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General Humphreys pressed against the rebel positions with his two divisions, but found the enemy too strong to be dislodged with the forces then under him. General Meade was notified of the state of affairs, when it was found that no pontoon bridge was available at Farmville, that the river was too deep for fording, and that it would be night before a bridge could be built to enable the force on our left to come to our assistance. So all we could do was to lie still and watch the enemy.
By detention until night at this place, General Lee lost invaluable time, which he could not regain by night marching, lost the supplies awaiting him at Appomattox station, and gave time to Sheridan and his cavalry, and General Ord with the 5th and 24th corps to post themselves across his path at Appo- mattox Court House.
Lee continued his retreat some time during the night, and the 2d corps started after him at 5:30 on the morning of the Sth. There was some skirmish- ing during the day, but no hard fighting. The cremy was anxious to get away, and thousands of their stragglers and deserters lined the roads. Our regi- ment acted as flankers to the main column on the 8th.
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moving on the left of it, about a quarter of a mile distant.
Correspondence pertaining to the surrender of the rebel army was already passing between Grant and Lee; but of this we knew nothing at the time.
On the morning of the 9th we moved a few miles and then halted for several hours and then moved on a short distance and halted within a few rods of where General Meade had his headquarters, about noon. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon an ambut- lance bearing a flag of truce and in which were seated some rebel officers, coming from the front, drove up to General Meade's headquarters. The ambulance soon returned accompanied by General Meade and his chief of staff, General Webb. They had been at the front but a short time when we heard great cheering in that direction, and also heard the music of the bands playing patriotic airs. The cheering came nearer and nearer, and our men began to line both sides of the road, when soon we saw the forms of Generals Meade and Webb approaching. their horses at an easy gal- lop. General Webb was riding ahead and shouting to the men : "Boys, your fighting is over; General Lee has surrendered." General Meade, who had been sick for several days, was waving his cap, but was :o exhausted that he was scarcely able to dismount.
Then for a while it seemed as if our army had suddenly become insane with joy. Men pushed euch other over, mounted a stump or fence and crowed like roosters, lauglied or wept for joy. It was hard to realize that the men whom we had been fighting for
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nearly four years were no longer our foes, and that the weary nights on picket duty in storm and rain were ended.
According to the records of the War Department the number of officers and enlisted men of Lee's army paroled on the 9th of April, 1865, was: Officers, 2,862; enlisted men, 25,494; total, 28,356. Of the troops surrendered only 8,000 were armed.
When the surrender took place our corps was near Clover Hill, about three miles from Appomattox Court House. It remained there on the roth and on the IIth we moved to the rear and bivouacked for the night at a place called New Store. Moving on the next day over very muddy roads and in the rain. we halted for the night at Farmville. On the 13th, after a hard march, we arrived at Burkesville June- tion, where we went into camp and remained there until May 2d. While at this place we heard the sad news that President Lincoln had been assassinated at Ford's Theater in Washington on the night of April 14th.
On the 28th we had the joyful news that the rebe! army under General Johnson had surrendered to Gen. WV. T. Sherman. The most doubtful now knew that the war was over.
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CHAPTER XIV.
BY E. C. STROUSS.
Departure from Burkesville -- Marching Through Richmond- The March to Washington-Passing Over Old Battle- fields-Camp at Bailey's Cross Roads-Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac-The Order of March-The Fifty-Seventh Ordered Mustered Out-Names of En- gagements in which the Regiment Participated-Its Casualties -- We Start for Harrisburg-Finally Paid and Discharged-Farewell Address of Our Field Officers.
The regiment with the corps received orders on May 2d to go to Richmond. It left its camp at Burkesville accordingly and marching via Amelia Court House, it reached Manchester on the James river, opposite Richmond, about II a. m. on May 5th. On the 6th it marched through Richmond with bands playing and colors flying, passing the famous-or infamous-Libby prison on the way. But few of the men who then marched with the regiment had ever been prisoners within its walls. Crossing the Chick- ahominy river the regiment bivouacked four and a half miles north of Richmond on the Fredericksburg pike. On the 7th it inarched through Hanover Court House, and across the Pamunkey river, halting for the night after a march of sixteen miles. On the 8th it marched sixteen miles and on the 9th, seventeen miles, and halted for the night on the Po river. Beer the old battlefield of Spottsylvania. On the roth it passed through Fredericksburg and crossing the Rap-
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pahannock, camped for the night on familiar ground near Stoneman's Switch on the Aquia Creek railroad.
By the 15th the corps had reached the vicinity of Washington and went into camp near Bailey's Cross Roads. This proved to be the last camping ground of the regiment, it remaining here until the last of June.
The only things of importance that occurred while in this camp were the Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac, on May 23d, and the muster- out of the regiment at the end of June.
On the morning of May 23d we were up early, getting ready to march to Washington, distant seven miles, to take part in the Grand Review. We moved by way of Arlington Mills and Hunter's Chapel to Long Bridge, crossing which our corps (the 2d) was massed on the streets east and south of the Capitol. The Army of the Potomac (with the exception of the 6th corps, which was on duty at Danville. Va ). was to pass in review before the President of the United States in the following order, with the officers named commanding :
Cavalry Corps, Major General Merritt.
Ninth Corps, Maj. Gen. John G. Parke.
Fifth Corps, Maj. Gen. Charles Griffin. Second Corps, Maj. Gen. A. A. Humphreys.
This force comprised 151 regiments of infantry. 36 regiments of cavalry and 22 batteries of artillery, which, with the staff department of the general officers, made about 80,000 men.
Precisely at 9 o'clock a. m. the signal gun boomed
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out the start. The cheery bugles of the cavalry and artillery were instantly going, the drums of the infan- try rolled, the bands pealed forth inspiring music, and the Grand Army of the Potomac was on the march.
The infantry marched without knapsacks, by con- pany front, closed en masse. As the cavalry passed up Pennsylvania avenue, cheers rent the air, and horses and riders were pelted with flowers. Similar demonstrations awaited the other parts of the column.
In front of the White House a large stand had been erected, on which stood the President, members of his cabinet, heads of the military and civil depart- ments, and foreign ambassadors.
Thousands of people from the Northern states had visited Washington to see this the greatest military pageant of the nineteenth century, and which this country may never see surpassed. The streets were crowded to their utmost, and windows and roofs of houses and every available spot where the parade could be viewed was filled with spectators.
It was late in the afternoon when the last regi- ment passed the reviewing stand. Our brigade was the next to the last in the column. It was commanded by Brig. Gen. Byron R. Pierce and marched in the following order :
17th Maine, Col. C. P. Mattox. 105th Pennsylvania, Maj. James Miller. 5th Michigan, Lieut. Col. D. S. Root. 93d New York, Lieut. Col. II. Gifford. 14Ist Pennsylvania, Lient. Col. J. H. Horton. Ist Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Maj. Shatwell.
57th Pennsylvania. Maj. Samuel Bryan.
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The weather throughout the day was delightful, and the men being in light marching order, were but little fatigued, although we had marched altogether about sixteen miles.
The next day General Sherman's army was reviewed under like circumstances, the crowd being swelled by the presence of many officers and men of the Army of the Potomac, who were anxious to see the review of their gallant comrades of the western armies.
The 6th corps of the Army of the Potomac, and all the artillery that had not previously been re- viewed, passed in review on the 8th of June.
After the reviews were over the government began mustering out troops as fast as the necessary rolls could be made out, and transportation be secured to send the men home.
On June 23d orders were received that the 57th was on the list of regiments to be mustered out. Then for a week there were busy times at the head- quarters of the various companies. Five large mus- ter-out rolls of each company had to be made out, a discharge paper for each man to be filled out, com- pany books balanced, and descriptive books verified up to date.
At last, all the necessary requirements having been fulfilled, the regiment was mustered out of the United States service on the evening of June 29. 1865.
According to the records of the War Department the regiment is credited with having participated in
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the following battles, viz: Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Oak Grove, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Bris- tow Station, Groveton, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Auburn, Kelly's Ford, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cool Harbor, Petersburg, Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, Poplar Grove Church, Boydton Road, Hatcher's Run, Petersburg (Watkins' House), Amelia Springs, Appomattox.
The casualties of the regiment were: Killed, 161; wounded, 432; died of disease or wounds, 217; total. 810. This total is almost as great as the original strength of the regiment, which was about 850 officers and men.
The above does not include those who died in prison, as correct lists of these were never obtained.
The total enlistment in the regiment was 1.71 !, but this includes the men who reenlisted, and over 100 who enlisted for the regiment, but never reported for duty. The regiment also received 150 recruits after Lee had surrendered and the fighting was over.
At the date of muster-out there were but 97 men of the original regiment left in the ranks. Chaplain W. T. McAdam was the only one of the original officers remaining.
On the morning of June 30th we struck tents for the last time, and then marched to Washington, where we took cars for Harrisburg.
We arrived at the latter plice on Sunday morning. July ed, and marched out to what was called "Camp Return." adjoining "Old Camp Curtin." Here the
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regiment received its final pay and discharges from Maj. W. T. Asson, Paymaster U. S. A., on July 6th, 1865. On the same day the men departed by various routes for their homes.
Before disbanding each member of the regiment received a copy of the following farewell address, which was prepared by Adjutant Thomas E. Mer- chant, of the 57th :
HARRISBURG, PA., July 6, 1865.
To the Officers and Soldiers of the old 57th Pennsylvania:
Four years ago our thoughts were turned on war to come.
To-day our thoughts are on war past and peace to come.
The bloody strife is over, and you with many of your fellow soldiers are now to return to your homes.
We part joyfully, for the life we have led as soldiers has been a severe one, and we are glad the task is over, and that henceforth we may enjoy the comforts of peaceful life. Yet the associations we have formed are very hard to sever, and during our whole course of life in the future we will revert with pleasure and pride to the associations and companionships formed during those three or four years in which the regiment fought twenty-seven engage- ments and marched hundreds of miles.
Let us not forget each other. Parting as a band of brothers, let us cling to the memory of those tattered banners, under which we fought together, and which without dishonor we just now re- stored to the authorities who placed them in our hands.
Till we grow grey-headed and pass away let us sustain the reputation of the noble old regiment, -for none can point to one more glorious!
Fortune threw together two organizations-the 84th P. V. and the 57th P. V .- to make up the present command. Both regi- ments have been in service since the beginning of the strife, and the records of both will demand respect through all coming time.
Very many of those who have been enrolled with us love fallen, and their graves are scattered here and there throughout the south.
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We will not forget these; and the people of this nation will and must honor their memory-for how can they avoid it when they see little children pointing their fingers at the portrait on the wall and hear them saying: "He died for our country!"
Comrades, God bless you all! Farewell! GEORGE ZINN, GEORGE W. PERKINS, SAMUEL BRYAN, Field officers of the late 57th P. V. V.
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APPENDIX A.
Roster of the Field, Staff and Line Officers of the Fifty-Seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Vol- unteer Infantry, from date of organization, Decem- ber 14, 1861, to date of muster out, June 29, 1865.
This roster is copied from the report of Gen. A. L. Russell, Adjutant General of the State of Penn- sylvania for the year 1866.
RANK AND NAME.
COUNTY OR RESIDENCE.
RANK FROM
REMARKS.
Col. William Maxwell
Mercer
Aug. 24, '61 Resiqued March 10, 1862,
" Chas. T. Campbell.
Franklin
Mar. 4, '62 Promoted to Brig. Gen. Nov. 9. 1852.
" Peter Sides
Philadelphia.
Mar. 12, '61
Hon. dis. Nov.28, '64. Ap't'd Brevet Bris I Gen. April 6, 1865.
" Geo. Zinn
Dauphin.
Feb. 1, '65 Mustered out with Reg. June 29, 1865.
Lt. Col. E. W. Woods
Mercer Aug. 24, '61
Resigned September
14, 1892.
.. Peter Sides.
Philadelphia.
Sept. 15, '62
To Colonel.
T. S. Stroecker
Venango Mar. 12, '63 Hon. dis. March 12, Allegheny 1503, as Lt. Colonel. Sept. 11, '63 Hon. dis. November 4. 1204.
.. L. D. Bumpus
Venango
Nov. 5, '64 Mustered out Jan. 13. 1.865.
.. Geo. W. Perkins
Bradford
Dec. 15, '64 Mustered out June 29. 1 1865. Aug. 24, '61 Killed at Fair Oaks. Va., May 31, 1962. June 1, '62 Hon. dis. January 17.
Adjt. Wm. B. Neoper.
Allegheny.
" Geo. W. Perkins
Bradford
Sept. 27, 62 Po Captain Company
" Clark M. Lyons
" Jas. D. Moore.
Susquehanna. . Feb. 16, C. Die l Jene 20. 1 1. 0f Mercer w'nds rec' in action. June 21, 61 To Captain Company : 1.
" R. J. McQuillen
Mercer
Nov. 5, '64, Commission withheid.
Major Jeremiah Culp
Bradford
S. C. Simonton
Merecer
Wm. B. Neeper.
Allegheny
Dec. 31, '62 To Lieut. Colonel.
.. Samuel Bryan
Lycoming
Jan. 6. '65; Mastered out June 29. 1- 5. Ang. 24, '61 To Captain Company
Wm. B. Neeper
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Roster of Fifty-Seventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers .- Continued,
RANK AND NAME.
COUNTY OR RESIDENCE.
RANK FROM
REMARKS.
Adjt. Thos. E. Merchant. . . Philadelphia. . . April 5. '65 Mustered out June 20.
Qr. Mast. Horace Williston
Aug. 24. '61 Resigned Aug. 7, 1862.
Israel Garretson. Mercer
Aug. 15, '62 Mustered out at cx. of
.. John II. Rodgers
John W. Parke ...
Mercer
Nov. 1. '65, Must. out with reg. June 29, 1865.
Surgeon John W. Lyman ...
Clinton
Oct. 14, '61 Must. out Sept. 14. 04.
i to be Lt. Col. 2Bd P.V.
H. G. Chritzman ...
Franklit
Oct. 24, '64 Must. out June _3, 1:05.
Asst. Surg. A. W. Fisher.
Northumber- land
Oct. 15, '61 Resigned Aug. 9, 1862.
.. D. D. Kennedy
Chester. Aug. 1. '62 To Surgeon 133d Pa. Volunteers.
.. J. Elliott Miller.
Franklin Aug. 19. '62, Resigned December 20, 1802.
Fred R. H. Leet ... Mercer
Jan. 13, '63 Resigned 1863.
T. A. Downs
[Philadelphia .. Mar. 21. '61 Dis. for disability.
Mar. 21, '64. to date.
.. J. K. Cassell
Bucks Sept. 17. '64 Mustered out June 29. 1 1865. .. Wm. Jack.
Chaplain Wm. T. McAdam Mercer COMPANY A.
Capt. Peter Sides
Philadelphia. .. Sept. 4. '61 To Lieut. Colone !.
.. J. R. Lyons
Susquehanna .. Sept. 15, '62 Hon. discharged Oc :. 4. 1. 4.
H. H. Hinds
Susquehanna. . Oct. 5, '64 Hon. dis. as Ist Liest May 15, 1x 5.
Ist Lieut. J. R. Lyons
Susquehanna. . Sept. 4. '64 To Captain.
.. Edson J. Rice.
.. H. H. Hinds
2d Lieut. Edson J. Rice.
Wyoming.
Sept. 4, '61 To Ist Lieutenant
.. H. H. Hinds.
Jere. C. Green ..
Wyomin ? . .. Jan. 7, '63 KiMed in action May
.. Geo. L. Amey COMPANY E.
Susquehanna .. Mar. 1, '05 Mu stered out June 2h. 13.5.
Capt. S. C. Simonton Mercer.
Sept. 16. '01 To Major.
.. J. W. Gillespie
Geo. W. Perkins.
Mercer Oct. 1, 02 Hon. discharged Out 23. 1563. Bradford. Feb. 15. '64 To Lieut. Colonel. i
1565.
term, Dec. 12, 1801.
Mereer Dec. 12. 64 Not inustered as Quar- ter Master.
Indian Jan. 6. '65 Must. out June 2). '65. | Tr. from 8ith Pa. V. Aug. 24, '61 Mustered out June 20, 1865.
Wyoming .. Sept. 15, '62 To Captain Co. E.
Susquehanna. . Jan. 7, '63 To Captain.
Susquehanna .. , Sept. 15, '62 To Ist Lieutenant. 1
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Roster of Fifty-Seventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers .- Continued.
RANK AND NAME.
COUNTY OR RESIDENCE.
RANK FROM
REMARKS.
Ist Lieut. Israel Garretson ..
Mercer
Sept. 16, '61 To Quartermaster.
.. T. O. Collamore .. .
.. D. C. Comstockz.
..
Nov. 4, '64 Mustered out June 29, 1865. To Captain.
2d Lieut. J. W. Gillespie.
..
Sept. 16, '61
Jan. 6, '63 Hon. discharged Mar. 17,1865.
.. Wm. H. Bell.
..
April 1, '65 Mustered out June 29. 1865.
COMPANY C.
Capt. Jere B. Hoagland
.. Wm. B. Neeper.
Sprague S. Hill
M. W. Houser
Ist Lieut. Enoch C. Cloud ...
.. Sprague S. Hill.
.. A. B. McCartney ..
Robt. I. Campbell ..
2d Lieut. Sprague S. Hill ..
.. M. W. Houser. ..
Franklin
Jan. 6, '63, To Captain.
Bradford March 1, '65 Mustered out June 29,
1865.
Capt. H. W. Caulking.
Tioga
Sept. 4, '61 Resigned Aug. 2, 1802.
Ist Lieut. Charles O. Etz ..
.. Cyrus P. Slaven ...
2d Lieut. W. O. Mattison .. Tioga
.. Joseph S. Sharp ... COMPANY E.
Venango
May 19, '65 Must. out as Ist Serg. June 20, 1565.
Capt. Jas. E. Moore
Allegheny
Sept. 1, '61 Resigned October 16, 1 1$ 15. Oct. 16, 'o2 Resigned January 17.
Edson J. Rice.
Wyoming
1 eb. 28, '5 Kill Lat Char Pilorsv
Edgar Williams
Susquehanna .. Nov. 1, '63; Died May 23, 1864, of wounds.
.. John W. Parke.
Mercer
May 13, '65 Mustered out as Quar- termaster.
To Major.
Mercer
Franklin.
Jan. 17, '63 Mustered out at ex. of term, Nov. 11, 1×64. Nov. 14, '64; Mustered out June 29, 1865.
Mercer Oct. 1, '61 Discharged June 25, 1862.
..
June 25, '62 To Captain.
.. Jan. 17, '63 Mustered out at Cx. of term, Nov. 16. 1864. Nov. 23, '64 Mustered out June 29, .. 1865. April 16, '62 To Ist Lieutenant.
.. Geo. W. Miller. COMPANY D.
Tioga
Crawford.
Sept. 4, '61 Killed at Malvern Hill, Va., July 1. 1:62. May 19, '65 Mustered out June 29, 1865. Sept. 4, '61 Resigned June 25, 1:82.
.. W. S. Eberman. Mercer
..
Oct. 1, '62 Resigned May 31, 1863.
James Burns
Oct. 1, '61 Resigned June 5, 1962.
Allegheny June 1, '62
5
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Roster of Fifty-Seventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers .- Continued.
RANK AND NAME.
COUNTY OR RESIDENCE.
RANK FROM
REMARKS.
Ist Lieut. Henry Mitchell. . .
Allegheny.
Jan. 24, '63 Killed at Gettysburg. July 2, 1863.
Edgar Williams ..
Susquehanna.
Sept. 1, '63
To Captain.
.. John W. Parke ..
Mercer
Nov. 1. '63
To Captain.
John A. Sillaman ..
Crawford.
April 18, '65 Mustered out June 29.
1865.
2d Lieut. W. S. Eberman ..
Mercer
Sept. 1, '61 To Captain.
.. Henry Mitchell
Allegheny
Oct. 16, '62
To Ist Lieutenant.
.. Edgar Williams ...
Susquehanna. .
Jan. 24. '63, To 1st Lieutenant.
.. John A. Sillaman .. Crawford.
Mar. 1, '65; To Ist Lieutenant.
.. Joseph Freeman ... COMPANY F.
April 18, '65 Mustered out June 29. 1865.
Captain Ralph Maxwell Mercer
.. George Clark
.. H. H. Nelson
Mercer
Dec. 18, '63, Dis. at ex. of term of service, Nov. IN: Dec. 2, '64 Mustered out June 29, 1565. Sept. 16, '61 Resigned March 14, 1862.
Ist Lieut. Isaac Cummings.
.. W'm. B. Neeper.
Allegheny
Ang. 24. '61 To Adjutant.
George Clark
Mercer
April 22, '62 To Captain. Feb. 8. '63 To Captain.
.. H. H. Nelson
.. James F. Ruger.
Bradford
Dec. 21, '63 Mustered out June 29. 1.65. Sept. 16, '61'To Ist Lieutenant.
2d Lieut. George Clark Mercer
H. H. Nelson
..
April 22, '62 To Ist Lieutenant.
.. Lafayette Cameron
Wm. H. H. Hurry.
..
Feb. 8, '63 Discharged December 20, Iso3. Dec. 21, '61 Mustered out June 20.
.. E. C. Bierce COMPANY G.
Bradford.
Sept. 4. '61 Hon dis. Sept. 33, ") [Tr. Co. D. R: PV April 5, '65 ; to Cap :. & AA G. 3!
Ist Lieut. Daniel Mehan Bradford
Sept. 4. El Iot quando il.
.. James M. Darling .!
May 20, '62 To Captain Co. H. .
Joseph H. Moore .. Blair
June 9. '65 Tr. from sgh Pa V. 1 Must. out June 29. 65.
Nov. 7, '64 To Captain.
Captain Geo. S. Peck.
Chas. W. Forrester Columbia.
Sept 16, '61 Resigned Feb. 3. 1SC3. Feb. 8, '63 Resigned Dec. 17, 1863.
.. E. C. Bierce
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Roster of Fifty-Seventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers .- Continued.
RANK AND NAME.
COUNTY OR RESIDENCE.
RANK FROM
REMARKS.
2d Lieut. Mort. B. Owen ....
Pierce Russell.
Bradford
June 9, '65 Tr. from 84th Pa. V. Must. out June 29, '65.
COMPANY H.
Capt. John Griffin.
Sept. 17, '61 Resigned May 7, 1862.
..
Daniel Mehan
James M. Darling
..
Jan. 24, '63 Dis. as of Company A, June 16, 1804. Nov. S, '64 Must out with Co. A. June 29, 1865.
Sullivan
June 9, '65 Tr. to and must. out Co. G. June 29. 1835. Sept. 17, '61 Dis. May 9, '62. Dis. removed . \pr. IS. '63.
Sept. 27, '62 Killed at Chancellors- ville, May 3, 1>63.
.. Wm. A. Wilson .. . . Mifflin
.. W. H. H. Hurst .. ..
Cumberland .. .
June 9, '65 Must. out Co. K, June 29, '65, as 23 Lieut. Resigned Aug. 8, 1$62.
2d Lieut. Rich. Sinsabaugh .. Bradiord
Geo. W. Perkins
.. R. S. Edmiston.
.. Daniel W. Gore ..
Sept. 7, '63 To Captain.
.. Jacob Weidensall .. Blair COMPANY I.
April 7, '65 Mustered out June 29, 1505.
Capt. T. S. Strohecker.
Venango Sept. 3, '61 To Lieut. Colonel.
.. Lorenzo D. Bumpus ..
Mar. 12, '63 To Lieut. Colonel. 1
" James D. Moore .. Mercer Nov. 5, '64 Must. out with Co. D. June 29, 1565.
John R. Ross* Wayne.
Ist Licut. George Suplee. .. Sept. 3, '61 Resigned Aug. 8, 1862.
.. L. D. Bumpus. Venango
.. John Bowers Mercer
.. James M. Lewis.
Philadelphia.
2.1 Lieut. J. K. Williams Mercer
.. E. S. Benedict.
.. John P. Cox.
Mercer
April 5, '05 MG:S J: .. 21 1= 5 Mar. 10, '62 Resigned Aug. 4, 1 2. 1 May 3, '62 Resigned .Aug. 23, 1962. Aug. 11, 62 Killed at Gettysburg. 1 July 2. 1vii.
31, 1862.
" Daniel W. Gore
" David Larish.
Ist Lieut. Daniel Minier.
Bradford
Joseph Brady
.. Frank V. Shaw
..
Sept. 1, '63 Must. out with Co. A. Jitne 29, 1865. April 7, '65 Hon. dis. June 1, 1865.
Sept. 17. '61 Aug. 13, '62 To Adjutant.
Sept. 27, '62 Honorably discharged June 23, 1563.
Aug. 10, '62 To Captain. Di.1 May 22. '04. 0f April 7. '03 . wounds received at
* Formerly of Sith Pa. Vols. Mastered out as CheEn Company I, con- solidated Ferirvent, June 29, 1:35.
Northampton .. Sept. 4, '61' Resigned October 16, 1862.
May 20, '62 Resigned December
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Roster of Fifty-Seventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers .- Continued.
RANK AND NAME.
COUNTY OR RESIDENCE.
RANK FROM
REMARKS.
2d Lieut. Henry M. Adams.
Bradford.
July 5, '64, Killed in front Peters-
Cyrus P. Slaven. . .
Crawford.
burg. Va., June 15, 64. June 18, '64 To Ist Lieutenant Co. D.
Geo. W. Lower. COMPANY K.
Blair
April 5. '65 Must. out Ist Sergeant June 29, 1865.
Capt. Cornelius S. Chase .. . Crawford.
Sept. 4, '61
Died June 17,'02, wds. rec'd Fair Oaks, Va. May 31. 1862.
.. Alanson H. Nelson ..
June 17, '62 Must. out ex of termi, Nov. 4, 1864.
" Ellis C. Strouss.
Nov. 15, '61 Must. out with Co. E. June 29. 1565.
Ist Lieut. A. H. Nelson.
Sept. 4, '61 To Captain.
Thos. J. Crossley.
..
Dec. 1, '62 Hon. dis. December 30.1864.
2d Lieut. Chester F. Morse.
..
Sept. 4, '61 Resigned Dec. 10, 1862.
.. John M. Robinson.
..
Dec. 1, '62 Hon. dis. June 27, 1864.
Ellis C. Strouss.
..
June 28, '64; To Captain.
.. Isaac Manes.
Blair
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HISTORY FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT
APPENDIX B.
REPORT OF DR. JOHN W. LYMAN,
Surgeon of the Fifty-Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Camp near Poolesville, Md ..
Headquarters 57th Regiment, Pa. Volunteers. October 23, 1862.
The 57th Regiment, P. V., was organized at Harrisburg, Pa., and was mustered into the United States service in the latter part of October, 1861.
While in Camp Curtin the men suffered, like most other newly organized regiments, from rubeola, in common with the whole camp. Variola was also present, but by thorough and careful vaccination of the men as fast as recruited its spread was prevented, only two cases of varioloid occurring in the regiment. Typhoid fever, incident to the season in that region, diarrhoea and dysentery, the result of sudden change of diet, and other habits of life. as well as the crowded state of the camp, involving imperfect police arrangements, bad sinks. etc., together with the usual excesses of raw recruits, contributed to keep the sick list of the regiment, at that time numbering about 800 men, up to the average of fifty cases in hospital and quarters, or a little over 6 per cent.
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