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John W. Hayes, must. in Sept. 8, 1862; trans. to Vct Res. Corps April 1, 1865.
James A. Hawkins, must. in Dec. 12, 1861; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps Oct. 29, 1863.
James Jackson, must. in Dec. 12, 1861; killed at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.
John James, must. in Dec. 30, 1861; must. out Dcc. 31, 1864, exp. of term.
Frederick James, must. in Dec. 12, 1861; must. out Dec. 31, 1864, exp. of term.
David C. Lathrop, must. in Dec. 12, 1861; died at Annapolis, Md., Aug. 25, 1863.
Matthew Maudsley, must. in Sept. 8, 1862; disch. by G. O. June 20, 1865.
James McKeon, must. in Dec. 30, 1861 ; killed at Win- chester, Va., June 15, 1863.
Addanega C. Niles, must. in Sept. 8, 1862; killed at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864.
Miner Olmstead, must. in Dec. 12, 1861; must. out Dec. 31, 1864; exp. of term.
Newell Phelps, must. in Dec. 30, 1861; disch. on surg. cert. May 15, 1862.
John Puderbaugh, must. in Nov. 25, 1861; disch. on surg. cert. June 18, 1862.
John J. Quick, must. in Nov. 4, 1861.
James E. Regean, must. in Dec. 13, 1861; must. out with company; veteran.
James Spry, must. in Dec. 12, 1861; must. out with Co .; vet.
George Scambler, must. in Dec. 12, 1861; killed at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864 ; veteran.
James Simpson, must. in December 12, 1861; died May 15, 1864, of wounds rccd. at Wilderness, Va.
Richardson Simons, must. in Dec. 31, 1861; must. out Dec. 2, 1864, exp. of term.
Walter Spry, must. in Sept. 8, 1862; disch. by G. O. Junc 29, 1865.
Charles K. Spry, must. in Sept. 26, 1864 ; disch. by G. O. June 20, 1865.
John G. Tuttle, must. in Dec. 12, 1861; disch. on surg. certif. March 13, 1864.
Thomas Vercoe, must. in Dec. 13, 1861; trans. to Veteran Res. Corps.
John M. Wheatcraft, must. in Dec. 12, 1861; must. out with company ; vetcran.
Elias Walters, must. in Dec. 12, 1861.
Lucian S. Warfield, must. in Dec. 30, 1861.
Alfred Wood, must. in Dec. 30, 1864 ; disch. on surg. certif. May 15, 1862.
Rufus R. Wiles, must. in Sept. 8, 1862; disch. by G. O. Junc 20, 1865.
Jacob Young, must. in Dec. 14, 1861 ; must. out Dec. 31, 1864, exp. of term.
· SEVENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT .- Portions of Companies G and H of this regiment were from Wayne. The Seventy-seventh was rendezvoused at Camp Wilkins, near Pittsburgh, where it was organized, under command of Colonel Freder- ick S. Stumbaugh, in October, 1861. On the 18th of that month it was embarked on trans- port steamers, and proceeded down the Ohio to Louisville, Ky., in company with the Seventy- eighth and Seventy-ninth Regiments of the Pennsylvania line, these three regiments form- ing a brigade, commanded by Brigadier-General James S. Negley, of Pittsburgh. From Louis- ville the brigade marched south along the line of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and remained encamped for a considerable time at a camp called "Camp Negley," in honor of the brigade commander. While here the Seventy- seventh was detached from the brigade and as- signed to the Fifth Brigade of the division commanded by General Alexander McD. Mc- Cook, the other regiments of the brigade (com- manded by Brigadier-General Thomas J. Wood) being the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Indiana and the Thirty-fourth Illinois. This brigade, with the army of General Buell, marched southward into Tennessee, and arrived at Nashville on the 2d of March, 1862. Soon afterwards the Seventy-seventh, with the other forces of General Buell, continued the south- ward march, moving towards a point on the Tennessee River, where the forces of General Grant and the Confederate army under General Albert Sidney Johnston were approaching each other, and where, on Sunday, the 6th of April, they joined in the great battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburgh Landing. On the evening of the
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5th (the same time when the Army of the Po- tomac, under General McClellan, arrived in front of Yorktown) the advance of General Buell's corps reached Savannah (nine miles below Pittsburgh Landing, on the Tennessee), and bivouacked there for the night. On the fol- lowing morning Buell heard the roar of the distant battle, and hurried his troops forward with all possible speed. The division of Gen- eral William Nelson led the advance, and pushed on without halt until late in the after -. noon, when it reached the right bank of the Tennessee, opposite the place where General Grant's hard-pressed battalions were engaged in the desperate fight, contesting every inch of ground, yet slowly retiring towards the river. When the succoring division came up opposite the scene of conflict, its brave yet rough old commander sent an aide across to report to General Grant, with this message: "Tell him," said he, "that General Nelson is here with ten thousand fighting men and no d-d cowards !" this last remark being caused by the sight of a large number of fugitives from the fight skulk- ing behind the bluff bank of the river. "Tell General Nelson," said General Grant to the aide, " that our men seem to be doing pretty well; but we shall be glad to see hin over here." The division was promptly crossed and placed in position, enabling the Union forces to hold their ground firmly against the last des- perate assaults of the Confederates. During the night the gunboats in the river kept up an incessant cannonade, throwing their huge shells over the heads of the men of Grant's army and into the Confederate lincs beyond. In the morn- ing of the 7th the battle was renewed, and the Con- federate forces were driven back at all points, though they held their ground most stubbornly and fought for hours with the greatest despera- tion. Other troops of Buell's command had arrived in the mean time, and among them the brigade in which was the Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania, which came up by steamboat from Savannah. At about nine o'clock in the morning it marched upon the field, and was immediately under fire. For six hours after its arrival the battle raged with the greatest fury. The regiment repelled a desperate as-
sault of cavalry, and was in the front line in the final charge which drove the enemy from the field and ended the conflict.
For about a week after the battle the regi- ment remained on the field near Pittsburgh Landing, then moved several miles to a new camp. About four weeks later it moved with the army towards the enemy's strong position at Corinth, Miss., in the expectation of a gen- eral attack upon the works at that place ; but they were occupied without resistance, the Con- federates having evacuated. Upon the fall of Corinth, General Buell's army marched back to Nashville ; the Seventy-seventh, with its bri- gade, passing the entire summer on the route, which was from Corinth up the valley of the Tennessee to Bridgeport, Ala., thence north- ward, by way of Stevenson, Cowan, Decherd, Manchester and Murfreesborough, to the capi- tal. Here it had a little rest, being ordered northward on the rapid march with Buell's forces to intercept the Confederate General Bragg, who was marching on Louisville, Ky. Buell's forces arrived on the 26th of September, and on the following day the Seventy-seventh encamped in the suburbs of the city.
On the arrival of General Buell's army at Louisville, General Bragg faced his forces southward, and marched back towards Tennes- see. Buell followed with his army, leaving Louisville on the 1st of October. The Sev- enty-seventh, moving with the left wing, passed through Stanford and Nicholsville, Ky., skir- mishing with the enemy at Claysville, Law- renceburg and other places, but not being pres- ent at the general engagement near Perryville, October 8th. It reached Nashville, Tenn., in the last part of October, and remained there and in that vicinity for two months, taking part in a minor engagement at Lavergne on the 27th of November. On the 26th of De- cember it moved with the army towards Mur- freesborough, near which town the great battle of Stone River was fought on the 31st of De- cember and 1st and 2d of January. The Sev- enty-seventh was on the left of the division of General R. W. Johnson, which occupied the extreme right of the army, the position of the regiment being partly in a cedar thicket and
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partly in a cotton-field, with the enemy near and directly in front. In this position it lay during the night of Tuesday, December 30th. The battle was opened by Hardee's (left) corps of the Confederate army, which made a furious assault soon after daylight on the 31st, while the battery horses of Johnson's division were being taken to water. In a few minutes twen- ty-seven guns out of Johnson's five batteries were in the hands of the Confederates, and the three divisions of Johnson, Davis and Sheridan (comprising McCook's army corps) were in re- treat in some disorder across the cotton-field towards the shelter of a cedar wood in the rear. The Seventy-seventh, with some other troops, rallied, made a counter-charge and recaptured the guns of Edgerton's battery, which, how- ever, were soon after again taken by the en- emy, and the regiment, compelled to relinquish its temporary advantage, was finally driven across the field and through the woods to the vicinity of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, where the troops were rallied and a new line established by the commanding gen- eral, Rosecrans. This line, strengthened by slight breast-works, was held through the day against repeated attacks by the enemy. Several attacks were also made on Thursday, January 1st, and the artillery fire was incessant during that day ; but no very decided advantage was gained on cither side. The forenoon of Friday passed in comparative quiet; but about the middle of the afternoon the Confederates at- tacked with great fury on the left of Rosecrans' line, gaining an advantage at first, charging across Stone River, and causing the Union troops to recoil at that point; but they rallied at once and drove the enemy back across the stream. From that time the conflict raged until after dark, resulting in the complete rout of the Confederates, who retreated through the town of Murfreesborough and along the turn- pike road towards Shelbyville.
Through the entire battle of Stone River the Seventy-seventh behaved with great gallantry and steadiness, for which it was highly com- plimented by General Rosecrans. Soon after the battle it encamped near Murfreesborough, where it remained until the general advance of
the Army of the Cumberland, June 24, 1863. In the advance a Confederate division (Cle- burne's) was found in a strong position at Lib- crty Gap, where a heavy fight resulted on the 24th and 25th, ending in the retreat of the enemy. The Seventy-seventh was one of the charging regiments, and sustained severe loss in the engagement.
The enemy retired to a strongly-intrenclied linc at Tullahoma, but evacuated it on the ap- proach of the Union army, and retreated to Bridgeport, Ala., and thence into Northern Georgia. The Union army followed in pur- suit, the Seventy-seventh with its division ar- riving at Bridgeport, on the Tennessee River, on the 31st of August. Crossing the river, it moved to Trenton, Ga., thence up Lookout Valley to Valley Head, then across the moun- tain to Broomtown Valley, on the road to Rome, Ga .; but before reaching the latter place the progress of the column was arrested by the intelligence that the enemy was menacing the left of General Rosecrans' army, with the evi- dent intention of giving battle to that part of the line (which was separated from the extreme right and more than thirty miles from it) and of making a desperate attempt to re-occupy Chattanooga ; and, finally, that Longstreet's corps, having been detached from the Army of Northern Virginia, was already on the south side of the Savannah River, and moving by rail, with all possible speed, to join Bragg's army at Lafayette, Ga. Upon receipt of this intelligence the Seventy-seventh, with its divi- sion and the other commands of the Union army, moved rapidly back over the mountain and down the valley by the same route over which the advance had been made, and again crossing the mountain lower down towards the Tennessee, entered the valley known as Mc- Lemore's Cove on the 17th of September. After some fighting at that place, the Seventy- seventh, with its division, moved by way of Dug Gap, Pond Spring and Gordon's Mills, and arrived on the field of Chickamauga on Saturday, the 19th of September, and soon af- terwards became hotly engaged in the great battle which was fought there on that and thic following day by the Union army nuder Geul-
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eral Rosecrans and the Confederate forces under Bragg, reinforced by Longstreet's corps from Virginia.
Near the close of the first day's fight at Chickamauga the regiment charged, with its brigade (Willich's), and gallantly drove the enemy in its front, but in the exultation of the moment advanced too far, and while in that ex- posed position, just at dark, was attacked by a heavy body of the enemy (who had been rein- forced at that point). The Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania and Seventy-ninth Illinois, being in the most advanced and exposed position, fought desperately against overwhelming odds ; but after a hand-to-hand struggle in the twilight gloom they were overpowered, and seventy en- listed men of the Seventy-seventh taken pris- oners, as were also several of the company offi- cers and all the field officers of the regiment, who remained prisoners till May 1, 1864. Many of the privates of the regiment who were captured in this fight died in the prison-pen of Andersonville.
The remnant of the regiment (those who es- caped capture in the evening of the 19th) fought in the battle of the second day at Chickamauga under command of Captain Joseph J. Lawson, of Company C. The battle resulted in defeat to the Union army, and on Saturday night (Sep- tember 20th) the Seventy-seventh, with the other commands, withdrew from the field of disaster to Rossville, Ga., and from there, on Monday night and the carly morning of Tuesday, re- treated to Chattanooga.
After Chickamauga the regiment saw no more of fighting during the year 1863. In October it moved from Chattanooga, crossing the Tennessee, and marching by the " Bob White road " to Jasper, Tenn., where it arrived on the 26th. Thence, crossing the Tennessee to Shell- mound, it moved up the river to Whiteside's, Ga., where it remained during the winter, and where a considerable number of the men re-en- listed as veterans, and the strength of the com- mand was largely increased by recruits from Pennsylvania.
In the spring and summer campaign of 1864 the Seventy-seventh fought at Tunnel Hill on the 7th of May, at Rocky Face Ridge on the
8th, in several minor engagements from the 9th to the 13th, at Resaca, Dallas, Ga., at New Hope Church, at Kingston, Ga., at Kenesaw Mountain (where it lost heavily in killed and wounded), and at Peach Tree Creek, July 20th. It also fought in the subsequent actions around Atlanta, including the battles of Lovejoy's Sta- tion and Jonesborough.
After the fall of Atlanta, when the Confed- erate army under General Hood suddenly crossed the Chattahoochee into Alabama and marched towards Nashville, with the evident intention of assaulting and capturing that city, General Sherman detached a strong force from his army at Atlanta, and placed it under com- mand of General George H. Thomas, with or- ders to march in pursuit of Hood, give him battle and thwart his designs. The force was composed of the Twenty-third Corps (General Schofield) and Stanley's (Fourth) Corps, of which latter the Seventy-seventh was a part. The regiment arrived on the 3d of November at Pulaski, Tenn. About the 25th it moved to Columbia, where the enemy was found in heavy force and strongly posted. A severe en- gagement resulted, in which, on the 29th, the Seventy-seventh took a conspicuous part. Dur- ing the following night the regiment moved to Franklin, Tenn., where it fought bravely in the great battle of the 30th, being at one time almost entirely surrounded by the enemy, but escaping from its exposed position by the exer- cise of the highest soldierly qualities. Again, in the great and decisive battle of Nashville, the Seventy-seventh took a prominent part in charging the Confederate works on the 15th of December, and on the following day exhibited still greater gallantry in attacking one of the enemy's strongest positions, moving forward under a most destructive fire of canister, cap- turing a battery and driving the Confederates in its front in utter and irretrievable rout. The loss of the regiment in this battle was heavy in killed and wounded, among the former being Lieutenant Alexander T. Baldwin, Company C.
The Confederate army, completely defeated and ronted at Nashville, fled southward into Alabama. Among the Union forces which pursued was the Seventy-seventh, which marched
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rapidly to Huntsville, Ala., but there abandoned the pursuit and remained through the succeed- ing winter. About the middle of March, 1865, it marched to East Tennessee, where it was joined by five new companies. About the last of April the regiment returned to Nashville, where it was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army Corps. In June it left Nashville, and passing down the Missis- sippi by boat to New Orleans, went into camp at Plaine Chalmette (General Jackson's old battle-ground of 1815), where it remained nearly a month ; then embarked and proceeded by sea to Indianola, Texas, arriving there on the 27th of July, and immediately afterwards marching to Green Lake. Afterwards it moved to a camp near Victoria. It remained in Texas until tlie early part of December, 1865, when it moved to Indianola, where the men were embarked, and proceeded by sea to Philadelphia. Arriv- ing there on the 16th of January, 1866, they were duly disbanded, and returned to their homes and the vocations of civil life.
FIELD AND STAFF. Stephen N. Bradford, major.
COMPANY G.
Henry Stern, capt., must. in Oct. 11, 1861 ; pro. from 1st lieut. April 17, 1863 ; resigned Sept. 9, 1863. George H. Stevens, sergt., must. in Oct. 11, 1861 ; pro. to sergt. March 1, 1863 ; captured at Chicka- mauga, Ga., Sept. 19, 1863 ; died at Anderson- ville Oct., 1864.
Aaron K. Pruden, corp., must. in Oct. 11, 1861 ; died at Stevenson, Ala., July 14, 1862.
Privates.
Thomas Borcher, must. in Oct. 11, 1861 ; disch., date unknown.
Joseph Bryant, must. in Oct. 11, 1861; must. out Oct. 11, 1864, exp. of term.
Andrew M. Clark, must. in Oct. 11, 1861; disch. on surg. certif. April 11, 1862.
Edwin B. Cavil, must. in Oct. 11, 1861; disch., date unknown.
Geo. B. Carr, must. in Oct. 11, 1861 ; disch., date un- known.
Silas W. Gerry.
Jacob Hauser, must. in Oct. 11, 1861; died at Nash- ville, Tenn., June 14, 1862.
Ezekiel Hoyt, must. in Oct. 24, 1861. Andrew Jordan.
William Jordan.
Samuel W. Lovelass, disch., date unknown,
Thomas Monk, must. in October 11, 1861; disch. on surg. certif. June 2, 1862.
Charles Monk, must. in Oct. 11, 1861; disch. on surg. certif. July 21, 1862.
John J. Monk, must. in Nov. 13, 1861 ; died at Shi- loh, Tenn., May 10, 1862.
Charles N. Miles, must. in Oct. 11, 1861 ; disch., date unknown.
James McKeen, must. in Oct. 11, 1861; captured at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 19, 1863; died at An- dersonville Aug. 24, 1864; grave 6702.
John Pierce, must. in Oct. 11, 1861; disch., date un- known.
William Pierce, must. in Oct. 11, 1861; disch., date unknown.
Charles S. Schultz, must. in March 25, 1864; absent, sick, at muster out.
John Schoonover, must. in Oct. 11, 1861 ; disch., date unknown.
Commodore Thorpe, must. in Nov. 13, 1861; disch. on surg. certif. June 14, 1862.
Philo A. Wilmot, must. in Oct. 11, 1861; must. out Oct. 18, 1864, exp. of term.
Butler A. Ward, must. in Oct. 11, 1861.
Richard Ward, must. in Oct. 11, 1861; disch. on surg. certif. Nov. 18, 1863.
COMPANY H.
John Grison, lieut., must. in Oct. 11, 1861; pro. to sergt. May 1, 1865 ; to 2d lieut. Sept. 1, 1865 ; must. out with company Dec. 6, 1865 ; vet.
Samuel Burhight, sergt., must. in Nov. 13, 1861 wounded at Jonesboro', Tenn., Sept. 1, 1864; pro. to corp. March 1, 1865 ; to sergt. May 1, 1865; disck. by G. O. Oct. 18, 1865 ; vet.
Frank Hollenback, must. in Oct. 14, 1861; disch. April 25, 1866, to date Nov. 10, 1862.
Privates.
Joseph Bennett, must. in Oct. 14, 1861 ; disch. March 21, 1866, to date Nov. 15, 1862.
Edward Baily.
Thomas Clark.
Martin Denslow.
Lewis Denslow.
Augustus Fitzes.
Arnold Hendricks, must. in Oct. 14, 1861; disch. April 14, 1866, to date Nov. 10, 1862.
John C. Pearce, must. in Oct. 15, 1861; disch. April 25, 1866, to date Nov. 10, 1862.
Andrew Tuttle.
Benjamin Woodney, must. in Oct. 14, 1861; disch. May 4, 1866, to date Nov. 10, 1862.
EIGHTY-FOURTH REGIMENT (Three Years' Service.)-The Eighty-fourth Regiment was re- cruited under the direction of William G. Murray, in the counties of Blair, Lycoming, Clearfield, Dauphin, Columbia, Westmoreland
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and Wayne. The men reudezvoused at Camp Crossman, near Huntingdon, and subsequently at Camp Curtin. Recruiting commenced carly in August, and in October an organization was effected by the choice of the following field officers : William G. Murray, colonel ; Thomas G. MacDowell, lieutenant-colonel ; Walter Bar- rett, major. On the 31st of December the regiment was ordered to Hancock, Maryland. Here it was armed, crossed the Potomac and proceeded to Bath, where a portion of the Thirty-ninth Illinois, with a section of artillery, Lieutenant Muhlenberg, was posted confronting thecnemy. Colonel Murray, assumed command; an engagement took place and the regiment lost one man. The Eighty-fourth was posted suc- cessively during the winter at the North Branch Bridge, at the South Branch Bridge, and at Paw Paw Point, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The regiment participated in the engagement at Winchester, and on March 23d, while charging the enemy at the head of his men, Colonel Murray was struck in the fore- head by a minnie ball and instantly killed. Out of two hundred and sixty of the Eighty-fourth who, went into the battle, twenty-three were killed and sixty-seven wounded. Colonel Murray, Captain Patrick Gallagher and Lieu- tenant Charles Reem were killed. After the battle the Eighty-fourth, under command of Major Barrett, was assigned to provost duty in the town of Berryville until May 2d, when it joined in the general advance up the valley and proceeded to Fredericksburg.
From Port Republic the division marched to Alexandria. On the 25th of June Samuel M. Bowman, of Columbia County, late major in the Fourth Illinois, was commissioned colonel, Major Barrett promoted to lieutenant-colonel and Adjutant Thomas H. Craig to major. In July the regiment joined Pope's army, and was engaged in the battle of Cedar .Mountain on the 9th of August. On the 14th it joined in pursuit of the enemy to the Rapidan, and particpated in the movements of the army until the regiment arrived within the de- fenses of Washington, and at that time had scarcely seventy men in its ranks fit for duty. In consequence of its severe losses it was ordered
to light duty at Arlington Heights, where it re- mained until the Antictam campaign. In the mean time it had been recruited up to its full standard, Colonel Samuel M. Bowman com- manding. About the middle of October it re- joined tlie army. In the campaign which fol- lowed, it continued in General Whipple's inde- pendent division. Under General Hooker the army was reorganized, and the Eighty-fourth constituted a part of the Second Brigade of the Third Division, Colonel Bowman commanding. In the Chancellorsville campaign, in the en- gagement on the 3d of May, this regiment suffered a loss of two hundred and nineteen killed, wounded and missing. Captain Jacob Peterman was killed; Captain C. G. Jackson, Lieutenants William Hays, Albert Stineman, John R. Ross, Geo. S. Good and Assistant Surgeon Jolın S. Waggoner, severely wounded. The regiment participated in the operations of tlie brigade on the morning of the 4th, when Gen- eral Whipple was killed. The Eighty-fourth then became a part of General Carr's brigade of the Second Corps. On June 11th Colonel Bow- man was ordered to special duty, and never afterwards rejoined the regiment. Major Melton Opp had been promoted to lieutenant- colonel, Captain George Zinn to major. Upon the return of the army to Virginia the regiment was engaged at Wapping Heights on July 24th ; Thoroughfare Gap on the 10th October; at Freeman's Ford on the 13th; at Bristoe Station on the 14th, and again on the 19th ; at Kelly's Ford on November 7th ; at Jacob's Ford on November 27th ; at Locust Grove on the 28th ; at Mine Run on the 30th, losing four men mortally wounded, five slightly wounded, five missing, and one officer, Lieutenant Good, captured. The regiment participated in the Wilderness campaign. On the 6th of May the fighing proved disastrous to the Eighty-fourth. Colonel Opp received a wound in the right lung, proving a mortal hurt; the loss to the regiment being severe. It participated in all the. engagements in this campaign until the 31st of May. On June 14th they crossed the James River and engaged in operations of the siege of Petersburg. On the 27th of July it recrossed the James and had part in the engagement at
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