son of John and Susanna Schmidt Beecher
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Enlisted in the Union Army at Reading, PA on 25 Sep 1862.
Private Reuben Beecher mustered into active service with Company E, 151st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Harrisburg, PA on 25 Oct 1862.
Fought with the 151st and 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac during the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns.
Private Reuben Beecher was severely wounded in the left arm during the first day of fighting at Gettysburg on 1 Jul 1863.
Transferred to a hospital in Philadelphia, PA, he did not survive his wounds and amputation of his arm and died on 26 Jul 1863.
Company E, 151st mustered out of active service at Harrisburg, PA on 30 Jul 1863. His commander had not received news of his death as the last Company E Muster Roll states "Absent in Hospital at Philadelphia, was wounded at Battle of Gettysburg July 1st/63"
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.
Contributor: G. Andrew Dill (47069688) •
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Suggested edit: Civil War Service
Enlisted in the Union Army at Reading, PA on 25 Sep 1862.
Private Reuben Beecher mustered into active service with Company E, 151st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Harrisburg, PA on 25 Oct 1862.
Fought with the 151st and 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac during the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns.
Private Reuben Beecher was severely wounded in the left arm during the first day of fighting at Gettysburg on 1 Jul 1863.
Transferred to a hospital in Philadelphia, PA, he did not survive his wounds and amputation of his arm and died on 26 Jul 1863.
Company E, 151st mustered out of active service at Harrisburg, PA on 30 Jul 1863. His commander had not received news of his death as the last Company E Muster Roll states "Absent in Hospital at Philadelphia, was wounded at Battle of Gettysburg July 1st/63"
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.
Contributor: G. Andrew Dill (47069688) •
son of John and Susanna Schmidt Beecher
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Suggested edit: Civil War Service
Enlisted in the Union Army at Reading, PA on 25 Sep 1862.
Private Reuben Beecher mustered into active service with Company E, 151st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Harrisburg, PA on 25 Oct 1862.
Fought with the 151st and 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac during the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns.
Private Reuben Beecher was severely wounded in the left arm during the first day of fighting at Gettysburg on 1 Jul 1863.
Transferred to a hospital in Philadelphia, PA, he did not survive his wounds and amputation of his arm and died on 26 Jul 1863.
Company E, 151st mustered out of active service at Harrisburg, PA on 30 Jul 1863. His commander had not received news of his death as the last Company E Muster Roll states "Absent in Hospital at Philadelphia, was wounded at Battle of Gettysburg July 1st/63"
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.
Contributor: G. Andrew Dill (47069688) •
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Suggested edit: Civil War Service
Enlisted in the Union Army at Reading, PA on 25 Sep 1862.
Private Reuben Beecher mustered into active service with Company E, 151st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Harrisburg, PA on 25 Oct 1862.
Fought with the 151st and 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac during the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns.
Private Reuben Beecher was severely wounded in the left arm during the first day of fighting at Gettysburg on 1 Jul 1863.
Transferred to a hospital in Philadelphia, PA, he did not survive his wounds and amputation of his arm and died on 26 Jul 1863.
Company E, 151st mustered out of active service at Harrisburg, PA on 30 Jul 1863. His commander had not received news of his death as the last Company E Muster Roll states "Absent in Hospital at Philadelphia, was wounded at Battle of Gettysburg July 1st/63"
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.
Contributor: G. Andrew Dill (47069688) •
