. History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania . aincy of the company, but accepter!, upon itscompletion, the position of second lieutenant. MONROE COUNTY. 1029 The company became a part of the Forty-eighthRegiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, CompanyI, and left Harrisburg for Fortress Monroe onAugust 20th ; thence to Hatteras Island, N. C,where the regiment joined Burnsides fleet, andproceeded to Roanoke Island, where they tookthe fort and captured some three thousandprisoners on February 14, 1862, destroying therebel gun-boats. Thence the fleet went to New-ben], N. C, and stormed suc
. History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania . aincy of the company, but accepter!, upon itscompletion, the position of second lieutenant. MONROE COUNTY. 1029 The company became a part of the Forty-eighthRegiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, CompanyI, and left Harrisburg for Fortress Monroe onAugust 20th ; thence to Hatteras Island, N. C,where the regiment joined Burnsides fleet, andproceeded to Roanoke Island, where they tookthe fort and captured some three thousandprisoners on February 14, 1862, destroying therebel gun-boats. Thence the fleet went to New-ben], N. C, and stormed successfully the rebel of McClellans army in affording protection toWashington. While at Fredericksburg , lor meritorious services, was promotedto first lieutenant. This threatening danger nowbeing evaded, the army had a skirmish with theenemy at Slaughter Mountain, whence it pro-ceeded to Kellys Ford, on the north side of theRappahannock, where for two weeks theUnion men remained constantly on the alert,and were engaged in numerous skirmishes with. ^ ^//^jjg>^ breast-works on the Neuse River, capturing, onMarch 14, 1862, four thousand prisoners andsixty-eight cannons ; thence to Fort Macon,N. C, where, after two weeks battering, theytook the fortress, which surrendered with onethousand five hundred men. Thence the armyproceeded to reinforce General McClellansarmy on the Peninsula, but arriving too latefor action, proceeded ma Aquia Creek andFredericksburg, Va., and formed the advance the rebels, who were on the other side of theriver. This led to the second battle of BullRun, which was fought by the army underGeneral Reno, August 28, 29 and 30, Kistler received a bullet through hiscoat collar and had his sabre scabbard knocked September 1st, following, General Reno andhis brave army fought the battle of Chantilly,where the brave and daring Generals Kearnyand Stevens fell. On September 14th the 11)30 WAYNE, PIKE AND MONROE COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANI
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