History of the Eighty-fifth regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, 1861-1865, comprising an authentic narrative of Casey's division at the Battle of Seven Pines

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HISTORY OF THl

Eighty-fifth Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteer

Preface

The aim kept constantly in view in compiling this volume has been to arrange chronologically, in narrative form, the important activities of the Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment, Infantry, from the inception of the organization until it was mustered out of the service. Reminiscent narratives written by surviving members, biographical sketches, and portraits of officers and men as they appeared while serving with the Regiment, were included in the original scope of the volume. The numerous narrative sketches, written when the events described were fresh in the minds of the participants, which appear throughout the volume in chronological order make exceedingly interesting reminiscences of more than a half century ago of less historical value. These articles were written by men who were not only soldiers, good and true, but they also bear evidence that their authors were men of keen observation and accuracy of statement.

Owing to the difficulty in securing authentic data and photographs of many officers and men with exceptionally meritorious military records, the Committee on Regimental History deemed it inexpedient to publish biographical sketches and portraits of the officers and men of the Regiment, with but two exceptions. The reasons therefor are expressed in the following:

RESOLUTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON REGIMENTAL HISTORY.

At a regularly called meeting of the Committee on Regimental History of the Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Regimental Association, convened at Memorial Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, October 29, 1914, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted:

WHEREAS: The manuscript submitted by Comrade Luther S. Dickey, covering the activities of the Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Regiment from the inception of the organization until it was mustered out of the service, gives evidence of having been prepared in an authentic manner after exhaustive research, and,

WHEREAS : Owing to the voluminous nature of the manuscript and for other reasons set forth in the preface, it is deemed impracticable to publish portraits and biographical sketches of the comrades of the Regiment, it is the unanimous sense of the Committee, in which they know every member of the Association will concur, that exceptions should be made in favor of the two commissioned officers representing the extremes in age, viz: Colonel Joshua B. Howell, "The Father of the Regiment" — the oldest officer — and First Lieutenant, Norman B. Ream, the youngest commissioned officer of the Regiment, and,

WHEREAS : Comrade Ream has demurred at this discriminating distinction, it is the unanimous voice of the Committee that his meritorious military record, achieved before he had reached his

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majority, and his intrepidity on the firing line, of which the members of this Committee can bear witness, make it imperative on the Committee to insist that his long, honorable and distinguished career in the industrial and financial world be associated with the narrative of the activities of the Regiment and in taking this action the Committee knows that they are but expressing the desire of every member of the Regimental Association, all of whom believe that the remarkable achievements in the business world of the youngest officer of the Regiment give added lustre to the fame of the Regiment's activities;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:

That the manuscript submitted by Comrade Luther S. Dickey, with biographical sketches and portraits of Colonel Joshua B. Howell and First Lieutenant Norman B. Ream to be incorporated, be, and is hereby accepted and endorsed as the duly authorized official History of the Eighty-fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and be it further:

RESOLVED: That Comrade Dickey is hereby authorized and directed to have the History of the Regiment published as expeditiously and in such form as to him seems most practicable.

J. A. SWEARER, Prest. CHAS. E. ECKELS, Vice-Prest.

WILLIAM E. CHICK, Sec. WALTER C. CRAVIN

JOHN B. BELL, Asst. Sec. CRAWFORD H. SCOTT

Almost three years of constant and unremitting research have been spent in collecting material for this volume. It is a compilation of the activities of the Eighty-fifth Regiment written while the events described were fresh in the minds of the writers. If it has historical value it is chiefly due to its correlation of the descriptive accounts of the eye-witnesses of the events described and can, therefore, be justly entitled "A Narrative of History in the Making."

In his researches the compiler has been indebted to so many sources for cheerful and courteous assistance that his acknowledgment herein must be general, with comparatively few exceptions. These are the Adjutant-General's Office, and the Office of the State Department of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the Adjutant-General's Office, the Office of the Auditor, for the War Department, the War Department Library, and the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. ; the Chicago Public Library, and the Brooklyn Public Library. The many exceptional favors and opportunities extended by these departments, and libraries were such, that not to make grateful acknowledgment would be discourteous, to say the least.

In the preparation of the Regimental narrative constant reference was made to the diaries of Com. Sergt. John B. Bell, 1st Sergt. James A. Swearer, Sergt. Walter C. Cravin, Corp. William E. Chick, and Private Crawford H. Scott. In one or more of these diaries a daily entry was made, which referred

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to every important event or movement of the Eighty-fifth Regiment from October 1, 1861, while rendezvousing at Camp Lafayette, the site of which is now a thickly populated section of Uniontown, Penna., until the Regiment was mustered out of the service at Pittsburgh, Penna., November 22, 1864. The known probity of these comrades during the time they rendered constant service with their respective companies, or with the Regiment, and since then, is a guarantee of the trustworthiness of every statement they make in the Regimental narrative. The diaries of Com. Sergt. Bell, and Corp. Chick have constituted the groundwork of the Regimental narrative from October 1, 1861, until November 22, 1864, including the composite diary addenda to several chapters. It is worthy of particular notice that each of the six comrades comprising the Committee on Regimental History was constantly on duty with his company, Regiment, or brigade, during the entire term of service at the front except one, Private Scott. The latter, after a continuous service of two years, ten months, and fifteen days, was compelled to retire to a general hospital by reason of a bullet from the enemy imbedded in his body which he has carried there these more than fifty years. Comrades Bell, Swearer, and Scott were mustered out of the service with the Regiment; Comrades Chick, Cravin, and Eckels re-enlisted as Veterans; the former was mustered out of the service as sergeant of Company I, 188th Pennsylvania Regiment, December 14, 1865 ; the two latter were mustered out June 28, 1865, each with the rank of captain, with the 199th Pennsylvania Regiment of Infantry.

Fully one- fourth of this volume is devoted to one battle in which the Eighty-fifth Regiment participated. The nearly three years in collecting data for this volume have been chiefly devoted to research to discover, if possible, every important detail which may have been written by participants in that one battle, — Seven Pines, misnamed Fair Oaks. Casey's division, — of which the Eighty-fifth Regiment was a part during its entire existence, — stood the brunt of that battle. Instead of achieving fame in making an heroic stand against an overwhelming force of the enemy, it was most unjustly charged with ignominious conduct in retiring to avoid being made prisoners of war. The Eighty-fifth Regiment was assigned to what proved to be the pivotal point in the battle, and maintained that position for more than three hours, retiring from it at last, only to avoid being surrounded by the enemy, while other troops, who were at no time near the line maintained by the Regiment and ether battalions of the Second Brigade of the division, are officially and historically accredited with making a gallant defense of the identical position maintained by the Regiment and other battalions of the Second Brigade of Casey's division. During the half century which has elapsed since the war between the States, no historian has given evidence that he has examined the official reports of the commanding officers who were at the extreme front during the first three hours of the battle of Seven Pines.

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The compilation in this volume is by one who witnessed the very beginning of the battle of Seven Pines at the extreme front, from the picket post from which the first musket shot was fired at the advancing Confederates. Some years ago he was drafted by his regimental association to compile the annals of his regiment. Thinking the task would be easy because of the published researches of historians, he accepted the assignment as a pastime. The resulting discoveries showed that great injustice had been done to the division which had stood the brunt of the battle, while a foul calumny upon hundreds of gallant officers and men who had sealed their devotion to this Union of States, by defending its banner nearly a mile directly in advance of Seven Pines, was registered, apparently unchallenged, in the official report of the general commanding that portion of the Federal army, so disastrously defeated during the battle. The compiler of this volume then vowed to devote himself to marshal the evidence which would disprove this calumny, and also establish conclusively that the comrades of his division had borne the brunt of the battle. Through this attempt at vindication of the troops of his division, as published in the narrative of his regiment, he became acquainted with Comrade Norman B. Ream of the Eighty-fifth Regiment. As a youth of seventeen, Comrade Ream, as sergeant of his company, witnessed the first three hours of the battle at the pivotal center, at the immediate right of "Casey's Redoubt." In recognition of the compiler's feeble efforts in vindication of Casey's division, he was designated as Historian of the Eighty-fifth Regiment by the Regimental Association at the suggestion of Comrade Ream.

During the almost three years this volume has been in preparation, the compiler has been the guest and confidant of Comrade Ream, a distinction and honor to more than compensate him for the many years he has devoted in his researches for the facts and fictions written of the battle of Seven Pines. Only a small portion of the material gathered finds a place in this volume. All of it was considered by Comrade Ream, and, after it was in type and ready for the pressroom, every statement of fact accompanying the compilation on the battle of Seven Pines, whether in criticism or otherwise, met with his full concurrence. This fact, and the assistance he rendered the compiler in gathering the material in vindication of Casey's division is, in this sense, his work.

It was only shortly after this defense of Casey's division had been made into types for the pages of this volume that Comrade Ream answered to the final "tattoo" and "taps" which summoned him to that shadowy realm to which many of his calumniated comrades had preceded him from the battle-field of Seven Pines, when, as a youth of seventeen, he had played a man's part. It must have been a source of satisfaction to him to know that the closing hours of a wonderful career full of achievement had been spent in vindication of the wronged comrades of his youth. During the remaining span of time allotted to the compiler of this volume, his pleasant association with Comrade Ream in this work, will be among his most cherished memories.

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Excerpts from Chapters VI — VIII

"We have had a desperate battle, in which the corps of Sumner, Heintzelman and Keyes have been engaged against greatly superior numbers. Yesterday at i, the enemy, taking advantage of a terrible storm, which had flooded the valley of the Chickahominy, attacked our troops on the right bank of that river. Casey's division, which was the first line, gave way unaccountably and discreditably. This caused a temporary confusion, during which some guns and baggage were lost, but Heintzelman and Kearny most gallantly brought up their troops, which checked the enemy. At the same time, however, Gen. Sumner succeeded by great exertions in bringing across Sedgwick's and Richardson's divisions, who drove back the enemy at the point of the bayonet, covering the ground with his dead. This morning the enemy attempted to renew the conflict, but was everywhere repulsed. We have taken many prisoners, among them are Gen. Pettigrew and Col. Long. Our loss is heavy but that of the enemy must be enormous. With the exception of Casey's division our men behaved splendidly. Several fine bayonet charges have been made. The Second Excelsior made two to-day." [Gen. McClellans dispatch announcing the battle of Seven Pines; see page 87.]

Federal casualties at the Battle of Seven Pines.

Casey's Division 1,429

Couch's Division 1,164

Kearny's Division 1,091

Hooker's Division 154

Sedgwick's Division 347

Richardson's Division 838

[From Revised Return of Casualties at the Battle of Seven Pines; see page 94.]

"The blood of the gallant dead would cry to me from the ground on which they fell fighting for their country had I not said what I have to vindicate them from the unmerited aspersion which has been cast upon them." [Concluding paragraph of the official report of Brig. Gen. Silas Casey; see page 114.]

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EXCERPTS FROM CHAPTERS VI-VIII.

"Appended is a list of the killed and wounded. From this it appears that of the less than 9,000 taken into action nearly 3,000 were struck down. The loss was principally in the three brigades which made the front attack. Rain's brigade, which executed the flank movement, suffered but little in comparison. The gallant charge of my division demoralized the Yankees, and our re-enforcements were not hotly engaged; the succor brought to Casey not fighting so well as his own men. This accounts for the fact that more than half of the entire loss in the two days' fight fell upon my division," [From official report of Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, who led the attack upon Casey's division; see page 166.]

"I had a full view of the field from my position, and could see no movement toward evacuating the works till Gen. Rains opened fire on the flank and rear." [From Maj. Gen. Hill's appendix to official report of Brig. Gen. R. E. Rodes, commanding one of the brigades assaulting Casey's works in front; see page 166.]

"The severest part of the work was done by Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill's division. * * * The conduct of the entire attack was left entirely to Maj. Gen. Hill. The entire success of the affair is sufficient evidence of his ability, courage and skill." [From official report of Maj. Gen. James Longstreet.]

"The principal attack was made by Maj. Gen. Longstreet with his own and Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill's divisions, the latter mostly in advance. Hill's brave troops, admirably commanded and most gallantly led, forced their way through the abatis, which formed the enemy's external defenses, and stormed their intrenchments by a determined and irresistible rush." [From official report of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, commanding Confederate Army; see page 165.]

EXCERPTS FROM CHAPTERS VI-VIIL

"An officer informed me that after we had driven the enemy beyond our first intrenchments he visited Gen. Casey's camp and found more men bayoneted and shot within their shelter tents than outside of them." [From the official report of Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, commanding the left wing of the Army of the Potomac, May 31, 1862; see par. 18, page 106.]

"After finding their position abandoned I immediately sent report to Gen. Sickles to that effect and then, taking Company A from my reserve, advanced with it to the redoubt and line of earthworks occupied by the enemy the evening previous [June 1]. Scattered over the fields and tents, in the houses, and under sheds were large numbers of wounded men, both the rebel and our own, in the most distressing condition, many having been since Saturday, May 31, without any food or attention. From the wounded we learned that the enemy had fallen back that morning, commencing the retreat about midnight, and that their rear had not been an hour gone." [From the official report of Lieut. Col. Henry L. Potter, 71st New York Regiment (Second Excelsior) ; see page 152.]

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Contents

Chapter Page

I — Camp Lafayette 1

II — Encampment About Washington 14

Chapter I

The Inception of the Organization of the Regiment, Camp Lafayette, Uniontown, Pa. — Departure for Seat of War. — Arrival at Camp Casey, near Washington, D. C.

From August 2 to November 22, 1861.

The Eighty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Infantry, was recruited during the months of August, September, October and November, 1861, from four counties in the extreme southwestern part of the State, all of which were bordered by the famous "Mason and Dixon Line," viz.: Somerset, Fayette, Greene and Washington, the two former being separated from the State of Maryland by the original Mason and Dixon survey, and the three latter from Virginia (now West Virginia).

The initial step toward the organization of this Regiment was taken by Joshua B. Howell, for thirty-three years a resident of Uniontown, Pa., and a prominent member of the bar of Fayette County, who addressed the following letter to Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War:

Uniontown, Pa., July 25, 1861.

Sir:

I am desirous of raising a Regiment of Volunteers, from the western part of this State, to serve for three years, or during the War, and to facilitate my efforts in that regard I wish an order from your Department authorizing me to do so. As I am personally unknown to you, sir, I take the liberty of referring you to the gentlemen, who are kind enough to add a post script to this- note.

Joshua B. Howell.

Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War.

This letter was endorsed as follows:

Hon. S. Cameron,

Secty. of War.

Sir:

We hope it may comport with your views to grant the order requested by Gen'l Howell. His wish is to get into immediate service and not to be delayed by passing through the State authorities. Gen. Howell has always had a great military taste and has all the experience he could acquire in the ordinary volunteer service at home. We think him well fitted for the service and doubt not, if accepted, he will give satisfaction to the Department.

Very respectfully your &c,

N. Ewing, A. Stewart, Jno. Collins.

Two days later Col. Howell sent a second letter to the Secretary of War, as follows:

Uniontown, July 27, 1861.

Sir:

I had the honor to address a note to you on the 25th inst, in which I stated that I was desirous of raising a Regiment of Volunteers in the Western part of Penna., to serve for three years, or during the War, and to facilitate my efforts in that regard, I desired an order from your Department to do so. My friends, Judge Ewing, the Hon. A. Stewart, and Col. Collins, did me the kindness to add a postscript to my note. I beg leave to refer you to it. I am afraid that, in the great amount of business, which must necessarily be constantly pressing upon your attention, my letter may have been overlooked or mislaid. I write now to draw your attention to it, and to urge the granting of my application. My anxiety to embark at once in the work, must be my apology for trespassing upon your time and attention.

I have the honor to be

Respectfully your ob't servant,

Joshua B. Howell.

To Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War,

Washington, D. C.

This letter is endorsed as follows:

I wish to express my hearty concurrence in the request of Gen. Howell and hope it will receive your prompt attention. He is the very man for the work he proposes to do. His whole heart is in it.

Most respectfully,

A. Stewart.

Filed with Col. Howeirs correspondence in the archives of the War Department are the following letters:

Am. Standard Office, Uniontown, Pa., July 29, 1861.

Hon. Simon Cameron,

Secretary of War, Dear Sir:

I understand Gen. Howell of this place has made application for authority from your Department to raise a regiment in West Pennsylvania. / hope you will grant it at once. He is the right man in the right place. I could assign various reasons for it, but will not encroach on your time.

Respectfully, &c,

John F. Beazel.

Hon. Simon Cameron,

Sec'y of War.

Sir:

You have before you numerous and strong testimonials in behalf of Gen. Joshua B. Howell of Fayette Co., Penna., and asking an order to him to raise a Regiment of Volunteers for the War, in Western Pennsylvania. Gen. Howell is, I think a worthy and efficient man. He is my particular friend and just now I have special reasons why I wish him to have the order and from you. Will you gratify us?

Your obd't servt.,

James Veech.

Avenue House, Washington City, August 1, 1861.

The foregoing letter was evidently presented in person to Secretary Cameron by the Hon. Edgar Cowan, United States Senator from Pennsylvania, on August 2, 1861, as it has his endorsement written on separate paper and pasted on the upper right hand corner, as follows : I recommend this also.

Edgar Cowan.

Accompanying the letter is the following note in Senator Cowan's tremulous handwriting :

Gen. Joshua B. Howell proposes to raise a regiment in West Pa., within 31 days from this date to rendezvous at Camp Wright, near Pittsburgh.

Edgar Cowan, 2nd August, 1861.

On even date with Senator Cowan's note Gen. Howell was authorized by the War Department to recruit a Regiment in the following terms:

War Department, Washington City, August 2, 1861.

Colonel Joshua B. Howell,

Pennsylvania.

Sir:

The regiment of Infantry which you offer is accepted for three years or during the war, provided you have it ready for marching orders in thirty-one days.

This acceptance is with the distinct understanding that this Department will revoke the commissions of all officers who may be found incompetent for the proper discharge of their duties.

You will promptly advise Adjutant General Thomas at Washington the date at which your men will be ready for mustering, and he will detail an officer for that purpose, who will be instructed to muster in by companies.

By order of Secretary of War,

James Lesley, Jr., Chief Clerk, War Department.

On receipt of the above Col. Howell published the following:

Uniontown, Aug. 7, 1861.

Attention! By virtue of authority derived from the War Department, Washington, I will organize a Regiment for service for three years or during the war. Due and timely notice will be given of the place when the companies will rendezvous.

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Commanders of Companies and persons desirous of taking part in the great and momentous struggle in which is involved our National existence, and which will determine the integrity of the Union and the permanence of our free institutions, will be kind enough to report to me at this place.

Prompt and energetic action is indispensable, as my authority requires me to have the Regiment ready for marching orders on or before the 2nd of September, proximo.

I have appilied to the War Department for an extension of time, and think it will be granted.

Joshua B. Howell, Colonel

Immediately after receiving authority to recruit a Regiment, Gen. Howell called on or wrote to such men as he knew to have a predilection for military affairs in Fayette and contiguous counties and with some friends visited various districts making patriotic speeches at Union War Meetings called for the purpose of inducing men to enlist.

An account of one of these meetings held August 21, 1861, in the Court House at Waynesburg, Greene County, which appeared in the Waynesburg Messenger, in its issue of September 4, 1861, is typical of the others. It is as

follows :

Public Meeting. The citizens of the Borough and vicinity, assembled at the Court House on the evening of the 21st ultimo, by a call for a Union Meeting in which it was stated that an address would be delivered by Gen. Howell, who was visiting our county, with a view to raising a Regiment for service in the present war.

On motion of J. A. J. Buchanan, Esq., W. T. E. Webb, Esq., was called to the chair, assisted by Robert Adams and Daniel Hook, Esq., as vice-presidents; John Phelan and W. Baily were appointed Secretaries. James Lindsey, Esq., stated the object of the meeting, and the presence of Gen. Howell, whom he introduced to the meeting. Gen. Howell then came forward and addressed the meeting in a strain of patriotic eloquence which frequently elicited its applause. He stated among other things, that, as a Democrat he had opposed the election of President Lincoln, but he having been elected fairly and in accordance! with the laws of the land, was entitled to the support of the people of all parties; that in the present perilous condition of the country, and in reference to the war, he was disposed to forget mere partisan feelings; that the question was not now what party was right, or what party was wrong; but that paramount to all were the questions whether the Union shall be held together, the Government maintained and the Stars and Stripes remain the protecting Aegis of the American citizen, wherever he shall be. When this shall have been settled, and when it shall have been demonstrated that we have a Union, a Government, and a Flag, then it will be time to settle merely partisan questions. That while Rebellion is rampant, our Flag desecrated, the public property appropriated to the use of the enemies of the Union, and while every principle of constitutional law is rudely trampled on by the Rebels, it is no time to haggle on the question as to whether the President in his efforts to protect them, had overstepped the strict boundaries of constitutional duty — the Government which our fathers erected should be maintained and the President, in his efforts to uphold it, should receive the support and sympathy of the people, and the aid of their money and their personal exertions. He closed by stating that he had been empowered by the Secretary of War to raise a Regiment for the present War, and hoped to have the honor of leading some of the patriotic men of Greene County in support of the glorious Stars and Stripes.

Other addresses were made by Hon. Andrew Stewart, John Buchanan, Prof. Miller, Gen. Lazear and James Lindsey. J. F. Temple, Esq., informed the meeting that he had just been informed that Capt. Gordon, with his "Pursley Guards" was approaching the town and moved that a procession be formed to escort them, which was done immediately after the adjournment of the meeting.

W. T. E. Webb, President,

R. Adams & D. Hook, Vice Presidents,

W. Baily and J. Phelan, Secretaries.

Another account of this meeting appearing in the Messenger says:

The speeches were all well received and creditable, but the remarks of Gen. Howell and Mr. Lindsey were particularly happy and appropriate, and were warmly applauded. At the close of the meeting "the forces" were put in military array by our gallant partner, CoL Jennings, and marched to the west of town, headed by the military band of that inimitable fifer and whole souled fellow, Recorder Temple, where they received the "Pursley Guards," numbering some sixty men and commanded by our patriotic friend, Capt. John A. Gordon, halting on their march at the Hamilton House and receiving another earnest speech from Gen. Howell. The crowd dispersed with three cheers for the Union, for Gen. Howell and Capt. Gordon.

On September 5, Secretary Cameron wrote Gov. Curtin as follows :

Col. Joshua B. Howell of Fayette County tenders a Regiment of Infantry to the Government for 3 years or during the War. We need the men but prefer to receive them through the executive of Pennsylvania. Please accept and organize his Regiment in accordance with existing Regulations.

During the month of September a rendezvous camp was established at Uniontown, on the old Fair Ground south of Fayette Street, now a fine residence section of that city, and on which in recent years a fine High School building has been erected. The rendezvous camp was named "Camp LaFayette," and in a very few weeks more than the requisite number of companies were quartered there although some of them were lacking the minimum quota.

A correspondent of the Waynesburg Messenger, under date of October 29, 1861, describes the troops in Camp LaFayette as follows: (Waynesburg Messenger, November 6, 1861.)

The number of companies now in camp is eleven, including the one which is yet quartered in town. Their names, officers and former places of rendezvous, are as follows; presenting them in the order in which they entered the service, so far as I can learn : Capt. H. Z. Ludington's Co., the "Mountain Rifles," from Springfield, Fayette Count? ; 1st Lieut.

R. Smurr; 2nd Lieut. S. K. Brown; Capt. R. Weltner's Co., "Howell's Invincibles ;" 1st Lieut. Andrew Stewart, Jr. * * * Capt. J. C. Wilkinson's Co., "Wilkinson's Zouaves," Brownsville, Pa.; 1st Lieut. R. Beazell; 2nd Lieut. Geo. Vangilder; Capt. H. J. Vankirk's "Union Guards," Washington County; 1st Lieut. W. W. Kerr; 2nd Lieut. Jno. Rowley; Ord. Sergt. S. L. McHenry; Capt. M. W. Zellars Co., "Ellsworth Cadets," 1st Lieut. R. P. Hughes; Ord. Sergt. Geo. H. Hooker; 2nd Sergt Julius Smith; 3rd Sergt. J. C. Douds; Capt. J. B. Tredwell's Co., "Independent Blues;" 1st Lieut. James Hamilton; 2nd Lieut M. C. Black; Ord. Sergt Henry Jackson; Capt A. Gutter's "Little Giants;" 1st Lieut. E. Campbell; Ord. Sergt. R. W. Dawson; * * * Capt. W. H. Horn's Co., "LaFayette Infantry," North Ten Mile, Washington County; 1st Lieut Rolla O. Phillips; 2nd Lieut. J. E. Michener; Capt. John Morris' Co. the "Ten Mile Greys," Rogersville, Pa.; 1st Lieut. R. Sellers; 2nd Lieut John Remley; Capt Nicholas Hager's Co. the "Waynesburg Invincibles," Waynesburg, Pa.; 1st Lieut. ; 2nd Lieut J. B. Lindsey; Capt. I. M.