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Notes Civil War Service http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=a8a108df-0f24-4bf9-b199- d3eb7ce6aa8b&tid=3058653&pid=-1780547146 listed on pg 322 of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the war for the suppression of the rebellion, 1861-1865 : roll of honor, defenders of the flag, attack on Fort Sumter, S.C., April 12, 1861, surrender at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865 / published by authority of the Board of Managers, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall ; compiled and arranged by and under the direction of Samuel M. Evans. Publication Info: Pittsburgh, Pa. : [s.n.], 1924.: also: Samuel P. Bates' History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 Volume III Making of America Project pg. 686 Bates' note card index gives this Henry Myers as 19 at the time of enlistment. PA 102 Infantry Division, Company K lists Myers, Henry.....mustered in June 17,1864, for a term of 3 years. Remarks: Substitute - wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864-discharged by G. O., May 15, 1865. Tombstone in Zimmerman Cemetery (Pittsburgh): MYERS HENRY 10 Dec 1906 PVT, CO K, 102ND PA VOL INF (NARA lists name as MEYERS) CW Service - history of 102nd 1864-1865 From Bates: On the 15th of June the regiment crossed the James, and upon its arrival in front of Petersburg again found the old foe, and commenced pushing him back and intrenching the ground gained. On the 18th a general advance was made, in which it lost one killed and twelve wounded. The slow operations of a siege now commenced and the regiment settled down in the trenches, where it was kept constantly employed, being under an almost constant fire day and night, the enemy's sharp-shooters being remarkably vigilant and active. On the 22d it moved over to the extreme left of the line and participated in the sharp fighting in which the movement resulted, and on the 29th marched to the relief of the cavalry, hemmed in by the enemy at a point upon the Weldon Railroad. On the 9th of July, the corps having been ordered to Washington, to meet the enemy advancing through Maryland and threatening the Capital, it marched to City Point, and embarking upon transports arrived in the city at the moment of greatest peril, the enemy being in the act of carrying the principal fortifications upon the north. He was repulsed with great slaughter, leaving three hundred of his killed and wounded upon the field. It joined in the pursuit, and for two months was kept almost constantly upon the march, the weather being intensely hot, and the troops suffering severely. At the expiration of his term of service, September 9th, Lieutenant Colonel A'Laughlin, in comm3and of the regiment, was honorably discharged, and was succeeded by Major Coleman, whose commission bore date of August 2d. On the 19th of September the army, now in the Shenandoah Valley, and General Sheridan in command, crossed the Opequan and advanced upon the enemy near Winchester. He was at first driven, but rallying he gained a decided advantage. At this juncture was felt the personal influence of the commander. Riding along the line he inspired all by his own heroic spirit, and at four in the afternoon the order to advance was given. With resistless power it swept onward, crushed and routed the enemy's forces and put them to inglorious flight. In this engagement the One Hundred and Second lost five killed and twenty-three wounded. Following up the retreating foe, who had taken refuge in the fastnesses of Fisher's Hill, Sheridan, leaping the mountain barriers, came in upon him, on front and flank, and again drove him in confusion, leaving his army little better than a disorganized rabble. In this engagement the regiment lost thirty-one wounded and three missing. Sheridan now retired to Cedar Creek, where he put his army in camp. General Early, who commanded the rebel army, having re-organized his command, and having received strong reinforcements, crept stealthily up to the Union front, and at a little before dawn on the 19th of October, under cover of a dense fog, broke in upon the Union encampment, and in the absence of the leader, routed the army and occupied the abandoned camps, capturing many guns and prisoners. Sheridan, who was at Winchester, by that ride of twenty miles made famous by the verse of Buchanan Reed, arrived upon the field in time to change the fortunes of the day, and about-facing his men and forming them for the decisive struggle, at four in the afternoon, sounded the charge. With determined valor the line moved on, swept the enemy back, re-possessed the lost camps, re-took the lost guns, and captured from the enemy the most of his, dealing him a blow from which he never afterwards recovered. In this battle the regiment lost seven killed and fifty-eight wounded. Major Coleman, who led the regiment, was among the killed. In December the corps returned to the intrenchments before Petersburg, where it rested until the 25th of March, 1865. On the morning of that day the brigade was ordered to advance upon the enemy's works. He was found in full force and it was obliged to retire, suffering considerable loss, the regiment having one killed and twelve wounded. On the 2d of April the enemy began to move from his intrenchments, and the race for escape began. At Sailor's Creek, on the 6th, he found the Sixth Corps across his path, and sharp fighting ensued. On the 9th, at Appomattox Court House, finding all way of retreat cut off, he surrendered. The corps now moved rapidly to Danville to join Sherman. But the subsequent surrender of Johnston made further offensive movements unnecessary, and after a few weeks' delay the regiment returned to the neighborhood of Washington, where, on the 28th of June, it was mustered out of service. 102nd history June 1864-end:
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