Brink John Military Record

Name: John B. Brink

Enlistment Date: 29 February, 1864

Distinguished Service: Distinguished Service

Side Served: Union

State Served: Pennsylvania

Unit Numbers: 2281

Service Record:

     Enlisted as private on 29 February, 1864.

     Enlisted Company K, 42nd Infantry Regiment, Pennsylvania on 29 February, 1864

     Transferred Company K, 42nd Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 31 May, 1864.

     Mustered out Company K, 190th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 28 June, 1865

Battles fought by Company K, 190th Infantry Regiment, Pennsylvania

since John's transfer on 31 May, 1864.

Fought on 13 June 1864

Fought on 15 June 1864

Fought on 17 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.

Fought on 18 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.

Fought on 19 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.

Fought on 20 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.

Fought on 22 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA.

Fought on 18 August 1864 at Petersburg, VA.

Fought on 19 August 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA

Fought on 01 October 1864

Fought on 02 October 1864 at Petersburg, VA.

Fought on April 1865 at Five Forks, VA.

NOTE: During the battle around the Weldon Railroad, Globe Tavern and Six-mile House on August 18 and 19, 1864, the majority of the 190th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment was cut-off from the main Union force and captured. Its' sister regiment, the 191st Infantry Regiment, suffered the same fate. So few officers and men of either regiment escaped capture that the survivors were combined into a single provisional regiment for the remainder of the war. Even though combined into one regiment, the 190th and the 191st retained their identity as individual regiments. This undoubtedly accounts for the immense confusion of the records which do remain from these two units. No complete roster for any company of either regiment is known to exist. Reference: J. D. "Dave" Watson website.