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Civil War Veteran
Sergeant Milton B. Nice
Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 43; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Horse Jockey; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of Discharge: 12/9/1862; Notes: Discharged at Fredericksburg, VA
Company A, 48th Pennsylvania Regiment
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Corps
Organized August September 1861
Mustered out July 17th, 1865
Recruited in Schuylkill County
Battle of Antietam
Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862, 3:30pm to Dark
The 48th on the 17th participated in the battle of Antietam. Early in the day it was engaged at Burnside's Bridge, over Antietam Creek, and during the balance of the engagement on the bluffs immediately beyond the bridge and around Sharpsburg.
The Second Brigade had charged and carried the bridge at one P. M., when the First was thrown forward to the top of the bluff, the Forty-eighth in advance, as skirmishers.
The artillery fire concentrated on these troops was terrific, and soon the infantry became hotly engaged. The ammunition of the Second Brigade being exhausted, the First relieved it, the Forty-eighth occupying the ground held by the Fifty-first Pennsylvania, which, by direction of its brave commander, Colonel Hartranft, remained immediately in rear with fixed bayonets, determined to resist all attempts of the enemy to gain possession of the hill. It was the only support of the Forty-eighth, and of the brigade, and with a tenacity rarely paralleled did these two Pennsylvania regiments hold the ground under a withering fire of infantry and artillery until re-enforcements came to their relief.
The aggregate loss of the regiment was sixty; eight killed, fifty-one wounded and one missing. Colonel Nagle received his commission as Brigadier General of Volunteers on the battle-field of Antietam, from the hands of General Cox. Lieutenant Colonel Sigfried was promoted to Colonel, Captain Henry Pleasants,Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain James Wren, Major.
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Late in the day, Maj. General Ambrose Burnside's corps pushed across a bullet-strewn stone bridge over Antietam Creek. Rather than commit his force in full, he sent them in small pieces. The 51st PA and 51st NY were the first to cross the stone bridge. More units would follow in the next hour, including the 48th PA, who would occupy their position until nightfall.
At a crucial moment in the battle, A.P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry, and counterattacked, driving back Burnside. This ended any chance of success by Burnside and his men.
During the night, both armies tended to their wounded and consolidated their lines.
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Civil War Veteran
Sergeant Milton B. Nice
Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 43; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Horse Jockey; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of Discharge: 12/9/1862; Notes: Discharged at Fredericksburg, VA
Company A, 48th Pennsylvania Regiment
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Corps
Organized August September 1861
Mustered out July 17th, 1865
Recruited in Schuylkill County
Battle of Antietam
Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862, 3:30pm to Dark
The 48th on the 17th participated in the battle of Antietam. Early in the day it was engaged at Burnside's Bridge, over Antietam Creek, and during the balance of the engagement on the bluffs immediately beyond the bridge and around Sharpsburg.
The Second Brigade had charged and carried the bridge at one P. M., when the First was thrown forward to the top of the bluff, the Forty-eighth in advance, as skirmishers.
The artillery fire concentrated on these troops was terrific, and soon the infantry became hotly engaged. The ammunition of the Second Brigade being exhausted, the First relieved it, the Forty-eighth occupying the ground held by the Fifty-first Pennsylvania, which, by direction of its brave commander, Colonel Hartranft, remained immediately in rear with fixed bayonets, determined to resist all attempts of the enemy to gain possession of the hill. It was the only support of the Forty-eighth, and of the brigade, and with a tenacity rarely paralleled did these two Pennsylvania regiments hold the ground under a withering fire of infantry and artillery until re-enforcements came to their relief.
The aggregate loss of the regiment was sixty; eight killed, fifty-one wounded and one missing. Colonel Nagle received his commission as Brigadier General of Volunteers on the battle-field of Antietam, from the hands of General Cox. Lieutenant Colonel Sigfried was promoted to Colonel, Captain Henry Pleasants,Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain James Wren, Major.
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Late in the day, Maj. General Ambrose Burnside's corps pushed across a bullet-strewn stone bridge over Antietam Creek. Rather than commit his force in full, he sent them in small pieces. The 51st PA and 51st NY were the first to cross the stone bridge. More units would follow in the next hour, including the 48th PA, who would occupy their position until nightfall.
At a crucial moment in the battle, A.P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry, and counterattacked, driving back Burnside. This ended any chance of success by Burnside and his men.
During the night, both armies tended to their wounded and consolidated their lines.
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Civil War Veteran
Sergeant Milton B. Nice
Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 43; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Horse Jockey; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of Discharge: 12/9/1862; Notes: Discharged at Fredericksburg, VA
Company A, 48th Pennsylvania Regiment
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Corps
Organized August September 1861
Mustered out July 17th, 1865
Recruited in Schuylkill County
Battle of Antietam
Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862, 3:30pm to Dark
The 48th on the 17th participated in the battle of Antietam. Early in the day it was engaged at Burnside's Bridge, over Antietam Creek, and during the balance of the engagement on the bluffs immediately beyond the bridge and around Sharpsburg.
The Second Brigade had charged and carried the bridge at one P. M., when the First was thrown forward to the top of the bluff, the Forty-eighth in advance, as skirmishers.
The artillery fire concentrated on these troops was terrific, and soon the infantry became hotly engaged. The ammunition of the Second Brigade being exhausted, the First relieved it, the Forty-eighth occupying the ground held by the Fifty-first Pennsylvania, which, by direction of its brave commander, Colonel Hartranft, remained immediately in rear with fixed bayonets, determined to resist all attempts of the enemy to gain possession of the hill. It was the only support of the Forty-eighth, and of the brigade, and with a tenacity rarely paralleled did these two Pennsylvania regiments hold the ground under a withering fire of infantry and artillery until re-enforcements came to their relief.
The aggregate loss of the regiment was sixty; eight killed, fifty-one wounded and one missing. Colonel Nagle received his commission as Brigadier General of Volunteers on the battle-field of Antietam, from the hands of General Cox. Lieutenant Colonel Sigfried was promoted to Colonel, Captain Henry Pleasants,Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain James Wren, Major.
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Late in the day, Maj. General Ambrose Burnside's corps pushed across a bullet-strewn stone bridge over Antietam Creek. Rather than commit his force in full, he sent them in small pieces. The 51st PA and 51st NY were the first to cross the stone bridge. More units would follow in the next hour, including the 48th PA, who would occupy their position until nightfall.
At a crucial moment in the battle, A.P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry, and counterattacked, driving back Burnside. This ended any chance of success by Burnside and his men.
During the night, both armies tended to their wounded and consolidated their lines.
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Civil War Veteran
Sergeant Milton B. Nice
Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 43; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Horse Jockey; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of Discharge: 12/9/1862; Notes: Discharged at Fredericksburg, VA
Company A, 48th Pennsylvania Regiment
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Corps
Organized August September 1861
Mustered out July 17th, 1865
Recruited in Schuylkill County
Battle of Antietam
Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 17, 1862, 3:30pm to Dark
The 48th on the 17th participated in the battle of Antietam. Early in the day it was engaged at Burnside's Bridge, over Antietam Creek, and during the balance of the engagement on the bluffs immediately beyond the bridge and around Sharpsburg.
The Second Brigade had charged and carried the bridge at one P. M., when the First was thrown forward to the top of the bluff, the Forty-eighth in advance, as skirmishers.
The artillery fire concentrated on these troops was terrific, and soon the infantry became hotly engaged. The ammunition of the Second Brigade being exhausted, the First relieved it, the Forty-eighth occupying the ground held by the Fifty-first Pennsylvania, which, by direction of its brave commander, Colonel Hartranft, remained immediately in rear with fixed bayonets, determined to resist all attempts of the enemy to gain possession of the hill. It was the only support of the Forty-eighth, and of the brigade, and with a tenacity rarely paralleled did these two Pennsylvania regiments hold the ground under a withering fire of infantry and artillery until re-enforcements came to their relief.
The aggregate loss of the regiment was sixty; eight killed, fifty-one wounded and one missing. Colonel Nagle received his commission as Brigadier General of Volunteers on the battle-field of Antietam, from the hands of General Cox. Lieutenant Colonel Sigfried was promoted to Colonel, Captain Henry Pleasants,Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain James Wren, Major.
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Late in the day, Maj. General Ambrose Burnside's corps pushed across a bullet-strewn stone bridge over Antietam Creek. Rather than commit his force in full, he sent them in small pieces. The 51st PA and 51st NY were the first to cross the stone bridge. More units would follow in the next hour, including the 48th PA, who would occupy their position until nightfall.
At a crucial moment in the battle, A.P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry, and counterattacked, driving back Burnside. This ended any chance of success by Burnside and his men.
During the night, both armies tended to their wounded and consolidated their lines.
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