Company G,
Captain William W. W. Wood
was recruited in and around Greenville.
Thomas F. McCreary and George
F. C. Smart, also were captains of the company,
following Captain Wood; and Joseph
L. Lynn, John W. Vincent, Robert C. McClure, and Stephen
A. Osborne, were lieutenants.
The regiment rendezvoused at Erie. Hiram
L. Brown, of Erie, was the colonel; D.
B. McCreary, or Erie, lieutenant-colonel; and John
W. Patton, of Crawford County, major. An
organization was effected September 5th, 1862. It
left Erie on the 11th of September, and proceeded to
Chambersburg. Its first battle was Antietam.
After the battle, it was detailed to bury the dead, and
the terrible stench produced a large amount of sickness in
the regiment. In December, it was with the army at
Fredericksburg, where it lost heavily. Captain
Wood was mortally wounded.
It was in the battles of Chancellorsville and
Gettysburg, and again suffered severely.
During the pursuit of Lee, it was engaged at Auburn
Hill and Bristoe Station.
When the great campaign of 1864 was opened, it was
again at the front. During the operations around
Petersburg a large share of the regiment was
captured. The men were sent in Andersonville and the
officers to Macon, Georgia. The remainder of the
regiment continued with the Potomac army until the war
closed. It was mustered out June 5th, 1865.
Source: History of Mercer County, 1877. |