GETTYSBURGCAMPAIGN

THE 53RD PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY IN THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN

By Richard A. Sauers

By the late spring of 1863, the 53rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry had become a first-class fighting regiment. Most of the men in the ten companies came from twelve counties scattered across the commonwealth. John R. Brooke, a twenty-three-year-old Montgomery County native, recruited the regiment and was commissioned its first colonel. Lt. Col. Richards McMicheal was from Reading and had served with the 2nd Pennsylvania in the Mexican War.

The regiment was organized at Camp Curtin in November 1861. Soon after moving to Washington, the 53rd was assigned to Israel B. Richardson's division, which eventually became the First Division, Second Army Corps. Brooke's regiment participated in all the battles of the corps -- Fair Oaks, Savage's Station, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and many smaller engagements. Just before the Chancellorsville campaign began, Colonel Brooke was placed in command of the new Fourth Brigade of the division, which also included the 27th Connecticut, 2nd Delaware, 64th New York, and 145th Pennsylvania.

From an original strength of slightly less than one thousand, by June 1863 the 53rd Pennsylvania could muster fewer than three hundred effective officers and men. With Brooke heading the brigade, Lieutenant Colonel McMicheal now directed the regiment. Capt. William M. Mintzer led Company A (the Madison Guards), recruited in Montgomery County. Capt. G.C.M. Eicholtz led Company B, the Downingtown Guards from Chester County. Company C, the James Creek Guards of Huningdon County (with a contingent of men from neighboring Blair County), was led by Capt. Henry J. Smith. James S. Hall was captain of Company D, the McCann Rifles, with men from Centre and Clearfield counties. Capt. John Shields commanded the Rooke Guards (Company E), from Union and Carbon counties. Company F, the Wyoming Guards, hailed from the Dallas area of Luzerne County in the commonwealth's coal country, and was led by Capt. Theodore Hatfield. Company G, the Jones Rifles from Potter County, was named for Capt. Archer F. Jones. The Lawson Guards, from the Milton area of Northumberland County, formed Company H, commanded by Capt. Philip R. Schreyer. Capt. Henry S. Dimm still led Company I, the Union Guards of Perry County. Company K, the Latrobe Light Guards from Westmoreland County, was led by Capt. William B. Coulter.

Shortly after the battle of Fredericksburg, Companies A, B, and K were detached and assigned as corps provost guards. Maj. S. Octavius Bull was placed in command of these three companies, leaving only seven companies with McMicheal. Bull soon was promoted to provost marshal of the corps, leaving Captain Mintzer in command of the three companies.

After the conclusion of the Chancellorsville Campaign, the 53rd returned to its camp near Falmouth opposite the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg. Together with the other units in the brigade, the 53rd took its turn picketing the river, watching for any enemy movements.

The monotony of picket duty was interrupted at 2 a.m. on June 14 when the brigade received orders to be ready to move at 8 a.m. However, the brigade did not begin any movement until 2 p.m., when Brooke marched his command northwest along the river to Banks' Ford, which he was ordered to defend. After an uneventful day, the brigade was withdrawn to Berea Church and went into bivouac. The next morning, Brooke moved his troops back to Falmouth and then north to Stafford Court House, where the rest of the Second Corps had concentrated to await Brooke's arrival. His brigade was the rearguard of the army, which had by now started north to counteract Lee's movements.

The corps then marched to Aquia Creek, bivouacking there for the night. Oppressive heat had caused much straggling. On June 16, the corps marched from 6 a.m. until 2 p.m., when it stopped a short distance beyond the Occoquan River. Again, the hot weather caused many cases of sunstroke and resulted in excessive straggling. On the 17th, the corps marched to Sangster's Station, reaching there about noon. Here, extra baggage and all men unable to march were sent to Washington.

Once this process was finished, the corps began to move again late in the afternoon of June 19. Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock marched his command for three and a half hours, arriving at Centreville. The next day, the corps crossed the old Manassas battlefield and moved west toward Thoroughfare Gap. Here, Colonel Brooke's brigade was detached and occupied the gap itself. Over the next four days, Confederate cavalry appeared and skirmished with the Union infantry. Brooke was ordered to evacuate the gap on the morning of June 25, and Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart passed through Glasscock's Gap and started his ride around the Union army. His cavalry skirmished with Second Corps troops near Haymarket.

Brooke's brigade rejoined the corps, which then marched to Gum Springs, where the troops bivouacked for the evening. Shortly after dark, a "furious rainstorm" began and lasted all night. Leaving their soggy campsites the next morning, Hancock's veterans marched north and reached the Potomac River at Edwards Ferry, where the troops crossed the river on a pontoon bridge.

Once the corps crossed into Maryland, the column tramped northward through Poolesville to Barnesville, going into camp there at 11 p.m. on the 27th. "It was, as usual, raining most of the day -- and it was a very wet and uncomfortable rain," wrote Levi J. Fritz of Company A. On the 28th, the Second Corps left Barnesville and marched north toward Frederick. As the 53rd reached the summit of the mountains overlooking the Monocacy Valley, the men could see the church steeples of the city ahead. The corps bivouacked that night along the banks of the Monocacy River just south of Frederick.

Monday June 29, proved to be the taxing day for Hancock's soldiers. A staff officer's delay in transmitting Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's march order for the day placed the Second Corps four hours behind schedule. Hancock informed his chief that he would try to make it up with short cuts and rapid marching.

Leaving their camps at Monocacy Junction at 8:00 a.m., the regiments took up a northward line of march, passing just east of Frederick. The corps crossed the Monocacy on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad bridge, then turned left on the road that local residents assured the boys led to Pennsylvania. Scarcely a mile was passed when the meandering river again presented itself to the column, which forded the stream and moved on.

After a march of nine miles, the troops passed through Liberty. Six more miles brought the corps to Johnsville, "the collective title of a dozen cheerful looking residences, situated along the road at an average distance of one-fourth of a mile apart." By two o'clock, the 53rd had tramped eighteen miles and had reached Middleville, where the corps halted for a short rest.

Hancock then ordered the corps to continue its march, and it became "painfully apparent" that the men would do some "big marching."

On we go, over hills, through shaded woods and sweet-scented valleys; slowly but steadily the long dark-blue heaving mass for miles dragged its slow length along. The sun slowly sank to rest in the far west, but there was no rest for us; in the beautiful twilight we kept marching on. By 8 o'clock, P.M., we had marched twenty-eight miles. Many of the troops were exhausted and lay by the roadside. Everybody was very tired. We even believe that some of our soldiers would have given utterance to more or less profane words, but they were too much exhausted to speak.

As the troops marched on, it became generally known throughout the corps that Uniontown was the destination. "By some hocus pocus the town gradually neared us," wrote Fritz. It was now ten o'clock in the evening and the corps had finally reached Uniontown. "We moved our wearied limbs so slowly that we almost stood still." Hancock pushed his command past the village and then allowed his men to bivouac. Levi Fritz reckoned that his regiment had marched thirty-two miles that day, but Hancock's troops were in the area where Meade wanted them to be.

June 30 proved to be a day of rest for the Second Corps. The troops spent the day in their camps near Uniontown. Since it was the last day of the month, the regiments and batteries were mustered for pay. The seven companies of the 53rd under McMicheal's immediate command numbered 15 officers and 149 men, while the three companies detached as provost guards counted 3 officers and 81 men; the regiment thus was able to field 18 officers and 230 men, for a total strength of 248 soldiers.

On the morning of July 1, the 53rd, together with the rest of the corps, marched the short distance from Uniontown to Taneytown and went into camp about noon. Army headquarters was nearby, and when word reached General Meade that fighting had started near the town of Gettysburg, he quickly went to see Hancock and ordered him to go to the front and ascertain the state of affairs. If the place seemed suitable for battle, Meade would concentrate the army at Gettysburg.

Hancock left for Gettysburg shortly after 1 p.m. Brig. Gen. John Gibbon of the Second Division assumed command of the corps at Hancock's direction, even though Brig. Gen. John C. Caldwell of the First Division outranked him. As Hancock departed, he ordered Gibbon to march the corps forward toward Gettysburg. The troops were moving less than half an hour after Hancock departed.

At 4 p.m., the 53rd Pennsylvania crossed the Mason-Dixon Line and once more returned to native soil. As the 53rd's men saw the stone marker denoting the state border, they gave three rousing cheers for the Keystone State. The unmistakable sound of cannon fire could be heard ahead of the marching column, but the fighting for the day ended before the Second Corps reached the field. Because the Taneytown Road was clogged with retreating baggage wagons and other jetsam of the day's fighting, the Second Corps infantry walked through fields bordering the road while the corps artillery and wheeled vehicles used the road. The northward march was thus somewhat slow.

At 10 p.m., the corps halted for the night just south of Big Round Top. As Caldwell's division erected breastworks to protect against any flanking attack, the men of the 53rd were ordered to picket the right front of the corps. The right of the picket line connected with pickets of Brig. John W. Geary's Twelfth Corps division.

Caldwell's division was underway before daylight and by 6 a.m. was massed in a wood just east of the Taneytown Road, waiting to move into line. Later in the morning, Caldwell's weary men marched forward and took position along the crest of Cemetery Ridge; Gibbon's division to the right and troops of the Third Corps on the left. Brooke's Fourth Brigade occupied the right of the division, which was massed in brigade columns in case the division had to move quickly. From front to rear in Brooke's command were the 2nd Delaware, 64th New York, 53rd Pennsylvania, 27th Connecticut, and 145th Pennsylvania.

The rest of the morning and early afternoon passed quietly for Caldwell's veterans. Only light skirmishing occurred toward the front, and most men seemed to have ignored any firing in order to rest after the hard marches of the past week. As the day progressed, "the heat of the unclouded sun became oppressive," but men slept even through such warmth. Others played cards, wrote letters, cooked some food, or simply sat, watched, and waited impatiently for something to happen.

That "something" proved to be the advance of the Third Corps. Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, also impatient and worried over the terrain along his front, decided to move his corps forward to ocupy higher ground at the Peach Orchard. Shortly after 2 p.m., Sickles began shifting his troops forward. The sudden movement of an entire corps caught the attention of Caldwell's men, who crowded to the front to watch the spectacle. Sickle's deployment brought his command into conflict with troops of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. Artillery firing became noticeably louder and faster after 3:30 p.m. Soon, Confederate infantry rolled forward to attack the new Federal positions.

An hour after the fighting started, Meade sent an order to Hancock to send one of divisions to Sickles' aid. The Fifth Corps had been ordered to the left, but until it arrived, additional help was needed. Hancock thereupon ordered Caldwell to send his division into action. The troops quickly formed and marched off. However, after moving less than half a mile, the division's route was stopped by Brig. Gen. James Barnes' First Division of the Fifth Corps, also moving to the front. Caldwell thus stopped his troops and took the division back to its original position.

Shortly before 5 p.m., one of Meade's aides rode up to General Hancock, who was then riding in the area of Caldwell's position. Meade wanted Hancock to send a division to support the Fifth Corps; Hancock turned and quietly remarked, "Caldwell, get your division ready." Caldwell passed the orders along to his brigade commanders and sent a staff officer riding south to find Maj. Gen. George Sykes.

Rather than wheel the individual regiments around to place his brigade in column of march, Caldwell simply ordered his subordinates to face their men to the left and march; this maneuver saved time and got the division moving quickly. The troops marched directly south from their position in the Hummelbaugh farm fields. Caldwell's men passed through the George Weikert farm and into his woods, greatly thinned from cattle grazing. The division slanted to the left here and marched past the John Weikert farm, heading generally for the sound of heaviest firing. Caldwell's staff officer had not yet returned and the general had no idea of where he was needed.

Finally, as the leading elements of the division reached the woods north of the Wheatfield (Trostle Woods), Lt. William P. Wilson returned with one of Sykes' aides and told Caldwell that he was to advance south of the Wheatfield, drive back the advancing enemy, and reestablish the original line. The urgency of the situation demanded immediate action as Confederate troops were close by.

As a result, Caldwell sent his brigades into action piecemeal. Brig. Gen. Samuel Zook's Third Brigade had been detached from the rear of the column by one of Sickles' aides and was even then moving into action through the northwest corner of the Wheatfield. Cols. Edward E. Cross and Patrick Kelly quickly deployed their First and Second Brigades and advanced across the field toward the enemy. These last two brigades were faced by the rear rank since there was no time to deploy properly. File closers and officers had move to the rear before the lines could advance. Still the veteran troops adapted well to this difficult maneuver.

When Brooke's Fourth Brigade approached the field, Caldwell kept it in reserve. Colonel Brooke deployed his regiments along the stonewall-wooden fence on the north side of the Trostle woods, then had the men lie down to avoid artillery shells falling throughout the battle area. From left to right, Brooke's line included the 2nd Delaware, 64th New York, 53rd Pennsylvania, 27th Connecticut, and 145th Pennsylvania. Approximately 850 officers and men remained with these regiments; the seven companies of the 53rd Pennsylvania fielded 135 veterans.

Suddenly, the order came for the brigade to go into action. The troops rose to their feet and straightened their lines. Brooke then led his brigade forward, through the Trostle Woods, across the Wheatfield Road, and into the Wheatfield. The 53rd Pennsylvania occupied the center of the brigade line, which stretched across most of the grainfield.

As Brooke's men entered the Wheatfield, they could see Cross' First Brigade, halted and firing about half-way across the field. Cross's men had stopped at the crest of a small rise and were engaging Georgia troops from Brig. Gen. George T. Anderson's brigade of John B. Hood's division. Anderson's men were protected by the stone wall at the southern edge of the Wheatfield, but Cross' left flank had partially dislodged Anderson's right flank. Meanwhile, Kelly's and Zook's brigades rolled forward and crashed into Joseph B. Kershaw's South Carolinians on the rocky knoll just west of the Wheatfield.

This was the situation as the Fourth Brigade entered the fight. The brigade marched ahead and with difficulty pushed through the right flank of Cross' line and halted on the crest of the knoll. Here, Brooke halted his battleline and ordered the men to fire at will. Loading and firing was done as fast as possible, but the return musketry from Anderson's troops swept the Yankee line equally as fast. Within minutes, the commander of the 27th Connecticut, Lt. Col. Henry C. Merwin, was killed and Col. Hiram Brown of the 145th Pennsylvania was wounded.

After fifteen minutes of long-range combat, Brooke realized that his brigade needed to move forward to engage the enemy. Having dismounted previously, Brooke shouted for his command to fix bayonets, then ordered the brigade forward. However, the din of musketry fire drowned out many shouted commands and the brigade was slow to obey. At this point, Brooke elbowed his way through his old regiment, the 53rd, and grasped the state colors from the hands of its bearer and carried the flag a short distance to encourage an advance. Color bearers from other units then rushed forward and the entire brigade soon advanced.

As Brooke's troops charged forward, Anderson's men broke ranks and fell back to the south, toward Devil's Den. "On went the line. Brave men fell. That field of golden wheat that was itself ready for the harvesters was made the bloody harvest field of death and carnage." Brooke's charging mass cleared the Wheatfield, but did not stop. The Yankees kept going, across the small, muddy tributary of Plum Run and into Rose Woods. The brigade climbed the rocky slope onits western side, still under fire from some of Anderson's men. The Yankees soon drove off these outnumbered enemy soldiers and halted at the top of the slope, just inside the western edge of Rose Woods.

Here Brooke's men encountered a new line of Confederate troops sweeping towards them. This proved to be the right and center of Brig. Gen. Paul J. Semmes' brigade of Georgia troops. Semmes' men exchanged fire with Brooke's soldiers, then fell back about 175 yards to the edge of an orchard, where they reformed behind a stone wall.

Brooke's men had performed brilliantly thus far, but in advancing to the edge of Rose Woods, they had outstripped any support. The mingled survivors of Kelly's and Zook's brigades had driven Kershaw away from the rocky knoll west of the Wheatfield but then remained in position here while Brooke continued forward. To the left, the 5th New Hampshire and half of the 148th Pennsylvania of Cross' brigade had continued forward through the woods south of the Wheatfield and in a sense provided some protection to Brooke's left.

Brooke quickly realized his predicament and sent an aide, Lt. Charles F. Smith of the 53rd, back to Caldwell to seek help. Smith was wounded but Caldwell had sensed the need for reenforcements and was trying to find more troops to feed into the battle. Brooke, meanwhile, had his hands full. The 2nd Delaware was exposed to flank fire from Anderson's brigade, while Semmes' troops, joined by the 15th South Carolina of Kershaw's brigade, kept the front of the brigade occupied.

Brooke kept near the center of his line to watch both flanks. The colonel was wounded in the ankle by a glancing shot and with difficulty was able to maintain control of his dwindling brigade. Casualties were mounting as the Confederate crossfire was becoming too heavy to withstand. Ammunition was also running low, with no more than five rounds per man remaining, Brooke reported.

Reluctantly Brooke realized that it was time to retreat. Lieutenant Wilson appeared at this time and told the colonel that Confederate troops were pressing towards his rear and he had to retreat. Thus warned, Brooke sent word for both flanks to repel the enemy and then retire. Quickly, the line disintegrated as the survivors began to fall back.

Since Brooke was in the center of the line, the 53rd Pennsylvania heard the retreat order first and left the ledge of rocks. Colonel Brooke secured the services of "a burly fellow" under each arm to help him off of the field. Years later the colonel wrote that the brigade retreated "in as good order as could be expected of troops who were somewhat disorganized by losses." A veteran of the 64th New York remembered differently. It was "each man for himself" as Brooke's survivors straggled back through the Wheatfield as best they could; each mingled with soldiers from other brigades in the division.

Caldwell's fragmented division managed to reform by the time it reached the Taneytown Road. Even then, survivors continued to come into camp all night. After rallying in the rear, the division marched north and bivouacked near its old position. On the morning of July 3, Caldwell directed his units to erect earthworks for protection. The division remained in this position and suffered few casualties during the artillery bombardment preceding the Pickett-Pettigrew assault.

By the end of the battle, Lieutenant Colonel McMicheal was able to gather the casualty reports of the company officers and summarize the regiment's loss on July 2. The total was as follows:

Company

Killed

Wounded

Missing

Total

Staff

Total

Four of the sixty-eight wounded later died. The loss in officers was heavy; Captains Shields (Company E), Hatfield (Company F), Jones (Company G), and Dimm (Company I) were wounded, while five lieutenants were also wounded. Two additional lieutenants detached to Brooke's staff were wounded as well. The loss of 81 officers and men from an engaged strength of 135 meant a 59% casualty rate.

Late in the afternoon of July 5, the remnant of the 53rd Pennsylvania marched away from the Gettysburg battlefield. The Second Corps marched out the Baltimore Pike and bivouacked at Two Taverns. The troops remained here until July 7, when the corps left camp and marched to Taneytown, halting there at 11 a.m. The following day, the corps moved on to within six miles of Frederick, "over wretched roads and through a heavy rain-storm." On the ninth, the 53rd marched through the city, through Jefferson, Burkittsville, and Crampton's Gap to Rohresville, Maryland.

The Army of the Potomac now was closing in on Lee's troops, their backs to the Potomac River, swollen by recent rains. On July 10 the 53rd continued its march, moving through Keedysville to near Tilghmanton. The next day, the corps approached Lee's entrenched positions around Williamsport. The 53rd halted near Jones' Crossroads and formed a skirmish line but was not engaged during the day. After dark, the brigade entrenched its position.

On July 12 the 53rd, together with the brigade, advanced about three-quarters of a mile to a wooded crest, where it again entrenched. Meade, meanwhile, brought up his entire army and searched for w weak spot in the Southern line. Lee's troops, however, managed to escape across the Potomac on a new pontoon bridge even as Meade prepared to attack. On the fourteenth, the 53rd moved forward in skirmish order at one pace intervals between each man to attack the enemy but found empty trenches. The regiment pushed forward with the Twelfth Corps on its left and the remainder of Brooke's brigade on its right. The line pursued the retreating enemy as far as Falling Waters, where it bivouacked for the night.

The morning of July 15 found the Second Corps marching via Downsville and Sharpsburg to Sandy Hook, where it remained for two days. Here, fresh clothing and supplies arrived to refurbish the men's tattered uniforms. The 53rd then moved on, crossing the Potomac at Harpers Ferry on the 18th and camping that night near Keys' Gap overlooking the Loudoun Valley. By july 22, the Second Corps had marched to the Upperville area. Here Brooke's command was detached and sent to occupy Ashby's Gap until relieved by the Twelfth Corps.

Once that corps arrived, about 2:30 p.m. on July 23, Brooke's men did some hard marching to rejoin the Second Corps. By sunset, the brigade had reached the mouth of Manassas Gap, but pushed on instead of bivouacking. "The night was dark and the sky clouded," wrote Fritz. "Of course the worse the road the faster we had to travel." Numerous streams ran across the road; recent storms had raised the water levels and compelled the men to wade across several hundred yards of mud in some instances. Where the road was impassable, Brooke ordered men to march single file along the track. By 1 a.m., the troops bivouacked about four miles from Front Royal, where the rest of the corps had stopped for the night.

Meade had moved his troops forward when the Third Corps skirmished with Lee's forces nearby. However, when Lee retreated, Meade continued his line of march. July 24 found the 53rd Pennsylvania marching with the corps to Markham Station. The next day, the corps moved to White Plains, then, via New Baltimore and Warrenton, to Germantown (near Warrenton Junction) on July 26. This day proved to be extremely hot and scores of men straggled, but the corps went into camp for several days of rest and enabled stragglers to reach camp. One veteran calculated that the regiment had marched 432 miles since it left Falmouth. Fritz recalled that straggling here was dangerous because of the presence of Confederate irregulars. At times, women in nearby houses would attempt to detain officers and men on foraging expeditions until guerrillas could appear and take them prisoner. One of Brooke's orderlies had a narrow escape at one house.

The corps remained in camp nearWarrenton Junction until late in the afternoon of July 30, when the corps broke camp and marched off. After marching twelve miles, the corps halted at Elk Run. Daylight showed that the troops had exerted themselves on the wrong road, and the corps countermarched on the morning of July 31. By 2 p.m., the corps had stopped and bivouacked near Morrisville, which consisted, wrote one 53rd veteran, "of two old chimneys, and an old white house."

After a night's sleep in its new camp, the regiment, together with the division, was moved into a woods when it was discovered that "we were too much in the sun." The 53rd then spent the evening of August 1 on picket duty. However, water was found to be very scarce at the new location, so Caldwell's men packed up their belongings and marched about a mile to an open plain. Here, the men had a beautiful view for about fifteen miles to the west.

For the 53rd Pennsylvania, the Gettysburg Campaign was finally over. Shortly after pitching camp near Morrisville, Major Bull and a detachment of men from the regiment went to Pennsylvania to escort drafted men to fill the 53rd's ranks. A detachment of the provost guard left behind at Gettysburg to police the battlefield rejoined the 53rd at this time; still, the 53rd could only muster eighty officers and men fit for duty. The 53rd regiment had performed its duty quietly and efficiently during the Gettysburg Campaign.

Casualties of the 53rd Pennsylvania at Gettysburg

Field and Staff

Col. John R. Brooke wounded in ankle

Sgt. Maj. Samuel H. Rutter wounded in leg

Company A

Second Lt. John H. Root wounded in shoulder; serving as Acting Inspector General

on Brooke's staff

Company C

First Sgt. Matthew G. Issett killed; buried in National Cemetery (C-64 PA plot)

Sgt. Daniel N. Garner wounded slightly in shoulder

Cpl. George W. Isett wounded severely in right shoulder; discharged from

service on September 4, 1864

Cpl. Jacob W. Prough wounded seriously in shoulder

Pvt. Andrew G. Fleck wounded severely in left arm

Pvt. Samuel W. Gill wounded seriously in thigh

Pvt. Oliver Leese (Leace) wounded seriously in face

Pvt. Daniel Lightner wounded slightly in shoulder

Pvt. Jacob Magill wounded slightly in thigh

Pvt. Michael McCall wounded slightly in leg

Pvt. Matthais Querry wounded severely in knee

Pvt. James J. Raugh wounded severely in left arm, amputated; transferred to

Veteran Reserve Corps, May 1, 1864

Pvt. Samuel F. Stains wounded severely in arm; died September 1 of hemorrhage

at Mower Hospital, Philadelphia; buried in Odd Fellows

Cemetery (grave 31)

Pvt. Francis A. Weaver wounded seriously in arm and side; transferred to Veteran

Reserve Corps, July 1, 1864

Company D

Sgt. David M. Gibbs wounded slightly in breast

Color Sgt. Robert Wrath wounded severely in arm; transferred to Veteran Reserve

Corps, March 16, 1864

Cpl. Peter Weber wounded slightly in hand

Cpl. William Dolph wounded severely in breast and arm, arm amputated;

transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, February 15, 1864

Pvt. Jacob (John) Beers wounded severely in leg; transferred to Veteran Reserve

Corps, February 15, 1864

Pvt. Lewis Beers wounded severely in leg

Pvt. Jacob Berg (Berge) wounded severely in hip

Pvt. John Dillen wounded severely in leg

Pvt. Henry B. Foreman wounded slightly in hand

Pvt. Thomas T. Stiles wounded severely in arm

Pvt. John E. White wounded seriously in hand and abdomen; died July 11;

buried in National Cemetery (A-48 PA plot)

Company E

Capt. John Shields wounded seriously in throat; discharged from service

March 12, 1864

Second Lt. Henry F. Magnes wounded slightly in right leg

First Sgt. Robert Tait missing; captured; exchanged February 26, 1865

Pvt. Lewis Flazer killed; buried in National Cemetery (C-90 PA plot)

Pvt. Reuben Slayman wounded severely in hand

Company F

Capt. Theodore Hatfield wounded slightly in head

Sgt. Oliver Fisher wounded severely in leg

Sgt. Daniel Harrington killed; buried in National Cemetery (A-21 PA plot)

Sgt. William H. Jackson wounded severely in thigh; transferred to Veterans

Reserve Corps, March 13, 1864

Cpl. Marcellus May wounded severely in leg; died evening of July 2

Cpl. Lester Race wounded severely in thumb

Cpl. Sylvester Shoemaker buried in National Cemetery (B-24 PA plot)

Pvt. William Givens (Givins) wounded severely in face

Pvt. Robert McGuire buried in National Cemetery (A-20 PA plot)

Pvt. Abel Perrigo (Perrego) missing

Pvt. William Strickland wounded slightly in head

Pvt. George W. Thompson wounded severely in thigh

Company G

Capt. Archer F. Jones wounded slightly in breast

Second Lt. Arthur B. Mann wounded slightly in head

First Sgt. John A. Wykoff wounded slightly in thigh

Sgt. Almond M. Cheesbro wounded seriously in both legs; died July 10; buried

in National Cemetery (B-39 PA plot)

Pvt. Leavitt W. Cushing wounded slightly in leg

Pvt. George D. Freeman wounded slightly in hip

Pvt. Joseph Kile (Khlye) killed; buried in National Cemetery (B-40 PA plot)

Pvt. George H. Shutt (Shuts) wounded slightly in shoulder

Pvt. William F. Stone missing; captured; died at Andersonville, July 12, 1864;

buried there in Grave 3214

Company H

First Sgt. Charles Allen wounded severely in both legs

Sgt. William Harrison wounded slightly in foot

Cpl. Alfred Hays wounded severely in left thigh

Cpl. John C. Irvin (Irwin) wounded severely in both legs

Cpl. Robert P. Strine wounded slightly in right hand

Pvt. John M. Christ (Coist) wounded severely in both legs

Pvt. William Deetz missing

Pvt. Harvey S. Geiger wounded slightly in stomach

Pvt. George Hall wounded severely in leg

Pvt. John Seibert wounded severely in left breast

Pvt. George Vandling wounded severely in right thigh

Pvt. David P. Waltman wounded slightly in hand by ramrod

Company I

Capt. Henry S. Dimm wounded severely in leg

First Lt. George D. Pifer wounded slightly in face

Second Lt. John Whitaker wounded slightly in hand

Sgt. Henry Speice wounded slightly in leg

Sgt. James R. (K.) Zeiders wounded slightly in leg

Cpl. Isaac Heim wounded seriously in shoulder

Pvt. Benjamin Buford missing

Pvt. Samuel A. Kaufman wounded severely in left ankle

Pvt. Jacob H. Kleckner wounded severely in left arm, amputated

Pvt. William T. Long killed

Pvt. Levi Nitz missing

Pvt. Henry Reese wounded seriously in head

Pvt. John Reese wounded slightly in left thigh

Company K

Second Lt. Charles F. Smith wounded; serving as aide-de-camp on Brooke's staff