History of Company K of the 140th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (1862-'65)

Co. K participated with the Regiment in all the five days of action, being more or less under fire the entire time. Our first experience in line of battle was on a by-road leadi...

The names of the following recruits had been added to the roll: William A. Jackson, Florence, Pa., mustered in as a private, Feb. 29, '64; John W. Tucker, Florence, Pa., mustere...

31. Henderson Scott, Paris, was unable to withstand active soldier life, and was among the first in K to be discharged. This was when the 140th was at Falmouth, before its first...

Then the 37 mustered out with the Regiment, May 31, '65, near Alexandria, Va., follows: Capt. Wm. A. F. Stockton, 1st Lieut. Alexander Sweeney, Jr., 1st Serg't George Ralston, 3...

27. Owen McElfish was not a very robust fellow, but wiry and well-disposed. He was in hospital during the engagement at Chancellorsville; after that, with the Regiment about all...

1. William A. F. Stockton, Captain Cross Creek 2. Alexander Sweeney, Jr., First Lieutenant Washington 3. William B. Cook, Second Lieutenant Candor 4. Benjamin F. Powelson, First...

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We together followed the flag of our country in march and battle for almost three years in the Army of the Potomac, till "old glory" was triumphant. And we certainly share in th...