Civil War Information

Right: “You will soon see them tumbling back” - A painting by John Paul Strain. Generals Hancock  and Caldwell of the II Corps watch as General Sickles makes his ill fated march into the Wheatfield at Gettysburg on July 2nd, 1863. Caldwell’s 1st. division would be sent to rescue Sickles. Among the regiments in Caldwell’s division was the 148th Pennsylvania. If you could see the men behind the “Irish Brigade” in this painting, you might spot my ancestor Thomas A. Conaway, Co. B 148th PVI, who was shot through the wrist in this battle.

 

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Right: The 8th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (U.S.) - re-enactors.

The 148th Pennsylvania Infantry was formed in 1862 from men of Centre and surrounding counties in Pennsylvania. Assigned to the II Corps under Winfield Scott Hancock, the 148th was with the Army of the Potomac in all its major battles from May of 1863 to the end of the war.  From Chancellorsville on, the 148th PVI was involved in some of the hardest fighting anywhere during the civil war, and its record clearly shows this. It had the 14th highest fatality rate of any regiment in Union service, at 15.6 percent killed, or 210 men killed in action out of 1,339 total. This is despite the fact that it was in action a whole year less than most of the other regiments in the AOP. At Spotsylvania alone, it lost 309 men killed, wounded, or missing, the highest of any unit present at that battle. During its service, It captured at least 3 confederate regimental flags and a rebel general, and 3 of its soldiers won the Congressional Medal of Honor. See these links for more information on the 148th, including a roster:

 

The 148th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

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We are looking for any and all available information on the 49th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. If you have Civil War era letters, diaries, memorabilia, or any other information on this unit, we would like to hear from you. Please send email to Blake Sasse.

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The 49th Missouri Volunteer Infantry

             Organized At Warrenton, Mexico, Macon, And St. Louis, Mo., August 31, 1864. Attached to District of North Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to February 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military District of West Mississippi, to August 1865. Dept. of Alabama to December, 1865.

             SERVICE.--Duty in Northern Missouri on line of Northern Missouri Railroad, till January 30, 1865. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., January 30 - February 1, thence to New Orleans, La., February 10-21. Siege of Spanish Fort March 26 - April 8. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13 - 25, and duty there till July 14. Companies "A," "B," "C," "D," "E," "F," "G," and "I" ordered to St. Louis, Mo., and mustered out August 2, 1865. Companies "H" and "K" on duty at Eufaula, Ala., till December, 1865. Mustered out December 20, 1865.

             The 49th lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded, and 96 Enlisted men by disease. Total 100.

             Source: Frederick Dyer's Compendium Of The War Of The Rebellion.

             Col. Dyer wrote these words in his report to the Missouri Adjutant General, on October 20, 1865:

"The men composing the several companies of the regiment were not acclimated, and hence, during the summer season, a great deal of sickness prevailed, with fearful fatality. During the encampment at Montgomery, Alabama, a little over two months, we buried of our number fifty-two, thirty-eight of whom sleep side by side in one graveyard.......D. P. Dyer"

                        Special Thanks to Blake Sasse for the above information.