2020-01 Putnal
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Signed by Officer Captured at Gettysburg. Manuscript Document Signed, 2p., folio, Head Quarters 154th New York Vols, Elmira, NY, June 17, 1865. It reads: "Simeon V. Pool, Capt. Co. B, 154th N.Y.V., being duly sworn deposes and says that to the best of his information and belief the Ordnance and Ordnance Stores enumerated below were lost under the following circumstances. On the 2nd day of May at Chancellorsville, Va., the Regt., to which his Co. belongs was attacked at four o'clock P.M. of that day by the Confederate Lt. Genl. Jackson, that the Regt. was driven from the field, his Co. losing two killed, ten severely wounded and thirteen taken prisoners and that their arms were left upon the field and fell into the hands of the enemy. An itemized listing of the captured ordnance and ordnance stores includes: Enfield Rifle Muskets, Bayonet Scabbards, Cap Pouches & Cone Picks, Cartridge Boxes, Cartridge Box Plates, Cartridge Box Belts, Gun Slings, Waist Belts, Waist Belt Plates, Ball Screws, Screw Drivers & Cone Wrenches, Spring Vices, Tompions, Wipers, Elongated Ball Cartridges and Percussion Caps. Simeon V. Pool, Capt. Col. B, 154th N.Y.Vols, Elmira,, NY, June 17th, 1865. John F. Wellman, 1st Lt. 154th N.Y. Vols, being duly sworn deposes and says that on the 2nd day of May 1863, he was with the Regt. and a Sergt. in Co. B, 154th N.Y. Vols and is cognizant of the facts as above stated and that they are true to the best information and belief. John F. Wellman, 1st Lieut, 154th N.Y.V. Inft. Sworn before me this 17th day of June 1865. W.A. Farlee, Adjt, 154th N.Y. Vols." VG. Simeon V. Pool enlisted on 8/16/1862 at Jamestown, NY as a 1st Lt., and was commissioned into Co. B 154th NY Infantry. He was promoted to captain 1/11/63 and captured on 7/1/ 1863 at Gettysburg. As a prisoner of war he escaped on February 7, 1865. John F. Wellman enlisted on 7/18/1862 at Otto, NY, as a sergeant, and also mustered into Co. B. He was promoted to 1st Lt., 1/16/64. In the book, "Gettysburg, the First Day," by Harry W. Pfanz, in his chapter titled, "The Brickyard Fight," which took place on July 1, 1863, he mentions Sgt. Wellman. "Sgt. John Wellman of the 154th told of marching at quick step down a main street, crossing a railroad track and a bridge. According to Sgt. Wellman, the men hurried along in ranks without being intimated." This comment by Wellman was in reference to the Confederate artillery fire that the regiment came under. According to the footnote in Pfanz' book, his reference to Wellman came from a Gettysburg letter Wellman wrote which is quoted in "The Hardtack Regiment, An Illustrated History of the 154th Regiment, NY State Infantry Volunteers," by Mark H. Dunkelman. William A. Farless, enlisted on 7/28/62, at Napoli, New York, as a private and mustered into Co. H. He was promoted to sergeant, date not given.
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