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190th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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190th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 5 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| 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. reserves. 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, 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 rail-road 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. It was mustered out
at Arlington Heights, Va., June 28, 1865. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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