Robert Ellingsworth

During the war

He was mustered into service for three years as a private in company E on 20 August 1861, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1, 13, 14). (The muster roll was dated 9 September 1861, but he was mustered in as of 20 August 1681 (13).)

The 31 October 1861 and 31 December 1861 muster roll do not state whether he was present or absent (13).

He was present on the March/April 1862 muster roll (13). He was present on the May/June 1862 muster roll (13). He was present on the special muster roll for 18 August 1862 (13). He was present on the muster roll for July/August 1862 (13).

He was absent on the September/October 1862 muster roll, having been detailed as brigade butcher on 15 September 1862 (13). He was present on the November/December 1862 muster roll, as the brigade butcher (13).

He was present on the 1 November 1862 to 28 February 1863 muster roll (but the remark says "Connected to Dunton") (13).

On 2 March 1863, he returned to the regiment, from being brigade butcher (9).

On 11 April 1863, he returned to the regiment from the Ambulance Corps (10).

He was present on the special muster roll for 10 April 1863 (with the same remark) (13). He was present on the 28 February to 10 May 1863 muster roll, and on the May/June 1863 muster roll (13).

He fought at the battle of Gettysburg (5).

He was present on the July/August 1863 muster roll (13).

He was detailed to serve in the ambulance corps on 3 September 1863 (6, 7).

He was present on the September/October 1863 muster roll (13).

He was mustered out on 25 December 1863 (for reenlistment) (13). He had been paid through 31 October 1863, and was owed $100, along with 45 for clothing not drawn in kind (13).

He re-enlisted for three years, as a veteran volunteer on 24 December 1863, at Bealton, Virginia (1, 3, 13, 14 [26 Dec]). He was enlisted by Lieutenant Carpenter and was mustered into service by Lieutenant Swann (this may relate to his original enlistment) (3). He was present on the November/December 1863 muster roll, and had received one months pay in advance (13).

He was present on the January/February 1864 muster roll (13). He had received one month's pay--$13--in advance (13). He was present on the March/April 1864 muster roll, and had received $60 of his reenlistment bounty and was due $50 (13).

On 15 April 1864, Lieutenant Colonel Sinex recommended him for a detail, in compliance with general order 18 (8 April 1864) from the Army Headquarters (8). He does not say what the detail was for.

He was wounded by a Minie ball in his left thigh while charging the enemy works at Petersburg, Virginia, on 23 June 1864 (4, 13 [18 June]). He was absent, wounded, on the May/June and July/August 1864 muster roll (13). He was then due both the second and third installments of his reenlistment bounty ($100) (13). He was treated by tonics and water dressings [?] (13).

He died on 22 September 1864, of those wounds, in the US General Hospital, Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1, 2, 11, 13 [some records have 22 Sep, some have 4 Sep; the most reliable seem to have 22 Sep], 14 [22 Sep], 15 [no date], 16 [no date]). He died of "exhaustion after g[un] s[hot] wound" (13). (The company muster-our roll has him killed in action on 22 December 1864 [13].) He had been paid through 26 December 1863, and was due pay from then to his death (13). His wife, who lived at the corner of 12th and Monroe in Philadelphia, received these effects: 2 caps, 1 dress coat, 1 jacket, 1 pair of pants, 1 pair of shoes, and 61 cents from his pocketbook (13).

He was buried on 27 September 1864 in the Union Methodist Episcopal Church Burial Ground, at South 10th Street, near Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (11). (The remains from that cemetery have been moved to Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, which does not have a record of his burial (12).)

On 26 January 1865, company E published resolutions mourning his death (and fifteen others), and sympathizing with their families (17).