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Commissioned 2d Lieutenant, April 23, 1865-not mustered-mustered out with Co., July 8,'65-Vet. Wounded at Clover Hill, Va., April 9, 1865-mus- tered out with company, July 8, 1865-Vet. Wounded at Apponiattox Court House, Va., April 9, 1$65-absent, in hospital, at muster out.
Wounded at Appomattox Court House, Va., April 9. 1855-disch. by General Order, June 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865-Vet. Promoted from private, Feb. 1, 1855-mustered out with company, July 8, 1865-Vet.
Died at Washington, D. C., July 11, of wounds received at Petersburg, Va., June 18. 1864-Vet. Wd. and missing at Petersburg, Va., June 18. 1804. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865-Vet. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Wounded at Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1835- discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865-Vet.
Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864-mus- tered out with company, July 8, 1865-Vet. Wounded at Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6. 1835- > discharged by General Order, July 15, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Died at City Point, Va., June 26, 1864.
Killed at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1855. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864-mus- tered out with company, July 8, 1865-Vet. Transferred to company I, Jan. 1, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Discharged by General Order, July 15, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Discharged by special order, March 9, 1864. Transferred to company I, Jan. 1, 1865.
Atkinson, Frank .do
Pr. to Hospital Steward-date unknown-Vet. Deserted April 15, 1864.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Wounded at Boydton Plank Road, Va., Oct. 27,'64- discharged by General Order, July 3, 1865. Absent, sick, at muster out.
Mustered out with company, July.8, 1865.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company. July 8, 1835. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1835.
Albert T. Clark.
... do
Private Jan. 26, '64,
125
TWENTY-FIRST CAVALRY-THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Baird, Jamcs. ..
Privatc Fcb. 20, '64,
Bivens, Joseph
... clo
Feb. 10, '64,
Capt'd at Boydton Plank Road, Va., Oct. 27. 1564- died at Salisbury, N. C., Nov. 26, 1864-Vet. Died at City Point, April 16, of wounds re- ceived at Amelia Springs, Va., April 5, 1865-bu- ried in Cavalry Corps Cemetery-Vet.
Never joined company.
Christ, Louis ... do
Clen, William H. do
Crunipenshaw, H. do
Jan.
1, '64,
Carpenter, James E .do
Feb. 15, '64,
Carney, Joseph .do
Ang. 7, '63,
Clayton. John ...
do
Feb. 16, '65,
Collier, Nathaniel.
do
Feb. 28, '65,
Colick, John do
Feb. 24, '65,
Cassidy, Alexander clo
Feb. 17, '64,
Collins, John.
do
Feb. 18, '64,
Cornell, James.
.do
Feb. 16, '64,
Craiggo, John .. do
Jan. 27, '64,
Dickerson, Thomas
.. do
Fcb. 19, '64,
Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1964-dis- charged July 19, 1865-Vet.
Delancy, William P Ellis, Alexander
do .do
Feb. 28, '65, Feb. 15, '64,
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Frect, Jacob
co
Feb. 12, '64, Feb. 28, '65,
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1855.
Filby, Thaddeus .. .do
Feb.
3, '64,
Fennell, Henry. .. do
Fitz, Simnon.
clo
9. '64,
Geissinger, Jackson .. do
Feb. 20, '64,
Gormley. John W. do
Feb. 23, '65,
Garden, Robert B.
do
Feb. 8, '65,
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 28, 1565.
Golil, John. clo
Fcb. 28, '65, Feb. 25, '65,
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Golıl, William
do
Feb. 24, '65,
Hoffinan, George W .do
Feb. 20, '64,
Hinkle, William. .do
Fcb. 13, '64,
Hays, Thomas. .. do
Feb.
8, '64,
Houpt, Martin ..
.do
Fcb. 18, '64,
Harris, Samuel do
Mar. 25, '64,
Hoover, Caleb B ... do Fcb. 27, '65,
Harding, Richard .. .. do
Feb. 20, '64,
Irons, John H. .do
Fcb. 23, '64,
Jaures, Henry .do
Aug. 10, '64,
Kibbie, Norton S. do
Feb. 24, '65, Ang. 7, '63,
Lugar, Jolın P. .do
Feb. 22, '64,
Little, Walter W .. do
Feb. 28, '64,
Lockhart, Joseph ...
do
Feb. 29, '64,
Low, Samuel
.do
Feb.
28, '65,
Lutz, John.
do
Fcb. 6, '65,
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Mullholland, James
do
Jan. 23, '64,
Miller, John B.
do
Feb. 23, '65,
Montague, Edward .. do
Feb. 23, '64,
Miller, David .. .do
Fcb. 18, '64,
Murplins, Gustavus
.. do do
Feb.
19, '64,
Millbourne, Thos ..
Feb. 3, '64,
M'Caullcy Peter ..... do
Jan. 19, '64,
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
M'Cracken, George .. do
Feb. 28, '65,
M'Nair, Amos K do
Fcb. 4, '65,
M'Elroy, James do
Aug. 4, '63,
M'Gahuy, John T .. do
Feb. 13, '64,
M'Connell, Henry .. .do Fcb. 29, '64, Jan.
M'Farland. James .. .do
10, '64,
Feb. 19, '64,
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1835. Killed at Petersburg, Va., June IS, 1864.
Norris, Samuel
.do Feb. 18, '64,
Oyer, Daniel S do
Feb. 3, '65,
Pawlings, Gco. W .. do
Feb. 23, '64,
Perkins, Samuel H. .do Feb. 23, '64,
Pennell, Jamcs ... do Feb. 18, '64,
Killed at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864. Mustcred out with company, July 8, 1865.
Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864-ab- sent, sick, at muster out-Vet.
Mustered out with conpany, July 8, 1865.
Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18,'64-died at David's Island, N. Y., Nov. 2, '64-bu. rec., Sept. 12,'64-bu. in Cypress Hill Cem., L. I , grave, 1,804.
Barry, Thomas. do
Feb. 13, '64, Feb. 8, '64, July 14, '63,
Discharged July 19, 1865-Vet.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Discharged by General Order, July 15, 1865.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Discharged by special order, July 27, 1864.
Never joined company.
Never joined company.
Deserted June 8, 1864.
Transferred to 42d Co., 2d Battalion, Vet. Res. Corps, Apri: 11, '65-disch. by G. O., Aug. 24, '65. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Discharged December 20, for wounds received at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864.
Died November 4, 1864.
Killed at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864.
Mustercd out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustercd out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Discharged August 9, 1865.
Absent, sick, at muster out.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Wounded at Petersburg, Va, June 18, 1864-dis- charged by General Order, June 14, 1865.
Discharged by General Order, Aug. 2, 1865. Discharged by General Order, July 17, 1865.
Absent, sick, at muster out.
Descrted April 15, 1864.
Never joined company.
Wounded at Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1805- discharged by General Order, July 15, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Transferred to 96th reg. P. V .- date unknown.
Mustered out with 'company, July 8, 1565.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Deserted March 5, 1864.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mastered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Mustercd out with company, July 8, 1865-Vet. Died at Washington, D. C., Nov. 19,'64-burial rec., Nov. 10, '64-bu. at Alexandria, Va., grave, 2,865. Died at City Point, Va., Oct. 9, 1864.
Deserted March 4, 1864.
Newman, Her'n S. clo Naylor, John .do Feb. 19, '64, Fcb. 18, '64,
Neil, Frank ... do
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Kceler, Joseph. .do
Fcb. 19, '64, Feb.
Garınan, Samucl. do
Farrer, Preston W ..
126
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SECOND REGIMENT,
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARK3.
Pugh, Thomas.
Private
Feb. 12, '64,
Rohn, William
.. do
Feb. 4, '64,
Wounded at Boydton Plank Road, Va., Oct. 27, 1864-absent, in hospital, at muster out.
Robinson, Jas. W
do
Feb. 18, '64,
Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864-mus- tered out with company, July 8, 1865-Vet. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Deserted November 28, 1864.
Russell, Andrew J .. .. do
Feb. 28, '65,
Rainbow, Thomas.
.do
Feb.
8, '64,
Schezer, Charles
.. do
Feb.
18, '64,
Stoner, Joseph ..
.do
Feb.
9, '64,
Stearnes, Erwin F .. ... do
Feb.
15, '64,
Smith, James do
Feb.
28, '65,
Sheets, Jacob .do
Feb. 24, '65,
Staley, Josephius
.. do
Feb. 25, '65,
Stoner, Henry ...
.. do
Feb.
5, '64,
Stohr, Max
.do
Mar. 25, '64,
Six, William
.do
Feb. 18, '64,
Snyder, Daniel W. .do
Feb.
22, '64,
Teach, John .. .. do Feb. 12, '64,
Upperman, Jacob .. .. do
Feb. 4, '64,
Weiner, George ... .. do Feb. 13, '64,
Windle, Thomas D. .do
Feb. 17, '64,
Williamson, H. B .. .. do
Feb. 20, '64,
Webster, Joseph L. .. do
Feb. 17, '64,
Way, Benjanıin .. do
Feb.
8, '64,
Weaver, John R ... .do
Feb. 25, '65,
Warfield, J. H. B .. .. do
Feb.
17, '65,
Wright, William J.
.. do
Feb. 23, '64,
Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864-dis- charged on Surgeon's certificate, June 13, 1855. Transferred to Signal Corps, April 9, 1864.
Walk, John A.
do
Feb. 4, '64,
Ward, William .. .do
Feb. 10, '64,
Died at City Point, Va., April 24, 1805-buried in Cavalry Corps Cemetery.
Worthington, Jolın
.do
Feb. 10, '64,
Died at Washington, D. C., September 13, 1864. Died at Alexandria, Va., August 2, 1864.
Ward, Smith .. do
Feb.
9, '64,
Weidmer, Jas. H ... .. do
Feb.
13, '64,
Killed at Boydton Plank Road, Va., Oct. 27, 1804. Deserted June 13, 1864.
Young, Osamus A .. .do
Feb.
8, '64, Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865-Vet.
Young, David
do
Feb.
4, '64,
Discharged by General Order, July 1, 1865.
Young, George
.do
Feb.
4, '64,
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
UNASSIGNED MEN.
Birk, Henry.
Private
Feb. 23, '64,
Not accounted for.
Bush, William B
do
Feb.
1, '64,
Not accounted for
Beckqueth, Sam'l
do
Feb.
2, '65,
Not accounted for.
Burnes, James O .... do
Feb. 13, '64,
Not accounted for.
Craigton, Joseph .. do
Jan.
20, '64,
Not accounted for.
Christian, Jack.
.do
Jan.
23, '64,
Not accounted for.
Conely, James.
do
Jan.
20, '64,
Not accounted for.
Carpenter, Christ. G .. do
Feb.
23, '65,
Not accounted for.
Christy, Henry F.
.do
Jan.
5, '64,
Not accounted for.
Cook, Henry P .. do
Jan.
5, '64,
Not accounted for.
Dailey, A. Delos .. do
Feb. 13, '64,
Not accounted for.
Dunn, Philip
.do
June 7, '64,
Not accounted for.
Daniels, Oliver M.
.. do
Jan.
2, '64,
Not accounted for.
Flood, Joshua K.
.do
.do
Feb. 11, '64,
Not accounted for.
Gilbert, George W.
.do
Feb.
28, '65,
Not accounted for.
Gray, George W. T.
do
Feb.
9, '64,
Not accounted for.
Ginifer, Jantes D Green, Edward
do
Jan.
29, '6+,
Not accounted for.
Henry. Joseph
do
July
7, '64,
Not accounted for.
Harris, Charles
.. do
Feb.
5, '64,
Not accounted for.
Henry, Samuel
.do
Feb.
4, '64,
Not accounted for.
Jackson, Charles
do
Feb.
9, '64,
Jones, William H .. .do
Feb. 10, '65, Feb.
7, '65,
Not accounted for.
Jones, Alexander ... do
Feb. 14, '65,
Not accounted for.
Jackson, William . .do
Aug. 18, '64, Not accounted for.
Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864-mus- tered out with company, July 8, 1865-Vet. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Died at Baltimore, Md., Feb. 2, '65-bu. rec., Fcb. 27, '65-bu. in Loudon Park National Cemetery. Died at Washington, D. C., June 13, of wounds re- ceived at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864-buried in National Cemetery, Arlington.
Died at Chambersburg, Pa., April 17, 1861. Deserted May 1, 1864.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864-mus- tered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865. Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865.
Widmer, Samuel R. .do
Feb.
15, '64,
Feb.
9, '64,
Not accounted for.
Hack, Levi G.
do
Feb. 16, '64,
Not accounted for.
Discharged by General Order, May 3, 1865.
Jennings, Tawney .. ,do
.do
Jan. 27, '64,
Not accounted for-Vet.
Gallaher, John
Not accounted for.
Died at City Point, Va., July 21, 1864.
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TWENTY-FIRST CAVALRY-THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER IXTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Katan, John
Private Mar. 7, '64,
Not accounted for.
Kooper, Jesse
.do
Feb. 17, '64,
Not accounted for.
Kiehl, Jacob ...
.. do
Feb.
8, '64,
Not accounted for.
Kautz, Henry ..
.. do
Feb.
8, '64,
Not accounted for.
Kohl, Josiah.
.. do
Feb.
20, '64,
Not accounted for.
Kinsmon, Jacob
do
Feb.
6, '64,
Not accounted for.
Keppler, Daniel.
.do
Feb.
7, '64,
Not accounted for.
Kane, Charles
do
Jan.
30, '64,
Not accounted for.
Leary, Charles.
do
Oct.
31, '64,
Not accounted for.
I.owery, David
do
Feb. 27, '65,
Not accounted for.
Martin, Thomas W.
.do
Feb. 13, '65,
Not accounted for.
Murphy, John
.do
June 20, '64,
Not accounted for.
Martin, Samuel,
.. do
June 27, '64,
Not accounted for.
Mesenhelter, Wm ..
.. do
Feb. 9, '64,
Not accounted for.
Miller, Charles
do
Aug. 31, '64,
Not accounted for.
Mearig, Elam ..
.do
Feb. 27, '64,
Not accounted for.
Myers, George.
.do
Aug. 18, '64,
Not accounted for.
Miller, Alfred ..
.. do
Not accounted for.
M'Vey, Samuel
do
Feb.
3, '64,
Not accounted for.
M'Laughlin, Henry Nicholas, William.
.do
Feb.
4, '64,
Not accounted for.
Nice, George.
June 7, '64,
Not accounted for.
Norton, John. .. do
Feb.
8, '64,
Not accounted for.
Rauch, Jeremiah H.
.do
Feb.
6, '64,
Not accounted for.
Ripley, John ....
.do
Feb.
6, '64,
Not accounted for.
Rose, George
.. do
Feb. 21, '65,
Not accounted for.
Sear, Frederick
do
Aug. 24, '64,
Not accounted for.
Stover, Jacob A ....
do
Feb. 23, '65,
Not accounted for.
Steward, Charles
do
Feb. 15. '64,
Not accounted for.
Shatzer, Peter ..
do
Feb.
9, '64,
Not accounted for.
Stermer, Henry
do
Aug.
9, '64,
Not accounted for.
Stull, William.
.. do
Ang. 18, '64,
Not accounted for.
Stewart, William
.do
Feb. 27, '65,
Not accounted for.
Staley, Josephus. do
.do
Feb. 10, '64,
Not accounted for.
Toomay, John ...
do
Feb.
6, '64,
Not accounted for.
Thomas, Theodore G
.do
Feb.
27, '65,
Not accounted for.
Taylor, David.
do
Jan.
4, '64,
Not accounted for.
Van Ness, Henry ..
do
Feb. 11, '65,
Not accounted for.
Wenger, Ambrose ..
.. do
Feb. ~ 8, '64,
Not accounted for.
Watson, William .do
April 15, '64,
Not accounted for.
Watson, John.
.do
Feb. 15, '64,
Not accounted for.
Young, William
do
Feb. 25, '64,
Not accounted for.
Yost, George S ..
.do
Feb. 6, '64,
Not accounted for.
.. do
Jan. 29, '64,
Not accounted for
.do
Feb. 15, '64,
Not accounted for.
Rinkard, Samuel P.
.do
Feb.
25, '65,
Not accounted for.
Shafer, Adain
Swartz, Daniel. do
Feb.
19, '64,
Not accounted for.
Feb. 22, '65,
Not accounted for.
Leebold, Calvin. .. do
127
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
1 INHIS regiment was organized at Philadelphia, under the auspices of the Union League Association, and was known as the Fourth Union League Regiment. Recruiting was commenced in the fall of 1863, the troops rendez- vousing at a camp near Frankford Depot, subsequently on Broad Street, below Chestnut, but the organization was not completed until the March following, when the following field officers were appointed : George P. M'Lean, Colonel; William Powell, Lieutenant Colonel; John Reynolds, Major. Col- onel M'Lean had served as Major of the Twenty-second, and Colonel of the Eighty-eighth regiments. The regiment contained a large proportion of very young men, who, in the earlier stages of the war, would not have been passed. Immediately after its organization, it proceeded to the front, and joined the Army of the Potomac, in camp upon the Rapidan, where it was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division, of the Second Corps, and was associated with the Sixty-first New York, Eighty-first Pennsylvania, and Twenty-sixth Michigan, under command of Colonel Nelson A. Miles.
In the fierce fighting of the Wilderness, on the 5th and 6th of May, it was at the front, and again on the 8th, at Laurel Hill, where the rebel columns were encountered, and in the struggle which ensued, it lost four killed. At the Po River, the fighting was renewed, and here the brigade resisted the fierce charges of the enemy, and repeatedly repulsed his bold assaults. Its loss was two killed. At a little before dawn, on the morning of the 12th, Hancock assaulted the right of the rebel line, carrying his works, and taking many captives, guns, and small arms. Miles' Brigade had a prominent place in this assault, and shared the glories of the victory. The One Hundred and Eighty-third lost in this engagement, ten killed and five mortally wounded. Captain John H. Hutt, and Lieutenant John M. Ottinger, were among the killed. Soon after this battle, Colonel M'Lean, Lieutenant Colonel Powell, Major Reynolds, and Adjutant Theodore F. Mann, resigned, on account of some differences existing between themselves and Colonel Miles, in command of the brigade, and the line officers having had little experience in military duty, Captain John F. M'Cullough, a veteran officer of the One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment, wasappointed Colonel, and Captain George T. Egbert, Major. In the action at Tolopotomy Creek, on the 31st, Colonel M'Cullough, who had shown himself a brave and gallant man in the fierce fighting which preceded it at the North Anna, was killed, and the regiment lost besides, in these battles, twelve killed. On the 3d of June, the fighting was renewed at Cold
.
120
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Harbor, and here the struggle became more desperate and destructive thau on any previous field, the regiment losing eight killed, and five mortally wounded. Captain Joseph R. Smith was among the killed. On the 15th of June, Captain James C. Lyneh, of the One Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania, at that time acting as Inspector General of the division, was assigned to the command of the regiment, and was commissioned Colonel.
After erossing the James, the regiment participated in the attack made by the corps in front of Petersburg, on the afternoon of June 16th, in which the enemy was driven from his outer line. On the morning of the 17th, a charge was made by a portion of the Ninth Corps, which resulted in the capture of some prisoners, and seven guns. At evening, a charge was again made by a part of the same eorps, which was repulsed, and the troops fell back upon the First Division of the Second Corps, which held the enemy in cheek. For several days the division was engaged in advaneing and changing its lines, which involved frequent and heavy skirmishing. On the 22d, it was advaneed some distance in front of its works, when the enemy eame very suddenly in upon its left flank, compelling it to fall back rapidly to the line from which it had moved, with the loss to the regiment of a number wounded and taken prisoners. Early in August, the term of service of the Seventy-second Regi- ment expired, and upon its muster-out, the veterans and reeruits were assigned to the One Hundred and Eighty-third. Its numbers were thereby raised to a standard which entitled it to a full complement of field officers, whereupon, Major Egbert was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain Augustine T. Lynch, to Major. The regiment was now thoroughly re-organized and drilled, but remained otherwise inactive until the 26th of July. On that day it was put upon the mareh, and with the eorps erossed the James, approaching the enemy's lines near Deep Bottom. The skirmishers of the brigade were imme- diately advaneed, and discovered the enemy in position behind breast-works, along the margin of a wood, with an open field in front. Aeross this the' brigade was ordered to charge. Forming under eover, it moved with such celerity aeross the open space, that little time was given the enemy to make a defense, and before he was hardly aware of its presence on his front, the brigade . was upon him, capturing his works, and four pieces of rifled cannon. Colonel Lyneh led the regiment in this charge, gallantly riding at its head, and having his horse shot under him. It lost four killed. On the 20th, the eorps returned to the support of the Ninth Corps, but on the 12th of August, again crossed the James, and in the battle which ensued, the regiment suffered a loss of three killed, but was only partially engaged, the corps returning to the works before Petersburg, without gaining any signal advantage.
With little delay, the corps moved upon the Weldon Railroad, and on the afternoon of the 25th, the enemy attacked, and finally drove the division, after being repeatedly repulsed. The regiment lost one killed, and a number in wounded and prisoners. A few days after this battle, the One Hundred and Eighty-third, now numbering about one hundred and fifty men, was detailed for duty at Cedar Road Station, guarding the railroad leading from City Point, where, for a time, it was out of the range of the enemy's guns. Towards the elose of September, it was relieved by the Twenty-sixth Michigan, and moving up to the line of works, was posted along the right bank of the Appomattox River, on the extreme riglit of the line, facing the enemy on the opposite bank. Colonel Lyneh here had command of the brigade, which held
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nearly three miles of the line, and Lieutenant Colonel Egbert of the regiment. There was little firing upon its front at this time, but on account of the marshy and malarial nature of the ground along the valley, the duty proved destruc- tive to health, chills and fever prevailing, which sent large numbers to the hospitals. On the 6th of October, Colonel Lynch was mustercd out, his term of service having expired, and Lieutenant Colonel George T. Egbert was sub- scquently commissioned Colonel, Major Augustine T. Lynch, Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain Horace P. Egbert, Major. At. the opening of November, the brigade was relieved by the 12th New Jersey, and re-joined the division. On the 9th of December, at Hatcher's Run, the brigade came upon a line of the enemy occupying temporary works. He had filled the stream with felled tim- ber, to impede the passage to his position. The Second New York Heavy Artil- lery, supported by the brigade, crossed and drove him out. He afterwards returned to the attack, and opened a brisk fire, but was prevented from cross- ing the stream. At the conclusion of this skirmish, the regiment returned to camp, and remained undisturbed until the 5th of February, 1865, when the lines were extended to the left, and works were built in the new position, which works it occupied.
Early on the morning of the 25th of March, the enemy surprised and cap- tured Fort Steadman, on the Ninth Corps front; but the troops soon rallying, re-took it, killing, wounding, and capturing most of the attacking party. An order was immediately issued for the advance of the pickets along the whole Union linc. The pickets of the Second Corps at once opened a rapid fire, and the brigade moved early to the support of those upon its front. During the day the picket line was advanced, with but little opposition, until half-past four in the afternoon. The enemy then came out in force, drove back the pickets, and came upon the supports, when a brisk action, lasting for half an hour, occurred, in which the position of the brigade was held, and the enemy was forced to withdraw, after suffering severe loss. The One Hundred and Eighty-third had one killed and thirteen wounded. The regiment was soon after transferred to the Fourth Brigade, with which, on the 29th, it commenced moving and skirmishing, and on the evening of the 30th, was under fire of the enemy's shells, near the Boydton Plank Road. On the following morning, in company with the One Hundred and Forty-fifth, the regiment was ordered back nearly a mile, and was brought into position upon a road leading from Dabney's Mills to the Boydton Road. While engaged, the rest of the division charged and captured a part of the enemy's line, taking prisoners and two battle flags. During the night of April 1st, the command marched to the support of the Fifth Corps, returning in the morning, and on Sunday the 2d; while moving forward, came upon the enemy's rear-guard, well entrenched, and disposcd to dispute further progress. Charges of the Second and Third brigades failed to dislodge him, whereupon, the Fourth Brigade moved to the left, and coming in upon his right flank, drove him in utter rout. In front of the One Hundred and Eighty-third, little opposition was met, the line ad- vancing in excellent order. Until the ,surrender of Lee, cn the 9th, the regi- ment was kept upon the march, but had little more severe fighting. After the surrender, it marched back through Richmond, to Alexandria, participated in the grand review of the armies at the Capital, on the 23d of May, and on the 13th of July, was mustered out of service.
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