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Dell, Henry S .. .do Sept.
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Deserted September 10, 1864.
Mustered out with company, Ang. 3, 1865. Mustered out with conpany, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
1, '64, 1, '64,
5, '64, 2, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. S, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Promoted to Com. Sergeant, Sept. 7, 1864. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered ont with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Ang. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Descrted September 10, 1864. Deserted September 10, 1864.
do Haffley, Geo. W .do
Sept.
1, :64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Logan, Dennis. do Sept.
575
John B. Chilcoat, do
Friedly, Howard
Gault, Ezekiel. do Sept.
1
576
TWO HUNDRED AND SECOND REGIMENT,
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NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Montgomery, Jacob
Private Sept.
4, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Mitler, Thomas B.
do
Sept.
2, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 18C5.
Miller, James
do
Sept.
2, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Mundorff, William
.. do
Sept.
2, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Meminger, John F.
do
Sept.
1, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Marlin, James T ..
.do
Sept.
1,
Miner, Samuel .. .
do
Mar.
6, '65,
M'Elwee, James.
.do
Sept.
1, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
M'Kinstry, James ...
do
Sept.
4, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Priee, Abraham R ..
do
Sept.
2, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Park, Jacob B.
do
Sept.
5, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Piper, William ..
Sept.
1, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Ruter, Charles W ..
do
Sept.
5, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Runk, David E
do
Sept.
4, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Snyder, Joseph II do
.do
Sept.
2,
'64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Smith, Philip
.do
Sept.
Sept.
5,
'64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Sharrer, Francis M. .do
Sept.
1,
'64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Stevens, Wesley L. do
Sept.
1, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Shafer, David E
do
Sept.
1, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Swope, George W.
do
Sept.
1,
'64, Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Swank, Josiah.
do
Feb. 28, '65,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Wilson, Thomas. do
Sept.
2, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Welch, David G ..... do
Sept.
1, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Wagoner, Anderson do
Sept.
4, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 2, 1865.
Weaver, Philip. .do
Sept.
1, '64,
Mustered out with company, Ang. 3, 1865.
Wagoner, John P ..
do
Sept. 1, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Young, Robert ...
.do
Feb. 28, '65,
Mustered out with company. Aug. 3, 1865.
UNASSIGNED MEN.
Abel, Tilghman
Private
Mar. 8, '65,
Discharged by Gencral Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Beer, Georgc.
.do
Mar. S, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Bossler, Emlen do Mar. 10, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Benninghoff, Jos. do Mar. 10, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Bastian. Owen T. do Mar. 10, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Beillc, James A.
do Mar. 80, '65,
Boyle, Patriek. do
Mar. 30, '65,
Belsfort, Wash'ton .do
Mar. 15, '65,
Bush, John H. ... do
Sept. 2, '64,
Bacon, Adolph. .do
Aug. 11, '64,
Not accounted for.
Bennett, Amos. .. do
Sept. 19, '64,
Not accounted for.
Bennan, Edward .. do
Feb. 20, '65,
Not accounted for.
Blackburn, George .do
Aug. 26, '64,
Brady, Patrick do
Aug. 30, '64,
Batton, John.
.do
Aug. 25, '64,
Cunningham, Fr's.
.do
Mar. 25, '65.
Carl, Peter.
do
Mar. 10, '65,
Coppicus, William
.do
Mar.
6, '65,
Crammer, Jacob ... do
Mar.
7, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865. Not accounted for.
Conover, Jacob do
Sept.
2, '64,
Not accounted for.
Cochran, James A .. do
Sept.
7, '64,
Not accounted for.
Carl, Alfred .. .. do
Sept.
4, '64,
Not accounted for.
Drumbar, Nathan ... do
Fcb.
7, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1855.
Davis, William M do
Aug. 27, '64,
Not accounted for.
Dewart, William A .do
Sept.
3, '64,
Not accounted for.
Dalhouser, Levi H. .do
Aug. $1, '64,
Delaney, Thomas ... .. do
Sept. 1, '64,
Ewilts, John A. .. do
Aug. 31, '64,
Not accounted for.
Eisenauer, Samuel .do Sept. 9, '64, Sept. 22, '64,
Eisenhardt, Win .. .do
Sept. 19, '64,
Not accounted for.
Ebert, George .. do
Jan.
7, '65,
Not accounted for.
Ferrom, Danicl J do
Mar.
8, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Fehr, Michael M. .do
Mar.
9, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Fehr, John do
Mar.
9, '65,
Fehr, Abram do Mar. 10, '65,
Fritzinger, Levi .. do Mar. 10, '65,
Fessler, John .. do
Aug. 30, '64,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865. Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865. Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865. Not accounted for.
Furus, John B. do Aug. 20, '64, Not accounted for.
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Stains, Henry T. do
Sept.
1, '64,
4, '64, Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Senft, George V. do
Sept.
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Perkins, Stephen
do
Sept.
1, '64,
2, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Steel, Samuch
Sept.
4, '64,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
Snyder, Wesley .. do
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865. Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865. Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865. Not accounted for.
Not accounted for.
Not accounted for.
Deserted September 18, 1864.
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865. Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Cummings, John H .do
Sept.
2, '64,
Not accounted for. Not accounted for.
Not accounted for.
Edwards, John .do
Not accounted for.
Mustered out with company, Aug. 3, 1865.
ONE YEAR'S SERVICE.
577
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Frish, Frederick.
Private' Aug. 31, '64,
Not accounted for.
Fickes, Cyrus
.do
Aug. 26, '64,
Not accounted for.
George, Joseph F.
do
Mar. 14, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Garland, John F.
do
Aug. 31, '64,
Not accounted for.
Herbst, William
do
Mar. 10, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Hartruff, Simon
do
Mar. 10, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Haas. George S
do
Mar.
9, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Herman, Albert.
.do
Mar.
4, '65,
Not accounted for.
Haley, John ..
do
Sept.
2, '64,
Not accounted for.
Hastings, Christian
dlo
Aug. 26, '64,
Not accounted for.
Howard, William ...
do
Sept. 1, '64,
Nat accounted for.
Hallihen, ThomasC.
.do
Sept.
1, '64,
Not accounted for.
Huther, George ......
do
Sept. 19, '64,
Not accounted for.
Ice, Elam ...
do
Aug. 30, '64,
Not accounted for.
Jones, Samuel .. .
do
Aug. 31, '64,
Not accounted for.
Klinepeter, Darius
.do
Aug. 31, '64,
Not accounted for.
Kennedy, Wm. M ..
do
Aug.
$1, '64,
Not accounted for.
Kepler, Anthony ...
do
Sept.
16, '64,
Not accounted for.
Klinger, John
do
Feb.
3, '65,
Not accounted for.
Kershner, Geo. H
.do
Sept.
9, '64,
Not accounted for.
Kritz, William
do
Mar.
9, '65,
Deserted June 9, 1865.
Low, Isaac T.
do
Sept.
6, '64,
Not accounted for.
Long, Joseph K
do
Sept.
7, '64,
Not accounted for.
Lewis, Jonah.
dc
Sept.
6, '64,
Not accounted for.
Lewis, Archibald T.
do
Sept.
2, '64,
Not accounted for.
Laggan, James
.. do
Aug. 25, '64,
Not accounted for.
Mabus, William H.
.. do
Mar. 10, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Martz, Joseph.
.. clo
Mar. 10, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Michael, John
.do
Mar. 27, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Mosser, Peter
do
Mar. 25, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Meighan, John
.. do .do
Feb. 23, '65,
Not accounted for.
Myers, Henry
Sept. 6, '64,
Not accounted for.
Montague, Jacob B.
... do
Sept. 4, '64,
Not accounted for.
Miller, Armstrong ..
.. do
Aug. 26, '64,
M'Geady, Edward .. .. do Mar. 14, '65,
M'Cance, Samuel ...
.. do
Mar.
8, '65,
Discharged by Gencral Order, Aug. 3, 1565.
M'Namara, Thomas .do
Mar.
6, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
M'Shane, Thomas ... do
Sept.
2. '64,
Not accounted for.
Nicholson, Thomas
do
Sept.
3, '64,
Not accounted for.
Nickels, Williamn ...
clo
Sept.
S, '64,
Not accounted for.
O'Donnell, Corne's
do
Mar.
6, '65,
Not accounted for.
Polmy, Peter
.do
Sept. 3, '64,
Not accounted for.
Pealer, Oscar
do
Sept. 3, '64,
Not accounted for.
Pipher, Alvin ...
.do .do
Mar. 20, '65,
Radcliff, Thomas H.
do
Mar. 3, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Rex, Christian E
do
Mar. 10, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Robertson, James.
do
Aug. 26, '64,
Not accounted for.
Robertson, James.
do
Aug. 31, '64,
Rauch, John.
.do
Mar. 14, '65,
Deserted May 31, 1865.
Rarick, L. D.
do
Sept. 19, '64,
Not accounted for.
Ramsey, Edward.
do
Sept. 6, '64,
Not accounted for.
Reimann, Wendall .do
Sept.
6, '64,
Not accounted for.
Roberts, Joseph .. .. do
Feb. 15, '65,
Not accounted for.
Raysor, William H. ... do
Mar. 3, '65,
Not accounted for.
Seyfried, William . do
Mar.
7, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Sınith, Joseph C .. .do
Mar.
9, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Sherry, Samuel .do
Mar.
6, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Stout, Alvin K. do
Mar.
2, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Shaffer, Peter do
Feb. 15, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865. Not accounted for.
Sickel, Christian do
Aug. 31, '64,
Not accounted for.
Sallere, Israel B .. do Aug. 31, '64,
Not accounted for.
Smith, Miner R .. do Sept. 2, '64,
Not accounted for.
Sherry, Andrew W. do
Sept. 14, '64, Sept. 3, '64, Not accounted for.
Sackman, Joseph do
Sept. 2, '64,
Not accounted for.
Sweeney, John do
Aug. 29, '64, Sept. 2, '64,
Not accounted for.
Wenner, William H .do
Mar. 10, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Wertz, William ...... .do Feb. 25, '65, Sept. 22, 164,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865. Not accounted for.
Wilson, Edward C .. ... do
Wright, Darwin do Aug. 26, '64,
Not accounted for.
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Mooney, Daniel ..
.. do
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Miller, Charles. .do
Aug. 26, '64,
Not accounted for.
Not accounted for.
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Des .- ret .- disch. by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Rishel, Edward.
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Rader, James
do
Mar. 10, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Not accounted for.
Shireman, George .do
Mar. 6, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 3, 1865.
Smith, James B .. do Aug. 26, '64,
Not accounted for.
Stead, Samuel do
.
Telly, Thomas .. do
Not accounted for.
Kreitz, William
do
Mar.
9, '65,
Not accounted for. .
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Two HUNDRED AND THIRD REGIMENT.
T THE troops composing this regiment were recruited at the suggestion of General Birney, to serve as sharp-shooters in his division; but the Gen- eral dying soon after their reaching the field, they were treated as an ordi- nary infantry regiment. They were from the city of Philadelphia, and from the counties of Lycoming, Lancaster, Chester, and Delaware, and were or- ganized at Camp Cadwalader, near Philadelphia, on the 10th of September, 1864, with the following field officers : John W. Moore, Colonel; Jonas W. Ly- man, Lieutenant Colonel; Oliver P. Harding, Major. Colonel Moore had served as Major in the Ninety-ninth, Lieutenant Colonel Lyman as Surgeon of the Fifty-seventh, and the entire field and staff were veteran officers. On the 22d the regiment departed for the front, and on the 27th arrived before Peters- burg, where it was assigned to the Second Brigade, Second Division, of the Tenth Corps. On the same day, the Tenth and Eighteenth corps moved to Deep Bottom, on the James, and advanced upon the enemy's works, at Cha- pin's Farm and the New Market Road, achieving a signal success. During the engagement, the regiment performed provost duty at Deep Bottom, es- corting prisoners to the rear, and picketing Malvern Hill. On the 5th it moved up to the front, re-joining its brigade, and participated in the engagement of the 7th, where the enemy assumed the offensive, but where his repeated as- saults were repulsed, and the ground lost by the cavalry under Kautz re- gained. Until the 27th, it remained in the works, but on that day moved out with the corps on the Darbytown Road, where the enemy was encountered, and a strong demonstration on his front made, returning on the following day to its former position. The regiment lost one killed and six wounded in this engagement. Subsequently the army of the James was re-organized, and the Two Hundred and Third became part of the Second Brigade, Second Division, of the Twenty-fourth Corps, the brigade being under command of Colonel Pen- nypacker, and the division under General Ames.
On the 7th of December, the infantry troops destined for the attack on Fort Fisher, consisting of Ames' Division of the Twenty-fourth Corps, and Paine's of the Twenty-fifth, about six thousand five hundred strong, moved from camp, and proceeding to Fortress Monroe, embarked upon transports on the 13th, to accompany the powerful naval force in readiness to sail under Admiral Porter. On the 24th the bombardment of the fort commenced, and on the 25th, a force of three thousand troops landed. Two hundred boys belonging to the Junior North Carolina Reserves were captured, and a reconnoitering force under Gen- .eral Curtis, succeeded in reaching the parapets of the fort; but General Butler, who led the expedition, and General Weitzel, his Lieutenant, concurred in the
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opinion, that the work could not be carried by assault, and retiring, the forces returned to their camps on the James. On the 2d of January, General Terry was sent with the same forces and an additional brigade of the Twenty-fourth Corps, to renew the attempt at the reduction of the fort. Ames' Division was selected to lead the assault. The three brigades composing his division were led respectively by Curtis, Pennypacker, and Bell. At a preconcerted signal, the fleet, which had been delivering a heavy fire upon the fort, changed its direction, so as to leave the ground free for the movements of the army, and Curtis dashed forward and carried a portion of the parapet. Pennypacker fol- lowed, overlapping Curtis' right, and drove the enemy from the palisading. In this charge the Two Hundred and Third moved under a storm of bullets and grape-shot, which rent its ranks with fearful effect. After reaching the palisades, an opening was found in front, which led to the fort, protected by two guns. Upon these the regiment was led at a run, and with a wild shout, and though suffering from a direct and decimating fire, the guns were taken. Without pausing, it was led on, and hand to hand, fighting with desperate valor, the first traverse was carried. The smaller openings were thus re- lieved, through which the men poured like a torrent. A footing was gained, though at a heavy cost. Colonel Pennypacker had fallen, and was reported mortally hurt, but there was no cessation in the fight. Traverse after traverse, seventeen in all, still remained to be overcome. Colonel Moore, with the flag in one hand, and his sword in the other, led gallantly on until three of the traverses were carried, and the fourth was being charged, when he fell dead, still grasping the flag staff, the banner riddled with bullets and more than half shot away. The enemy here made a desperate effort to re-gain his lost ground, but by equal valor was he met, and Lieutenant Colonel Lyman, the only field officer left, leading on his trusty men, and moving among them and encouraging by his example, succeeded in repulsing every charge. "The fifth traverse," says an eye witness, " had been taken. The fight was on the sixth mound. At the base of the mound Colonel Lyman met a rebel Major. Their swords crossed and flashed. I saw the contest, and saw the Colonel's sword fly from his hand. I hastened to reach him and give him aid, but stumbled and fell. When I re- covered my feet, and caught sight of them again, the Major was in the act of rising from the ground, and the Colonel was drawing his revolver, with which he shot his antagonist dead. He recovered his sword coolly, called to the men and led a charge on the seventh traverse, but fell before it was taken, shot through the heart." From half-past three in the afternoon, until far into the night, this desperate struggle was maintained, when overcome and driven from the last traverse, the enemy finally yielded, and the victory was complete. But during those mortal hours, nearly half of the entire regiment had gone down in the fight. Forty-six were killed, and one hundred and forty-five wounded. Colonel Moore, Lieutenant Colonel Lyman, Captain Jacob T. Small- wood and Lieutenant Matthias Hart, were of the killed, and Captains Benjamin Brooke and Alexander M'Cune, and Lieutenants Charles B. Duncan, Peter Alt, William R. T. Boggs, and John S. Wetter of the wounded. Of Colonel Moore, General Ames says in his official report, "he behaved with the most distinguished gallantry. He was killed within the fort, in advance of his regi- ment. Few equaled, none surpassed this brave officer." The flag had over eighty rents made in it that day by bullets and grape shot. "These traverses," says Admiral Porter, " are immense bomb-proofs, about sixty feet long, fifty feet
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wide, and twenty feet high-seventeen of them in all, being on the north-east face. Between cach traverse, are one or two heavy guns." " I have since vis- ited," he again says, "Fort Fisher and its adjoining works, and find their strength greatly beyond what I had conceived. An engineer might be ex- cusable in saying they could not be captured, except by regular siege. I won- der, even now, how it was done. The work as I said before, is really stronger than the Malakoff Tower, which defied so long the combined powers of France and England, and yet it was captured by a handful of men, under the fire of the guns of the fleet, and in seven hours after the attack commenced in earnest."
After the capture of Fort Fisher, the regiment lay quietly in camp until the 11th of February, when an advance was made on Wilmington. The enemy had a line of works across the Peninsula, from the Cape Fear River to the ocean, and this was first encountered. The regiment was thrown out as skir- mishers, covering the brigade, and succeeded in getting the enemy's rifle pits in front of the works, but on account of the dense undergrowth and bushes, and the swampy nature of the ground, the line of battle could not advance. Once in the rifle-pits, and under the fierce fire of the enemy, without support, the regiment could not withdraw until night-fall, when, under cover of dark- ness, the men succeeded in crawling, man by man, stealthily away. Finding it impossible to break the lines at that point, the division was moved to the right bank of the river, and joined the command of General Schofield, who had just arrived with his army from the west. Moving up in rear of Fort Ander- son, it was found abandoned, as well as the works which it commanded on the opposite side. Thus, what would have cost many lives by direct assault, was gained without firing a gun by a flank movement.
Re-crossing the river, the 'advance on Wilmington was resumed, and on the evening of the 20th, the enemy was found strongly intrenched at a point five miles from the city. Dispositions were made and an attack opened on the 21st, in which the regiment lost four wounded ; but during the succeeding night, the enemy evacuated his works, and on the following morning, Wilmington, which had long been a principal resort for blockade runners, was entered. The enemy was pursued nine miles, when the Union column was halted, the bridge having been destroyed at that point, and soon after returned to camp near the city. Early in March, the columns were again put in motion towards Goldsboro, and formed junction with Sherman's army, while the bat- tle of Bentonville was in progress. On the following day the regiment moved back to Faison's Station, where it was charged with guarding the line of rail- way. On the 10th of April, the columns were again put in motion towards Raleigh, the enemy retiring, as it advanced, without serious fighting, until the 18th of April, when Johnston made an agreement for the suspension of hos- tilities, and on the 26th finally surrendered, the war being substantially at an end. The regiment was then assigned to duty at Raleigh, where it remained until the 22d of June, when it was mustered out of service.
581
ONE YEAR'S SERVICE.
FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
John W. Moore.
Colonel
July
9,'61,
Oliver P. Harding .. Amos W. Bachman
.. do
Aug.
8, '61,
Jonas W. Lyman ...
Lt. Col.
Oct. 14, '61,
Pr. from Surgeon 57th reg. P. V., Sept. 16, 1864- killed at Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865.
Benjamin Brooke ...
.. do
Sept. 12, '64,
Michael J. Cooke ...
Major ..
Sept. 13, '64,
John A. Leslie.
Edward L. Poalk
Adj ... Q. M Surg ...
Sept. 15, '64, Mar.
Edmund F. Steckel
As. Sur
Horatio D. Hunter ..
... do .....
Sept. 15, '64, Sept. 21, '64,
Mustered out with regiment, June 22, 1865. Absent, with leave, at muster out.
Samuel L. Perry
Sr. Maj.
Sept. 12, '64,
Promoted fromn Sergeant company E, Jan. 17, 1865- mustered out with regiment, June 22, 1865. . Transferred to company C, November 1, 1864.
Thomas F. Pettit Samuel Rennie
do
Aug. 18, '64, Aug. 30, '64,
Promoted from Corporal company E, Nov. 1, 1864- killed at Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865.
Geo. W. Jenkins
Q. M.Sr
Aug. 16, '64,
Chas. J. Hetrick.
Com.Sr Sept. 6, '64,
Jacob Boon
Hos.St. Sept. 15, '64,
Isaac Witmer
Pl.Mus
Sept. 2, '64,
Emanuel Gates
... do
Aug. 30, '64,
Pr. from 2d Lieut. Co. C, 99th reg. P. V., Sept. 11, 1864-to Lieut. Colonel, Feb. 14, 1865.
George B. Mason
... do
Aug. 22, '64,
Matthias Hart
Lewis F. Gallagher
Ist Lt .. 2d Lt .. .. do
Sept. 4, '64, Aug. 6, '64, Aug. 17, '64,
Freeman Powers
1st Sgt.
Aug. 16, '64,
William J. Justice .. Jacob Bitts
Serg't .. .. do
Aug. 25, '64, Aug. 15, '64,
Tobias Detrick
do
Amos Chambers.
.do
Samuel M'Farland
.do
Aug. 25, '64, Aug. 22, '64, Aug. 25, '64,
Gustavus A.Kendig Isaac H. Pickel.
.. do Corp .....
Aug. 19, '64, Aug. 17, '64,
Daniel G. Ferrell
.do
Isaac Musser
do
Aug. 16, '64, Aug. 19, '64, Aug. 17, '64,
Chas. R. Hudgins ... Christian H. Lines .. Elias Groff.
.. do
do
do
Daniel M. Hunter .. do Benj. F. Menard ... .. do
Aug. 22, '64, Aug. 17, '64, Aug. 17, '64, Aug. 21, '64, Aug. 22, '64,
Promoted from Ist Lt. company H, Feb, 15, 1865- mustered out with company, June 22, 1865. Killed at Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865. Discharged November 29, 1864.
Promoted from 1st Sergeant, February 14, 1865- mustered out with company, June 22, 1865.
Wounded at Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865-pr. to Sergt., Sept. 12, 1864-to 1st Sergt., May 27, 1865-mustered out with company, June 22, 1865. Pr.to Sgt., Sept. 12,'64-mus.out with Co., June 22,'65. Wd. at Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865-pr. to Sgt., Feb. 16, 1865-mus. out with Co., June 22, 1865. Pr.to Sgt., Mar. 1,'65-mus.out with Co., June 22. 65. Pr.to Sgt., May27,'65-mus.out with Co., June 22, '65. Wounded at Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865-dis- charged by General Order, May 26, 1865.
Killed at Fort Fisher, N. C .. Jan. 15, 1865.
Wounded at Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865-ab- sent, sick, at muster out.
Pr.toCor., Sept.12,'64-mus. out withCo., June 22,'65. Pr. to Cor., Sept. 12,'64-disch. by G. O., July 10,'65. Wd. near Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 27, 1864-mus. out with company, June 22, 1865.
Pr.toCor., Feb.16,'65-mus.out with Co., June 22.'65. Pr.toCor., Mar. 1,'65-mus.out withCo., June 22, 65. Pr.toCor., May 27,'65-mus.out with Co., June 22,'65. Pr.toCor., May 27,'65-mus.out withCo., June 22,'65. Wounded at Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865-dis- charged by General Order, May 24, 1865.
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Pr. from Major 99th regiment P. V., Sept. 16, 1864- killed at Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865. Pr. from Major, Feb. 12, 1865-dis. May 2, 1865. Promoted from Captain company A to Lieutenant Colonel, Feb. 14, 1865-to Colonel, June 15, 1865- mustered out with regiment, June 22, 1865.
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