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Sixty-Second Pennsylvania Infantry.
Sweitzer's Brigade — Griffin's Division--Fifth Corps.| （1) Col. Samuel W. Black (Killed). | （2) Col. Jacob B. Sweitzer; Bvt. Brig.-Gen. |
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. | |||||
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. | |||
| Field and Staff | 5 | 5 | 17 | |||||
| Company | A | 1 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 105 | |
| B | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 106 | |||
| C | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 112 | ||
| D | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 130 | ||
| E | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 158 | |||
| F | 20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 142 | |||
| G | 2 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 161 | ||
| H | 2 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 135 | ||
| I | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 114 | ||
| K | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 148 | ||
| L | 18 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 118 | |||
| M | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 125 | ||
| Totals | 17 | 152 | 169 | 89 | 89 | 1,571 | ||
169 killed == 10.7 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded, 633; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 8.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Yorktown, Va. | 1 | Wilderness, Va. | 14 |
| Gaines's Mill, Va. | 27 | Spotsylvania, Va. | 30 |
| Malvern Hill, Va. | 21 | North Anna, Va. | 1 |
| Harrison's Landing, Va. | 1 | Totopotomoy, Va. | 1 |
| Fredericksburg, Va. | 13 | Bethesda Church, Va. | 9 |
| Chancellorsville, Va. | 3 | Petersburg, Va. | 2 |
| Gettysburg, Pa. | 45 | Gunboat service | 1 |
Present, also, at Hanover C. H.; Seven Days; Manassas; Antietam; Shepherdstown; Rappahannock Station; Mine Run.
notes.--Recruited in July, 1861, Six companies coming from Allegheny County, the others from the western part of the State. The regiment encamped in Virginia in September, 1861, and after six months of drill, discipline, and field duty, confronted the enemy at the Siege of Yorktown. After the fall of Yorktown — in May, 1862--it moved up the Peninsula, then in Griffin's Brigade, Morell's Division, Fifth Corps, in which command it fought at Gaines's Mill. Colonel Black was killed in that battle, the regiment losing 15 killed, 73 wounded, and 76 missing. It was engaged, four days later, at Malvern Hill, where its colors were cut down five times, but were borne from the field flying. At Gettysburg the division was commanded by General Barnes; it fought there in the historic wheat field, the Sixty-second losing in that battle 28 killed, 107 wounded, and 40 missing; Major William G. Long and five line officers were killed there. The winter of 1863-4 was passed quietly in winter quarters; then, in May, 1864, with 557 men, the regiment entered upon the bloody campaign which occurred between May 6th and June 18th of that year. In the hard fighting about Spotsylvania it lost 14 killed (including Lieutenant-Colonel James C. Hull, who was in command), 112 wounded, and 18 missing; total, 144. The Sixty-second, during its active service, was always in the Second Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps, Colonel Sweitzer commanding the brigade during the most of the time. The regiment was mustered out July 13, 1864, its term of service having expired.
