Here’s a Civil War Document Signed by Four (4) Hard-Fighting PA Union “Bucktails” Officers and Enlisted Men Fighting in the Bloody Battles of Cold Harbor and the Early Assaults on Petersburg, Virginia - - Some Men were Captured by Confederate Rebel forces on the Weldon Railroad at Six Mile House.

The officers and enlisted men signing the document multiple times include:

THOMAS J. THOMSON

·       1st LIEUTENANT IN “K” Co., 190th PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY IN 1864, and 1st SERGEANT IN “K” Co., 42nd PA INF. 1861-1864 - - TWICE WOUNDED-IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF MECHANICSVILLE VRIGINIA ON JUNE 26, 1862 and AT THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG, VA, ON DEC. 13th 1862.

WILLIAM C. COLEMAN

·       1st LIEUTENANT IN “I” Co., 190th PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY 1864-1865, and

·       1st SERGEANT IN “D” Co., 40th PA INFANTRY 1861-1864.

GEORGE EIFFLER T

·      CORPORAL IN “H” & “K” Co., 190th PA 1862-1865.

HENRY L. DUNBAR

·       PRIVATE IN “K” Co., 190th PA 1862-1865.

HERE’S A TWO-SIDED FEB. 1862 and DEC. 1863 CIVIL WAR DOCUMENT BOLDLY SIGNED MULTIPLE TIMES BY ALL THE ABOVE, REPRESENTING CLOTHING ACCOUNTS FOR PRIVATE DUNBAR and CORPORAL EIFFLER.

The document measures 10” x 14½” and is in excellent condition. 

A RARE ADDITION TO YOUR PENNSYLVANIA ‘OFFICERS IN BLUE’ CIVIL WAR AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION.

HISTORY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
ONE HUNDRED and NINETIETH INFANTRY
(Three Year Regiment)

One Hundred and Ninetieth Infantry - Col., William R. Hartshorne; Lieut.-Col., Joseph B. Pattee; Maj., John A. Wolfe.

The 190th, the 1st veteran reserves, was organized in the field during the Wilderness campaign from the veterans and recruits of the 1st, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Pa. Re- serves. Col. Hartshorne had been major of the 13th, Lieut.- Col. Pattee a captain in the 10th, and Maj. Wolfe a captain in the 13th. The 190th, together with the 191st organized in the same manner, formed the 3d brigade, 3d division, 5th corps.

In the fighting at Cold Harbor it suffered a loss of 12 killed, wounded and missing. It was next actively engaged in the early assaults on Petersburg in June ‘64, losing a large number in killed and wounded. In July it assisted in the construction of Fort Warren, and in August was engaged with the 18th corps on the Weldon railroad at Six-mile house. While holding an advanced position here and entirely without supports it was suddenly surrounded by the enemy and forced to surrender.

The captives were immured in prisons at Richmond, Salisbury and Danville, until about the time of Lee's surrender. Only a small detachment which had been ordered to the rear for provisions and ammunition escaped capture. This small fragment of the command, augmented by men returning from furlough and from detached service, was transferred to the 2nd division and shared in the remaining operations of 1864.

In the final campaign of 1865 it was engaged at Gravelly run, Five Forks, and throughout the pursuit of Lee's army. It was on the point of charging a battery on the 9th when the news of Lee's surrender was received.

The regiment was mustered out at Arlington Heights, Va., June 28, 1865.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 1

 

HISTORY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
FORTIETH INFANTRY
(Three Year Regiment)

Fortieth Infantry.-Cols., T. F. Gallagher, Samuel M. Jackson; Lieut.Cols., James R. Porter, Samuel M. Jackson, Daniel S. Porter, Robert A. McCoy; Majs. S. M. Jackson, Robert Litzinger, Peter A. Johns, James P. Speer, Robert A. McCoy, James C. Burke.

The 40th, the 11th reserve regiment, was composed of men from the western part of the state, who rendezvoused at Camp Wright, near Pittsburg. On June 24, 1861, the regiment left camp and proceeded to Harrisburg, thence to Washington, where it was mustered into the U. S. service on the 29th and 30th for a three years, term. In July it was ordered to the camp of the reserves at Tennallytown, assigned to the 2nd brigade of the reserve corps and stationed at Great Falls, where it had a skirmish with the enemy posted on the other side of the Potomac. Winter quarters were established near Langley, Va., and much enthusiasm was aroused by the victory at Dranesville, though the 2nd brigade arrived too late to participate. The regiment served on the Peninsula in the corps under Gen. Fitz John Porter; was present at the battles of Mechanicsville, and Gaines, mill, where the regiment met with disaster, though it held its ground in the face of the enemy's fire until the troops on both sides were driven back. The smoke and the density of the wood in which the battle raged prevented the troops from observing that they were being cut off, and when surrounded they endeavored to fight their way back. This became impossible and the regiment was captured after losing 46 men killed and 109 wounded. One company of the regiment under Capt. Porter, escaped capture, having been detailed on special duty.

This company, representing the regiment fought at Glendale and shared in the second battle of Bull Run attached to the 3rd brigade. At South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg, the depleted ranks of the 40th conducted themselves gallantly.

In Feb. 1863, the regiment was ordered to Washington to rest and recruit. With the 5th corps it shared in the Gettysburg campaign, the pursuit of the Confederate army, the skirmishes at Bristoe and Rappahannock Stations and the Mine Run campaign.

The reserves were posted on guard duty along the Orange & Alexandria railroad during the winter of 1863-64, the 40th being encamped at Warrenton Junction and Bristoe Station. Beginning with the Wilderness, the regiment engaged in the battles of the Army of the Potomac during May, 1864, its last engagement being at Bethesda Church, after which the veterans and recruits were transferred to the 190th Pa. infantry and the regiment returned to Pittsburg, where it was mustered out on June 14, 1864.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 1

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