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One Hundred and Eighteenth Pennsylvania Infantry.--“Corn Exchange regiment.”
Bartlett's Brigade —
Griffin's Division--Fifth Corps.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | | | | | | | 15 |
| Company | A | | 14 | 14 | | 9 | 9 | 131 |
| | B | | 12 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 117 |
| | C | | 14 | 14 | | 6 | 7 | 120 |
| | D | | 11 | 11 | | 14 | 14 | 123 |
| | E | 1 | 21 | 22 | | 18 | 18 | 123 |
| | F | 2 | 12 | 14 | | 9 | 9 | 125 |
| | G | 3 | 11 | 14 | | 7 | 7 | 114 |
| | H | | 7 | 7 | | 15 | 15 | 128 |
| | I | | 16 | 16 | | 14 | 14 | 149 |
| | K | 3 | 14 | 17 | | 12 | 12 | 131 |
| Totals | 9 | 132 | 141 | 1 | 111 | 112 | 1,276 |
141 killed == 11 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded, 502; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 73.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Shepherdstown, Va. | 78 | Totopotomoy, Va. | 1 |
| Fredericksburg, Va. | 14 | Bethesda Church, Va. | 1 |
| Chancellorsville, Va. | 1 | Cold Harbor, Va. | 1 |
| Gettysburg, Pa. | 3 | Weldon Railroad, Va. | 1 |
| Mine Run, Va. | 1 | Peeble's Farm, Va. | 11 |
| Wilderness, Va. | 6 | Dabney's Mills, Va. | 1 |
| Spotsylvania, Va. | 11 | Siege of Petersburg, Va. | 5 |
| Spotsylvania, Va., May 18, 1864 | 1 | Hatcher's Run, March 29, 1865 | 1 |
| Bowling Green, Va. | 1 | Gravelly Run, Va., March 31, 1865 | 1 |
| North Anna, Va. | 1 | Five Forks, Va., April 1, 1865 | 1 |
Present, also, at
Antietam; Rappahannock Station;
Appomattox.
notes.--Known in the
Corps as “the regiment that fought at
Shepherdstown.”
The One Hundred and Eighteenth had been in service less than three weeks when it marched on the field at
Antietam.
It was in the reserves there, but in the pursuit succeeding that victory it was given a place in the advance, and crossed the river at Shepherdstown Ford, close upon the enemy's rear.
Advancing too far without proper support, it was attacked at a disadvantage by overpowering numbers, and forced back to the river, where, in addition to its previous loss, it had to recross the ford under a severe fire.
Its casualties in this affair were 63 killed, 101 wounded, and 105 missing or prisoners, out of the 800, or thereabouts, who were engaged.
Five officers were killed, and
Colonel Prevost was wounded while waving the colors to encourage his men. This regiment was raised under the auspices of the
Philadelphia Corn Exchange, which furnished the necessary aid and means; in addition, it paid a bounty of ten dollars to each recruit.
The One Hundred and Eighteenth was under a heavy fire at
Fredericksburg, then in
Barnes's Brigade, its losses there amounting to 5 killed, 56 wounded, and 37 missing. At
Gettysburg, the division was commanded by
General Barnes, and the brigade by
Colonel Tilton of the Twenty-second Mass. During the campaigns of 1864-65 it was in
Bartlett's (3d) Brigade,
Griffin's (1st) Division, and during that time was engaged in all the battles of the Fifth Corps.
It was mustered out June 1st, 1865, having received upon its return a flattering reception from the
Corn Exchange.
