Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.150

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History of Cambria County, V.2

150 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.

I found a portion of the force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John P. Linton on the road between Bunker Hill and Martinsburg, on their way to the latter place. I assumed command and continued to gain accessions to the division as we proceeded to Martinsburg and Williamsport.
    At Martinsburg we were drawn up in line of battle, with the troops of the Second Division, but in the charge through the town we did not participate, having been ordered to support a battery upon an eminence overlooking the town. We left Martinsburg about 8 o'clock on the evening of the 25th, and arrived at the Potomac, opposite Williamsport, about 2 a. m. of the same night, without molestation from the enemy.
    A list of the casualties of the division accompanies this report. The aggregate killed, wounded and missing is 317. Col. James A Mulligan, commanding the division, was mortally wounded and left on the field. Lieut. Col. John P. Linton, commanding Second Brigade, was severely injured by his horse falling, by which his collar bone was broken. No field officer being left with the brigade, the command devolved upon Captain John P. Suter, of the Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers.
    Upon the arrival of the command at Pleasant Valley on the 27th ultimo, the troops of the Third Division were consolidated into a brigade and designated as the Third Brigade of the First Division. This will in a measure account for the irregular and informal manner of this report.
    I have the honor to be, most respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. M. CAMPBELL,
Colonel, Commanding Third Brigade.

Hdqrs. Fifty-fourth Regiment Pa. Vol. Infantry, in the Field, near
Sandy Hook, Va.

August 7, 1864.
Col. T. M. Harris, Commanding First Brigade, Third Division:
    Colonel: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by the Fifty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the battle of Winchester, on the 24th day of July, 1864:
    I received orders at about 8 a. m. of the 24th of July to form my regiment immediately and support the Upshur Battery (Battery E, First West Virginia). The regiment took a position about 100 yards to the front and right of the battery, forming the extreme right of our line, and about three-quarters of a mile to the right of the turnpike leading to Strasburg. One section of the battery having been sent to the front about 300 yards, at about 9 a. m., two companies, L and M of the regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Nathan Davis, were sent to support this section, and formed on the right, in the woods, where they remained, skirmishing with the enemy's sharpshooters, until the close of the engagement.

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150	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
I found a portion of the force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John P. Linton on the road between Bunker Hill and Martinsburg, on their way to the latter place. I assumed command and continued to gain accessions to the division as we proceeded to Martinsburg and Williamsport. At Martinsburg we were drawn up in line of battle, with the troops of the Second Division, but in the charge through the town we did not participate, having been ordered to support a battery upon an eminence overlooking the town. We left Martinsburg about 8 o'clock on the evening of the 25th, and arrived at the Potomac, opposite Williamsport, about 2 a. m. of the same night, without molestation from the enemy. A list of the casualties of the division accompanies this report. The aggregate killed, wounded and missing is 317. Col. James A Mulligan, commanding the division, was mortally wounded and left on the field. Lieut. Col. John P. Linton, commanding Second Brigade, was severely injured by his horse falling, by which his collar bone was broken. No field officer being left with the brigade, the command devolved upon Captain John P. Suter, of the Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Upon the arrival of the command at Pleasant Valley on the 27th ultimo, the troops of the Third Division were consolidated into a brigade and designated as the Third Brigade of the First Division. This will in a measure account for the irregular and informal manner of this report. I have the honor to be, most respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. M. CAMPBELL, Colonel, Commanding Third Brigade. Hdqrs. Fifty-fourth Regiment Pa. Vol. Infantry, in the Field, near Sandy Hook, Va. August 7, 1864. Col. T. M. Harris, Commanding First Brigade, Third Division: Colonel: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by the Fifty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the battle of Winchester, on the 24th day of July, 1864: I received orders at about 8 a. m. of the 24th of July to form my regiment immediately and support the Upshur Battery (Battery E, First West Virginia). The regiment took a position about 100 yards to the front and right of the battery, forming the extreme right of our line, and about three-quarters of a mile to the right of the turnpike leading to Strasburg. One section of the battery having been sent to the front about 300 yards, at about 9 a. m., two companies, L and M of the regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Nathan Davis, were sent to support this section, and formed on the right, in the woods, where they remained, skirmishing with the enemy's sharpshooters, until the close of the engagement.