Civil War Veterans

The story of the 100th Pennsylvania Roundheads is very well documented in a book by William Gavin, now out of print “History of the 100th Pennsylvania Roundheads”. Of course there was no Ellwood City during the CW, but Wurtemburg existed, Princeton, Portersville, Enon Valley, Chewton, wampum, New Castle, New Brighton, and Hazel Dell, now the 4th ward of Ellwood. Gavin also did a book which is in the EC Library, “Infantryman Pettit” a story of a corporal from Hazel Dell who was killed by a sharpshooter in the trenches of Petersburg VA in 1864. The Roundheads were named after the group of same name in England given there by Oliver Cromwell. When Dr. Leasure of New Castle went to see Sec. of War Cameron about raising a regiment, he asked Leasure what kind of men he had. Only the best, and so Cameron named them Roundheads.
Many from our area joined the 100th, but also many in 6th Heavy Artillery, 134th, 63rd, 9th Reserves, 101st, 103rd. Hope I’ve helped you fill information… by the way, the veterans formed the GAR (Grand Army of the republic) after the war, and their sons the SUV (Sons of Union Veterans). -Ken Turner (Special thanks to Robert Stevenson)