Profile of Uriah Bush
Regiment: 4th Regiment, P.R.V.C., Company K
                 33rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
In Date/Rank: Enlisted as Private on June 6th, 1861.
    Wounded at:
  • The Battle of Gaines' Mill, Richmond, Virginia - June 27th, 1862 (Finger shot off left hand.)
    Killed at:
  • Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, West Virginia - May 9th, 1864.
Out Date/Rank: May 9, 1864; Final rank: Private.
Enrolled at: Chester, Pennsylvania
Residence: Oakland, Chester County, Pa.
Age at Enrollment: 28
Mustered In at: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Eye Color: Grey
Hair Color: Light 		Enrolled on: June 6th, 1861
Occupation: Lime-Burner
Mustered In on: July 17th, 1861
Complexion: Swarthy
Height: 5' 5"

Research by Justin Sanders & August Marchetti

In a letter written by a Company K soldier, he gives a detailed account of his comrades in Company K who were wounded, killed, captured or missing at the Battle of Gaines' Mill.

New information states: "Wounded – Uriah Bush, Oakland, finger shot off on left hand."1

Source: 1. Anonymous, Enton Guards, Co. K, 4th PA Reserves, July 4, 1862 [West Chester Village Record: 7-19-1862].