The Majority of the companies were from Berks County.
Companies A and C, Susquehanna County
Company B, Pike County
Company F, Warren County
Company D, Juniata County
Companies E, G, H, K, and part of I, Berks County
Remainder of Company I, was from Schuylkill County
On July 1st ...the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the 151st Pennsylvania was positioned near the Lutheran Theological Seminary. At around 3pm the regiment was the last reserve of 1st Corp who had been diligently fighting the Confederates most of the day, and was ordered forward to fill a gap between the famed Iron Brigade and other regiments of Rowley's Brigade.
Unfortunately for the 151st the Iron Brigade mistakenly pulled back thinking the 151st was there to relive them. On their left the other regiments were smashed leaving the 151st alone to face the Confederate tide. They were surrounded and decimated.
The regiment’s steadfast defense helped delay the Confederate advance, allowing Union forces to regroup on Cemetery Hill. Over the next two days, the 151st Pennsylvania continued to fight valiantly, participating in the defense of Cemetery Hill and repelling Pickett’s Charge on July 3
By the end of the battle, the 151st Pennsylvania had suffered devastating losses, with 51 killed, 211 wounded, and 75 missing. Their sacrifice was among the highest of any Union regiment at Gettysburg, with a casualty rate of 75%. Despite these losses, their actions were instrumental in the Union’s eventual victory at Gettysburg.
Today 161 years later I wanted to remember those men and mention the ones buried in our little corner of Northern Berks.
Buried at Zions Blue Mountain Cemetery Strausstown (all
company H)
Private Daniel L Bagenstose (34)
Private Elias M Boltz (20)
Private Joseph S Boltz (21)
Private Joseph M Goodman (44) Wounded
Corporal Percival R Goodman (31)
Corporal Jonathan G Haag (29) Wounded: Lost Right arm
Private Levi B Kobel (18)
Private John W Lengel (23)
Corporal Levi R Manbeck (33) Wounded
Private Andrew B Miller
(38) Wounded: Lost Left Leg
Corporal Joseph N Moyer (29) Wounded: Lost Right Arm
Private Jeremiah M Reichert
(20)
Private Solomon Strauss
(41) Wounded: Lost Left Arm
Buried at Ebenezer Cemetery Shoemakersville
Private Samuel Schlear (34) Company E Wounded
Buried at Friedens Union Shartlesville
Private Benjamin Pearson (21) Company E wounded: fingers
shot off
Buried at Jacob Haag Cemetery Bernville
Corporal George D Farhrenbach (18) Company G
Corporal Lewis P Kershner (20) Company G
Private Monroe K Manback
(18) Company H
Buried at St. Thomas Bernville
Private Daniel Blatt (21) Company E
Corporal Christian R Koenig (26) Company G Wounded lost right arm
Private Daniel Livers (18) Company G Wounded both thighs
Private Henry R Lutz (19) Company H
Private Alfred U Moll (19) Company H
Sergeant Jonathan L.B.
Reber (22) Company G
Private Alfred D Stoudt
(18) Company G Wounded: Shot through left wrist and thigh
Private Frederick H Werner
(41) Company G
Buried at Greenwood Cemetery Hamburg
Corporal Benjamin Egolf (23) Company E Wounded: Shot
Through right calf and just below the knee
Private Benjamin Ketterer (34) Company G
Buried at Bern Church Leesport
Private Ephriam Bingaman
(21) Company K Wounded
Private Erasmus H Gruber
(24) Company G Wounded Shot in
left arm 6 inches below shoulder, lost arm
Private Joseph Hartline (42) Company G
Private Israel D Heffner
(29) Company G
4th Sergeant Washington K Hiester (25) Company G
Private William R Stamm (22) Company G
Private Adam G Strause
(23) Company G Wounded above right knee
Private Daniel L Zechman (40) Company G
Private William H Zechman (18) Company G Sent to hospital sick
Buried at Eplers Church Leesport
Private Ruben Beecher (22) Company E Wounded, sent to
hospital in Philadelphia where he died on 7/3
Corporal Peter K Harbach
(21) Company K
Sergeant Benneville F Kramer (21) Company G Wounded
Buried at Gernants Cemetery Leesport
Private Isaac Hinkel (21) Company E
Private Edwin Mogle (30) Company G
Private George Rapp (21)
Company K
Private John Rothermel (36)
Company H
Buried at Leesport Cemetery Leesport
Private Nelson Bodey (18)
Company E Wounded
Captain Jacob S Graeff
(28) Company E
Private Aaron D Hains (32) Company E
Private Israel Marks (27) Company E
Private Valentine Painter
(29) Company G Wounded shot in head (survived)
Buried at Bellemans Church Mohrsville
Private Adam Greim (29)
Company E Missing at Gettysburg
Corporal Edmund Kauffman (23) Company E Wounded
Private Paul Lengel (22)
Company G
Private Aaron Snyder (22)
Company G
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