FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66   67   68   >>  
ain and Chancellorsville; taken prisoner at Bristoe Station, Aug. 31, 1862; soon after, paroled and exchanged; returned to duty at Dumfries, Va., Feb. 12, 1863; by order of Gen. Geary, Dec. 27, 1863, detailed as Clerk in the office of the Inspector General, in which capacity he served until he was mustered out of the service, July 6, 1864, at Cleveland, Ohio. WILLIAM H. WOOD, Present with the company until he was transferred to Battery I, 1st O. V. A., at Charleston, Va., Dec. 1, 1861. In the Artillery Service he lost an arm in battle, and was discharged. WILLIAM WOODMANSEE, Took an active part in the battles of Cross Lanes, Winchester, and Port Republic; detailed as teamster, July 30, 1862, and served in this capacity until December, when he was relieved and detailed in the Q. M. Department, where he served until April, 1863; detailed in the ordnance train about May 1, 1863; furnished ammunition on the field at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; relieved in July, 1863; detailed again in the ordnance train, Jan. 2, 1864, and was present with it at the battles of Rocky-Faced Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; did not lose the rank of private, nor was wounded in the whole service; discharged, July 6, 1864; now pursuing his Collegiate course. ORLANDO H. WORCESTER, Safely escaped from Cross Lanes, and was mortally wounded in the battle of Winchester, by a gun shot through the ankle: died in the hospital, at Winchester, April 15, 1862, and remains brought home for burial. * * * * * The following is the record of the recruits who joined the Company at Charleston, W. Va., and were mustered into the service by Col. Tyler, November 4, 1861: HARLAN B. COCHRAN, Promoted to Corporal soon after he entered the service; present in the battle of Winchester; captured in May, 1862, near Winchester, at the time of Gen. Banks' retreat from the valley; exchanged and discharged for disability, at Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 18, 1862; re-enlisted as First Sergeant in the Seventh Michigan Cavalry, and was killed in a skirmish near Falling Waters, Md., soon after the battle of Gettysburg. HENRY FAIRCHILD, Appointed Corporal, Feb. 25, 1863, and Sergeant, Nov. 1, 1863; took part in the battles of Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg; bruised in the breast at Cedar Mountain, by a spent bullet, causing him to bleed not very freely for his country, a
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66   67   68   >>  



Top keywords:
Winchester
 
detailed
 
battle
 
service
 

served

 

Gettysburg

 

discharged

 

Chancellorsville

 

battles

 

Republic


relieved

 

WILLIAM

 

Corporal

 

Sergeant

 

present

 

ordnance

 

Charleston

 
mustered
 
Mountain
 

wounded


exchanged

 

capacity

 
record
 

hospital

 

recruits

 

HARLAN

 
mortally
 

November

 

brought

 
burial

joined

 
remains
 

Company

 

Antietam

 
Appointed
 

FAIRCHILD

 

bruised

 

breast

 

freely

 

country


bullet

 
causing
 
Waters
 

Falling

 

retreat

 

valley

 

disability

 

Promoted

 

entered

 
captured