After the Reserves: Disaster at the Weldon Railroad (August 18-21, 1864)
As part of Grant's Fourth Offensive, about 5 a.m., General Warren led his V Corps south on the Jerusalem Plank Road from their camp near the Chieves House Gust south of Ft. Warren). Their objective was the Weldon Railroad, one of the last two railroad supply lines for General Lee's army and the citizens of Petersburg and Richmond.
After the Reserves: Into the Trenches
Introduction
Except for a few pages in Samuel Bates' History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, there is no published regimental history for these two units.' As a follower of the Pennsylvania Reserves, I felt this omission...
Henry Clay Weight, Co. I, 12th Pennsylvania Reserves
Henry C Weight, Civil War veteran, died at his home in Three Springs, Pa., December 1, 1926, aged 82 years, 8 months and 18 days. He was born at Warriorsmark, Pa. and learned the...
When Legend Becomes Fact
In the John Wayne classic movie, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," a reporter makes the comment "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." This is probably true many times in history, and...
Rumors: Mustering Out of the Pennsylvania Reserves
The date for muster out was finally settled for the Reserves. However, as the muster out date approached, rumors of their lack of reenlistment spread through the Army of the Potomac causing a suspicion...
Problems Leading to Muster Out Formation: The 54th, 190th, 191st Pennsylvania Veteran...
The Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry Corps, composed of 13 infantry regiments, formed in June 1861 for a three-year enlistment by Gov. Andrew Curtin. With a few minor exceptions, they were part of the Army...
When They Finally Went Home
June 28. 1865 - "Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, By virtue of Special Orders, No. 339, current series, from the adjutant general's office, this army, as an organization, ceases to exist."
Maybe on the paper...
Another Bucktail Regiment
Research of these two units has uncovered another piece of interesting information; the 190th Regiment was known unofficially as the Bucktails. I knew about the 134 Reserves, the original Bucktails, and the 149th and...
So Why Does A Man Reenlist?
Gen. William T. Sherman is given credit for saying it first, but it has been often repeated, "War is hell!" The past three years for the Pennsylvania Reserves fell under this description. Since they...
Jacob G. Chambers, 190th Reg’t., Pa. Vols.
JACOB G. CHAMBERS, M.D., who in 1882 abandoned the practice of his profession for the more congenial pursuits of farm life, is the possessor of a beautiful country estate located on section 11 of...
