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Sept. 1, '62, Deserted July 16, 1863.
1,'62,
Henry C. Johnson ..
.. do
404
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT,
-
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Mitchell, Daniel
Private
Sept.
1, '62,
M'Candless, G. W ..
.... do
Sept.
1, '62,
M'Clelland, Wm ...
.do
Sept.
1, '62,
Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863-mus- tered out with company, June 21, 1865.
M'Neely, Edward ..
do
Sept. 1, '62,
Died April 23, 1863-bu. in Mil. Asy. Cem., D. C. Deserted June 30, 1863.
M'Shaffry, Daniel. .. do
Sept.
1, '62,
M'Cullough, Rich'd .. do
Sept. 1, '62,
Deserted June 27, 1863.
M'Candless, Geo. J. .. do
Sept.
1, '62,
Deserted September 17, 1862.
Orr, James T ...
.. do
Sept.
1, '62,
Discharged May 31, for wounds received at Peters- burg, Va., April 2, 1865.
Pflanmaker, Fred'k .do
Sept. 1, '62,
Mustered out with company. June 21, 1865.
Patten, Archib'd G. .do
Sept. 1, '62,
Discharged March 16, 1865, for wounds received at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864.
Patten, George ........ .do
Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864.
Died July 19, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 2, 1864- buried at Alexandria, grave, 2,428.
Reiff, John. .do
Sept. 1, '62,
Prisoner from Sept. 24, 1864, to Feb. 27, 1865-mus- tered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Sloan, Matthew, Jr.
.. do
Sept. 1, '62,
Smith, Conrad. ... do
Sept. 1, '62,
Sloan, David. ... do
Sept. 1, '62,
Shick, Henry .. do
Jan. 25, '65,
Slacker, John ... do
Sept. 1, '62,
Stewart, Jackson .do
Sept. 1, '62,
Thompson, D. W .do
Sept.
1, '62,
Texter, Joseph. .do
Sept.
1, '62,
Terry, James .do
Sept.
1,'62,
Volzen, John .do
Sept.
1, '62,
Warden, David B. do
Sept. 1, '62,
Waddle, James .. .do
Sept.
1, '62,
Williams, Edw'd L. .. do
Sept. 1, '62,
Werthington, He'y' do
Sept.
1, '62,
Weurthner, Edw'd ... do
Sept. 1, '62,
Deserted July 16, 1863-returned Sept. 14, 1863- wd. at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864- absent, in hospital, at muster out.
Warner, Charles M.
... do ...
Sept.
1, '62,
Discharged Sept. 6, for wounds received at Wilder- ness, Va., May 5, 1864.
COMPANY K.
James M'Gregor ..
Capt
Sept. 1, '62,
William L. Pettit ...
.. do
...
Sept.
1, '62,
Wm. A. Wilson
2d Lt ...
Sept. Sept.
1, '62,
Wd. at Wilderness, Va., May 5, and at Opequan, Sept 19, '64-com. 2d Lt., Dec. 20,'64-not mus .- absent, in hospital, at muster out.
John E. M'Closkey
Serg't ..
Sept. 1, '62,
Wm. S. Springer.
... do
Sept. 1, '62,
David W. Campbell
... do
Sept.
1, '62,
Wm. H .· Wiseman .. .. do
Sept.
1, '62,
Charles Green .do
Sept.
1, '62,
Charles L. Alberger ... do
Sept.
1, '62,
John Martin. do
Sept. 1, '62,
Archib'd A. Purdy
Corp ....
Sept.
1, '62,
Johu Groaser
.do
Sept.
1, '62,
Peter Nelson.
do
Sept.
1, '62,
Elijah A. Lewes. .do
Sept. 1, '62,
John H. Evans .do
Sept. 1, '62,
Jas. W. M'Williams .do
Sept. 1, '62,
Promoted to Major, Jan. 1, 1865.
Pr. fr. Ist Lt., Jan. 1, 1865 - Bv. Major, April 2, 1865-mustered out with company, June 21, 1865. Resigned February 8, 1863.
Pr. fr. Cor., Apr. 1,'64-wd.at Petersburg, Va., Mar. 25, 1865-mustered out with Co., June 21, 1865. Wounded at Fort Stevens, D. C., July 12, 1864- pr. to Cor., Sept. 8, 1863-to Sgt., April 20, 1865- mustered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Wounded, with loss of arm, at Opequan, Va., Sept. 19, 1864-discharged March 16, 1865.
Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, March 15. 1864. . Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Jan. 10, 1865. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 2, 1804-buried in National Cemetery, section B. Deserted April 1, 1864.
Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865. Pr. to Cor., May 17, 1863-wd., with loss of arm, at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864-absent, in hospi- tal, at inuster out.
Killed at Salem Heights, Va., May 3, 1863.
Died June 24, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864.
Died at Pittsburg, Pa., March 10, 1864.
Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3. 1864-mus- tered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Promoted to Commissary Sergeant, Sept. 1, 1802. Transferred to Co. I, 93d reg. P. V .. June 21, 1865. Died at Alexandria, Va., Sept. 15, of wounds rec. at Spottsylvania C. H., May 12, '64-grave, 2,674. Deserted June 27, 1863.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate. Jan. 12, 1863. Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. Deserted September 10, 1862.
Wd. at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864- mustered out with company, June 21, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865. Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864-mus- tered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865.
John D. Heiber .....
Ist Sgt ..
Sept. Sept.
1, '62,
Phillips, Samuel M. ... do
1, '62,
Deserted September 10, 1862.
Accidentally wounded, with loss of eye, May 7, 1863-transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps-dis- charged by General Order, July 3, 1865.
1, '62,
405
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Barney O'Donnel.
Muc .....
Sept.
1, '62,
Bunten, Wilson ..
Private
Sept.
1, '62,
Bachtold, John
do
Sept.
1, '64,
Black, James H
do
Sept.
1,'62,
Blacksmith, Mat. do
Sept.
1,'62.
Bickell, John do
Sept.
1, '62,
Boyle, John
do
Sept.
1, '62,
Blighton, David F.
do
Sept.
1,'62,
Collins, Henry W ..
do
Sept.
1, '62,
Carline, James ... do
Sept.
1, '62,
Conner, John
.do
Sept.
1, '62,
Clair, Michael
do
Sept.
1, '62,
Cooke, Henry
ào
Sept.
1, '62,
Conuer, Patrick O
do
Sept.
1, '62,
Douglass, John S ...
.. do
Sept
1, '62,
Davis, David
do
Sept.
1, '62,
Daily, Jerome
do
Sept.
1, '62,
Dickinson, Wm. M. .do
Donovan, John
.do
Sept. Sept.
1, '62,
Donovan, James do
Sept. 1, '62,
Eiszler, Daniel.
.do
Sept.
1, '62,
Eaton, Johu C. .do
Sept.
1, '62,
Ewing, James
.do
Sept.
1, '62,
Evans, William
.do
Sept.
1, '62,
Fesser, Lewis G
do
Aug. 25, '64,
Gregg, Thomas
.. do
Sept.
1, '62,
Gregg, Francis. do
Sept.
1, '62,
George, John
,do
Sept.
1, '62,
Harkins, Patrick .do
Sept.
1, '62,
Heist, Philip. ... do
Sept.
Hart, Jacob A
.. do
Sept.
1, '62,
Heiber, John H .. .. do
Sept.
1, '62,
Herbert, William P .. do
Sept.
1, '62,
Hart, James.
.. do
Sept.
1, '62,
Janeway, Joseph ...
.do
Sept. Sept.
1, '62,
Jackson, George W
... do
1, '62,
Jones, Howell do
Sept. 1, '62,
Leech, Frank. do
Sept.
1, '62,
Leonard, John do
Sept.
1, '62,
Matter, Jacob do
Sept.
1, '62,
Miller, Dallas
.do
Sept.
1, '62,
Mangold, Henry. do
Sept. 1, '62,
Morgan, William H ... .do
Sept. 1, '62,
Messersmith, John .do
Aug. 29, '64,
Murray, Patrick.
do
Sept.
1, '62,
Milligan, James .do
Sept.
1, '62,
Manual, Lawrence .. .do
Sept.
1, '62,
M'Laughlin, Prest ..
.do
Sept.
1, '62,
Nelson, John
.do
Sept. Sept.
1, '62,
Oliver, William do
Sept. 1, '62,
Perkins, Thomas .do
Sept.
1, '62,
Quigley, John .do
Sept.
1, '62,
Quigley, John K. .. do
Sept.
1, '62,
Roue, Peter ..
.do
Sept. 1, '62,
Reiber, William M.
.. do
Ragan, Joseph W .. .do
Sept. 1, '62,
Stewart, David .. .. do
Sept.
1, '62,
Smith, Nicholas .. ....
.do
Sept.
1, '64,
Springer, Vaudem'e ... do
Sept. 1,'62,
Stowart, Robert ... do .....
Sept.
1, '62,
Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864-dis- charged by General Order, Ang. 23, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 8, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 25, 1863. Wd. June 3, '63-disch. on Surg. cert., Mar. 29,'65. Transferred-date and regiment unknown. Deserted September 1, 1862.
Wounded at Salem Heights, Va., May 3, 1863-ab- sent, in hospital, at muster out.
Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865. Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865. Disch. on writ of habeas corpus, May 14, 1863. Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Jan. 10, 1865. Deserted June 22, 1863.
Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864- mus- tered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Aug. 8, 1863. Died May 28, of wounds received at Wilderness, Va., May 5,'64-bu. in Nat. Cemetery, Arlington. Died near Falmouth, Va., March 25, 1863.
Capt'd at Mine Run, Va., Nov. 28, '63-died at An- dersonville, Ga., June 29, 1864-grave, 2,657. Mis. in action at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62. Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865. Transferred-date and regiment unknown., Died near Falmouth, Va., March 1, 1863. Deserted July 13, 1863. Not on inuster-out roll.
Captured at Mine Run, Va., Nov. 23, 1863-died at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 12, 1864-grave, 5,422. Captured at Mine Run, Va., Nov. 28, 1863-died at Andersonville, Ga., July 22, 1864-grave, 3,792. Deserted January 12, 1865.
Wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, '65-absent, in hospital, at muster out.
1.'62, Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Nov. 25, 1864. Transferred-date and regiment unknown.
Promoted to Hospital Steward, Sept. 1, 1862. Promoted to Q. M. Sergeant, Sept. 10, 1862. Died Aug. 7, of wds. rec. at Fort Stevens, D. C., July 12, 1864-bu. in Nat. Cem., Arlington, Va. Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Wounded at Fort Stevens, D. C., July 12, 1864- discharged on Surgeon's certificate, May 25, 1865. Transferred-date and regimeut unknown.
Deserted April 26, 1864.
Deserted July 16, 1863.
Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864-mus- tered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864-mus- tered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5. 1864-tr. to V. R. C .- disch. by General Order, June 24, 1865. Discharged by General Order, May 30, 1865.
Deserted July 16, 1863.
Deserted February 2, 1863.
Deserted September 10, 1862.
Died at Washington, D. C., March 24, 1863-buried in Military Asylum Cemetery.
Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Died at Washington, D. C., June 21, of wounds received at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. Deserted July 16. 1863.
Absent, on detached service, at muster out.
Deserted September 1, 1862. Deserted July 16, 1863.
Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Tr. to Co. A, 9th reg. V. R. C., Jan. 10, 1865-dis- charged by General Order, June 24, 1865.
Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 25, 1863: Wounded at Spotsylvania C. H., Va., May 12,'64- discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 10, 1865
Sept. 1, '62, Deserted June 22, 1863.
1, '62,
Ochse, Johu J.
.do
1, '62,
406
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARK3.
Stewart, William H Private
Sept. 1, '62,
Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864-diseh. on Surgeon's certifieate, May 29, 1865.
Stuart, Wilson.
do
Sept.
1, '62,
Smith, Samuel ..
.do
Sept.
1, '62,
Thomas, James D ..
do
Sept.
1, '62,
Thayer, Abraham ..
.do
Sept.
1, '62,
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 3, 1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864-diseh. by General Order, May 15, 1865.
Vanhorn, Thos. L ...
do
Sept.
1, '62,
Killed at Petersburg, Va., June 19, 1864.
Wilson, Alfred S. .do
Sept.
1, 762,
Mustered out with company, June 21, 1865.
Williams, William
.do
Sept.
1, '62,
Wise, George W. .do
Sept.
1, '62,
Discharged on Surgeon's certifieate, Mar. 23, 1863. Descrted April 26, 1864.
Zimmerman, Geo.
do
Sept.
1, '62,
Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864.
UNASSIGNED MEN.
Burns, Henry E.
Private
Mar. 19, '64,
Not accounted for.
Gorden, Charles H
do
Sept. 8, '64,
Not accounted for.
Grubbs, Hiram.
do
Scpt. 29, '64,
Not accounted for.
Hoovler, John C .....
do
Feb. 20, '64,
Not accounted for.
Hall, Levi .
.do
Mar. 19, '64,
Not aeeounted for.
Lynch. Leander S ..
.do
Sept. 23, '64,
Not accounted for.
Lindley, Charles
do
Aug. 26, '64,
Not accounted for.
M'Fadden, Henry ..
do
Aug. 29, '64,
Not accounted for.
1
Promoted to Sergeant Major, September 10, 1862. Deserted September 10, 1862.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH REGIMENT.
C YOMPANY A of this regiment was recruited in Greene county, B in Mer- cer, C, D, E, G, and K in Washington, and F, H, and I in Beaver. These companies rendezvoused at Camp Curtin, where, on the 8th of September, 1862, a regimental organization was effected, with the following field officers : Richard P. Roberts, of Beaver county, Coloncl; John Fraser, of Washington county, Lieutenant Colonel; Thomas B. Rodgers, of Mercer county, Major. On the following day marching orders were received, and at four A. M., on the morning of the 10th, the regiment moved for Parkton, Maryland, twen- ty-nine miles from Baltimore, on the line of the North Central Railway. Under the orders of Gencral Wool, the Commander of the Department, it was posted along the line of the road to keep open communication with the front, and during the time of Lee's campaign north of the Potomac, which shortly followed, ceaseless vigilance was required to prevent attacks from straggling bands of the enemy sent out to execute his dire purposes. After the defeat of Lce at Antietam, and his return into Virginia, much attention was given to drill and instruction.
About the middle of December the regiment was ordered to the front, and proceeded by Washington to Aequia Creek, arriving just after the return of the army from the disastrous battle of Fredericksburg. It was assigned to the Third Brigade, First Division, of the Second Corps, commanded by Gen- eral Zook, and went into camp in the neighborhood of Falmouth. On the evening of January the 18th, 1863, the regiment was supplied with new Spring- field rifles, in place of the Vincennes * muskcts, with which it had originally been armed. During the winter it was engaged in drill and picket duty along the river, enlivened by occasional reviews. On the morning of the 28th of April, it moved on the Chancellorsville campaign, and crossing the Rappa- hannock at United States Ford, arrived at the Chancellor House on the 1st of May. At noon heavy firing being heard in front, the brigade moved forward, and forming in line of battle, with the Sixty-sixth New York on its left, and
* Captain Alexander W. Acheson, in his account of the One Hundred and Fortieth, pub- lished in the Beaver Radical, gives the following amusing account of these arms: "The old Vineennes muskets, with their heavy, elanking scabbards, were disposed of, much to our gratifieation. They were made of poor material, a poor pattern, and only fit to be joked at by those possessed of better. Wherever our regiment went some one was suro to say, 'Thero goes the walking artillery.' 'Do you shoot solid shot or shell out of those pieces ?' 'Where did you get your cavalry sabres?' 'Look at the twelve-pounders!' . What's the range of them field-pieces,' or some other expression ridiculing the 'big guns.' The boys detested the old shooting-irons, and gladly gave them up for new ones."
.
408
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH REGIMENT,
skirmishers thrown out, it advanced to the brow of a hill on the old turn- pike leading to Fredericksburg. A heavy fire of artillery was here opened upon the skirmishers. The brigade was soon after ordered to retire, and fell back, before an enemy advancing in strong line of battle, to the Chancellor House, where it was posted in support of a battery. The enemy having been checked and driven back by the artillery, the brigade was moved to a wood on the left of the Chancellor House, where it was formed under a heavy fire of the enemy's artillery, and remained until three on the following morning, when it returned to its former position in front of the Chancellor House. At day- light it was ordered to the left and took position in the woods in the first line of battle. At evening the regiment was sent out upon the picket line, report- ing to Colonel Miles, in command of the picket line of the division, and dur- · ing the night threw up temporary intrenchments. At daybreak on the morn- ing of the 3d, the enemy opened a brisk fire along the whole line on front and flank. "The firing," says Colonel Morris, " was maintained for upwards of four hours, during which the enemy made repeated and determined assaults upon our lines, and was each time gallantly repulsed by our men with severe loss. At nine o'clock A. M. all his efforts to break our lines with infantry alone having proved futile, the enemy opened upon them with a terrific fire of artillery, but with no better results, every volley from the enemy's musketry, and every discharge from his cannon, seeming to give renewed energy to our brave men, and to increase their determination to maintain their position at all hazards, and against any assault the enemy might be capable of making against them. There was no wasting of ammunition here; every man fired with the utmost coolness and deliberation, taking careful and steady aim at his object, as if firing at a target for a prize; not a man flinched under the terrible fire to which he was now subjected ; every one of them felt that the high and enviable reputation of the gallant old Third Brigade was in his special keeping, and was determined that it should not be tarnished by any act of his." Swinton, in his Army of the Potomac, says, " Hancock's front, espe- cially, was assailed with great impetuosity, but the attacking column was held in check in the most intrepid manner by Hancock's skirmish line, under Col- onel Miles." During the morning of the 3d, while the One Hundred and For- tieth was supporting the Fifth Maine Battery, the White House, near by, which was being used as a hospital, took fire. A part of company F, under com- mand of Captain Thomas Henry, was ordered to rescue the inmates from the devouring flames. Thirty-three wounded men, and three women who had taken refuge in the cellar, were brought forth from the burning wreck, which was utterly destroyed. The regiment was finally ordered to retire to the new line of works, and took up a position with the brigade in the breast-works to the left of White House. Here, during the remaining three days of the battle, it remained, subjected to occasional artillery fire of the enemy, and on the morn- ing of the 6th, re-crossed the river and returned to its old camp near Fal- mouth. Lieutenant Joseph W. M'Ewen was among the killed in this engage- ment.
Little worthy of note occurred, until the corps started, now under command. of General Hancock, in pursuit of Lee as he moved northward. At Thorough- fare Gap a collision occurred, but the fighting did not become general, and the' corps crossed the Potomac on the 24th of June. On the 1st of July, the First! and Eleventh corps met the enemy at Gettysburg, and fierce fighting ensuedà
409
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
The Second Corps arrived on the field on the morning of the 2d, and took position on the left eentre, stretching away from the heights above the Cemetery, towards Round Top. After noon, Sickles, who occupied the extreme left, was fiereely attacked and driven. Portions of the Fifth Corps were sent to his relief, but shared a like fate. Finally, Haneock sent Caldwell's Division, of his own corps, to check the enemy's mad advanee, and repair the threatened disaster. Moving rapidly across the little woodcd knoll to the right and front of Round Top, he first sent the brigades of Cross and Kelly to penetrate the wheat-field and the wood beyond, where the fiereest fighting had been. Colonel Cross was killed, and his command was terribly torn as it ad- vanced upon the fatal wheat-field, on three sides of which the enemy in heavy numbers was concealed. And now, as a forlorn hope, the brigades of Zook and Brooke were sent forward. Zook was killed while leading his troops into the fight, and before he had hardly got into action. The command of his bri- gade then fell upon Colonel Roberts, of the One Hundred and Fortieth. Gallantly did these two small brigades push forward over that devoted ground, in the face of a severe fire. The enemy was swept back from the cover of the woods, and the rocky ridge beyond the wheat-field, a position of great natural strength, was gallantly carried. But this advantage, gained at a fearful eost, was of no avail. The angle in Sickles' line at the Peach Orehard, the weak point in Sickles' formation, had been hopelessly broken, and through this opening the enemy swarmed, and turned the right of Caldwell's position, compelling him to withdraw. He rested at night on the low ground on the left centre of the line, where he remained during the heavy eannonade of the succeeding day; and until the elose of the battle. Colonel Roberts, Captain David Acheson, and Lieutenant Alexander M. Wilson, were among the killed. The loss in killed and wounded, was two hundred and sixty-three, more than half of its effective strength. "In the regiment," says Captain Acheson, in the account above quoted, " Quartermaster Sergeant Smith had received a commission, but not being mustered, need not have gone in. He thought his duty was there, went in, and was killed. Lieutenant Purman was wounded, losing a leg, and gave a rebel his wateh for lifting him into the shade. Lieutenant Vanee lost his hand by a shell. Lieutenant Stokes lost his arm at the shoulder. Lieutenants Cook, Paxton, and the Major were captured. Captain Campbell was wounded, and as he fell a rebel seized his sword. He lay still and told the Johnny he needed it. The rebels were driven back, and he got away. Captains M'Cal- lister and M'Cullough, and Adjutant Shallenberger were wounded."
After the return of the army into Virginia, changes were made in the or- ganization of the division, whereby the One Hundred and Fortieth bceame a part of the First Brigade, in which it was associated with the Sixty-first New York, the Eighty-first Pennsylvania, and subsequently the Twenty-sixth Michi- gan, and the One Hundred and Eighty-Third Pennsylvania, the command of which Colonel Nelson A. Miles, of the Sixty-first, who had displayed un- usual gallantry in holding the skirmish line at Chaneellorsville, was assigned. Upon the fall of Colonel Roberts, Lieutenant Colonel Fraser was promoted to Colonel, Major Rodgers to Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain Thomas Henry, to Major. In the advance of the army to the Rapidan, and retrograde to Cen- treville, and subsequent advance to Mine Run, where the campaign ended with- out coming to a decisive battle, the regiment shared the fortunes of the corps,
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ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH REGIMENT,
participating in the action at Bristoe Station, on the 14th of October, and in the skirmishing in front of the enemy's intrenehed position at Mine Run, sus- taining some loss in wounded. It returned with the army aeross the Rapidan, and was soon after comfortably settled in winter-quarters.
On the 22d of April, 1864, the corps was reviewed by General Grant, and at the opening of May, the troops stood in readiness for another trial of their strength. At a little before midnight of the 3d, the regiment took up the line of march for Ely's Ford, where it erossed the Rapidan, and by noon of the 5th was busy building breast-works on the Broek Road, the enemy in full force in front. The battle opened and raged furiously along the line, the regiment becoming hotly engaged and losing heavily. Until midnight it stood upon the line of battle, in readiness to repel an attack, when, a pieket line having been established, it retired for rest. At three on the morning of the 6th, it was again aroused and took position, the brigade holding the extreme left of the line. The men were set to work strengthening the breast-works, and soon had substantial protection. The battle raged during the day on the right, but with the exception of a few artillery shots, the regiment was unmolested. All day of the 7th it lay in the works awaiting an attack, but none eame. On the fol- lowing morning the regiment joined in a general movement of the army, and eame up with the enemy at Corbin's Bridge, where it had a brisk skirmish. On the 9th it erossed the Po River, and at dusk was placed upon the picket line, where the rebel piekets were encountered. At daylight skirmishing opened, and was kept up until three in the afternoon, when the noise began to deepen, and grew to the roar of battle. Finally, the line was withdrawn to near the Po, where a line of works was thrown up, which was subjected to a severe artillery fire, by which considerable loss was sustained. To this time, the loss in the Wilderness battles in killed, wounded, and missing, was about seventy-five.
At nine o'clock on the evening of the 11th, the regiment was aroused, and with the eorps moved off towards the left. "At two A. M., of the 12th," says Captain Acheson, " we began passing troops, massed for battle. The picket line was so close that the shots seemed beside us, and so heavy was the air that a musket seemed a eannon-shot. At half-past three we formed in battle array, with the First Division in front, followed by the Second, Third, and Fourth, respectively. With the first streaks of day we advaneed, going moderately for a hundred yards, then starting at a double-quiek, with a cheer. A elose pine thicket was encountered that broke the ranks, but each one rushed forward on his own account. The rebel pieket line delivered a weak volley and fled. I noticed one or two of our own pickets behind eovers, who were as mueh surprised at our approach as the Johnnies. On, on rushed the mass of blue coats, elambering over felled trees, rushing through underbrush, leaping over obstruetions, all half bent, to eseape the balls hissing over us. Day-break had come, and the works were just before us. We pushed on .. The impediments were such that the worst had to be avoided, and the troops got into paths, as it were. I found myself on one of these paths, and very near the head of the column. The rebels had a line of works with logs along the top, so that a erack was left to put their guns through and fire .. I saw the column to the left gain the works, and one fellow raise his musket, and plunge his bayonet. through a rebel who was backward about surrendering. The Johnnies all along our front began holding up their hats, in token of sub-
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