admin 55th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Casualties incurred on Edisto Island, South Carolina
Source: The Indiana Democrat, Indiana, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1862
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From the Harrisburg Telegraph:
Skirmish on Edisto Island, South Carolina in which the gallant 55th Regiment, commanded by Colonel Richard White. Composed almost entirely of Indiana, Cambria and Bedford county men, were engaged.
The following is the list of casualties to wit:
Killed: Wm. Cunningham, Company F
Wounded: John Steffe, Company F, and prisoner
Prisoners:
Company F: Lieut M�Illheny,Corporal Samuel Moorehead, Privates: Abram Coy, Robert H. Kritzer, Samuel Campbell, Nicholas Cameron, John L. Taylor, Andrew Faren, Noah Fisher, & L. L. Thompson.
Company K: John Saupp andJonas Ritchey
Company H: Sergeant Silas Gollipher, Walter E.Garlinger, Isaac Ream, Whitaker, John Mars, Thomas Lockard, and John Warning.
Twenty one prisoners and one killed.
We are well acquainted with Messrs. Saupp (who has sincebeen found dead), Gollipher, Garlinger, Richey and Ream, all Bedford County men. They were noble young men, and we are sorry to hear of their sad fate.