Military: Civil War – The Big Elk Rangers (1861): Cecil Co., MD

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The Cecil Whig
Saturday, June 22, 1861

The Big Elk Rangers. – Capt. Ben. Ricketts’ company left town on 
Wednesday and the same day were mustered into the U. S., service in one 
of the Delaware regiments.  This is the first company our county has 
sent to the war, and Capt. Ricketts deserves high praise for his 
indomitable perseverance in raising so fine looking a body of men.  The 
following is a complete list of the officers and privates.

Ben Ricketts, Captain,
W. F. A. Torbert, 1st Lieutenant,
John G. Simpers,  2nd   do,
George Hardy, 1st Sergeant,
Chas. E. Hayes, 2nd  do
Wm. Sands,      3rd  do
Thos. Reardon,  4th  do
E. Jordan, Jr., 5th  do
George Turner,     1st Corporal
Harrison Bennett,  2nd   do
Eli Alexander,     3rd   do
Samuel C. Stretch, 4th   do
James McCullen,    5th   do
George W. Wright,  6th   do
Hugh Armstrong,    7th   do
Wm. Rementer,      8th   do

Privates
Kennard Allison
Henry M. Bennett
Granville S. Bennett
Samuel S. Boyer
Levis Barbour
Wm. T. Clark
Richard A. Carr
Robert Davidson
Wm. G. Davidson
Geo. W. Davis
William Founds
Benj. F. Furnan
Isaac Foreacre
Albert Furguson
Philip B. Giles
Jacob Grant
Washington Heath
W. S. Harvey
Nicholas J. Honey
Benj. F. Hedges (Co. Clerk)
C. H. Jones
Philip Johnson
Philip A. Johnson
Jas. T. Kelley
Wm. Kingston
Joel Lacey
Matthew Lockard 
Geo. W. Lutts
J. T. Mahan
J. H. Mahan
Asbury McDaniel
Aquilla Mahan
Jethro T. McCullough
Geo. R. Moffitt
Thomas L. Miller
Amos E. McNeal
George McNeal
James McDonald
H. C. Nelson
William Ott
Geo. H. Pigeon
N. Plummer
Jeremiah Roxborough
Wm. H. Sowers
Norris Smith
Wm. Sewall
John Smith
E. W. Scarborough
John A. Steele
Heaster Smith
Peter Shannon
Henderson Scott
Richard Thomas
William Tice
Mark Whitcraft
M. T. Whitlock
Nicholas Wilson

-	A few more men will be accepted, for the purpose of filling the 
vacancies in the company.  They will be mustered in, and receive 
pay as soon as enlisted.

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NOTE:  The Delaware Regiment mentioned is Co. C, 2nd Regiment, Delaware 
Infantry.