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One Hundred and Forty-Second Pennsylvania Infantry.
Rowley's Brigade —
Doubleday's Division--First 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 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | 15 |
| Company | A | | 10 | 10 | | 8 | 8 | 86 |
| | B | 1 | 19 | 20 | | 3 | 3 | 97 |
| | C | | 11 | 11 | | 9 | 9 | 88 |
| | D | | 13 | 13 | | 9 | 9 | 84 |
| | E | 1 | 17 | 18 | | 8 | 8 | 92 |
| | F | | 10 | 10 | | 7 | 7 | 97 |
| | G | | 22 | 22 | | 9 | 9 | 94 |
| | H | 2 | 13 | 15 | | 7 | 7 | 89 |
| | I | | 15 | 15 | | 6 | 6 | 101 |
| | K | 1 | 17 | 18 | | 6 | 6 | 92 |
| Totals | 7 | 148 | 155 | | 72 | 72 | 935 |
155 killed == 16.5 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded, 566; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 20.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Fredericksburg, Va. | 66 | North Anna, Va. | 4 |
| Picket, Va., Feb. 21, 1863 | 1 | Cold Harbor, Va. | 1 |
| Gettysburg, Pa. | 49 | Petersburg, Va. | 3 |
| Catlett's Station, Va. | 1 | Boydton Road, Va. | 2 |
| Wilderness, Va. | 12 | Dabney's Mills, Va. | 5 |
| Spotsylvania, Va. | 9 | Five Forks, Va. | 2 |
Present, also, at Fitz Hugh's Crossing;
Chancellorsville;
Mine Run;
Totopotomoy; Weldon Railroad; Peeble's Farm;
Hatcher's Run;
Appomattox.
notes.--It took the field in September, 1862, and was attached soon after to the Second Brigade,
Meade's Division, Pennsylvania Reserves, First Corps.
It marched with them to
Fredericksburg, taking part in their gallant but unsuccessful battle on that field; it went into action 550 strong, losing 16 killed, 182 wounded, and 45 missing; many of the latter are missing yet, all of them having been left on the field, dead or badly wounded;
Major John Bradley was mortally wonnded in that action.
The Reserves were withdrawn from the field in February, 1863, on account of their severe losses, whereupon the One Hundred and Forty-second was assigned to
Rowley's (1st) Brigade,
Doubleday's (3d) Division.
At
Gettysburg, the First Corps opened the battle and did some of the best fighting on that famous field.
The One Hundred and Forty-second held a position in the front line and on the left, where it received a hot fire; its loss was 13 killed, 128 wounded, and 70 missing; total, 211, nearly all of whom fell in the first day's battle,
Colonel Cummins being among the killed.
In April, 1864,
Colonel McCalmont, an officer of superior merit, was detailed on special duty; he subsequently became
Colonel of the Two Hundred and Eighth, and was placed in command of a brigade.
He was succeeded by
Major Warren, who led the regiment in all the subsequent battles of the Fifth Corps, to which it was transferred in April, 1864.
On joining the Fifth Corps, it was assigned to
Stone's (3d) Brigade, of
Wadsworth's (4th) Division, a division composed entirely of First Corps veterans.
The regiment served also in
Chamberlain's (1st) Brigade of
Griffin's (1st) Division, and again in
Crawford's (3d) Division, Fifth Corps.
