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Col. Richard Petit Roberts
Submitted by
Richard G. Temple, Aliquippa, Pa.
Col. Richard Petit Roberts (1820-1863) served as
commanding officer of the 140th Pennsylvania Regiment during the American Civil
War, from Sept 8, 1862 to July 2, 1863.
He was an attorney from Beaver, Pa., and when the call for volunteers came from
President Lincoln in the summer of 1862, Roberts organized three companies from
Beaver County, he becoming commanding officer of Co. F, with the rank of
Captain.
On Sept 8th, at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, Pa., the three Beaver County
companies, along with seven other western Pennsylvania companies, were formed
into the 140th Pennsylvania Regiment, and Capt. Roberts was elected to serve as
its commanding officer with the elevated rank of colonel.
On July 2, 1863, while leading his regiment at the Battle of the Wheatfield
at Gettysburg, Pa., Col. Roberts was killed. His body was returned home and
today rest in the Beaver Cemetery.
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