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Alexander C. Morgan, corp., missing in action at Fair Oaks May 3, 1862.
Isaiah Jordan, musician, must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
James T. Wells, musician, disch. on surg. certif. March 18, 1863.
Frirater.
Joseph E. Amer, absent, on detached service, at muster out.
George Amer, must, out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
William Allmann, disch. on surg. certif. March 25, 1863.
Enoch Brooks, absent, on detached service, at muster out. John Bratton, absent, on detached service, at muster out.
William A. Bell, disch. on surg. certif. July 8, 1862.
Josiah Bratton, disch, on surg. certif. Oct. 26, 1863.
Henry Bush, disch. June 30, 1864, for wounds received at Morris Island, N. C.
Robert W. Baldwin, disch. on writ of habeas corpus, date unknown.
James W. Burgan, absent, sick, at muster out,
David Baldwin, must. in Oct. 16, 1861 ; missing in action near Deep Bot- tom Aug. 17, 1864.
Stephen Clendaniel, absent, on detached service, at muster out.
Daniel W. Crumrine, must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
Harvey Cox, wounded Aug. 30, 1863; most, ont with company Nov. 22, 1864.
John Clendaniel, must. in Aug. 13, 1862; wounded at Petersburg June 18, 1864 ; diach. by G. O. June 10, 1865.
Israel Cumpson, died at Poplar Hill June 24, 1862. Hiram Crouch, died at Folly Island, N. C., Nov. 20, 1863.
Joseph A. Demuth, must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
Henry G. Dales, disch. on snrg. certif. Nov. 6, 1862.
Mahon C. Donagho, disch. for wounds received in action.
Alfred Dougherty, must. in Feb. 22, 1862; disch. by G. O. May 12, 1865.
2 Date of muster Nov. 11, 1861, except where noted.
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Hiram H. Fulmer, disch. on surg. certif. Oct. 29, 1862.
George W. Fisher, pro. to hosp. stew., U. S. A., March 8, 1864.
George Garber, died at Philadelphia, July 18, 1862.
Thomas S. Gage, must. in Dec. 10, 1862.
Hezekiah Horn, must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
Hiram Haver, wounded Aug. 30, 1863, June 18, 1864; must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
Jacob Haver, absent, on detached service, at must. out. George Helleck, disch, on surg. certif., date unknown,
Jonas Horn, disch. on surg. certif. Nov. 24, 1862.
Elias Horn, trans. to Vet. Res. Corps March 16, 1864.
T. P. Hathaway, died June 12, 1862.
Richard Hathaway, died at Newberne, N. C., March 2; burial record, March 7, 1863.
William M. Jackman, disch. on surg. certif., date unknown.
Leonidas F. Sones, disch. on surg. certif. Nov. 4, 1862.
Alfred R. Lucre, must, out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
William B. Lush, must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
Jasper Morgan, disch. on surg. certif. Sept. 18, 1862.
Jesse S. Moore, died at Suffolk, Va., Nov. 9, 1862.
James Meeks, missing in action near Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 17, 1864.
Alexander McCay, must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
Oliver McVay, disch. on surg. certif. Sept. 18, 1862.
John McC'hain, disch. on surg. certif. Oct. 18, 1862.
William McCormick, must. in March 4, 1862; disch. on surg. certif. June 1, 1863.
John McIlvain, trans. to Co. C, 188th Regt. P. V., June 28, 1865 ; vet- eran.
William H. McGiffin, died at Harrison's Landing June 8, 1862.
M. E. McJunken, died at Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 25, 1864.
Wilson Pryor, disch. on surg. certif. Nov. 17, 1862.
Robert Pryor, killed at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.
Edward Roberts, must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
William A. Rider, disch. on surg. certif. Dec. 1, 1862.
James M. Roach, disch, on surg. certif. Sept. 16, 1862.
Bowen Reese, disch, Nov. 16, 1864, at expiration of term.
John Reese, trans. to Co. C, 188th Regt. P. V., June 28, 1865; veteran.
William Rice, must. in Aug. 13, 1862; disch. by G. O. June 10, 1865, William L. Stull, must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864. Eli Smith, disch. on surg. certif. Sept. 16, 1862.
Adam Staub, disch. on surg. certif. March 16, 1864.
J. L. Sondeckor, died at Philadelphia July 12, 1862.
Samuel O. Thomas, disch. on surg. certif., date unknown.
William H. Virgin, must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864. Samuel Vandegrift, disch. Nov. 11, 1864, at expiration of term.
Theophilus Wilson, must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
Amos G. Walton, died at David's Island, N. Y., Feb. 29, 1864.
Henry C. Yorts, must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
James Yorders, must. in Aug. 13, 1862; disch. on surg. certif. Oct. 7, 1862.
COMPANY E.1
Harry A. Purviance, capt., pro. to lieut .- col. May 15, 1862.
Edward Campbell, capt., pro. from 2d lieut. May 15, 1862; to maj. Sept. 6, 1862.
Lewis Watkins, capt., must. in Oct. 15, 1861; pro. from 1st lieut. Sept. 6, 1862; died Sept. 28th of wounds received at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.
Jacob Davis, Ist lieut., must. in Oct. 15, 1861; pro. from lat sergt. to 2d lieut. May 1, 1863 ; to 1st lieut. May 5, 1864 ; com. capt. Sept. 28, 1864 ; not mustered ; must, out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
T. S. Purviance, 2d lient., pro. from sergt. May 15, 1862; killed at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862.
Robert G. Taylor, 2d lieut., res. Nov. 22, 1862.
Samuel Marshall, Ist sergt., must. in Nov. 15, 1861 ; disch. Oct. 31, 1864. Oliver P. Henderson, 1st sergt., died at Baltimore, Md., May 25, 1862.
William J. Graham, Ist sergt., died at Beaufort, August 30th, of wounds received at Morris Island, S. C., Aug. 21, 1863.
William M. Linn, sergt., pro. from private Aug. 18, 1862 ; must, out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
John D. Heckard, sergt., disch, on surg. certif. Aug. 18, 1862.
Moses McKeag, sergt., disch. for wounds received at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862.
Jacob D. Moore, sergt., disch. on surg. certif. Aug. 18, 1862.
Charles E. Eckles, sergt., wounded Oct. 13, 1864; trans. to 199th Regt. P. V. Oct. 14, 1864; veteran.
Henry M. Hand, sergt., absent (wounded) at muster out.
William G. Miller, sergt., trans. to Co. E, 188th Regt. P. V., June 28, 1865; veteran.
James R. Peters, sergt., killed at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 16, 1864; veteran.
George Fisher, corp., wounded Aug. 27, 1863 ; pro. to corp. Sept. 1, 1864; must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
Jacob Hand, corp., disch. on surg. certif. April 18, 1862.
Hugh B. McNeil, corp., pro. to corp. June, 1862 ; disch. on surg. certif. July 4, 1863.
James Watkins, corp., disch, on surg. certif. Dec. 19, 1862.
Adolphus J. Inks, corp., trans. to 199th Regt. P. V. Oct. 14. 1864 ; veteran. Jeremiah Dorson, corp., absent (sick) at muster out ; veteran.
George W. Downer, corp., trans. to 199th Regt. P. V. Oct. 14, 1864; vet- eran.
Robert M. Mitchell, corp., trans. to 199th Regt. P. V. Oct. 14, 1864; vet- eran.
H. J. McCallister, corp., trans. to 199th Regt. P. V. Oct. 14, 1864; vet eran.
Martin Pope, corp., trans. to 199th Regt. P. V. Oct. 14, 1864; veteran. Davis Himmegar, corp., died at Baltimore, Md., May 26, 1862.
Henry M. Taylor, corp., died at Hilton Head, S. C., February 5th.
William Remmell, musician, trans. to 199th Regt. P. V. Oct. 14, 1864 ; veteran.
Privates,
Matthew C. Axton, trans. to Co. E, 188th Regt. P. V., June 28, 1865; veteran.
Joseph Andrews, died at Fortress Monroe, Va., Nov. 6, 1862; burial rec- ord, Nov. 8, 1862; buried in Cypress Hill Cemetery, Long Island. John Adams, must, in March 30, 1862.
James Byers, disch, by general court-martial Nov. 4, 1862.
Thomas Byers, trans. to 199th Regt. P. V. Oct. 14, 1864; veteran.
John Clark, disch. on surg. certif., date unknown.
Clark Chew, disch. on surg, certif. June 12, 1862.
Elbridge Collins, disch. on surg. certif. Nov. 28, 1862.
Josiah W. Crawford, disch, on surg. certif. June 14, 1863.
Joseph C. Chase, disch. on surg, certif., date unknown.
Newton W. Chase, trans. to 199th Regt. P. V. Oct. 14, 1864; veteran. Sherman Chase, must. in Oct. 17, 1862; disch, by G. O. May 27, 1865.
Milton B. Chase, must, in April 11, 1864; trans. to Co. E, 188th Regt. P. V., June 28, 1865.
Greensbury Crossland, must, in Nov. 11, 1861 ; killed at Deep Bottom, Va., Ang. 16, 1864.
William J. Crow, died Sept. 12, 1862 ; burial record Aug. 30, 1862 ; buried in Cypress Hill Cemetery, Long Island.
Simeon D. Chase, must. in April 11, 1864 ; must. out. Aug. 26, 1864.
John Dean, disch. on surg. certif. Dec. 3, 1863.
James C. Davis, must. in Aug. 9, 1864; disch, by G. O. May 27, 1865.
Andrew Devore, died at Baltimore, Md., July 29, 1862.
Jacob Deselms, killed near Petersburg, June 18, 1864 ; buried in National Cemetery, Sec. A, Div. 1, Grave 5.
John Dongon, died July 16, 1862; buried in Cypress Hill Cemetery, Long Island, grave 220.
James M. Edingfield, died at Morris Island, S. C., October 2d, of wounds received at Fort Gregg, Sept. 23, 1862.
John Flinder, disch. on surg. certif. Sept. 10, 1862.
John Finnegan, disch. on surg. certif. Feb. 24, 1863.
Isaac Fisher, trans. to 199th Regt. P. V. Oct. 14, 1864; veteran.
John Fordyce, trans. to Vet. Res. Corps July 27, 1863.
Benjamin Gill, disch., date unknown.
Jacob Grover, died at Fortress Monroe, Va., Jan. 31, 1864.
Eli F. Huston, must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
Thomas Hennessy, must, out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
Edward M. Hall, wounded Ang. 27, 1863 ; absent, on detached service, at must. out.
William Hand, disch, on surg. certif. Sept. 2, 1862.
William B. Hays, trans. to 199th Regt. P. V. Oct. 14, 1864; veteran.
Jeremiah Hartzell, wounded Oct. 7, 1864; absent at must. out; veteran. James H. Huff, trans. to 4th U. S. Art. Nov. 14, 1862.
William Hartman, trans. to Vet. Res. Corps July 10, 1863.
William M. D. Hill, died Dec. 5, 1861 ; buried in Military Asylum Cem- etery, D. C.
Andrew J. Huff, died near Washington, D. C., Dec. 13, 1861.
Lindsay Hartman, killed at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862. Milton D. Hall, must. in May 25, 1862.
Thomas B. Jenkins, must. in Nov. 11, 1861; absent (wounded) at must. out.
1 Date of muster in Nov. 12, 1861, except as noted.
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James Jordan, must. in Oct. 17, 1862; disch. by G. O., June 10, 1865. Michael Keenan, trans. to Co. E, 188th Regt. P. V., June 28, 1865; vet-
eran.
Gideon Knight, trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, date unknown.
Frederick Lowery, must. out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
Mordecai S. Lincoln, disch, on surg. certif Ang. 15, 1862.
Jefferson Lowe, trans. to Co. E, 188th Regt. P. V., June 28, 1865 ; veteran. John P. Lucas, must. in Aug 19, 1864 ; disch, by G. O. June 10, 1865. John H. Linn, killed at Fort Wagner, S. C., Aug. 27, 1863.
John R. Means, absent (sick) at muster out.
Thomas Malone, must. in March 2, 1862; disch. on Burg, certif. Sept. 23, 1862.
Henry Marret, trans. to 2d U. S. Art., date unkuown; veteran.
James N. Mayhorn, wounded Aug. 21, 1863 ; trans. to Co. E, 188th Regt. P. V., June 28, 1865 ; veteran.
William Mahaffey, trans. to Co. E, 188th Regt. P. V., June 28, 1865. William Il. Marquis, must. in March 25, 1862; died at Beaufort, S. C.,
September 12th, of wounds received at Fort Wagner, Aug. 27, 1863. John McLean, disch. on surg. certif. April, 1862.
David C. McKeag, trans. to Co. E, 188th Regt. P. V., June 28, 1865 ; veteran.
William McConn, wounded Aug. 27, 1863 ; trans. to Co. E, 188th Regt. P. V., June 28, 1865.
John F. McCoy, trans. to 109th Regt. P. V., Oct. 14, 1864 ; veteran.
Benjamin McCallister, must. in June 20, 1864; trans. to Co. E, 188th Regt. P. V., June 28, 1865 ; veteran.
S. W. McDowell. died at Fortress Monroe, July 2, 1864 ; burial record, July 21, 1864.
Robert Neely, must. in July 25, 1862; disch, on surg. certif. Sept. 20, 1863.
Joseph Neely, killed at Fort Wagner, S. C., Aug. 27, 1863.
David R. Parker, died at White House, Va , June 15, 1862. George C. Rocky, absent (sick) at must. out.
Henry J. Rigdon, must. in Dec. 31, 1861 ; disch., date unknown, for wounds received at Morris Island, S. C., Aug. 27, 1863.
Wesley Ralston, must. in Ang. 9, 1864; disch. by G. O. June 10, 1865. Jacob Ruckwell, trans. to 4th U. S. Art. Nov. 21, 1862.
El jah Rockwell, died at Harrison's Landing, Va., Aug. 16, 1862. Cyrus Sproul, disch. on surg. certif. April 11, 1863 ; died April 14, 1863. Heury Smith, disch, on surg. certif., date unknown.
Rudolph Smith, date unknown.
Charles Vorndal, disch. on surg. certif., date unknown.
John Woodward, must out with company Nov. 22, 1864.
Christy Welsh, died at Washington, D. C., March, 1862 ; burial record, Aug. 3, 18 )2; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery.
John J. White, died August 30th, of wounds received at Fort Wagner Aug. 27, 1863.
CHAPTER XXV.
WAR OF THE REBELLION .- ( Continued.)
One Hundredth Regiment .- The "Round Head Regiment," designated as the One Hundredth in the Pennsylvania line, was raised in August, 1861, in the counties of Washington, Westmoreland, Beaver, Lawrence, Butler, and Mercer, "from among the de- scendants of the Covenanters and of the men who had followed Cromwell, whose leading characteristics had been a devotion to the principles of liberty of person and of conscience."1 To the composition of this regiment Washington County contributed one company (" A"), of which the original commissioned officers were: Capt., James Armstrong; 1st Lieut., William F. Templeton ; 2d Lieut., Joseph H. Pente- cost. This company was mustered into the service
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Aug. 27, 1861. There was no other company made up wholly or principally of Washington County men, though volunteers from this county served in several other companies of the regiment.
On the 2d of September the Round Head compa- nies were ordered to Washington, D. C., and upon arrival at the capital went into camp at Kalorama Heights, where the regiment became fully organized under the following field-officers, viz. : Colonel, Dan- iel Leasure ; Lieutenant-Colonel, James Armstrong (promoted from captain of " A" company of Wash- ington County) ; Major, David A. Leckey.
On the 9th of October the regiment with others moved from Washington to Annapolis, Md., where it encamped on the grounds of the Naval Academy as part of a large expeditionary force which was col- lected there under command of Gen. W. T. Sherman, destined for a then unknown field of operations (which afterwards proved to be the coast of South Carolina). On the 19th of October the regiment was embarked with five companies of the Fiftieth Pennsylvania Regiment on board the transport-steamer "Ocean Queen" and proceeded down the Chesapeake. When they arrived at Fortress Monroe they found the road- stead crowded with a fleet made up of war-steamers and transports filled with troops. This fleet, includ- ing the "Ocean Queen," went to sea in the morning of October 29th, and the sight was grand and inspir- iting. For a time the winds favored, and the sea was comparatively smooth, but afterwards a heavy gale came on in which the vessels were scattered, and three or four of them were lost. During this time the troops suffered greatly from sea-sickness and over- crowding on the transports. The fleet had sailed under sealed orders, and its destination was as yet unknown except to the chief naval and military commanders. The "Ocean Queen" having been driven by the gale entirely away from and out of sight of the other vessels of the fleet, the sealed orders were opened and it was found that the destination was Port Royal Entrance, S. C. At last the storm abated, the vessels one by one returned within sig- naling distance of each other, and the low shores of South Carolina became visible on the starboard hand. Six days (which seemed as many weeks) from the time of its departure from Fortress Monroe the fleet arrived off Hilton Head, S. C., Nov. 4, 1861. The object of the expedition was now apparent, and, with a smoother sea and an enemy almost in sight, sea- sickness and dejection gave place to buoyant spirits and eager enthusiasm.
The fleet was composed of fourteen armed vessels, twenty-two first-class steamers, twelve smaller steam- ers, and twenty-six sailing-vessels. The commander of the fleet was Commodore (afterwards Admiral) S. F. Dupont, whose flag-ship was the splendid steam- frigate "Wabash." The land forces consisted of thirteen regiments of volunteers, in three brigades,- in all about eleven thousand men,-under command
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of Gen. W. T. Sherman. The Second Brigade, com- posed of the Fiftieth and One Hundredth Pennsyl- vania, Eighth Michigan, and Seventy-ninth New York, was under command of Brig .- Gen. Isaac I. Stevens.
The channel connecting Port Royal harbor with the sea was guarded on either side by a strong rebel forti- fication. These were known as Forts Walker and Beauregard, and the reduction of these, by the navy, was the first work to be done. For three days after their arrival the vessels remained in quiet, below, as the weather was not considered sufficiently favorable for operations ; but on the 7th the " Wabash" set her signal for battle, and advanced to the attack, followed by the other armed ships in their proper order. They moved in a circular line, up past one fort, and down past the other, delivering their tremendous broad- sides into each as they came abreast of it. With the fire from the ships, and the responses from the forts, it was almost a continuous volley of artillery, which shook the earth, and made the very waters tremble. But at length the fire of the forts began to slacken, their replies grew more and more feeble, and finally the Stars and Bars above their ramparts gave place to the white flag. A little later the standard of the Union floated above the captured works on both sides of the channel.
On the following day the brigade landed at Hilton Head, and a part of it occupied Fort Walker. On the 17th of December it moved to Beaufort, a place of surpassing beauty, where many of the wealthy people of Charleston had, in the old days of peace, made their summer residences. It was now found deserted by nearly all its inhabitants except negroes. On the morning of the 1st of January, 1862, the troops of Stevens' brigade, supported by two gunboats, crossed the Coosaw River to attack the works of the enemy at Port Royal Ferry, but the Confederates withdrew after slight skirmishing, in which the Round Heads suffered little if any loss, and on the following day the troops returned to camp. Then for five months, which included the delightful winter season of lower South Carolina, the troops remained occu- pying Beaufort, Barnwell's, Port Royal, Ladies', and other adjacent islands, engaged chiefly in drill and picket duty. This was to them the most agreeable period in all their war experience, except for the fact that there was a considerable amount of sickness in the command, resulting from change of climate.
On the 1st of June Stevens' division 1 was moved from Beaufort, and proceeded by transports through Stono River to Legareville, on James Island, where the enemy was occupying defensive works, which were carried, June 3d, after a brisk engagement, in which the Round Heads suffered a loss of nineteen, killed and wounded, and fifteen men and a captain
(of Co. "F") taken prisoners. Then the regiment lay in comparative quiet (but often under heavy artillery fire) until the night of the 15th, when orders were issued and preparations made for an attack on Tower Fort, a strong work of the enemy near Secessionville, on James Island.
Secessionville, the scene of the battle which took place on the following morning, was described by Dr. J. C. Wilson, surgeon of the Eighth Michigan, which was one of the regiments engaged, as " a village composed of a few houses whose owners have seceded from them, situated on a narrow neck of land jutting into the stream on the east side of James Island, skirted by tidal marshes and swamps on either side, and diffi- cult of approach, except from the westward, where is a rebel fort which commands this entrance." The fort was a formidable earthwork, with a parapet nine feet in height, surrounded by a broad ditch seven feet deep, and protected by a broad and almost impenetra- ble abatis. The neck of dry land over which (alone) it was approachable was barely two hundred yards in width, and every inch of it could be swept at close range by canister from the six heavy guns of the fort and by musketry from its defenders. And it was over such ground, and to the assault of such a work, that the troops of Stevens' division moved forward at four o'clock in the morning of that bloody and event- ful 16th of June, 1862.
The assaulting column was made up of two small brigades, one, composed of the Round Heads, with the Forty-sixth and Seventy-ninth (Highlanders) of New York, under command of Col. Leasure, and the other composed of the Eighth Michigan, Seventh Con- necticut, and Twenty-eighth Massachusetts, under Col. Fenton, of Michigan. Four batteries of artillery ac- companied the brigades, and the entire attacking force numbered three thousand three hundred and thirty- seven men. The troops were in line at two o'clock A.M., and it was expected they would move forward at once, but for some unaccountable reason the ad- vance was delayed until nearly sunrise. A correspond- ent of the New York Tribune, who was present, wrote a communication descriptive of the battle to his paper, in which he said, "It appears, from the statements of some of the officers and men in the regiments, that about one-half mile from the fort there was a narrow pass through a hedge, and the men were compelled to pass through a very few abreast, thus delaying their advance. The Eighth Michigan got through and pushed on with great vigor up to the fort, which they assaulted with a shout. They were met with a mur- derous fire from the fort in front, and from flanking batteries. A few of these brave men overcame all dangers and difficulties, and, rushing over the dead bodies of their slaughtered comrades, actually climbed into the fort ; but it was impossible for them to main- tain their ground there against the fearful odds whcih opposed them, the men who should have supported them being delayed in passing through the hedge."
1 Stevens then commanded a division, his old brigade being tempo- rarily under command of Col. Fenton, of the Eighth Michigan.
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Just as the Eighth Michigan was beaten back the Highlanders and Round Heads came up, having passed over a wide space, swept by the enemy's can- ister and musketry. Both the Pennsylvania and the New York regiment rushed on regardless of the fire which met them, and many men of both regiments actually forced their way into the work, but it did not avail. After a struggle of an hour's duration Gen. Benham ordered a retreat, which was then made, the Round Head regiment having sustained a loss of forty-one killed and wounded out of a total strength of four hundred and twenty-one officers and men with which it went into the fight.
" At about nine o'clock," says the Tribune corre- spondent, "which seemed to be the crisis of the bat- tle, and when the generals seemed to be consulting whether they should again advance upon the fort or retire, the gunboats decided the question by opening a heavy cannonade in our rear, which, instead of tell- ing upon the rebels, threw their shot and shell into our own ranks. This must have resulted from ignor- ance on their part as to our precise position, owing to the rapid changes on the field and in the intervening timber. The shells fell and burst on every side in the very midst of our men, several exploding near the commanding general and his staff. The effect of this unfortunate mistake was an order for the troops to retire, which they did in perfect order, taking position on the old picket-line."
Gen. Stevens' division evacuated James Island on the 4th and 5th of July, and moved by transports to Hilton Head, where orders were received from the Executive of Pennsylvania designating the Round Head regiment as the One Hundredth of the line. On the 12th the regiment moved with its brigade to Beaufort, where immediately after its arrival it was embarked on the steamer " Merrimac," and sailed for Fortress Monroe, where it duly arrived, and on the 18th moved to a camp at Newport News. The officers and men knew they were destined to reinforce the armies in Virginia after the disasters of the Seven Days' fight, and they did not like the change, for they preferred to remain in the South where their laurels had been won. The command remained three weeks in camp at the News, and left on the 4th of August, moved up the bay and the Potomac to Acquia Creek ; thence by railroad to the Rappahannock, and took part in the campaign of Gen. Pope, being desperately engaged in the second battle of Bull Run, August 29th, where " of the four hundred and fifty who had joined in the last charge but one hundred and ninety- eight came back unhurt." Among the killed of the regiment in this action was Capt. William F. Temple- ton, of the Washington County company.
The fight was renewed on the following day, but without heavy fighting for the Round Heads. On the 1st of September they again fought bravely at Chan- tilly, losing thirty-six in killed and wounded. At South Mountain, September 14th, it lost thirty-six
killed and wounded. It was present at the great battle of Antietam, but not engaged, except in a skir- mish in which it lost five killed and wounded. Soon afterwards its strength was increased about two hun- dred by the return of furloughed men and conva- lescents. Late in October the regiment marched to Weverton, and thence to Berlin, Md., where it crossed the Potomac into Virginia. It passed through Lovettsville, Waterford, Slack's Mills, Rectortown, and Salem to Waterloo; where, on the 11th of No- vember, it received the announcement of Gen. Burn- side's promotion to the command of the army. On the 15th it was at Sulphur Springs, and moved thence, by way of Fayetteville and Bealton Station, to a camp about ten miles east of the latter place, where was read the order forming the " right grand division" of the army, by uniting the Second and Ninth Corps, under command of Gen. E. V. Sumner. On the 18th the regiment marched towards the Rappahannock, and on the 19th reached Falmouth, opposite Fred- ericksburg, where the army was rapidly concen- trating. Here it remained until the 12th of Decem- ber, when it crossed the Rappahannock to Fred- ericksburg, but was not engaged in the great battle of the 13th. It recrossed on the 15th, and remained at Falmouth until Feb. 13, 1863, when it moved with the Ninth Corps (which had been detached from the Army of the Potomac) to Newport News, Va., and there camped, evidently waiting orders for a further movement, which the officers and men hoped might take them back to the Department of the South. The regiment remained in camp at Newport News for more than a month.
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