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14TH REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY (159TH VOLUNTEERS)



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No. Soldier Name Company Rank In Rank Out
1 Steen, Daniel
D Pvt. Pvt.
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UNION PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS

14th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (159th Volunteers)
Organized at Pittsburg, Philadelphia and Erie October and November, 1862. Moved to Hagerstown, Md., November 24, 1862, thence to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., December 28. Attached to Defences Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Corps, March, 1863. 4th Separate Brigade, 8th Corps, to June, 1863. Averill's 4th Separate Brigade, Dept. West Virginia, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Dept. West Virginia, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, August, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to April, 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1865. Dept. of Missouri to August, 1865.

SERVICE.-Picket and outpost duty in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry, W. Va., till May, 1863. Scout to Leesburg March 15 and April 21-24, 1863. Ordered to Grafton, W. Va., May, 1863, and duty protecting Phillippi, Beverly and Webster till July. Forced march to relief of Beverly July 2-3. Huttonsville July 4. Moved to Webster, thence to Cumberland, Md., and to Williamsport, Md., July 5-14, and join Army of the Potomac. Advance to Martinsburg July 15. Martinsburg and Hedgesville July 18-19. McConnellsburg, Pa., July 30. Averill's Raid from Winchester through Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Bath, Greenbrier and Pocahontas Counties, W. Va., August 1-31. Newtown August 2. Moorefield and Cacapon Mountain August 6 (Detachment). Salt Works, near Franklin, August 10. Jackson River August 25. Rocky Gap, near White Sulphur Springs, August 26-27. Hedgesville October 15 (Detachment). Averill's Raid against Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad November 1-17. Cackletown November 4. Mill Point November 5. Droop Mountain November 6. Averill's Raid from New Creek to Salem, on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, December 8-25. Marling's Bottom Bridge December 11. Gatewood's December 12. Descent upon Salem December 16. Scott's or Barber's Creek December 19. Jackson River, near Covington. December 19. Winchester March 22 and April 8, 1864. Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market April 23-May 16 (Detachment). Averill's Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 5-19. Grassy Lick, Cove Mountain, near Wytheville, May 10. New River Bridge May 10. New Market May 15 (Detachment). Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Piedmont, Mount Crawford, June 5. Occupation of Staunton June 6. (Detachment with Sigel rejoined Regiment at Staunton.) Lexington June 11. Scout around Lynchburg June 13-15. Near Buchanan June 13. New London June 16. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Liberty June 19. Buford's Gap June 20. Catawba Mountains and about Salem June 21. Liberty June 22. Moved to the Shenandoah Valley July. Buckton July 17. Stephenson's Depot July 20. Newtown July 22. Kernstown, Winchester, July 24. Near Martinsburg July 25. Hagerstown July 29. Hancock, Md., July 31. Antietam Ford August 4. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to November. Near Moorefield August 7. Williamsport, Md., August 26. Martinsburg August 31. Bunker Hill September 2-3. Winchester September 5. Darkesville September 10. Bunker Hill September 13. Near Berryville September 14. Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Mount Jackson September 23-24. Forest Hill or Timberville September 24. Brown's Gap September 26. Weyer's Cave September 26-27. Mount Jackson October 3 (Detachment). Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Dry Run October 23 (Detachment). Milford October 25-26. Cedar Creek November 8. Nineveh November 12. Rude's Hill November 23. Snicker's Gap November 30. Millwood December 17 (Detachment). Expedition from Winchester to Gordonsville December 19-28. Madison C. H. December 21. Liberty Mills December 22. Near Gordonsville December 23. At Winchester till April, 1865. Expedition into Loudoun County February 18-19 (Detachment). Expedition to Ashby's Gap February 19. Operations in the valley till April 20. Ordered to Washington, D. C., April 20, and duty there till June. Grand Review May 23-24. Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., June, and duty in the District of the Plains till August. Mustered out August 24, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 97 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 296 Enlisted men by disease. Total 395.

Predecessor unit:

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.
159th REGIMENT VOLUNTEERS.

Joseph Charlton served as a Private in Company ''F'' of the 6th United States Cavalry from July 11th, 1861 through July 29th 1864. He was wounded in the fighting at Fairfield PA during the 3rd day of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3rd, 1863. Following his discharge from the 6th US Cavalry, Charlton reenlisted in Company ''G'' of the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry on September 12th, 1864. He was captured in an engagement at Berry''s Ford near Millwood, VA on December 17th. He spent 2 months in Libby Prison before being paroled on February 15th, 1865. He returned to his Regiment and served until his discharge on May 30th.

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Obituary - Elias Frear – 1840 - 1920

Elias Frear, one of the early Settlers of Mulally Township, Harlan County, Nebraska was born in Warren County, Pennsylvania, March 10, 1840 died Leavenworth, Kansas March 22, 1920 at the age of 80 years and twelve days.

Mr. Frear was reared a tanner which trade he followed until 1862 when he enlisted in Company I Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. He took part in the engagement at Gettysburg, Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Salem, having his shoulder dislocated while with Sheridan on his ride from Winshester to Fisher's Hill. He was mustered out at Alexandria, Virginia in 1865 and returned to Warren County, Pennsylvania, where he worked at Lumbering until he came to Nebraska in 1874. He settled on Section 19, Township 2, Range 17, Harlan County.

In 1872 he was married to Miss Eliza McKee, a native of Massachusetts. Three children were born to this union, namely Charles, George and Melvin G., the latter died in infancy. His wife preceded Him in death, dying March 14, 1913. He leaves his two sons, Charles and George and nine grandchildren to mourn for him

1st Cousin (Maternal).
Enlisted as a Private in Company I, 14th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry on 27 October 1862.
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1st Cousin (Maternal).
Enlisted as a Private in Company I, 14th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry on 27 October 1862.
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Cochran, Wm. M. Private

Entered Service September 10, 1864
Mortally Wounded December 17, 1864 at Millwood, Virginia in action against Mosby's 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry.
Died in Baltimore, MD, December 27, 1864

Buried Glade Run Cemetery, Dayton, PA

14th Pa Cavalry service from the time of his entering service, until his death in December...

On the 19th of September opened that series of brilliant engagements under Sheridan, in the Shenandoah Valley, which will ever render his name illustrious. In the battle which was delivered on that day, the enemy was driven at all points. The Fourteenth, under command of Captain Duncan, was posted on the extreme right of the cavalry division, and charged, with great heroism and daring, an earthwork, which it captured. The loss was very severe, Captain Duncan being among the killed.

Three days afterward, the division came up with the retreating enemy at Fisher's Hill, where it demonstrated upon the front, while other troops moved upon his flanks, and again he was driven in rout and confusion. The regiment suffered but small loss in this engagement. Early was pursued as far as Harrisonburg, where his force had become so thoroughly disorganized and broken, that little was left to follow. From Harrisonburg, the cavalry moved to Wier's Cave, where, on the27th, the enemy under Fitz Hugh Lee attacked, and a spirited engagement ensued, in which the Fourteenth, by its gallantry, won an order which directed Wier's Cave to be inscribed upon its flag.

Until the battle of Cedar Creek, on the 19th of October, the regiment was engaged in performing picket duty on the left flank of the army. In that desperate engagement, a detachment under Captains Miles and Duff participated, doing excellent service. After the battle, the regiment was sent into the Luray Valley on a reconnaissance, where, on the 24th, it had a sharp encounter, taking some prisoners. It then returned to the neighborhood of Winchester, where it went into camp.

The pickets of the command being much annoyed by small parties of rebel cavalry, the division, under General Powell, on the 12th of November, moved southward, and met the rebel General M'Causland at Front Royal, and after a severe engagement drove him, capturing all his guns and supply trains. The loss in the Fourteenth was fifteen in killed and wounded.

Upon its return to camp, the command went into winter-quarters, and was engaged in severe picket and guard duty. Two expeditions undertaken during the winter, by detachments from the regiment, one under Captain William W. Miles, on the 11th of December, to Millwood, and a second, under Major Gibson, on the 19th of February, 1865, to Ashby's Gap, resulted disastrously, the commands losing heavily in killed, wounded, and prisoners, Captain Miles being among the killed.
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

New York Times dispatch on the fight at Millwood included list of killed and wounded...

General Rejoicings The Late Disaster near Millwood Additional Particulars.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Published: December 26, 1864

MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, Thursday, Dec. 22, 1864.

In the absence of any stiring military events in this department, we have only to rejoice over Union successes elsewhere; this has been done here recently without strict or restraint. The grand acts of the gallant THOMAS and his army in the West have been celebrated in triumphal salvos of artillery, and the news of the exploits of SHERMAN's army has been welcomed in the hearty manner only known to loyal men. Of course the disloyal in sentiment hereabouts are depressed great in proportion as Unionists have cause for rejoicing; this is a happy change to men in the field who have their ups and downs, their hours, days and weeks usually of depression and moments only of exhileration according to the reported success or non-success of Union troops.

Recently, however, the result of the grand movements everywhere seem to be in the right direction, and as may well be supposed there is much enthusiasm on one side, and a corresponding depression of spirits on the other.

Yet, in the midst of all these congratulations there has been some cause for grief in this valley -- more as affecting the few personally, perhaps, than the many. The more the late affair of the Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry with MOSBY's men is investigated, the worse it looks, because the disaster was apparently unnecessary.

Of the whole number (100) only twenty-five have as yet come in, twelve are known to have been killed, and twenty-three wounded, leaving forty unaccounted for. Some of this last number it is known are prisoners in the hands of the enemy, but it is feared many of them fell dead in the running fight that took place, and that their remains will yet be found. Lieut. HAGUE, one of the wounded survivors of the party, was brought into town yesterday, and from him I received a detailed and intelligent statement of the whole affair. He says the command left camp soon after 8 o'clock Saturday morning, 17th inst., and proceeded direct to Millwood; while passing through this place a colored boy was met who stated to the party that two or three rebel soldiers, stationed on the road, had run away upon their approach, but that the woods just ahead were 'black with the enemy.' This statement unfortunately was ridiculed or unheeded, but nevertheless some extra precaution was taken to guard against surprise -- four men were thrown out on each side of the road as flankers, and the advance guard received additional instructions. The road between Milwood and Berry's Ford is somewhat circuitous; the fences are generally down, and there are occasionally to be seen groves of oak and pine. When near the river the main command halted just in a piece of woods, that on the left of the road being so open that cavalry could operate in it, while on the right the ground was covered with underbrush and timber. Capt. MILES rode forward to the advance guard, and just at this moment one of the men on the left flank came rushing in with the information to Lieut. HAGUE (now in command of the main column) that they had come upon the enemy. Hardly had this information been communicated, when the flankers on the left all came in at full speed, closely pursued by a detachment of the enemy; and almost at the same time three separate detachments from the same side of the road, charged upon the front, flank and rear of the main column, which was then standing in column of fours on the pike. Almost before an order could be given, certainly before one was obeyed -- a majority of the men present being recruits -- the enemy were upon them, pistol in hand, and then commenced an indiscriminate slaughter, the men generally rushing at will in every direction, while a few who remained in the road, surrendered and were shot on the spot. The detachment that struck the head of the command divided upon reaching the road, and while a portion remained there to cut off the advance guard, another portion crossed to the right, entered an open field and there this detachment was again divided, one portion swinging round to the left and attacking the advance guard, while the remainder wheeled to the right passing around the woods to sweep in any who might in the excitement of the moment attempt to escape in that direction. Lieut. HAGUE, finding that under the circumstances all regular resistance was useless, having failed in an effort to rally the men, made a circuit to the right and rear, accompanied by ten men, and struck the pike again near Millwood. Here he encountered two of his own men coming from the rear who made an attempt to escape by moving up the pike toward Berryville, but finding a force confronting them there were returning to the main column. Learning these facts HAGUE resolved to charge through this party, and succeeded in doing so successfully, only receiving a wound in his right forearm. Another ball hit his belt and glazed off; only one man (PARKER) followed and he also escaped; the hearts of the others failed them and they were either butchered or captured. The fighting at this time extended over a wide space. Fugitives were to be seen running in every direction, hotly pursued by the exultant enemy, and when overtaken were shot down without mercy. No prisoners were taken during the melee, which lasted, according to the most reliable reports, nearly an hour in which every man fought on his own hook. Some of the men are reported as having fought well, but if they did it was all in vain, for I cannot discover that any of the enemy were killed. The command dispersed, the rebels gathered most of the bodies and laid them systematically in a row upon the stoop of a house and burried their prisoners across Berry's Ford, on the Shenandoah, where those who were so badly wounded as to be unable to stand the fatigues of a trip to Richmond, were furnished with passes to return to camp, while the slightly wounded and those not injured at all, were started toward Richmond.

It is quite evident that MOSBY's men are more than ever entitled to be designated as guerrillas. The prisoners who have returned and those who have escaped all say that it seemed to them as though MOSBY's men cared more for plunder then for anything else. The instant a man was disabled or killed, the first thing was to rob him of everything valuable; watches (particularly gold ones) and money -- even greenbacks -- seemed to be the special weakness of the bandits. I have seen only one man who professes to have been wounded after he had surrendered. Reports, however, are to the effect that several were thus treated, and this seems to be confirmed by the fact that several of the injured have sabre cuts, when it is well known that MOSBY's men are not armed with sabres.

Besides the loss of life and services of the men captured or disabled in this affair, the Government loses all, or nearly all, the accoutrements for eighty or more horses and men, and some eighty serviceable horses. With such disasters as these staring us in the face, the Governors of some States continue to commission citizens without any military experience whatever to command our brave soldiers in the presence of a brave and wily enemy.

Annexed will be found a corrected list of casualties, so far as it has been possible to obtain them:

Killed.

Capt W W Miles, Co I

Lapsley, Co G

Sergt Barber, or Parker, Co H

Silas Gibson, Co L

Thomas Seaman, Co L

Sergt Tubbs, Co I

David M Pollock, Co D

Jacob Shlur, Co E

John Keyser, Co F

McHenry, Co F

David Weaver, Co L

Philip K Ham, Co K

Captured.

Lieut W W Murray

Wounded.

George Carvey, Co I -- shoulder

Wm Kirkpatrick, Co M -- head, three places

Wiley Burchinal, Co F -- arm.

Davenport McKenny, Co G -- head and neck.

Jacob Kaunkle, Co M -- shoulder

Andrew Chine, Co B -- arm

Wm M Cochrane, Co K -- back

Jacob Farley, Co K -- side

Andrew C Gibson, Co L -- breast

Lieut A G Hayne, Co E -- arm

Lewis Hazlett, Co L -- head

Wesley Pontius, Co K -- head

Wm Scott, Co A -- foot

J C Fox, Co L -- head

P Troutman, Co L

Wm Lage

A R West -- kicked by a horse

E.A. PAUL.

This is my great-great-grandfather, he is buried at Andersonville, Georgia. The following is the information I have been able to find on him: 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry / 159th Regiment (Stanton Cavalry) Company K. I have been trying to find out what battles he fought in and when he was captured and taken to the Andersonville Prison.

Further researched found he also served with the Brookville Rifles 8th Regiment Co. I Mustered in 19 April 1861. Mustered out 29 July 1861.

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KIA 4 mos after enlistment 6 Jul 1864