Original Civil War manuscript Clewell and Dunlap Pennsylvania Volunteers 1862-4

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Original Civil War manuscript Clewell and Dunlap Pennsylvania Volunteers 1862-4:
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Clothing account (sheet size: 15 x 10 1/4 inches), part printed but mostly manuscript, the firstpage headed “The United States In Account with Franklin A. Clewell of F Company,119th Regiment of Penna. Voll.on Account of Clothing during his enlistment; the money value of each issuebeing hereby acknowledged. Enlisted at Philadelphiaon the Twenty ninth day of August 1862.”

Individual entries are dated from 30 August 1862 to 9January 1864, with some details of what was issued and the appropriate ‘moneyvalue’ given for each transaction.

The document has been signed 18 times by Private Clewell,and has been witnessed by various witnesses (1 time by Captain William W. Wagner;2 by 1st Lieut. Edwin A. Landell; 7 by Lieut. William A. Wiedersheim; 3 by 2nd Lieut. Alfred Hannings; 3by Sgt. John F. Sparks; twice illegibly).

The verso offers a similar record for Private Lewis J.Dunlap, covering the period 17th August 1862 – 6thDecember 1864.

Toning, chipping, repairs to central fold (see images).

119th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

Organized at Philadelphia August 15, 1862.
Moved to Washington, D.C., August 31-September 1.
Duty in the Defences of Washington till October.
Joined Army of the Potomac in the field and attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863.
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah to June, 1865.

Service & Battles - 1862

Duty at Hagerstown, Md., till October 29, 1862.
Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19.
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.

Service & Battles - 1863

Burnside\'s 2nd Campaign, \"Mud March,\" January 20-24, 1863.
At White Oak Church till April.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
Operations at Franklin\'s Crossing April 29-May 2.
Bernard House April 29. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3.
Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks\' Ford May 4.
Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24.
Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4.
Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
At and near Funkstown, Md., July 10-13.
Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
Rappahannock Station November 7.
Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.

Service & Battles - 1864

Duty near Brandy Station till May, 1864.
Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12.
Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;
Spottsylvania May 8-12.
Assault on the Salient May 12.
North Anna River May 23-26.
On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
Totopotomoy May 28-31.
Cold Harbor June 1-12.
Before Petersburg June 17-18.
Weldon Railroad June 22-23.
Siege of Petersburg till July 9.
Moved to Washington, D. C, July 9-11.
Repulse of Early\'s attack on Washington July 11-12.
Pursuit of Early July 14-22.
Sheridan\'s Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December.
Demonstration on Gilbert\'s Ford, Opequan, September 13.
Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19.
Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December.

Service & Battles - 1865

Moved to Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865.
Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865.
Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2.
Appomattox Court House April 9.
Surrender of Lee and his army.
Moved to Danville April 23-27,
And duty there till May 23.
Moved to Richmond, thence to Washington May 23-June 3.
Corps Review June 8.
Mustered out June 19, 1865.

Regimental Losses

Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 132 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 71 Enlisted men by disease. Total 213.