Who Fought Here: The Soldiers

Who Fought Here: The Soldiers
Chaplain Robert Audley Browne, 100th Penn. Vol. Inf. (Roundheads), 2nd Brigade, Stevens’ Division
  • Enlisted as Chaplain, Aug. 31, 1861, age 39
  • Occupation: Presbyterian minister
  • Known as a ‘fighting chaplain,’ Browne took his place in the line at Chantilly and said “Boys, trust in God and keep your powder dry.”; assisted the wounded, buried the dead, was captured and paroled
  • At Antietam, Fredericksburg, 1862; Vicksburg, Knoxville, 1863; resigned, Dec. 28, 1863
  • Pennsylvania State Senate, 1866
  • President, Westminster College, 1867-70


Pvt. Joseph Brunson, Co. D, 14th South Carolina Inf., Gregg’s Brigade, A.P. Hill’s Division
  • Enlisted, Co. C, 1st SC Bn., at Edgefield, SC, Jan. 7, 1861, age 20
  • Mustered, Co. D, 14th SC Inf., July 1, 1861
  • Fought at Ox Hill, northeast end of cornfield
  • Wounded at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 and wounded at the Wilderness, May 5, 1864
  • Surrendered at Appomattox, April 9, 1865
  • Post war: Health Inspector, Aiken, SC; died, 1924


5th Sgt. William H. Sawyer, Co. K., 21st Massachusetts Vol. Inf., 2nd Brigade, Reno’s Division
  • Mustered in, July 19, 1861, age 23 
  • Occupation: school teacher 
  • Survived the slaughter in the woods at Chantilly 
  • 1st Lieut., April, 1863; Captain, October, 1864 
  • With the regiment to the end and transferred to 36th Infantry


Lt. Jefferson D. Benthuysen, Co. G, 6th Louisiana Inf., Hays’ Brigade, Lawton’s Division
  • Enlisted, New Orleans, LA, April 15, 1861
  • Promoted to 1st Lieutenant, June 9, 1862
  • Survived Stevens’ attack at Ox Hill, 1862
  • Lost an eye at Gettysburg, was captured; imprisoned at Johnson’s Island, OH, 1863
  • Promoted to Capt., Co. G while in prison, 1864
  • Released at Fort Monroe, VA, February, 1865


Cpl. James Schuter, Co. H, 40th New York Vol. Inf., 2nd Brigade, Kearny’s Division
  • Mustered in, June 27, 1861, age 18
  • Occupation: clerk
  • Fought in the cornfield at Chantilly where every officer and sergeant of the Company H was killed or wounded 
  • Killed by shell fragment at Petersburg, 1864; reburied, Poplar Grove Nat’l. Cemetery, 1866


Capt. William F. Brown, Co. F, 12th Georgia Inf., Trimble’s Brigade, Lawton’s Division
  • Occupation: farmer, owned 4,000 acres; served in Georgia Senate
  • Mustered in, June 11, 1861 at age 48
  • As a Captain, led 12th GA at Front Royal and Cedar Mountain; commended for coolness and courage
  • As a Captain, led Trimble’s Brigade at Ox Hill; shot in the head and died instantly; buried on the field


Capt. William A. Hatch, Co. G, 3rd Maine Vol. Inf., 2nd Brigade, Kearny’s Division
  • Mustered in, June 4, 1861, age 20
  • Promoted 1st Lieut. Nov. 15, 1861 
  • Fought in cornfield at Chantilly, 1862
  • Mustered out, 1863 at N.Y.C.
  • Commissioned Major, 80th Regiment, US Colored Troops
  • Resigned, March, 1865


Pvt. Daniel Hovis, Co. E, 34th North Carolina Inf., Pender’s Brigade, A.P. Hill’s Division
  • Enlisted, Lincolnton, NC, Aug. 6, 1861, age 27
  • Occupation: cotton farmer
  • In the Peninsula Campaign, fought at Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, and Frayser’s Farm, 1862
  • With Jackson’s wing, fought at Second Manassas, Ox Hill, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg, 1862
  • Killed at Chancellorsville while carrying the colors, May 3, 1863; buried on the field