,
3
Weigner, Milton. do
Sept. 28, '61.
3
Weissbrodt, Eman'l do
Sept. 9. '61,
3
West, Jacob .do
Sept. 10, '61,
Wine, Jacob. do
Sept. 9, '61.
Wurster, Christian ... do
Mar. 7, '64, 3
Wurster, Philip. .do
Ang. 31, '64, 1
Wagner, Andrew do
Mar. 6, :65,
1
Withman, Nicholas .do Mar. 6, '65, 1
Wetzel, Leopold .. .do Sept. 9, '61, 3
Warnock. Richard .. .. do Mar. 4, '64, 3 Deserted March 24, 1804.
Young, John G .do
Sept. 12, '61,
3
Zang, Nicholas. do Feb. 15, '65,
1
Ziegler, Charles. do
Mar.
6, '65,
1
Zienle, Moritz.
do
Mar.
6, '65, 1
Trausferred to 2d reg. U. S. Art., Nov. 10, 1862. Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865. Substitute-mustered out with Co., June 29, '65. Discharged by G. O., June 23, 1865.
UNASSIGNED MEN.
Henry. James
3 Not accounted for.
Kaiser, Bernard
Private Feb. 19, '64, do Jan. Feb.
25, '64, 3
Not accounted for.
Moready, Merrill
... do
7, '65, 1 Not accounted for.
TERM-YEARS.
3 Disch. on Surgeon's certificate, June 24, 1863. 1 Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865.
3 Discharged On Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 30, '62. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate. Dec. 26, '62. 3 Died at Tenallytown, D. C., March 23, 1862.
Wounded at Gaines' Mill. Va., June 27, 1862, and at Fort Stevens. D. C., July 11, 1864-ab- sent at muster out-Vet.
Mustered out with company, June 29, 1865-Vet. Disch. on Surgeon's certificate, July 31, 1862.
3 Discharged Sept. 11, 1864 -- expiration of term. Discharged Sept. 11, 1864-expiration of term. Wounded at Fort Stevens, D. C., July 12, 1864- discharged May 26, 1865.
Discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865. Discharged by General Order. June 23, 1865. Discharged by General Order. June 23, 1865. Killed at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862.
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NINETY-NINTH REGIMENT.
THIS regiment was recruited through the agency of Thomas W. Sweeney and William P. Seymour, who had received the requisite authority from the War Department, under date of July 20th, 1861, with the title of the Thir- ty-second Regiment. On the 8th of August, when only three companies had been recruited and mustered in, it was ordered to Washington, under the com- mand of Romaine Lujeane, an Italian, who had been recommended for the position of Colonel by Messrs. Sweeney and Seymour, he being supposed to possess superior military experience. After remaining a few weeks in the city, the three companies were ordered to join General Jameson's Brigade, of Heint- zelman's Division, in camp near Alexandria. Additional companies were re cruited and sent forward from Philadelphia, from time to time, and in Feb- ruary, 1862, two companies from the Sixty-sixth Regiment, at that time dis- banded, were assigned to it, bringing it up to the full strength of a regiment. The men were almost exclusively from the city of Philadelphia, and many of them had served in the three months' campaign, in the Twenty-second Regi- ment.
On the 7th of November, 1861, Romaine Lujeane, who had been mustered as Lieutenant Colonel, resigned, and Thomas W. Sweeney was commissioned Colonel; William P. Seymour, Lieutenant Colonel; and Asher S. Leidy, Major. While in camp near Alexandria, it was engaged in building forts, and in drill and picket duty. On the 19th of February it was ordered back to Washing- ton, and was assigned to garrison duty. It went into camp near Burning Bridge, and garrisoned Forts Mahon, Meigs, Davis, and Baker. Colonel Swee- ney, who had resigned towards the close of January, was succeeded by Peter Fritz, and Lieutenant Colonel Seymour, who had also resigned, by Major Leidy, Captain Henry A. Read being appointed Major. The number was also changed from the Thirty-second to the Ninety-ninth.
On the 3d of April, by General Order from Headquarters of the Depart- ment of Washington, Colonel Fritz was placed in command of ten forts on the east side of the Annacosta River, stretching from Burning Bridge to op- posite Alexandria. The garrisons of these forts were constituted as follows: Company K, Captain John W. Moore, Fort Meigs; company C, Captain Wil- liam J. Uhler, Fort Davis; company B, Captain Peter Fritz, Jr., Fort Baker; company I, Captain John J. Carberry, Fort Ricketts; company A, Captain James Cross, Fort Stanton; company H, Lieutenant Isaac H. Seesholtz, Fort Wagner; company D, Captain Adam Schuh, Fort Carrol; company G, Cap- tain Albanus H. Snyder, Fort Du Pont; company F, Captain Albert H. Wright, Fort Greble; company E, Captain John W. Holbrook, Fort Baker, where the headquarters were established. On the 10th of June, Colonel Fritz resigned, and Lieutenant Colonel Leidy was promoted to succeed him.
507
BULL RUN AND FREDERICKSBURG.
1862
On the 29th of June the regiment was ordered to the Peninsula, to join the army of the Potomac. It reached Harrison's Landing, where the army was in camp, on the 4th of July, and was assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division, Third Corps. It was immediately placed on duty in the trenches and on picket. While here, Adjutant Edward R. Biles was appointed, by Geu- eral Kearny, Lieutenant Colonel, to date from July 1st. Remaining here until the middle of August-the army having been ordered to evacuate the Peninsula-it moved with the corps, passing through Orkney, Williamsburg, and Yorktown, and proceeded by transport to Acquia Creek. The commands of Hooker and Kearny were the first to arrive, and were ordered to march immediately to Alexandria, where they arrived on the 23d of August. Tak- ing cars, these troops proceeded to Catlett's Station, with the intent of join- ing General Pope's command. But when the brigade had arrived in the neigh- borhood of Warrenton Junction, on the morning of the 27th, it was ordered to move with all possible dispatch to the support of Hooker's Division, which was engaging the corps of Stonewall Jackson near Manassas Junction. After a sharp action the enemy was driven, and the divisions were ordered to form a junction with Pope at Bull Run. A hard march of over twenty miles brought the regiment to the battle-ground at Groveton at eight P. M. The battle opened on its front at seven on the following morning, and was kept up through the entire day, without advantage to the Union side. On the 29th the battle line was three times changed, and at night the army fell back towards Cen- treville. The loss in the regiment, in the three days' fighting, was three killed and ten wounded. At three P. M. of the Ist of September, while on the march, the regiment was arrested by heavy Bring to the left of it, and was at once formed in battle-line by General Kearny. Moving through the wood to the left, it went to the support of General Reno's Division, who had fallen in with Jackson, near Chantilly. Darkness soon put an end to the conflict, and in the morning it was found that the enemy had withdrawn. General Kearny was killed. He was greatly beloved and sincerely mourned by all in his com- mand.
Returning to Alexandria it rested until the 13th, when it moved into Mary- land, and reached Rockville on the 16th. Being in rear of the army it was not engaged in either the battle at South Mountain or Antietam. On the 19th it was ordered to guard the line of the Potomac, from Weeden's Ford to the Monocacy Aqueduct, and subsequently from Edwards' Ferry to the aqueduct.
On the 28th of October, with the rest of the army, it re-crossed the Poto- mac. Beyond light skirmishing and long and wearisome marches, the regi- ment was not engaged until the battle of Fredericksburg. At eight A. M., on the 13th of December, it crossed the Rappahannock at the lower bridges, and was ordered to the support of Randolph's Battery, First Rhode Island; at two P. M., it was relieved from this service and led into action. For five hours the fighting was desperate, the brigade holding its position, and resting at night on the field. At four A. M. it was relieved by a regiment of the Excel- sior Brigade, of Hooker's Division. It remained on the field until two A. M. of the 16th, when, with the rest of the army, it went back to camp. In the action it lost six men killed, and five officers and forty-nine men wounded. Colonel Leidy was among the wounded.
On the 20th of January, 1863, it moved at seven A. M. on Burnside's second campaign, and halted near United States Ford for the pontoon train to come
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NINETY-NINTH REGIMENT.
1863
up. Finally it was ordered back to assist in bringing it up, but found it fast in the mud, and on the 23d, the campaign having been abandoned, it returned to camp. On the 28th, the army under command of General Hooker being about to move on the Chancellorsville campaign, the regiment marched with the brigade to Port Royal, seven miles below Fredericksburg, where it re- mained until the 30th, for the purpose of drawing the attention of the enemy from the real point of crossing, which was to be several miles above. The main body safely over, it started on the 30th on a forced march for Chancel- lorsville, which it reached on the 1st of May, and was immediately put to in- trenching. Birney's Division, of the Third Corps, which was intended as a reserve, was thrown out to the right between the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps, and was finally ordered forward upon the right centre, striking the rear of Jackson's rebel column, and taking some prisoners. When the Eleventh Corps was attacked on flank and rear by Jackson, and routed and driven in towards Chancellorsville, Birney, in his advanced position, was flanked and cut off. But it was now night, and the rebel headlong advance had been stayed by the artillery of Pleasanton. At eleven P. M., Sickles ordered Birney to charge and cut his way back to the main line. The Ninety-ninth was on the right of the first line of battle. It was the grand moonlight charge of Kearny's old division, and it swept the enemy back over the ground where Jackson received his mortal wound, and recovered lost guns and caissons, and a portion of the abandoned field. In the morning General Hooker decided to take up a new line nearer the river, where his forces would be more concentrated, and the commanding ground, which had been gained at a fearful cost, had to be aban- doned. Birney's Division held the rear and retired facing the foe, who pur- sued closely and kept up a vigorous fire. During the entire day the fighting was severe and little interrupted. During the two succeeding days the skir- mishing was brisk. On the morning of the 6th, the command was withdrawn across the river, and the regiment returned to its former camp.
Here it remained engaged in guard and picket duty until the 11th of June, when it entered upon the Pennsylvania campaign, and on the evening of the 30th, arrived at Emmettsburg, Maryland. On the 1st of July firing was heard to the north, and though Sickles had been ordered to move to a position on Pipe Creck, he decided to be guided by the sound of the enemy's cannon, and at three P. M. commenced the march towards Gettysburg. At nine P. M. he arrived upon the field by the Emmettsburg Road, and bivouacked for the night in the fields to the right of it. At eight A. M. on the 2d, the line of battle was formed, looking towards the Blue Ridge; but at two P. M., the enemy demonstrating in force upon the left, Ward's Brigade was moved to the ex- treme left of the corps, and formed at right angles to the general line of bat- tle, the Ninety-ninth occupying the extreme left of the brigade in the open field facing the Devil's Den, and but a short distance from it. While forming, Major Moore, who was in command, was wounded and taken from the field, and Captain Peter Fritz, Jr., succeeded him. The regiment was hardly in posi- tion when the storm of battle burst upon it, and raged with a fury scarcely paralleled. The earnest fighting first opened upon the front of this brigade, and swept on from left to right, until the whole front of the corps was envel- oped. With but a slight stone breastwork, scarcely eighteen inches in height, for protection, the regiment held its ground without faltering until half past four, when it was relieved by a force of regulars of the Fifth Corps, and re-
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1863
GETTYSBURG AND MINE RUN.
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tired, leaving half its number killed and wounded on the field. For its gal- lantry in holding its position it received the thanks of Generals Ward and Birney, and Captain Fritz was recommended for promotion. The regiment remained during the morning of the 3d in the third line of battle in the same position which it had held on the previous day, and Major Moore, who had now returned, resumed command. Immediately after the fearful cannonade of the afternoon, and when the flower of the rebel army was led to the last desperate charge, the Ninety-ninth was moved to the support of the Second Corps, and followed it as far as the Emmettsburg Pike, where it remained during the night and all day of the 4th. On the morning of the 5th it was relieved, and fell back to the wood in the rear, the enemy having retired and being now in full retreat. In this battle Lieutenant John R. Nice was killed, and five other officers were wounded. The regiment joined in the pursuit, passing through Emmettsburg and Keedysville, and formed in battle-line near Funks- town at two A. M. on the 12th. Before preparations were completed for de- livering a general battle the enemy escaped across the river, and the campaign was ended.
Crossing the Potomac on the 17th, the regiment moved on south with the army, engaging the enemy at Wapping Heights on the 23d, having three wounded, and halted on the 26th at Hedgeman's River, near the Warrenton Sul- phur Springs, where it remained in camp and on picket until the 10th of Oc- tober. In the retrograde movement of the army which then commenced, the regiment joined, and in the skirmish at Auburn, on the 12tb, lost two wounded, reaching Fairfax Station, the limit of the movement, at night of the 15th. After a halt of three days it again took up the line of advance, and upon its arrival at Catlett's Station, was ordered to picket duty, where it remained sev- eral days. On the 7th of November the Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania, the For- tieth New York, and Twentieth Indiana were ordered to cross the Rappahan- nock at Kelly's Ford, and dislodge the enemy from the opposite shore. The stream was forded in five feet of water, and covering the ridge in front, they succeeded in capturing four hundred prisoners, and opening the way for the ad- vance of the army to Mine Run. The Ninety-ninth lost one killed and seven wounded, Lieutenant Abraham Setley being among the wounded. On the after- noon of the 27th, the regiment reached the front at Orange Farm, and formed line of battle, relieving the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth New York. It lost during the night seven wounded. On the following day it reached the enemy's works at Mine Run and was deployed as skirmishers, capturing forty of the enemy and losing five wounded. Falling back and re-forming, the brigade again advanced, and when within fifty yards of the enemy's lines threw up breast-works and held the position with small loss, until it was decided to withdraw the army without delivering battle. The regiment then retired, and at Brandy Station went into winter-quarters .*
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