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  Book Title: History Of Northampton County
  
  CHAPTER XVII. 
  THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD
  
      The people of Northampton county on the day after that memorable attack on
  Fort Sumter called a war meeting which was held in the public square at Eastern.
  There were hundreds of men and women present, pale, apprehensive, indignant, and
  intensely excited. The National colors were prominent, not only floating in the
  air, but adorning the dress of the people. Influential citizens made eloquent
  and patriotic speeches appealing to the love of country and calling for
  volunteers to enroll and organize for serious work which is now self-evident.
  There was instantaneous response to these appeals; four companies were organized
  at Easton and one at Bethlehem. The population of the county at this time was
  47,900 inhabitants, largely engaged in agricultural pursuits. The President's
  proclamation, promulgated on April 15, 1861, calling for seventy-five thousand
  men for a term of three months, was promptly responded to by the offer of the
  five companies already organized; their services were promptly accepted by the
  governor of Pennsylvania, and they were ordered to rendezvous at Harrisburg,
  Pennsylvania.
  
      They left their families and homes on Thursday following the issuance of the
  President's proclamation, and just one week from the surrender of Fort Sumter
  they were mustered into service as part of the First Regiment, Pennsylvania
  Volunteers, of which Samuel Yohe was made colonel. Four davs later, on April 24,
  1861, another company from Easton was mustered in at Camp Curtin as Company G,
  in the Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, of which Charles Glanz of Easton
  was chosen major.
  
      The first of the Northampton county volunteers for three years' service was
  a company commanded by Captain John I. Horn. This was mustered as Company E, of
  the Forty-first Regiment (Twelfth Pennsylvania Reserves). on May 30, 1861, at
  Camp Curtin. The next volunteers to go forward were two companies raised in
  Easton, which entered the service September 16, 1861, and were designated as
  Companies A and E of the Forty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.
  Following these in numerical order of regiments, these entered the service from
  Northampton county:
  
  Two companies of the Fifty-first Regiment.
  One company of the Fifty-ninth Regiment (Second Cavalry).
  One company of the Sixty-first Regiment (Fourth Cavalry).
  One company of the Sixty-seventh  Regiment.
  One company of the One Hundred and Eighth Regiment (Eleventh Cavalry).
  One company of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment (Twelfth Cavalry).
  Four companies of the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment.
  The One Hundred and Fifty-third Regiment, entire.
  Two companies of the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Regiment.
  One company of the Two Hundred  and Second  Regiment.
  One company of the Two Hundred and Fourteenth  Regiment. 
  One company of the Two Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment. 
  An artillery company raised at Easton became known as Seymour's Battery,
  afterwards designated as Battery D, Fifth United States Artillery.
  
      Besides these there were at different times militia and emergency companies
  raised that were attached to the militia; there were also squads of men mustered
  with Spencer's Battery at Philadelphia, also with the Third New Jersey Cavalry.
  The rolls and records of these organizations will be given in their appropriate
  place. Through the long, tedious and careworn hours of the Civil War, the people
  of Northampton county bravely stood the adversities of the conflict, hoping and
  wishing that the mantle of peace would soon again bring happiness to a united
  country. Then came the evacuation of Richmond, Virginia, the surrender of the
  Confederate armies, followed by the dastard assasination of President Lincoln.
  The war was closed, the soldier returned to his peaceful pursuits, the lawyer to
  his client, the doctor to his patient, the farmer to the tilling of the soil,
  each and everyone to east aside the implements of war for those of peace and
  prosperity.
  
      Northampton county was a part of a congressional district which included
  Carbon county (not including Mauch Chunk borough), Monroe county, Pike county,
  and Wayne county. This district furnished by enlistments from November, 1863, to
  the termination of the war, 5,897 men. This does not include drafted men held to
  personal service, nor men furnished prior to this date. The number of men
  drafted was 8,064 and the number reported to date 4,996. Of this number 287 were
  held to personal service, 240 furnished substitutes after the draft, and 2,030
  commuted. The amount of local bounties paid in the district was $1,964,353; of
  this amount Northampton county paid $1,193,674. This amount does not include the
  necessary expenses connected with the enlistment of men furnished, nor paid to
  local county commissioners, or the various amounts secured by private
  contributions, or paid to substitutes by citizens. It is only the amount allowed
  by law for regular local bounty paid to volunteers and substitutes by the
  different townships. Add to this amount the lowest estimate of expenses incurred
  in enlistment of volunteers, which would not be less than ten dollars for each
  man, this would increase the amount paid by the district to $2,022,353, of which
  amount Northampton county paid a larger amount than the remaining four counties.
  These figures do not include all the money paid in the district during the war;
  it is only an account of expenses after November, 1863; to it should be added
  the various sums paid by individuals and the county bounties, together with the
  sums appropriated for the families of absent volunteers, also the amounts paid
  the 'three months' and militia men; this would increase the amount considerably.
  There is one item, however, that should be added, the commutation money that was
  received, which was paid as an equivalent for personal service and was applied
  for the purpose of obtaining volunteers. The number of men who paid commutation
  in the district was 2,030 and the amount paid was $609,000. Add this to the
  amount paid for volunteers and it will increase the sum to $2,631,353. In
  addition to the number of substitutes 261 more were furnished by enrolled men
  before draft, averaging in price from $500 to $1,500, none of which is included
  in the statement of money paid for men.
  
      FIRST REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS
  
      There were five companies of Northampton county enlisted men in the First
  Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, which was organized at Harrisburg, April 20,
  1861. They were designated as Companies A, which was recruited at Bethlehem, and
  B, C, D and H, at Easton. On the night of their organization, without uniforms
  they were sent to a point near Cockeysville, Maryland, to protect bridges, on a
  railroad communicating with Washington, District of Columbia. The military
  occupation of Maryland was objected to by certain citizens of the State and the
  regiment was removed to Camp Scott, near York, Pennsylvania. Here it remained in
  camp until May 14, 1861, when the objections to the military occupation being
  withdrawn, the regiment was detailed as a guard on the Northern Central Railroad
  from Druid Park, Baltimore, Maryland, to the Pennsylvania line. The regiment was
  relieved of this duty on May 25, and transferred to Catonville, Maryland, to
  guard the road from Frederick, Maryland, and Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Four days
  later the regiment was ordered to advance to Franklintown, Pennsylvania, and on
  June 3, was concentrated at Chambers-burg, Pennsylvania, where it was brigaded
  in Wynkoop's Brigade of Keim's Division of the army of General Patterson. The
  brigade advanced to Funks-town, Maryland, where they encamped, and on a
  threatened alarm of the advance of the enemy was moved to Williamsport,
  Maryland, on the Potomac river, which they reached after a fatiguing march to
  find everything all quiet on the Potomac. On June 21, the brigade was ordered to
  join the division of General Patterson at Martinsburg, Virginia, and remained to
  garrison that post which was Patterson's base of supply. Two days later it was
  relieved of this duty and ordered to rejoin the division. Though Patterson's
  division was held in command ready to move forward in anticipation of taking
  part in the Battle of Bull Run, by some misunderstanding it did not participate
  in that disastrous struggle and on July 21, 1861, the regiment was ordered to
  Harper's Ferry; from thence two days later it was sent to Sandy Hook, where it
  was transported to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and there mustered out of the
  service, its term of enlistment having expired.
  
     NINTH REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS
  
      In this regiment there was Company G, which was recruited at Easton. The
  regiment was organized at Camp Curtin, April 22, 1861. It remained in camp until
  May 4, when it was ordered to West Chester, Pennsylvania, where a camp was
  established and named Camp Wayne, in honor of Gen. Anthony Wayne of
  Revolutionary fame. The regiment was removed to Wilmington, Delaware, May 26, on
  the rumor that disloyalists were established there in camp, receiving military
  instructions with a view of joining the rebel cause. The presence of the Ninth
  Regiment would check this movement and strengthen the loyal sentiment in that
  city. The Ninth Regiment established a camp at Hare's Corners on the New Castle
  roacl, where it remained until June (1, when it was ordered to join General
  Patterson's command at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. It was assigned to the Fourth
  Brigade, commanded by Col. Dixon H. Miles in the division of General Cadwalader.
  
      The Ninth Regiment, on June 16, holding the right of the brigade line,
  forded the Potomac river and encamped on the Martinsburg road. The next day
  Colonel Miles turned over the command of the brigade to Colonel Longnecker of
  the Ninth Regiment, and the command was ordered back to Williamsport to report
  to the division commander. The Ninth was ordered to guard the fort on the
  Potomac river, where it remained until July 1st, when it took part in a forward
  movement across the river, and on the night of the second encamped on the
  battlefield of Falling Waters, which had just been fought. The next day it went
  into camp at Martinsburg, where it remained until the fifteenth, when it moved
  with the brigade to Bunker Hill, as there was a contemplated movement planned to
  attack the enemy at Winchester, Virginia. The plans were, however, changed, and
  the brigade was ordered to Charlestown, where it remained in camp until July 21,
  1861, when it was removed to Harper's Ferry, and crossed to the Maryland side.
  The next day orders were received for the Ninth to march to Hagerstown,
  Maryland, there to entrain for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where the regiment was
  demobilized July 24, 1861.
  
  FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT OF VOLUNTEERS (TWELFTH RESERVES)
  
      The companies of which this regiment was formed were originally raised for
  three months' service, but not accepted for that term. They rendezvoused at Camp
  Curtin and Company E was recruited in Northampton county. The organization of
  the regiment was effected July 25, 1861, but it was not mustered into the United
  States service for a period of three years until August 10, 1861. On the same
  day it was ordered to join the command of General Banks at Harper's Ferry. On
  its arrival at Baltimore, Maryland, it was incorporated in General McCall's
  division of Pennsylvania Reserves and ordered to encamp at Tenallytown, four
  miles above Washington on the Rockville river. Here it laid in camp until
  October 10, 1861, when it crossed the Potomac and went into winter quarters at
  Langley, Virginia. Camp was broken on March 10, 1862, the Twelfth marching to
  Hunter's Mills to participate in the general forward movement of General
  McClellan on Manassas. On arrival it was ascertained that the movement had been
  abandoned and the Twelfth returned over the roads they had advanced. The reserve
  division now became a part of General McDowell's command and was assigned to
  guard the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. They were ordered on May 6, 1862, to
  join the division at Falmouth, Virginia, and on its march were attacked by
  guerrillas. Arriving at Belle Plain, Virginia, orders were received to join
  McClellan's command on the Peninsula Landing at White House on the Pamunkey.
  June 14, 1861, the brigade proceeded by way of Dispatch Station to Ellerson's
  Mill on Beaver Dam creek and were in plain sight of the rebel pickets. It was at
  this point that, on July 26, 1861, the Twelfth received its first introduction
  to a fighting enemy. It was strongly posted along the left bank of Beaver Dam
  creek and was to meet the forces under the command of the redoubtable Stonewall
  Jackson. The regiment was posted behind a low imperfect rifle-pit parapet and in
  their rear a section of artillery threw shell and shrapnel directly over their
  heads into the faces of the oncoming foe. About one o'clock the battle of
  Gaines' Mill commenced, the Twelfth was ordered to support Griffin's Battery,
  and in this duty they were for four hours exposed to a terrific fire of
  artillery and musketry.   A desperate attack was bravely met and repulsed.
  
      The defeated Union army retreated, the Twelfth crossing before midnight the
  bridge known as Woodbury's. The next day the retreat was continued towards the
  James river, the new base of McClellan's operations. The Twelfth regiment acted
  as guard for the Reserve Artillery. On the retreat of the army, the Twelfth
  rallied on General Hooker's line and stood gallantly to their work at the battle
  of Charles City crossroads, and although not a defeat it was not a decided
  victory. In the fierce battle of Malvern Hill, the next day the Twelfth were
  held in reserve. The regiment remained for six weeks in the vicinity of
  Harrison's Landing, when it joined the army of General Pope near Warrenton,
  Virginia, and on August 29 and 30, took part in the action at Groveton,
  Virginia. Worn out and tattered, the Twelfth was hurried from Virginia to take
  part in the Maryland campaign. At the battle of South Mountain the Twelfth
  Reserves was engaged in the center of the attacking line and at the battle of
  Antietam in General Hooker's army on the right flank. The regiment became famous
  in that fearful carnage at Marye's Heights when, as a component part of
  Jackson's Third Brigade, they carried a difficult position at the edge of the
  woods.
  
      After a season of rest and recuperation the regiment was inarched to take
  part in the dreadful conflict at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where they arrived
  about ten o'clock on the second day of the battle, and were posted in the rear
  of Cemetery Hill; later in the day they were hurried into the fight on the right
  to support the line at the crest of Little Round Top, and during the succeeding
  night were transferred to the apex of Round Top and remained in that line during
  the succeeding stages of the battle, being continually under the galling fire of
  artillery and sharpshooters. During the campaign following Gettysburg, the
  remainder of the year 1863, the regiment was engaged in action at Bristol
  Station and Rappahannock Station and went into winter quarters at Catlett's
  station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The regiment was removed from
  winter quarters, May 4, 1864, took part in the three days' battle of the
  Wilderness, also at Spottsylvania Court House and did good work at Guinea
  Station, Jericho Ford, also at Bethesda Church, where it received and repulsed
  the most desperate assaults of the enemy. On the day of the last named battle
  the term of service of the regiment expired, orders were received for its
  discharge, it was transported to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and was mustered out
  of the service June 11, 1864.
  
  FORTY-SEVENTH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS
  
      This regiment of which Companies A and F, from Northampton county, formed a
  part, was organized at Camp Curtin, September 1, 1861. Marching orders were
  received the same day, and the regiment, proceeding to Washington encamped
  September 21, 1861, at Kalorama Heights. Six days afterward it moved across the
  chain bridge, encamping at Fort Ethan Allen and was assigned to the Third
  Brigade of Gen. W. F. Smith's Division. From Ethan Allen the regiment moved to
  Camp Griffin and took part in the grand review of 80,000 men at Bailey's Cross
  Roads, October 11, 1861. Orders were received on January 2, 1862, for the
  command to join General Brannan's forces and proceed to Key West, Florida.
  Embarkation was made at Annapolis, Maryland, and the regiment arrived at Key
  West, February 4, 1862, where they were stationed at Fort Taylor and drilled in
  heavy artillery tactics. The regiment received orders to report at Hilton Head,
  South Carolina, where it arrived June 22, 1862, and encamped in the rear of Fort
  Walker. It was removed to Beaufort, South Carolina, July 2, 1862, where it
  remained until about September 25, 1862, when it departed for St. John's river,
  Florida, in the command of General Brannan. The first object point of attack was
  St. John's Bluff, which was reached October 2, 1862, but the works had been
  evacuated by the rebels. Companies E and K pursued the retreating enemy and
  captured the town of Jacksonville, Florida. The campaign in Florida was
  prolonged three weeks, with sharp fights at Frampton and Pocotaligo Bridge. The
  object of the expedition being accomplished, the command returned to Hilton
  Head, and the Forty-seventh was ordered to Key West, where it was assigned to
  garrison Forts Jeffersons and Taylor. They were stationed at these forts until
  February 25, 1864. Five hundred men of the command re-enlisted and received
  veteran furloughs. The regiment, on February 28, 1864, proceeded to Franklin,
  Louisiana, where it was assigned to the First Brigade, Emory's Division of the
  Nineteenth Army Corps, and became a part of General Banks' Red River expedition.
  At the battle of Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill, the regiment rendered
  important service, and at the latter made a counter-charge, which resulted in
  driving back the rebels and the capture of several cannons. The regiment was
  ordered June 24, 1864, to report to General Hunter in command of the Army of the
  Shenandoah. The Forty-seventh was at Winchester, Virginia, when the army was
  commanded by General Sheridan and rendered valiant service at the engagements of
  Opequan and Cedar Creek, at the latter being complimented on the field of battle
  by Gen. Stephen Thomas. In these engagements, which was the occasion of
  Sheridan's famous ride from Winchester, the regimental loss was one hundred and
  seventy-six killed, wounded and missing.
  
      The winter quarters of the regiment were at Camp Fairview, near Charlestown,
  Maryland; on April 4, 1865, it moved up the valley through Winchester and
  Kernstown. Virginia, and a few days later the news reached them that their
  fighting days were over. A month later the regiment was transported to
  Charleston, South Carolina, and Company E garrisoned at Fort Moultrie. At last
  the term of their enlistment expired, January 3, 1866, the regiment faced
  towards home, and was demobilized at Camp Cadwallader. The regiment had marched
  and fought in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Louisiana, and
  travelled far by land and sea.
  
  FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS-SECOND CAVALRY
  
      The Second Cavalry, of which  Company H was principally enlisted at Easton,
  was organized in September,  1861, at Camp Patterson, near Philadelphia,
  Pennsylvania. The regiment was reviewed by General Dix and proceeded to
  Washington April 25, 1862. Here it was mounted and equipped, passed into
  Virginia, and was assigned to the brigade of General Cooke in tin First Reserve
  Army Corps; later it was assigned to the brigade of General Buford. The Second
  was actively engaged in Pope's unfortunate campaign of 1862, at Cedar Mountain,
  second Bull Run, Brentville and Chantilly, Virginia. In the latter part of 1862
  the regiment was constantly in the saddle, and on December 28, 1862, fell into
  an ambuscade of the enemy under General Wade Hampton, where it was overpowered
  with the loss of more than a hundred killed, wounded and missing.
  
      In the spring of 1863 the regiment was moved to Fairfax Court House,
  Virginia, and became a part of the Second Brigade of Stand's Division; from here
  it crossed the Potomac to take part in the Gettysburg campaign. The regiment
  faithfully performed the duties which fell to the share of the cavalry at the
  bloody struggle of Gettysburg. Companies A, H and K were detailed before the
  opening of the battle to form part of the line to check stragglers. On the night
  of July 3, 1863, they escorted prisoners to Westminster, Maryland.
  
      After Gettysburg the regiment crossed the Potomac and participated in the
  fights at Culpeper and at the fortifications on the Rappahannock. It was
  employed on the usual cavalry duty during the movements of the Mine Run
  campaign. It suffered the loss of thirty-five men at Parker's Store on November
  9, 1862. Winter quarters were taken at Warrenton, Virginia, from which many of
  its members went home on veteran furloughs.
  
      At the opening of the spring campaign of 1864 the regiment performed gallant
  service at the Wilderness fight; then with Sheridan's command it participated in
  the raid against the enemy's communications, delivering a fierce fight against
  General Stuart's forces at Yellow Tavern, near Richmond. The regiment repulsed a
  rebel attack at Meadow bridge, and on May 14 reached Haxall's Landing on the
  James river. It took part in the routing of General Lee's and General Hampton's
  forces at Hawes' Shop and was a part of the successful raid on the left flank of
  General Lee's army to cut the enemy's lines at Gordonsville and assisted in
  repulsing General Wade Hampton's attack at St. Mary's Church.
  
      Then followed its services in the campaign of Petersburg at the exploding of
  the mine. After recrossing the river the regiment fought at Deep Bottom, Malvern
  Hill and Charles City Cross Roads from the 14th to the 16th of August, and later
  at Ream's Station. Since crossing the Rapidan it had fought in sixteen general
  engagements and its effective strength was reduced to two hundred. It was
  afterwards engaged in the fights of Boydton Plank Road, Wyatt Farm, McDowell's
  Hill and Five Forks, and assisted at the closing scene at Appomattox Court House.
  
      It formed part of the great pageant in review of the three armies at
  Washington, May 23 and 24, 1865. The regiment was mustered out of service July
  13. 1865, at Cloud's Hill, Virginia.
  
  FIFTY-FIRST REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS
  
      Of the Fifty-first Regiment, Company B was recruited in Northampton county,
  and Company H in Union and Northampton counties. The regiment was organized at
  Camp Curtin for three years' service and was commanded by Colonel John F.
  Hartranft, afterwards governor of Pennsylvania. The Fifty-first left Harrisburg,
  Pennsylvania, November 18, 1861, proceeded to Annapolis, Maryland, where it
  embarked January 6, 1862, with the Burnsidc expedition, which set sail for North
  Carolina, January 6, 1862. The regiment was assigned to Reno's brigade, and on
  the landing of the troops on Roanoke Island took part in that engagement, making
  the final charge which resulted in victory. In the expedition against Elizabeth
  City, North Carolina, the regiment played a prominent and gallant part, losing
  three killed and twenty-one wounded.
  
      The affairs on the peninsula in Virginia assuming a menacing aspect, Gecral
  Burnside's command was moved to Fortress Monroe, where the Fifty-first arrived
  July 8, 1862, and was assigned to the Second Brigade, commanded by General
  Edward Fcrrero. The command was transported to Fredericksburg, Virginia, August
  12, 1862, to support General Pope, and the army, after considerable
  countermarching, finally stood on the line of the old Bull Run battlefield.
  Reno's troops held the left of the field, and the Fifty-first was detailed on an
  eminence to support two or three batteries when retreat was sounded; this
  position became of the greatest importance to protect the army trains. The
  regiment joined the main body the next morning, and during the march of that day
  held the post of honor on retreat-that of rear guard.
  
      From this theatre of operations the regiment entered with Reno's corps into
  the campaign of South Mountain and Antietam, thence to Fredericksburg. At South
  Mountain, the Fifty-first, as part of Ferrero's brigade, gallantly received a
  determined charge of the rebel infantry on the left of the Sharpsburg Road. At
  Antietam a charge across the Arch stone bridge with the Fifty-first New York
  Volunteers was consummated which, while furiously combatted, was an entire
  success. At Fredericksburg the regiment was •deployed at the lime-kiln and
  advanced to a line adjoining the left of the Second Corps. Its behavior was most
  gallant during the whole of the dreadful engagement.
  
      From the Rappahannock the Fifty-first went to Fortress Monroe and thence as
  a contingent part of the Ninth Corps to Kentucky. In June, 1863, it was ordered
  to Grant's command at Vicksburg, Mississippi. There it performed laborious siege
  duty until the fall of that stronghold. It participated in Sherman's expedition
  against Jackson, Mississippi, returned to Vicksburg, and was sent back to
  Kentucky, where it covered the Loudon Road near Campbell's Station and aided
  materially in enabling General Burnside to bring his army safely into Knoxville.
  The regiment partook in the operation of fortifying this point and in the
  pursuit of the enemy, and went into winter quarters at Blaine's Cross Roads. The
  members nearly all re-enlisted January 5, 1864, for an additional three years,
  and the regiment went north on a veteran furlough.
  
      Still attached to the Ninth Corps, the Fifty-first followed Grant into the
  hell of the Wilderness, of Spottsylvania Court House and Cold Harbor. It
  advanced on June 17, 1864, to the front of Petersburg, Virginia, and was
  identified with the incessant sorties and attacks, which were a daily
  occurrence, before that old rebel town-the Mine-the Crater-the Weldon road,
  Poplar Spring Church, Ream's Station, Hatcher's Run, and in the engagements
  which finally dropped the curtain over the Confederate tragedy. The regiment was
  officially demobilized July 27, 1865, at Alexandria, Virginia.
  
  SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS FOURTH CAVALRY
  
      The Northampton company in this regiment was Company A. The regiment was
  mustered into the National service in October, 1861, at a camp near the
  Soldiers' Home, Washington, District of Columbia. The State colors were
  presented by Governor Curtin in person. The entire command being mounted early
  in May, 1862, they were ordered to join General McDowell's forces on the
  Rappahannock, and was assigned to the Pennsylvania Reserve Division under
  General McCall. The division was ordered to the Peninsula, proceeding by way of
  the Potomac and York rivers. One battalion, of which Company A was a member, was
  ordered to garrison the post of Yorktown. The entire regiment was present at the
  Antietam campaign, though Company A was not actively engaged at the battle of
  South Mountain, nor present in any of the series of fights in that campaign.
  After Antietam, the regiment encamped near Hancock, Maryland, and in pursuit of
  the rebels it was engaged in several severe skirmishes from Harper's Ferry to
  Warrenton. During the fall of 1862 the regiment reached the field of action at
  Chancellorsville on the first day of the battle and was assigned to support the
  Eleventh Corps, a position it held through the engagement. The regiment was
  under fire during the last two days of the battle of Gettysburg, under the
  command of General Pleasanton, and took part in the pursuit of the enemy after
  the battle.
  
      After Gettysburg, skirmishing and hard marching was the order of the day,
  and the regiment was kept at this work without cessation. At a cavalry fight
  beyond Warrenton, October 12, 1862, it fought bravely, but it was overpowered
  and sustained a loss of almost two hundred in killed, wounded and missing. The
  regiment was so exhausted and weak that the skirmishes at Beverly Ford and
  Bristol completed its services in the campaign. In the winter the fragment of
  the regiment guarded the line of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The ranks
  had been so diluted that after the veteran furlough had been granted there was
  little left of the original regiment. Still it went through the Wilderness
  campaign; was with Sheridan in his raid for the surprise of Richmond, and fought
  well at the Yellow Tavern and in the various minor engagements. Rejoining the
  army on the North Anna, recruits and returning veterans swelled its ranks above
  those of any regiment in the corps.
  
      On the advance of the army, the regiment fought bravely May 28, 1864, at
  Hawes' Shop, and four days later did gallant service at Cold Harbor. At the
  battle of Trevalian Station, which occurred during Sheridan's raid towards
  Lynchburg, Virginia, the regiment delivered a gallant charge which routed the
  enemy, but met with a severe loss. In charge of the army trains the regiment now
  started for the James river and met the enemy in strong force at St. Mary's
  Church, in which action it was hotly engaged, resulting in the loss of
  eighty-seven killed, wounded and missing. The remainder of the summer was passed
  by the regiment in constant scouting, skirmishing and picketing. It was engaged
  in the actions at Second Swamp, at Jerusalem Plank Road, at Boydton Plank Road,
  two engagements at Hatcher's Run, at Gray's Church in the final campaign, at
  Dinwiddie Court House and Farmville, and on the 9th of April, 1865, was actually
  engaged with the enemy when the news of Lee's surrender was announced by a flag
  of truce. The regiment for the next twelve weeks was engaged in peaceful duty in
  North Carolina and at Petersburg and Lynchburg, Virginia, in charge of the
  captured Confederate property, and was mustered out of service at Lynchburg,
  July 1, 1865.
  
  SIXTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS
  
      Company H of the Sixty-seventh was recruited in Northampton and Carbon
  counties. Its regimental organization took place at Camac's Woods, near
  Philadelphia, the first company being mustered into the United States service
  August 28. 1861. The command went into camp at Annapolis, Maryland, April 3.
  1862, and for nearly a year it performed provost and railroad guard duty,
  besides guarding a camp of paroled prisoners near Annapolis. It was relieved in
  February, 1863, proceeded to Harper's Ferry, where it performed garrison and
  guard duty for some weeks and was transferred to Berryville, Virginia, where it
  was attached to the Third Brigade under General Milroy. Here three months were
  passed watching the mountain gaps of the Blue Ridge and keeping an open
  communication with Harper's Ferry. On June 12, 1862, the regiment was ordered to
  reinforce the army at Winchester, Virginia, where the Sixty-seventh was posted
  in the rifle-pits in advance of and flanking the fort. The following day they
  relieved the Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania, at the south of the town, where there
  was sharp skirmishing with the enemy. The foe was held in check until evening,
  when the regiment was withdrawn to its former position. It soon became evident
  that the attack was made by Lee's army advancing towards Pennsylvania. The
  evacuation of the place was ordered and the Sixty-seventh, deploying from the
  right, found themselves in the midst of the rebels and was forced to surrender.
  The enlisted men were paroled after two months' imprisonment at Libby Prison and
  Belle Isle, and transferred to Annapolis. The officers remained in prison over a
  year. About seventy-five of the men escaped capture and reported at Harper's
  Ferry, where they were reorganized and incorporated with the Third Division.
  These remained, fortifying and defending Maryland Heights, until June 30, 1863,
  when they were removed to Washington as a guard for ammunition and ordnance
  trains. Leaving Washington the regiment joined the army at Frederick. Maryland,
  and on October 11, 1863, the prisoners having been declared exchanged, returned
  to the ranks.
  
      Winter quarters were established at Brandy Station. Virginia, where the
  veterans were furloughed and the remainder, about two hundred, were merged with
  the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Pennsylvania. The veterans having returned to
  their duty, the Sixty-seventh was ordered to Fredericksburg, Virginia, finally
  to the new base of the army at White House, Virginia. Here it was kept under
  fire June 30, 1864, guarding an army train which was saved, and the regiment was
  ordered to join its old brigade at Yellow House in front of Petersburg,
  Virginia. While laying there it repulsed the enemy at the battle of Ream's
  Station, and the regiment was then embarked on transports to proceed to
  Baltimore, Maryland, to act against General Early's forces who had invaded
  Maryland. The entire summer was spent in countermarching through Maryland and
  northern Virginia. In the battle of Opequan, September 19, 1864, the regiment's
  losses were very severe. At Fisher's Hill it was in pursuit of the enemy after
  they had been driven from their fortifications, following the foe to
  Harrisonburg, finally retiring with the army to Cedar creek. It took part in the
  battle of that place October 19, 1864, sustaining a loss of forty-eight. The
  remainder of the year was spent participating in the various movements in the
  valley, and in the winter of 1865 the regiment was ordered to rejoin the army of
  the Potomac at Petersburg, Virginia, where it lay and saw the final operations
  of the war and was present at the closing scene at Appomattox Court House. After
  Lee's surrender it inarched to Danville, Virginia; after Johnston laid down his
  sword the regiment returned to Washington and on July 14, 1865, was mustered out
  of the service.
  
  ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS (ELEVENTH CAVALRY)
  
      This regiment was recruited for three years' service and Company H came from
  Bethlehem. The regiment was originally known as Harlan's Light Cavalry, was
  organized October 5, 1861, and eleven days after went into camp near Ball's
  Cross Roads, Virginia. The regiment was transported November 17, 1861, from
  Annapolis, Maryland, to Camp Hamilton, near Fortress Monroe, Virginia, and went
  into winter quarters. A detachment of five companies, which included Company H,
  was on May 15. 1863, ordered to Portsmouth, Virginia, and a few days later to
  Suffolk, Virginia, where they were soon joined by the balance of the regiment.
  The Eleventh remained at Suffolk along the Blackwatcr river for nearly a year,
  its constant duty being scouting, skirmishing and reconnaissance, covering the
  country from the James to the waters of Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. A
  battalion of the regiment made a brilliant charge at Beaver Dam creek December
  2, 1862, routing the enemy. On January 13, 1863, the regiment fought at Deserted
  House, also on the 17th of March succeeding at Franklin.
  
      The regiment was embarked at Portsmouth, June 21, 1863, and was transported
  to White House, whence it marched to Hanover Court House for the purpose of
  destroying the Virginia Central Railroad bridge over the South Anna river. This
  was accomplished after a severe fight with the enemy. An expedition of which the
  regiment was a part started on an unsuccessful raid July 1, 1863, to destroy
  bridges on the Fredericksburg Railroad, in order to sever the communication of
  General Lee, who was in Pennsylvania. The Eleventh on July 10, 1863. was marched
  to Hampton, Virginia, thence transported to Portsmouth, Virginia, going into
  camp at Bower's Hill on the Suffolk road. A raid into North Carolina to destroy
  the railroad bridge at Weldon was unsuccessfully undertaken July 25, 1863.
  Similar raids and expeditions by water were made until May 5, 1864, when the
  regiment became a part of a cavalry column which raided into the enemy's
  country, destroying bridges over the Nottaway river and fighting at Janet's
  Station, traveling three hundred miles in six days. On June 9, 1864, the
  regiment participated in the fight at Jerusalem Plank Road and in those of Stony
  Creek and Ream's Station, on the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth. The losses of
  the regiment in this raid and these actions were one hundred and thirty killed,
  wounded and missing. Five hundred miles were marched over in ten days, including
  the time engaged in the battles. The Eleventh was attached to Sheridan's command
  July 11, 1864, and was present at the severe engagement of the twenty-ninth.
  From the 18th to the 25th of August it was engaged in all the obstinate fights
  along the Weldon Railroad. During these engagements Company H had been absent on
  duty at the headquarters of the Eighteenth Corps, but rejoined the regiment
  September 28, 1864. The following day the regiment made an unsuccessful raid,
  its object being to enter Richmond. In the cavalry engagement October 7, 1864,
  the regiment loss was severe, and on November 11, 1864, the Eleventh moved into
  winter quarters, two miles north of the James river.
  
      In the opening campaign of 1865 the regiment left camp March 28th, crossed
  the James and Appomattox rivers, at Five Forks and White Oak roads was actively
  engaged, also at Deep creek and Amelia Court House, also at Appomattox it opened
  the attack, which was of short continuance; the enemy seeing that resistance was
  useless, surrendered after four years of privations, labor and bloodshed in
  vain. The regiment took possession of Lynchburg, Virginia, April 12, 1865; after
  twelve days guarding an immense amount of ordnance and other property, it
  removed to Richmond, and on May 6, 1865, was stationed at Staunton, Virginia;
  from that place it was ordered to Charlottesville, Virginia, where it was
  stationed until August 1, 1865, when the regiment was moved to Richmond, where
  it was mustered out of service August 13, 1865.
  
  ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS (TWELFTH CAVALRY)
  
      The Twelfth Cavalry was organized in the city of Philadelphia in November,
  1861, for three years' service. Company D was from Northampton county. The
  regiment proceeded to Washington, District of Columbia, about May 1, 1862, and
  on the 20th of June was placed on guard duty along the Orange and Alexandria
  Railroad. The Twelfth, under the command of Major Titus, on August 26, 1862,
  found itself surrounded by the enemy at Bristol Station, and in attempting to
  cut their way out of the trap lost their commanding officer and two hundred and
  sixty in killed, wounded and missing. The following day the regiment was ordered
  to picket the upper Potomac and watch the north bank of the river from Chain
  Bridge to Edward's Ferry until General Lee entered Maryland. The regiment was
  not actively engaged at South Mountain, as it was held in reserve with the corps
  of General Sumner, and at the battle of Antietam was deployed on the rear of the
  centre and right of the army to prevent straggling and disorder.
  
      The regiment was assigned about June 12, 1862, to McReynolds' brigade and
  participated in the raids of Moorfield and Woodstock, in the latter of which it
  fought the enemy's cavalry at Fisher's Hill and sustained considerable loss.
  After Chancellorsville, the regiment remained in the valley of the Shenandoah
  and was in the advance against Lee's army. On a reconnaissance June 12, 1863,
  Cedarville was reached, where the enemy was found in full force and the Union
  troops fell back to Winchester, which was evacuated on the night of the
  fourteenth, and a heavy night battle was fought in which the Twelfth was engaged
  and sustained considerable loss.
  
      Two days after the battle of Gettysburg the regiment, in company with New
  York troops, captured at Cunningham's Cross Roads six hundred and fifty of the
  train guard, one hundred and twenty-five wagons, five hundred and fifty animals,
  and three pieces of cannon. After this it moved to Sharpsburg, and remained
  there until August 3, 1863, when it crossed the Potomac and camped in the
  vicinity of Martinsburg, West Virginia. Here it remained until the opening of
  the campaign of 1864, engaged in the usual operations of cavalry; its members
  had nearly all re-enlisted and received veteran furloughs.
  
      In the battles and skirmishes with the forces of General Early in his
  attempted invasion of Maryland, the Twelfth took a prominent part at Solomon's
  and Crampton's Gaps, and was especially commended for gallantry at Pleasant
  Valley. The regiment was actively engaged in the cavalry charge at Kernstown.
  General Sheridan now came to command the army of the Shenandoah, and the Twelfth
  was assigned to Torbert's Division. The Union army fell back to Berryville,
  Virginia, to avoid a flanking movement of the enemy, and in the engagement that
  followed the Twelfth performed its duty well and at considerable loss. It was
  now recruited to some extent and remounted, and participated in the operations
  of the army during the fall of 1864, afterwards returned to Charlestown,
  Maryland, for guard and garrison duty and for covering and guarding the railroad
  from Harper's Ferry to Winchester. About the middle of the month it was engaged
  in an expedition against the guerillas across the Blue Ridge Mountains.
  
      At the opening of the spring campaign of 1865 tne regiment was incorporated
  with the cavalry division of the Army of the Shenandoah, and took part in the
  raid as far as Lynchburg, Virginia. Arriving at Edinboro, the Twelfth
  participated in a fight with the enemy, and here was announced the surrender of
  General Lee, which included the rebel troops in the valley of the Shenandoah.
  After the cessation of hostilities, for a short time the Twelfth encamped at
  Winchester, and on July 20, 1865, was mustered out of service.
  
  ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS
  
      This regiment was recruited for nine months' service and was organized
  August 15. 1862. A hurried departure to Washington was made the next day and.
  the regiment went into camp at Alexandria, Virginia. On April 30 it marched
  towards the front as guard to an ammunition train bound to Centerville,
  Maryland. Heavy cannonading was heard throughout the day; the train, however,
  was delivered in safety, though it was exposed to a brisk artillery fire. The
  regiment's camp was changed to the neighborhood of Fort Richardson, and it was
  assigned to the brigade of General Tyler. It crossed the Potomac September 14,
  1862, marched rapidly through Maryland, arriving at Antietam on the morning
  after the battle. The regiment marched with the army into Virginia on October
  30, 1862, to headquarters established at Warrenton. At Marye's Heights the One
  Hundred and Twenty-ninth advanced almost to face of the famous stone wall,
  losing one hundred and forty-two in killed and wounded during the action. It was
  also present at Chancellorsville and its gallant behavior was highly
  complimented in official reports. The term of service having expired May 12,
  1863, the regiment was ordered to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where on May 18,
  1863, it was demobilized. Companies C, D, F and K were recruited in Northampton
  county.
  
  ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS
  
      This regiment was "Northampton's Own," and was recruited within the limits
  of the county. The organization was effected at Camp Curt in, October 9, 1862,
  and it was mustered into National service for a term of nine months. The
  regiment departed for Washington, District of Columbia, October 12, 1862, and
  was ordered for duty in the vicinity of Gainesville. Virginia, and assigned to
  the First Brigade of the First Division of the Eleventh Army Corps. The regiment
  on December 9, 1862, was hurried towards the Rappahannock, but did not succeed
  in reaching the field at Fredericksburg to participate in the battle.
  
      The Eleventh Corps, commanded by General Howard, held the right of the line
  at the battle of Chancellorsville; and the One Hundred and Fifty-third, with the
  Fifty-fourth New York, held the right of their brigade, which was the extreme
  right of the Army of the Potomac. On their first hostile field Northampton's Own
  was to encounter the lions of the Confederate army. Just before sunset on a
  balmy Saturday afternoon were heard the sharp and sudden blast of the enemy's
  bugle, then came the Confederate charging yell, a triple line of gray burst from
  the river on the right of the Union line. The Northampton regiment was the first
  to receive the overwhelming blow, and they met it with the steadiness of
  veterans, pouring their volleys right into the face of the charging columns.
  Nothing could withstand this onslaught, and the regiment was compelled to
  retire. Darkness interrupted the battle, which was resumed in the morning, the
  One Hundred and Fifty-third having retired as far as the open fields just west
  of Chancellorsville. Here they rallied, buried their dead, brought off their
  wounded, and erected temporary defences. Early the following morning the attack
  was renewed, the regiment was under heavy cannonade for hours and was galled by
  the fire of sharpshooters. The loss of the regiment in the entire battle was
  three officers and nineteen men killed, fifty-three wounded and thirty-three
  prisoners.
  
      It was at Gettysburg that the One Hundred and Fifty-third received their
  baptism of blood. At the opening of the battle General Meade ordered General
  Howard, in command of the Eleventh Corps, to hurry forward his corps, and Von
  Gilsa's brigade, which included the One Hundred and Fifty-third, was halted at
  the Almshouse just outside of the town, which General Lee had decided. should be
  the theatre of the decisive struggle. Here, dropping their knapsacks, an advance
  was made at the double quick and in superb style, but the rebels' murderous
  enfilading fire of artillery, which poured in from the flanks, caused the
  Eleventh Corps to retire and take position and fortify along the ridge of
  Cemetery Hill in the rear of the town, which became the central point of the
  battle. Throughout the days of the battle the One Hundred and Fifty-third nobly
  performed their duties and did gallant service; they suffered during the entire
  battle an aggregate loss of three hundred and eight men. On the 14th of July the
  regiment took leave of the army near Funkstown, Maryland. Upon the occasion of
  that farewell, Colonel Von Gilsa, their brigade commander, said to them: "I am
  an old soldier, but never did I know soldiers who with greater alacrity and more
  good will endeavored to fulfill their duties. In the battle of Chancellorsville,
  you, like veterans, stood your ground against fearful odds, and, although
  surrounded on three sides, you did not retreat until by me commanded to do so.
  In the three days' battle of Gettysburg your behavior put many an old soldier to
  blush, and you are justly entitled to a great share of the glory which my
  brigade has won for itself, by repulsing the two dreaded Tiger brigades of
  Jackson. In the name of your comrades of the First Brigade and myself I now bid
  you farewell." The regiment was mustered out of service July 24, 1863, at
  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in a body returned to Easton, and on their arrival a
  reception was given them at the Fair Ground, and a sword presentation made to
  Colonel Glanz.
  
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      This battery was principally raised in Easton, and was familiarly known as
  "Seymour's Battery," in honor of Captain Truman Seymour, afterwards promoted to
  brigadier-general. The battery took part in many of the heaviest engagements of
  the war; among those being Mechanicsville-the first of the Seven Days' battle,
  in which the battery fired the opening gun in the Union side-Gaines Mill, on the
  following day. Peach Orchard, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Charles City
  Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam,
  Fredericksburg-first and second, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, where it was
  complimented by Generals Meade and Hartrauft as having saved the battle, Mine
  Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Hatcher's
  Run, Deep Bottom, Gainesville, Sheldon Farm and through the siege of Petersburg,
  where it was the first battery to enter the town. At the time of draft riots in
  New York City, the battery used its persuasive powers on the rioters. Its
  incessant service under fire required its membership to be recruited fourteen
  times from the ranks of volunteer regiments. The number of horses and killed and
  worn out in service of the battery was over three hundred. There was but a
  remnant of the Northampton boys belonging to the battery that returned to
  Easton, March 20, 1867, and the following veterans were mustered out of the
  United States service March 22, 1867: A. Reeder Muller, James Simons, John J.
  Gangwere. James G. Fargo, John Green, Arthur Grimes, William Balliet, David E.
  Troxell. John Dachradt, Calvin Ritter, Milton Charles and John Steiuer.
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  ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS
  
      This regiment, which was a drafted militia for nine months' service,
  included Companies H and I raised in Northampton county. It was organized
  November 19, 1862; it was soon ordered to Washington, whence it was transported
  to Suffolk, Virginia, and assigned to the brigade of General Ferry. The regiment
  arrived at Newtown, North Carolina, January 3, 1863, and was ordered to South
  Carolina, to become a part of the army of General Foster. It went into camp on
  Helena Island, remaining there until February 27, 1863, when it was removed to
  Beaufort, South Carolina. The whole military experience of the regiment was the
  routine of garrison and camp duty; it was not engaged in any battles. The
  regiment was mustered out of service at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 7, 1863.
  
      In Pennsylvania three regiments that were recruited for one year's service
  in 1864-65 were companies of Northampton county volunteers. The Two Hundred and
  Second, of which Company F was a part, was organized at Camp Curtin, September
  3, 1864. Tne regiment a week later proceeded to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania,
  where it encamped near that town, and nineteen days later it was moved to
  Alexandria, Virginia, for guard duty on the Manassas Gap Railroad. This was an
  arduous and dangerous assignment, as that section was infested with guerillas
  who were determined to destroy the route of supply to the army of General
  Sheridan. After Sheridan cleared the valley of the rebel forces, the railroad
  was abandoned, and the regiment was ordered to a similar duty on the Orange and
  Alexandria Railroad, with the headquarters at Fairfax, Virginia. After the
  surrender of General Lee in May, 1865, the command returned to Philadelphia,
  Pennsylvania, where it was ordered to the anthracite coal region, where it
  remained until moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where it was mustered out of
  service August 3, 1865.
  
      In the Two Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment was Company H, recruited at
  Easton. This regiment was organized in March, 1865, and was first sent to the
  Shenandoah valley, where it was employed in guard and provost duty and was
  afterward moved to Washington for garrison service. A part of the regiment was
  moved in November to Annapolis, Maryland, and on March 21, 1866, was mustered
  out of the National service at Washington.
  
      In the Two Hundred and Fifteenth was Company G, recruited at Easton. The
  regiment was organized at Camp Cadwallader, April 21, 1865, did duty in
  detachments at Dover, Delaware, and in various places on the eastern shore of
  Maryland, also at Fort Delaware in garrisoning the fort and guarding prisoners.
  The regiment was mustered out of service July 31, 1865.
  
  
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  History of Northampton County
  [PENNSYLVANIA]
  and
  The Grand Valley of the Lehigh
  Under Supervision and Revision of 
  WILLIAM J. HELLER
  
  Assisted by AN ADVISORY BOARD OF EDITORS
  VOLUME II
  1920 
  THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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