Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-05-20

Saith in the battle Of Sunday the iIb inst.
with the losses sustained by tie other reg,
imunts Of the division, with list of the
killed, wounded and missing of Company
X ot the S4th,
CAN'T. NEAR EREDERIcKsRURG,
Va, May Sth, 1868.
Ny DEAR SIs,
: have waited long time for
,ume.hng Of interest TO write to YOURSELF
rs we'll as TO many others Of ofCearfied, and
now tho time has come aud brought with
il a sad story of death to many of our
N'lca.iield friends. will enclose a list oi
1hc officers and men of Company X, lost
IN the great battle ofSun6ay, the 4th day
nf May. Our two old regiments, S4tn and
10th, appear doomed 10 suffer in the Sc
yerost Of the fight at all times and places,
and well indeed have they sustained their
honor, as their depleted ranks will testify.
! will not attempt to describe the fight,
nor to speculate upon the results, but will
peak only OF my own Corps, 3rd, COM
uandcd by Maj Gen. ID. T. Sickles. 1t is
nomTosed of three divisions, commanded
as follows, Ist division, Gen. Birney, (safe) !;
2nd, Gen. Berry, (killedl ; 3rd, General
"hipple, twouuded and died yesterday,
ihe whole corps fought with more than
usual courage and Maj. Gen. Sickles is
UnQuestionably daring and courageous
"tiicer,. This | know to be true Of
him, whatever may be the prejudice of
The army or the world against him.
will now confine myself to the part
taken and the loss sustained in my own
brigade, the 2nd brigade of the 3rd corps,
formerly commauded 10y Gen. S. s. Cal,
roll, and AT present by Col. S. NJ. Bows
man Of the S4th p. v, (Gen Carroll hav'
ing been assigned to Frenchs division. J
bis brigade is made up of three gi'
ments, namely 84th p. ", 10th P. V,
18th New Hampshire, and numbered when
we went into the fgh: as follows S4th
had in the fight, with guns, 363-now
aumber l45, loss 2lS. ll0th lost Al. 18th
New hampshire lost out of $40, $40 men
and Of officers as follows | line officers,
and Of the stSff, my assistant Surgeon, j.,
> Wagner, mortally wounded by shell of
our field sttcers, none are killed /: of the
non. commissioned staff officers, John S.
Jury, sergeant>maor, was killed.
The 10th lost Col. James Crowther,
.
Lieut.. McCunc, killed Sergeant major
Shaw, son Of John Shaw, of Philipshurg,
missing. 18th New Hampshire lost Col,
Potter, 1t. Col. March, Major Savage, and
Il line officers aud their Assistant Surgeon
tDr. Hunt were killed. Drs, Pomeroy
ard Williams of our division were wound,
ed so the country will surely rot blame
he surgeons for being towards this time,
aa four cut OF twelve are wounded and one
killed.
So much for the glory of the medical
department. I was myself within their
hanks twice, but my former skill in seal
ingthe pine hickets and laurel brambles
. of MoehannOn brought me out safe. Two
men were killed in the field hospital
where we we're operating on Monday NOR
ming, three were wounded, and horse
. that stood near was torn TO pieces By a
f she'll
thought We had seen terrible infantry
fighting at Fredericksburg, but this more
. than eoualled anything have yet seen. -
. We drove theR and were driven again in
/ o,urn and finally fanked then surround.
cd, thus is our division, they cut their
way out en- double quick, and lost as
above stated.
sm Of the opinion that we, in the az,
Sregate killed to |, and why we fell
back is mystery TO me, unless it was the
heavy rains swelling the river so as to des-
troy the efficiency Of our pontoons and
threatening to render the roads impassn>
bile for our supply trains. Am sure that
rot one third of our army was engaged
some whole corps scarcely fired gun
and if we could have kcptup our supplies
and ammunition | really believe we could
have taken their whole army in three
days more fighting. Our men behaved
splendidly, except the llth corps. They
broke on the right wing, and disgraced
themselves forever. They are the men
formerly commanded by Sigel, and say
hey could not fight without him-they
had one of the very best commanders this
war or the world has ever seen, | mean
4 Gen, Howard an exalted christian and
soldier May the devil pound them for
their cowardly conduct-pardon me. l
cannot write, not having recovered from
the iatigles and anxieties of the past ten
days so that | am stupid as an owl.
Here please find list ofkiled, wound,
Ell and missing Of Company X, S4th P.V.
Capt, J. Peterman, killed.
Lieut.. A. Nixon, wounded and missing
Lieut.. w. A. Nelson, do do
Lieut.. Robt. Jamison do do
Corporal Chas White, killed.
Jos H Barger. missing.
Dan'l Graham, do
J II Ferguson, do
NJ 0 Tate, wounded and missing.
Jos Lydic left hand shot of.
Sol Cassidy, missing.
Gratz NJ johnson, wounded in hand.
John Lytle, wounded and missing,
Samuel Hare, missing.
Joseph Stouffer do
Rudolph Young, do
John Solomon, do
John Loire do
R, J Shafner, do
} Pownall, do
Bit Reams, do
James Mead, do
Robert Graham, do