. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . ed with the FirstBrigade to receive the rebel arms and colors. Fifteen thousand musketsand eighty-four battle flags were laid down along the brigade front. Turn-ing homeward, the 118th was in the line of the Grand Review atWashington upon May 23d. A week later it was mustered out. Uponarrival at Philadelphia the veterans were splendidly banqueted at SansomStreet Hall by the Corn Exchange, and upon the 10th of June marchedin the review of the returned Philadelphia volunteers. TOTAL LOSSES. Killed or died from wounds. .. officers,
. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . ed with the FirstBrigade to receive the rebel arms and colors. Fifteen thousand musketsand eighty-four battle flags were laid down along the brigade front. Turn-ing homeward, the 118th was in the line of the Grand Review atWashington upon May 23d. A week later it was mustered out. Uponarrival at Philadelphia the veterans were splendidly banqueted at SansomStreet Hall by the Corn Exchange, and upon the 10th of June marchedin the review of the returned Philadelphia volunteers. TOTAL LOSSES. Killed or died from wounds. .. officers, 9; men, 132 Died from disease or accident. .. 1; 112 Wounded, not mortally 18; 312. Captured or missing .. 5; 285. BATTLES. Antietam, Shepherdstown, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Upperville, Gettys-burg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna,Totopotomoy, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Road, PoplarSprings Church (Peebles Farm), Hatchers Run, Dabneys Mill, Boydton PlankRoad, Five Forks, Appomattox (surrender).. ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY ( Gray Reserves ) Colonel Peter C. Ellmaker to January 12th, Gideon Clark to June 19th, Enrollment, 1,216 Officers and Men. THE 119th, composed, in a large degree, of officers andrank and file from the First Regiment Militia, of Philadelphia,was known as the Gray Reserve Regiment. In its enthusi-astic recruitment, the officers were effectively aided by a com-mittee of thirteen citizens. The command was mustered in betweenAugust 15th and September 17th, 1862. Responding promptly to theurgent orders of the Government, the regiment left Philadelphia onSeptember 1st, not fully organized. From the Arsenal in Washington,with the addition of a tenth company, the command, upon receiving gunsand accoutrements, was sent to Tenallytown. In October the regimentjoined the First Brigade, Second Division, Sixth Corps, then at Hagers-town, Maryland. Moving to Falmouth
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