History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume I, Part 69

Author: Prowell, George R.
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: J. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 1372

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COMPANY G.

Officers-Captains-George W. Reisinger, Daniel M. Spangler. First Lieutenants-James N. Kincaid, John N. Taylor. Second Lieutenant-Richard F. Elcock. First Sergeant-Henry H. Stouffer. Sergeants-Sam- uel Wilt, William A. Spangler, H. S. Heidelbaugh, Wil- liam W. Kline. Corporals-Levi G. Knisely, George Runk, John B. Metzgar, John Knouse, Henry S. Barnes, Adam F. Stough, Henry Crumlich, William Hertz. Musicians-Virtue C. Grove, Samuel B. Urich.

Privates-Henry Atland, Washington Bender, Jacob N. Bentzel, Reuben Boose, John Blymyer, Paul Barn- hart, Henry Bryans, Lewis Bierbrower, Jacob Bru- baker, John Beeler, John Blessing, William J. Bradley, John Cupp, Frederick Crook, Edward Conway, Samuel W. Danner, John J. Deiner, Cicero Darone, Andrew S. Dice, George Ensminger, John Engleman, Hammers Fry, Jacob S. Fry, Matthias Fry, John D. Firestone, John Flanigan, Emanuel W. Gross, Eli Geesey, Edwin D. Geesey, Emerson A. Greist, Thomas Grady, Earnest Gorn, Moses Hess, Alexander Hess, Daniel Hummer, Reuben Hummer, Abel V. Hartman, Charles Heindel, Peter Himes, Peter Harl, John F. Hughes, Noah In- nerst, John Jones, Henry King, David B. Keister, John Kline, William Kramer, Joseph P. Miller, Andrew B. Millard, Michael Minich, Henry Myers, James Mitchell, Joseph McClellan, William M. Gregor, Daniel Neise, Josiah Peeling, George Reidle, Frank Rivers, John Robinson. Henry Smith, Christian Smith, William Spotts, Eli Shirey, Emanuel Shetrone, Henry C. kins, John Trout, James J. Tarbert, John W. Tarbert,

COMPANY H.

Officers-Captain-Theodore G. Gauss. First Lieu- tenant-George S. Kehm. Second Lieutenant-Henry Haldman. First Sergeant-Perry Tripp. Sergeants- Peter M. Binder, Edgar Mobley, Peter Ginter, Joseph B. Stretch, Jacob H. Schriver. Corporals-George A. Ginter, Jacob Shaffer, Isaac Lerew, William Knaub, John Crowl, Lewis B. Kurtz, Andrew Noel, Garretson C. Walker. Musicians-Henry Lau, Henry Aker.

Privates-Jacob Arnold, Wmn. H. Arnold, Henry L. Arnold, Henry Anderson, David L. Asper, John L. Allen, George W. Baish, John Blauser, William H. Blentz, William Blauser, John B. Blanser, William Baish, Jacob Baker, Lewis Baker, Charles Burkins, John C. Boyd, George Boyd, Louis Burrows, Jackson Coul- son, John Craig, Isaac Crewson, William Clark, John Dick, Nelson Dinsmore, Charles A. Dyer, James Edle- bute, John B. Findley, And. Freysinger, Isaac Fishell, John D. Gregg, D. G. S. Gochenauer, James Gibson, George M. Heiges, Daniel Hershey, George Hoffman, George W. Heiges, Tempest Hoffman, William Heiges, Peter S. Hershey, Ricket Hutton, John Holland, John Hardin, Milton S. Johnson, August Jasper, Abel Jones, Joseph Johnson, John King, George Kimmell, Henry Kinter, George Klugh, George Koons, Jacob Law, John Lannahan, Frank Lewis, Patrick Mackin, Worth Miller, Isaac L. Myers, Patrick Mitchell, William Moon, Henry Myer, William McCall, John McNeal, Lewis Ostman, William Parker, Edmund E. Rhoades, John Rock, Hezekiah Snyder, George Stoke, Raphael Seciliania, Henry Smith, Daniel W. Shaub, Reuben Shank, Jacob Shaffer, William Shaffner, Ernest Scoble, Charles F. Smith, Andrew Wagoner, William Wagoner, Wm. E. Walker, William Wilson, Anthony Westa, Charles E. Wolf.

COMPANY I.

Officers-Captain-Michael McFatridge. First Lieu- tenant-James A. Grove. Second Lieutenant-S. B. McLaughlin. First Sergeants-Stephen Morton, Noah Klinefelter, James Haines, Alfred Bond, Wm. C. Mor- ton, J. O. Mclaughlin, John B. Hersey. Corporals- Richard Ruff, Josiah W. Easton, Matthew J. Clark, Lewis Schmidt, Jacob A. Jameson, Benjamin Pymer, Samuel Adams, Oliver Hannegan. Musicians-John S. Reichard, Emanuel Mitzel.

Privates-Jacob Adamire, William Ailes, Reed An- derson, Jas. P. Alexander, Valentine T. Blouse, John Blymire, Robert Bell, James P. Baker, Jonathan Bly- mire, David Bortner, Joseph Barclay, Henry Criswell, James Carry, Gideon R. Downs, William Eberts, Chas. Emerson, John Finney, Edwin S. Gemmill, Francis Grove, John Grove, Henry Grove, John C. Gebhart, Robert G. Hill, Jeremiah Hoffman, Michael Hake, Samuel Hake, William Hubert, Wm. T. Hammond, William Hawkins, James J. Howett, Frederick E. Her- man, Christian Hebrick, Samuel Hoffacker, John M. Jenkins, William Jones, William W. Jones, David King, Adam Klinefelter, Daniel Krout, James Kerwin, John H. Lloyd, William B. Logan, Lewis Lloyd, Edward R. Lentz, James S. Morrison, William H. Metzel, William Metzel, Wm. H. Monroe, Wesley Menich, William Munson, And. F. McLeary, John T. Norris, Henry C. Proudfoot, Wm. S. Reichard, Samuel Reichard, Edward Shank, Martin Shaub, Joseph K. Stermer, George Shank, Harrison Sutton, Samuel Smith, Samuel Stifler, Charles Swartz, Daniel Swartz, Norris Smith, Solomon Sweeney, Thomas Sanders, Robert Sill, John Tomp-

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Alex. Thompson, Mitchell K. Walters, Philip Walte- mire, Henry Waltemire, George Wolf, John A. Walters, George Walters, Robert Williams, Henry K. Zeigler.

COMPANY K.

Officers-Captain-Daniel L. Stoud. First Lieuten- ant-Jeremiah Hanigan. Second Lieutenant-Benja- min Geipe. First Sergeant-Jacob Lowe. Sergeants- William Kassaum, John A. Ort, John F. Shaffer. Cor- porals-John Barnd, John Gantz, Isaac Becker, John Decker, John P. Werrick, Joel Youston, Solomon Whes- ley, George W. Briggs. Musicians-Alexander Drayer, Crull M. Harss.

Privates-Mordecai Almony, George F. Austin, Charles Amos, Francis R. Blasser, Jacob Blaure, John D. Baker, Elias Beard, Frederick Bans, James Brown, Samuel Becker, Evans B. Cooper, Levi Coleman, Pat- rick Callow, John Carroll, Barney Cowley, Henry G. Crawford, William Clark, John Drayer, John Dough- erty, Christian Eberly, James Evans, Charles Emerson, Levi Fry, John W. Fisher, Edward Fissman, William Gath, Lewis Grund, John Grear, Wm. H. Humell, Christian Heisler, Jesse Heilderbrant, George Holston, Aug. Howdell, Henry Hengst, Chas. Henry, Bradford Jonas, William Jackson, John Keichner, Henry Kline, Henry Kneisley, John Kerns, Henry Kunkle, Henry Kramer, Oliver Love, Israel Law, S. J. Lamberden, Adam D. Myers, Jonathan Miller, Henry Miller, Aquilla D. Meads, Randolph Mortimer, Alexander Martin, Richard Martin, Wm. C. Martin, Wm. Matthias, Francis Morgan, Jesse Myers, Francis M'Gara, Peter Natchour, James Norris, W. Y. Nonemacher, Levi Ness, John Neiderberger, Frederick Ottermiller, John Peters, Ang. Rickstein, Daniel Rhorbach, William Robison, Franklin Ramsey, John Rice, Henry Shaffer. Cyrus E. Shaub, Edward Shank, F. Spenkenbyer, Jacob Swemly, John Smetzer, Elias Shirey, Thomas Smith, Cornelius Smith, Frantz Smedtz, Patrick Shean, George Tyler, Alfred D. Traverse, George Wohlford, George Wag- ner, George Wall, Jonathan Wire, Joseph Ward, John Wireman, P. W. Wilkinson.

THE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY- SECOND REGIMENT.

The One Hundred and Eighty-second Regiment, the Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, was composed of enlisted men from York, Adams, Lancaster, Franklin, Bedford and Cambria counties. In June, 1863, Robert Bell, of Adams County, organ- ized an independent cavalry company at Gettysburg. The men furnished their own horses and were sworn into service on June 23, three days before the approach of Early with his 9,000 Confederate troops to Gettys- burg. This company engaged White's Virginia cavalry, on June 26, when Private George W. Sandoe, of Bell's company, was killed along the turnpike, a short distance below Gettysburg. He was the first soldier to give his life to his country on that battle- field. A monument now marks the spot where he was killed. Bell's cavalry and the City Troop of Philadelphia, performed scouting duty as Early's troops approached York, June 28. Both these companies were

present at the skirmish with Gordon, at Wrightsville, Sunday evening, June 28, and were the last to cross the Columbia bridge before it was set on fire that same evening.

On June 30, a number of men were re- cruited in the lower end of York County, who organized themselves into an inde- pendent cavalry company. Samuel N. Kil- gore was made second lieutenant, Henry Manifold and Thomas Collins, sergeants, and Samuel M. Manifold, corporal. These men had responded to a call issued by President Lincoln, for cavalry, to serve for a period of six months. Immediately after the battle of Gettysburg, other cavalry com- panies were recruited in the counties named, and a regimental organization com- pleted, at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, in Au- gust, 1863, with William H. Boyd, colonel. He had previously commanded the Lincoln cavalry, an independent company which had performed scouting duty in the Cum- berland Valley, when Ewell's corps was ap- proaching Carlisle.

The companies were equipped and furnished with government horses at Camp Couch, near Harrisburg, and then sent to a camp of instruction at Chambersburg. The men enlisted in York County, together with fifteen from Potter County, became Company A, with John A. Bell as captain, Hugh W. McCall, of York, first lieutenant. Before joining the army, six companies of this regiment were sent to Pottsville and Scranton to aid in enforcing a draft, which had been resisted by some of the coal miners. Company B, under Captain Rob- ert Bell, rendezvoused for a time at Gettys- burg. The remaining companies were sent to the Shenandoah Valley to perform scout- ing duty.

The regiment which had originally en- listed for six months, was re-organized Feb- ruary 1, 1864, at Chambersburg, and en- listed in the three years' service. Under the new arrangement, the field officers re- mained the same, excepting Major John W. Jones, who was succeeded by Captain Robert Bell, of Gettysburg, promoted major. Hugh W. McCall, at the same time, was promoted captain of Company A. In May, 1864, the regiment was ordered to the front. It proceeded by way of Fredericks- burg, and when it reached the Army of the Potomac, was assigned to the First

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Brigade, Second Division, Fifth Army Corps, as infantry. It took part in the bat- tle of Cold Harbor and after crossing the James, on the 18th of July, engaged, with the Fifth Corps, in an assault upon Peters- burg, one of the most desperate and bloody attacks of the war. Its losses in officers and men, in killed and wounded, were heavy. It participated, on July 30, in the affair of Burnside's Mine, and on August 18, with the Fifth Corps, in the movement that gave the Union army possession of Weldon Railroad.

On September 30, the regiment aided in the capture of the enemy's works at Poplar Springs Church and received the special commendations of General Griffin. On Oc- tober 5, it was equipped and mounted as cavalry and joined the First Brigade of General Gregg's division, cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac. Subsequently it participated in the following engagements: Boynton, Plank Road, Stony Creek Station and South Side Railroad.

In March and April, it took part in the battles of Dinwiddie Court House, Five Forks, Sailors' Creek, Farmville and Appo- matox. On Lee's retreat, the division of which it formed a part, captured hundreds of wagons and prisoners. Lee, having sur- rendered, the regiment was scattered about on various duties and mustered out at Lynchburg, Virginia, July 8. Of its men, 147 were killed in battle or died of disease, and 253 were wounded. In 1905, there were 150 survivors of this regiment. Among those from York County, then living, were Captain McCall. S. M. Mani- fold, R. C. Liggett, Thomas J. Collins, John ton and vicinity, and aided in quelling T. Norris, James Collins, Henry Burns, S. A. W. McPherson, William Fishel, A. Car- man, William Conway, John M. Jenkins, WV. L. Winter, Lieutenant S. N. Kilgore, Lieutenant J. T. Long.

The following is the muster roll of Com- pany A :

Officers-Captain-John A. Bell. First Lieutenant- Hugh W. McCall. Second Lieutenant-Samnel N. Kil- gore. First Sergeant-William M. Colwell. Quarter- master Sergeant-Franklin Springer. Commissary Sergeant-Thomas J. Collins. Sergeants-James Moore, James Kilgore, John F. Burkholder, Lafayette Johnson, Henry Manifold, Charles Johnson. Corporals -William Pechert, David Knepper. Aaron Ott, Fred- erick Christman, Henry C. Gordon, Thomas A. Graham, Samuel M. Manifold. Daniel Null. Bugler -- Alphonso F. Updegraff. Blacksmith-Elam B. Kendig. Farrier -George W. Boyer.

Privates-Charles W. Barnes, Samuel Broadhead, Elijah Blanchard, Henry T. Burnes, Charles H. Brown, George W. Baker, Cassius M. Cole, William H. Clem, David Dityson, Henry Dennis, George Deddum, James T. Dorris, Abraham Doobar, George Farnham, John WV. Grove, Jacob Grove, Beniah Grove, Marshall Grover, Josiah Hoveter, Richard Hall, John Houckman, John WV. Himes, Alexander Kyle, John Kendrick, Augustus D. King, John B. Lewis, Jesse Layden, Edward A. Mitchell, William Marsh, Robert J. Mccollum, George McFadden, Daniel M. McGirk, James McFerren, John R. Nevon, James O'Neal, John E. Ogle, John Priest, Henry Randall, John Roberts, Emannel E. Roath, Sam- uel M. Ream, Alexander S. Smith, Leonard Stork, Joseph Smith, John G. Strong, Thomas Seachrist, Fran- cis Smith, Michael D. Trout, Isaac Thatcher, Clarence E. Updegraff, Thomas Walker, Benjamin F. Walters, Thomas Will, Jacob Wolf.

ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY- SEVENTH REGIMENT.

The One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized at Harrisburg, March, 1864. It was composed of men who had enlisted from different sections of the state of Penn- sylvania, many of whom had already served in the army in other regiments. Company B was recruited at York by Captain David Z. Sipe, who had won a brilliant record as an officer in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment, at Antietam and Fredericksburg. It was composed of men from York and the lower end of York County. Company B was first organized during the Confederate invasion of 1863 and formed a part of the First Battalion in the emergency service, and enlisted for six months. At the end of this term of service, Company B and the rest of the battalion, together with four new companies, were organized into the One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Regiment. For a short time, Company B was at Hazle- threatened riots among the coal miners.

In May, 1864, when Grant began the Wilderness campaign, the One Hundred and Eighty-seventh was sent to Washing- ton and from thence moved on transports down the Potomac River to Port Royal. It joined the Army of the Potomac during the progress of the fierce battle at Cold Harbor, in the early part of June, 1864. It was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division, Fifth Army Corps, then under command of General Warren, who, at the age of 34, was the youngest corps com- mander in the army.

It was engaged in picketing and entrench- ing, and, along with the army, crossed the

EIGHTY-SEVENTH AND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVENTH PENN- SYLVANIA REGIMENTS TEARING UP THE WELDON RAILROAD NEAR PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, IN THE SPRING OF 1564

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James River, and with the Fifth Corps took position before Petersburg, June 16. It supported the Ninth Corps on the 17th and on the morning of the 18th, moved by the left flank to the enemy's right, making an impetuous attack in conjunction with the Second Corps, and getting possession of the Petersburg and Norfolk Railroad, forced the enemy back to their inner works. The One Hundred and Eighty-seventh, led by Major George W. Merrick, lost one-tenth its number and received the special com- mendation of the gallant General Chamber- lain. Major Merrick and Lieutenant Jonathan Jessop, of Company B, each lost a leg while leading their men in a charge. Henry Gable, of York, was

wounded. Entrenching their line, strong forts were also built. On August 18, the regiment was engaged in the battle of Weldon Railroad, where the army gained possession of one of the Confederate main lines of supply. The losses on both sides were serious, but the enemy withdrew and left the possession of the railroad to the Union army. After another months' ser- vice before Petersbury, the regiment was ordered to Philadelphia, where it subse- quently served with the First City Troop as escort to the remains of President Lincoln, and in August of this year, was mustered out of service.

During its brief career in the army, the One Hundred and Eighty-seventh ranked high for its efficiency, and won the praise of its superior officers, for its gallantry. of one hundred days. After the expiration Captain David Z. Sipe, who organized Company B, was promoted to major of the regiment, June 25, 1865; Lieutenant Samuel I. Adams was promoted to captain of Com- pany B, May 1, 1865; and First Lieutenant Matthew H. McCall was promoted to quar- termaster of the regiment. Among the casualties in Company B, during its term of service, were the following :

Jonathan Jessop, Henry Gable, William H. Nauss, wounded; Simon Burger, Fred- erick Eisenbaugh, William J. C. Johnson, William W. Jones, Samuel Sourbeer, Lewis Spordeder, William H. Torbet, died of wounds ; John Bowen, John Dugan, Charles Ninety-second was sent to Staunton and Groover, Henry Landis, Abraham L. Pyle, Lexington, Virginia, where it remained until it was mustered out of service. Rev. Michael G. Seiffert, died in service ; John B. Shellenberg, Joseph A. Andrews, John Richmond performed the double duty of Wright, and John G. Nails, killed.

ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVENTH, COMPANY B.

Officers-Captain-David Z. Sipe. First Lieuten- ants-Samuel I. Adams, Matthew H. McCall. Second Lieutenats-William W. Torbert, Jonathan Jessop. First Sergeants-Samuel C. Ilgenfritz, Daniel Keller. Sergeants-Thomas Rupert, Josephus Burger, Henry Wagner, Charles Horn, Samuel Keefer. Corporals- Thomas H. Brooks, George K. Grove, Henry M. Kister, Lewis H. Milner, John J. Hess, Nathan B. Wails, Thad- deus Fry, William Boyer, John B. Shellenberg. Musi- cians-Cornelius Amich, Wilmot Ayres.

Privates-Henry Apple, John Apple, Samuel Am- priester, Andrew Anderson, Joseph A. Andrews, Au- gustus Amich, Charles Albert, Henry C. Berger, George Berkheimer, William H. Blain, Simon Burger, John Bowen, James L. Bryant, James Boyd, John M. Campbell, Joseph W. Campbell, Jacob Crone, William T. Channel, John W. Dudrow, George D. D. Decker, Darius Drawbaugh, John Dugan, Frederick Eisenbaugh, Owen Feathers, James H. P. Fulton, Peter Fue, Henry Gable, William H. Gilbert, Charles Groover, Daniel Horn, John F. Heidler, William H. Hamilton, Jacob Humer, Joseph J. Hunter, William J. C. Johnson, Wil- liam W. Jones, Oliver Keesey, Harrison Keesey, Ab- bington Keesey, Warrington Keesey, John H. Keesey, George H. Klay, Oliver Kramer, Henry S. Kunkle, Edward Kliner, William Kerlin, Charles Lehman, Lewis S. Lloyd, Henry Levenight, Henry Landis, Au- gustus Meyers, William Morgan, William H. Nauss, John Platts, William Palmer, David Pyle, Andrew Pat- terson, Abraham L. Pyle, Frederick Rupp, Adam Ream, Milton B. Reynolds, Walter B. Ruby, Solomon Reeser, Sylvester Sprenkle, Jacob Sourbeer, Otto Steiner, John Sweeney, Aaron Seiffert, William R. Stump, Michael G. Seifert, Samuel Sourbeer, Lewis Sporleder, John Shel- lenberger, William Trump, Isaac W. Torbert, W. H. Torbert, Daniel Welcomer, Jacob H. Walters, Henry Wood, William H. Wilhelm, Charles Wilson, Howard Welsh, Thomas W. Wails, Henry M. Wilson, John Wright, John G. Wails, Henry C. Young.

ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY- SECOND REGIMENT.

The One Hundred and Ninety-second Regiment was organized at Harrisburg, in the summer of 1864, to serve for a period of this term, one company re-enlisted for a term of one year. In March, 1865, nine new companies joined the one which had re-enlisted, and formed the re-organized One Hundred and Ninety-second Regi- ment, with William H. Stewart, colonel. Rev. S. S. Richmond, a clergyman from the upper end of York County, who preached at Goldsboro and Newberrytown, organized a company of 100 men in Newberry and Fairview townships. This company en- tered the service March 8, 1865, at Harper's Ferry, where the regimental organization was completed. The One Hundred and

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regiment. The following is a complete being engaged in several picket skirmishes muster roll of his company : during that time.

Officers-Captain-S. S. Richmond. First Lienten- ant-George W. Newman. Second Lieutenant-John B. Metzgar. First Sergeant-Henry D. Stouffer. Ser- geants-Joseph Jonts, John Yinger, A. H. Putt, William Metzgar. Corporals-John K. Willis, George Ens- minger, Jacob Shisler, Elias B. Miller, Daniel Yinger, Henry S. Byers, Charles Palmer, George Yinger. Musicians-Zebia Toomey, George Kerr.

Privates-Jacob W. Burger, Daniel Bashore, William R. Byers, Robert Byers, John Bricker, John M. Beard, Lanius Coble, Cornelius Coble, Valentine Coleman, William Coller, Adam Crumlich, Henry Drawbaugh, Hiram Drawbaugh, Abraham Danner, Daniel M. Dryer, William S. Fetrow, John K. Fisher, Henry Fox, Wil- liam M. Fisher, Samuel K. Fisher, Michael Forry, Henry Ferry, Jackson Free, David R. Groom, William Groom, Peter K. Hoffstodt, George Hoops, George Hastler, George Kreppner, Isaac Keister, David H. Keister, Jacob Kauffman, J. M. Longenecker, Ephraim Miller, William D. Mortland, Jacob J. Miller, Daniel Miller, Warren Miller, H. Montgomery, Levi Mc- Creary, Washington Ort, Monroe Pamp, John Packer, Hiram Paup, Daniel Reeser, Henry Reeser, Albert Shel -. ley, George Stouffer, William M. Strine, Harman Sipe, John M. Stouffer, Levere Stoner, George Taylor, Isaac H. Taylor. Jesse Updegraff, Joseph Updegraff, William Wertze, John D. Weaver, George E. Wentze, Samuel D. Willis, Samuel A. Wallower, Benjamin Wolfe, Jona- than Walton, John Wily, George Yousling.

TWO HUNDREDTH REGIMENT.

The troops composing the Two Hun- dredth Regiment were principally recruited in the counties of York, Cumberland and Dauphin, to serve for one year, and were organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, September 3, 1864, with the following field officers : Charles W. Diven, formerly major of the Twelfth Reserve, colonel; W. H. H. McCall, formerly a captain in the Fifth Reserve, lieutenant-colonel; Jacob Rehrer, formerly a captain in the Sixth Reserve, major. Though this regiment was gen- erally supposed to consist mainly of what were then termed green troops or raw re- cruits, there were among the men, as well as the officers, quite a number of recruits who might justly be classed among old soldiers,-men who had served their coun- try in other regiments, and who had some knowledge of soldier life, and the discipline incident thereto, and whose courage and bravery had been tested on the field of bat- tle prior to their connection with the Two Hundredth Regiment. On the 9th of Sep- tember, the regiment was ordered to join the Army of the James, and upon arrival at the front, was posted on the line near Dutch Gap, where it rendered efficient service in doing picket duty and holding the line,

On the night of the 17th of November, the enemy made an attack with the design of breaking the Union line, but was re- pulsed, the Two Hundredth taking an active part and sharing in the triumph. On the 28th the regiment was transferred to the Army of the Potomac, where it was brigaded with the Two Hundred and Eighth and Two Hundred and Ninth Regi- ments, constituting the First Brigade, Third Division, Ninth Corps, to the com- mand of which Colonel Diven was assigned, General Hartranft commanding the division and General Parke the corps.

During the winter the regiment was thoroughly drilled and performed fatigue duty, upon works thrown up for protection of the rear of the army. It also partic- ipated in several movements, in which the division acted as a support to other corps, but did not become actively engaged. Among these movements, was the advance of the Union line at Hatcher's Run, and the raid down the Jerusalem Plank Road to the Nottoway River. This was an extremely severe march, entailing much hardship and suffering among the men.

After the winter encampment in front of Petersburg, the Two Hundredth Regiment was prepared for the eventful campaign which resulted in the defeat and capture of Lee's army in the spring of 1865. The southern army was heavily entrenched within the city. Grant, with 100,000 men, had laid siege for its capture. In order to prevent the approach of the Federal army, Lee concentrated three powerful divisions on Fort Steadman, one of the strongholds of the Union fortifications. It was an attack made on the night of March 24, and was carried on so persistently that the fort was captured early the next morning, the Union forces falling back. General Hart- ranft, hearing of this disaster, with his division of Pennsylvania troops, volun- teered to recapture the fort. The Two Hundredth Regiment was drawn up in line of battle on the top of a hill. At a given signal from the colonel, it was ordered to move rapidly down the hill, and after passing through a ravine, charged upon the enemy's lines, and was driven back. After re-forming the lines, Colonel McCall

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History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume I, Part 69

Author: Prowell, George R. Publication date: 1907 Publisher: J. H. Beers Number of Pages: 1372

Author: Prowell, George R.
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: J. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 1372