15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

(Front):

15th Reg. Mass. Vols.

Here, September 17, 1862, the Fifteenth Reg. Mass.

Volunteers, with the First Company Andrew Sharpshooters

attached, 606 men of all ranks, commanded by

Lieut. Col. John W. Kimball, Gorman's Brigade.

Sedgwick's Division, Second Army Corps.

met and engaged troops of the Brigades of

Semmes, Early and Barksdale.

Within twenty minutes 330 had fallen, 75 killed

and 255 wounded, 43 dying of wounds.

(Rear):

Killed

Co. B -- Capt. Clark S. Simonds.

" " -- Private John Campbell.

" " -- " " Daniel Carpenter.

Co. C -- Capt. Richard Derby.

" " -- Private Zadoc Batterson.

" " -- " " Hiram A. Chambers.

" " -- " " John Frazer.

" " -- " " Charles E. Holbrook.

" " -- " " John P. Larkin.

" " -- " " George W.B. Sawyer.

Co. D -- Private Leander J. Owens.

" " -- " " William S. Sholes.

" " -- " " Charles H. Styles.

" " -- " " George H. Thompson.

Co. E -- Sergt. Amos H. Shumway.

" " -- Private John H. Curran.

" " -- " " James H. Davis.

" " -- " " Alexander Thompson.

" " -- " " Conrad M. Tower.

" " -- " " Charles H. Wheelock.

Co. F -- Sergt. Elisha F. Johnson.

" " -- Corp'l William L. Blood.

" " -- " " Joseph G. Fretts.

" " -- " " John W. Heath.

" " -- Private Henry R. Bliss.

" " -- " " Shepard Brown.

" " -- " " Benjamin Davis.

" " -- " " John H. Hillman.

" " -- " " Alfred L. Russell.

" " -- " " James E. Sargent.

" " -- " " Justus G. Wellington.

Co. G -- Private Arthur J. Andrews.

" " -- " " Asa T. Bryant.

" " -- " " Harrison J. Clisbee.

" " -- " " Edward S. Johnson.

" " -- " " Michael Dugan.

" " -- " " Orin L. Davis.

" " -- " " Benjamin R. Elliott.

" " -- " " Charles J. Merriam.

" " -- " " Lewis H. Moore.

Co. H -- Sergt. James B. Fletcher.

" " -- Corp'l. Henry A. Collar.

" " -- Private Andrew Addision.

" " -- " " Henry W. Ainsworth.

" " -- " " O. W. Batchelder.

" " -- " " Patrick Finnegan.

" " -- " " Isaac E. Marshall.

" " -- " " George N. Smith.

" " -- " " Christopher Young.

Co. I -- 1st Lieut. Frank S. Corbin.

" " -- Private Henry L. Amidon.

" " -- " " Lucis H. Briggs.

" " -- " " George Butler.

" " -- " " William S. Chapman.

" " -- " " Charles G. Foster.

" " -- " " Abram Sargent.

" " -- " " George R. Stone.

" " -- " " Mose Wood.

Co. K -- 1st Sergt. Thomas Fernald.

" " -- Private Adam N. Baker.

" " -- " " E.R. Buffum.

" " -- " " Thomas Kelley.

" " -- Private James Shay.

" " -- " " Joseph T. Smith.

" " -- " " John L. Starrett.

- Andrew Sharpshooters -

1st Co -- Capt. John Saunders.

" " -- Lieut. William Berry.

" " -- Sergt. John Q. Adams.

" " -- " " George Whittemore.

" " -- Corp'l Richard A. Van Mall.

" " -- Private Edwin T. Hills.

" " -- " " Joseph S. Ingalls.

" " -- " " Marcus M. Parmenter.

" " -- " " Warren Snow.

" " -- " " Martin V. Strong.

Died of Wounds

Co. A -- Corpl -- Franklin Garner -- Oct. 6, 1862.

Co. B -- Private -- George Adams -- Oct. 7, 1862.

Co. C -- Sergt. -- Joseph P. Johnson -- Oct. 14,1862.

" " -- Private -- Harlow D. Getchell -- Oct. 14, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Thomas Hastings -- Sept. 20, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Waldo B. Maynard -- Sept. 24, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Robert R. Moses -- Oct. 5, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Charles E. Warren -- Oct. 2, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Leonard M. Towsley -- Sept. 27, 1862.

Co. D -- Corpl. -- E.D. Jordan -- Sept. 26, 1862.

" " -- Private -- Darney Cooney -- Sept. 25, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Silas D. Marsh -- Sept. 22, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Francis H. Noye's -- Sept. 20, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Melville Walker -- Sept. 29, 1862.

Co. E -- Private -- Alfred W. Davis -- Sept. 22, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Edwin E. Rindge -- Oct. 21, 1862.

Co. F -- Corpl -- William L. Adams -- Oct. 10, 1862.

" " -- Private -- William H. Clark -- Oct. 1, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Albert W. Livermore -- Jan. 18, 1863.

" " -- " " -- Charles Perry -- Sept. 27, 1862.

" " -- " " -- William E. Vaneaver -- Nov. 1, 1862.

Co. G -- 1st Lieut. -- Thomas J. Spurr -- Sept. 27, 1862.

" " -- Sergt. -- Jonathan P. Stow -- Oct. 1, 1862.

" " -- Private -- George Burns -- Nov. 15, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Francis H. Marble -- Nov. 26, 1862.

" " -- " " -- James Hughes -- Sept. 28, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Willie E. Morse -- Dec. 20, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Alfred Snow -- Oct. 18, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Charles L. Mitchell -- Oct. 24, 1862.

Co. H -- Private -- Samuel Emerson -- Sept. 26, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Franklin L. Hayden -- Sept. 27, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Charles D. Smith -- Sept. 27, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Simon Sullivan -- Oct. 21, 1862.

Co. I -- Sergt. -- Edwin L. Parmenter -- Oct. 15, 1862.

" " -- Private -- Henry Butler -- Nov. 14, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Edward L. Day -- Sept. 20, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Henry Hathaway -- Sept. 20, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Thomas P. Munyan -- Oct. 17, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Godfried Reideman -- Sept. 30, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Alfred Tourtellotte -- Oct. 19, 1862.

Co. K -- Private -- David Rodgers -- Dec. 27, 1862.

" " -- " " -- Francis F. Young -- Nov. 7, 1862.

- Andrews Sharpshooters -

1st Co. -- Private -- Samuel D. Abbott -- Sept. 20, 1862.

Marker is on Hagerstown Pike (State Highway 65), on the right when traveling north.

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