Phil, In checking around: I found this: John S. Bell 140th PA Regiment Company "F" Enlisted 8/21/62 as Private Was killed 7/2/63 at Gettysburg, PA This is only a possible lead for you!! What makes a a very probable hit is that Colonel Richard Roberts was in this unit. Colonel Richard P. Roberts of the 140th. PA Killed at Gettysburg July 2nd. 1863 These are the words composed by Samuel P. Bate in the History of Greene County, Pennsylvania the 1888 edition. pp.404 ChapterXXIX. (slightly edited for clarity. M.R.V.) Company A, of the One Hundredth and Fortieth Regiment, was recruited in Greene county and was originally officered by: Captain John F. McCullough, First Lieutenant J. Jackson Purman and Second Lieutenant David Taylor . The regiment was organized at Camp Curtin on the 8th of September 1862, with Colonel Richard P. Roberts of Beaver County, Lieutenant-Colonel John Frazer of Washington County and Major Thomas B. Rodgers of Mercer County. The command of his brigade then fell upon Colonel Roberts of the 140th. Gallantly did these two small brigades push forward over this devoted ground on the face of a severe fire. The enemy was swept back from the cover of the woods, and the rocky ridge beyond the Wheat Field, a position of great natural strength, was carried. But this advantage, gained at a fearful cost, was of no avail. The angle in Sickle's line at the Peach Orchard, the weak point in his formation, had been hopelessly broken, and through this opening the enemy swarmed and turned the right of Caldwell's position, compelling him to withdraw. He rested at night on the low ground on the left center of the line, where he remained during the heavy cannonade of the succeeding day, and until the close of the battle. The loss in Company A in the battle was severe. Sergeant Brown and Corporal Eddy were killed, Private Loar was mortally wounded, Lieutenant Purman was wounded with the loss of a leg, Captain McCullough, Sergeant Zimmers and Private Eddy were severely wounded, Colonel Roberts, Captain Acheson and Lieutenant Wilson of the regiment were killed. You might want to chek out his site also: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/4168/history.html http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/4168/ Glad to help!! Pamela Randolph