Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-06-29
From the 49th Regiment.
Headquarters 49th Reg. P. V,


June llth, 1864
Messrs Editors-Tke following is list Of
the killed and wounded in Company A, 49th
Regiment. 1t was handed t. me By their
veteran and gallant Captain, with an earnest
desire that the casualties Of this excellent
Company might find place in your reliable
Journal As the majority Of these brave de
tenders Of the national flag, and heroic con-
testers for the integrity Of our country are
natives Of Miffiin and Juniara counties. the
publication Of this list will be gratifying to
many Of your readers. From all | can learn
from newspaper accounts the 10Th has not
received that prominence to which il is Justly
entitled, notwithstanding which we are not
disposed to speak dIsparaglngly Of any pOr-
ton Of our magnificent army. All honor to
the brave men who have met and whipped
the rebel legiDns, and drove them from the
Rapidan to the Chlckahomiuy in terrible
confusion and with fearful slaughter. but when
other Regiments are loaded with the highest
encomIums and extraTagant eulogies, while
this noble and distinguished Regiment is
receiving not even a syllable Of praise, we
think it unfair. There is not in the 9th Corps
a Regiment which has behaved more heroic
ally and fought with more desperate valor
during the present campaign than the 49th
N1bly has it sustained the reputation gained
at great cost during the existence uf this
atrocious rebellion. Its military efficiency.
moral and physical condition, when il left
camp was admirable Many Of the officers
aud men were decidedly pious, and numb Der
of others under n salutary religious influence.
while all were determined to do their duty
and emulate the deeds of Spartan Heroes.
And never once have these brave Pennsvl.
vanlans, during the late terrible ENGAGEMENTS
manifested ought but the most indurnitable
courage, and even conscrlpts and raw recruits.
VINO never before saw the face Of a rebel. led
on by experienced and gallant officers. actual
Iy rlVaied the most brilliant efforts of their
veteran comrades. Company A. the names
OF the dead and wounded Of which now
forward, contained great deal Of the Scotch
anu 4fiSh element, aud IN no company in the
he&'inehe were there SO many men who had
chosen the good part and of whom the Lord
Jesus was the Leader and commander The
veteran Captain Wakefield was severely in
Jured in the engagement of the lst inst hut
ne Is now at the front with the fragment Of
his company. Though suffering much he is
at the post Of duty. The 49th has suffered
iearfuily during the present campaign. and
It's thihned and shattered ranks Sufficiently
attest the many bloody battles in which i
has been. Still the remnant j. cheerful and
Courageous and while they lament that so
many OF their fellow soldier have fallen. are
ready at any moment to make a similar sacri-
fee. Your. resnaotC'Iir
/. STEVENSON
Chaplain 10th
Lest Of Killed and founded Of Co. A 4oA
Regiment u. Y.
KILLED.
Corporals James Rden, Nav 10.
Charles Bumbaugh,
friyateS John IL. Krider, May 10.
George w. Beatty, :" 18th.
Peter l.. Miller,
Samuel l. Wanch,
John Pollock,
James G. Heel,
Jacob kepperling, June lst
ceiVed May IL.
WOUNDED.
Captain A. w. Wakefield. June lst,
Isl 0ergt John NJ. Thompson, May IL.
Sergeant o. c. Beck,
Alferd Thompson, May 10.
John ID. Rodgers. Nav II.
Corporals Orlando Benjamin, -
w. III. Manger,
Henry Z. Munnechin. +" 10.