. History of the Seventy-sixth regiment New York volunteers; what it endured and accomplished; containing descriptions of its twenty-five battles; its marches; its camp and bivouac scenes; with biographical sketches of fifty-three officers and a complete record of the enlisted men . first,1863, to First Lieutenant in Com-pany C, which office he held at thetime of his death. He won hisstraps by his good conduct andbrave deeds. He was wounded atBull Run, August twenty-ninth,1862. At the battle of Chancellors-ville, in May, 1863, he was taken pris-oner and remained a month in rebelhands. He had s
. History of the Seventy-sixth regiment New York volunteers; what it endured and accomplished; containing descriptions of its twenty-five battles; its marches; its camp and bivouac scenes; with biographical sketches of fifty-three officers and a complete record of the enlisted men . first,1863, to First Lieutenant in Com-pany C, which office he held at thetime of his death. He won hisstraps by his good conduct andbrave deeds. He was wounded atBull Run, August twenty-ninth,1862. At the battle of Chancellors-ville, in May, 1863, he was taken pris-oner and remained a month in rebelhands. He had scarcely time to reach the Regiment, when he took part in thebattle of Gettysburg, where he was again wounded. When our forces crossedthe Rapidan in May, 1864, Lieutenant Weldon was at his post, and remained withhis comrades through all their fiery trials on that unequaled campaign from theRapidan to Petersburg, and until death sealed up his glorious record. He waskilled instantly, on the Weldon Railroad, August twenty-first, 1864, being piercedby two balls. The officers and men, on the same day, appointed a committeeconsisting of Captain H. W. Pierce, and Lieutenants E. B. Cochrane and J. , who drafted most flattering resolutions, among which is the fol-lowing :—. Resolved, That in the death of Lieutenant Weldon, we have lost a true friend and a genialcompanion, the service one of its most courageous and thorough soldiers, and the cause of theUnion one of its most loyal and patriotic adherents. Ever gentlemanly and considerate in hishearing towards every one with whom he was Drought in contact, strictly temperate in hishabits, always ready in the performance of every duty, as well while on the staff of the Brigadeas while with his Regiment, and receiving, as he invariably did, the highest encomiums of hissuperior officers, we feel his loss to be an irreparable one, as well to his country as to his imme-diate associates. The following letter was written by his Captai
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