The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-09-25
THEIR WAR RECORD.
1884 and 9th Regiments Penn'a
Vols.

133d and 9th Regiments Penn'a
Vols.
Survivors of the One Hundred and
Thirty-third and Sixty-seventh Reg
iments, Pennsylvania Volunteer In
fantry held reunion at Johnstown,
OIL Tuesday, 18th inst. The following
brief sketch of the services of these
regiments is taken from the Johns
town Tribune, and will be interesting
reading.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THIRD.
The One Hundred and Thirty-third
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer In
fantry. was recruited during the month
of July, 1852, under authority granted
by Governor Curtin. Companies A and
B were from Johnstown and vicinity,
L from Ebensburg; q, II, and | from
Perry County; G and X from Bedford
County, and ID and + from Somerset.
The companies rendezvoused ut Camp
Curtin, from the lst 10 the 10th of
August. 1859, and on the 2lst of the
same month the following field officers,
who had been previously elected by the
line officers, were commissioned:
Franklin Il. Speakman, Colonel;
Abraham Kopelin, Lieutenant-COlonel;
Edward NJ. Schrock, Major.
On the 18th the regiment proceeded
to Washington and reported to General
Casey, by whom it was at once ordered
forward To Arlington Hights. 1t was
here brigaded with the One Hundred
and Twenty-third, One Hundred and
Thirty-first, and One Hundred and
Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Regiments,
with Colonel Allabach, of the One
Hundred and Thirty-first, in command.
On the 9th the regiment was ordered
to Alexandria, and from there, on the
3Oth, out toward the front as far as Fort
Ward, the second battle of Bull Run
being at this time i'm full progress.
For the next two weeks it was EN-
gagged in picket duty and in throwing
up intrenchments. On the 18th of
September the regiment moved to
Washington with the brigade, which
had been strengthened by the addition
of the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth
PENNSYLVANIA Regiment, and was
thereafter known as First Brigade,
Third Division, Fifth Corps, or
Humphreys Division. There the arms
originally received were exchanged for
Springfield muskets, and sixty rounds
of ammunition per man were issued.
On the I4th the regiment took up the
line of march to meet, in Maryland,
defiant enemy, which was threatening
the border counties of Pennsylvania.
On the morning of the 18th it arrived
on the battlefield of Antietam. The
regiment was at once formed in line
and awaited renewal of the battle of
the previous day.
On the following morning, the enemy
having retired without attempting to
seriously contest the ground further,
the regiment moved forward over the
field, covered with the dead and wound
ed of both armies, and went into camp
near Sharpsburg, on the Shepardstown
Road.
Ii remained here until near the close
of October, when the Army moved into
Virginia and the fredericksburg cam
paign was inaugurated under Burnside.
For nearly month preceding the
battle the regiment was in camp near
Falmouth, constantly engaged in drill
and preparations for decisive engage
ment.
Between and 3 o'clock p. NJ. on
Saturday, the 18th of December, the
regiment, in common with the other
regiments of the brigade, was ordered
to cross the river. This was success
fully accomplished under heavy
artillery fire from the enemy's bat
teries. The regiment advanced through
Fredericksburg, crossed the canal just
outsid.. of the city, and, filing to the
left, formed in line of battle under
cover of a small hill. Knapsacks were
unslung, bayonets fixed, and orders
received to charge the works on
Marye's Hights. The charge was made
to the right of and past the Brick
House to within about fifty yards of
the Stone Wall and to the left of the
house to the crest of the hill.
These positions were held for about
an hour under most terrific fire from
the enemy's infantry and artillery. At
dusk the regiment was ordered by
General Humphreys To withdraw,
which was done, and it reformed in
line of battle on the right of the road, a
little i'm the rear of the original line.
Here it remained during most of the
night, squads being sent out to scour
the field and bring in the dead and
wounded. At \. NJ. on Sunday morn
| ing the men were marched into the
city, where they received a fresh sup
ply of ammunition and were again
ordered to the field. They We're posted
under small hill, though still exposed
to the enemy's fire.
At ! O'Clock i'm the evening they were
ordered into Fredericksburg, where
they remained until Tuesday morning,
when they recrossed the Rappahannock
and returned to camp.
The loss to the regiment was three
commissioned officers killed and eight
wounded. The loss in the ranks was
heavy, Company alone having seven
teen men killed. One hundred and
twenty-eight were reported wounded
and twenty-seven missing. Among
the many brave men who fell in this
charge were Adjutant James c. Noon
a faithful soldier who fell while leading
the charge, and Captain John w.
Jones and irst-Lieutenant William n
Scott, both of Company +.
After the battle the regiment re
mained at Camp Humphreys, engaged
in the regular routine duty, with the
exception of its participation in th'
fruitless movement of the 10Th of Jan
nary. 1868, known as "Burnside's Mud