1862 CIVIL WAR SIGNED BRIGADIER GENERAL JOSEPH FISHER GETTYSBURG BATTLE HERO DOC

Description: CL3REFINV You're bidding on a great piece of Civil War history. This document is dated August 7th, 1862 ordering replacement weapons and uniformed for casualties. It is signed by Gettysburg war hero from the Pennsylvania Vols of the 5th Regiment aka Pennslvania 34th Infantry Regiment. You will receive (see photos for all that is included:The original signed Colonel Fisher (later promoted to Brigadier General after Gettysburg) dated August 7, 1862 showing orders for more uniforms and weapons (see pics). The piece is also signed off by Captain Harry Paxton who fought side by side with Colonel Fisher and mustered out with him in 18655th Pennsylvania Reserves/ 34th Pennsylvania Volunteers Company H Recruited in Lycoming and Northumberland Counties NameRankDate of Muster into ServiceTerm/ YearsRemarksHarry B. PaxtonCaptainJune 21, 18613Promoted from Corporal to 2d Lt., January 17, 1862; to 1st Lt., September 21, 1862; to Captain, March 5, 1863; mustered out with Company, June 11, 1864I will send along a full military bio of Brigadier Fisher showing a copy of the Brady photo (copy only) Brigadier General Joseph Washington Fisher - Pennsylvania 5th Regiment Vols (1814 – 1900) When war broke out and the Pennsylvania Reserves were organized, Fisher became lieutenant colonel of the 5th Pennsylvania Reserves. He was promoted to the rank of colonel on July 1, 1862, after Col. Seneca G. Simmons was killed in action at the Battle of Glendale. Fisher led the 5th Reserves at the Battle of Antietam and the Battle of Fredericksburg in the Reserves Division under the command of Maj. Gen. George G. Meade. At the latter battle, Fisher succeeded to command of 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division of the I Corps, when Brig. Gen. Conrad Feger Jackson was killed during Meade’s assault on the Confederate right flank. The Reserves were removed from the field to recover from hard service in 1862, and Fisher commanded the brigade in the XXII Corps, Department of Washington. When two brigades of the Reserves returned to the field in 1863, commanded by Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Crawford, Colonels Fisher and William McCandless led these units in the V Corps. They fought at the Battle of Gettysburg on the left flank of the army. Fisher’s Brigade were sent to occupy Big Round Top late on July 2, 1863. He credits the 20th Maine with leading as the skirmish line because of better weapons. Fisher continued in command of his brigade well into 1864. He fought in the Battle of the Wilderness and the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. His last action as brigade commander was the Battle of Cold Harbor. Fisher was mustered out with his regiment on June 15, 1864. He later served as colonel of the 195th Pennsylvania Infantry. Fisher was mustered out with that regiment on January 31, 1866. He received a Brevet promotion to the rank of brigadier general on November 4, 1865. After the war, Fisher resumed his legal career. He was elected to serve in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 17th district from 1867 to 1868. Later, he moved to the Wyoming Territory and served as chief justice of the territorial courts from 1871 to 1879. (34th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment) The 5th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves lost 14 officers and 127 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 68 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument on Big Round Top at Gettysburg. 1861 June Organized at Harrisburg under Colonel Seneca G. Simmonds, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph W. Fisher and Major George Dare June 22 Ordered to point on State line opposite Cumberland, Md., then moved into West Virginia in support of Lew Wallace August 8 Moved to Washington, D.C. August-September Duty at Tennallytown, Md. Attached to 1st Brigade, McCall’s Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac October 10 At Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va. December 6 Expedition to Grinnell’s Farm 1862 March 10-15 Advance on Manassas, Va. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac April 9-19 McDowell’s advance on Falmouth. Attached to 1st Brigade, McCall’s Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock April-June Duty at Fredericksburg June 11-13 Moved to White House. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac June 25-July 1 Seven days before Richmond June 26 Battle of Mechanicsville June 27 Battle of Gaines’ Mill June 30 Battle of Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale Colonel Simmons was killed. July 1 Battle of Malvern Hill July-August At Harrison’s Landing August 1 Lieutenant Colonel Fisher promoted to colonel, Major Dare to lieutenant colonel and Captain Frank Zentmeyer of Company I to major. August 16-26 Movement to Join Pope and attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia August 29 Battle of Groveton August 30 Second Battle of Bull Run September 6-24 Maryland Campaign. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac September 14 Battle of South Mountain The regiment lost one man killed and nineteen wounded September 16-17 Battle of Antietam The regiment was commanded by Colonel Fisher. It lost 2 men killed and 8 wounded. There are two War Department markers for Seymour’s Brigade on the Antietam battlefield. The first marker is on Mansfield Avenue at Smoketown Road. From the marker: Seymour’s Briade of Meade’s Division, after its engagement with the enemy of September 16, 1862, bivouacked on either side of the road at this point , with pickets thrown forward in the east woods. The second marker is on Smoketown Road. From the marker: Seymour’s Brigade became engaged at daybreak, and advanced on either side of this road into the East Woods, where it became heavily engaged with the enemy. At the western edge of the East Woods its advance was checked by the enemy, and its ammunition having been exhausted, it was relieved about 7 A. M. by Ricketts’ Division, and withdrawn to the ridge in the rear of Joseph Poffenberger’s. September-October Duty in Maryland October 30-November 19 Movement to Falmouth, Va. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac December 12-15 Battle of Fredericksburg Major Zentmeyer was killed on December 13 (although his burial record shows him as dying in Richmond on December 31). 1863 January 20-24 “Mud March” February 6 Ordered to Washington, D.C. for duty in the Defenses of Washington and Alexandria. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington May 1 Captain J. Harvey Larimer of Company E promoted to major June 25 Joined Army of Potomac in the field. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac July 1-3 Battle of Gettysburg The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel George Dare while Colonel Fisher commanded the brigade. From the monument on Big Round Top: Present at Gettysburg 24 officers and 310 men. Wounded 2 men. July 5-24 Pursuit of Lee October 9-22 Bristoe Campaign November 7-8 Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7 Rappahannock Station November 26-December 2 Mine Run Campaign December Duty at Alexandria 1864 February 14 Major Larimer killed at Bistoe Station February 22 Captain Alfred Smith of Company C promoted to major May Rapidan Campaign May 5-7 Battle of the Wilderness Lieutenant Colonel Dare was killed on May 6 May 7 Major Smith was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Captain James A. McPherran of Company F to major May 8-21 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House May 8 Laurel Hill May 12 Assault on the Salient May 19 Battle of Harris Farm May 23-26 North Anna River

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