Federal Regiment

125th Pennsylvania Infantry

"... and then marched to South Mountain , reaching there on Sunday evening, just as the battle of South Mountain was finished."
"... we marched to the battlefield of Antietam, where we went into that awful conflict early on the morning of Wednesday, the seventeenth day of September. While waiting in line of battle for orders to advance and fire, Adjutant Johnston, of our regiment, was mortally wounded and died in a few hours. The battle was on in full force. Confederate pickets were shooting down our officers, shells were flying over our heads, horses and men lay dead on the field. We were ordered forward in line of battle, and Captain Wallace stepped out in front of the company, waving his sword, and called out, ÏBoys, remember our battle-cry, ÎIn God We Trust.'Ó This was taken up as a battle-cry by adjoining companies along the line, until we reached the edge of a woods, where we were halted and ordered to fire. The enemy met us with a heavy charge. We could see them coming in line of battle as we loaded and fired. General Mansfield fell mortally wounded just in the right front of our regiment while reconnoitering . The blood from his wound reddened his long white beard. As we stood firing into the ranks of the enemy the second man to me, George A. Simpson, while bravely holding the flag aloft, was hit with a bullet from a Confederate gun, which pierced his brain, and he fell dead. A second man picked up the flag, and he was shot clown. A third, and he fell; the fourth took it up, and he was shot and fell. Then Sergeant W.W. Greenland picked up tile flag, stained with the blood of Simpson, and Captain Wallace, taking it in charge, carried it across the field to the rear of the nearest battery, and there he, aided by Captains Bell and McKeage and Lieutenant Thomas McCamant, rallied about two hundred of the regiment, who remained in support, while our batteries operated with deadly execution upon the enemy, during the rest of tile conflict. The conflict was raging all along the line of tile army; the Confederates were pressing us hard; our line was broken, and a new line of battle was formed in the rear. Two hundred and twenty-nine men of our regiment were killed and wounded in about twenty minutes; of these 84 were slightly wounded, but not disabled, and therefore were not reported. It was a dreadful struggle and we were thrust into the very furnace of battle."
(from Wallace)

We have 169 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
A	Pvt	Coy, John	WIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Crissman, Austin	MWIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Crocker, Henry H.	WIA   09/17
A	Corp	Edwards, Amon G.	MWIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Funk, George	MIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Henchey, Samuel A.
A	Pvt	Huff, Charles	WIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Hunter, James	KIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Isenberg, John W.	WIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Kinsel, Erastus	MWIA   09/17
A	Lt	Martin, Wilbur F.	WIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Shaw, Daniel	MWIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Vaughn, George	WIA   09/17
A	Corp	Warner, Andrew	KIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Wolf, Theawalt	MWIA   09/17
A	Corp	Worner, Andrew	KIA   09/17
B	Pvt	Donnelly, David R.	WIA   09/17
B	Pvt	Ewing, Levi M.	MWIA   09/17
B	Corp	Geiser, James	WIA   09/17
B	Lt	Higgins, Joseph R.
B	Pvt	McGonegal, George W.	WIA   09/17
B	Pvt	Mock, John E.	WIA   09/17
B	Pvt	Peats, John A.	Died   11/30
B	Pvt	Powell, Milton P.	WIA   09/17
B	Pvt	Sims, Andrew J.	WIA   09/17
B	Pvt	Teats, John A.	MWIA   09/17
B	Pvt	Wolfkill, Benjamin F.	WIA   09/17
C	Pvt	Brenneman, M. B,	WIA   09/17
C	Pvt	Decker, Nicholas	MWIA   09/17
C	Sgt	Greenland, Walter Wright
C	Pvt	Hawn, Henry	WIA   09/17
C	Pvt	Hoffman, Uriah D.	KIA   09/17
C	Pvt	McCoy, John S.	KIA   09/17
C	Pvt	McFerran, Alfred	WIA   09/17
C	Lt	McPherran, William F.
C	Pvt	Reed, Charles H.	WIA   09/17
C	Pvt	Robb, J. Easton	WIA   09/17
C	Sgt	Simpson, George A.	KIA   09/17
C	Sgt	Simpson, John R.	WIA   09/17
C	Pvt	Sprankle, George	WIA   09/17
C	Capt	Wallace, William W.
C	Corp	Williams, Benjamin F.	MWIA   09/17
C	Pvt	Zeek, Elias A.	WIA   09/17
C	Corp	Zentmyer, Miles
D	Pvt	Aiken, Stephen	WIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Blake, Wilbur E.	WIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Bowen, Francis	WIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Brown, John A.	KIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Burley, Emanuel	KIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Burley, Levi	WIA   09/17
D	Corp	Burley, William	WIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Davis, John E.	KIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Haney, Sr., Patrick	WIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Hoar, William S.	WIA   09/17
D	Capt	Hostetter, Christian R.	WIA   09/17
D	Corp	Kelley, John A.	KIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Kerr, James G.	WIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Markley, Isaac	KIA   09/17
D	Lt	Marshall, Alexander W.	WIA   09/17
D	Pvt	McLaughlin, Joseph S.	KIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Robertson, Joseph	WIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Rollins, John	WIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Rose, John	KIA   09/17
D	Sgt	Russ, Edward L.	WIA   09/17
D	Lt	Treese, Peter S.	WIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Walton, John	WIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Williamson, S. H.	WIA   09/17
E	Pvt	Baker, Franklin S.	KIA   09/17
E	Corp	Beers, George S.
E	Pvt	Benton, Jesse L.	WIA   00/00
E	Pvt	Benton, John	WIA   09/17
E	Pvt	Beurge, Adam	MWIA   09/17
E	Sgt	Bryan, John
E	Lt	Cain, John G.
E	Pvt	Dunlap, John	WIA   09/17
E	Corp	Gardner, James
E	Pvt	Harklerode, David	WIA   09/17
E	Pvt	Hoopengarner, George	AWOL   09/16
E	Pvt	Lambright, Jonathan	WIA   09/17
E	Pvt	Lier, John	KIA   09/17
E	Pvt	McGinnes, William	WIA   09/17
E	Sgt	Robertson, John H.
E	Corp	Stroup, Peter	WIA   09/17
E	Corp	Stroup, Samuel	WIA   09/17
F	Pvt	Bryan, Charles	WIA   09/17
F	Pvt	Bryant, James	WIA   09/17
F	Pvt	Cozzens, Robert
F	Pvt	Cunningham, Benjamin	KIA   09/17
F	Pvt	Friedley, William
F	Pvt	McCracken, Joseph	KIA   09/17
F	Pvt	Shearer, Calvin B.
F	Pvt	Shorthill, David H.	WIA   09/17
F	Capt	Simpson, William H.	WIA   09/17
F	Pvt	Strickler, William R.	WIA   09/17
F	Pvt	Switzer, Elias H.	WIA   09/17
F	Lt	Wagoner, William C.	WIA   09/17
F	Pvt	Walker, William C.	KIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Beamer, Albert	WIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Charles, Thomas	WIA   09/17
G	Corp	Christian, John G.	WIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Gibbony, James H.	KIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Holler, James M.	WIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Johnson, Day	WIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Johnson, James I.	WIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Long, James	MWIA   09/17
G	Sgt	McCahan, David	WIA   09/17
G	Lt	McCamant, Thomas
G	Capt	McKeage, John
G	Pvt	Price, Joesph C.	WIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Prounkard, J. E.	WIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Reed, Joseph H.	WIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Riddle, James D.	MWIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Robison, Albert
G	Pvt	Sanders, John	WIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Sharar, H. Bascom	WIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Williams, Reese
H	Pvt	Boblitz, Eugene	WIA   09/17
H	Pvt	Brindle, Cyrus	WIA   09/17
H	Pvt	Burkholder, George	WIA   09/17
H	Pvt	Crouse, Valentine	WIA   09/17
H	Pvt	Decker, John W.	WIA   09/17
H	Pvt	Decker, Levi	WIA   09/17
H	Pvt	Dierfield, James H.	KIA   09/17
H	Capt	Gregg, Henry H.
H	Pvt	Hess, Samuel	KIA   09/17
H	Pvt	Hoover, Joseph W.	KIA   09/17
H	Pvt	Keefer, John	WIA   09/17
H	Pvt	Logan, Henry C.
H	Sgt	Lytle, John W.	WIA   09/17
H	Pvt	McCarthy, John S.	KIA   09/17
H	Pvt	Morrison, John B.	WIA   09/17
H	Pvt	O'Donnell, Michael	KIA   09/17
H	Pvt	Snyder, James G.	WIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Baker, F. Alfred	WIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Clark, Thomas H.	KIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Corbin, William W.	KIA   09/17
I	Corp	Foster, Isaiah
I	Pvt	Guardlock, Conrad	WIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Hall, Albert	WIA   09/17
I	Sgt	Hall, Thomas L.	WIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Harken, Samuel B.	MWIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Hays, William M.	MWIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Householder, G. W.	MWIA   09/17
I	Sgt	McAllister, Alfred	MWIA   09/17
I	Lt	Thomas, George	WIA   09/17
I	Corp	Wirt, Edward H.	KIA   09/17
K	Pvt	Beal, John S.	WIA   09/17
K	Pvt	Beal, William	WIA   09/17
K	Pvt	Bendin, Simon	WIA   09/17
K	Pvt	Boartman, A. H.	MWIA   09/17
K	Corp	Commerford, James	WIA   09/17
K	Pvt	Cratin, Joshua	KIA   09/17
K	Pvt	Dillon, Charles	WIA   09/17
K	Pvt	Huffler, Frederick	WIA   09/17
K	Pvt	Jones, George W.	WIA   09/17
K	Pvt	Kearney, Patrick F.	WIA   09/17
K	Pvt	McCleary, Samuel	WIA   09/17
K	Pvt	McDemitt, Louis C.	MWIA   09/17
K	Pvt	McDemitt, Michael A.	MWIA   09/17
K	Pvt	McGuire, Hiram	WIA   09/17
K	Pvt	Myers, William	MIA   09/17
K	Pvt	Rhodes, Abraham	WIA   09/17
K	Pvt	Smith, Robert	WIA   09/17
K	Pvt	Ward, Frederick C.	MWIA   09/17
F&S	Sgt	Becker, Joseph M.
F&S	Col	Higgins, Jacob
F&S	Lt	Johnston, Robert M.	MWIA   09/17
F&S	LCol	Szink, Jacob
Unk	Corp	Carton, Peter	KIA   09/17

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