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of the 600 who went into the battle, Lieut. Keatley was wounded in the left shoulder but refused to leave the field until sunset. He continued with his regiment and participated in the Battle of Chancellorsville May 3rd, 1863. May 18th, 1863 he was discharged from the service and for his gallantry and good conduct on the field of battle which was well known at home he was selected to fill an important public office in his native state that of District Attorney of his own District without opposition. During the invasion of Pennsylvania in 1863 he kept the field from June 1st to the latter part of August although in the meantime his only child sickened and died in his absence. Sickness in his family prevented his re-entering the service again until Feb 15 1865 when he joined the 104th Pa. Vols as a private and was afterwards commissioned 1st Lieut. of Co "E" of that regiment. He joined the regiment at Bermuda Front March 2, 1865 and continued with it in the intrenchments until April 2nd. April 26 he [[Strikethrough]] came [[/Strikethrough]] went to Norfolk and May 5th he reported for duty in the Department of Negro Affairs Service transferred to the Bureau of Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands.

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The Bermuda Hundred Campaign was one of three campaigns launched to support Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign by tying down Confederate troops in other sectors. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-30 16:38:35 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-30 17:05:33