OBIT: Luther Calvin HAGERTY, 1899, Juniata, Blair County, PA

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IN MEMORIAM.

  There died in Juniata the past week a veteran of the civil war whose 
services to his country deserve more than a passing notice.
  Luther Calvin Hagerty, the subject of this sketch, was born in Logan 
township in the year 1850.  On September 17, 1861, when but a mere boy 
12 years of age, he enlisted as a drummer in company D, One Hundred and 
Tenth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers.  Of that gallant band of 
heroes who followed the fortunes of the One Hundred and Tenth through 
shot and shell and powder and smoke from Winchester, Va., to 
Appomattox, Comrade Hagerty was by far the youngest and as brave and 
the bravest.
  In the famous charge of the One Hundred and Tenth at Winchester, 
Va.., March 23, 1862, little Luther Hagerty and his drum were among the 
first to reach the stone wall behind which the confederates were 
intrenched.
  He took an active part in the battles of Winchester, Fort Republic, 
Fredericksburg, Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run and Gettysburg.
  In the second Bull Run battle under a heavy fire from the enemy of 
shot and shell, railroad iron, old horse shoes and dear knows what all, 
Comrade Hagerty suddenly appeared mountain on a bay horse with the 
rations of bread and meat for his company, which was then actively 
engaged on the front line of battle.  He delivered the rations in 
safety and sat there on his horse cheering our men and watching the 
battle as calmly as if on dress parade.
  After the Gettysburg battle, he was sent to the Summit house 
hospital, Darby road, Philadelphia.
  While here he organized and became leader of the band and remained in 
Philadelphia until his term of service expired.
  After the war he served five years in the regular army.
  Since his return home he has resided in the vicinity of Altoona and 
Juniata, where he was known and highly respected.
  Comrade Hagerty was in truth the . . . .[missing text] ministration 
he secured a position in the internal revenue service for four years.
  At the reunion of the One Hundred and Tenth Regimental association in 
Tyrone, some five years ago, Comrade Hagerty expressed a desire to be 
elected secretary of the association.
  Comrade H. H. Heath, of Blair Furnace, had the honor of presented 
Comrade Hagerty's name for the position, and he was elected by 
acclamation.  So well has he discharged the duties of the position that 
he was been re-elected each year since.  He was the right man in the 
right place and has made one of the best secretaries the One Hundred 
and Tenth has ever had.
  He died as he had lived, a hero to the last - still in the harness 
looking after the interests of his old comrades of the One Hundred and 
Tenth.
  The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
    The soldier's last tattoo,
  No more on life's parade we meet
    Our comrade brave and true.
  
  On Fame's eternal camping ground
    His silent tent is spread
  And peace at last the warrior found
    Where sleep our honored dead.

  Green be the turf above thee,
    Friend of our better days,
  None knew thee but to love thee,
    None named thee but to praise.
                John D. Kennedy

Altoona Tribune, Thursday, February 9, 1899

Note: Died January 16, 1899.  Hagerty, Luther Calvin, Pvt. Co. D, 110th 
Pa. Inf., 1850-1899, Antis Cemetery, Bellwood.  Hoenstine, Floyd, 
Soldiers of Blair County, Hollidaysburg, PA: Author, 1940, page 200.