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205th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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205th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 5 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Two Hundred and Fifth Infantry. — Col., Joseph A.
Mathews; Lieut.-Col., William F. Walter; Maj., B. Mortimer Morrow. The
205th, from the counties of Blair, Berks, Mifflin, Huntingdon, Dauphin
and Franklin, rendezvoused at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, and was mustered
into the U. S. service from Aug. 16 to Sept. 4, 1864, for one year. All
the field officers were veterans in the service and many of the line
officers and men had previous military experience. On Sept. 5 it left
for Washington and shortly after its arrival there proceeded by
transport to City Point, Va., in charge of 1,300 recruits and drafted
men. Here it was engaged in fatigue duty for a time, but early in
November it joined the army of the Potomac and was assigned to a
provisional brigade of six new Pennsylvania regiments, commanded by Col.
Hartranft, attached to the 9th corps. In December this brigade was
organized as a division and the 205th became a part of the 2nd brigade,
3d division, 9th corps, Col. Mathews commanding the division. With the
exception of occasional supporting movements it remained in camp near
Fort Prescott during the winter 1864-65. On March 25, 1865, it supported
the charging column in the recapture of Fort Stedman, losing 10 wounded.
The regiment, under the command of Maj. Morrow, performed gallant
service in the final assault on Petersburg, capturing Battery No. 30, a
number of prisoners, and a battle-flag, which fell into the hands of
private John Lilly, of Co. F. Its losses were 2 officers and 22 enlisted
men killed, 6 officers and 91 enlisted men wounded, and 5 men missing, a
total of 126. Maj. Morrow was among the severely wounded, losing a leg.
It followed in pursuit of the enemy as far as Burkesville, repairing the
South Side railroad as it went. After Lee's surrender it returned to
Alexandria, Va., where it was mustered out on June 2, 1865. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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