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McCann, M. W., Co. I, Feb. 15, 1865; I year; mustered out with company, June 29, 1865.
*Mattis, Silas, Co. B, Sept. 14, 1861 ; 3 years ; absent-sick at expira- tion of term.
Mattis, Jesse, Co. I, Feb. 28, 1865; I year ; mustered out with com- pany, June 29, 1865.
*Myers, John, Co. B, Sept. 14, 1861 ; 3 years; discharged Oct. 13, 1864-expiration of term.
*Noll, John S., Co. I, March II, 1865; I year; mustered out with company, June 29, 1865.
*Price, Thomas, Co. B, Sept. 14, 1861 ; 3 years; discharged on sur- - geon's certificate, May 3, 1863.
Ridley, Jacob, Co. I, Feb. 28, 1865; I year; absent-sick at muster out.
Roop, David, Co. I, March 7, 1865; I year ; mustered out with com- pany, June 29, 1865.
*Ritzel, John, Co. I, March II, 1865; I year; killed at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865.
*Ruth, Henry D., Co. I, March 13, 1865; I year ; died at City Point. Sides Michael, Co. I, Feb. 21, 1865; I year ; mustered out with com- pany, June 29, 1865.
*Welker, Henry H., Co. I, Feb. 27, 1864; I year; died at Washing- ton, D. C., April 6, 1865; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
NINETY-SECOND PENNSYLVANIA, NINTH SERVICE. )
CAVALRY. (THREE YEARS'
The Ninth Cavalry, first known as the Lochiel Cavalry, was organized August 29, 1861, and rendezvoused at Camp Cameron. November 20th it went by rail to Pittsburgh, and thence by boat to Louisville, Ky., where it went into camp on the opposite side of the Ohio river, at Jefferson- ville, Ind. By January 10, 1862, the regiment had acquired such profi- ciency in drill that it was ordered to the front. On the advance of Gen- erals Buell and Mitchell it was detailed to remain for the protection of Kentucky, and divided into three battalions. On the 5th of March the regiment was ordered into Tennessee. On the 4th of May the Third Battalion first met the enemy, under Morgan, at Lebanon, where with the Seventh Pennsylvania and the Third Kentucky Cavalry, it most sig- nally defeated that daring partizan, capturing his second in command and 293 of his men, Morgan himself narrowly escaping capture by swim-
*Dead.
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ming the Cumberland river. On the 14th of May the Third captured his rear guard at Spring Creek, and pushing on forced him into the Cum- berland Mountains, where his command scattered over the various roads leading to Chattanooga. On the 3rd of June the Third advanced to Tompkinsville, Ky., and on the 6th defeated a largely superior force, un- der Colonel Hamilton, at Moore's Hill, losing in the engagement five killed and ten badly wounded. On July 9th, 1862, Morgan, with 2,000 men, advanced against Tompkinsville ; there were but 200 men in the post to oppose him, and they, after maintaining an unequal contest for two hours, retired to Burksville, Ky. In this engagement, while the loss of the enemy was 57 killed and 140 wounded, the battalion lost but ten killed, fourteen wounded and nineteen taken prisoners. After the bat- tle of Richmond, Ky., on the 30th, the regiment, in connection with the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry, covered the retreat of General Nelson to Louis- ville, fighting daily the enemy's advance. At Shelbyville it had a sharp encounter, defeating Jenkins, killing 27 of his men and capturing 44. Upon General Buell's arrival, in conjunction with the Second Michigan, it took the advance to Perryville, and by its boldness in pushing the ene- my's rear brought on the sanguinary battle fought there, sustaining the fire of his infantry until relieved by General McCook's Corps. It then formed on the right of the line, and by its steadiness, foiled every at- tempt of the enemy's cavalry to turn its flank. In this action it had ten killed and twenty-seven wounded. In general orders, after the action, General Buell says: "The Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry behaved most bravely, being at one time compelled to stand for three quarters of an hour under the concentrated fire of three batteries of the enemy's artil- lery, and only retired when ordered to do so." By this time the regi- ment was much weakened by hard service, and one-half the men were dismounted. It was therefore ordered to Louisville for fresh horses and equipments.
On the 22nd of December, in company with the Second Michigan, the regiment started on a raid upon the railroads communicating with the rebel capital. The command took to the deer paths of Pine, Cum- berland and Clinch Mountains. These mountains are as cheerless, dark and savage as when Boone first saw them; at this point are one hundred miles wide, and can only be crossed by following the paths made by deer and Indians ages ago. It is difficult to form an adequate conception of the hardships the troops encountered on this march. January 1, 1863, it reached the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad at the Wautauga Bridge, and encountered a company of the enemy, under command of Gen. Humphrey Marshall, strongly entrenched. The place was carried by as- sault and the bridge burned. The captured prisoners were paroled and the command moved down the railroad to where it crosses the Holstein river. This bridge was defended by an entrenched force of 250 men. The works were stormed and the entire force taken prisoners. In this action the Ninth lost six killed and twenty wounded. The badly wounded were left with the paroled enemy. Leaving the Holstein
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Bridge and destroying a mile long tressel work, the command com- menced their return; by strategy, enterprise and rapidity of movement, it eluded a force of 8,000 of the enemy, under Marshall, and recrossed the Cumberland Mountains over the same paths by which it had ad- vanced. The success of this raid, in the face of a greatly superior force, so chagrined the rebels, that Marshall was relieved of his command and never afterwards restored. The regiment reached Nicholasville, whence it had started, on the night of the 19th of January, with two-thirds of its men dismounted, the animals having been over one hundred miles without food. In this raid the Ninth lost thirty killed and one hundred wounded.
After a few days' rest the regiment marched to Louisville, was re- mounted, and proceeded thence by rail to Nashville. On the 2nd of Feb- ruary it went to Franklin, where, after a sharp skirmish, General For- rest's Brigade of the enemy was driven from the town. The regiment now formed the right wing of the army of the Cumberland; confront- ing it was the left wing of the enemy, a force of 12,000 cavalry, under General Van Dorn. For eighteen days the Ninth, aided by three hun- dred men from the Second Michigan Cavalry, confronted this strong rebel force, deceiving them as to their strength by frequent attacks upon their advanced positions. On the 4th of March Van Dorn advanced to storm the post, but a division of infantry having arrived on the night of the 3rd, the whole command advanced to meet him, and after a hotly
contested engagement, lasting six hours, the enemy was driven back to his original position. In this action the regiment had twelve killed and fifty-one wounded. On the 5th the Ninth advanced and engaged the enemy, driving them from their position and holding the ground until the infantry formed and advanced to their relief. The action proved disas- trous to the Union arms, and Colonel Colburn, with 3,800 infantry was captured; but the Ninth, under Colonel Jordan, fought their way back to Franklin, bringing off 220 prisoners, the entire artillery and baggage train of the army, and as many wounded as the ambulances could carry. For the heroic part borne by the regiment in this action, it was men- tioned in special orders by General Rosecrans.
In the campaign against Bragg the Ninth took part, and with the First Brigade, First Division of the cavalry under General Stanley, led the advance of our army. It fought in the battles of Rover, Middletown and Shelbyville; at the latter place charging the left flank of the enemy, while the Seventh Pennsylvania charged the centre, and in a most stub- born hand-to-hand encounter captured nearly a thousand prisoners, with the enemy's battery, breaking up entirely his cavalry organization. In the action at Elk river it attacked the left flank of the enemy and forced him from his position. At Cowan, a few days later, it captured 200 of the rear guard of Bragg. A few days before the battle of Chickamauga it captured at Lafayette, Ga., a part of the advance guard of General Longstreet. At Chickamauga it held the right of our line, and after the defeat of Cook's Corps, closed on the right of General Thomas and de-
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fended his flank during the remainder of the battle. For its conduct in this encounter the regiment was commended by General Thomas in most flattering terms.
In the winter of 1863 and spring of 1864, it was in East Tennessee, and fought in the battles of Dandridge, New Market, Mossy Creek and Fair Garden, capturing at the latter place the artillery of the enemy. The regiment having re-enlisted, was given a furlough of thirty days, and returned to Pennsylvania early in April. In May, having recruited its thinned ranks, to twelve hundred men, it was again in the field at Louis- ville. While waiting at this place for arms and horses, Morgan made his last raid into Kentucky. The Ninth at once volunteered to defend the State capital. Colonel Jordan, seizing the horses necessary to mount his command, and arming his men with muskets, they marched to Frank- fort by night, fifty-four miles, and held the place, compelling Morgan to fall back to Pound Gap, where he was badly defeated by a force of cav- alry in his rear, under General Burbridge.
The regiment then marched to Nashville, thence to Chattanooga, ar- riving on the 2nd of September. It was immediately ordered in pursuit of the rebel General Wheeler, who had started on a raid into Middle Tennessee. On the 6th, at Reedyville, it defeated General Dibbrell's Brigade of Wheeler's command, taking 294 prisoners. On the 7th it went, with other cavalry, after the retreating enemy, and on the same day defeated Colonel Anderson of the rebel General William's Division. The pursuit was continued on the 8th and 9th, the enemy constantly avoiding an engagement, although of more than double the number of the Union force. At Sparta the rebels took to the mountains, and passed into East Tennessee. In acknowledgment of the conduct of the troops in this command, of which the Ninth Pennsylvania constituted two- thirds, complimentary orders were issued by General Van Cleve, at Mur- freesboro; General Milroy, at Tullahoma, and General Steedman, at Chattanooga.
The regiment then joined General Sherman at Marietta, Ga., and on the 14th of November started with that great chieftain on his "March to the Sea." It was assigned to the First Brigade, Third Division of Cavalry, under General Kilpatrick, and led the advance of the right wing of the army. On the 16th it encountered General Wheeler's Cavalry, entrenched at Lovejoy's Station, on the Macon Railroad. By a gallant charge the Ninth drove the enemy from his works, capturing four guns and over 300 prisoners; these guns were retained by the regiment until the close of the war.
Early in December it skirmished heavily with the enemy's cavalry near Macon, pushing them within the defenses of the city. In conjunc- tion with Woolcott's Brigade of the Fifteenth Corps, it fought the battle of Bear Creek, defeating Wheeler, but suffering a loss of ninety-five killed and wounded. Moving to the left flank of the army it demon- strated towards Augusta, then southeast towards Millen, one of the southern prison-pens. Here Wheeler made a night attack, and at
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Waynesboro another. In both he was defeated. Finding that the Union prisoners had been removed from Millen, the command turned towards Louisville, Ga. At Buckhead Creek, Wheeler made a heavy attack upon the Ninth, hoping to cut it off from the rest of the column; by a bold charge the enemy was beaten off. In all these engagements Wheeler's Cavalry outnumbered that opposed to him. Two days later, in conjunc- tion with infantry it defeated Wheeler again at Buckhead Church; the following morning he was attacked in a position where he had barri- caded himself, and in twenty minutes was in full retreat. At Waynes- boro he was again defeated. On this day the command faced towards Savannah, where it arrived with the whole army on December 21st.
After a month's delay the regiment again took the field, marching through Robertsville, Barnville and Blackville, S. C .; at the latter place it again defeated a portion of Wheeler's command. Three days later Wheeler, reinforced by Hampton's Division, attacked with their whole force, but were signally defeated. Without pausing the brigade moved towards Columbia; at Lexington defeated a portion of Wheeler's rear- guard and at Blacksnake Station, on the Columbia and Charlotte Rail- road defeated another force of the enemy. Crossing the Catawba it en- tered North Carolina, then crossed the Great Pedee river and occupied Rockingham. March IIth it reached Fayetteville. After a few days of rest it moved towards Goldsboro, and on the 16th, at Averysboro, was engaged from 6 a. m. to 2 p. m. with McLaw's Division of the rebel army, capturing a large number of prisoners. In the brigade every twelfth man was killed or wounded.
On the 17th the command marched towards Bentonville, on the left flank of the Twentieth Corps, and with it participated in the hotly con- tested battle of the 19th, assisting materially in securing a triumph. Af- ter refitting and resting near Goldsboro, the cavalry again took the field on the 9th of April. Marching day and night, by a circuitous route, it struck the head of Johnston's retreating columns, and after a sanguinary conflict compelled the enemy to change his course.
On the morning of the 13th it passed through Raleigh and encoun- tered the enemy, under Wheeler and Hampton, in position on the Hills- boro road. In this engagement the Ninth bore the brunt of the action. The enemy fell back, hotly pursued by the cavalry for ten miles, to Mor- risville, where he again made a stand. The line was quickly formed, the charge sounded, and the position carried, the enemy retreating in the wildest confusion over the plain, broken into fragments by the plunging fire of the artillery from the heights overlooking the valley. The col- umns being again formed, started in pursuit, when a flag of truce was discovered approaching. It was received by the Ninth, under which was delivered the letter of General Joseph E. Johnston, directed to General Sherman, asking for a meeting to determine the terms of surrender of the army under his command. This was the last fighting done, and the last guns fired in Sherman's command were from the battery of the Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry. From Morrisville the command marched
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to Durham, and the escort to General Sherman when he proceeded to the Burnet House to meet General Johnston, and again upon the occasion of agreeing to the terms of surrender, was furnished by this regiment. After the surrender the command moved through Greenville to Lexing- ton, where it remained until the 18th of July, when it was mustered out of service. Returning to Pennsylvania it was finally disbanded and the war-worn veterans retired to their homes and the peaceful avocations of life.
ROLL OF MIDDLETOWN VOLUNTEERS IN THE NINTH CAVALRY.
Captain.
*Thomas W. Jordan, Co. H, May 23, 1863; 3 years; promoted from second to first lieutenant, May 30th, 1864; wounded at Readyville, Tenn., Sept. 6, 1864; commissioned captain, June 16, 1865; not mus- tered; mustered out with company, July 18, 1865.
Second Lieutenant.
Jacob S. Wilson, Co. H., Oct. 29, 1861 ; 3 years ; promoted to quarter- master sergeant Jan. 1, 1864; commissioned second lieutenant June 16, I865; not mustered; mustered out with company July 18, 1865; vet- eran.
Sergeants.
James H. Harvey, Co. C, Oct. II, 1861 ; 3 years; promoted to first sergeant May 20, 1865; mustered out with company July 18, 1865; veteran.
Jacob Wolfley, Co. C, Oct. II, 1861 ; promoted to sergeant Jan. I, 1864; mustered out with company July 18, 1865; veteran.
Bugler.
John C. Beachler, Co. I, Aug. 13, 1864; I year, discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Privates.
Brestle, Henry C., Co. C, Oct. II, 1861 ; 3 years; discharged Dec. 24, 1864, expiration of term.
*Books, Jacob R., Co. C, Oct. II, 1861 ; 3 years; killed accidentally at Louisville, Ky., Sept. 9, 1862.
Bretz, William H., Co. C, May 9, 1864; I year ; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Barnet, Augustus N., Co. C, Aug. 9, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
*Boyd, George E., Aug. 13, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
*Dead.
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Beachler, Jacob, Co. K., Aug. 10, 1864; I year; discharged by gen- eral order May 29, 1865.
Brinser, Abraham F., Co. C, Aug. 12, 1864; I year; wounded at Averysboro, N. C., March 16, 1865 ; absent in hospital at muster out.
Brubaker, Thomas, Co. H., Aug. 16, 1864; I year; discharged by general order June 15, 1865.
Campbell, James P., Co. C, Oct. 29th, 1861 ; 3 years; captured at Tompkinsville, Ky., and paroled July 9, 1862; discharged Dec. 14, 1864 -expiration of term.
Clay, John H., Co. I, Aug. 9, 1864; 1 year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
*Cannon, Patrick G., Co. I, Aug. 10, 1864; I year; absent, sick, at muster out.
Campbell, James, Co. C, Aug. 31, 1864; 3 years ; discharged by gen- eral order June 20, 1865.
Deibler, George, Co. C, Aug. 13, 1864; I year ; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Earisman, Elias, Co. H, Aug. 15, 1864; I year ; captured; paroled ; discharged by general order June 18, 1865.
*Fisher, David N., Co. C, Aug. 12, 1864; 3 years; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Fortney, Allen B., Co. H, Aug. 29, 1864; 1 year ; discharged by gen- eral order May 29, 1865.
*Genkes, Henry, Co. H, Aug. 25, 1864; I year; discharged by gen- eral order May 29, 1865.
Gutshall, John, Co. C, Aug. 13, 1864; I year ; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Gutshall, George, Co. C, Aug. 9, 1864; I year ; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
*Gheistwhite, Robert, Co. C, Oct. II, 1861; 3 years; discharged on surgeon's certificate, Jan. 5, 1865; veteran.
*Gheistwhite, John, Co. C, Oct. 1I, 1861; 3 years; died at Louis- ville, Ky., Dec. 17, 1862; buried in National Cemetery, section B, range 8, grave 6.
Gruber, John B., Co. I, Aug. 16, 1864; 1 year ; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Hickernell, Robert, Co. C, Aug. 8, 1864; 1 year; discharged by gen- eral order May 29, 1865, to date Oct. 26, 1864.
*Houser, Jacob R., Co. C, Aug. 12, 1864; I year; captured ; died at Andersonville.
Hickernell, William H., Co. C, Sept. 6, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865, to date Oct. 26, 1864.
Irely, Samuel, Sr., Co. A, May 27, 1864; 3 years; mustered out with company July 18, 1865.
*Dead.
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Irely, John, Co. G, May 30, 1864; 3 years ; mustered out with com- pany July 18, 1865.
Kellar, Jacob, Co. C, Oct. II, 1861; 3 years; discharged Dec. 24, 1864-expiration of term.
Kline, William, Co. C, Aug. 9, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Longenecker, I. K., Co. I, Aug. 10, 1864; I year; captured; paroled ; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
*Longenecker, Henry, Co. H, Aug. 15, 1864; I year; absent, in hos- pital, at muster out.
*Laughman, Daniel, Co. C, Aug 30, 1864; I year ; discharged by gen- eral order May 29, 1865.
Lutz, John, Co. H, Aug. 30, 1864; I year; mustered out with com- pany July 18, 1865.
Matthias, John, Co. C, May 30, 1864; 3 years; mustered out with company July 18, 1865.
Mansburger, Daniel, Co. E, Aug. 9, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Miller, John, Co. I, Aug. 10, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Miller, Henry, Co. I, Aug. 10, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
*Mckinley, Jacob, Co. C, Aug. 12, 1864; I year; discharged by gen- eral order May 29, 1865.
Metler, Adam A., Co. H, Aug. 24, 1864; I year ; discharged by gen- eral order May 29, 1865.
Miller, James D., Co. K, Aug. 15, 1864; I year; discharged by gen- eral order May 29, 1865.
*Neeter, John, Co. C, Sept. 10, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Pike, Milton, Co. I, Aug. 10, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Snyder, Samuel, Co. C, Aug. 9, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Sheaffer, Jonathan, Co. C, Oct. II, 1861; 3 years; captured at Tompkinsville, Ky., and paroled July 9, 1862; discharged Dec. 24, 1864 -expiration of term.
Sheaffer, Hamilton, Co. C, Oct. II, 1861 ; 3 years; absent, in hospi- tal, at muster out.
Stipe, Andrew J., Co. C, Aug. 9, 1864; I year ; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Stipe, Washington, Co. H, Aug. 19, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
*Stipe, Jackson A., Co. H, Aug. 17, 1864; I year ; discharged by gen- eral order June 7, 1865.
*Dead.
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Snyder, John H., Co. C, Aug. 12, 1864; I year; discharged by gen- eral order May 29, 1865.
Sanders, Leander L., Co. H, Aug. 16, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Stipe, G. W., Co. C, Oct. 1I, 1861.
Snively, Charles H., Co. C, Sept. 6, 1864; discharged by General order May 29, 1865.
Trump, George W., Co. C, Oct. 11, 1861; 3 years; discharged on surgeon's certificate Dec. 4, 1862.
Uhlmer, Jacob, Co. E, Aug. 13, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Whisler, John L., Co. C, Aug. 9, 1864; I year; discharged by gen- eral order May 29, 1865.
Willis, Henry, Co. E, Aug. 10, 1864; I year; discharged by general order May 29, 1865.
Willis, Isaiah, Aug. 10, 1864; I year; unassigned.
XLVII
NINETY-THIRD REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.
Organized October, 1861. November 12th, went to Washington; December 2nd, to Fort Good Hope, Md .; January 22nd, 1862, to Ten- allytown; 26th embarked for the Peninsula and until the 4th of May was posted at Warwick Court House, constructing rifle pits and forts along Warwick river. Suffered severely here from chills and fever. May the 4th, the regiment moved towards Williamsburg; on the 5th, in the battle of Williamsburg, its loss was six killed and twenty wounded; May 13th, on the Chickahominy. In the battle at Fair Oaks its loss was twenty-one killed, one hundred and eight wounded, and twenty-eight missing. A correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing of this battle, says: "Take the case of the Ninety-third Pennsyl- vania. This thoroughly trained body of troops fought, were driven back from position, but not broken; halted at word of command wheeled, fired, retreated, halted, loaded and fired again, and again, and came off the ground in perfect order, with their colors flying-a striking proof that the success of battles is in the discipline of the troops."
In the movement of the army from the Chickahominy to the James,
*Dead.
NOTE: These rolls contain the names of those who enlisted here; and of those residents here during the war who enlisted elsewhere.
NOTE: Some years after the close of the war the Ninth Cavalry formed a social organization. Their eighteenth annual reunion took place at Middletown, June 9, 1887. Seventy-one of the veterans attended. They held a business meet- ing in the room of Post 78, G. A. R .; a handsome flag was presented to them by Mrs. Colonel Reynolds; in the evening they had a convivial reception in the crowded Opera House, and concluded the day with a banquet in the Market House.
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it acted as guard to the trains. At Malvern Hill the loss of the regi- ment was about twenty. On the evacuation of the Peninsula it moved by transport from Yorktown to Alexandria, thence to Chantilly, and was in the battle here of September Ist. On the opening of the Maryland campaign it moved to Harper's Ferry, making a reconnaissance as far as Sandy Hook. At the battle of Antietam it was held in reserve. In the battle of Fredericksburg, December 19, it was held in reserve. In the spring campaign, under Hooker, it was engaged in the Chancellors- ville battle, its loss was six killed, forty-four wounded, and twenty-one missing. May 18, 1863, the regiment moved up the Rappahannock. The march to Pennsylvania now commenced, and on July Ist the regi- ment reached Manchester, Md .; at 9 a. m., on the 2nd, it crossed the State line. The men were worn out with fatigue, the day was exces- sively hot, and the roads dusty ; but when the colors were unfurled, and the drums beaten, in token of their entrance upon the soil of their native State, they came to a quick step, with arms at a shift, and marched on gaily, singing, "Pennsylvania Again."
At 2 p. m. the regiment arrived at Rock Creek, just in rear of the line of battle at the Gettysburg cemetery. The Ninety-third was the first regiment of the Sixth Corps to get into action, and took twenty-five prisoners. Since 8 p. m. of the evening previous it had marched thirty- nine miles, fought three hours, and passed a sleepless night, without food. During the night of the 3rd it was engaged in burying the dead and bearing off the wounded. Its loss in this battle was eight killed, and twenty-one wounded. At the conclusion of this campaign it returned with the army to the neighborhood of Brandy Station and went into winter quarters in substantial log huts.
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