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Enlisted in the Union Army at Reading, PA on 25 Sep 1862.
Lieutenant Aaron S. Seaman mustered into active service with Company E, 151st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Harrisburg, PA on 29 Oct 1862.
Fought with the 151st and 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac during the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns.
Lieutenant Aaron S. Seaman was killed during the first day of fighting at Gettysburg on 1 Jul 1863.
Locations where the 151st fought on 1 Jul 1863, McPherson's Ridge, Herbst's Woods and the Lutheran Seminary, were all captured by the Confederate Army. Burial of the dead on this part of the battlefield only began after the Confederate retreat on July 4th. Many unidentified soldiers were later moved from battlefield graves and reburied in Gettysburg National Cemetery as unknowns. Lieutenant Aaron S. Seaman is likely among them.
The 151st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment fought 2 major battles during 9 months of active service. At Chancellorsville, the Regiment was only lightly engaged but Companies B, C, D and G were deployed outside the breastworks as sharpshooters and skirmishers on the extreme right wing of the Union Army. Colonel Harrison Allen, reported that the 151st captured 61 prisoners and killed 12 enemy soldiers while losing only 2 killed, 5 wounded and 9 missing.
The 1st day at Gettysburg, the 151st deployed on the left of the famous Iron Brigade and continued to fight in advanced positions on McPherson's Ridge as the Iron Brigade retreated to defensive barricades at the Lutheran Seminary. The 151st also pulled back to the Seminary and continued their fight until forced out by overwhelming numbers of Confederate infantry. The 2nd day, the 151st was moved from their camp on Cemetery Hill to strengthen front line positions on Cemetery Ridge. On Gettysburg's last day, the 151st had front row seats for Pickett's Charge.
After the battle smoke cleared at Gettysburg, the 151st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment reported losses of 53 killed, 27 mortally wounded, 139 wounded, 86 wounded and captured and 82 missing. 387 casualties was the highest reported regimental loss of all the Union units at Gettysburg. Out of 487 men engaged, 387 losses is an 89.2% casualty rate.
Enlisted in the Union Army at Reading, PA on 25 Sep 1862.
Lieutenant Aaron S. Seaman mustered into active service with Company E, 151st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Harrisburg, PA on 29 Oct 1862.
Fought with the 151st and 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac during the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns.
Lieutenant Aaron S. Seaman was killed during the first day of fighting at Gettysburg on 1 Jul 1863.
Locations where the 151st fought on 1 Jul 1863, McPherson's Ridge, Herbst's Woods and the Lutheran Seminary, were all captured by the Confederate Army. Burial of the dead on this part of the battlefield only began after the Confederate retreat on July 4th. Many unidentified soldiers were later moved from battlefield graves and reburied in Gettysburg National Cemetery as unknowns. Lieutenant Aaron S. Seaman is likely among them.
The 151st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment fought 2 major battles during 9 months of active service. At Chancellorsville, the Regiment was only lightly engaged but Companies B, C, D and G were deployed outside the breastworks as sharpshooters and skirmishers on the extreme right wing of the Union Army. Colonel Harrison Allen, reported that the 151st captured 61 prisoners and killed 12 enemy soldiers while losing only 2 killed, 5 wounded and 9 missing.
The 1st day at Gettysburg, the 151st deployed on the left of the famous Iron Brigade and continued to fight in advanced positions on McPherson's Ridge as the Iron Brigade retreated to defensive barricades at the Lutheran Seminary. The 151st also pulled back to the Seminary and continued their fight until forced out by overwhelming numbers of Confederate infantry. The 2nd day, the 151st was moved from their camp on Cemetery Hill to strengthen front line positions on Cemetery Ridge. On Gettysburg's last day, the 151st had front row seats for Pickett's Charge.
After the battle smoke cleared at Gettysburg, the 151st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment reported losses of 53 killed, 27 mortally wounded, 139 wounded, 86 wounded and captured and 82 missing. 387 casualties was the highest reported regimental loss of all the Union units at Gettysburg. Out of 487 men engaged, 387 losses is an 89.2% casualty rate.
Civil War Service
Enlisted in the Union Army at Reading, PA on 25 Sep 1862.
Lieutenant Aaron S. Seaman mustered into active service with Company E, 151st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Harrisburg, PA on 29 Oct 1862.
Fought with the 151st and 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac during the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns.
Lieutenant Aaron S. Seaman was killed during the first day of fighting at Gettysburg on 1 Jul 1863.
Locations where the 151st fought on 1 Jul 1863, McPherson's Ridge, Herbst's Woods and the Lutheran Seminary, were all captured by the Confederate Army. Burial of the dead on this part of the battlefield only began after the Confederate retreat on July 4th. Many unidentified soldiers were later moved from battlefield graves and reburied in Gettysburg National Cemetery as unknowns. Lieutenant Aaron S. Seaman is likely among them.
The 151st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment fought 2 major battles during 9 months of active service. At Chancellorsville, the Regiment was only lightly engaged but Companies B, C, D and G were deployed outside the breastworks as sharpshooters and skirmishers on the extreme right wing of the Union Army. Colonel Harrison Allen, reported that the 151st captured 61 prisoners and killed 12 enemy soldiers while losing only 2 killed, 5 wounded and 9 missing.
The 1st day at Gettysburg, the 151st deployed on the left of the famous Iron Brigade and continued to fight in advanced positions on McPherson's Ridge as the Iron Brigade retreated to defensive barricades at the Lutheran Seminary. The 151st also pulled back to the Seminary and continued their fight until forced out by overwhelming numbers of Confederate infantry. The 2nd day, the 151st was moved from their camp on Cemetery Hill to strengthen front line positions on Cemetery Ridge. On Gettysburg's last day, the 151st had front row seats for Pickett's Charge.
After the battle smoke cleared at Gettysburg, the 151st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment reported losses of 53 killed, 27 mortally wounded, 139 wounded, 86 wounded and captured and 82 missing. 387 casualties was the highest reported regimental loss of all the Union units at Gettysburg. Out of 487 men engaged, 387 losses is an 89.2% casualty rate.
Enlisted in the Union Army at Reading, PA on 25 Sep 1862.
Lieutenant Aaron S. Seaman mustered into active service with Company E, 151st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Harrisburg, PA on 29 Oct 1862.
Fought with the 151st and 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac during the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns.
Lieutenant Aaron S. Seaman was killed during the first day of fighting at Gettysburg on 1 Jul 1863.
Locations where the 151st fought on 1 Jul 1863, McPherson's Ridge, Herbst's Woods and the Lutheran Seminary, were all captured by the Confederate Army. Burial of the dead on this part of the battlefield only began after the Confederate retreat on July 4th. Many unidentified soldiers were later moved from battlefield graves and reburied in Gettysburg National Cemetery as unknowns. Lieutenant Aaron S. Seaman is likely among them.
The 151st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment fought 2 major battles during 9 months of active service. At Chancellorsville, the Regiment was only lightly engaged but Companies B, C, D and G were deployed outside the breastworks as sharpshooters and skirmishers on the extreme right wing of the Union Army. Colonel Harrison Allen, reported that the 151st captured 61 prisoners and killed 12 enemy soldiers while losing only 2 killed, 5 wounded and 9 missing.
The 1st day at Gettysburg, the 151st deployed on the left of the famous Iron Brigade and continued to fight in advanced positions on McPherson's Ridge as the Iron Brigade retreated to defensive barricades at the Lutheran Seminary. The 151st also pulled back to the Seminary and continued their fight until forced out by overwhelming numbers of Confederate infantry. The 2nd day, the 151st was moved from their camp on Cemetery Hill to strengthen front line positions on Cemetery Ridge. On Gettysburg's last day, the 151st had front row seats for Pickett's Charge.
After the battle smoke cleared at Gettysburg, the 151st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment reported losses of 53 killed, 27 mortally wounded, 139 wounded, 86 wounded and captured and 82 missing. 387 casualties was the highest reported regimental loss of all the Union units at Gettysburg. Out of 487 men engaged, 387 losses is an 89.2% casualty rate.
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