veteran 01 tne civil wa!if,?jH|»ing as captain of Compani 'mBOiie ed and Forty-second. Femwlflinia Leers. JHM was the fatlraEsfllJ-Wil- i. Ow-enfe .professor, or eSlimistry of gll UnWN lty. -J^J i t>//6/T>' 7 T ' Vv"r c 4X., w. The 143d ^^,/ f/u ; Showalter, 142d Pa.,' Mill- Pa., says that his regiment be-, d to the First Corps up to Get-i rgr, where it was torn to pieced e first day's flsrht, with one of to four of the rebels. They lost leader, Gen. Reynolds. The di-l i went into the fight with about men and came out with 1,000., ompany had only seven men left.i sanded by a Sergeant. What eft of the old First Corps was| Eerred to the Fifth Corps, com-: ed by Gen. Warren, and a grand lander he wus. The Fifth Corps Shosen by Sheridan to go with) o head off the rebel army front iburg to Danville. He was irj letachrnent that was sent to take; 3bel war material some 70 miles ;rajlroad station. Thc-y put the if the mules and horses they had s, Wagons to carry the material Many of the animals gave out,! h£ detachment reached the sta-i #1th over 400 mules and horses, animals were very hungry for and water, and the men were / starved. By luck some stacks; iy and cribs of corn were run" 3, which were given to them. , The 142d Pa. * j>, ]V , lltor National Tribune: I wish would give a short history of the Pa. Guess they did not amount vcy much during the war.— Capt. . Culver, New Rockford, N. D. i© 142d Pa., one of the fighting nents. was or ganized at Harris- in August am mustered out commanded b mins, Alfred 1 .tio N. Warrei battle was Fre st 16 killed. IS !ng, MaJ. Jol ally wounded. l had the ho the battle, ani 'ront line, whe and, lost 13 k 70 missing, C \g the killed, ilrnont y/pji p brigade and C aent, which w ie Fifth Corp.' gs, - The reg: lleday'p Divisic Jfi 5 killed an. Its. total of 1 566, and 20 o 4nf«derate pi $ Tribune. > > < i w m m CO ™ _ 3 Q ^3 w ™ O CD (fl 11 " O > -n m n < r > 73 r H m 73 > c 73 PI H X pi > O m CO r r m o H O < m 7J 2 rn CO O > Oil City and who had many mentis, v this city and vicinity, died at the Sol diers' Home at Hampton Koad«, Va. Thursday, September 5. The deceased was in his 64th year ani was a boy living at Oil City wheji~-th. Civil war broke out. He enlisted ii Company I, One Hundred Forty-secon< P. V., Captain William Hasson, and wai mustered out with his company May 2 9 186&, serving his full, enlistment. Owlm to his youth he entered the service, as i drummer boy, but was soon given i musket and did a soldier's duty. At the close of hostilities he returnee to Oil City and engaged in the photo- graph business, carrying on a studio ot Center street for many years. In 189( he went from here to Pittsburg, where he was engaged in the same occupation and where his wife died three months ago. He Is survived by two children Miss Mary, of Pittsburg, and Charles I McLane, of OH City; also by' two sister* and a brother, Mrs. A D. Deming, fill City, Mrs. M. Henleln, of Loralna,/IO; and Daniel McLane, of Llnesville, Craw- ford county. Joseph F. Forrey, 4918 Cedar ave- nue; West Philadelphia, Pa. Com- rade Forrey belonged to the 142d Pa., and is employed in the post office. He was captured at Fredericksburg and again at the Weldon Railroad. ?, '.(%/& Pgte»vJ»fcwmie. ct j A ,' v Jl'' , K»5 , Peter Ma?rme, 4ge3~70', 'of 118 Banker street, McKeesport, died yesterday mfSrnjJ ing. He was born in WestmoretaaMt county and served through the Civil WsJr as a member of Company B, One ^wft* dred and Forty-second Regiment, Pmi sylvanla Volunteer Infantry. He resided in Duquesne and McKeesport for 25 years and was a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. He leaves his widow, two sons, C. W; and J. H. 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Books of special value ^ "" and gift books, when the g i ver wishes it , are not allowed to circulate. — Readers are asked to re- * port all cases of books ■*•■" marked or mutilated. Do not deface books by marks and writing. Cornell University Library E527.5 142d .W28 1890 Two reunions of the 142d Regiment, Pa. V olin 3 1924 030 915 007 The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924030915007 >^W J^^Y A. D. 1865. TWO REUNIONS 142c! Regiment, Pa. Vols. INCLUDING A HISTORY OF THE REGIMENT, DEDICATION OF THE MONUMENT, A DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, A COMPLETE ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT. By Col. HORATIO N. WARREN. BUFFALO, N. Y. : THE COURIER COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1890. f PREFACE. T^HE object to be attained in the publication of this book, as decided by the surviving members of the One Hundred and Forty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, at their reunion at Gettysburg, Pa., September II, 1889, was to have in the family of each member of the regiment, who would sub- scribe for the same, a complete roster of the regiment, with a short history of its honorable service, including an account of our two reunions, believing that such a book will be treasured by our children, families and friends, when we shall have joined that great army of our comrades, who gave their lives for the Union and in suppressing the most gigantic rebellion recorded in history. The records of the War Department show that there were only two regiments in the service of the Union army whose percentage of losses sustained by reason of their participation in the bat- tles for the Union will exceed those of the One Hundred and Forty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers. Nine hundred and thirty-five men and officers were enlisted. Eight hun- dred and eleven of them were killed, wounded and taken prisoners during their term of service, which commenced in August, 1862, and ended when peace was declared in the year 1865. CONTENTS Page. FIRST REUNION 7 Address of Col. H. N. Warren, . . . . . 7 Survivors of the One Hundred and Forty-Second Regiment, 10 SECOND REUNION 13 History of the Regiment, by Col. H. N. Warren, . . 14 Dedication of Monument, . ... 45 Address of Col. H. N. Warren, ... 47 Address of Capt. George R. Snowden, ... 48 Address of Private James E. MacLane, . . 54 Address of Lieut. John V. Miller, . . . .... 58 Address of Private D. J: Horner, 60 Inscription on Monumknt 61 ROSTER OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, PA. VOLS . . 63 APPENDIX 85 Description of the Battle of Gettysburg . 87 The Valley of the Shadow of Death 116 John Burns of Gettysburg, 118 Battle Hymn of the Republic, . . .... 121 Red, White and Blue, ... . ... 122 Barbara Frietchie, 123 Marching Through Georgia 125 Sheridan's Ride 126 Scott and the Veteran, .... 128 Tenting on the Old Camp-Ground, . 129 The Star-Spangled Banner ...... 130 The Sword of Bunker Hill 131 The Battle-Cry of Freedom, . 132 The Common Chord 133 A Warrior Bold 134 Vl CONTENTS. APPENDIX : Pace. "Yes, I'm Guilty," . . 135 Our Two Opinions, .... . 137 America ... . 13 8 Ode for Decoration Day, . . . . 139 Speed Away, ..... . 14 1 Old Oaken Bucket . . . 14 2 Annie Laurie, .... 143 Banty Tim . 143 Louisiana Lowlands, ... . . 145 Kingdom Coming, . . 146 Old Folks at Home, . . . 147 What are the Wild Waves Saying? . . 148 Home, Sweet Home, 148 The Jiners, . . . . . 149 Auld Lang Syne, . . . . 152 FIRST REUNION Gettysburg, July i, i TN accordance with previous notice, a Reunion of the Sur- *■ vivors of the 143d Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers was held at 1 1 o'clock a. M., in the historic grove adjoining the Seminary building. A remnant of about thirty veterans of the regiment assembled, and was joined by several members of the 121st Regiment, which fought by the side of the I42d on that memorable 1st of July, 1863. On motion of Captain George R. Snowden, of Company I (now Brigadier-General in command of the 1st Brigade National Guard of Pennsylvania), Colonel Horatio N. Warren, who was promoted to the command of the regiment after the resignation of Lieutenant-Colonel McCalmont, was made Chairman of the meeting, and First Sergeant John J. Hoffman, of Company C, was chosen Secretary. On taking the chair, Colonel Warren delivered an eloquent and touching address, which was warmly received and fre- quently applauded. Address of Col. H. N. Warren. Comrades:' It is with many pleasurable emotions and a grateful heart to the Ruler of the Universe, that I am permitted, after the lapse of a quarter of a century, and under the present auspices, to look once again into the honest and brave faces of men whose associations with me during three years of a bloody and cruel war, make me realize and fully understand, beyond the per- adventure of a doubt, that all of them are my friends, are the 8 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. friends of my country, strong and true, having been over a score of times under a hot fire, and never found wanting. The trials and tribulations through which we passed during those three long years from 1862 to 1865, in my mind were calcu- lated to build up in our hearts a kindly feeling for each other that time can never efface, and death alone destroy. Our meeting here to-day, my comrades, possibly more than to any like number of men among the many thousands who will congregate upon this wide, world-renowned battle-field, is of great significance, because to us it has a two-fold meaning. This is the anniversary of Gettysburg, where was fought the greatest battle that was ever waged in the western hemisphere, if not in the world, and in which from its inception the old i42d Pennsylvania Volunteers, of which we are the living represen- tatives, took an active and honorable part, as her long list of killed and wounded and our terribly depleted ranks told, after the smoke of battle had cleared away, and we halted for a few hours to sorrowfully bury our dead, care for our wounded, and sum up the results of the terrible carnage made necessary for our victory. We are not here to-day to exult over that victory, for we realize that the quarter of a century that has sped away on the wings of time since then, has to a great extent wiped out the bitter feeling we then entertained towards- our southern brothers ; and we believe to-day that a large proportion of those men still living, who were against us then, are now lovers of the old Union, and are favorably inclined to rejoice with us that at Gettysburg, Pa., the tide of Lee's invasion was checked, the backbone of the rebellion broken, and that it was also here that Secession lost her grip ; and here, upon this sacred soil, made memorable because of the sacrifice of so mafiy precious lives, I hesitate not to believe that now, with us, they would be willing to register a vow that the old Union, organized and established by our forefathers, north and south, has been made stronger and more enduring by reason of the sacrifice it took to perpetuate its existence.- This is our first reunion. We are here, comrades, to renew our friendships, and to form a fraternal society among those of us who live, that will be instrumental in bringing us together occasionally, and in renewing the old love that was born while we marched shoulder to shoulder, perpetuate a loving memory of the comrades who gave up their lives on our country's altar, and of those of our number who have since those days passed over the river to their ONE HUNDRED AND FOKTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 9 long homes, towards which we are all speeding so rapidly. If we accomplish this, I am sure it will be a great source of pleasure to us in our declining years, and teach our children loyalty to the flag which is so precious to each one of us, that whenever our eyes rest upon its beautiful folds, an inexpressible feeling comes -over us, causing our blood to course through our veins more rapidly — at least, comrades, this is so with me. I am too thoroughly delighted by reason of our meeting to-day, to continue to any length. The old i42d Pennsylvania Volunteers has a record which none of us need be ashamed of. Enlisted in June and July, 1862, it was organized as a regiment in August following, sent to the front immediately after its organization, remained there in active service until General Lee at Appomattox surrendered to General Grant, which virtually ended the war. As my memory serves me, I will name the battles in which we partici- pated, in their regular order : 1. Fredericksburgh, Va., Dec. 3, 1862. 14. Cold Harbor. 2. Burnside Mud March. 15. Petersburgh, i8thof June, and under 3. Chancellorsville. fire every day for three months. 4. Gettysburg, Pa. 16. Weldon Railroad. 5. Frankstown, Md. 17. Hatcher's Run. 6. Thoroughfare Gap, Va. 18. Chapin Farm. 7. Rappahannock Station. 19. Hatcher's Run. 8. Meade's Retrograde Movement. 20. Dabney's Mill. 9. Wilderness. 21. Weldon Railroad Raid. 10. Laurel Hill. 22. Fort Steadman. 11. Spottsylvania. 23. Five Forks. 12 Tolopotomy Creek. 24. Appomattox. 13. North Anna River. Now, comrades, when I have related to you a few incidents of the war which came under my immediate observation, and have stamped themselves indelibly on my mind, I shall give way to some one who will doubtless interest you more than I am able to, speaking in public not being one of my accomplishments. Before me I see a man whose locks have been silvered by the ruthless march of time. Seeing his face carries me back to the first of July, 1863. He was a boy then, just verging into manhood, brave and strong, a patriot indeed. On yonder hill, back of the Seminary, where the battle waxed warm and the deadly missiles from the well-aimed muskets of the swarming multitude in front, outnumbering us four to one, dealt to our ranks death and destruc- tion on every side, our noble old Colonel, with hundreds of others, IO ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. had fallen; the remnant of the column was retreating towards the Seminary, and three or four of them, faithful to their old com- mander, endeavored to carry his lifeless body along ; but the enemy was too close. Several of the boys were shot dead while trying to perform this solemn duty. One was left, and seeing the impossibility to accomplish this purpose himself, he unbuckled the Colonel's belt and came off the field, swinging the Colonel's sword, not, however, escaping being wounded ; for, as he passed me, the blood was streaming out of his mouth, and the tears down his cheeks. But with the courage of an infuriated lion, he was swear- ing eternal vengeance on our enemies. When I was made commander of the regiment, I selected this boy for a position of trust. In every battle after, he was near our colors. At Dabney's Mill the entire color guard and sergeant, with the exception of him, were killed or wounded. I thought they were perhaps exposing themselves needlessly, and I took hold, of the colors, intending to look after them myself while the engage- ment lasted, but this brave boy would not have it so. " Not until I am dead shall any man carry these colors, unless you insist with a peremptory order. Wherever you say, they shall go ; but let me carry them until I die." And as "fortune favors the brave," he carried them to the Appomattox. At the close of the address a roll of those present was made out, and the following survivors answered to their names: Colonel Horatio N. Warren. ist Lieut. W. L. Wilson, Adjutant. Corporal Beriah Orr, Co. A. Lieutenant D. S. Tinsman, Co. B. ist Sergeant J. J. Hoffman, Co. C Private D. J. Horner, Co. C. Private Jacob Zufal, Co. C. Lieutenant N. S. Miller, Co. D. ist Sergeant O. P. Shaver, Co. D. Private William Rogers, Co. D. Private Henry J. Miller, Co. D. Private John W. Dickey, Co. D. Private J. J. Swank, Co. D. Private Harrison Lohr, Co. D. Private John H. Bissell, Co. D. Sergeant J. V. Miller, Co. E.. Captain Albert Heffley, Co. F. Lieutenant J. G. Gordill, Co. F. Musician C A. Flato, Co. F. Corporal Benjamin Hay, Co. F. Private S. T. Fisher, Co. F. Private Joseph Walker, Co. F. Private F. B. Collins, Co. F. Private Edwin Burch, Co. G. Captain George R. Snowden, Co. I. Private Jere Walden, Co. I. Private W. J. Sheriff, Co. I. Private James E. MacLane, Co. I. Lieutenant J. W. Dissinger, Co. K. Private John R. Davies, Co. K. ONE HUNDRED AND FOKTY-SECOND REGIMENT. II Captain Snowden, of Company I, then briefly addressed the veterans, and as he. referred in glowing and pathetic terms to the gallant and heroic Colonel Cummins and other brave comrades, who yielded up their lives in the terrible conflict of that bloody field, the tears of this little band of battle-scarred soldiers fell upon the same soil that was made sacred by the blood of their comrades twenty-five years before. Corporal J. V. Miller, of Company E, Adjutant Wilson and others, also made some appropriate remarks. One of the objects of the meeting being the location of the site for a monument to the regiment, it was resolved, on motion of Captain Snowden, to place the monument in the front line of the First Corps during the battle of the first day, and that a committee of five, to select the location and style of the same, be appointed. Whereupon the chair announced the following as the committee : Captain George R. Snowden, Company I. Adjutant W. L. Wilson. Sergeant J. V. Miller, Company E. Corporal Beriah Orr, Company A. Private D. J. Horner, Company C. On motion, a permanent organization of the regiment was formed, and Colonel Warren was elected permanent President, and Sergeant Hoffman, Secretary and Treasurer. The place and time for holding the next reunion were then discussed, and- finally fixed for Gettysburg, July 1st, 1890. A cordial invitation was extended to the members of the 121st Regiment to join the regiment at its next reunion. Representatives of the different companies present were requested to furnish the Secretary with a list of the names and post-office addresses of all the survivors of their re- spective companies, so that he might be enabled to notify each survivor of the action of this meeting. It was suggested 12 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. that small contributions be made to defray printing and other necessary expenses, and the sum of $14.60 was placed in the hands of the Treasurer for that purpose. The little band of soldiers then accompanied the Com- mittee on Monument over the ground the regiment occupied during the first day's fight, and the committee, with the approval of all present, located the monument on the south side of Reynold's Avenue, in a line with, and nearly midway between, the monuments of the 121st and 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers. The design of the monument will be selected, and the contract for its erection awarded as soon as possible, as it is intended to have it ready for dedication on the 3d of October next. Before separating it was proposed that the members meet in the Diamond of the town at 4.30 P. M., and join the pro- cession of the Association' of the Army of the Potomac, from that point to the National Cemetery, to witness the exercises of the reunion of the " Blue and the Gray." The meeting then adjourned to July 1, 1890. The utmost harmony and good feeling prevailed throughout, and the occa- sion was one never to be forgotten by those who participated in this first reunion of the regiment. John J. Hoffman, Horatio N. Warren, Secretary. President. SECOND REU NION Gettysburg, September ii, 1889. /~\N the afternoon of September 10th, about one hundred ^ of the Survivors of the I42d Pennsylvania Volunteers met in Grand Army Hall, at Gettysburg, to arrange a pro- gramme for our Reunion and Dedication to take place Sep- tember nth. The meeting was called to order by the President, Col. H. N. Warren, who in a few timely remarks extended to the comrades a cordial greeting, and then called upon Comrade Brown, of Company H, to lead the audience in singing our national anthem, " My Country "lis of Thee," in which all of the veterans heartily participated. This done, remarks were made by Adjutant Wilson, Lieutenant Gilson, Sergeant Hoffman, Captain Heffley, Captain Dushane, and quite a number of the comrades present, when we adjourned to meet and form the regiment at 9 a. m., on the morning of the nth, on the square in front of the McClellan House, and march to the grove back of the Seminary, and there hold our reunion on the ground made sacred to us all by the many losses we there sustained July 1st, 1863. At the hour appointed, on the morning of the nth, the regiment was promptly formed, and nearly two hundred strong marched to the grove in the rear of the Seminary. Comrade MacLane, of Company I, having brought his camera with him, desired to take a picture of the regiment, 14 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. which he accomplished satisfactorily after the regiment was thrown into columns by divisions ; this ended, the comrades listened to a short history, of the regiment, when they voted almost unanimously for the publication of the same. History of the Regiment by Col. H. N. Warren. Comrades : On the afternoon of July 2d, 1888, in this' hallowed grove, the first reunion of the i42d Pennsylvania .Volunteers was held, and a permanent organization for all of its surviving members entered into. Pursuant to a resolution then adopted, by the provi- dence of an all-wise Ruler, I am here to-day to try and fulfill the requirements of a request of the comrades present upon that occa- sion, which was to recite to you that might assemble here to-day a short history of the old regiment and the part it took in the sup- pression of the most gigantic rebellion recorded in history, known as the war of 1861-65. The regiment was composed of ten companies of Pennsylvania volunteers (see Roster page 63), numbering, all told, officers and men, about 925 able-bodied men. We had all been mustered into the United States service for three years, or during the war, in the month of August, 1862. On the first of September a regimental organization was effected by the choice of the following : Robert P. Cummins, of Somerset County, as Colonel. Aifred B. McCalmont, of Venango County, as Lieut.-Colonel. John Bradley, of Lucerne County, as Major. W. L. Wilson, of Lucerne County, as Adjutant. William C. Hillman, of Mercer County, as Quartermaster. Thomas J. Keeley, of Philadelphia, as Surgeon. On the following day after its organization the regiment was ordered to Washington, arriving there just as the wounded were coming in from the second battle of Bull Run. Few of us had ever seen the distinguished place before, and the dome of the great Capitol building rose up before us in great splendor as we entered the city and helped materially in driving away the gripings with which many of us were afflicted, and which it was quite necessary we should shake off, now that we were approaching the scene where we first expected our valor and courage to be tried. We learned from the wounded, who- were flocking into the city, that the Army of the Potomac had been put to flight, and most severely handled ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 1 5 on the identical ground where the great struggle in dead earnest first began. Many of these wounded comrades were disheartened, and some demoralized, and we did all we could to inspire them and ourselves with a feeling that victory for our side was not far distant, for we were " coming, Father Abraham, 300,000 strong.'' Instead of being ordered immediately into battle, as many of us anticipated, we were marched out about four miles near the Maryland line, where we were ordered into camp. Shovels and picks were fur- nished and soon the whole command was busily engaged throwing up earth-works, the main portion of which was named, when com- pleted, Fort Massachusetts. We were told that an attack was expected on Washington in our front, and every precaution was used to make our position a formid- able one. The first night we were there, after digging hard all day, as commandant of Company A, I'was summoned to the Colonel's quarters and informed that I was detailed to take my company and go on picket for the next twenty-four hours ; that a regular officer would report shortly and go with and designate to me the line for me to guard. We began to realize then that there was not much play about that kind of soldiering. The officer came and led us out the road about one mile, then helped me station my men so as to cover the road and each side of it about one-third of a mile. I was informed our position was a very important one — that at any mo- ment the cavalry attached to the troops commanded by Stonewall Jackson might dash in and capture my whole force, if we did not keep a sharp look-out, and in case such a thing did occur, and we did not make the necessary resistance to put our forces in the forts and works on their guard, the most serious results might be ex- pected. This was our first picket duty, and, as yet, some of my men scarcely knew how to load a musket, and, while there may not have been an enemy within twenty miles, we could peer out into the darkness in our front and, in our imagination, see long lines of the enemy marching and counter-marching and getting ready to sweep us from the face of the earth. If my memory serves me, most of us were tired and weary, but — sleep ! well, we had no use for sleep that evening, the responsibilities of war was crowding in upon us too fast for any of us to think of closing our eyes in slum- ber. We all wished we had eyes behind as well as in front, so we could see the enemy whichever way he might come, for we were so green we hardly knew what to make of our perilous situation. After we returned to camp and learned how far we were from the enemy, l6 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. we did not make mention of our perilous service, for until then we supposed we were the outposts nearest the victorious army of Lee. The next day, while digging in the trenches about this fort, the Army of the Potomac marched out past us into Maryland to meet the enemy at South Mountain and Antietam. They presented any- thing but an inspiring appearance, their clothes old and dirty and their general make-up tired and careworn from their long marches and recent defeats. We all wondered if that was the glory, or real- istic picture we would present after one year in the service of our Uncle Samuel. The head of the column had passed out of our sight about twenty-four hours, when we could hear the distant booming of artillery. We all agreed that " Little Mac," as the boys called him, had either run against a " Sonewall," a " Hill," or had come suddenly upon a barricaded " Longstreet," and, in consequence thereof, was letting loose his "dogs of war." We expected momen- tarily orders to join them in the shortest possible route and sup- posed, of course, in our next experience we should realize what it was to participate in a general engagement. Fate, however, de- creed otherwise, and at about the end of six days we were ordered to Frederick City, Md.,.to help care for the wounded from the bat- tle-fields of South Mountain and Antietam, where our army, to a certain extent, had been victorious, though severely punished in accomplishing the same. We were engaged in this duty about ten days, and were I to spin out and make plain in words the horrible results of these battles, as we saw them and heard of them from the mouths of those that were sent there, shattered and torn in every conceivable shape by bullets and shells (both our friends and our enemies, for from us, in this their non-combative state, they all received the same treatment), I am quite certain that none would disagree with the conclusions we there came to, namely, that war, indeed, was more terrible in its consequences than we had ever before been able to realize. When our next orders came, we found our column marching toward Antie- tam, where we joined the Army of the Potomac, and on the twenty- sixth day of October (which was Sunday and the birthday of your historian), with this grand old army we made our first day's march, and well you must all remember the day, for it never ceased pour- ing rain from early morning, when we started, until ten o'clock that night, when it changed into sleet and snow, as we halted for the night at the base of a mountain. I might add here that none of us were particularly overjoyed with this our first introduction to actual ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 17 service. During this night we had half of our men carrying rails with which we made fires to keep warm by and try to dry our clothes. Companies would go out, turn about, and by morning all the rail fences for miles had been appropriated and used up. The next morning we resumed our march, passing over this bar- ren mountain, and at night camped at Berlin, a short distance from Harper's Ferry. We remained here a day or two and were supplied with rations and forty rounds each of ammunition, and then crossed the Potomac river and started on our long march towards Fred- ericksburgh, Va. This march was fraught with much that was try- ing to our experience, for, as yet, our men knew nothing about foraging, little about cooking and less about taking care of and dispensing their rations, so as to spin them out and make them last until another issue. In consequence of this, half of the time we were nearly starved. One instance I remember in my own personal experience that occurred about this time which I will relate: We had been marching hard all day and I was tired and very hungry. Just before halting for the night we passed a house and I stopped and purchased from a Virginia lady two chickens, about the only living things she had left on her farm. She sold them to me, I suppose, because she thought if she did not I would steal them. Well, I had them nicely picked and cleaned, and, though as hungry as a wolf, I determined to keep them for the morrow's march. That evening two friends from an old regiment that had then been in the army nearly a year came over to visit me and see how I was standing the campaign. I had a pleasant visit and was glad of their call and the counsel they gave me. Soon an orderly summoned me to the Colonel's quarters. I excused myself, saying I would be gone but a moment, for them not to go until I returned. I was away possibly ten minutes. When I returned my visitors had gone, and when I looked for my chickens to put them under my head, where I thought would be a save place for them until morning, behold ! they had also vanished. This taught me a lesson, and ever after I always knew that if any old soldier friends came to visit me, and I had any- thing choice in eatables or drinkables, and I wished to keep them, I must double my guard and give instructions to shoot before they challenged. At one place on this march we halted for a day at a place the boys named Starvation Hollow, and as General Meade rode by our division, the men shouted '' crackers and hard-tack " so loud and long at him, in his wrath he ordered the whole division under arms 1 8 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. and made them stand in the rain for about two hours. At Berk's Station provisions came up and our hunger was thoroughly ap- peased. Here we camped for a few days, getting ready for the great battle of Fredericksburgh, Va., which commenced December 13, 1862, in which we were severely chastised, by being compelled to retire from the field with a loss to our regiment of 270 men, kil.led, wounded and missing. Here, my comrades, let me say, is where our first genuine experience of war commenced — here is where we passed the first ordeal that was calculated to try men's souls — here is where we heard the first rattle of musketry and knew and realized that the leaden missiles, screaming past our ears, com- ing directly from the muzzles of well-aimed muskets, in the hands of our common enemy, must deal death and destruction to our ranks, and summon many a good friend and comrade to lay his life upon the altar of his country and manfully meet his God. This battle we lost, and while now we can realize that it was doubtless the will of Almighty God that the encounter should ter- minate as it did, I have, nevertheless, always felt the blame for the defeat was the result of jealousy and the improper use of the troops composmg the left grand division of our army. Had the general commanding the left grand division, with troops which he had in reserve, which-were in numbers quite sufficiently adequate, sent to the support of our division, commanded by General Meade, when we charged the enemy and broke their lines, I have no doubt the issue of the entire battle would have been changed, and we should have won a victory. But this was not to be, the troops in reserve were massed on the flats below us, and we were left alone, until forced by a far superior force under Stonewall Jackson to retrace our steps precipitately, and what was left of us formed in rear of our batteries, from which point we had first started to make the charge. Had the reserved divisions of troops followed us, I have no doubt we could have forced the Confederates to have changed their front and thus lose the great advantage of their strong defenses along the Fredericksburgh heights, and with our army, which was in every way splendidly equipped for battle, I believe the day would have been ours. I need not say to you, comrades, that late that night, when we crossed back over the Rappahannock river, that during our whole term of service of three years and the participation in over a score of hard-fought battles, with all the accessories thereto, I do not recollect of ever feeling so discouraged over the result of anything ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 19 we ever undertook to do, as I did over the result of this our first engagement. With an army in active service, soldiers often experience much distress for being obliged to expose themselves unnecessarily to hardships for the good of which they nor any one can see any pos- sible excuse. For example, on this night in December, when we crossed back over the river, it was quite cold and rainy and we svere formed in line of battle along the banks of the river and compelled to remain there until late the next morning, instead of being marched up on high land a short distance back from the river, where we could have been more comfortable and escaped the fear- ful shelling we received from the enemy's batteries on the heights, as soon as daylight dawned and they discovered our position after the retreat we had made during the night. Many times officers in high authority deserved censure for not looking more to the interest of the commands over which they were placed, when from their superiors they received praise, but from the rank and file curses and denunciations, for they knew whereof they spoke. But I must hasten, for I fear I shall tire you with details which will not interest you, and unless I skip a great deal of our experi- ence, my history will be too long before I shall have occasion to bring you to a point where victory perched on our banners and where the sun, which to us had. been dark so long, began to shine with brightness upon our cause, and renew and strengthen our faith in the belief that behind all the dark clouds that had over- shadowed us there was a silver lining, and that, sooner or later, the justice of our cause would be vindicated. The time had now come for us to go into winter quarters, which we did near Belle Plain, Va., and from this time until February noth- ing of interest occurred, and Our time was mostly spent in drill and picket duty. In February a general move was ordered, which also proved a disastrous affair and was known as the Burnside Mud March, and I will pass this by saying that there was enough mud and distress in the four days it occupied to fill a small volume, and when we returned to our quarters our shirts were so nearly alive that when we took them off for a change they nearly walked away. Our next engagement was Chancellorsville, and here we met with further disaster. The general in command, you will remember, issued a windy order, and from its reading one unaccustomed to hearing such orders on the battle-field would have thought the opposing army nearly annihilated, but it turned out, as our men 20 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. predicted, a delusion that was conceived in close proximity to a canteen of commissary at headquarters. We passed through this battle without much loss. We were making a feint below Freder- icksburgh to draw part of the enemy's forces from Chancellorsville, the enemy was shelling us from the heights, when we received word that the nth Corps had broken and we were ordered to report, with thejeast possible delay, to the right. As we pulled out, one of the enemy's shells took our Colonel's horse's head off. He was, how- ever, unmolested, except to fall from the horse as the poor animal sank back upon his haunches and soon gave up his life. Another horse was brought up and we moved forward. Before we reached the front at Chancellorsville we had a march of about eighteen miles, and this, I think, without exception, was the hottest march we ever experienced, and I am sure it is no exaggeration to say that twenty-five men dropped dead with sunstroke that afternoon in our corps, and that a man following our column could have walked the first twelve miles and never touched the earth, by reason of the blankets and clothing thrown away by the troops, which it seemed impossible for them to carry, by reason of the terrible heat. After crossing the river at United States Ford, we passed up to the front, where the battle was raging. The ground had all been fought over and the wounded and dying were crying piteously for help and water. We could not relieve them, for our orders to hurry were positive, and from the roar of the artillery and musketry in front of us, it was evident to us we had arrived at an opportune moment. It was nearly midnight when we wheeled into line, were ordered to fix bayonets and to go in with a yell. This was a place to try the mettle of any command, but there was no faltering. Every one of us had made up our minds to do our best and take the consequences. Just as we expected the word .forward, there came a lull in the battle and by mutual consent both armies ceased firing, and instead of going in with a yell, we quietly laid down on our bayoneted muskets until daylight. The next morning the battle was resumed, and all day, as it would rage, first on the right, then left or center, it seemed to be about an even match or draw game. That night rain came down in torrents, the river commenced swelling and the mud deepening, and, I suppose, the general commanding thought he had better get his army back nearer his supply base, before the elements made his chances for a withdrawal an impossiblity. Again we find our- selves discouraged and our numbers wonderfully depleted, another ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 21 great battle fought and no seeming advantage gained. We then went into camp below Fredericksburgh, about one mile from the Rappahannock, arranging our picket line along its banks facing the enemy's pickets on the opposite bank of the stream. Here doubtless some of you may recollect of swimming over the river in the night and trading coffee for tobacco, as this was about the first opportu- nity of this kind that our boys had. About this time quite a number of the New York volunteers' time expired and many returned to their homes.; and while the government at Washington was sending new relays of men as fast as they could, it seemed to us for awhile that our army was growing weaker, which was any- thing but encouraging. We, nevertheless, were kept drilling and preparing for another grand movement, which we knew could not be far in the future. Presently all was commotion, orders were issued for several days' rations, forty rounds of ammunition, and to be ready to move at. a moment's notice. Complying with this we soon found ourselves moving at a lively pace towards Washington. A rumor was afloat that General Lee with his entire army by a forced march was forty-eight hours ahead of us, making up the Shenan- doah Valley with the probable intention of pushing the seat of war into Pennsylvania, to give the Yankees a taste of the medicine that Virginia had been swallowing for two long and bloody years. Our corps, the first, commanded by General Reynolds, by long and hard marching up through Virginia and Maryland, reached the Pennsylvania line near Gettysburg on the night of June 30th. The scouts and cavalry reported the- enemy in force at Gettysburg, distant from us about eight miles ; how large a force it was impos- sible to tell, but early, July 1st, we were in motion headed for Gettysburg, and as the men were completely jaded and worn out by their long march, the whisperings that we would doubtless meet the enemy that day and contest their further advance into the Keystone State, was received by the men and officers with more gratification than to have learned we had another long and tedious day's march to perform. We were then nearly twelve hours in advance of the balance of . the army ; nevertheless, our General Reynolds determined to give battle, and trust to Providence for the consequences, and you will remember that his life was one of the first sacrifices we had to make, as he fell while riding forward with the advance skirmishers feeling the enemy's position, and thus ended his great war record as he expired in the arms of that faithful soldier, Adjutant-General Major Beard, as he happened to 22 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. be near him when the fatal bullet from the enemy's sharp-shooters accomplished its deadly mission. As we came into line on Seminary Ridge, we were joined by a citizen whose locks were silvered by many winters, and, armed with a squirrel rifle, he was full of patriotism and fight, and when the battle opened did good and faithful service with our men. We afterwards learned his name was John Burns, who was the only citizen of the place or vicinity who took an active part in the engagement, and we all felt proud of our old hero, whose name afterwards became famous in song and verse because of his dis- tinguished service on this field of battle. General Doubleday succeeded General Reynolds in command, and the-preparation for the action went on as if nothing had occurred to mar its progress — skirmishing and artillery firing seemed to be the order of the day, for two or three hours — when the enemy about three o'clock in the afternoon began to show a bolder front, and presently pushed out of the woods into the open field on Seminary Ridge, with two long lines of infantry, outflanking us by nearly one-third of a mile, and we had but one line of battle and no reserves. We fought them for a short time, our men never flinching, except as they were mowed down by the terrible fire from front and flank, and then in sheer desperation we were ordered to charge, which we did, but were repulsed, and the remnant of the line that was left rallied round the brick Seminary, and there fought until we were nearly surrounded by the superior number that swarmed from every direction. Our men at this point used their muskets until, by fast firing, they became so hot they were compelled to drop them, when they would take the one nearest them on the ground, rendered useless because the owner of it was dead ; and, I will add here,, there was no scarcity of muskets, as the dead and wounded were largely in the majority of our regiment. Here we were compelled to leave the lifeless bodies of many of our loved, comrades. Notably con- spicuous among that number was our brave, loyal and much- beloved Col. R. P. Cummins and Acting Adjutant Tucker, for, as the enemy seemed to outnumber us four to one, it was apparent that unless we retreated down the hill and through the town we must all be captured. This we did in as orderly a manner as the circumstances would permit, and when we reached the Seminary on the opposite side of the town, we formed a line of battle among the monuments and grave-stones, and once more faced the enemy. When the battle began our corps numbered something over 9,000 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 23 and now only about 2,500 were left. That night our regiment mustered seventy-five men and three officers — when we commenced the battle we numbered about 320 men and sixteen officers ; so while we were forming our broken lines we realized we 'had been very severely punished, though we were not disheartened, for the balance of our army began to pour in and we made the night hideous by our yells of joy because of their opportune arrival. General Meade had been put in command of the army, and arrived that night in time to form his lines from Culp's Hill to Round Top Mountain, which position was the key-note to our success the two days following. The fighting for the two next days was simply beyond description. The fact that on both sides there were on that field nearly 50, coo killed and wounded soldiers, places Gettysburg as the greatest battle of the war ; and as we were victorious on the third day, and on the morning of the fourth day General Grant marched into Vicksburg, we recognize this time as the point in the war when the backbone of the rebellion began to weaken and the doctrine of secession lost its grip. I might relate many hairbreadth escapes by our officers and men, some of whom, by the kind providence of an all-wise God, were spared, and are yet numbered among our best and most enterprising citizens. One I recollect in my company, Lieutenant F. M. Powell, whose faithful Bible, carried in a side-pocket nearly over his heart, saved his life, and there are many others living to-day who, upon that pccasion, were captured by the enemy and whose bones now would doubtless be mouldering in the hot soil adjacent to the prison-pens of Andersonville, had it not been for the hasty retreat made by the enemy, thus affording many of our men an opportunity to make good their escape. Here let me mention the names of two of our brave and efficient officers : Captain J. M. Dushane of Company H, and Captain Albert Heffley of Company F, who we sadly missed ; both were captured and too closely guarded by their captors to make good their escape. They returned to us after the lapse of many months somewhat diminished in weight, by reason of their experiences in southern prisons, but as fervent and loyal in spirit as ever. And, my comrades, I rejoice with you, that I see both their smiling faces with us to-day, which proves to us that some men in the i42d were proof against rebel bullets, starvation, imprisonment, vermin, and all the accessories of those places, calculated to lure the monster Death and make him thrice welcome. 24 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. And there were scores of others, whose bright young lives, by the fortunes of this great battle, were brought to an untimely end. They are not forgotten, for every year, on the thirtieth day of May, their comrades who still live, together with all patriotic citizens, meet and plant fresh flowers on their graves, that the noble sacrifice made by them for their country may be kept fresh and green in the hearts of a grateful republic. We are now, my comrades, on the historic field of Gettysburg, with its thousands of weary men, thousands of wounded and thou- sands of dead. Victory is inscribed on our banners, yet before we push out in pursuit of the enemy we have a sad duty to perform, bury our dead hastily and render our wounded such comfort and help as we are able to do with the circumstances which surround us. This accomplished and we find our column again in motion, headed, as we supposed; towards the nearest point on the Potomac, towards which the enemy is pushing with all the speed possible, to effect a crossing, if he can, before the falling rain swells the stream to such dimensions that will make it impossible for him to cross. As we look around us and see the terrible results of this battle, with about 50,000 killed and wounded men, and horses without number slain and lying where they fell, no burials of any kind having been made since the battle commenced on the first day, naturally our hearts are filled with sadness, and the officers and men of each company devise all the means in their power to render some assis- tance to our wounded, and to bury our dead comrades with as much respect and love as it is possible for us to show them under the existing circumstances. Visiting Seminary Ridge, where we were first engaged on the morning of the first, we find our dead lying where they fell, and their upturned faces black from the burn- ing rays of the scorching sun, so that it was with much difficulty we were enabled to distinguish one from the other. We were soon called from this sorrowful duty with the informa- tion that our column would soon be moving. Towards evening rations were furnish and a large supply of ammunition, orders to march promulgated, and we are heading to a point on the Poto- mac nearest to our present location, towards which it was thought the enemy was hastening, so as to successfully accomplish a cross- ing before being overtaken by our pursuing columns. After march- ing about forty-eight hours, as fast as it was possible to lead troops in the condition we were after passing thrdugh so terrible a battle there came down upon us from the angry clouds above the most ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 2$ drenching rain I ever witnessed, either before, during or since the war. We were, at the time, on a stone pike leading into a small place called Funkstown, Maryland, where there was a small, but deep and sluggish, stream of water, spanned by a stone bridge. As we crossed the bridge, there was opened in our front quite a sharp skirmish fire, which made the men and horses in the command prick up their ears, and the men to examine their guns and see that they were in a reliable condition. The old caps from the tubes they removed and substituted new ones, so as to be in readiness for the enemy, who, from all appearances, was prepared to give us a warm reception, in case we continued our advance in that direction. As soon as we reached the other side of the stream, hearing the command, "On the right by file into line," it was unnecessary to say to the men, " The enemy is not far away. If you are in the habit of calling upon anyone higher than yourself for protection, when perils surround you, you had better embrace the immediate oppor- tunity of doing so, for we shall soon pass through that wheat-field stubble in our front and will doubtless receive from the enemy a shower of lead that will compare favorably with the shower of rain through which we have just come, except it will be much more effective in destroying life and in making us feel and realize more fully the uncertainties of each coming hour." The line now formed, we look for the word " Forward," but it is not forthcoming, and the men conclude it is only a scare, and in- stinctively they commence gathering a few rails and bits of wood, with which to build small fires, dry themselves a little and make a hot cup of coffee, but as the preliminaries of this are being accom- plished, a shell comes tearing and hissing just above our heads, and each man, without orders or suggestions, secures his musket and resumes his position in the line. The skirmish line is run forward, two or three batteries push to the front, their horses on the dead run. As they reach a good position they wheel into battery and open a lively fire. We push forward to their support, and in a moment observe the enemy have fortified their position with a good line of earth-works. The cavalry to our right and our skir- mish line, with its reinforcement, now almost a line of battle, open a lively fire, the shells and bullets are flying round us promiscuously. Our men in line cannot fire, so they tear down the fences in front and rear of us, pile them in line in front of the batteries, then with spades, picks, bayonets and everything they can work with, we, in twenty minutes, have an earth-work that we should be pleased to 26 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. have the enemy try to take. This, however, they do not propose to try, and after we have exhausted every ingenuity to get them out of their works to an attack on ours, so hastily thrown up, or to an open-field combat, with no success, we are ordered forward and succeed in taking their line of works, but find only a few pick- ets in them, the main portion of their men having been withdrawn under the cover of the woods, leaving only a few to make as big a showing as possible and thus give them time to cross the river. Some portions of our army were pushed forward to the river, arriv- ing in time to capture and make prisoners a portion of their rear- guard, consisting of about 2,500 men all told, General Lee having successfully crossed the swollen stream in safety with the main body of his entire army, leaving only the badly wounded and killed for us to care for. We soon crossed the river at a point nearer Washington and guarded the gaps in the Blue Ridge Mountains, through which it was thought if General Lee were allowed to pass, in the absence of nearly all the troops from the defenses about the Capital, he might dash in, and, in spite of his defeat, become mas- ter of the situation. Sabbath came and we were massed about one mile from Thoroughfare Gap, where we were allowed a day of rest. That Sunday morning service was held, and general thanksgiving to Almighty God, who had given us the victory, Went up from all our hearts. Our entire division was massed in a small grove of natural timber located near where we were stationed. As we did not know what a moment might bring forth, we marched to the grove with all of our appurtenances of battle, and listened to one of the most eloquent discourses it was ever my pleasure to give ear to, and, I might further add, that in my recollection I never beheld a more devout assemblage of worshipers. That night, shortly after dark, quite an uproar was caused by a dash of three or four hundred of Stewart's cavalry through our strong picket line, and down almost in our very midst, they not knowing what they were running into, and we not knowing what was coming. At short notice, however, our men were in line with fixed bayonets, ready for any emergency, and it was with much difficulty we could restrain our men from opening a heavy fire upon the mob in our immediate front, which we desired to obviate on account of the heavy line of pickets of our own, which were all mixed up in the darkness with the enemy, all of whom were cursing, yelling, firing and fighting in a most desperate manner. We soon organized a strong skirmish line and pushed them forward and ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 2J strengthened up our picket line, the enemy's cavalry, all that were not captured, flying back through the mountain pass faster than they came through when they made the attack. We remained here but a short time, when we pushed on towards the Rappahannock river. Lee, in the meantime, had reached and was occupying his defenses along the Fredericksburgh side of the stream. Here we camped for some time and recruited up. our tired animals and filled up our depleted ranks. Soon our camps were laid out in regular order, drill of every kind commenced, and a general reorganization of the entire army entered into. This was no sooner accomplished than occasional sorties by our cavalry, sup- ported by small bodies of infantry, would be sent over the river and out into the enemy's lines as far as it was thought expedient to go. Once or twice we crossed the river on these errands. Late in the fall the enemy abandoned this line of defenses and fell back across the Rapidan river and occupied and entrenched themselves on the opposite high banks of this stream, we pushing forward to Culpepper and into winter quarters, with our picket line confronting the enemy's along the aforesaid river a distance of three to four miles from our camps. Nothing occurred to mar our peace from this time until the spring of 1864, when we entered upon the Wilderness campaign. I forgot to mention that previous to crossing the Rappahannock, after the balance of the army had crossed, our division was taken to guard the Orange and Alexandria Railroad from above Manassas to the Rappahannock, and that Moseby's men kept us in hot water most of the time for about six weeks, keeping us constantly on the alert to prevent their depredations, and having us in line of battle ready for action sometimes four or five times during one night, so that when we were relieved and ordered to the front with the rest of our corps we were all rejoiced. On the third day of May the Wilderness campaign commenced. When we went into winter quarters late the fall previous, your his- torian was promoted to major and left in command of the regiment, Lieut. -Colonel McCalmont having been detailed to take command of Camp Curtin. During the winter we drilled nearly every day in company, in skirmish and battalion drill, and we thought by this time we were well up in all that it took to make good soldiers ; in fact our whole army was in fine condition and splendid discipline, and when, after every preparation had been made for a long and active campaign, the order was issued for the Army of the Potomac to 28 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. move, with General Meade as its immediate commander, and Gen- eral Grant the commander of all the forces, with his headquarters with the headquarters of our army, we pushed out with confidence, but with the firm belief that there was a campaign before us the magnitude of which would overshadow all previous undertakings, but through which, if ,we came out alive, we could reasonably hope for a victory that would vouchsafe to the American people a peace which would be as lasting and glorious as the terrible price of blood and treasure with which it had been purchased was, in magnitude, greater than any pen or words could describe. In this we were not mistaken, for after the morning we crossed the Rapidan river, for a little over one year, there was scarcely a day we were not under some kind of a fire, and from the first shot in the Wilderness until late in the winter, around Petersburgh, there was no cessation of hostilities, and all through the winter, in fact, there was scarcely a day we were not exchanging shot and shell with the enemy some place along our line. Our first engagement in this campaign was the Wilderness, where, for forty hours, without a break or a rest, the battle raged with unabated fury. On the night of the second we moved towards Spottsylvania. All night we plodded along, feeling our way. At daybreak, having made a distance of only about four miles, we were halted and ordered to make coffee in as short a time as it was possible to do so, for just in front of us there appeared a small force of the enemy's cavalry, which seemed inclined to dispute our further pro- gress in that direction. We were told that to dispose of them would only be a breakfast spell for us, after we had drank our hot coffee. This place we named Laurel Hill. As soon as we had our coffee we went forward in line of battle. As we advanced the cavalry disputed our way, but fell back as our heavy line of skirmishers began pouring into them a sharp and decisive fire. Presently, however, there emerged from the woods a heavy line of the enemy's infantry and a battery on each flank, which opened fire on our advancing column and caused the brigade on our right to' break leaving our right flank entirely without protection. This compelled us to fall back across a field to a thicket of woods, where we rallied and in a few moments, with logs and fences, threw up a breastwork from which they did not try to dislodge us, preferring, we supposed to have us try and take a similar work which they had constructed before we came up. Each side strengthened their position until the next night, with no heavy firing on either side, except by the artil- ONE HUNDRED AND FOKTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 29 lery, the skirmishers and sharp-shooters, who kept up a constant fire, each making their opponents in line, and everywhere in range, as uncomfortable as it was in their power to do. The second night here, about ten o'clock, we received orders to advance over our works, and our division was formed in five lines, about thirty feet apart, with orders for all to remove the caps from their guns, except the front line. Here our regiment exhibited a coolness so commendable that it is deserving of especial menti6n. When the lines were formed we found ourselves in the rear line. The enemy had evidently, in some way, learned of our intended charge upon their works, for they had the woods enfiladed with artillery, and before the order to go forward had been issued to us, they opened upon us a most destructive fire, fairly cutting the trees down over our heads, and filling the entire woods with hissing and bursting shells. The lines in front of us became panic-stricken and ran back over us and back into the works. Our line was cool and we moved forward and took the advance, the officers of the other lines rallied their men and formed them in our rear, and soon the order to move forward was promulgated. Our men had fixed bay- onets and put the caps again on their muskets and forward we went with a yell. We succeeded in getting within about fifty feet of their works, when it seemed as if a solid sheet of fire from the enemy's muskets made it utterly impossible for us to advance another foot. The supporting lines all went back. We remained in this death-trap, covering as best we could behind trees and logs, until we received orders to withdraw as quietly as we could, the pickets a little behind us having by this time been reinforced and strengthened their pits by digging and with such logs as they could lay hold of. One incident I recollect, in this advance, which, at the time, made me very proud of the old i42d. A shell exploded in a regiment just to our left and front — in the line ahead of us. The shell must have killed and maimed nearly a score of men, and the regiment sprang to their feet and went back like a lot of cattle that had been stampeded. I gave the command, "Attention, i42d ! for- ward, left oblique march ! " and they filled up the place as nicely as they could have done it on drill in a quiet camp, without a man ever flinching or murmuring his disapproval of the performance. Each man, like myself, seemed to realize the necessity of a compact line, if we hoped for success. The woods here were afire, and many of our wounded were 30 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. burned to death, and when all was over and we landed behind our works once more, there were more than one of us expressed our thanks that we were alive and out of that place, which reminded us more of the infernal regions than any place we had yet had occasion to visit. After fighting here over the works for about two days, we move to the left and find ourselves in line at Spottsylvania, in a miserable swamp. Here we whiled away about two days in deadly combat, and which was about a draw game, except that the Second Corps gained a march on the enemy by the capture of nearly 8,000 prisoners in a single haul, which, of course, crippled them to quite an extent. Our losses in this battle were heavy, and our men by this time were so tired and weary, that when they were under a heavy fire in supporting a line, not being able to fire themselves, they would lie down and sleep as soundly as you could wish, though every few moments some of them would be wounded and others shot dead while unconscious of everything around them. After the capture of the large number of prisoners, the enemy fell back about half a mile to another line of earth-works they had constructed, and in the morning surveying the scene inside the works they abandoned was enough to make a strong man's heart sick, for there were wounded men lying under those that were dead — they were literally piled on top of each other and presented a lamentable sight. That night as I was walking from one end of the regiment to the other to keep a sufficient number of my men awake so as be ready to fill up the line in our immediate front, in case it became demoralized or exhausted, as they were keeping up a heavy firing, I extended my walk to possibly one hundred feet to the right of the regiment to examine the lay of the ground, and was contemplating taking the regiment out of this miserable swamp, if I could do so without endangering the front line. It was about midnight and very dark, and a drizzling rain was making us cold and uncomfortable, and we were receiving the enemy's fire which we could not return, and I was desirous of improving our surroundings if it was possible. I had either lost my rubber coat or some one had taken it without leave or license, and I was beginning to feel the need of it very much ; and, as I pushed my way through the darkness, I. stumbled over a man lying flat on his back and covered with a good gum blanket. It was here, I think, I. had the most solemn soliloquy of my life, feeling cold and wet and not well pleased on account of the loss of my gum coat. The selfish idea of making my loss good by the capture of this ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 3! blanket was not long forming, and I reached down and carefully pulled it oft from my unknown comrade, who, I thought, was taking a comfortable snooze ; after doing so, it occurred to me that my friend might be dead, so I touched his forehead and was at once convinced that his troubles were all over, for he was cold and still in death. Then came my soliloquy. I was about one hundred feet to the right of our regiment, all alone except the dead who were thickly scattered all around me ; it was midnight, and I was about to rob a dead comrade of his covering. Was it right? After mature deliberation, I decided it was, and took the blanket and made good use of it until morning and the rain had ceased. We were soon ordered to move again by the left flank, and to leave a heavy picket line in our front, but not to communicate to them the orders we had received. We thought it was good-by to the boys we were- leaving, for we were satisfied as soon as the enemy learned of our withdrawal they would push vigorously for their capture. I left the men in charge of a tried and brave officer, and so expert had they, themselves, become in looking out for themselves under the most trying circumstances, that I was satisfied that if any of our picket line succeeded in getting away, when the enemy found we were gone and they pushed for their capture, our men would, for they had become very proficient, and knew just how to take every advantage that presented itself, whether they were advancing or retreating. And that evening my confidence in them was verified, for every man reported ; all tired and weary, but in good spirits and full of jokes over the long run- ning fight they had all day with the enemy, who had vigorously pursued and tried to capture them. During, the day we had marched by the left flank after the retreating enemy without any very serious interruptions, and concluded that we were making good headway towards Richmond. Once, however, by reason of the stubbornness of the enemy's rear-guard, who sent us their compliments in the shape of shell and solid shot from their rearmost battery, we were forced into line of battle at Tolopotomy Creek, and our brigade pushed forward in line of battle for nearly a mile through the fields and woods. The result of which was the capture of about 100 tired-out Confederates, a cow ajid calf, some pigs, chickens and a barn full of tobacco. When we came back into the road each man was well provided with tobacco, and not a few of them had succeeded in providing themselves with enough poultry so that their messes that evening 32 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. enjoyed a good, square meal of something that varied from the ordinary rations of our every-day living That night we slept in line of battle and were not aroused until early morn by the bugle, which warned us that we would soon again be on the move, and if any breakfast was to be partaken of, only a few moments would be tolerated for that purpose. We were soon again on the march, and kept it up all day until just dusk, when we came to the North Anna river. The enemy in small numbers were there to dispute our crossing, but when a few guns from our artillery opened on them and a heavy line of skir- mishers advanced and gave them a few rounds, they abandoned the ford and ran for the woods. Our pontoons were soon down and we were pouring across as fast as we could march. No enemy in sight, and it was nearly dark, our conclusions were that we would soon halt for the night, and as the idea prevailed, all of the cooks, drum corps and pack horses of the different regiments were up and the men in line. Many of them had picked up rails and were carrying them so as to be ready to kindle fires quickly, as soon as we halted, and make coffee and prepare what they had for their evening meal. We had closed up our ranks and were marching in fours, expecting every moment the head of the column would halt, when, to the utter astonishment of all present, the enemy in 'a good solid line of battle emerged from the woods but a short distance from us, and commenced pouring into our ranks the most mur- derous infantry fire I ever witnessed. Our line for a few moments became almost panic-stricken, and went back towards the river at as lively a pace as I had ever seen them move. While doing so our batteries were tearing across the pontoons, and as soon as they reached the top of the river's bank, they were ordered into line, our men rallied around them and such a battle, for about one hour, I think we never saw during our whole term of service. A sheet of flame from our batteries and muskets not "only checked the advancing enemy from driving us in the river, but sent them back over that field with as great, or greater, loss than we ourselves had sustained, which, I will assure you, was heavy for the number of men engaged. You will recollect in this pasture-field there was a small stream of water which a man could easily leap over, but which had cut a channel four to six feet in depth, and which, at this time, contained very little water. When we retreated towards the river some of our men dropped in this natural place of protection, so closely were ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 33 we pursued, and remained there hugging the banks. And the enemy passed over them, when pushing towards the river and back over them, when we in turn drove them back. It is needless for me to say to you that the boys that did this were much rejoiced at their narrow escape from a trip to some Southern prison. After this very sharp engagement we advanced our lines about half a mile and built works, where, for twenty-four hours, we engaged the enemy in a most bitter sharp-shooting and skirmish duel. It was almost sure death to a man to expose himself on either side, for each side seemed in bad humor and kept up an incessant fire at anything they saw resembling man or beast. After about forty-eight hours of this incessant unpleasantness, late at night we withdrew from this position, by the left flank, as usual, and early the next morning we found ourselves facing the same old enemy at Cold Harbor. Here they seemed to be in a terrible frame of mind and fought like wild cats. The losses in some of the new regiments in this battle, who' were not accustomed to the bushwhacking warfare we had been engaged in for about three weeks, was simply terrible. The new regiments of heavy artillery that joined our army here, and were, by necessity, armed and used as infantry, were simply mowed down by the hundred, and fell and were swept to the earth almost like you have seen grain fall before the reaper. We hear that our watchword, "On to Richmond," was nearly realized, that we were only about, four miles from the doomed city, and we rejoiced in the belief that the city and Lee's whole force must soon succumb to the continued bull-dog persistence of our commander, General Grant, who, by this time, had given us to understand, and fully believe, that there would be no let up or cessation of hostilities until the desired end had been accomplished. However, after a hard battle, each side fortified and fought over the works for about one week in the most malignant style either could invent, and many were killed on both sides. Late on a rainy night we stole away from our enemies and hur- riedly marched through the Chickahominy Swamp, and to the James river, which we crossed at City Point in transports which had been sent there for that purpose. Here we heard our destination was Petersburgh, Va., which we were to capture, and thus cut off the supplies to Richmond by rail, which, of necessity, must come through there. In case we were successful, we readily compre- hended that the enemy, with their supplies cut off, must, of neces- 34 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. sity, abandon their capital, which they had so gallantly defended for three long and bloody years. We were told that if we did not make a forced march that General Butler and his division would capture the city before we arrived, and we would thus be cheated out of a large share of the glory of the campaign. Our men, not inclined, however, to credit all the rumors regarding Butler's achievements, were not at all astonished when, after marching hard through dust and sand nearly a foot deep all day, and arriving very late that night to a position as near to Petersburgh as the enemy seemed inclined to have us come, we were halted in line of battle and ordered to rest for the night on our arms, ready for an attack at any moment, as the skir- mishers in our front were keeping up a lively exchange of compli- ments, and it was not known what an hour might bring forth. This march from City Point to the place we rested that night was the dustiest march we ever experienced. Clouds of dust rolled up and nearly suffocated men and horses every step of the way. In the morning, after we had made our coffee and everything was in readiness, we advanced. This was the eighteenth of June, 1864. By one o'clock we had driven the enemy about one mile in a fair, open-field engagement, and had forced them back into their last line of works around Petersburgh. During this afternoon the i42d crowned herself with glory, in one particular move, which is deserv- ing of especial mention. We were advancing and our position was in the center, if I recollect right, of the second line of battle, the lines being about ten rods apart. The' enemy was pushed out of a woods into an open field, our front line marching forward and firing, and the enemy returning the fire, but falling back. General Chamberlain, commanding our brigade, noticing that his front line was shorter than the enemy's — about a regiment — dispatched an aid with orders to me to double-quick the i42d and form them on the right of the front line. I gave the command to the regiment and we moved double-quick, leaving the line we were in, and when we were sufficiently away from them, moved by the right flank and then by the left and formed, joining the right of the front line, and our men opened fire and moved right along, firing with the front line, until we had driven the enemy, as I said before, into their last line of works. The movement was made just as coolly and almost with as much precision as it would have been done in drill, and our regiment was highly commended for its beautiful performance. At this point there was a hill over which the enemy had gone, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 35 and through a ravine, and on top of the opposite bank of this ravine, about fifty feet back, was situated their last line of works, into which they had taken refuge, and which were bristling with artillery, the guns in our front being twenty to forty feet apart. We were ordered to lie down and cover under this hill, which we did, the enemy not able to reach' us. For a little while we felt quite secure from any damage they were able to inflict upon us from their works. Soon regimental commanders were summoned to brigade head- quarters, at the right of the line. We were told that the line of works on the opposite side of the ravine were the last around Petersburgh, and at three o'clock the whole army was ordered to charge, and it was thought we would capture the city and Lee's army. We were highly complimented for our morning's work, and told to inform all of the line officers of the programme for three o'clock, and for them in turn to tell their men, and for all to peek over the hill and take in, as well as possible, the situation, in order to do what we did intelligently. This was novel to us, for we had been fighting from the Wilderness to this place, with little or no knowledge as to the exact object to be attained, and this new order of things rather captivated the officers and men, and, though they could see before them a desperate undertakings when the order came at three o'clock our line responded to a man and went for- ward with an enthusiasm hardly ever witnessed in battle. Our brigade the day before had been strengthened by a new regiment, the 187th Pennsylvania Volunteers, numbering about 850 men, and this was their first battle. There were four old regiments, including the i42d, and this new regiment made a line covering about the same distance the four old ones did. General Chamber- lain ordered the old troops to go forward in the front line and that the supporting line, composed of the new regiment, should follow us at a distance of about 150 feet. He informed us that he" and his staff would be between the two lines for any further instructions we might require. His orders to us was to watch the brigades on our right and left, and in case they broke and did not succeed in carry- ing the works, for us not to go too far and be captured, but if, as far as we could see, all went well, he would be pleased to have us on top of the enemy's works just a little in advance of our neighbors on the right and left. At three o'clock the order was given, and our men dashed over the brow of the hill and down through the ravine, every man 36 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. yelling at the top of his voice, to give as much enthusiasm as possible to, the charge and thus terrify the enemy. Going through the ravine our men scattered like sheep, but coming up the bank of the ravine every man was in his place in a solid line and anxious to push for the works, which, were situated about forty to sixty feet back. The enemy poured a terrific fire from the works, but most of it passed over our heads and caught the line that was our sup- port. We looked to our right and left, and the brigades in both had broken and were retreating in disorder to the position from whence they had started. We looked back, and no supporting line was in sight, and no general and staff for further directions, and just here the enemy opened a galling fire of grape and canister down the ravine, cutting everything to pieces just in the rear of us. We ordered our men to lie down and hug the hill, and open up a fire in front and keep the enemy down in their works, which they did successfully. The officer commanding the 149th, on our, right, very shortly crept along the hill and we together held a very hurried council of war. He ranked me about ten days, and I naturally appealed to him for directions. After a short deliberation, we concluded, as our men were holding the line down in Our front, we would together run the gauntlet of this ravine arid see if we could find out what was wrong, and also to get further instructions what to do. This we did, and found our supporting line had been cut nearly to pieces, our general had been carried off mortally wounded, and every part of the line but ours had been repulsed. Just then an aid came up from corps headquarters with the general's compli- ments for our charge, and with instructions for us to hold every inch of ground we had taken, but not to attempt to go into the works alone. With these instructions, after giving this new regi- ment (which was somewhat dazed with the rough usage they had received) advice what they should do, we each took two spades and charged again through the ravine to our regiments, both escaping the storm of grape and canister with which the enemy was sweep- ing this ravine from works further to their right, where their line angled and gave them a fine position with their artillery to make this ravine a very unhealthy locality. As soon as we arrived we gave each regiment a spade, and while part of the men kept up a constant fire in their front, the rest were busy digging pits about thirty feet apart. In doing this they used their bayonets, their hands and everything they could make avail- ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 37 able, and with the help of this one spade to each regiment, by dark we had pits in good shape and. large enough to hold six to ten men each, and from which our men were instructed to keep up a con- stant fire on anything they saw move in their front. So vigilant were they that neither the infantry nor artillery in our front could fire a shot at them without running the risk of certain death. We remained here until three o'clock next morning, when our line was withdrawn, leaving our pits well filled with men, with a large supply of cartridges sufficient to last them until dark the next evening, when they would be relieved. We were instructed to retire across the ravine as quietly as possible and build a line of works on the brow of the hill from which we charged. This we did and found it very laborious, as the soil was hard clay and very dry, and if we had not known that in the morning, as soon as the enemy discovered the earth-works, we would get a good shelling, I doubt, with the men's weariness, if we would have been able to perform this duty ; but we accomplished it, and by daylight we had our breast- works good and secure, and while the enemy, as we expected, opened upon us very vigorously, they could do us very little damage, and while they were wasting their powder and shell our men rested, and most of them slept, being very much fatigued from our previous forty-eight hours' overexertion. From this position we were soon relieved by the Ninth Corps, from which command a regiment of miners dug under and mined the enemy's fort and works. From this advanced position they kept the pits we dug that day, after further strengthening them, full of men and kept them firing constantly for six weeks. The miners of the regiment at the same time were tunneling under their fort and works, which were, at the end of this time, blown up, burying a bat- tery of artillery and quite a number of men. This was known as " Burnside's Mine." We moved to the left when relieved, extending our lines in that direction. Our next important work was building a fort, which was named Fort Hell. Here our lines were exceedingly close to the enemy, our pickets being only about fifty feet in front of our works, and the enemy's pickets so close that they could easily talk to each other. After the engineers staked this fort, our regiment, with a detail from some of the other regiments in the brigade, amounting to about 300 men in all, were the first to commence the work, and as I had charge of the work the first night I recollect how careful we were not to make any undue noise for fear of informing the enemy 38 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. what we were at. The work was pushed with great vigor, but much caution, until we had a ditch about six feet wide and as many deep excavated, and the dirt thoroughly packed in an embankment. This we accomplished by morning, and were prepared for a good shelling, which we duly received at daybreak, when the enemy first discovered the work we were prosecuting, but by this time their shells did not to any extent molest us, and the work of strengthen- ing the fort was continued for a week or more until we thought them almost impregnable. After this the regiment furnished a good detail each day to help dig the wagon-way, which was njade from the rear about a mile up to and along the lines, for the purpose of protecting the transportation of stores and ammunition coming up to the front. It was a work of great magnitude, but saved many lives, as there was scarcely an hour in any day when a vigorous shelling was not kept up some place along the line. Soon after this Burnside's Mine was exploded. The lines all along for about five miles were in readiness at 4 a. m., and when the torch was lighted which blew up the mine, all the artillery, numbering several hundred guns, and all the infantry with their muskets let loose at one time. It made a lively commotion among our enemies, who, with the exception of their picket, were quietly sleeping. Had a charge been made right away after this bombard- ment and tremendous volley, I have no doubt Petersburgh and the entire Army of Northern Virginia under Lee would have been cap- tured, for the ground shook for miles around almost as if an earth- quake had taken place, and prisoners which we took afterwards informed us that on that morning for a few moments their entire line was paralyzed with fear lest they should all be hurled in the air and buried in a similar way to those in the fort that was blown up. The charge, however, was for some reason delayed, and when it was made proved more disastrous than otherwise. The enemy shortly after this were detected mining one of our forts, and the guns from this fort were removed and wooden ones substituted and a similar fort erected in the rear with the regular guns placed therein. For about one week we were kept constantly under arms, so as to be ready for them when they should decide to blow it up. They selected the afternoon for this performance, and as soon as they applied the match which was calculated to turn this fortifica- tion upside down, and bury everything in it, they jumped over their works for a charge. Almost instantly our guns opened on them ONE HUNDRED AND FOUTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 39 from all along the line, and they were hurled back with heavy loss and in much confusion. Owing to mismanagement of their mine the explosion under our fort was nothing but a fizzle, the packing in the entry under the fort being badly put in, and the force of the explosion was, to a great extent, spent in hurling the dirt back through the entry toward their own lines. Shortly after this occurrence we were relieved, and again mov- ing by the left flank. We heard our corps had been selected to take the Weldon Railroad, and thus cut off a source of their supplies. We marched, I should think, about two miles when the skirmishers were sent out, and our brigade being in advance we were formed in two lines of battle for the charge. We were in the second line, and your obedient servant, being the senior officer in the three regiments comprising the second line, was placed in charge of the line. These preliminaries accomplished we pushed forward out of the woods into an open field. Here we espied on the opposite side of the field, and along the railroad, a line of the enemy's cavalry drawn up, and as we emerged from the woods they gave us a volley, from their carbines. " Fix bayonets ! " and "Charge ! " ran along the line, and in no time we were going forward yelling, the first line discharging their muskets as they ran. The cavalry did not wait to shake hands with us, but made off, except a few that were unsaddled and killed, and we had possession of the road. The front line passed over the road and halted. We came up, and fearing we might be driven back, the balance of our corps not yet being in sight with our line, we proceeded to make our charge of some account. We stacked arms and our line advanced, and each man took hold of the rails and ties and over- turned them twice, then took the ties and iron and made a good breastwork. That night the enemy tried hard to dislodge us, and came very nearly accomplishing it, but were finally repulsed. We continued to strengthen our position, and the Sunday morning fol- lowing the enemy in large numbers made a very determined effort to retake the road, but failed. In this battle their losses were very heavy, ours slight. Here we realized the difference between offensive and defensive warfare. Behind our works we felt secure, and when they came out and charged us three lines deep, we literally mowed them down. Our losses were very slight, our regiment, I think, sustaining the loss of only one man, and he happened to be one of the pickets who were far in our front and who had received the most stringent orders not 40 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. to be driven in only by a line of battle. The enemy did not try any more to take this road, and we held it to the end of the war. Our next engagement was Hatcher's Run, which was a disagree- able battle, especially so to your historian, as he happened after the fighting was over to be the division officer of the picket, and was instructed to bring the pickets all off before daylight, the corps hav- ing been withdrawn shortly after or about midnight. I recollect I brought the pickets off just at daybreak, and supposed I had them all when I came over the bridge, and I so reported to division headquarters. I was then asked where the 150th Pennsylvania Volunteers were. They had not been heard from since the fight the morning before. This was the first intimation I had that they were over there and had been sent out as skirmishers before the battle. I told the general I would go and try and find them. When I got down to the Run our men had removed the planks and left only the stringers, so I left my horse and told the pickets sta- tioned there where to take him in case I did not return. I thought I had a passport to a Southern prison sure, but it turned out other- wise. I ran into a man who had just left them, and he said they were lost and did not know which way to get out. We hurried to them just as a line of the enemy were coming on to them in their rear, and they had as many of them in their front as they could look after. As soon as they saw me I beckoned to them, and we made a very hasty exit, the enemy closely following us. We had two men wounded before we reached the bridge, but with the aid of the pickets on our side, who opened on them as soon as they saw them, we all came across the stringers of the bridge, not failing to bring along our two wounded comrades. Our next engagement was Chapin Farm, then Dabney's Mills. In this battle we only had about seventy-five men of our regiment engaged, and there were seven color-bearers of our regiment killed and wounded that afternoon, and I had my horse shot. I think our loss in killed and wounded that afternoon was twenty-one. By this those of you that did not happen to be present may know it was anything but a picnic. After this batfle we were soon in winter quarters. During the winter our corps, with a division of cavalry, made a raid nearly to the border of North Carolina, and destroyed about twenty miles of railroad, and on our return trip burned everything in the country for half a mile wide. This devastation was brought about by reason of our men finding some of their comrades, who ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 41 had straggled and were probably foraging, hanging to a tree with their throats cut. After this event, orders to guard any kind of property was a useless waste of words ; the men were desperate, and they left a desolation aJong their path (and it was through a most lovely country) that I doubt not to a large extent exists to-day, after a quarter of a century has nearly elapsed. During the winter the enemy began to desert to our lines more than they had ever done before,' and their hard appearance and stories of distress gave us much encouragement that the war would end with the next spring's campaign, which, from preparatious going on in our lines, we knew we would be sharp and decisive. We are about ready to strike, when early one morning, to our surprise, the enemy dashed in and captured the pickets, and ob- tained possession of Fort Steadman and all the garrison. This fort was situated near the center of our lines round Petersburgh, and the confusion and excitement it caused was, for awhile, very great from one end of our lines to the other. A desperate fight for about two hours ended the affair, however, by our regaining the fort and capturing about 2,500 prisoners. The next night we were packed all up, and at 2 a. m. moved out of camp, left in front again. Whisperings among the knowing ones led us to believe that the task of taking the South Side Railroad, which then was the only source General Lee had of getting Supplies, had been allotted to the Fifth Corps and cavalry under Sheridan. Several. times during the winter this had been tried, but without success. We knew the march would be short before we struck something to impede our progress. About 8 a. m. an orderly brought me word to drop out of the line with the i42d and 121st and guard the wagon-train, which was passing along our flank and a little to the rear of our column. This, I recollect, pleased us, as it was the first easy duty in time of near action that had ever been given to us, and we all naturally reasoned that the column would find the enemy and have one good battle before our services would be required. About one o'clock our skirmishers commenced business, our train halted, and so did we. Presently, however, an orderly came to me with orders to let the trains take care of themselves, and for us to push up to the front and join the brigade. This put a new color to our prospects. We, however, obeyed, and almost in no time found our brigade, and went into mass with them just behind a big woods. The skirmishers had evidently found a serious obstacle, for the firing soon became furious, and 42 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. presently our corps general and his staff came out of the woods flying, and riding up to our brigade commander ordered him into line and to a charge through these woods. This sudden change of things filled the men with enthusiasm, and they went into this charge with more vim and noise than I had ever seen them dis- play before. We passed through the woods, cleared them, and nearly across a large field on the other side, and drove the enemy in flying disorder. So willing were the troops for pursuit that is was difficult to stop them. In order to let the remainder of the corps come up, for the protection of our flanks, soon a volunteer skirmish line was called for, and the whole line moved forward and we were obliged to halt them and make a detail. This accomplished, the lines all up and formed, it commenced raining — no, pouring — and for thirty-six hours it continued to come down in torrents. When it cleared up we pushed forward a short distance over the Boydton plank road, and massed in some thick pines. We hoped here to be able to build fires and dry our clothes and arms before again going into action, but we were soon informed by our skirmishers that the enemy were advanc- ing, and we were taken out of these wood on a double-quick, down a hill and through a stream of water that took the men to their waists ; up the hill, forward into line, and we commenced firing. The i42d, as we came up the hill, struck a knoll which seemed to slope every way in our favor. The enemy in our front were pour- ing in a tremendous shower of bullets ; I ordered the men to lie down and commence firing as fast as ever they could, which they did. Their firing being low was very effective, for in our immediate front we were holding them, and giving them more than they wished for. We are not very far from Five Forks and the South Side Road, and I was in great hopes that before night we should have it. We, kept the enemy busy in our front, but to our right and left our lines gave away and were falling back. It was so smoky and foggy we could not see the color of the clothing of the troops to our right and left, and we held our front good until ordered by an aid sent to me to fall back with much haste as we were nearly surrounded. The order was given, and down the hill we went, and through the stream before spoken of. Quite a number were captured before we got to the stream ; and as my horse landed on the opposite bank, I stopped him and turned for the purpose of taking the colors. from our sergeant, thinking I could possibly run the gauntlet and save them better on my horse than he could on foot, for I was fearful ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 43 lest the whole regiment would be gobbled, the enemy being even and in some places in advance of us on both our flanks. The ser- geant — a very brave boy he was — assured me he would bring them out all right; and just as he said it I received a gun-shot wound in the side, which, for a time, took all the breath out of me ; and to obvi- ate capture, if possible, I dropped my reins, grabbed the pommel of my saddle, and applied the spurs as vigorously as I could in my fainting condition. The minie-ball that lodged in my side weighed only an ounce, but it felt, as I was going back towards the field, as though it was a twelve-pound cannon-ball. Our men rallied on the brow of the next hill, where our artillery had wheeled into battery, and sent the enemy back faster than they had advanced "by a large majority." I went to City Point Hospi- tal after having been patched up and bandaged in the field hospi- tal. I had to ride about twenty miles in an ambulance, much of the way over corduroy roads, and in with another poor fellow who had lost his leg ; and from my recollection of the journey, when we arrived at its end I was pretty well used up. The next morning our forces advanced and took the South- side Railroad, Five Forks, and about 13,000 prisoners. This broke the enemy all up, and General Lee immediately thereafter withdrew from Petersburgh and tried hard to make good his escape, which he failed to do, so closely was he pursued by our cavalry and forces of every branch of the service. Five Forks was the last hard-fought battle of the war. After it, for five or six days, our army pursued with all the vigor of a victor- ious host, and had some little skirmishes, but no great battles, and at Appomattox Court House the great General of the Army of Northern Virginia found himself so completely hemmed in and sur- rounded that sooner than see the useless waste of the lives of his brave army he sent to our lines a flag of truce. And soon the news of his surrender was heralded to the world. All lovers of the Union rejoiced, and all our soldiers had such respect for the men they had been fighting so long, that almost in no time after the surrender they were dividing with them their rations and showing them every consideration of kindness in their power. Returning after my absence on account of my wounds, I met the regiment a short distance from Alexandria, after their long march from Appomattox, my wounds having sufficiently recovered 44 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. to enable me to join them in time to take part in the last grand review at Washington. Immediately after this orders to muster out the troops, by reason of the end of the war, were issued by the War Department, and as there was much to do in mustering out a regiment so long in active service, as every man that had ever belonged to the regiment had to be accounted for, and a general settlement with the government had to be made, I was thankful to be able to be with them to direct and help all I could in bringing this about with as little delay as possible, for now that the war was over all were anxious to see home and friends. In the performance of these last duties the reg- iment and her officers were highly complimented for promptness, as her papers were in readiness, and she was the second regiment mus- tered out after the order was issued, and the second one to leave Washington for home. As her commander, your historian always felt a little pride over this, and also the fact that when we left Washington he had in his possession a certificate of non-indebtedness from the second auditor of the War Department, which document he has always prized next to his commissions and his honorable discharge. After mustering out at Washington, we went to Harrisburg, drew our final pay and bade each other farewell, returning to our homes after an absence of three years, lacking a few days, with the sub- lime satisfaction of having accomplished that for which we had vol- unteered. And thus, my comrades, ends this history of your old regiment, written in the shortest way possi-ble, necessarily leaving out a great deal that might be of much interest to all, but which would make the story too voluminous for an occasion like this. Is it any wonder, after an experience of service such as we had, it does us good to meet here and know each other once again, and recall the scenes through which we passed, and the memory of those com- rades whose life-blood cemented our glorious Union and made it not only possible, but practicable and true ; that all men were born free and equal, and that a government " of the people, by the peo- ple and for the people," if properly and honestly conducted, is a government that will stand the storms of all foreign and internal controversies, and will be blessed and perpetuated by Almighty God for all time to come. I thank you, comrades, for listening so attentively to this history which you helped to make, and which I know would be much more interesting if better told. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 45 Our losses from the time of our enlistment until our discharge, as taken from the records of the War Department, are as follows : Total enrollment 935 men ; killed and died of wounds, 7 officers, 133 men ; wounded, 21 officers, 409 men ; died of disease, etc., 21 officers, 81 men ; captured and missing, 2 officers, 156 men ; total loss, 809. This percentage of losses, comrades, I am credibly informed is greater than any regiment that was in the service, with the exception of, two. So you can 'reasonably say that your regiment was eminently a fighting regiment, and her record will bear you out in the assertion. With this last information, comrades, I draw my short history to a close by appending a list of the gen- eral engagements in which we participated in order as they came. List of Battles. Fredericksburgh, North Anna River. Bumside Mud March. Bethesda Church. Chancellorsville. Cold Harbor. Gettysburg. Petersburgh. Frankstown. Weldon Railroad. Thoroughfare Gap. Hatcher's Run. Rappahannock Station. ' Dabney's Mills. Meade's Retrograde Movement. Hatcher's Run 2d. Wilderness. Fort Steadman. Laurel Hill. Boydton Plank Road. Spottsylvania. Five Forks. Tolopotomy Creek. Appomattox. The same officers were then re-elected for two years, and it was decided to hold our next reunion at Somerset, Pa., the second Tuesday of September, 1891. The regiment then marched to the place designated for our monument on Reynolds Avenue and proceeded to dedi- cate the same, as follows : Reading of selections from the Scriptures by Comrade Brown, after which the following prayer was offered up by the Rev. Dr. Tomlinson : 46 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. Prayer. Almighty God, we thank Thee that we have been permitted to meet together on this occasion. We thank Thee that the smiles of Heaven beam upon us with uncommon refulgence ; that our cir- cumstances, though solemn and impressive, are altogether different from what they once were, when this spot and the whole country surrounding us were drenched with blood and strewed with the bodies of brave and patriotic heroes. We thank Thee for what Thou hast done for us as individuals and as a nation. We bless Thy name that, when this country was in immipent peril — yea, in the very throes of dissolution — there were brave and loyal men all over this land of freedom who were willing to forsake home and friends, and go into the arena of strife and die to perpetuate our government, and to preserve to us our liberties, civil and religious. We thank Thee that Thou didst give us success and victory over our enemies. We thank Thee especially that we are privileged to meet together for the purpose of consecrating this monument to the memory of our fallen heroes, and of offering them this tribute of honor, of love and esteem. May we ever remember them with gratitude and respect for their devotion to the cause of freedom. May these soldiers who survived and are here to-day, rejoice in Thy favor and resolve to consecrate themselves anew to the love of home and country, and to the cause of Him who loved them and gave Himself for them. May we all, as soldiers and acquaintances met together — as we shall probably never meet again — think of our latter end, and determine to be more faithful in the future than we have been in the past, so that when the conflicts of life are over, we may all meet in Heaven where there will be no strife, no insurrec- tion, no rebellion, no war ; but where all will be peace and rest forevermore. Bless all who may now or hereafter be engaged in similar services on this great battle-field. May all have occasion to rejoice in Thee, the God of their salvation. Hear us, O Lord God, in all these things and answer us graciously, for Christ's sake. Amen ! ONE HUNDRED AND FOKTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 47 ' Colonel Warren then delivered the following address, which was listened to attentively: Address of Colonel H. N. Warren. \ Comrades : We are here to-day to perform one of the most solemn duties of our lives — to dedicate this monument to the sacred memory of our brave and faithful associates, who, a quarter of a century ago, marched with us, shoulder to shoulder, in the line of duty, and who did more than we, for, as Providence would have it, they gave up their lives that their country might live. This beautiful monument of granite, erected, paid for and pre- sented by the grand old Keystone State, is a fitting and eloquent testimonial of the kindly feelings of love and charity she has always entertained and displayed for her loyal sons. Comrades, it becomes us as survivors of the i42d Pennsylvania Volunteers, this day and upon this public occasion, to thank in our inmost hearts the loyal citizens of this commonwealth, through our distinguished comrade who governs them, for their kindness and liberality in erecting upon this sacred soil this lasting tribute to our old regiment, of whose services we are all justly proud ; and to our fallen comrades, who were, by the casualties of war, transferred from our muster rolls to the muster roll on high. This monument, comrades, will tell the world — yes, generations yet unborn — that the men who composed the i42d Pennsylvania Volunteers were patriots ; it will be a silent y'et potential monitor, proclaiming our sacrifice to Loyalty, our love for the Union and our devotion to the Stars and Stripes. It will impress our children, when we are gone, with the fact that their fathers dared to die that their country might live, and that the blessings of civil liberty might be perpetuated and handed down to them unimpaired ; and, unless I go far astray in my prophesy, it will inspire them with the same spirit of loyalty manifested by this generation, when it gave over half a million of lives to make true and complete the declaration of our forefathers that "all men are created equal." This monument, comrades, will live for ages after we have gone to rest " under the shade of the trees." It will be an evidence that the i42d Pennsylvania Volunteers was one of the regiments of the old First Corps, which, on the 1st of July, 1863, under the gallant Reynolds, first intercepted and gave battle to the great army of in- vaders who were then, with almost superhuman efforts, trying to 48 ONE HUNDKED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. transfer the seat of war into Pennsylvania, lay waste her beautiful homes, and, if possible, capture and take possession of her populous cities, when they could reasonably sue for a peace, such as might be agreeable to themselves. The result we all know, and we of the Union Army who still live cannot but rejoice that the issue termin- ated as it did, and that to us, in the outcome — " The lines are fallen in pleasant places, and we have a goodly heritage." Captain Snowden, late Captain of Company I, then spoke as follows : Address of Captain George R. Snowden. Comrades of the 142D Pennsylvania Volunteers : We have gathered here to-day from distant parts, even from beyond the borders of the State, to dedicate the monument raised by a grateful commonwealth to commemorate the services of our command. We assemble on this spot, sacred to the memories of our fallen friends, with feelings blended alike with joy and sorrow. It stirs us with joy unspeakable to see again our associates of other days, our com- panions on the march, in bivouac, and in battle, and to grasp the outstretched hand that nourished us when ill x or supported us when wounded, and to renew old recollections and friendships ; and with sorrow to observe that "the moving accidents of field and flood" have left so few to tell the tale of great events now long gone by. The eye overflows and the voice can scarcely be trusted to speak the emotions of the heart. While kindly nature has with tree, and brush, and flower, covered gaping rents made in the rude conflict of arms, the lapse of time leaves its indelible marks upon those whom the fortunes of war and of peace have left to survive. In the quarter of a century elapsed since you were mustered out, slender youths have become stalwart men, " bearded like the pard," and those a little older have advanced beyond the line of middle age ; upon others the frosts have left their traces, and, alas ! others who escaped the perils of battle have gone to join the silent and ever- increasing majority. It remains for us to renew the story of the regiment, and while we may not recall our absent comrades from their silent abodes, we may pay fit tribute to virtues which led them to noble service in be- half of the cause for which they fell. While they perished in restor- ing a broken Union, they established the enduring fame of their ONTE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 49 beloved regiment. Regrets are vain that they lived not to see the day when, as now, the character of the i42d Pennsylvania Volun- teers for heroism, devotion, and other martial qualities, is acknowl- edged to be the highest type of the American Volunteer. Modest, patient, obedient, it did its work for no motives other than those of patriotism and fidelity to duty in whatever shape it might assume, regardless of whatsoever consequences might ensue, knowing only the oath of fidelity to the Government, and the noble impulses of hearts which had rather calmly face death with feet to the foe than ignominiously turn their back. As much could have been expected and foretold from the char- acter of the men who filled up its ranks, for they represented the diverse pursuits and composite character of the American citizen. Among them were the followers of the learned professions, men in business, bankers, mechanics of all kinds, drillers of oil-wells, miners of coal and iron, farmers, clerks, producers and manufactur- ers of lumber, teachers — in fact of almost every branch of industry — and generous and spirited boys from school, college, and the shop. The sturdy Pennsylvania Dutch were there, with their simple ways and honest hearts ; the stern and resolute Scotch-Irish, the indomit- able Welsh, the pertinacious English, the gallant and impetuous Irish, the steadfast Scotch, and the American of every extraction, Protestant and Catholic, all met on the level of citizenship and of patriotism. Made up of such elements the regiment formed a fit type of the State and of the country at large, and consequently in no other organization was the sentiment more prevalent and power- ful which led every one to feel that the war was his personal fight. Inspired, then, with the conviction that their individual interests, their future prosperity, their homes, and, above all, the honor, wel- fare and perpetuity of their country, native and adopted, were at stake, no sacrifice, no hardship, no danger was too great for them patiently to meet and successfully to undergo. With the cheerful spirit of obedience, the bowing of the neck to the voluntary yoke of discipline, was the lofty emotion of rivalry with other regiments, the resolution not to be outdone in feats of valor when tending to use- ful ends, for they had not the gaudium certaminis, the joy of conflict — few in either army felt it — and to hold the reputation of the com- mand not only free from reproach, but clear, bright, luminous with deeds of heroism and endurance. Officers and men alike entered the army with little or no pre- paratory training. The number of officers who were instructed in 5<3 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. tactics could be counted on the fingers of one hand. As an illus- tration of the ignorance which prevailed of the simplest details : A lieutenant in temporary command on the first formation of the reg- iment put the right of his company where the left ought to have rested, and seeing the other troops with their arms at an order — those Belgian rifles of sorrowful memory — to conform to the move- ment innocently directed his men to "ground arms." But the colonel had been captain of Company A, Tenth Reserves, and the major had seen some experience in the three-months' service. Drilling, however, persistent and intelligent, soon brought the mass of raw recruits to a high state of discipline and efficiency, which enabled them to make an illustrious record and to stand with credit and distinction by the side of older and more experienced organi- zations. Aware of its own merits it never sought popular applause, and it was satisfied with the consciousness of duty well done. Sensible to praise and grateful for approval in those quarters where criticism was just and valuable, it was content to rely upon the truth of im- partial history for its place in the niche of fame. If, on the one hand, it was seldom that a newspaper writer or any army corre- spondent mentioned it in the pages of the press, which were too often used for the glorification of favorite leaders and pet regiments, on the other it escaped, for it did not deserve, animadversion or cen- sure. Now, however, that the merits of the various commands are being reviewed and carefully weighed in the public prints by accu- rate and capable writers, we should be unjust to our departed com- rades, to ourselves, and to our children, did we not proudly and confidently assert our claim to a superiority which is being tardily and somewhat reluctantly conceded. Far be it from us in any way to detract from the well-earned reputation of other regiments, our gallant comrades in arms ; but it can do them no wrong confidently to assert our right. Nor is it inconsistent with the modesty which sought no especial distinction, but was content to do its full duty unheralded by the blare of trumpets which attended the exploits of our fellows, now that the books are open and the accounts being audited and settled, to ask no more and to accept no less than that which is justly our due. Of individual and personal gallantry, instances enough might be cited to fill a book ; they were common to all grades, from the com- manding officer to the private in his blouse. The simple soldier in the ranks rivalled his colonel in exposure to danger, in fervid and ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 5 1 romantic devotion to the honor of his flag, in resolute advance upon the enemy, in firm, sullen, yea, defiant retreat before a foe for the moment too strong to be overcome, ready at a favorable moment to turn and restore the fortune of the hour. The men whose first experience of marching was on that memorable October day when they moved from Sharpsburg to South Mountain, in a storm lasting without intermission from one morning until near the dawn of the next, too tired and sleepy to stand about the feeble fires sputtering and sizzling in the rain, too wet to lie down, were the same who, when Lieut-Colonel McCalmont, in his stirring speech before they moved against the heights of Fredericksburgh, regretted the absence from illness of their beloved colonel, and asked them well to do their duty as became citizens of Pennsylvania and soldiers of the republic, responded with ringing cheers, to the amazement of the reserves and perhaps to the wonder of the Confederates whom they were on the way to meet. Later, in the thick of the fight when, risen from a sick-bed at Washington, hastening to the field on hearing that the army had crossed the Rappahannock, Colonel Cummins rode up at a furious gallop and was received with another burst of applause such as must have convinced him, if necessary, of the affection of his regiment for him and of their coolness in time of battle. On that disastrous field, where it first met the enemy and received its baptism of fire, two hundred and fifty of our comrades, one-third of those who went into action, including our gallant Major Bradley, attested by their blood their heroism and devotion to the cause. The sacrifice was in vain, for although the division under Meade broke the hostile lines and threatened to turn their right flank, the only one which accomplished so much, not being sup- ported by other and fresher troops within easy reach, the i42d slowly fell back, with a solid front opposed to the advancing foe. Passing with credit through the Chancellorsville campaign, where at Pollock's Mills and elsewhere on the left it withstood a severe artillery fire with calmness and fortitude, and afterwards on the extreme right it confronted Stonewall Jackson's veterans, and with the First Corps covered the retreat of the army. On this fate- ful and bloody field the regiment gained imp'erishable renown and shed additional lustre upon the country and the flag. The story of the battle cannot be told without alluding to this very spot, where you stood on that disastrous first day of July and unflinchingly faced an adversary flushed with recent victories and greater in strength and position. How well you performed your part cannot be 52 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. known alone from dreary records which in figures coldly speak of losses, but history as yet unwritten when fully unfolded will reveal to your admiring countrymen a contest against largely superior forces which will reflect glory upon your name as long as the Union and civilization shall last, longer far than this stone shall stand unbroken before the elements. Pushed by the necessity of reaching the ground at an early hour, wearied by a forced march from Marsh Creek, you promptly formed line and opened fire. Only when Reynolds had fallen and you were outflanked were you pushed back. Your brigade commander grasped your colors and led you to a hopeless charge, an act of personal gallantry undoubtedly, but unwise, rash, leading to misfor- tune which might not otherwise have occurred. Your colonel, the heroic Cummins, borne off in faithful arms, gave up his noble life as a seal to his devotion. Forming a barricade in front of yonder Seminary you still faced outward and only when again outflanked did you slowly retire under McCalmont, flag in hand, through the town, fighting, resolute, defiant. Like Caesar's legion, you put all hope of safety only in your own bravery. On reaching the Cem- etery, preserving your organization, observing the long lines of hos- tile infantry encircling your position, you held it until relieved by reinforcements of fresh troops. On the 2d and 3d you firmly kept the dangerous and responsible places assigned to you, and, while not again exposed to great loss, you well performed your duty and supported your comrades, who were more actively and fortunately engaged in winning the final victory which hurled back the invade'r, never more to lift his head north of the Potomac. To this brief and imperfect review of your conduct on the field must be added figures taken from yonder inscription, which has been verified by the official records. Out of a total of 336 officers and men, 125 only escaped casualty, and 211 fell in action, were wounded or carried into captivity — a loss of 63 per centum — greater, I am confident, than that sustained by any other regiment, however much it may have suffered, or however conspicuous it was in these sanguinary conflicts. Many other men equally brave died with the lion-like Cummins, and others, as one may see about him, offered up their limbs, glowing with youth and strength, sacrifices upon the common altar of patriotism. Well may a writer, to this day unknown, in the editorial columns of the Philadelphia Ledger, on the nth day of July, 1863, remark : " Few regiments in any cir- cumstances or service could show a nobler record than this. All ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 53 honor to the memory of these brave men, who left all their hopes and prospects of life, not for fame, but from a sense of duty to their State, their country, and not these alone, but to the free institutions and principles therein represented, principles in which are bound up the noblest feelings and dearest interests of humanity. From this place, in rapid pursuit of the Confederates, the regi- ment returned to the Rappahannock, swiftly withdrew to Bull Run and Centreville, arriving at the latter point by forced marches, one of which was from Kelly's Ford to Bristow — a distance of thirty-one miles — in time to seize the heights before the enemy's cavalry could occupy them. Going back to the Rapidan it passed the win- ter in quarters at Culpepper. In the spring of 1864, on the reor- ganization of the army under General Grant, and the disruption of the old renowned First Corps— a matter of lasting and profound regret to all who had served with it — the i42d became part of the Third Brigade, First Division, General Wadsworth, and Fifth Corps, General Warren. Time will not suffice, and the approaching storm will not permit, to name and describe the battles, movements and sieges in which it afferward engaged, for to do so would be to reca- pitulate the history of Grant's campaigns in Virginia. It is enough to say that in the closing scenes of Five Forks and Appomattox, it was ever in the advance and wound up an eventful and memorable career in a blaze of glory. Through your ranks went the flag of truce which led to the surrender, and Grant rode to the final meet- ing with Lee. You received your late foes with open arms and, as generous and considerate as you were brave in the last irretrievable victory, you divided with them the contents of your haversacks. Thence by marches easy to you, but severe to others of less train- ing, you came to Washington, where, after the grand review on which the eyes of the world were fixed with attention and astonish- ment, the Army of the Potomac ceased to exist, living only in the pages of history, and the hearts of the survivors and of a grateful country. At Harrisburg the fragment of veterans, weary with ser- vice, bronzed by the weather, and battered by wounds, was mus- tered out, and they returned to mingle with their fellow-citizens, conscious of a great duty well done, and content that their achieve- ments should speak for themselves. Later investigation has well justified that confidence. Able and accurate writers have shown that of all the organizations on either side, one only, a short-term regiment from North Carolina, met with casualties so numerous in proportion, and only one other, the 141st Pennsylvania, can claim 54 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. right to compare with the 142c! in the extent of its sacrifice to pre- serve the Union. Few commands saw so much hard service, none suffered greater proportionate loss. Of an aggregate of 935, all told, 809 met with the accidents of war, in death, wounds, disease, and other ways incident to protracted campaigns, and only 126 responded to roll- call for the last time. The history of the regiment remains to be written. Deeds of heroism and endurance, such as it performed, at times even unconscious to itself of their brilliancy or value, ought not to be left to the oblivion of musty records, or merged in the achievements of large bodies. A fruitful field is open to some writer gifted with an accurate and judicious pen and patient research, and moved by admiration for heroism seldom if ever surpassed since the world rolled out from the hands of its Creator. But, my comrades, little remains now to be said. We shall soon disperse to our homes and many of us will never again meet on earth. As you go your several ways, however, you are conscious that while long deferred and eagerly contested, the impartial ver- dict has now been rendered and your claims to superiority for bravery and devotion not only are not denied, but are freely con- ceded by persons most familiar with events which took place in the course of the great rebellion. As the shades of evening slowly settle dawn upon you and age withers stalwart frames which here and elsewhere did -glorious battle for liberty, it will be a proud consolation to recall your unequalled services and to remember that you fought under a regimental flag which, while it knew defeat and victory, never knew dishonor. You have the satisfaction, after all your toil, danger and hardship, of knowing that the fame of the regiment is constantly becoming more conspicuous and illustrious, and that when all the truth shall finally be generally settled and acknowleged, the topmost tablet of the history of the war will record in indelible characters the achieve- ments of the i42d Pennsylvania Volunteers. The following touching address was then listened to : Address of Private James E. MacLane. My Dear Comrades and Friends : After listening to those preceding me, I feel that I cannot add anything new or that would be interesting. As one of Company "I," I wish to express my ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 55 love and esteem for my comrades ; and am proud to say that I was a member of this regiment. This is a most pleasing scene, and yet, what pangs and peculiar sensations pass through our minds as we take a retrospective view ! Think of the missing comrades, and of our experiences of twenty-seven years ago, as they pass before us in panoramic view. At that time most all of us were boys, not many having arrived at the age of twenty-one years. This is particularly so in my case. I was associated with you in but one campaign, but that was a very active one. As a participant and an observer at that time, it was forced upon my mind that our regiment was one of the best for any service required. It was not associated with that influence during the war that manufactured "brilliant officers " in large head-lines in our newspapers at home, nor was it assigned to a brigade that had any particular reputation for fighting or that was conspicuous, until its connection with the Pennsylvania Reserves in 1862 and 1863. This experience formed part of our early military education and training. We soon became veterans and knew how to replace a missing gun or blanket, or do things necessary to establish a repu- tation as soldiers in that line. At this point let me ask you to go back to those days. Can you see our wagon covers, with the large letters and figures displayed, I42d Regiment, P. R. V. C, thus re- cruiting and apparently adding one hundred more regiments to that famous old division? What scrutiny and feeling that inscription engendered ! But by the more intimate association with the 3d, 4th, 7th and 8th Regiments of the Reserves, this was soon changed, as, by relationship, our colonel came from the 10th Regiment of the original organization. Your first trial and baptism was a convincing proof of your abil- ity to stand. That I have from the highest authority, from those living and some that have passed away. No regiment stood up any better under a severe fire, and with less confusion in falling back, than you did. Have heard the common saying, which is an old one, " You knew no better ;" but you did know better, and circumstances that stimulated you at the time prove it. The old division officers and men of the Reserves all seem to have the warmest affection and respect for our regiment, and are solicit- ous that we should complete our roll of the survivors of the i42d Regiment, to be registered, and have their addresses placed in the hands of the secretary, Captain John Taylor, at Philadelphia, for membership in that association. 56 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. After my being disabled and sent away north to a hospital, find- ing my injuries and disease permanent, I could not but follow you in my mind, with pride at your soldierly conduct; and yet with sorrow in my heart when I thought of all your marches and engagements. I thought of the killed and wounded, wondering to myself : Can I ever see them again ? can I see our regimental flag with battles in- scribed on every stripe as I saw others ? will our regiment gain that renown ? In this mood a jealous feeling of sympathy often caused me to think that my mind was wandering. I would be prompted as if by a spirit from you, saying, "Who composed the regiment?" The significant and imaginary answer would awaken every thought, and a happy yet sad realization. You were making your own history. I feel indebted to you, particularly to those that went through to the end ; and shall always honor you and point "with pleasure to the fact that the composition of our regiment, both in officers and men, was such that has compelled history to place it among the highest when inscribing the "niches" of honor. To you, comrades of Company " I," my boyhood companions, many of you, I desire to speak a few words. I would not detract from any company of the regiment anything that goes to make up its full meed of praise, and I know the regiment will allow me to address you as an individual company — an opportunity I never ex- pect to have again. Our composition was a varied element, re- cruited from the hills and valleys of old Venango County. Among us was some of the best blood of the sturdy pioneer, and from the oldest families of refinement -and education. I could dwell upon names, but my sympathies and tender feelings for those missing will not allow me at this time. Those from the Oil City district, mostly young mechanics, were my immediate associates. Our polit- ical complexion was noted at that time, but soon vanished. All dif- ferences in that line were obliterated in the determination of fighting for the defense of one principle that would make us a united and happy people ; a principle that would in the end shine forth as a great halo, reflecting its rays over the peaceful valleys, gilding the old hills of our youth, and leaving to us in our memories the motto of our regiment, " The love of country guides us." Upon this solemn occasion, as we are dedicating this monument to the memory of our organization, who would not, in silent medita- tion, pause and drop a tear of affection while thinking of Colonel Cummins? On this hallowed spot of ground, and upon this occasion, a review of his character as a man and a soldier, at my hands, is not ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIJVIENT. 57 required, as it has already been so eloquently and affectionately portrayed by Colonel Warren, Captain Snowden, and others. I shall never forget my first trial as to valor. The stock that makes the soldier, that sets the example and encourages others, was not in me. On the left, below and opposite Fredericksburgh, Va., May, 1863, we were under a very heavy artillery fire ; the regi- ment protected itself as best it could in a ravine, lying down, and some taking refuge in a ditch. Colonel Cummins hailed me and wished a canteen of water in exchange for a canteen of "Elixir" which I most readily consented to. I held the horse while he re- arranged his baggage and canteens on his saddle. While in the act of passing the canteen to him after receiving the "Elixir," in appar- ently less time than could be counted, about half a dozen shells and shot passed in close proximity to his head, and the colonel was only saved by turning in his saddle that moment to give the command, " Fall in ! " The check or curb-rein was twisted, and I was in the act of straightening it out when a shot struck the horse below the eye and carried the lower part of the head away. I had the rein and bit on my arm and shoulder ; I was horror-stricken and fell to the ground, as something struck me in the head, back of the left ear. In an instant I was up again and surely thought the shell or shot went through the body of the colonel, but was startled and surprised to see him, with apparent coolness, getting off the horse as the latter was slowly sinking upon his haunches, the colonel urging me with some emphasis to get "traps" off the saddle. This apparent cool- ness on his part was, to a certain extent, a stimulant to my nerves. I conceitedly supposed at the time I was really a veteran, and my lesson from him served to support me in many after-contingencies. This incident is upon record as one of the cases of singular vitality, related of wounded battery, cavalry and infantry horses. Imagine a horse with the major part of his head shot away, and running over the field ! Some comrade— I think Sergeant Wood of Company "A" — and myself fired several shots from revolvers into his head and neck, but the horse seemed invincible, as the shots did not kill him. Colonel Joseph K. Davison, late of the 29th New Jersey Volunteers, has told me since that the horse was running around after we had marched off to the right. So, doubtless, you could all relate many incidents of the war, and I will pass with referring to just one more. When presenting the black horse to Colonel Cummins, at White Oak Church, Va., do you recollect his remarks in accepting the gift? Sj8 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. " I can cut or maul rails, I can saw wood, I can farm or grub, I can work at anything, but / can't make a speech." The simplicity and honesty of his statement, and the expression of his countenance while expressing it, forced upon my niind the fact that we had no coward for a commander, but one that would fight, and see that others did so, if occasion required. The award of the contract of the design of the monument selected by the regimental committee, was, I am sorry to say, refused acceptance by the State Board of Commissioners. This, at the time, was a severe blow to our committee, to myself and to others. Subsequent events, however, have demonstrated that the commissioners endeavored to do what was best in the matter, and as a regiment we owe a great deal to the comrades and gentlemen composing it for the interest they have manifested in the erection of this monument. This is especially true of the secretary of the Board, Colonel John P. Nicholson, who was untiring in his efforts in our behalf, and is entitled to the thanks of every member of the regiment. Now, comrades, thanking you kindly for your attention, and believing my feelings and expressions to be the sentiment of one common family, I bid you an affectionate good-by. After which Lieutenant Miller spoke the following words: Address of Lieutenant John V. Miller. Comrades : We, the survivors of the i42d Regiment of Penn- sylvania Volunteers, after the lapse of over a quarter of a century, have been permitted to assemble on this field of Gettysburg, where so many of our comrades went down in battle. They did not live to enjoy the thrill of joy that victory gives to those that contend in battle here. On this field the light of their lives went out amid the roar of cannon and the rattle of musketry — some of them in the throes of agony, while conscious that our little force was being overpowered, before death came to their relief. At the mention of the name of our brave and gallant commander, Colonel Cummins, every eye will turn to the spot where he fell helplessly wounded,' and yet with sufficient life in him to know that the day was lost. Picture, if you can, his thoughts and feelings for the few moments that he lived, as he saw his brave regiment repulsed and forced ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 59 from the field by the advancing thousands of Lee's army ! But death soon came to his relief, and shut out from his eyes forever the brave boys of his regiment, for whom he had given his best thought and most watchful care on the march, in camp, and on the battle-field. My thoughts this day are drawn in an especial manner toward yonder grove in front of the Seminary. It was there that Lieutenant Tucker, our acting adjutant, fell, after having been wounded twice previously to receiving his fatal wound— a young man, scarcely twenty-one, bright in intellect, a genial companion and a whole- souled soldier. After the lapse of all these years, our thoughts go back to our young comrades, and we sometimes feel that it was indeed hard for the young soldier just stepping on the threshold of life, his heart throbbing and his spirits bounding to the impulse of hope in the coming years, to take his young life to the field, and in one short rush end it. They'were all young men, and every foot of ground from this spot to the Seminary was pressed by their feet as they contended with the overpowering force of the enemy ; and many a young and ardent soldier was stricken down from our regiment on this plain, who will never answer to his name this side of that Grand Army that is constantly going up to swell its ranks in the great Beyond. My comrades, I greet you to-day. It is fitting that we meet on this field where so many of our comrades have attested their valor and gave their lives a willing sacrifice to -their country and flag. This monument we dedicate to the heroes of our regiment who fell at Gettysburg. All honor to them ! It will tell toall people in all time of the patriotism and valor of the men of the i42d Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, not only at Gettysburg but in all the battles and marches from Fredericksburgh to Appomattox. Let our comradeship that was welded in the fire of so many bat- tles, fashioned by the long marches that tested our endurance, and sealed by the large number of our dead on many fields of glory, continue until the last man has been mustered out and we have joined the regiment again on the other shore. 60 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. Private Horner, late of Company C, addressed the veterans substantially as follows : Address of Private D. J. Horner. Comrades of the 142D Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun- teers : I am glad to be with you to-day and join in dedicating this monument to the memory of the gallant men of the i42d Reg- iment who on this historic field helped to uphold the flag of our common country, and by their gallantry and bravery, in common with all the Union forces, drove back the invading hosts of Lee, and by the splendid victory they achieved in the field virtually destroyed the power of the enemy and rendered the final victory certain. It was not within my province to be with you on that memorable occasion, as I was then completely disabled, having been severely wounded in the battle of Fredericksburgh, in which one of my limbs was donated to the cause of our country. Standing here and look- ing over this far-famed battle-field, a feeling of sadness comes into my heart when I think of how many of our brave comrades fell here, and notably our gallant Colonel R. P. Cummins, who was among the first to lead forth the " Frosty Sons of Thunder " from old Somerset County to battle for the Constitution and the Union. But after the lapse of so many years, and after the splendid results of our civil war, there is mingled with this feeling of sadness that of delight at the thought that they did not die in vain ; that their blood was shed in a righteous cause, and that out of the sacrifice so nobly made by them our country has been saved, its institutions preserved and the domain of human freedom enlarged. So that the day may be not far distant when the people of other nations will enjoy the same liberty we possess. May this monument erected to-day stand through all the ages, and bear testimony to the bravery and devotion of our noble comrades of the i42d Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. The exercises closed by singing " My Country 't is of Thee," led by Comrade Brown of Company H. Benediction by the Rev. Dr. Tomlinson. Adjourned. [Inscription on Monument.] 142b Pennsylvania 3nfantry 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 1st Corps. Mustered in, August, 1862. Mustered out, May, 29, 1865. Recruited in Mercer, Westmoreland, Somerset, Union, Monroe, Pike, Fayette, Venango and Luzerne Counties. Present at Gettysburg, 336 Officers and Men. Killed and Died of Wounds, 4 Officers and 27 Men. Wounded, 10 Officers and 100 Men. Captured or Missing, 2 Officers and 68 Men. Total Loss, 211. Total Enrollment, 935. Killed and Died of Wounds, 7 Officers and 133 Men. Wounded, 21 Officers and 409 Men. Died of Disease, etc., 81 Men. Captured and Missing, 2 Officers and 156 Men. Total Loss, 809. Fredericksburgh, Chancellorsv;lle, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Tolopotomy, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Petersburgh, Weldon Railroad, Poplar Springs Church, Hatcher's Run. Dabxey's Mills, Boydton Road, Five Forks, Appomattox. July i, 1863, A. M. — Marched from near Emmettsburg, reaching the field via Willoughby Run. Formed line, facing northward. Occu- pied this position. Changed it to support artillery. Reformed here and engaged a brigade composed of the nth, 26th, 47th and 52d North Carolina Infantry. In the afternoon outflanked, and retired, firing, to a position near the Seminary. Here engaged a brigade composed of the 1st, 12th, 13th and 14th South Carolina Infantry. After a gallant fight, again outflanked, and retired to Cemetery Hill. July 2. — In position at Cemetery Hill. July 3. — Moved half-mile to the left, and exposed to the artillery fire of the enemy. COMPLETE ROSTER 142c! Regiment, Pa. Vols. ist Brigade, 3D Division, ist Corps. ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT. Field and Staff Officers. Name. Robert P. Cummins. Alfred B. M'Calmont Horatio N. Warren.. John Bradley William L. Wilson.. Charles P. Orvis H. Warren Stimson. William C. Hillman. Thomas J. Keely Richard C. Halsey. . J. Lambert Asay.. . Chas. E. Humphrey. Abraham M. Barr . . William P. Moore., William Shields.... Samuel H. Dull .. Thomas J. Wood. . John B. Frowald George L. Dunmire. Joseph E. Mason Nathan S. Burnett. William P. Clark... Joseph Moore.. . William J. Reed. Rank. Colonel Lt. Col. . . . .do . . Major. . Adjutant . ..do .do. Q.M.... Surgeon As. Sur . ..do ... ....do... ....do... Chap Sr. Maj. Q.M.Sr. Com. Sr. Hos. St . ...do... PL Muc. ..do.. ..do.. Mustered into Service. Sept. i, '62, Sept.. 1, '62, Aug. 23, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Aug. 23, '62, Aug. 4, '62, Aug. 4, '62, Dec. 27, '62, May 28, '63, Mar. 17, '65, Oct. 25, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 27, '62, Aug. 22, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Aug. 22, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 27, '62, Aug. 22, '62, Remarks. Died July 2, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Com. Col., July 4, 1863 — not mustered — promoted to Col. 208th reg. P. V., Sept., 12, 1864. Pr. fr. Capt. Co. A, to Major, Feb. 2, '64— to Lt. Col., Sept. 17, '64— com. Col— notmus— wd.at Five Forks, Va., April 1, 1865 — mus. out with reg., May 29, 1865. Died Jan. 3, 1863, of wounds received at Fredericks- burg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 12, 1863. Promoted from First Lieut. Co. G., Dec. 19, 1863— dis- charged Dec. 10, 1864. Promoted from private Co. A, Dec. 30, 1864 — mustered out with regiment, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with regiment, May 2q, 1865. Pr. from Asst. Surg. 114th reg. P. V., Feb. 12, 1863 — mustered out with regiment, May 29, 1865. Discharged March 29, 1863. Pr. to Surgeon 208th reg. P. V., Sept. 30, 1864. Pr. to Surgeon 143d reg. P. V., March 22, 1865. Com. Surgeon— not mustered — mustered out with regi- ment, May 2q, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. 25, 1865. Pr. from private Co. E, Mar. 1, '64— wd. at Dabney's Mills, Va., Feb. 6, '65 — disch. by G. O., June 24, '65. Promoted from Sergt. Co. H — date unknown— trans- ferred to Vet. Res. Corps, Aug. 1, 1863. Pr. fr. 1st Sgt. Co. A, Sept. 1, '63— to 1st Lt., 30th reg. U. S. C. T., February 24, 1864— died Nov. 1, 1864, of wounds received at Petersburg, Va. Mustered out with regiment, May 29, 1865. Promoted from private Co. A, Sept. 1, 1862— mustered out with regiment. May 29, 1865. Promoted from private Co. F, May 1, 1863— mustered out with regiment, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 16, 1863. Promoted from Musician Co. B, March 1, 1864— mus- tered out with regiment. May 2q, 1865. Transferred to Co. K, 136th reg. P. V., April 30, 1863. Promoted from Musician Co. A, Sept. 1, 1862 — tr. to Vet. Res. Corps — date unknown. ______ ___ Company A. Horatio N. Warren. Frank M. Powell... Martin A. Gibson. . . Cyrus B. Thompson. Thomas J. Wood.... Captain. do 1st Lieut 1st Sergt ...do ... Aug. 23, '62, Aug. 23, '62, Aug. 22, '62, Aug. 22, '62, Aug. 22, '62, Promoted to Major, Feb. 2, 1864. Pr. from 2d to 1st Lt., Nov. 29, 1862— -to Capt., Mar. 1, 1864 — wd. at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, '63, at Wilder- ness, Va., May 5, 1864, and at Five Forks, April 1, 1865— discharged by special order, June 3, 1865. Pr. fr. Sgt. to 2d Lt., May 19, 1S63— to 1st Lt., March 1, 1864 — commissioned Captain — not mustered — mus- tered out with company, May 29, 1865. Pr. fr. 1st Sgt., Sept. 1, 1863— wd. at Petersburg, Va., July 14, 1864 — commissioned 1st Lt — not mustered — mustered out with company May 29, 1865. Promoted to Sergeant Major, Sept 1, 1863. 66 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. Name. Alfred H. Goble... Alexander S. Love.. John Harsh John M'Connell William G. Drum.. Morgan B Shirk .. Beriah Orr Tohn Gundy, Jr. John Hosack. . . William Healey. . Lester Moore Edwin F. Stiles. . Joseph Jones. William Jeremiah.. Robert E. Gundy.. William J. Reed . . Brandon, Thomas . Blair, Joseph S Brandon, Wm. C. . Barnes, George B.. Beaty, William Brown, Thomas Campman, David.. Crossman, Cyrus... Campman, Henry.. Corey, John Coyl, John Coleman, John W Campbell, Samuel D. Dougherty, H. H. Davis, John ... . Davis, David Dunmire, Geo. T.. Davis, Thomas W. Evans, Lotwig. . . . Ellis, Charles I Ediburn, Henry B. Evans, Henry Ewart, John A Edgar, Joseph A. , Early, William. . . Ginger, John C. . Green, John H. . Greggs, David. . . Hardman, George H Hall, William B Hunt, George.. Jones, Thomas.. Jeremiah, John. Sergeant .do . .do . .do. .do. .do . Corporai .do .. .do .do., .do., .do .. .do.. ...do Musici'n .. do.. Private .. do.. ...do .. ...do.. .do. .do. .do. .do . .do . .do. do. .do . do . do . .do. do . do . .do . .do., do .do .. do., .do.. do.. do., .do.. .do. .do . .do . Mustered into Service. Aug. 22, '62, Aug. 22, '62. '64. Feb. Aug". 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug Aug. 22. Aug. Aug. 22. Aug. 22 Aug. Aug. 22. Aug, 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22. Aug. 22, Aug, Aug. 22. Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22. Aug. 22, Aug. Aug. Aug. 22. Aug. Aug. Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. ; Aug. 1 Aug. : Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22, Aug, Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 .do . . . Aug. 22, '62 .do ... Aug. 22, '62 Remarks. Prisoner from July 1, 1863, to June 6, 1864 — commis- sioned 2d Lieut.— not mustered— mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Pr. to Sgt., July 1, '64— mus. out with Co., May 29, 65. Promoted to Sergeant, May 1, 1865— tr. to Company G, 50th regiment P. V. — date unknown. Killed at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 10, 1864— buried in Burial Grounds Wilderness. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— died at Philadelphia, Mar. 24, 1864— burial rec. April 4, 1864. Captured— died at Florence, S. C, Sept. 30, 1864— burial record, died Sept. 11, 1864, at Andersonville, Georgia — grave 8484. Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864— transferred to Company F, 6th regiment V. R. C. — discharged by General Order, July 10, 1865. Captured at Petersburg, Va., Mar. 31, '65— discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865. Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864— absent, in hospital, at muster out. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged March 17, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July r, 1863 — buried in National Cemetery, section B, grave 62. Deserted July 17, 1863. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Promoted to Principal Musician, Sept. 1, 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862 — mus- tered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Died Dec. 15, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Died April 9, 1863. Deserted July 29, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged February 21, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, May 13, 1864. Discharged Sept. 21, for wounds received at Wilder- ness, Va., May 5, 1864. Died Aug. 8, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863 — buried in Nat. Cem., sec. D, grave 59. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 31, 1862. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps — date unknown. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Feb. 15, 1864. Promoted to Commissary Sergeant, SepL 1, 1862. Deserved February 15, 1863. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863 — discharged by General Order, May 25, 1865. Prisoner from May 5, 1864, to May 16, 1865— mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps— date unknown. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps— date unknown. Tr. to 169th company, 2d battalion, V. R. C. — date un- known—discharged by General Order, July 3, 1865. Killed at North Anna River, Va., May 23, 1864. Deserted October 22, 1862. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 21, 1864. Captured— died at Florence, S. C, August 14, 1864— burial record, died at Andersonville, Ga., August 15, 1864 -grave 5735. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon s certificate, March 18, 1865. Died at Smoketown, Md., Oct. 25, 1862 — burial record, Nov. 2, 1862— buried in Nat'l Cemetery, Antietam, sec. 26, lot C, grave 229. Deserted July 28, 1863. Deserted February 15, 1863. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMEN'I 6 7 Name. Rank. Mustered into Service. Lytle, John W Private. . ....do... ....do ... Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22. Sept. 1, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, '62, '62, '6- Lightner, Wm. L. .. Marsteller, Lemuel Morton, James .. do... do... ... do... . .. do . '62, '62, '62, Morris, James K. P.. M'Cullough, Isaac. . . M'Nabb, Alexander C M'Coy, Alexander . . . ...do... do... ....do.. . . . do . . . ....do ... '62, '62, '62, '62, Orr, William A ...do ... '6", Piper, Freeman N, . . Patton, Allen C Preston, John H... . Perry, Henry W Rice, Albert Russell, James H Smith, William W.... Smith, John R ... do... .. .do... .. .do... ....do.. ....do... ....do... ....do... ....do... do .. '62, '62, '62, '62, '62, '62, '62, Y>2, 'fr, Stimson, H. Warren. . Stewart, Linus M . . . Thompson, Noah M.. Tate, Alfred ... do ... ....do... ...do... do ... '62, '62, '62, ....do ... 'fr>, Williams, William J Williams, William T. Williamson, Jas. A. . . Williams, Job do... . ..do... . do... ...do... ....do... '62, '62, '62, •62, '62, Remarks. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 16, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29. 1865. Killed February 21, 1863. Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged by General Order, May 26, 1865. Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps— date unknown. Died June 24, of wounds rec. at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864— buried in National Cemeterv. Arlington. Mustered out with company. May 29 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate. May 18, 1865. Transferred to U. S. Navy, April 17, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged March 16, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29,-1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July 1, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 15, 1863. Mustered out with company. May 20, 1865. Captured — died at Florence, S. C\, July 15, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 12, 1863. Promoted to Adjutant, December 30, 1864. Died Jan. 16, 1863, of wounds received at Fredericks- burg, Va., December 13, 1862. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 22, 1863. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863 — died at Annapolis, Md., Sept. 30, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate. Mar. 27, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Aug. 4, 1867. Company. B. John G. Andrews. . Daniel S. Wilkins.. Edward B. Hurst.. Daniel S. Tinsman. Urbannas Hubbs . . Albert A. Hasson . John M. Kough George A. Bare — David Wilkins Samuel A. Bare Thomas Lonergan. Griffith P. Clark . . . John S. Hood Samuel Dice Thomas Canevin. . . Milton S. Lohr Henry Gibson George W. Stacy Peter G. Mathews . . . Cyrus Walter Cyius Swartz William P.Clark Anderson, Clifford... Aspy, Ezra Captain . ...do .. 1st Lt. . . ....do... 1st Sgt . . ....do... Sergeant do . .. ....do... ....do... ..-..do... ....do... Corporal ....do... ....do ... ...do... ....do... ...do... ...d 9 ... do . . Musician ....do... Private. . ....do... Aug. 27, Aug. 27, Aug. 27, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, '62, Aug. 26, Aug. 28, Aug. 28, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, '62, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 28, Aug. 28, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Discharged Aug. 20, 1864. Pr. from 2d to 1st Lt., July 1, 1864— to Capt., Sept. 21, 1864 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July i, 1863. Pr. fr. Sgt., Oct. 24, 64— mus. out with Co. May 29, '65. Pr. from private to Sergt., March 1, 1864— to 1st Sergt. Nov. 1, 1864— com. 2d Lt. June 3, 1865— not mustered —discharged by General Order, June 7, 1865. Transferred to 169th Co., 2d batt., Vet. Reserve Corps, Feb. 15, 1864— discharged by G. O., July 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Pr. fr. Cor. Nov. 1, '64— mus. out with Co. May 29, '65. Pr. fr. Cor. Nov. 1, '64— mus. out with Co. May 29 '65. Pr. fr. Cor. Nov. 1, '64— mus. out with Co. May 29, '65. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862— dis- charged by General Order, March 1, 1864. Tr. to Co. G, 18th reg. Vet. Reserve Corps, Feb. 15, 1864— discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Pr. to Cor., Nov. 1, 1863— disch. by G. O. June 16, '65. Pr. to Cor. Nov. 1, '63— mus. out with Co. May 29, '65. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862— discharged on Surgeon's certificate, May 5, 1863. Pr. to Cor. April 1, 1864— disch. by G. O. May 15, 1865. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Died of wounds rec d at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 27!. 1863. Promoted to Principal Musician, March 1, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, January 20, 1863. 68 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. Ash, Thaddeus Brothers, Frank Buttermore, William, Blake, Wesley Brier, George Brothers, Geo. W . . . Brinker, Simon P . . , Beal, William S Byers, Harrison . Bare, Adam G Berg, Samuel Brothers, Cyrus Bostler, Manuel .... Coleman, George W Cole, Cyrus Campbell, John G.. Cunningham, G. W Cramer, Enos R. . Culp, John Cramer, Adam G . Cramer, Samuel . . . Durstein, Henry S. Ebersole, John W. Finefrock, Samuel. Gallatin, Albert. . . Guist, William Gettama, Noah House, Joseph ... . Hanger, Harrison . Hokenshell, David. Horner, Myers. . . . Hartman, John .... Hurst, William Y.. Hokenshell, Samuel Hays, Abraham H Hubbs, James. Keihl, Amos Kelly, Charles C... Kowen, Samuel Kepple, Michael G. Loucks, Martin S.. Leaher, Jacob C Marmie, Peter Moody, John N. Malone, Shephard . Muraan, Daniel . . . Music, Samuel Music, Philip May, Levi B Niderhiser, Samuel Nickols, Oliver Nidrow, Thomas. Pool, Alexander . Rowen, Peter Ruff, Israel M... Reese, John W. . . Sullenbarger, George Sible, Jacob Sharrow, Daniel. Shunk, Benjamin Smith, Samuel M. Private. ... do.. . ..do .. ...do .. ... do.. . ...do .. . ...do.. ... do.. .. do.. ...do .. . .. do.. ...do.. ...do .. .do . .do . .do . .do . do . do . do. .do , .do. .do . .do. .do. .do . .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do . .do. .do . .do. do. .do . .do. .do . do. .do. .do . do. .do. do. .do. .do . .do. .do . ..do . do. .do. .do. .do. ..do. .do . .do. .do . Mustered into Service Aug. 26, '62. Aug. 26. Aug. 28, Aug. 26. Aug. 28 Aug. 28 Aug. 26 Aug. 26 Aug. 26 Aug. 26 Aug. 26 Aug. 26 Aug. 26. Aug. 26 Aug. 26. Aug. 26 Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug, 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 26, Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Aug. 26 Aug. 26 Aug. 28, Aug. 26, Aug. 28, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Aug. 26, Remarks. Killed at North Anna River, May 23, 1863— buried in Nat. Cem., Richmond, Va., sec 6, div. 3, grave 40. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29. 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865.^ Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 14, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 16, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, August 12, 1864. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 24, 1864. Died Dec. 29, of wounds rec. at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862— buried in Mil. Asy. Cem., D. C. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Nov. 9, 1863. Tr. to Veteran Reserve Corps, September 25, 1863. Tr. to Veteran Reserve Corps, September 25, 1863. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Di2d of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va.. December 13, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— buried in National Cemetery, section B. grave 63. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 22, 1863. Tr. to Veteran Reserve Corps, May 3, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon s certificate, Dec. 17, 1862. Tr. to Vetaran Reserve Corps, November 25, 1863. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 18G5. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. 28, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 7, 1863. Tr. to Veteran Reserve Corps, Feb. 15, 1863. Died Jan. 13, 1863, of wounds received at Fredericks- burg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Died Jan. 18— burial rec. Jan. 12, 1863— of wounds rec. at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862 — buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Died at Washington, D. C., Jan. 24, 1864 — buried in Military Asylum Cemetery. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Tr. to Veteran Reserve Corps. Feb. 15, 1863. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 20, 1864. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Jan. 7, 1S63— discharged by General Order, July 5, 1865. Died at Belle Plain, Va., January 1, 1863, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864— absent, in hospital, at muster out. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 24, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 27, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 2. 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. 26, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Sept. 25. 1863. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Died January 16, 1863 — burial record, Jan. g. 1863 — of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va.. Dec. 13, 1862 — buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 6 9 Name. Rank. Mustered into Servioe. Remarks. Sullenbarger, Leo'd . Private.. do . . . Aug. 26, '62, Aug. 26, '62, Aug. 26, '62, Aug. 26, '62, Aug. 26, '62, Aug. 26, '62, Aug. 26, '62, Aug. 26, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 26, '62, Aug. 26. '62, Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Sept. 25, 1863. Died July 24, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Died at Washington, D. C M April 21, 1865 — buried in National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged by General Order, July 15, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 25, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 9, 1863. Swain, Franklin ....do... do .. Thompson, John Thomas, Samuel .. . . .. .do... ....do... . ..do ... ....do ... . . . . do . . . Washabach, Jacob . . . Waltz, Jacob B do... ....do ... Zuck, David ...do... Company C. John H. Boyts . . Henry G. Elder. Jacob R. Walter . Nath. O. Hinchman. Charles F. Hunter. . John J. Hoffman. Franklin Boyts . . Daniel Young Jacob Phillipi Benj. F. Harcomb. . Augustus Davis Samuel H. Brougher Norman Phillippi . . . Wesley Humbert . . . Samuel Gerhart.. Simon Pile Jonas Mayers Jacob Bitner Jacob S. Nichelson. Jerome B. Knable . Joseph Bitner George Snyder .... Charles Elder Ansell, Michael — Ansell, David- Boyts, Benjamin. . Bowlby, Samuel . . . Berkey, Elijah H . Boyts, Hiram Beyers, John Cunningham, J. C. . Cupp, Hiram Cupp, Isaiah Dumbauld. Frederick Forespnng, Garret . . Faith, William Firestone, Michael A. Gray, Henry Growall, Anthony — Growall, Peter . Henry, Joshua.. Captain do .. 1st Lt. zd Lt. . 1st Sgt . .do ... Sergeant ...do... ...do... ...do... ...do... ....do... Corporal ....do... ...do . ...do... ...do... ...do... ...do ... ...do ... ..do.. Musician . do . . . Private. . . ...do... ....do... . ..do.. ...do... ...do.. ...do.. ...do. ...do. . . do . ..do. ...do. ..do . ...do. ...do. ..do. do. ..do. Aug. 27, '62, Aug. 27, 't>2, Aug. 27, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, 62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 26, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug.. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, ■62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, •62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, 02, Aug. 26, 62, Aug. 25, 62, Aug. 30, '64. Aug. 26, 62, Aug. 26, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 22, 1863. Pr. fr. 1st Lt. Feb. 22, 1863— Bv. Maj. March 3, 1865— Bv. Lt. Col. April 2, 1865— wd. at Five Forks, Va., April 1, 1865— com. Major, May 16, 1865 — not mus. — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Pr. from 2d Lieut. Feb. 22, 1863— com. Captain— not mustered — wd. at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863 — mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Pr. from Sgt. June 2, 1863 — discharged March 23, 1864. Pr. to 1st Sgt. March 1, 1864— com. 1st Lt.— not mus- tered — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged Dec. 28, 1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864— absent, in hospital, at muster out. Com. 2d Lt. — not mus. — disch. by G. O., May 25, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged Feb. 25, 1863. Disch. for wds. rec. at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1863. Died at Philadelphia, Pa., April 4, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— tr. to 59th Co., 2d Batt. V. R. C— disch. by G. O., April 20, r 6 5 . Captured at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864— died at Andersonville, Ga., Sept. 17, 1864— grave 9005. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged Jan. 27, 1863. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, Dec. 13, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, Dec. 31, 1863. Died December 26, 1862. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865, Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged Feb. 18, 1863. Died Jan. 5, 1863— buried in Mil. Asy. Cemetery, D. C. Died at Washington, D. C, Aug. 28, 1864. Died October 24, 1862— buried in National Cemetery, 'Antietam, Md., section 26, lot C, grave 234. Tr. to Co. B, 14th reg. Vet. Res. Corps, July 24, 1863— discharged by General Order, June 26, 1865. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Died September 12, 1862. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged February 26, 1863. Tr. to 95th Co., 2d batt., Vet. Reserve Corps, Dec. 17, 1863— discharged by General Order, Aug. 24, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Tr. to 169th Co., 2d batt., Vet. Reserve Corps, Feb. 15, 1864— discharged by General Order, July 3, 186^,. Died December 16, 1862. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. Hart, Jacob Heinbaugh, John . . . Hoover, John Hartman, Aaron P.. Horner, Daniel J Harsberger, Jacob . . Hemminger, Alex Kimmel, John Kreger, Jacob King, Harrison Levingston, J. W... Levingston, Levi Lee, Perry. Miller, Gillian . . Miner, Martin . . Moore, Peter . . . Miller, Daniel J, May, Daniel Markel, Ringold.. Nedrow, Joseph . . Nicola, Samuel .. . Nicola, Simon . . .-. Nickolson, Adam . Nickler, William. . Nickler, David Pile, Peter Pile, George... Pile, William .. Pntts, Jacob.. . Rector, Washington Rose, Jackson Rayman, Jeremiah. . Rose, Henry Rose, John Shelly, Samuel Shauhs, Simon. . . . Stutzman, Elias . . . Sullivan, Irvin Smith, David Trimpey, John Vought, John Wable, Foster C. Welfley, Peter. . . . Weimer, David . . . Yoder, Samuel B. Zufal, Aaron . . Zufal, Jacob Private. ...do.. ...do.. .do. .do . .do. ...do. ...do. ...do. ...do . ...do. ...do. ...do. ...do. ..do. ...do. ...do. ..do. ..do. .do. .do . .do . .do . .do . .do. .do. .do. .do . .do . .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do . .do . .do. .do . .do . .do. .do . ...do. do. . do . ...do. ...do . Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 26, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62. Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 26, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62. Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 26, '62. Aug. 26, '62 Aug. 25, '62. Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62. Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25,, '02 Aug. 25, 62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62. Aug. 26, '62 Aug. 26, '62 Aug. 26, '62 Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864— discharged by General Order, June 2, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged February 23, 1864. Transferred to Co. I, 22d reg. V. R. C, Oct. 17, 1864— discharged by General Order, July 3, 1865. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged April 22, 1863. Kihed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— transferred to V. R. C— discharged July 17, 1865. Died May 27, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Transferred to Co. D, 18th reg. V. R. C, July 27, 1863 — discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865. Died February 14, 1863. Killed at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865— buried in Poplar Grove Nat. Cem., div. D, sec. B, grave 43. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Absent, in hospital, at muster out. M ssmg in action at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Died at Alexandria, Va., of wounds received at Fred- ericksburg, December 13, 1862. Deserted July 22, 1863. Absent, in hospital, at muster out. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged January 26, 1864. Transferred to 96th Co., 2d batt., V. R. C, Dec. 17, 1863— discharged by General Order, Aug. 24, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged December 23, 1863. Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Feb. 15, 1864. Transferred to Co. H, 10th reg. V. R. C, Jan. 18, 1864 —discharged by General Order, June 27, 1865. Died December 30, 1862. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865.' Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Deserted October 2, 1862. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Died January 11, 1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864 — discharged by General Order, June g, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Disch. for wds. rec'd at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va.. December 13, 1862. Company D. Adam Grimm. . . Noah Bowman . Samuel S. Swank. Noah S. Miller.... Captain . ...do.. 1st Lt . . . , ...do... Aug. 29, '62, Aug. 22, '62, Aug. 29, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— discharged on Surgeon's certificate, April 17, 1864. Pr. to Sgt., August 27. 1862— to 1st Sgt., Feb. 1, 1863— to i&l Lt., July 31, 1864— to Captain, Sept. 21, 1864— wounded at frive Forks, Va., April 1, 1865— absent, in hospital, at muster out. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— discharged by special order, February 12, 1864. Pr. to i&t Sgt., Aug. 27, 1862— to 2d Lt., Jan. n, 1863— to 1st Lt. March 5, 1864— com. Captain, April 20, 1864 —not mustered— discharged by G. O., July 30, 1864. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 71 Name. Charles H. Ferner. Henry Stewart . . . Oliver P. Shaver . W. E. Zimmerman. James F. Stanton _ . Noah Koontz Jacob G. Mishler Henry Mishler Adam Shafer . David Gohn . . Wm. A. Johnson Charles Lohr David J. Levingston Jacob Barnt Isaac Miller Noah W. Shafer Isaac N. Dibert Dallas M. Unger . . . Ackerman, George . Bissell, Emanuel Bissell, John H Barnt, Charles Boyer t John Barnt, Levi Berkey, Joseph Berkey, Obiah Barnt, Perry Caldenbaugh, Jos. . . Custer, Adam Crissey, Hezekiah . . Custer, Jonas Cook, Pirls Delany, Daniel . . . Dull, George Dickey, John Farrel, Leonard . . Fry, Jeremiah Gohn, Noah Griffith, Wesley . Helsel, Edward Horner, Henry Helsel, Martin Hammer, Joseph D. Kimmel, Rash.., Lohr, Harrison . . Lohr, Benjamin . Lohr, George Lohr, Josiah. Rank. 1st Lt . 2d Lt. . 1st Sgt . Sergeant ....do... Corporal ... do. . .do .do ...do. ...do. ...do. ...do. ...do. ...do. Musician do... Private.. ....do... ....do... ....do... ....do.'.. Mustered into Service. .do .do .do .do .do .do .do .do .do ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do ..do.. ..do.. ..do.. ..do.. ...do. ...do. ...do. ...do. Aug. 27, '62. Aug. 2g, '62 Aug. 22, '62. Aug. 22, '62 Aug*. 22, '62 Aug. Aug. Aug. 22, Aug. Aug. 23, Aug, 23, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 27, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 25, Aug. 22. Aug. 22, Aug, 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22, Aug. 22,, '62 Aug. 27, '62 Aug. 27, 62 -do. Aug. 27. Aug. 22. Aug. 27, '62 Aug. 23, '62 Aug. 22, '62 Aug. 22, '62 Aug. 22, '62 Aug. 27, '62 Aug. 22, '62 Aug. 22, '62. Aug. 22, '62. Aug. 22, '62, Aug. 22, '62. Aug. 22, '62. Aug. 27, '62 Aug. 22, '62 Aug. 22, '62 Aug. 22, '62 Aug. 22, '62 Aug. 22, '62 Aug. 27, '62, Remarks. Pr. to Sergt. August 27, 1862— to 1st Sgt. Aug. 1, 1864— to ist Lieut. Sept. 21, 1864— mustered out with com- pany, May 29, 1865. Discharged January 10, 1863. Pr. to Corporal, Aug. 27, 1862— to Sgt. Feb. 1, 1863— to 1st Sergt. Jan. 1, 1865— com. 2d Lieut.— not mustered — mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Pr. to Cor. August 27, 1862— to Sergt. Nov. 12, 1862 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Pr. to Sergt. Aug. 27, 1862— captured at Chapel C. H., Va., October 1, 1864— discharged by General Order, June 13, 1865. Pr. to Corporal, March 12, 1863— to Sgt. Nov. 1, 1864— mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Pr. to Cor. Mar. 12, 1863— absent, sick, at muster out. Pr. to Cor. June 30, 1863 — wounded at Dabney's Mills, Va., Feb. 6, 1865— discharged by G. O., May 13, 1865. Pr. to Cor. June 30, 1863— absent, sick, at muster out. Pr. to Cor. Nov. 1, 1864— wounded at Dabney's Mills, Va., Feb. 6, 1865— absent, sick, at muster out. Promoted to Corporal, August 27, 1862 — discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 8, 1864. Promoted to Corporal, August 27, 1862 — discharged on Surgeon's certificate, April 8, 1863. Pr. to Cor. June 30, 1863— disch. —date unknown— for wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Pr. to Cor. Sept. 1, 1863— died at Washington, D. C, June 3, of wds. rec'd at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64. Promoted to Corporal, Mar. 12, 1863— missing inaction at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Promoted to Corporal — date unknown— missing in action at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Absent, on detached service, at muster out. Deserted October 26, 1862. Absent, on detached service, at muster out. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Absent, on detached service, at muster out. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 24, 1863— burial record, died April 6, 1863— buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, June 1, 186^. Missing in action at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 62. Deserted September 3, 1862.- Never mustered. Absent, on detached service, at muster out. Tr. to Co. C, 18th regiment V. R. C— discharged by General Order, July 10, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon s certificate, June 1, 1863. Tr. to Co. A, 1st regiment V R. C, May 22, 1863— discharged by General Order, July 14, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865., Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 4, 1863. Absent, on detached service, at muster out. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Died February 14, 1863. Died at Smoketown, Md., Dec. 16, 1862— buried in National Cemetery, Antietam, section 26, lot B, grave 215. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Died at Washington, D. C, Jan. 11, 63— burial record, Dec. 24, 1862— buried in Military Asylum Cemetery. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— died Sept. o x863— buried in National Cemetery, Louden Park, Baltimore, Md. Deserted October 4, 1862. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Nov. 28, 1863. Died July 31, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Deserted September 25, 1862. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. Name. Miller, Isaiah Miller, Samuel J Miller, Josiah Miller, Christian M. Minor, Ephraim Miller, Henry J Miller, Renel Miller, Joseph Miller, Gillian M'Kinley, Lee H. Pepley, David Rushenberger, J no. Ringler, Harrison . . Reel, John Rodgers, Williams . Rodgers, Franklin . Ripple, Valentine. . . Rininger, William . . Suter,' William Speicher, William J. Swank, Jacob Summers, Joshua . . . Shafer, Adam B. . . Summers, Michael . Statler, Hiram H. . Sipe, Jacob Specht, Joseph Thomas, George C. Taft, James W. Woods, John E. Wilt, Jeremiah. . Yoder, Isaac. . . . Rank. Private. ...do .. ...do .. ...dc ...do .. ...do .. ...do .. ...do .. ...do .. .do. .do. .do. .do . .do . .do. .do . .do . do . .do . .do . .do. .do. .do . .do . .do. .do . .do . .do . .do . .do . Mustered into Service. Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 27 Aug. 22 Aug. 27 Aug. Aug. 22. Aug. 22. Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 27 Aug. 22 Aug. Aug. 27. Aug. 22. Aug. 22, Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 27 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug. 22 Aug, 22 Remarks. Absent, on detached service, at muster out. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 18, 1862. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate. May 14, 1863. Transferred to V. R. C, Nov. 7, 1864. Transferred to V. R. C, October 17, 1864 Transferred to Signal Corps, Nov. 10 1863. Died November 19, 1864. Killed at Hatcher's- Run, Va., Oct. 27, 1864. Died July 29, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa. T July 1, 1863. Died Aug. 10, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa M July 1, 1863. Killed at Petersburg*, Va., June 24. 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Absent, on detached service, at muster out. Absent, on detached service, at muster out. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Absent, on detached service, at muster out. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Tr. to Co. F, 18th reg. Veteran Reserve Corps, June 1, 1864— disch. by General Order, June 27, 1865, Absent, on detached service, at muster out. Discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Wounded at Dabney's Mills, February 6, 1865 — absent, in hospital, at muster out. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 24, 1863. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, May 10, 1864. Died July 2, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Died at Washington, D. C, Jan. 17, 1863 — buried in Military Asylum Cemetery. Missing in action at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Tr. to Veteran Reserve Corps— date unknown. Died July 31, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July i, 1863 — buried in Nat. Cem., sec. B, grave 76. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Deserted September 25, 1862. Died at Belle Plain, Va., February 16, 1863. Company E. John A. Owens Charles R. Evans. .. Andrew G. Tucker . Isaac S. Kerstetter . Scott Clingan Alfred Hayes . . Samuel Brown. John V. Miller. Reuben B. Fessler. . Thos. P. Wagner . . . Thomas R. Orwig . . Isaac J. Kerstetter. . Isaac F. Brown... John Gellinger Benj. W. Minium. Henry C. Penny. . Captain ...do .: 1st Lt. . ....do .. 1st Sgt. . ...do ... Sergeant .do . .do . ....do ... Corporal .do . .do . Aug. 30, Aug. 30, '62, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, Aug. 28, '62, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, Aug. 28, '62, '62, Aug. 28, Aug. 28, '62. '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, Aug. 28, '62, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 29, 1864. Pr. fr. 1st Lt. March 21, 1863— wd. at Gettysburg, Pa., July i, 1863 — mus. out with company, May 29, 1865. Promoted from 2d Lieut. March 21, 1863 — died July 5, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Pr. to 1st Sergt. Oct. 29, 1862— to 2d Lieut. April 10, 1863 — to 1st Lieut. Nov. 16, 1863 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Pr. to 1st Sergt. April 10, 1863— com. 2d Lieut. July 2, 1863 — not mus.— wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July i, 1863 — mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Oct. 22, 1862. Promoted to Sergeant, October 29, 1862 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Pr. to Sergt. Oct. 29, 1862— wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 2, '64— mustered out with Co., May 2g, '65. Pr. to Sgt. June 1, 1863— mus. out with Co. May 29, '65' Captured at Chapel C. H., Va., October 1, 1864— dis- charged by General Order, May 29, 1865. Died at Washington, D. C, November 30, 1862. Pr. to Cor. Oct. 29, 1862— wd. at Spottsylvania C. H , Va., May 12, '64— mus. out with Co., May 29, 186s. Pr. to Cor. Oct. 29, 1862— wd. at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862 — mustered out with Co., May 29 186s' Pr. to Cor. March, 1864— mus. out with Co. May 20 '6? Promoted to Corporal, June 8, 1864— mustered out will! company, May 29, 1865. Captured at Chapel C. H., Va., October 1, 1864— dis- charged by General Order, May 29, 1865. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 73 Nam b. John H. Martin. William Keifer . Nathaniel Strahan . Henry M. Speicht. . Jacob H. Rankes .. Samuel Moyer William Geibel Hunter B. Barton... Ammon, William L. Armagast, Peter. Baker, George. . . Boyer, Solomon. Boope, George E.. Campbell, Reuben.. Donachy, William L Deibert, John P Dellinger, John S . . . Fetter, Adam Fangboner, Theo. . . Fullmer, William H.. Fees, David Farley, John Fetler, David. Gellinger, Jackson. Gibboney, Jacob B. Gundy, James P... Hoffman, Noah Hoffman, Henry W. Hoffman, John Hartman, Har'n R. . Corporal .do... .do . .do. ...do ... Musician ....do... Private.. Hoffman, Solomon B. Houghton, Thomas.. Jamison, David Koser, Uriah Koser, William . Kline, John.. .. KHng, John LeFevre, Frank P. Lenhart, Jacob Marr, James Moyer, John N Moser, Jacob — Moser, Jeremiah. Martin, Henry. .. Martin, Daniel. Moyer, Levi H. Minium, John A. .. Morris, A. Judson.. .do., .do .. .do.. .do. ...do. ..do. ...do. ...do. ...do. ...do. ..do. ...do. ...do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do . .do . Mustered into Service. ..do. ..do. ..do. ..do. ..do. ..do. ..do . ..do. ..do . ..do. . do. ...do. ...do. .do.. .do. .do. ...do. ..do. Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '6z, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Disch. Jan. 8, 1863,' for wounds received at Fredericks- burg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— tr. to Vet- eran Reserve Corps, March 18, 1864. Tr. to Veteran Reserve Corps, Sept. 30, 1863. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— tr. to Vet- eran Reserve Corps, February 15, 1864. Died June 1, of wounds received at Spottsylvania C. H.. Va., May 12, 1864— buried in National Cemetery, Arlington. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Mustered out wkh company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate. May 16, 1863. Discharged January 16, 1865, for wounds received at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Wounded at North Anna River. Va., May 23, 1864— absent, in hospital, at muster out. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec, 13, 1862, and at Spottsylvania C. H., May 10, 1864— mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Transferred to 51st company, 2d battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, November 15, 1863— discharged by General Order, Aug. 28, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Killed at Catlett's Station, Va., Nov. 30, 1863. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged April 8, 1864, for wounds received at Fred- ericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Died of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon s certificate, May 19, 1863. Discharged May 5, 1863, for wounds received at Fred- ericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged February 28, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Discharged April 13, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— discharged on Surgeon's certificate, September 4, 1864. Died of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., Decembc 13, 1862. Discharged April 9, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Died at Warrenton, Va., November, 1862. Died of wounds received at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Died at Acquia Creek, Va., Jan. 22, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 19, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged January 29, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864. Died of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Died at Sharpsburg, Md., Nov. 24, 1862— buried in National Cemetery, Antietam, section 26, lot B, grave 224. . Died of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Died of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va„ December 13, 1862. Captured at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. Dropped from rolls— date unknown. 74 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. M'Bride, Daniel . . Pontius, Henry B. Reichley, George. Reish, George .... Raboss, John Rank, Samuel Renner, William L. . Raboss, Henry Renner, Levi . Root, David Smith, Henry M. Sechler, William R. Shaffer, Jeremiah Sho waiter, John W.. Steinmetz, Philip Smith, Henry C . Smith, Michael . . . Sraham, James C Shields, William . Stettler, Henry . . . Stapleton, George . Stuck, Henry Stitzer, Samuel Sortman, Daniel. . Wolfe, Emanuel . Wilson, Robert M. Wolfe, William H. Wynn, Thomas . . . Rank. Private. .do .do .do do .do .do .do .do ■do . ..do . ..do . ..do .do .do do., .do .do . .do. .do. .do . ...do ...do ...do .do . .do. Mustered into Service. Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Aug. 28, '62, Discharged January 24, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged Feb. 26, 1865, for wounds received at Petersburg, Va., June, 1864. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 14, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 4. 1863. Accidentally killed, March 24, 1865— buried in Poplar Grove, National Cemetery, Petersburg, Va., division C, section H, grave 31. Died at Richmond, Va., February 23, 1863, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Died at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863. Wounded at Chapel C. H., Va., Oct. 1, 1864— mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Wounded at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 10, 1864— mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged May 9, 1863, for wounds received at Fred- ericksburg, Va... December 13, 1862. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 20, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 9, 1864. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 19, 1863. Promoted to Sergeant Major, March 1, 1864. Died at Washington, D. C., October 12, 1862— burial record, Oct. 7, 1864 — buried in Military Asylum Cem. Died July 26, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Died of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Died at Washington, D. C, May 30, of wounds re- ceived at North Anna River, Va., May 23, 1864 — buried in National Cemetery, Arlington. Deserted December 15, 1862. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1S65. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862 — transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, July 21, 1863. Deserted December 15, 1862. Company F. Fran's A. Edmonds. Albert Heffley Josiah Lepley George J. Gordill. . . Cyrus P. Heffley.... Jacob J. Zorn Jacob B. Lepley . John Denton.. Martin Caton . Samuel Hoon. Parker Diveley Joseph Smith Jacob Wellington . . Henry Stuck Captain ....do .. 1st Lt . . 2d Lt.. ... do.. 1st Sgt. . ...do .. Sergeant . .. do ... ....do ... ....do ... Corporal Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, "62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Discharged November r, 1862. Pr. fr. 1st Lt., Nov. 1, '62— disch. by G. O., May 19, '65. Promoted from private, April 9, 1863— com. Capt.— not mus. — mus. out with company. May 29, 1865. Com, 1st Lt. Nov. 1, '62— not mus.— disch. Mar. 31, '63, for wds. rec'd at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Pr. fr. Cor. to Sgt. Sept. 1, '62— to 2d Lt. Apr. 19. 1863— captured— returned— wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863 — discharged by S. O., May 15, 1865. Pr. fr. Sgt. May 25, 1864 — com. 1st Lt.— not mustered— mustered out with company, May 20, 1865. Died May 24, of wounds received at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Pr. fr, Cor. Nov. 27, 1863 — com. 2d Lt. — not mustered —mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Pr. to Cor. November 27, 1863— to Sgt. Oct. 22, 1864 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Deserted October t, 1862. Pr. to Cor. Nov. 27, 1863— pris. from May 5, 1864, to Feb. 28, 1865— discharged by G. O. June 5, 1865. Pr. to Cor. Oct. 22, '64— mus. out with Co., May 29, '65. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 75 Name. Benjamin Hay. . . . Samuel Boose . . . Chauncey Dickey Adam Cook . — Samuel J. Bittner. Herraoh Fritz . . Henry Bittner . . Hiram Sturtz . . Christopher Speicher Hermon Johnson . Charles Flato.. William H. Platte Atchison, William Bowman, Chauncey. Beal, Jacob N , Blachart, Jeremiah Bridegum, Henry. Bisel, Benjamin . . , Braugher, Jeremiah Broucher, Gillian . Boyer, Anthony . Chnstner, Jacob . . . Caton, William . . . Caton, Elias . . . Coleman, Francis. . Dickey, William. Dickey, Alexander. Exline, Emanuel. . Fogle, George. . . Fisner, Tobias Fritz, Uriah Glessner, George . Griffith, Andrew. . . Groff, John A ... Heffley, Zacharias . Heckman, Daniel.. Hay, John Hoover, Charles... Hittie, William . . . Hay, Henry Hogle, Francis . . . Hartz, Henry Hentz, William Hersh, Francis Keller, Joshua. . Keller, Justus . . . Leidig, William M. Leidig, Jonathan . Murdic, Alexander. Mosholder, Joseph. Muhlenberg, Chas. Miller, Charles. Mason, Joseph E , . Mull, Peter Miller, Joseph . Parker, Andrew . . Queer, Levi ... Ringler, Alexander Rumiser, Henry . . , Rayman, William Corporal .do. do , .do. do . .do. .. .do... . . do . . do .., Musici'n .. -do . ..do , Private.. do., .do.. do.. . do . . .do.. . do . . . .do ... do... do. .do. .do. do. do. .do. . do . .do: .do. .do . .do. .do .do. do. .do, .do .do. do. do. .do. .do . .do. do , do. .do. do . Mustered into Service. Aug. 29, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25 ,■ '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25. '62, Sept. g, '64, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 29, '62, Sept. i8, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Sept. 9, '64, Aug. 25, 62, Aug. 26, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Remarks. do... Aug. 25, '62, do Aug. 25, '(12 do . Aug. 25, '62 do... Aug. 29, '62 do.. Aug 25, '62 do .. Aug 25, '62 do.. Aug. 25, '62 do.. Aug. 25, '62 do... Aug. 25, '62 do... Aug. 25, 62 do... Aug. 25, '62, do.. Aug. 25, '62 do.. Aug. 25, '62 ■Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 29, '62, Aug. 25, '62, Aug. 25, Aug. 25, Aug. 25, Aug. 25, Aug. 25, Aug. 25, Aug. 25, Aug, 25, '62 Aug. 25, '62. Aug. 2g, '62, Aug. 25, 'b2. Aug. 25, '02 Aug. 25, '02 Aug. 25, 02, Aug. 25, 62, Pr. to Cor. Oct. 22, 1864— wounded at Five Forks, Va., April 1, 1865— discharged by G. O., June 3, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon s certificate, Nov. 17, 1862. Pr. to Cor. Nov. 27, 1863— disch. by G. O., May 17, '6j. Tr. to Veteran Reserve Corps, July 27, 1863. Transferred to Company D, nth reg. V. R. C, May i\ 1864— discharged by General Order. July 7, 1865. Died December 14, of wounds received at Fredericks- burg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Died at Warrenton, Va., November 14, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Deserted January 21, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 19, 1863. Captured— di^d at Anderson vi lie, Ga., Jan. 25, 1865— grave 12520. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Absent, sick, at muster out. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 13, 1864. Tr. to Veteran Reserve Corps — date unknown. Captured— died at Andersonville, Ga., Oct. 22, 1864— grave 11222. Deserted January 20, 1863. Deserted January 20, 1863. Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps— date unknown- discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon s certificate, Dec. 13, 1864. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Killed at Spottsylvania C. H., Va.,' May 11, 1864. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Transferred to Co. K, 14th reg. Vet. R. C— date un known— disch by General Order, June 28. 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate. Dec. 7, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Prisoner from August 21, 1864, to March 2, 1865 — dis- charged by General Order, June 6, 1865. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa., July , 1863— died at Andersonville, Ga , Oct. ig, 1864. Discharged by General Order, May 25, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 16, 1863. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, July 24, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon s certificate, March 9, 1863. Discharged by General Order, May 17, 1865. Discharged by General Order, May 17, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon s certificate, Sept. 12. 1863. Tr. to Co. F, 9th reg. Vet. Res. Corps, Nov. 29, 1863— discharged by General Order, June 26, 1865. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, July 24, 1863. Tr. to Co. I, 4th reg. Vet. Res. Corps, Jan. 21. 1865— discharged by General Order, July 15, 1865. Tr. to Co. B, 14th reg. Vet. Res. Corps, Sept. 18, 1864 —discharged by General Order, July 21, 1865. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Captured— died at Andersonville, Ga., Oct. 19, 1864 — bu. in Lawton Nat. Cem., Milien, sec. A, grave 274. Transferred to Signal Corps, October. 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Jan. 1, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July 7, 1864. Promoted to Hospital Steward, May 1, 1863. Died at Brooks' Station, Vifc, Nov. 25, 1862. Deserted October 1, 1862. Killed at Dabney's Mills, Va., February 6, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Tr, to Co. C, 24th reg. Vet, Res. Corps, July 1, 1864 — discharged by General Order, June 28, 1865. Killed at Dabney's Mills, Va M February 6, 1865. 76 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. Name. Rank. Mustered into Service. Private.. Aug. 25, "62, Ream, Joseph ...do.. Aug. 25, •62, Suder, Henry. . . . ..do ... Aug. 29, 62, ....do.. Aug. 25, '62, Spangy, William . . . do . . . Aug. 25, '62, Sweitzer, James .... .. do... Aug. 25, '62, Shoemaker, Anan's. . •. do . . Aug. 25, '62, Sellers, Augustus . . do . . Aug. 25, '62, Steinberg, Moses . . . do.. Aug. 25, '62, Scritchfield, Jesse. . . ...do Aug. 25, '62, Shafer, John .. do.. Aug. 29, '62, Sivits, Joseph . ... . .do.. Aug. 25, '62, Stewart, Henry . . . ... do . . Aug. 25, '62, Schram, Henry . . . .. do .. Aug. 25, '62, Steiner, John ...do.. Aug. 25, '62, Slaybauch, Henry . . ....do.. Sept. 9, '64, Walker, Zachariah. . . do Aug. 25, 'f>2, Walker, Joseph . ...do. Aug. 25, '62. Weimer, John . . do . Aug. 25, 'IS?, Will, Charles J ... do. Aug. 25, '62, Will, George do .. Aug. 25, 62, Wolford, John . ....do.. Aug. 25, 62, Ware, Henry ...do . Aug. 29, '62, Remarks. Tr. to 169th Co., 2d batt., V. R. Corps, Mar. 27, 1864- discharged by General Order, July 3, 1865. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Absent, sick, at muster out. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered <. 1 1 with company, May 29, 1865. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa.; July i, 1863. Deserted Nov. 18, 1862. Deserted October 1, 1862. Deserted August 25, 1863. Never joined company. Absent, sick, at muster out. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1S65. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Tr. to Co. D, 18th reg. V. R. Corps, August 15, 1863- discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865. Tr. to Co. B, 19th reg. Vet. Res. Corps, Sept. 19, 1864- discharged by General Order, July 13, 1865. Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps. March 28, 1865- discharged by General Order, July 28, 1865. Company G. Wm. K. Haviland. Cicero H. Drake. . . Charles P. Orvis. B. T. Huntsman... George La Bar Josiah Heckman.. Amzi La Bar Jacob F. William Aaron Smith. . . . . Levi C. Drake . . John R. Miller... Jackson Eberitt. . Peter F. Wagner Justus Gimble . , . Henry Palmer Matthew G. Allegar. Edward Brandis. Jas. D. Connelly. Theodore Fenner James Ferguson.. Jervis Ney. N. S. Vanauken . Captain . do ., 1st Lt.. . . do . 2d Lt.. . 1st Sgt. .do .. . do ... Sergeant ....do... . do. . ..do. . Corporal . . do... ..do .. do . do . do . do. do. do. Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, 62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Transferred to 14th reg. Vet. Reserve Corps, May 1, 1863— discharged August 20, t866. Pr. from Sgt. to 2d Lt. April 1, 1863— to Capt. May 13, 1865— mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Com. Captain, Dec. 14, 1863— n >t mustered— promoted to Adjutant, December 19, 1863. Promoted from Sergeant to 1st Lieut. May 3, 1864 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged by special order, October 24, 1862. Pr. to Cor. May 29, 1863— to Sgt. Dec. 30, 1863— to 1st Sergt. Feb. 6, 1865— com. 2d Lieut. — not mustered— mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July t, 1863. Pr. to Sergt. May 25, 1863— to 1st Sgt. June 30, 1864— killed at Dabney's Mills, Va., February 6, 1865. Pr. to Cor. May 29, 1863— to Serg\ October 31, 1864 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Pr. to Cor. Dec. 30, 1863— to Sergeant Oct. 31, 1864— mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Pr. to Cor. March 18, 1864— to Sergeant Feb. 28, 1865— mustered out with company. May* 29, 1865. Discharged January 22, 1865, for wounds received at North Anna River, Va., May 23, 1864. Pr. to Cor. Oct. 31, '64— mus. out with Co,, May 29, '65. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Nov. 13, 1863. Pr. to Cor. May 25, 1863— wounded at Gettysburg, Pa,, July 1, 1863— tr. to 3d Co., 2d batt., V. R. C— date unknown — discharged August 16, 1865. Pr. to Cor. May 25, 1863— died August 6, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Promoted to Corporal, May 25, 1863— killed at Gettys- burg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Died at Washington, D. C, Jan. 12, 1863, of wounds received at Fredericksburg. Va., December 13, 1862— buried in Military Asylum Cemetery. Died at Washington, D. C, Jan, 29, 1863, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Died at Brooks' Station, Va., Nov. 25, 1862. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 77 Name. Oliver Pitney John B. Lawrence . Silas Hanna Arnst, James D. Amick, Daniel . Blowers, Elijah Benson, Peter . . Bellis, Linford D.. Bellis, Lewis Bradshaw, James. Burch, Edwin Bensley, Charles.. Bellis, Amos Compton, John Countryman, Dan'l. Crock, William T.. Connelly, Philip D. Delong, Elmer H.. Devitt, William D. Eberitt, Edwin R.. Feller, Balser Frable, James Fenner, Jeffrey Gearhart, Edwin R. Garris, Amos Hoover, James . Howey, Moses.. Howey, Amos . . Huff, James Hull, Benjamin Hickman, Jos. F. . . Jaggers, Joseph L. , Knecht, Jacob Kresge, Steward. . Kresge, Joseph . . , Knecht, Henry Layton, Morris H.. La Bar, Levi La Bar, Linford . . , Meeker, David H . Metz, John Marsh, Abraham B. Nuttall, Joseph Mustered into Service. Neauman, Thos. W. Neauman, Charles . . Overleigh, Albert. . . Row, Philip Rinker, Joseph . .. Shinnerling, C. F. Small, John Smith, Omer B.... Smith, George, Jr. Stein, Ephraim . . Strunk, Theodore. Strunk, Jeremiah . .do. do. .do. .do . .do. .do. .do. .do. .do . do . .do. .do . .do. .do. .do . .do. ..do . ..do. ..do. ..do. ..do. ..do. ..do . .do. .do. do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do . .do .. .do., .do .. Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62. Aug. 31, '62 Sept. 16, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 .do... .do ... do ... .do ... .do... .do... .do... .do... .do... Aug. 31, Aug. 31, Aug. 31, Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Mar. 16, '64 Mar. 16, 'fy Mar. 16, '64 Aug. 31, '62. Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62. Aug. 31, '62 Mar. 16, '64 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Feb. 24, '64 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. .31, '62 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 31, "61 Aug. 31, '62 Aug. 8, '64. Mar. 8, '64. Aug. 31, '62 Remarks. Deserted December 8, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged by special order, Sept. 9, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Wounded at Dabney's Mills, Va., Feb. 6, 1865 — absen! , in hospital, at muster out. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862- - absent, sick, at muster out. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, May 2, 1863. Tr. to Co. D, nth reg. V. R. C, November 13, 1863 discharged by General Order, July 7, 1865. Died at Washington, D. C, January 12, 1863 — buriu I in Military Asylum Cemetery. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Discharged on Surgeon s certificate, Feb. n, 1863. . Tr. to 75th Co., 2d "batt., V. R. C, September 23, 186^ discharged by General Order, June 28, 1865. Captured— died at Annapolis, Md., Dec. 30, 1864. Deserted July, 1863. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Wounded at Dabney's Mills, Va., Feb. 6, 1865— abser.;, in hospital, at muster out. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 2, 1863. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Died — date unknown. Transferred to Signal Corps— date unknown. Died at Alexandria, Va., January 12, 1863, of woum' ; ree'd at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862— grave 679. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Transferred to igoth regiment P. V., May 29, 1865. Transferred to 190th regiment P. V., May 29, 1865. Transferred to 190th regiment P. V., May 29, 1865 discharged by General Order, June 10, 1865. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Died— date unknown. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Captured at Boydton Plank Road, Va., Mar. 31, 1865— discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865. Discharged October 25, 1864, for wounds received . ■. Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Died May 30, of wounds received at Wilderness, V. , May 6, 1864— buried in Nat. Cem., Arlington. Missing in action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps— date unknown. Transferred to 190th regiment P. V., May 29, 1865. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864— absent, i 1 hospital, at muster out. Transferred to 190th regiment, P. V., May 29, 1865. Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Sept. 30, 1863. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— wound" ' at Five Forks, Va., April 1, 1865— mustered out wL 1 company, May 29, 1865. . Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Disch. on Surg, cert., Jan. 12, 1864— re-enlisted Man '1 21, 1864— mis. in action at Wilderness, Va., May «. . 1864 — died at Annapolis, Md., Dec. 19, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Deserted October g, 1862. Mustered out with company May 29, 1865. Captured at Boydton Plank Road, Va., Mar. 31, i86;j - discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Deserted October 9, 1862— returned October 9, 1864 - - mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Transferred to 190th regiment, P. V., May 29, 1865. Transferred to 128th Co., 2d batt., V. R. C, June 13, 1864— discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865. 78 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT; Name. Mustered into Service. Remarks. Strunk, Elijah Smiley, Thomas . . Shafer, Henry Slutter, Henry Terry, Charles Transue, Ananias. . . Transue, George W. Tittle, Jerome Vanauken, Moses D. Vanrohy, Wm. H. . . Wallace, Charles B . Woolbert, Jacob Woolbert, Thomas. Wilson, James . ... Wells, William F... White, Charles S... Woolbert, Jacob T. Private. ...do .. . ..do . ...do. ...do. . ..do . ...do. ..".do . ...do. ...do . ...do . ...do . .do . .do . .do . .do. .do . Mar. 8, '64, Aug". 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31, '62, Aug. 31/62, Transferred to 190th regiment P. V., May 29, 1865. Died at Washington, D. C, December 30, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Died January 2, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. 21, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 24, 1863. Died December 22, 1862. Deserted — date unknown. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Sept. 22, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Wounded at Boydton Plank Road, Va., March 31, 1865 — absent, in hospital, at muster out. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Transferred to U. S. Navy, March 28, 1864. Transferred to\To. F, 3d reg. Vet. Reserve Corps — date unknown — discharged July 6, 1865. Died at Washington, D. C., Jan. 26, 1863, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Company H. Joshua M. Dushane. Daniel W. Dull George H. Collins . . Isaac Francis, Jr.. . . Hugh Cameron . . Joseph F. Forrey . Wm. F. Kurtz . Samuel Wilson John V. Stouffer. James X. Walter. David B. Hood . . . Samuel H. Dull... Robinson Balsley . Joseph R. Brown . Joseph Balsley. .. William Whaley . Romanus Dull Frederick Shearer. James D. Connell. . James Mitts Levi Firestone Strickler Demuth . . Richard Evans William Helms Edward Y. White. William H. Shaw . Abraham Eicher. . Henry Kurtz Winfield S. Hood , Josiah R. Balsley . Captain . 1st Lieut ...do ... 2d Lieut 1st Sergt ...do .. Sergeant .do .. .do .. .do .. .do .. .do.. .do .. .do .. do .. ....do ... Corporal ....do... ....do ... ....do... . . . . do . . . ...do .. ...do .. ...do.. ...do.. ...do.. .do., .do .. .do .. Aug. 18, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 19, '62 Aug. 19, '62 Aug. 18, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug.' 19, Aug. iq, Aug. 27, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, '62 Aug. 19, Aug. 19, Aug. 19, '62, Discharged by General Order, May 15, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, May 26, 1863. Pr. from 1st Sergt. to 2d Lt., April 10, 1863 — to 1st Lt., June 28, 1863 — killed at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64. Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 2d Lieutenant, July 1, 1863 — to 1st Lt. June 26, 1864— died at City Point, Va., Feb. 15, 1865, of wounds received in action. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 7, 1863. Pr. to Cor. June 1, 1863— to Sergt. Mar. 1, 1864— to 1st Sgt. April 1, 1864 — mus. out with Co., May 29, 1865, Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 1, 1865 — discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865. Discharged by General Order, May 17, 1865. Pr. to Corporal, Sept. 1, 1864 — to Sergeant February 6, 1865 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865, Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 16, 1863. Promoted to Sergeant Major— date unknown. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, May 1, 1864. Transferred to 42d Co., 2d batt., Veteran Reserve Corps, Feb. 1, 1865 — discharged Aug. 19, 1865. Died December 24, of wounds received at Fredericks- burg, Va., December 13, 1862. Died July 27, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Captured -died at Richmond, Va., March 4, 1865. Wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 1, 1865 — discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865. Wounded at Petersburg, Va., March 29, 1865— dis- charged by General Order, June 3, 1865. Promoted to Corporal, March 14, 1864 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Wounded at Petersburg, Va., Apr. 1, 1865— discharged by General Order, June 27, ^865. Promoted to Corporal, March 1, 1865— mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged February 26, 1863. Discharged March 10, 1863. Discharged by General Order, May 15, 1865. Tr. to Co. E, 9th reg. V. R. C, October 30, 1863— dis- charged by General Order, June 29, 1865. Tr. to Co. D, nth reg. V. R. C, October 30, 1863— dis- charged by General Order, July 7, 1865. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, October 17, 1863. Tr. to 51st Co., 2d batt., Veteran Reserve Corps, Feb 2, 1865— discharged by G. O., July 20, 1865. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 79 Name. David R. Gallatin. . . Artis, Jacob Arris, William A Artis, William Balsby, David Bigham , David , Cooper, H using Collins, Alexander. . Clark, Jacob Coughenour, Jos Cunningham, Thad. Cooley, James Dull, Walter Durbin, Stewart Eaglen, John W Francis, John C Firestone, Hawkins. Freeman, Leroy W. Helms, Gibson Hall, Garrett s Heffly, Samuel Hodge, Josiah Harvey, William H. Hart, Joshua M Ingraham, Jesse .... Johnston, Lloyd Johnston, Jos. W. .. Kern, John H Kimmel, Singleton. . Kooser, Alexander. . Kerr, Isaac Loughrey, Henry. . . Loughrey, John May, Leonard Mitts, John Miller, William Martin, Frederick . . Morris, Nathan W. . M'Laughlin, Rob't. . Nicholson, Henry. . . Ober, Jacob Porter, Wm. H Rowen, John Ridenour, Wm Rist, Conrad F Ridenour, Jeremiah. Robbins, Matthew. . Rugg, Gabriel Stoner, Levi 'Sheppard, Wm. H . . Shisley, Wm Saylor, Jacob Stouffer, John B . . . . Shallenberger, L. W Vance, Clayton Williams, Wm Whitly, Charles H . . Walker, Jacob O — Whipkey, Wm. H... Mustered into Service. Aug. 19, '62 Aug. 26, '62. Aug. 19, '62 Sept. 10, '62 Aug. 19, '62 Sept. 10, '62 Aug. 19, '62 Sept. 2, '62 Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Auf. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept, Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Mar. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Aug. Aug. 19, '62. 19, '62 ig, '62 19, '62 26, '62 19, '62 19, '62 19, '62 19, '62 19, '62 19, '62 20, '62 19, '62 19, '62 19, '62 19, '62 19, '62 30, '64. I3i 64. 19, 62 26, '62 20, '62 19, '62 19, '62 20, '62 26, '62. 2, '62 10, '62 19, '62 19, '62 Remarks. Aug. 19, '62 Aug. 19, '62 Aug. 26, '62. Aug. 26, '62 Aug. 26, '62 Aug. 26, '62. Aug. 19, '62 Aug. 26, '62 Sept. 2, '62 Aug. 19, '62 Aug. 19, '62 Aug. 19, '62, Aug. 19, '62, Sept. 20, '62, Aug. 19, '62, Aug. 19, '62, Aug. 19, '62, Sept. 20, '62, Aug. 19, '62, Aug. 19, '62, Sept. .20, '62, Deserted February 8, 1863. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, August 1, 1863. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, January 1, 1865. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged by General Order, May 13, 1865. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa,, July 1, 1863— absent, in hospital, at muster out. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged December 15, 1862. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 6, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged February 9, 1863. Died March 11, 1863. Discharged by General Order, June 15, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Died Nov. n, 1864, of wounds received in action. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged June 21, 1863. Died November 20, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Deserted January. 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged— date unknown. Killed at Five Forks, Va., April 1, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged January 9, 1863. Died November 30, 1862. Killed at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864. Discharged May, 1865. Died January 9, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged March 24, 1864. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, April 27,ti86s— discharged by General Order, June 26, 1865. Died June 7, of wounds rec'd at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May n, '64— buried at Alexandria, grave 2061. Mustered but with company, May 29, 1865. Deserted July 1, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— absent, in hospital, at muster out. Discharged by General Order, May 15, 1865. Discharged February 28, 1863. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Deserted November 4, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— transferred to Company A, 6th regiment, Vet. Reserve Corps- discharged by General Order, July 6, 1865. Transferred to Company F, 6th regiment, Vet. Res. Corps— discharged by General Order, July 10, 1865. Discharged by General Order, May 16, 1865. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, Sept. 1, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Captured— died at Andersonville, Ga., July 22, 1864. Discharged January 23, 1863, Captured at Wilderness, Va M May 5, 1864. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March n, 1863. Discharged February 18, 1863. Tr. to Company K, 6th reg. V. R. C, March 15, 1864— discharged July 3, 1865. 8o ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. Company I. Name. William Hasson.*. . Geo. R. Snowden. Cyrus H. Culver. . William H. Rhodes. Charles E. Huston. Oliver P. Young. .. Abram S. Prather.. Thomas Hogue Conrad Heasley . James K. Elliott . . Loren M. Fulton , Johnson W. Kerr . . Wilson Camp William Reynolds.. Jesse B. Moore George M. Wingar . Charles Holbrook. Joshua Foster John A. Wilcox. . . William Gorman.. David S. Keep Artimus Holhs. .. Daniel Weaver. . John G. M'Lane . Best, George Bogue, Henry H. Brown, Samuel ... . Bookster, Martin Bartlebaugh, Philip. Bower, William Burgwin, Wesley H Beatty, Eli Bower, James.. Brown, Israel B . . . Craig 1 , Robert Corbin, George W. Coldrew, David . . . Chesley, Frank W. Coburn, Joseph H . Colburn, Samuel J. Dempsey, Peter. , Davis, Richard . . Ducket, John Dilmore, Jacob . Rank. Captain. ...do ... ...do ... ist Lieut. 2d Lieut, ist Sergt ....do ... Sergeant .do. .do. .do . ...do .. . . . do . . Corporal . ...do ... .do ... .do ... .do... .do ... .do ... . ...do ... . ...do . .. Musician Private. . ... do... .do . .do. .do . .do. .do . .do . .do . .do . .do. do. .do . .do. .do . .do. .do . do . Mustered into Service. Sept. 5, '64 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62. Sept. 1, '62 Aug. 30, '62. Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. 5, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62. Aug. 30, '62 Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. 30, '62 30, '62 30, '62 30, '62 30, '62 30, '62 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Aug. Aug. Aug. 30, '62 30, '62 30, '62 3°i '62 5i '62 5, '62. 30, '62 30, '62. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62, Remarks. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— discharged by special order, October 5, 1863. Pr. from ist Sergt. to ist Lt. Sept. 1, 1862 — to Captain, Nov. 16, 1863 — disch. by special order, Apr. 7, 1864. Pr. to Sgt. Sept. 1, 1S62— to ist Sgt. March 12, 1863— to ist Lieut. Jan. 15, 1864 — to Captain, May 1, 1864 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Pr. to Sgt. March 12, 1863 — to ist Sgt. June 6, 1864 — to ist Lieut. July 1, 1864 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Wd. at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863 — dis. Sept. 14, '63. Pr. from Sgt. to ist Sgt. July 6, 1864— com. 2d Lieut. — not mustered — mus. out with Co., May 29. 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. 5, 1863. Pr. to Cor. Jan. 22, 1864 — to Sergt. July 7, 1864 — mus- tered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Promoted to Sergt. June 6, 1864 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged March 12, 1863. Pr. to Lieut. 8th reg. U. S. C. T., September 8, 1863— to Capt. Feb. 28, 1865— mustered out, Nov. 10, 1865. Died of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863 — buried in Nat. Cem., section C, grave 36. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Promoted to Corporal, March 12, 1863— wounded at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 9, 1864 — discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865. Promoted to Corporal, Oct. 26, 1863 — discharged by General Order, June 24, 1865. Promoted to Corporal, June 6, 1864 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Promoted to Corporal, July 12, 1864 — mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Promoted to Corporal, July 12, 1864— mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Discharged August 30, 1864, for wounds, with loss of leg, received in action. Killed at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864. Killed at North Anna River, Va.. May 23, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa., July i, 1863— discharged by General Order, May 26, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged January 12, 1864, for wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Discharged July n, 1864. Died at Philadelphia, Pa., July 20, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Died May 7, of wounds received at Wilderness, Va„ May 5, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged by General Order, July 10, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged March 15, 1863. Discharged April 14, 1863. Died of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa,, July 1, 1863— buried in Nat. Cem., section E, grave 30. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon s certificate, Sept. 22, 1863. Killed at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864— buried in Burial Grounds Wilderness, Died at Windmill Point, Va., Feb. 5, 1863. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 8l Name. Rank. Mustered into Service. Remarks. Downing, Daniel . . Egal, Eli Findley, William K . Finch, Daniel H.... Gunderman, Herm'n Grossman, Simon... Gibbons, John Hatch, Philip M . .. Hill, James Hogue, John W Hogue, John E James, David Jennings, Wise'n W. Kelly „ Samuel Kennedy, Wilson . . . Keep, Charles E Little, Jacob F Laney, William Lamb, James F Lee, David Lockwood, Geo. R.. Mellin, Henry Moran, Patrick Mathews, Gam'l W. Morrison, Samuel. . . Manville, Adrian G. M'Cray, Boint M'Cray, Andrew M'Fate, Samuel MacLane, James E. . M'Calmont, H. R... M'Naughton, Dan'l. Nyman, John G. L. . Nicklin, Lambert F. Ray, Samuel Robinson, John Strohman, Henry... Sniffer, John Stiner, John Shaw, Hugh Shirley, Joseph B. . . Slamon, Owen Small, Joseph Sheriff, William J . . . Sharpnack, John W. Shaw, James W. Shirley, Jacob A. Siverhne, Adam . Shelmadine, W. W... Turner, Augustus V. West, William Wesner, Marcus Walden, Jeremiah . . . Wadsworth, W. G... Webber, George P. . . Wilcox, Josiah.. Wesner, Wm. B. Yockey, Jacob. . , Private ...do.. ...do .. ,...do .. ,...do.. .. do.. ....do.. do.. ,...do.. ...do. ...do. ...do. ..do. ...do. ...do. ...do. ...do. ...do . ...do . ...do . ...do. ...do ...do , ...do. ...do . ...do . ...do . ...do . ...do. ... do . do .. .do.. .do .do . .do .do. .do. .do . do . .do. .do .do . .do. .do . .do . do. .do. .do . do. ...do. ...do. ...do ...do ...do. ...do. do ..do. ...do Aug. 30, '62, Sept. 5, '62 Sept. 5, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Mar. 24, '64 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. 5, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. 5, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62. Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62. Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62. Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. 5, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. ' 5, '62 Aug. 30, '92 Aug. 30, '62, Sept. 5, '62 Sept. 5, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. 5, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. 5, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62. Aug. 30, '62. Aug. 30, '62. Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62. Aug. 30, '62. Sept, 5, '62 Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged March 2, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Oct. 20, 1863. Died of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863 — buried in Nat. Cem., section B, grave 27. Died February 24, 1863. Deserted July 30, 1864. Discharged by General Order, June 27, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Died near Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 10, 1862. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Absent, sick, at muster out. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Died of wounds rec'd at Gettysburg, Pa., July i, 1863. Wounded in action— disch. by G. O., June 17, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged Feb. 20, 1863. Transferred to U. S. Navy, April 19, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. " Tr. to 121st Co., 2d batt., V. R. C., March 2, 1864— dis- charged on Surgeon's certificate, March 20, 1865. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps— date unknown. Died at Alexandria, June 4, of wounds received at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 12, 1864— grave 2023. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. 16, 1863. Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Deserted May 15, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged March 15, 1863. Discharged January 27, 1864, for wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Discharged March 15, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Oct. 7, 1863. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps— date unknown. Wounded and missing in action at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Wounded and missing in action at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Absent, in hospital, at muster out. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Transferred to 55th company, 2d batt., V. R. C. — date unknown — disch. by G. O., Aug. 29, 1865. Captured at Weldon R. R., Va., August 21, 1864 — died at Salisbury, N. C, November 4, 1864. Deserted May 25, 1863. Captured — returned— deserted August, 1863. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. 82 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. Company - K. Name. Rank. Mustered into Service. Remarks. Charles H. Flagg... Joshua W. Howell.. Jeremiah Hoffman . . John W. Dissinger. . Cyrus K. Campbell . Samuel Decker . Captain . .. do .. Albert G. Ink.... Wm. G. Garrett . John P. Williams... David R. Samuel . . . Solomon W. Strohm. George W. Brink . . . Alpheus Cutler.. . Charles Steel. . . . John P. Griffiths. George Strickler John T. Reed Martin L. Burtch... James D. Giddings.. John G. Silkworm . . Edward Mehlman.. Isaac Gisner Wm. Fastnought Nathan Allen James V. Staley. . . . Lewis Wagner Thomas Prothero... Burkey, Charles K.. Bevan, Lewis Bickel, Abraham Bickle, Henry Cammer, Chester... Cooper, William Cool, John Conrad, John . . . Davis, John R . . Davis, Samuel . . . Decker, Charles . Decker, Oliver.. . Dunlap, John Davis, Youngs Doolebohn, John . Donley, James E.. Dupple, Samuel . . Evans, Watkin Evans, Jenkin Fitzgerald, Edward. Garrett, Henry M... Garber, Peter ...do... 2d Lieut i st Sgt. . .do.. ...do .. Sergeant ... do... .. .do ... ....do ... ....do ... Corporal ....do ... do.. do .. .do .. .do . do., .do . .do . .. ...do.. ...do .. ...do ... ...do ... Musici'n Private . ...do ... .:.do ... ...do ... ...do .. ...do .. ...do ... Gisner, Jacob. .do . do . .dc . .do . .do. .do . do .do. do . .do . .do. .do . .do .do . .do . .do. Sept. i, '62. Aug. 30, '62 Sept. j., '62 Sept. 2, '62 Sept. 1, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. 24, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. 1, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. 1, '62 Sept. 1, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. 1, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62. Sept. 25, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. 25, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. 1, '62 Sept. 1, '62 Aug. 30, Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Sept. 1, '62 Aug. 3c, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62. Sept. 1, '62. Sept. 24, '62 Sept. 1, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug. 30, '62 Aug, 30, '62 Sept. 1, '62 Sept. 1, '62 Aug. 30, '62, Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863. Promoted from Corporal to Captain, May 1, 1864— mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Com. Capt. July 4, 1863 — not mus. disch. Nov. 21, for wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Pr. fr. Sgt. Sept. 21, '64— mus. out with Co. May 29, '65. Commissioned 1st Lieut. July 4, 1863 — not mustered— discharged March 9, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Pr. to 1st Sergt. Sept. 1, 1864— com. 2d Lt. — not mus. — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mis. in action at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Died Aug. 26, of wounds received at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864. Pr. to Sgt. Oct. 1, 1864 — mus. out with Co., May 29, '65. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July 15, 1863. Discharged April 27, 1863, for wounds received at Fi edericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862 — transferred to Company D, 18th reg. V. R. C., Aug. 15, 1863 — disch. by General Order, June 29, 1865. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, Nov. 16, 1863. Pr. to Cor. Mar. 1, '63— mus. out with Co., May 29, '65. Promoted to Corporal, April, 1863 — captured at Wil- derness, Va., May 5, 1864. Pr. to Cor. Feb. 3, '65— mus. out with Co., May 29, '65. Pr. to Cor. Mar. 1, '65— mus. out with Co., May 29, '65. Discharged en Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 1, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. 16, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. 19, 1863. Wd. at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— tr. to V. R. C, Mar. 1865— disch. by Gen. Order, June 26, 1865. Wd. at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— tr. to V. R. C— date unknown — disch. by G. O., June 26, 1865. Died at Frederick, Md,, Nov. 16, '62— burial record, Oct. 28, 1862— buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Pr. to Cor. Aug, 18, 1864— died Feb. 7, at City Point, Va., of wounds ree'd at Dabney's Mill, Feb. 6, 1865. Promoted to Corporal, May n, 1863— died at Peters- burg, Va., Nov. 30, 1864. Deserted September, 1862. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Oct., 1862. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 14, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, April 9, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 16, 1863. Tr. to Co. G, 12th reg. V. R. C, Feb. n, 1864— dis- charged by General Order, June 29, 1865. Mis. in action at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 2q, i86*s. Discharged February 29, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb., 1863. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps— date unknown. Transferred to Vet. Res, Corps— date unknown. Transferred to Signal Corps— date unknown. Died July 24, of wds. received at Spottsylvania C H , Va., May 12, 1864— buried in Nat. Cem., Arlington. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 15, 1864. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged March 24, for wounds received at Freder- icksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. 13, 1864. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 83 Name. Rank. Griest, George Private. Gruver, Thomas | . . .do . . Hale, Denzimore N.. ....do, Hampton, William. .. . ..do Heisey, David . House, John . . . Holvey, John Hass, Merritt Jones, Wm.'D Johnson. William . Jones, Meredith. . . Kendall, Wm. H.. Laird, William Lutringer, Benj Miller, Lewis Meredith, Thomas. Morgan, John Morris, Reuben . . . M'Lean, John M'Camley, Zuray. M'Nellis, Barney. . . Nagle, John S Peters, William .... Phillipi, William... Smith, Samuel Steinmetz, George. Seiders, Michael . . . Souders, Jacob . . Seagrist, Jonas. Seiders, William H . Shortz, Lewis.. . Scott, George C. Seiders, John. Sheets, Levi Tompkins, Caleb. . . Vanbuskirk, Wm . . Waters, Richard S. Weiscarrier, And . . Wilson, Alex'r C. . .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do . .do . .do. .do . .do . .do . .do. ...do. ...do . ...do . ...do . ...do . ...do. ...do. . ..do . . ..do . ...do . ...do. .do . ■ do . .do. .do. .do . Smith, Henry do Smith, Peter do. Smith, Nicholas do . .do . .do . .do. .do . .do. .do Mustered nto Service. Sept. 1, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Au g- 3°i 't)2, Aug. 30, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Aug. 30, '62. Sept. 1, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Aug/ 30, '62, Feb. 3, 't>S, Sept. 1. '62, Sept. 1, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Sept. 1, '(J2, Sept. 1, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Sept. 2, '62, Aug., 30, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Aug. 30, '62, Sept. 1, '62, Remarks. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 3, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, May 15, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Cajptured at Petersburg, Va., Jan. 24, 1865-— disch. by General Order, May 26, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862 — absent, in hospital, at muster out. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate — date unknown. Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Jan. 1, 1865. Discharged by special order, Nov. 15,-1864. Deserted December 3, 1862. Deserted July 1, 1863. Mis, in action at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Wounded and captured at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862 — died at Richmond, Jan. 3, 1863. Wounded and captured at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862— died at Richmond, Jan. 14, 1863. Wounded at Dabney's Mills, Va., February 6, 1865 — discharged by General Order, June 7, 1865. Discharged March 4, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Discharged January 23, 1863, Discharged January 13, 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 24, 1863. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Deserted — date unknown. Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Missing in action at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Mustered out with company. May 29, 1865. Mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Prisoner from May 5, 1864, to May 14, 1865 — mustered out with company, May 29, 1865. Discharged by special order, Sept. 15, 1864. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January r, 1865. Transferred to Co. A, 6th reg. Vet. Reserve Corps, Jan. 15, 1864— disch. by General Order, July 6, 1865. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Feb. 15. 1864. Wounded and captured at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862 — died at Annapolis, Md., Feb. 22, 1863. Captured—died at Andersonville, Ga., July 19, 1864— frave 3632. led at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862— burial record, died at Richmond, December 31, 1862. Deserted January 1, 1863. Died at Washington, D. C, Feb. 7, 1863— buried in Millitary Asylum Cemetery. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863— buried in National Cemetery, section B, grave 35. Disch. on Surg, cert., Jan. 19, 1863 — re-enlisted March 30, 1864— tr. to 190th reg. P. V., May 29, 1865— Vet. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Deserted— date unknown. APPENDIX. DESCRIPTION BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. HP HIS description of the Battle of Gettysburg, and of ■*• General Lee's retreat from there, headed " The Valley of the Shadow of Death," I have taken from a small pamphlet which I purchased on the battle-field several years ago. I think it the most perfect description — as it actually occurred — I have ever read, and I am quite sure my comrades and friends will agree with me after they have perused it. THE FIRST DAY. July i, 1863. Summary of Points. — First. The battle begins on Seminary Ridge, about 9 A. M., with an engagement between Heth. and Buford. Second. Engagement be- tween the divisions of Heth and Pender of the Confederate Army and the First Corps of the Federal Army. Third. Death of General Reynolds. Fourth. En- gagement between the divisions of Heth, Pender, Rodes and Early of the Con- federate Army, and the First and Eleventh Corps of the Federal Army. Fifth. Repulse of the Federals, abandonment of Seminary Ridge, and occupation of Cemetery Hill ; occupation of Gettysburg town by the Confederates. Sixth. Duration of the active fighting, a little less than seven hours. A few minutes before nine o'clock on July ist, Lieutenant-Colonel Kress, of General Wadsworth's staff, rode slowly into Gettysburg, ambling along on his chestnut charger, in no haste to accomplish his business, and avoiding the no\v active sun wherever the trees afforded a friendly shelter. Directing his horse to the nearest tav- ern, he found General Buford in front of the door, surrounded by his staff. The gallant cavalry general turned to him and said : " What are you doing here, sir ? " Kress replied that he came to 88 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. get some shoes for Wadsworth's division. Buford told him he had better return at once to his command. Kress said : " Why, what is the matter, general ? " At that moment the far-off sound of a single gun — dull, prolonged, ominous — floated to them on the wings of the western breeze. Buford hastily, mounted his horse, and, as he galloped off, answered the question of Kress: " That 's the mat- ter ! " A few seconds later three cannon-shots were heard. Buford signals for his skirmishers to fire. They deliver a volley, and the battle of Gettysburg has begun. Having satisfied himself the night before that he was about to be attacked, Buford was early in the saddle on this fateful day, placing the finishing touches upon his preparations to meet the foe. He had arranged his small force quite imposingly. Indeed, had he had at his command the half-million of troops that a farmer's wife, in re- ply to a Confederate officer's inquiry, declared were in Gettysburg, he could hardly have made a better showing. It was not only im- posing, but it was far better — it was effective ; for, when the Con- federates attacked, "booming skirmishers, three deep," as Buford had predicted the night before, they met a stubborn and admirably- directed resistance. His skirmish-line extended from the point where the Millerstown road crosses Willoughby Run, following the somewhat tortuous bluff bordering the left bank of that stream across the Chambers- burg way, and thence around, crossing the Mummasburg, Carlisle, and Harrisburg pikes, and the railroad. On a ridge running parallel with Seminary Ridge, and half a mile from it, was posted the bal- ance of his forces, dismounted. Covering the roads on which the enemy was first expected to advance, were planted the guns of his light batteries. It was with this disposition of his forces that the fight was opened. Buford's men for the most part fought dismounted. This caused the Confederates to suppose them to be infantry, and, in consen quence, Heth's division of Ewell's Corps, which precipitated the attack in an attempt to seize Gettysburg, moved tardily. A con- stantly increasing skirmish-fire was maintained for half an hour, when the artillery arrived to support Heth's men, and it at once opened with spirit. ' The guns of Buford made a prompt response, and were served with so much skill as to completely preserve the delusion that he was well supported. The fury of the fight in- creased every moment, and the gallant Buford was soon aware that the weight of numbers would shortly force him to fall back to Cem- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. 89 etery Hill, for which he had prepared. But not an inch did he yield ; hope told the flattering tale that reinforcements would soon be up. In his direst extremity, when every minute, every second counted, just as his heart sank the lowest, General Reynolds arrived, about a mile in advance of his corps. As soon as he had reconnoitred the field, he requested Buford to hold fast to his posi- tion, and said he would bring up the whole right wing of the army. He immediately sent dispatches in accord with this determination, and started to rejoin his now advancing men. Cutler's brigade, of Wadsworth's division, led the advance of the supporting column. Three regiments of this brigade, the 76th and 147th New York, and the 56th Pennsylvania, went, under Wads- worth, to the right of the line, facing westward, north of the bed of the old unfinished railroad. The two remaining regiments, the 95th New York and the 14th Brooklyn, with Hall's Maine battery, Rey- nolds took to the south of the railroad grading, and placed them on a line with, but a- little in advance of, the other regiments, the bat- tery occupying the pike. As the infantry moved up, the cavalry retired. The regiments to the right of the cut had hardly reached their positions before they were heavily engaged. The force of men employed in exerting this pressure was the newly-placed regi- ments. They overlooked the west bank of Willoughby Run. Their artillery occupied the commanding points of the bluff. While the attack on Cutler's brigade was in fierce progress, and the roar and rattle of musketry and cannon rose and fell like the irregular thunder of waves in a storm, General Doubleday arrived on the ground with the two remaining divisions of the First Corps. General Reynolds directed him to hold on to the road leading to Fairfield or Hagerstown, while he (General Reynolds) would main- tain the possession of the Chambersburg pike. There was a piece of woods between the two roads, triangular in shape, the base resting on Willoughby Run and the apex reaching up to Seminary Ridge, which seemed to Doubleday the key to the position. He made immediate arrangements to secure it, and not a moment too soon, as the enemy, appreciating the advantages of the spot, were already moving across Willoughby Run to attempt its possession. As the men filed past, Doubleday urged them to hold the woods at all hazards. Full of fight and enthusiasm, they replied to their commander : " If we can't hold it, where will you find the men who can ? " The answer was justified, for it was given by the men of the Iron Brigade, and they were commanded by Colonel 9