Honoring our Family

who served

in the Civil War,

both Union and Confederate

Pennsylvania Monument at Gettysburg. 88 bronze plaques list the names of every Pennsylvanian who participated in the battle. On the right are the names of three of our Clewell cousins on this monument.

Three of our Clewell ancestors, whose names appear on one of 88 bronze plaques, attached to the base of the Pennsylvania Monument (pictured left) at the Gettysburg Battlefield.

The State Colors of the

153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.

It was never carried into battle.

The regiment received

its National Colors

early in its existence.

Sergeant John Henning, Company I,

was the sole color bearer during

the 153rd's nine month enlistment.

The lone bugler stands atop

his granite monolith, marking the place

on the Gettysburg Battlefield known as

Barlow's Knoll.

This monument was placed

in honor and memory of the

153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,

recruited in Northampton County.

Our family was not unusual. We had members who served in both the Union and Confederate armies.

At the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 2, 3, 1863), 8 Clewells of the 153^rd Pennsylvania Volunteers fought within about 1/4 mile of the 21^st North Carolina Volunteers in which two of our Clewell cousins were enlisted.

It is quite possible that some of our Clewell cousins fought directly against each other.

As a part of our 75th Clewell Reunion

(July, 2005), our family placed

a commemorative wreath at the base

of the 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer memorial.

The names and units of our cousins,

Union and Confederate, who fought

at the Battle of Gettysburg

were displayed inside the wreath:

~ Sergeant Albert P. Beitel ~

Company A, 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

~ Private Albert A. Clewell ~

Company A, 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

~ Musician Franklin A. Clewell ~

Staff, 119th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

~ Private Sylvester A. Clewell ~

Company A, 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

~  Private William F. Clewell ~

Company I, 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

(Wounded in action, July 2, 1863)

~ Private William H. Clewell ~

Company A, 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

~ William T. Kern ~

Company A, 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

~ James C. Wommack ~

Company A, 21st North Carolina Volunteer Infantry

~ Roswell A. Wommack ~

Company A, 21st North Carolina Volunteer Infantry

Although they enlisted with the 153 P.V.I.,

the following did NOT participate in the

Battle of Gettysburg

~ Corporal Lewis B. Clewell ~

Company I, 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

Captured May 2, 1863,

at the Battle of Chancellorsville and

confined in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia.

~ Private Samuel J. Clewell ~

Company I, 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

Captured May 2, 1863,

at the battle of Chancellorsville and

confined in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia.

Documents

"Augustus B. Clewell was a soldier in the Civil War of Company H, One Hundred Seventy-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers with the rank of Second Sergeant." (page 528)²

Private, Company F, 202nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry¹

"He enlisted in the Civil War, was captured and made a prisoner at Libby and later at Andersonville." (page 554)²

"Francis Christian Clewell was an Adjutant in the First Missouri Cavalry, Confederate Army and was taken and held as prisoner by the Federal Army for nineteen months on Johnson's Island. He was released and captured a second time and held as prisoner on Ship Island, Gulf of Mexico, until the end of the War." (page 486)²

"He served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. He was Fife Major, N. C. Staff, One Hundred Nineteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry. He was with the Army of the Potomac and was engaged in the battles fought by that army until it received the surrender of Gen. Lee." (page 506)²

"Joseph Lovin Clewell was a soldier in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers and was wounded in the battle of Antietam and taken to the hospital at Harpers' Ferry where he died from his wound and is buried there." (page 521)²

"Lawrence A. Clewell was a private soldier during the Civil War in Company C, One Hundred Twenty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He took part in the battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and was wounded in the army during one of the engagements." (page 526)²

Private, Company I, 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry¹

"Owen J. Clewell was a Corporal in the Eightieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, during the Civil War. He died at Corinth, Miss., of Tuberculosis on August 17, 1862." (page 481)²

^{His name is listed as "Reuben Claywell," and died September 17, 1862, at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg, Maryland). (Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, Volume I, page 440.)}

"When he was eighteen, he enlisted in Company I. One Hundred Fifty-Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and was taken prisoner in the battle of Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863." (page 498)²

(Note: Samuel J. and William F. Clewell are brothers.)

Clewell, Sylvester

(Claywell, Sylvester, alias)

(Note: William F. and Samuel J. Clewell are brothers)

Clewell, William H.

(1845-1904)

Clewell, William H.

(1840-1909)

Rank?, Company B, 151st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry¹

"At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Union Army and was captured by the Confederates and imprisoned at Andersonville, Georgia, for seven months. After the war, he immigrated to Franklin County, Kansas, where he engaged in farming. He died at Ottawa, Kansas." (page 473)²

Luckenbach, Andrew Adam

"At the outbreak of the Civil War, our subject was one in a company, known as the First Defenders, who enlisted for three months. He re-enlisted in Co. C, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, becoming First Lieutenant and after the death of the Company's Captain, he was promoted to that position. His company was engaged in the battles of Bull Run, Antietam and he was wounded in a charge on Mayres Hill, Dec. 13, 1862." (page 508)²

^{(William and Andrew Adam Luckenbach are first cousins.)}

Miksch,

Amos C.

21st Infantry Regiment, formerly the 11th Volunteers, was a twelve company command organized at Danville, Virginia, in June, 1861. Men of this unit were recruited in Davidson, Surry, Forsyth, Stokes, Rockingham, and Guilford counties. It was assigned to General Trimble's, Hoke's, Godwin's, and W.G. Lewis' Brigade. After taking part in the Battle of First Manassas and Jackson's Valley operations, the 21st participated in many conflicts of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Bristoe. It was then involved in the engagements at Plymouth, Drewry's Bluff, and Cold Harbor, marched with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, and saw action around Appomattox . The unit sustained 80 casualties at First Winchester, 13 at Cross Keys and Port Republic, 45 during the Seven Days' Battles, 51 at Groveton, 18 at Sharpsburg, and 24 at Fredericksburg . It lost 78 at Chancellorsville, twenty-eight percent of the 436 at Gettysburg, and 52 at Plymouth. In April, 1865, it surrendered with 6 officers and 117 men of which 40 were armed. (From their web site.)

(James and Roswell A. Wommack are brothers)

(Roswell and James C. Wommack are brothers.)