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History of the 100th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment, "The Roundheads, Miscellaneous Articles and History Summaries

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Epitomized History of the Roundheads, or 100th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, by: Silas Stevenson, Elwood City, PA, contributed by Brad Melvin, descendant of Samuel Melvin, Co. A

Corporal J.M. Stritmater, Co. K account of his service in the Civil War as recorded by his daughter Carrie and re-typed by E. Gustin  for publishing on the 100th PA website

American Journal of Medicine, July 1866 article on a healing of a headwound of J.B. of Co. K, (possibly Pvt. Jacob Burns) Case IX, pages 90 and 91, from Google Book search

Series of Articles about the use of James P. Sankey, Co. K as Frank Vittnor's (sculptor) model of the 75th Gettysburg Anniversary Commemorative Half Dollar minted in 1936 for the 75th Gettysburg Anniversary in 1938---Articles contributed by descendant Jeff Heckler (author's note:  as most of us know, the Roundheads were not at Gettysburg but Sankey was chosen as a model anyway as there were few veterans left in 1936 that were spry enough to pose for the coin!).

"Into the Jaws of Death" (an account of original Roundhead Nurse Nelly M. Chase at Fredericksburg while nurse of the 100th PA's companion regiment, the 79th NY Highlanders

 New Account of Mine Explosion, Capture, Life in Prison and Escape from Confederate Danville, N.C. Prison, by John J. Munnell, Co. F, written in early 1900s, contributed and transcribed by Andrew Clark, great great grandson of Munnell (see account by Morehead Gibson below)

Company K History by John H. Stevenson, 1904 graciously transcribed by Barb Nicolls from a typewritten document on file in the History room of New Castle Public Library.

 Numerous Civil War Period Newspaper Articles on the Roundheads from the New Castle Courant that was part of a Scrapbook, original owner unknown but likely the parents of a soldier of the 100th PVI from Lawrence County, PA.  Transcribed and Contributed by Tami McConahy, Tami McConahy Collection.

Please visit this 1887 History of Lawrence County, transcribed by Tami McConahy for the Lawrence County, PA GenWeb site.  This history gives a good background of the cities, townships and important men of the principal county where 100th Pennsylvania soldiers came from

1863 Newspaper Article written by members of the Roundheads viewing their sentiments on the Northern Copperheads, Mercer County Dispatch, Contributed by Carl Clink

Brief History of the Campaigns of the Roundheads (based largely on the History of the 100th Pennsylvania Volunteers by William G. Gavin, Morningside Press, 1989)

Article of the August 1862 Sinking of the Steamer West Point where 6 Roundheads lost their lives, including E.F.S. Pinkerton, Co. B, lateral Ancestor of Alan Pinkerton, Contributor of Article

Centennial History of Beaver County and 1900 Reunion of the 100th Pennsylvania (transcribed for the 100th PVI website byTami McConahy)

Excerpt from 1903 "Reminiscences of the Civil War", by Confederate General John B. Gordon with reference to Pvt. James Locke, Co. E, 100th PVI (transcribed by David L. Welch)

Account of the Battle of the Mine Explosion or Battle of the Crater, by Silas Stevenson, M.D. (formerly Pvt. Stevenson of Co. K), a Pamphlet History published in 1914 to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle (transcribed by David L. Welch

Account of Company B's Sgt. William Morehead Gibson's Escape from Confederate Prison in Danville, VA taken from September 29, 1916 Grove City, PA Newspaper Article in Col. Norman J. Maxwell Scrapbook (transcribed by Tami McConahy)

"Battle Days of the Roundheads", The Civil War Experience of the Famous 100th Pa., a Fighting Regiment., Part II, by J. R. Holibaugh, Denver, Colo., from 1897? Newspaper Article in Col. Norman J. Maxwell Scrapbook (transcribed by Tami McConahy)

"Exploits of Dr. Leasure and the Roundheads", Biographical Profile of Col. Daniel Leasure by Joseph Leasure, lateral descendant and published in the Washington Times Newpaper in 1993 (transcribed and published to the 100th Penn Website by David L. Welch with Joseph Leasure's permission)