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The 55th Regiment

A recent letter published in the Har-
risburg Telegraph gives the particulars
of the skirmish on Edisto Island, South
Carolina, in which the gallant 55th Reg-
iment, commanded by Colonel Richard
White, composed almost entirely of In-
diana, Cambria, and Bedford county men,
were engaged. The following is the list
of casualities, to wit:
Killed--Wm. Cunningham, Co. F.
Wounded-- John Steffe, Co. F, and
prisoner.
Prisoner--Co. F, Lieut. M'Illheny,
Corporal Samuel Moorehead; privates,
Abram Coy, Robert H. Kritzer, Samuel
Campbell, Nicholas Cameron, Wesley
Cameron, John L. Taylor, Andrew Far-
ren, Noah Fisher and L. L. Thompson.
Company K--John Saupp and Jonas
Ritchey.
Company H-- Sergeant Silas Golli-
pher, Walter E. Garlinger, Isaac Ream,
Christian Whtaker, John Mars, Thomas
Lockard and John Waring. Twenty-
one prisoners and one killed.
We are well acquainted with Messrs
Saupp, (who has since been found dead.)
Gollipher, Garlinger, Richey and Ream,
all Bedford county men. They were no-
ble young men, and we are sorry to hear
of their sad fate.

Keywords/Tags: 55th Regiment, Company F, Company H, Company K, Pennsylvania, Civil War, Edisto Island, South Carolina, Indiana County, Cambria County, and Bedford County, Colonel Richard White, William Cunningham, John Steffe, Lieutenant McIllheny, Corporal Samuel Moorehead, Abram Coy, Robert H. Kritzer, Samuel Campbell, Nicholas Cameron, Wesley Cameron, John L Taylor, Andrew Farren, Noah Fisher, L L Thompson, John Saupp, Jonas Ritchey, Sergeant Silas Gollipher, Walter E Garlinger, Isaac Ream, Christian Whtaker, John Mars,Thomas Lockard, John Waring