Civil War Soldier Letter Pvt Edward Clark 2nd PA Cav Songsheet Phila PA March 9

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Civil War Soldier Letter Pvt Edward Clark 2nd PA Cav Songsheet Phila PA March 9:
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Civil War soldier letter, Pvt Edward Clark 2nd Pa Cavalry, Co D, Philadelphia PA March 9 (1864), 3 pages in pencil to his mother on nice multicolored illustrated song sheet published by Charles Magnus, Do They Think of Me At Home is the song with another song at bottom You\'ll Remember Me, mustered in and got uniform, they offered a furlough for a few days but would not take it, we are to get $75 of our bounty before leaving here, Lt Brinton promised to leave with Bill Slaymakers.
Send for it and asking him to send by express to Lancaster, Pa, never was any place I liked better, bread, meat and coffee for breakfast, bread and bean soup for dinner and bread and coffee for supper, can hardly eat it all. The first men I met were Jacob Smoker and James Powers, I bunk with them, we were to go to Harrisburg, we can\'t get out to get anything, paper is 5 cents a sheet, envelopes 2 tins? 20 cents, spoons 5 cents we must have it though.
Idid not deceive Mary, did not know was going in the army, tell her I will see her before going away at the risk of bullets, direct to Edward Clark Barrackscorner of 22 and Wood, Co D 2nd Pa Cavalry, write nothing of my account, there are some tears on one of the folds I will repair, the two sides of the letter became separated and could be put back together but it is fine the way it is, other minor defects. The colors on the lettersheet are brilliant!
Edward Clark
Residence was not listed; Enlisted on 2/4/1864 as a Private.On 2/4/1864 he mustered into \"D\" Co. PA 2nd Cavalry He was transferred out on 6/17/1865 at Washington, DCOn 6/17/1865 he transferred into \"D\" Co. PA 1st Pro Cavalry He was Mustered Out on 7/13/1865 at Cloud\'s Mills, VAPENNSYLVANIA
59TH INFANTRY
(2ND Cavalry)
Second Cavalry.-Cols., Richard B. Price, William W. Sanders Lieut.-Cols., Joseph P. Brinton, Joseph Steele; Majs., Joseph P. Brinton . Charles F. Taggart, P. Benner Wilson, Joseph Steele, Robert M. Brinton. This regiment, the 59th of the line, was raised from the state at large in the fall of 1861, many of the members coming from the city of Philadelphia, and from the counties of Crawford and Tioga. It rendezvoused at Camp Patterson, near Philadelphia, where it was mustered in during the fall and winter for three years, many of its officers having seen service in the three months\' campaign in the Philadelphia City troop and Col. Price had served in Mexico. Seven companies left for Baltimore on April 5, 1862, followed by the remaining companies on the 14th. On the 25th it moved to Washington and encamped on Capitol hill.Here it was mounted and drilled, and on June 27 moved to Cloud\'s mills where it was assigned to Cooke\'s brigade, 1st reserve corps, under Gen. Sturgis. On Aug. 5, it marched to the Rapidan near Wolftown where it joined Gen. Pope\'s army and was assigned to Buford\'s brigade. It had a brisk skirmish with the enemy on the 7th, and soon after retired across the mountains to Woodville, rejoining the army at Centerville, one squadron being engaged at the second battle of Bull Run attached to Gen. Kearny\'s command. On the night of the 30th it held the stone bridge on the Centerville road. At the close of the Bull Run campaign it was greatly weakened by losses and sickness. It moved to Fort Blenker on Sept. 1Oth, and on the 17th a large detachment made a daring reconnoissance to Aldie in search of Gen. Ewell and his body-guard. A few days later it shared in an expedition to Ashby\'s gap, and on Oct. 6, as part of Gen. Bayard\'s command, 1st brigade, it participated in a reconnoissance to Rappahannock Station. From Centerville it moved in pursuit of Stuart,\'s cavalry as far as Warrenton, losing 2 killed and 10 wounded on the expedition. It next advanced with the entire corps, encountering the enemy at New Baltimore and Warrenton and was constantly engaged in scouting until Dec. 28, when it suffereda severe loss at the Occoquan, being surprised by a superior force under Wade Hampton. Its camp was captured and the regiment lost more than l00 killed, wounded and missing. It then went into winter quarters at Accotink, holding the line of the Occoquan. April 4, 1863, it marched to Fairfax Court House, where it was assigned to the 2nd brigade of Gen. Stahel\'s division and moved on the Gettysburg campaign. At Frederick Gen. Pleasonton assumed command of the division and on June 29, it reported at headquarters of Gen. Meade, companies A, K, and H being detached to gather in stragglers. It was actively engaged at Gettysburg in checking the great tide of stragglers to the rear and after the battle conducted 2,500 prisoners to Westminster. It moved in pursuit of Lee reaching Warrenton July 25, and in August and September was employed in frequent reconnoissances and as guard at Meade\'s headquarters. It was engaged at White Sulphur springs in October and on the 19th moved to Fairfax Station, where it was assigned to the 2nd brigade, 2nd division, Cavalry corps. On Oct. 21, it moved towards the Rappahannock and Mine Run , wasactive at Beverly ford and Rappahannock crossing and again at Bealeton. From this time on during the campaign it was constantly engaged in skirmishing and scouting, and on Nov. 29, at Parker\'s store, fought with great gallantry, losing 35 men. In December it shared in the raid on Luray, and then went into winter quarters at Warrenton. During the winter its ranks were swelled by many recruits and many of the men reenlisted and received a veteran furlough. On the opening of the spring campaign it moved with the army of the Potomac; was active at the Wilderness and at Todd\'s tavern, shared in Gen. Sheridan\'s raid to sever Lee\'s communications with Richmond. It participated in Sheridan\'s second raid and was active at Haw\'s shop and on June 7, shared in the destruction of the Virginia Central railroad. It then crossed the Pamunkey, destroyed the Fredericksburg road at Chesterfield, and was heavily engaged at Trevilian. It assisted in the effort to cut the enemy\'s lines at Gordonsville, was active at St. Mary\'s Church, where it was commended for its gallantry, and after the raid it rejoined the army in front of Petersburg. It was active at the engagements of Deep Bottom, Charles City Cross roads\' and Malvern hill, suffering considerable loss; and was heavily engaged at Reams, station. Since the beginning of the campaign in May, the 59th participated in 16 general engagements, and its strength was reduced to about 200. It shared in the subsequent fortunes of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac, being engaged at Wyatt\'s farm, Boydton plank road, McDowell\'s hill and Five Forks, and was present at Lee\'s surrender. It took part in the grand review at Washington in May, 1865, and on June 17, was consolidated with the 20th Pa. cavalry to form the 1st Pa. provisional cavalry, commanded by Col. William W. Sanders of the regular army. Members whose term of service had expired were sent to Philadelphia to be mustered out, and the provisional regiment was finally mustered out of service at Cloud\'s mills, Va., July 13, 1865. During its long period of service the regiment enjoyed an excellent reputation for discipline and courage in battle.Source: The Union Army, vol. Report of Lieut. Col. Joseph P. Brinton, Second Pennsylvania Cavalry. RICHARDSVILLE, VA., December 4, 1863. LIEUTENANT: In compliance with circular of to-day, I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry, from November 24 to date: November 24, broke camp near Morrisville and marched to Richardsville and bivouacked until November 26. Crossed the Rapidan at Ely\'s Ford, driving the enemy\'s pickets in, and advancing 4 miles down the Chancellorsville road; returned to Ely\'s Ford and marched to junction of White Hall and Parker\'s Store roads, picketing the former until November 27: Marched via White Hall and Parker\'s Store to New Hope Church, near which bivouacked until November 28. Retired 1 mile on the plank road toward Parker\'s Store, and bivouacked in the rear of a section of Lieutenant King\'s battery until November 29. The enemy appeared at Parker\'s Store, and having broken the picket line of the First Brigade, advanced to within three-fourths of a mile of our camp, where a battalion of our regiment met them, and drove them back to and beyond Parker\'s Store, releasing 1 or 2 officers and 25 or 30 men captured from the First Brigade, and capturing of the enemy 5 prisoners. At this time, Colonel Huey, commanding Second Brigade, came up with three squadrons of our regiment and part of his brigade. November 30, moved to New Hope Church and picketed on the roads on the left and front of that place until December 2, at 3 a. m., the army having retired. At 11 p. m. withdrew our pickets, and acted as rear guard to Parker\'s Store. Recrossed the Rapidan at Ely\'s Ford and moved to Richardsville, where we bivouacked until December 4 (to-day). Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. P. BRINTON, Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding. Lieut. JOHN B. MAITLAND, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. Source: Official Records CHAP. XLI.] MINE RUN, VIRGINIA, CAMPAIGN. PAGE 810-48 [Series I. Vol. 29. Part I, Reports. Serial No. Report of Lieut. Col. Joseph P. Brinton, Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, including operations April 29--July 4. HDQRS. SECOND PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY, July 6, 1864. LIEUT.: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the Second Regt. of Pennsylvania Cavalry since the commencement of the active operations of this campaign: April 29, 1864, marched from Turkey Run to Paoli Mills, and camped until the morning of May 3; marched from Paoli Mills to Richardsville and camped until the morning of the 4th; marched to Alrich\'s and camped until the morning of the 5th; marched to Todd\'s Tavern and camped until the morning of the 6th; marched to Piney Church and encamped until the morning of the 7th; marched to Todd\'s Tavern and encamped until the morning of the 8th; marched to Alrich\'s and encamped until the morning of the 9th, marched to North Anna river and camped until the morning of the 10th; marched to Ground Squirrel Corners and camped until the morning of the 11th; marched to Yellow Tavern and camped until the morning 12th; marched to Walnut Grove Church and camped until the morning of the 13th; marched to Bottom\'s Bridge and camped until the morning of the 14th; marched to Haxall\'s Landing and camped until the morning of the 18th; marched to Baltimore Cross-Roads and camped until the morning of the 20th; marched to Cold Harbor and camped until the morning of the 22d; marched to White House and camped until the morning of the 23d; marched to Aylett\'s Warehouse and camped until the morning of the 24th; marched to Pole Cat Run and camped until the morning of the 25th; marched to near Chesterfield Station and camped until the morning of the 26th; marched to Hanovertown Ferry and camped until the morning of the 27th; marched to Haw\'s Shop and camped until the morning of the 29th; marched to New Castle Ferry and camped until the morning of the 30th; marched to Old Church and camped until the morning of the 31st; marched to Baltimore Cross-Roads and camped until the morning of June 1; marched to Parsley\'s house and camped until the morning of the 2d; marched to near Bottom\'s Bridge and camped until the morning of the 5th; marched to Saint James\' Church and camped until the morning of the 6th; marched to New Castle Ferry and camped until the morning of the 7th; marched to Aylett\'s Shop and camped until the morning of the 8th; marched to near Pole Cat Station and camped until the morning of the 9th; marched to near Young\'s Bridge and camped until the morning of the 11th; marched to Trevilian Station and camped until the morning of the 12th; marched to 3 miles beyond Quarles\' farm and camped until the morning of the 13th; marched to ---and camped until the morning of the 14th; marched to [Todd\'s Tavern] and camped until the morning of the 15th; marched to [Wedd Tavern] and camped until the morning of the 16th; marched to [White House] and camped until the morning of the 17th; marched to [near Weavertown] and camped until the morning of the 18th; marched to [beyond King and Queen Court-House] and camped until the morning of the 19th; marched to ---and camped until the morning of the 20th; marched to White House and camped until the morning of the 21st; in camp near White House until the morning of the 22d; marched to Court-House and camped until the morning of the 23d; on the 24th marched to Saint Mary\'s Church and camped until the morning of the 25th; marched to near landing and camped until the morning of the 26th; crossed James River and encamped until the morning of the 27t; marched to ---and encamped until the morning of the 28th; marched to ---and encamped until the morning of the 29th; marched to ---and encamped until the morning of the 30th; marched to ---and camped until the morning of July 1; marched to Prince George Court-House and encamped until the morning of the 2d; marched to Jordan\'s Point and camped until the morning of the 3d; in camp near Jordan\'s Point July 4. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. P. BRINTON, Lieut. Col., Cmdg. Regt. Lieut. MAITLAND, A. A. A. G., Second Brigade, Second Division. Source: Official Records PAGE 865-67 OPERATIONS IN SE. VA. AND N. C. [CHAP. XLVIII. [Series I. Vol. 36. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 67.]
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