History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, by Samuel P. Bates.

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of the enemy. On the 27th the Corps moved, the Third Brigade in advance,
through Rossville to Red Clay, where it destroyed the railroad track and depot.
It was ordered, on the next day, to the assistance of General Burnside, who
was closely besieged at Knoxville. It proceeded by the way of Charleston,
where it crossed the Hiwassee, but learning that the siege had been raised, the
command returned to Cleveland on the 15th of December, and thence through
the mountains to its former camp in Lookout Valley.
On the 2d of January, 1864, the regiment was re-mustered as a veteran
organization, and received its furlough for thirty days, seventy-five men, who
chose not to re-enlist, being temporarily transferred to the Eighty-second Illinois. On the 8th of March, with its numbers largely increased by recruits, it
left Philadelphia, and proceeded via Louisville, Nashville and Stevenson to
Bridgeport, from whence it returned to Nashville on the 31st of July, and encamped near Fort Gillem. Here several companies were detailed to proceed
to Johnsonville, to guard the trains on the North-Western Railroad. On the
12th of October a reconnoissance was made for the purpose of ascertaining the
whereabouts of a guerrilla band prowling about the country. A small party
was unexpectedly encountered, but was quickly put to flight, and its horses
and effects captured.
At the battle of Franklin, on the 30th of November, where the army of
Hood received a disastrous check in his advance upon Nashville, a mounted
detachment of the Seventy-fifth occupied the town, and companies A, C, F, G,
H, I and K were encamped at Fort Granger, on the right bank of the Harpeth.
It was under fire, but not actively engaged, and suffered no loss. Company
E, stationed at a point several miles south of the town on the Tennessee and
Alabama Railroad, was captured. At eleven o'clock P. M. the regiment reported at the headquarters of General Schofield, and was assigned to the duty of
guarding prisoners. Leaving Franklin at one A. M., under command of Colonel
Von Matzdorff, it marched to Brentwood, and on the 1st of December fell back
to Nashville, and turned over the prisoners to the proper authorities. The
mounted detachment, while performing provost duty in the town was frequently
fired upon by the citizens, whereby it sustained some loss. It was soon after
ordered as body guard to the general commanding, and moved to the opposite
side of the Harpeth, where it remained until the 5th, and then joined the balance of the regiment at Fort Gillem. It remained in reserve during the engagement at Nashville on the 15th and 16th. On the 20th it was ordered to
return to Franklin, and upon its arrival bivouacked upon its former camping
ground.
During the winter, and until the final surrender of the rebel armies, it was
chiefly engaged in guarding trains, scouting, and provost duty. It was finally
mustered out of service on the 1st of September, and on the 9th left Murfreesboro' homeward bound, arriving at Harrisburg on the 12th, with an aggregate
number of two hundred and thirty-six officers and men. On the th of July,
1866, its tattered banner, carried through all its campaigns, was presented to
the Executive for preservation in the archives of the State, and the colors presented by ladies of Philadelphia, before leaving in 1861, were deposited in Independence Hall.