Local History: Chapters XII & XIII - Part I: WAR OF 1812 and THE CIVIL WAR - Part I. Bell's History of Northumberland Co, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Tony Rebuck Tar2@psu.edu USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. Transcribed from Bell's History of Northumberland County Pennsylvania Chapter XII Pages 391 - 396. WAR OF 1812. In the second war with England Pennsylvania was menaced with invasion on the extreme northwest, where Lake Erie afforded an easy route for the transportation of the enemy's forces from Canada, and on the southeast, where the Delaware bay and river presented a favorable approach for the enemy's shipping. The State militia was, therefore, mobilized at three principal points, viz., Meadville, then the largest town in the northwestern part of the State, Marcus Hook, on the Delaware below Philadelphia, and York. Although war was not formally declared by Congress until the 18th of June, 1812, preparations for the conflict had been in progress for some time previously, and on the 12th of May Governor Snyder issued a call for fourteen thousand militia, the quota of the State. Among the tenders of military services in compliance with this requisition was the following:- Milton, July 2, 1812. To his Excellency, Simon Snyder, Governor of Pennsylvania:- Sir: I have the honor to inform you that on the 1st day of July, instant, the several classes of the One Hundred and Twenty-third regiment of Pennsylvania militia; James Moodie, lieutenant colonel commandant, Second brigade, Ninth division, met in pursuance of brigade orders in Milton, Northumberland county; that upwards of the number seventy-nine have volunteered their services as their quota of militia to your END OF PAGE 391 Honor, to be ready to march at any time required. We beg leave to state to your Excellency that it is the wish of the company to march at the first call. Sir, your most obedient humble servant, ROBERT McGUIGAN, Captain The following postscript is appended to a return of the detached volunteer corps called upon to march to Meadville by general orders from the Governor, issued August 25, 1812:- N. B. John Fruit, brigade inspector, Ninth division and Second brigade, has been, subsequent to general orders, directed to order a volunteer company commanded by Captain Robert McGuigan to march. Number of men in the company unknown. WILLIAM REED, Adjutant General. In general orders dated September 5, 1812, Governor Snyder "embraces the present opportunity of recording the names of commanding officers of companies who have patriotically tendered their services, not included in general orders of the 25th ultimo," among whom appears the name of "Robert McGuigan, captain light infantry, Second brigade, Ninth division."* Four companies of volunteers from the Second Brigade, Ninth division, were ordered to march by the general orders of August 25, 1812, viz.: John Gaston's, Joseph Daine's, Isaac Blue's, and George Ely's. There is reason to suppose that one or more of these companies was also from Northumberland county. The Warrior Run Rifle Company, William McGuire, captain, was composed as follows:- Captain, William MaGuire. Lieutenant, Jacob Shertz Ensign, Andrew Ferguson. Privates: William McKinney, Daniel Eyers, Thomas McCormick, Joseph Mackey, Thomas Cornwell, George Gray, John Watt David Reid, Samuel Clark, Robert Bryson, Andrew Reid, John Parks, John Cornwell Joseph McGuire, John Shannon, James McKinney, Matthew Curry, James A Scott, John Burrows, William Davis, John Lunger, Ezekiel Lunger, Abraham Lunger, John Tweed, Henry Reeder, George Reeder, John Simmons, James Baird, William Cathcart, John Stadden, John Smith, William Van Lew, James Watson, James Hamilton, Robert Reeder, James Bryson, David Graham, Robert Foster, James Donley, Henry Wolfinger, James Watt, Abraham Gross, Clark C. Stewart, James Kirk, Joseph Welsh, John McKinney, John Murray, Kerr Russell, John Hart, Adam Hart, Carlton Irwin, Robert Carter, John Vincent William Barnet, Thomas Tanner, John Campbell, William Tweed, Andrew Irwin, John Bailick, John Hill, William Brittain, Charles Egner, Robert McKinley, Samuel Allison. _______________________________________________________________________ *Pennsylvania Archives (Second Series), Vol. XII. pp. 552, 569, 580, 581. END OF PAGE 392 This roster is derived from an original copy now in the possession of Andrew J. Guffy of Watsontown, Pennsylvania, which bears the following indorsements As the company returned from Buffalo. WILLIAM McGUIRE, Captain. To COLONEL JAMES MOODIE: We volunteered as part of the quota of militia; we consider that we have discharged our duty, but are willing to submit to the lawful decision of our country. WILLIAM McGUIRE. Second Brigade, Ninth Division, and One Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia: I do certify that this is a true copy of the return made to me; witness my hand, JAMES MOODIE, Lieutenant Colonel of the One Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment. Milton, October 18, 1814. There are two of the within named who have discharges, to wit, Robert Gaston, William Barnet. The above and within is a true copy. ISAAC POST Brigade Inspector, Second Brigade, Eighth Division, Pennsylvania Militia. Montrose, November 1, 1814. Mr. Guffy states that in December, 1818, this company marched by way of Bellefonte and the Susquehanna and Waterford turnpike to Erie, and thence to Black Rock near Buffalo, where the ensuing winter was spent. A malignant type of fever was prevalent in the camp, and, as there seemed to be but little occasion for its services, the company returned without leave early in the Summer of 1814. This was construed. as desertion; the entire company was court-martialed and ordered to Marcus Hook These proceedings occurred at Danville; thence the men proceeded in boats and wagons as far as Northumberland, where a courier was met with intelligence that the invading force had withdrawn after being repulsed at Baltimore, which rendered further mobilization in the southeastern part of the State unnecessary. The company thereupon returned to Milton and disbanded. The company of Captain William F. Buyers* was composed as follows: Captain, William F. Buyers, Sunbury. First Lieutenant, Thomas S. Jenkins, Dry Valley. Second Lieutenant, Samuel H. Scott, Sunbury. Ensign, John Hepburn, Northumberland. Sergeants: Samuel H. Wilson, Northumberland; Joseph T. Wallis, Sunbury; Montgomery Sweney, Northumberland. Corporal, John W. Kiehl, Sunbury. Fifer, William Armor, Sunbury. Drummer, Samuel Delong, Sunbury. Privates. - From Sunbury: George Weitze1, George P. Buyers, George ________________________________________________________________________ *Pennsylvania Archives (Second Series), Vol. XII. pp. 53-54. END OF PAGE 393 Prince, David Black, William M. Gray, Daniel Lebo, Martin Grant, John Lyon, John Quin, Edward Chapman, Jacob Armstrong, William Grant, Thomas Grant, Jr., Jackson Gray, Daniel Delong, Thomas Armstrong; from Northumberland: John S. Haines, John Lyon, Adam Cooke, Thomas Bonham, Joseph Rachall, James Oliphant, Joseph Hoffman, Charles Maus, Charles Frazier, William Sutherland, Robert Lyon, Isaac McCord, Henry Renninger, Samuel Wilson, William Jones, William Cooke, William Watson, Jacob Hopfer, John Weimer, Henry Dale, Isaac Hendershott, John Martin, Robert Campbell, William Dykens; from Williamsport: John Ross, William Gale; from Milton, James S. Dougal; from Dry Valley: Joseph B. Kremer, Abraham Kremer, John Macpherson; from Lewisburg, William Cameron; residence unknown: Thomas Harris, William Leland, John Jones Captain Buyers's camp of rendezvous was situated within the present limits of the borough of East Sunbury at a large spring in a field south of Market street and east of the branch road which connects the line of the Philadelphia and Erie and Shamokin Valley and Pottsville railroads. On the first day after breaking camp the company marched as far as Stambach's tavern on the old Reading road at the village of Paxinos, and spent the night in the large barn connected with that hostelry. The march was continued through Pottsville to Philadelphia, where the company was encamped on a vacant lot at the north side of Market street near Twelfth until ordered to Marcus Hook The company of Captain Jacob Hummell† was composed as follows:- Captain, Jacob Hummel. Lieutenant, Walter Brady. Ensign, Francis P. Schwartz. Sergeants: Stephen Baldy, John Eisely, John Haimer, John S. James. Corporal: John B. Jordan, John Petry, Jacob Leisenring, James Martin. Privates: Henry Burn, John Burn, John App, Isaac Hull, John Housel, John Redlion, Abraham Newcomer, Frederick Weaver, Joseph Morgan, James Morgan, John Marstellar, Henry Haupt, William Mettler, Peter Oberdorf, Jonathan Stroh, Zachariah London, Henry Sterner, David Zeliff, Logwood A. Hoyt, Daniel Ringler, Benjamin Hoff, George Espy, John Buyers, John Renn, Baltzar Mierly, Jacob Hettrick, William Woollican, Daniel Corner, George Farley, John Boughner, Joseph McClughan, John Barnhart, William Willett, Samuel Willett, Elias Woodruff, William Barr, John Roadarmel, John Applegate, Henry Bertler, Andrew Carothers, John Armstrong, Jonathan Furman, Frederick Rhinehart, Daniel Gearhart, John Crutchley, William Mahany, Daniel Delong, Christian Wagoner, James Warren, David More, Griggs Marsh, John Campbell. The roster is dated, "Camp Marcus Hook, October 31, 1814," and bears the following indorsements:- ________________________________________________________________________ †Pennsylvania Archives (Second Series), Vol. XII. pp. 222-224. END OF PAGE 394 I do certify, on honor, that this pay-roll exhibits a true statement of the company under my Command from Northumberland County, attached to the regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Weirick, Pennsylvania militia. JACOB HUMMEL, Captain I believe the above to be a correct pay-roll. GEORGE WEIRICK. Lieutenant Colonel Commanding. I certify that the company commanded by Captain Jacob Hummel is now in the service of the United States, [under] orders of the general commandant, Fourth military district. THOMAS J. ROGERS, Brigade, Major. The company of Lieutenant Joseph Dreibelbies* was composed as follows:- Lieutenant, Joseph Dreibelbies. Ensign, William Farnsworth. Sergeants: Samuel Auchmuty, John Colsher, Thomas Warner, Peter Hull. Corporals: Adam Renn, John Martz, Thomas Snyder, George Wyall. Drummer, John Fry. Fifer, Adam Gilger. Privates: Charles Hull, Daniel Hinkle, John Richer, George Herner, Solomon Kreig, John Casner, Conrad Casner, Lewis Ayres, Ellis Ayres, Frederick Syby, Christopher Wentzel, George Waggoner, Arthur Rogers, Adam Smith, George Goodman, Arthur Auchmuty, John Fagely, George Derk, John Leader, George Heim, John Carnes, Martin Drumheller, Abraham Drumheller, John Kembel, Frederick Kaubel, Henry Daniel, Leonard Ferster, George Seitz, Michael Read, Henry Kembel, Adam Slise, John Kepler, Michael Rebuck, Jacob Foulk, Michael Druckemiller, Peter Boyer, Conrad Rebuck, John Kline, Henry Rebuck, John Beisel, George Reitz, John Heim, John Martin, John Lewis, Daniel Martin, Henry Huffman, John Person, Joseph Fox, Solomon Hummel, Solomon Moyer, John Helwig, Henry Geise, Martin Grim, Samuel Bower, Levi Kocher, John Herter, Henry Fisher, Samuel Geise, Leonard Read, George Litze1, Henry Hepner, Valentine Hanabach, John Boughner, Robert Farnsworth, Henry Cressinger, Jeremiah Slaught, Samuel Foy, John Fisher, Adam Tawney, Conrad Sawyer, Peter Heckert, Peter Sawyer, Jacob Almang, Joshua Heckert, Leonard Deiter, Michael Bower, Daniel Snyder, Daniel High, Ephraim Lytle, Elijah Shipman, I. Dunkelberger, Peter Melig, Samuel Seasholtz, Phillp Hahn, William Reynolds, Daniel Blottenberger, John Klock, Frederick Kahler. The roster is dated, "Marcus Hook, October 31, 1814," and bears the following indorsements:- I do certify, on honor, that this pay-roll exhibits a true statement of the company ________________________________________________________________________ *Pennsylvania Archives (Second Series), Vol. XII. pp. 106-109 END OF PAGE 395 under my command from Northumberland county, attached to the regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Weirick, Pennsylvania militia. JOSEPH DREIBELBIES, Lieutenant. I believe the above to be a true pay-roll, except Arthur Auchmuty, who received a furlough improperly in my opinion. GEORGE WEIRICK, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding. I certify that the company commanded by Lieutenant Joseph Dreibelbies is now in the service of the United States, under order of the general commanding, Fourth military district. THOMAS S. ROGERS, Brigade Major. CHAPTER XIII. THE CIVIL WAR - PART I STATE OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR - MASS MEETINGS AND RESOLUTIONS - THE SANITARY COMMISSION - REGIMENTAL SKETCHES - ELEVENTH - EIGHTH - THIRTY FOURTH - FORTY SIXTH - FORTY SEVENTH - FIFTY FIRST - FIFTY THIRD - FIFTY SIXTH The interval that elapsed between the national election in the autumn of 1860 and President Lincoln's inauguration was a period of the most intense suspense throughout the North. A momentous transference of political power had occurred; for the first time in the history of the country a president had been elected without the vote of a single Southern State; the Republican party, with which the ultra-Abolitionists affiliated, had achieved its first national victory, while a similar result in the gubernatorial contest in Pennsylvania gave to the people of that State an added interest in the final issue of the rapidly changing current of events. The cotton States successively seceded, a Southern Confederacy was formed, and its leaders displayed an energy of purpose in marked contrast with the pusillanimous inactivity of the retiring national administration. In these important developments the people of the North were debarred from active participation, and throughout the brief period that intervened from the time a civil convulsion became imminent their attitude was little more than that of spectators. The question was discussed from every standpoint - moral, constitutional, humanitarian; and, while a resort to arms was generally deprecated, and people of all shades of political opinion fondly cherished the belief that a peaceable adjustment of the difficulty could be effected, the sense of an END OF PAGE 396 Page 397 contains a portrait of James Taggart Page 398 is blank. impending national crisis pervaded every community. It was while compromise measures were under consideration that the people of this county first took action in a collective capacity. The first public meeting in Northumberland county to take into consideration the crisis in the affairs of the country, and "to adopt such measures of compromise as will settle the slavery question, which threatens to destroy this glorious Union," was held at Academy hall, Milton, on the evening of Tuesday, February 5, 1861, and organized with the appointment of Moses Chamberlin as president; R. M. Frick and William Kutz, secretaries; and Abraham Straub, Samuel Blair, E. S. Trego, Joseph Rhoads, George Lawrence, S. T. Brown, Martin Billmyer, George W. Strine, L. Alleman, T. S. Mackey, William M. Auten, and John Simington, vice-presidents. on motion of C. W. Tharp the following persons were appointed a committee to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting: C. W. Tharp, J. F. Caslow, I. B. Davis, J. F. Wolfinger, J. H. McCormick, J. B. Boney, John S. Peterman, W. H. Marr, and Levi Balliet. The meeting was then addressed by Joseph Rhoads, J. J. Reimensnyder, and James Cameron, who urged in able and eloquent terms the importance of preserving the integrity of the government. A series of resolutions was reported and adopted, from which the following selection has been made, as indicating their general character:- Whereas, It is apparent to every lover of his country's good that the glorious union of the States under which the American people have so long lived and prospered, beyond any example in the history of the world, is threatened with dissolution; Whereas, The issue is now made up, and the question for us to determine now is whether base, designing political demagogues and fanatics shall have their way, or whether our liberties, our institutions, and our great and glorious nation shall be preserved; therefore, Resolved, That the citizens of Northumberland county, without distinction of party, in mass meeting assembled, believe our national prosperity, our hopes, and happiness depend on the union of the States as they are now. Resolved, That in this hour of our country's peril he is a dangerous statesman who clings to an abstract theory, and the people will hold him responsible at the bar of public justice who will not extend the olive branch of peace and by honorable and fair concessions make a decided effort to save from ruin the fairest, freest, and noblest fabric of Republican liberty ever erected by human genius. What was known as the "Border State proposition" was recommended as a basis of adjustment; the Senator and Representative from this county were requested to aid in the speedy removal from the statute books of any laws that might be construed to interfere with the operation of the Fugitive Slave law; the parallel of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes was declared to be of no practical disadvantage to the people of the North as a barrier to the extension of slavery, and south of that line the meeting was firmly impressed in the belief that "slavery should he determined by the sovereign will of the people of the Territories" when they should prepare State constitutions. END OF PAGE 399 It was impossible as yet to realize that war was imminent. The horrors of civil strife lent probability to the many possible ways by which such a calamity might have been averted, and in this respect the fluctuating uncertainty of national affairs affected the people of Northumberland county no less than the country at large. But the events of the next few months demonstrated conclusively that all hopes for an honorable compromise were chimerical. The bombardment of Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861, while it precipitated the hostilities that ultimately lengthened into a protracted and sanguinary war, relieved the tension of the public mind and startled the North into immediate preparation for the "irrepressible conflict." Every latent instinct of patriotism was stirred to action, and public sentiment crystallized into a limited determination to maintain the honor of the flag and the integrity of the government. On the 15th of April the President issued his proclamation calling out the militia of the loyal States to the number of seventy- five thousand men. The period of suspense had terminated, and the citizens of the county were prompt in giving expression to their unwavering adherence to the national Executive in the policy thus inaugurated. The first public meeting in the county after the call for troops had been made was held at Shamokin on the 16th of April, 1861. Addresses were made by A. R. Fiske, W. P. Withington, and Alexander Campbell, and measures were devised to assist the families of volunteers. One hundred eight men volunteered on this occasion. On the morning of Wednesday, April 17th, a call was issued for a public meeting in the court house at Sunbury, and on the evening of that day a large concourse of people assembled "to take such action as the threatening character of the times" should require. The following gentlemen were selected as officers: president, Henry Billington; vice- presidents: James F. Deen, George Conrad; secretaries: Samuel D. Jordan, J. P. S. Gobin. Charles J. Bruner, J. P. S. Gobin, J. H Zimmerman, George B. Youngman, and P. M. Shindel were appointed a committee on resolutions. Addresses were made by Rev. P. Rizer and General Clement. Regarding the immediate duty of the citizens the following action was taken:- Resolved, That we proceed to form a military association, out of which association a full company may be furnished at the call of the proper authorities. Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to solicit subscriptions, to be applied to defraying the expense, etc. of said company. H. B. Masser, George B. Youngman, and George Conrad were appointed a financial committee agreeably to the final resolution. A paper was laid before the meeting giving the people an opportunity to volunteer; it was immediately signed by a large number of citizens. A large and enthusiastic Union meeting was held at Academy hall, Milton, on the evening of Friday, April 19th. Ex-Governor James Pollock was called to the chair; W. C. Lawson, J. H. McCormick, John Porter, I. B. END OF PAGE 400 Davis, W. H. Frymire, William F. Nagle, George W. Strine, George Baker, Robert Hayes, George J. Piper, Thomas Swenk, John Roush, H. D. Barr, Samuel T. Brown, John M. Huff, and Joseph Bound were selected as vice- presidents; and J. Woods Brown, J. B. Roney, and S. H. Pollock as secretaries. A brief but stirring address was made by ex-Governor Pollock, who was followed by Reverends J. W. Langley, W. T. Wylie, and others. Robert M. Frick, C. W. Tharp, William Follmer, Cyrus Brown, William H. Marr, J. B. Roney, and John Miller were constituted a committee on resolutions, and their report was unanimously adopted. It urged an immediate response to the call of the President; indorsed the action of the State legislature in pledging "the faith, credit, and resources of Pennsylvania, in both money and men, to any amount and to every extent which the Federal government may demand;" bestowed a high compliment upon the conduct of Major Anderson and his garrison; and, as a means of security for the families of married men who should volunteer, it was Resolved, That we hereby pledge ourselves to support the families of those of our citizens who should volunteer their services to fight under the flag of their country, in maintaining the honor and integrity of the government, in crushing out rebellion, and in protecting and maintaining the best government on the face of the earth; and that William F. Nagle, John M. Huff, I. B. Davis, and J. Woods Brown be appointed a committee to carry out the resolution. An invitation was then extended to all who desired to enter the service to enroll themselves with the volunteer organization forming in the borough and to this more than one hundred responded. While this was in progress a subscription was inaugurated, and upwards of three thousand dollars were promised for the maintenance of the families of volunteers. The first man to leave Sunbury to enlist in the army was Isaac R. Dunkelberger, who went to Washington on Tuesday, the 16th of April, 1861. He joined the regular army and rose to the rank of brevet colonel. He had been admitted to the bar at the preceding term of court, April 2, 1861. Subsequently he resided in California. The first detachment of troops to pass through Sunbury was a corps of volunteers about eighty in number from Luzerne county en route to Washington. They were greeted at the different stations with great enthusiasm, and passed through this county on Thursday, April 18, 1861. On Friday a larger number came from that and other regions, and detachments passed through from various places on Saturday. On the following Monday a train carrying a thousand men came down the North Branch; having traveled some distance they made an effort to procure food, and no sooner had this intelligence spread than the ladies of the borough supplied them with everything in the way of provisions that an unexpected necessity could permit. This suggested the propriety of making systematic preparations for future occasions; lunch tables were accordingly erected in the public square, and generous donations were received from both town and country. END OF PAGE 401 Several branches of the Sanitary Commission rendered efficient service throughout the war. The Sanitary Aid Society of Sunbury was organized on the 30th of May, 1868, with Mrs. Charles Pleasants, president; Mrs. William Wilson, Mrs. Alexander Jordan, Mrs. John B. Packer, Mrs. W. I. Greenough, Mrs. James Boyd, and Miss Maria E. Fisher, vice-presidents; Miss E. Donnel, secretary, and Mrs. Beulah A. Clement, treasurer. A battalion of the provost guard was stationed at Sunbury in August and September, 1863, among which were many sick soldiers; the upper story of the old court house was fitted up for them, and the members of the society supplied their wants. Soldiers passing through Sunbury on their return from the war were bountifully entertained on several occasions. The active existence of the society terminated in June, 1865. The Shamokin auxiliary was organized on the 17th of May, 1804, with Rev. J. F. Porter, president; Dr. J. J. John, secretary, and Rev. P. Bird, treasurer. A committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions, and valuable contributions were made for the fair held at Philadelphia. Throughout the war the county commissioners contributed regularly toward the support of the families of absent soldiers, and, while organized assistance was thus rendered, public benefactions were augmented by many acts of private charity. The following regimental sketches and company rosters have been compiled from Bates's History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, augmented and corrected from local sources wherever possible. The historical sketches of the different regiments have necessarily been greatly abbreviated, but rosters have been given of all the companies in which the county was represented to any extent. There were also a number of other regiments to which the county contributed - among which were the Third, Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, and Thirteenth Cavalry, and the Seventy-second, Eighty- fourth, Ninety-first, One Hundred and Twelfth, One Hundred and Eighteenth, One Hundred and Thirty-second, One Hundred and Fiftieth, One Hundred and Eighty-eighth, and Two Hundred and Tenth regiments of the line, and others - but while details on this subject might be multiplied, it is believed that the essential particulars regarding the part taken by the county in the war for the Union are given. ELEVENTH REGIMENT. The Eleventh regiment organized at Camp Curtin, April 26, 1861, with Phaon Jarrett, of Clinton county, colonel; Richard Coulter, of Westmoreland county, lieutenant colonel; Wilham D. Earnest, of Harrisburg, major, and F. Asbury Awl, adjutant. It was composed of ten companies, three of which had been recruited in Lycoming county, two in Clinton county, two in Westmoreland county, and one each in Luzerne, Northumberland, and Montour. On the 4th of May the regiment was transferred to Camp Wayne near West Chester, where it remained several weeks and acquired during that period a thorough practical knowledge of drill and discipline. On the END OF PAGE 402 27th of May, having been partially uniformed and equipped, the Eleventh was ordered to take position on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad, Company F being stationed at North East. Three weeks later it concentrated at Havre-de-Grace, and on the 18th of June received orders to proceed to Chambersburg, thence proceeding to Hagerstown and Williamsport, Maryland. At the latter place it was attached to the Sixth brigade, under General J. J. Abercrombie, who crossed the Potomac with his command and engaged the enemy at Falling Waters on the 2d of July. Thence the brigade proceeded to Martinsburg, and from that place on the 15th of July to Bunker Hill. The Eleventh was at Charlestown when the term of enlistment expired; as no troops had been detailed to take its place, General Patterson requested the men to remain a week or ten days beyond their term, to which every member of the regiment acceded. It was mustered out at Harrisburg on the 31st of July, but had previously been mustered into the three years' service, the first from Pennsylvania, retaining its original number. Company F, however, did not form a part of the regiment as reorganized. Company F, organized as the Sunbury Guards, was the first company from Northumberland county to leave for the war. On Thursday morning, April 18, 1861, J. P. S. Gobin, who had taken an active part in the volunteer movement, went to Harrisburg and offered the services of the company, then about fully recruited, to the Governor. They were promptly accepted, and upon his return on the evening of the same day the announcement that his mission had been successful was received with great enthusiasm. On the evening of Friday, April 19th, the volunteers assembled in the grand jury room and organized a company by the unanimous choice of Charles J. Bruner as captain; J. P. S. Gobin, first lieutenant, and Joseph H. McCarty, Second lieutenant. While this election was in progress the court house was crowded with citizens assembled to raise means for "providing for the families of the married soldiers, and furnishing clothing for those not provided with the articles necessary for a campaign. One thousand dollars were raised, with a pledge to double it when necessary, and four hundred dollars for the immediate wants of the soldiers." The manufacture of suitable clothing was at once undertaken by the ladies. In this work Mrs. Charles Pleasants was particularly active; she opened her house, and it became headquarters for the patriotic operations of the ladies. Here the work of cutting and making garments was pursued without cessation, day and night, and Sunday was observed by an increase rather than a diminution in the number of workers. The willingness of the women of the county to contribute their labor to the success of the cause was one of the most practical expressions of patriotism evinced at that period. Intimations having been received that unless the Sunbury company was at Harrisburg on Saturday, April 20th, their acceptance by the State author- END OF PAGE 403 ities might be seriously jeopardized, it was determined to leave for the capital at the earliest possible date. Accordingly, Captain Bruner left with forty of his men on Saturday morning. At an early hour they were mustered at the public square, where the population of the town assembled en masse to witness their departure. On the train they found themselves in company with other detachments of soldiers from various points, and thus made the journey to Harrisburg. The remainder of the volunteers attended divine service on the following Sunday at the Lutheran church in a body under command of Sergeant C. Israel Pleasants. At ten a. m. Monday they were mustered on the public square and shortly afterward followed their comrades to the capital. There seventy-eight men from the Sunbury volunteers were mustered into the United States service as Company F, Eleventh regiment, still retaining in a popular sense their former name, the Sunbury Guards. The following is the roster of Company F:- Captain, Charles J. Bruner. First Lieutenant, J. P. S. Gobin. Second Lieutenant, Joseph H. McCarty. Sergeants: John E. McCarty, C. Israel Pleasants, S. Herman Helper, Jacob Rohrbach. Corporals: Samuel P. Bright, Charles D. Wharton, Daniel Oyster, William Pyers. Musicians: Henry D. Wharton, Jacob Weiser. Privates: Julius Arbiter, Jared Brosius, Henry Bucher, Robert Brooks, Samuel Bartsher, William M. Brisbon, Joseph Bright, Alfred Beckley, Benjamin F. Bright, Francis Cair, J. Wilson Covert, William Christ, Henry Drisel, Lewis Dorne, David Druckemiller, Joseph Driselinger, William Edge, Samuel Eyster, Jacob Feight, Stephen Golding, Benjamin W. Geddis, Peter S. Gussler, William D. Haas, Joseph Hildebrand, Charles Harp, Harris Hopper, Albert Haas, Allen Hunter, Jarid C. Irwin, George Kiehl, Daniel Michael, Charles McFarland, Sylvester Myers, William Martin, John McClusky; Ephraim Metz, Robert Martin, John Messner, William K Millhouse, Mallon Myers, Philip C. Newbaker, George Oyster, Frederick Pill, Henry Quitschliber, Albert Robins, Reuben Ramsey, Aristide Rodrigue, Eugene Rizer, Lloyd T. Rohrbach, Frederick Schrank, Hugh Smith, John Snyder, Charles W. Stewart, John E. Seidel, Joseph Smith, Ernest Starkloff, Christian Schall, William Steadman, Cyrus Swope, George Tucker, William Volke, Lot B. Weitzel, George Weyman. J. Wilson Covert was appointed quartermaster of the company, and Aristide Rodrigue, clerk Lloyd T. Rohrbach was detailed as clerk in the enrolling department. The following named persons were in the ranks of the Sunbury Guards when that organization was formed, but were not mustered into Company F, each company being limited to seventy-eight men: Richard Bucher, Michael END OF PAGE 404 Cavenaugh, J. Kerstetter, John Conrad, J. Carey, Frank Diehl, S. W. Fausold, George Fritz, Riley Hannabach, Jacob R. Keefer, Frederick Knarr, Theodore Kiehl, William H. Slenker, Peter Zeliff, William Wolverton, Landis Starner, Hunter Billington, Henry Haupt, John Rake, J. Shuler, F. Hammer, J. Damon, and P. Smeltzer, of whom the following entered a company from Pinegrove, Schuylkill county: Peter Zeliff, F. Hammer, William Wolverton, John Shuler, and Theodore Kiehl. EIGHTH REGIMENT. The Eighth regiment organized at Camp Curtin on the 22d of April, 1861, with A. H. Emley, of Luzerne county, colonel; Samuel Bowman, of Wilkesbarre, lieutenant colonel; Joseph Phillips, of Pittston, major, and Joseph Wright, of Wilkesbarre, adjutant. It was immediately ordered to Camp Slifer, near Chambersburg, and was there assigned to the Third brigade, First division. In June the regiment went to Greencastle and thence to the Potomac at Williamsport. When the army advanced into Virginia the Eighth remained at Williamsport to guard the stores; but when Martinsburg had been reached Companies A and B were detailed to that point as an escort to Doubleday's battery. The brigade was at Bunker Hill until July 17th, and on the night of the 20th was pushed forward to Keyes's Ford on the Shenandoah, whence the Eighth returned to Harper's Ferry and thence by way of Hagerstown to Harrisburg, where it was mustered out of service. Company A returned to Shamokin on the 31st of July, and on the Saturday following was given a public reception by the citizens of that borough. The Shamokin Guards - This company was originally formed in 1854 with S. M. Kase as captain. He was successively followed by Captain Reeder and Cyrus Strouse; the latter was in command at the outbreak of the Rebellion. The company responded promptly to the call for troops, but its complement was not full; a public meeting was held on the 16th of April, at which a sufficient number of persons volunteered to make up this deficiency, and on the following Monday, April 22d, the Guards took their departure for Harrisburg. There they rendezvoused at Camp Curtin, and were mustered into the United States service as Company A, Eighth regiment. The following is a roster of this company:- Captain, Cyrus Strouse First Lieutenant, William J. Allen. Second Lieutenant, George B. Cadwallader; brevet second lieutenant, George Shipp. Sergeants: John Harris, Andrew Kreiger, John B. Snyder, Ferdinand Rhoads. Corporals: Jacob Rhoads, Jacob Meutchler, Israel Stambach, Jacob B. Getter. Musicians: William P. Caldwell, Henry Starchal. END OF PAGE 405 Privates: Lewis L. Bevan, William Booth, John Brennan, Ziba Bird,, William Bowen, George Blanksley, Hugh Boyd, Benjamin F. Culp, William Culp, Patrick Colyer, William Colyer, Thomas Caldwell, Alexander Caldwell, Charles Conrad, George Cramer, John Downey, Frederick Dibner, Jacob Dindorf, Joseph B. Eaton, David Ephlin, John E. Eisenhart, Ephraim P. Fulk, Darius S. Gilger, Charles L. V. Haas, James H. Haas, Thomas Harris, Henry Holshue, Joel Holshue. John M. Heilner, John Hancock, James Holister, Henry Irich, Jacob W. Irich, Jefferson M. John, Thomas R. Jones, Charles Kreiger, George W. Klase, John R. Lake, Michael Miceberger, Jeremiah Maize, Charles Medara, John Meehan, John Neifer, William B. Osmend, Jacob Peifer, John W. Phillips, Josiah Raup, George Raup, Michael Ragan, James Sterrit, Godfried Sherman, William Shuck, Michael Salter, Jacob Shield, August Shaual, William Stillwagoner, David S. Shipp, Wesley Van Gasken, Peter Wentz, John Weir, Daniel J. Woodley, George W. Weaver, Thomas R. Williams, John B. Zehnder. THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT - FIFTH RESERVE. The counties of Lycoming, Northumberland, Clearfield, Centre, Union, Bradford, Lancaster, and Huntingdon Contributed to the Fifth Reserve, which organized at Camp Curtin, June 20, 1861, with John Irving Gregg, colonel, J. W. Fisher, lieutenant colonel, and George Dare, major. Seneca G. Simmons became colonel on the 21st of June. Company B, the Taggart Guards, and Company H, the Pollock Guards, were from Northumberland county. Their active military duty was begun on the day following the organization, when the Fifth, with the Bucktail regiment and a battery of artillery, was ordered to the support of Colonel Lew Wallace at Cumberland, Maryland, reaching that place on the 8th of July. Five days later the Fifth was ordered to take position at bridge No. 21 on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and on the 22d of that month it proceeded to Piedmont. On the 8th of August it went to Washington, and thence to the camp established for the Reserves at Tenallytown, where drill exercises were prosecuted for more than a month. It escorted Governor Curtin from Washington to the camp on the 14th of September. In the organization of the Reserves which ensued the Fifth was assigned to the First brigade, commanded by Brigadier General John F. Reynolds. This brigade made a reconnaissance to Drainesville on the 19th of October and again on the 20th of December, having been ordered across the Potomac on the 10th of October and encamped near Langley. The regiment broke camp on the 10th of March, 1862, and marched by way of Hunter's Mills to Alexandria, whence, on the 9th of April, it proceeded to Manassas and occupied the deserted Confederate quarters. From the 7th to the 25th of May the Fifth was encamped at Falmouth; on the latter date the brigade was ordered to Fredericksburg, and on the 26th of June the Fifth was assigned to picket duty on the left bank of the Chicka- END OF PAGE 406 hominy, where it engaged the enemy on the afternoon of that day, sustaining a loss of fifty killed and wounded. It was also engaged the following day; on the 28th of June, marching via Savage Station and crossing the White Oak swamp, it arrived at Charles City Cross Roads on the evening of the 29th. In the battle that ensued the Fifth was again engaged, sustaining a severe loss in the death of Colonel Simmons and Captain Taggart. At Malvern Hill the regiment was under fire, but not in active duty. The Peninsula campaign having closed, it went into camp at Harrison's Landing. The Reserve corps joined General Pope at the Rappahannock in the latter part of July, arriving at Bull Run on the 28th. The Fifth was under fire on the 29th, and again engaged the enemy on the 30th of August. On the 6th of September it was ordered to cross the Potomac, and ten days later participated in the battle of Antietam, after which it encamped at Sharpsburg. Thence the army moved into Virginia, and the division to which the Reserves were attached crossed the Rappahannock on the 11th of December, forming in line of battle below Fredericksburg. The Fifth had now been transferred to the Third brigade, and the Reserves, commanded by General Meade, were engaged with the enemy on the 13th of December, the Fifth sustaining a loss of one hundred sixty-nine. In the Gettysburg campaign the regiment formed part of the Fifth corps, and, although it performed several important movements, no serious loss was sustained. It participated in the campaigns of the summer and autumn of 1863, and during the following winter was stationed at Manassas Junction and Alexandria. Leaving the latter place it moved to Culpepper and on the 4th of May crossed the Rapidan, participating in the succession of battles that followed with its accustomed gallantry. On the 31st of May, its term of service having expired, it proceeded by steamer from White House to Washington and thence by rail to Harrisburg, where, on the 11th of June, it was mustered out of service. The Taggart Guards of Northumberland organized in the old town hall of that borough with the election of James Taggart as Captain, Henry A. Colt as first lieutenant, and Charles C. Jones as second lieutenant. On the 28th of April, 1861, their services were tendered the State authorities, but the complement for the three months' service having been filled, they were declined. On the 2d of May the company again endeavored to enter the service, but was again unsuccessful. May 6th they expressed their willingness to enlist for three years, and, a reserve corps having been decided upon, the company was at length accepted. Several weeks elapsed before it became necessary to leave for the rendezvous at Harrisburg, and during this period the citizens of Northumberland and the ladies of that town made every exertion to provide the men with such things as would contribute to their comfort during a long campaign. On the evening of Saturday, May 25th, a public meeting was held at the Methodist Episcopal church, at which Captain Taggart was presented with a sword by the ladies of the borough. END OF PAGE 407 The company, numbering seventy-seven men, left for the State capital on Monday, May 27th, and at Camp Curtin was mustered into the United States service as Company B, Fifth Reserve. The following is a roster of Company B:- Captains: James Taggart, Charles Wells, James D. Slater, John A. Maus. First Lieutenants: Henry A. Colt, James A. Keefer, Peter Vandling. Second Lieutenant, Charles C. Jones. Sergeants: Josiah Newbury, Joseph Hogan, Joseph Martin, James G. Dieffenbach, Saul R. Kreeger, Joshua C. Newbury, Josiah Trumpore. Corporals: William H. Morgan, George W. Fisher, John M. Scout, James R. Little, David Hauck, James Throp, Lafayette Vandling, Joseph C. Carson, William B. Wallis, William Young, James C. Voris, John C. Morgan, Edwin N. Kline. Musicians: Charles Standish, George Burkenbine. Privates: Henry Angle, William Black, David O. Bedoe, William Beidelman, Jesse Barnhart, Edward Barnhart, B. Frank Bashore, Joseph F. Bashore, John F. Brautigam, James M. Bennett, Samuel Clark, William Cutler, Henry Croup, John Campbell, Alonzo Copp, Jacob Cole, Zachariah Chappel, William Cample, James Duffy, George Damuth, Henry Dale, Henry Earlson, William Eckert, Benjamin Everett, Albert Fisher, John Fleegel, Isaac Fleegel, Amos Garmon, John A. Gibbons, Simon Gibbons, John Garanflo, Joseph Gibbons, Edward B. Hughes, Julius Herlinger, George Hawthorn, Foster Henry, Charles Hood, Charles Johnson, Samuel Johnson, William Jarrett, John H. Johnson, William Kieffer, Daniel Killbridge, Isaac Kremer, Amos E. Kapp, J. Albert Kieffer, John C. Lloyd, William Lyon, James Morgan, John Marriott, Frederick Murray, James McFall, Milton McPherson, John McNier, John McElrath, Daniel McBride, William H. Morgan, Augustus Newbury, Brooks Newbury, Joseph Newcomer, Albin Newbury, Nicholas Peifer, James M. Philips, David Rake, Jacob Renner, Evan Renner, George Rake, Albert Rake, George H. Ripple, John F. Scholvin, William A. Starick, Tilman Seems, Charles W. Scout, John Steinhelper, William Smith, John Snyder, Theodore Strawn, Christian Starick, George A. Slifer, Francis Trumbower, Landis L. Travis, D. B. Vankirk, David Vincent, John A. Wing, Joseph Wallis, William Wildice, Frederick Winkleman, John Williams, Joseph Williams, Solomon Williard. The following members of this company re-enlisted at the expiration of their three years' term as veteran volunteers in Company C, One Hundred and Ninety-first Pennsylvania Volunteers: Alonzo Copp, Jacob Cole, George Damuth, Williard Eckert, Benjamin Everett, Amos Garmon, John A. Gibbons, Julius Herlinger, William Jarrett, Saul R. Kreeger, John C. Morgan, Milton McPherson, John McNier, Joshua C. Newbury, Brooks Newbury, David Rake, Jacob Renner, Evan Renner, William Smith, Francis Trum- END OF PAGE 408 bower, William Waldice, Frederick Winkleman, John Williams, Joseph Williams, John Fleegel, JohnMcElath. The Pollock Guards organized at Milton under the first requisition for troops, but were not accepted, the complement of the county having been filled. A second effort was made to secure a place in the ranks, and on the 15th of May, 1861, the company departed for Harrisburg by canal boat, but were again rejected and returned to Milton. Having signified their willingness to enlist for three years they were assigned to the Reserve corps, and on the 1st of June, 1861, again went to the capital, where they were mustered into the United States service as Company H, Fifth Reserve. The following is the roster of Company H:-* Captains: John McCleery, Harry B. Paxton. First Lieutenants: Samuel Shadman, Thaddeus C. Bogle, John M. Rhoads. Second Lieutenant, John H. McNally. Sergeants: Samuel H. Follmer, Charles Paxton, Robert A. Stoughton, William F. Blair, Joseph Hollopeter, Charles Britton, Halsey S. Nichols. McCurdy Tate. Corporals: William H. Hayman, William Kohler, Silsby Caldwell, James M. Gillespie, Henry Craw, Charles L. Worman, John Divel. Musician, Manderville Drew. Privates: Charles E. Aude, Herman R. Ault, John Achenbaw, James C. Armstrong, William S. Blair, Joseph Becher, Thomas S. Bobst, Samuel Barnsley, Thomas Bent, Abram R. Biggars, Daniel S. Bingaman, Samuel Blue, P. D. Burkholder, Cyrus J. Barker, Charles C. Bent, Adam K. Carothers, Jacob O. Caldwell, Richard H. L. Craw, Jacob Divel, M. B. Frielberger, Michael W. Ferroll, Edward K. Fiester, Michael Flanigan, David Force, John Figgles, Thomas S. Griffin, Frederick Gossner, John A. Girhard, Francis J. Gramlich, William Harper, John High, Thomas Harlan, John Haynes, John Heinlen, Jacob F. Haynes, William M. Kyle, John Murphy, David Morehart, Robert E. Mytinger, Daniel V. Moyer, Henry Madara, William Mecum, Jared Mecum, John W. McMurtrie, William McCleery, Miles McDonald, Albert McCarty, Randolph Nesbit, John Nash, Michael O'Neal, Thomas J. Painter, David C. Phillips, John B. Paxton, William Ritter, John P. Renn, John Sattezahn, John Seachrist, William Strine, Jr., John H. Smith, George W. Simmons, Ellis P. Sones, Daniel Sones, Conrad Shoemaker, Jacob Strouss, Joseph W. Shaw, Charles W. Stickler, Frederick Simmons, George W. Smith, Franklin C. Smith, H. M. Stevenson, Jeremiah Stine, John Sullivan, John Shively, Isaac N. Simmons, George Stover, H. C. Strouchbecker, Daniel Travelett, Thomas Williams, Alexander Waite, William Walton, John C. Warburton, Henry A. Yeager, Ellis Yeager, William Zimmerman. ______________________________________________________________________ *Lycoming County also contributed to this company. END OF PAGE 409 The following members of this company re-enlisted as veteran volunteers at the expiration of their term of three years: Samuel Blue, Michael W. Ferroll, Frederick Gossner, John A Gerhart, Lewis Kyle, Frederick Simmons, Franklin C. Smith, Jeremiah Stine, Daniel Travelett, George Laurenson, P. D. Burkholder, Manderville Drew. FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. The Forty-sixth organized at Camp Curtin on the 1st of September, 1861, with Joseph F. Knipe, of Dauphin county, colonel; James L. Selfridge, lieutenant colonel, and Arnold C. Lewis, major. It was soon afterward ordered to join General Banks's command, and was assigned to the First brigade of the Second division of his corps, then posted on the upper Potomac in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry. Its first encounter with the enemy occurred in the spring of 1862, when three companies participated in a battle between the forces of Generals Shields and Jackson. At the battle of Winchester the loss was seventeen. At Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862, the loss was seventy, many officers being among the wounded. At Antietam the Forty-sixth lost six killed and three wounded; it was ordered forward for the Fredericksburg campaign, but did not arrive in time to be engaged. The winter of 1862-63 was passed at Falmouth, whence, in April, 1863, the regiment proceeded to Chancellorsville. In the advance from that place it formed part of the central column, and was engaged on the 2d and 3d of May, losing four killed and a considerable number wounded. The Twelfth corps, to which the Forty-sixth was now attached, arrived at Gettysburg on the 1st of July, and was posted on the right of the line holding the summit of Culp's hill. Owing to its sheltered position, the loss was inconsiderable. When the Federal forces reached the Rapidan, the Twelfth corps was detached from the Army of the Potomac and ordered to the support of Rosecrans. The regiment proceeded to Nashville, where it was assigned to guard duty on the line of the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, performing this duty with vigilance and fidelity. In January, 1804, a large proportion of the officers and men having re-enlisted, they were granted a veteran furlough, returning to their corps at Chattanooga. There they joined Sherman's army on the memorable Atlanta campaign, participating in the various engagements at Dallas, Pine Knob, Kennesaw Mountain, and Marietta with a total loss of fourteen killed and about thirty wounded. Sherman crossed the Chattahoochee river on the 16th of July and began closing in upon Atlanta; while these movements were in progress Hood made an attack upon the Federal column, in which the Forty-sixth was much exposed and lost two killed and twenty-two wounded. While preparations were in progress for the investment of Atlanta Hood again made an attack, in which the regiment lost six killed and a considerable number wounded. Its severe fighting ended with the surrender of Atlanta on the 1st of September. Sherman's march to the sea began on END OF PAGE 410 the 11th of November; Savannah was reached on the 21st of December, and after a brief respite the Federal columns were turned to the north. Columbia, South Carolina, was taken on the 17th of February, and a month later Goldsboro, the end of a long and arduous journey through hostile territory, was reached. After the surrender of Johnston on the 26th of April the homeward march began, and on the 16th of July, 1865, the Forty-sixth was mustered out of the service near Alexandria, Virginia. Company K, recruited at Shamokin, Northumberland county, principally from the ranks of the old Shamokin Guard, was mustered into service at Camp Curtin on the 4th of September, 1861. The roster was as follows:- Captains: Cyrus Strouse, Alexander Caldwell. First Lieutenants: G. B. Cadwallader, William P. Caldwell, Darius S. Gilger, Jacob B. Getter, Thomas Alderson. Second Lieutenants: John W. Phillips, August Shensel. Sergeants: George Blanksley, Daniel Babb, David M. Snyder, John Neufer, Samuel P. Eisenhart, John B. Zehnder, John McEliece, Thomas Caldwell, W. S. Farrow, James H. Haas, Joseph Long. Corporals: Joel Holshue, Josiah J. Treibley, Emanuel Holshue, Jonas H. Duttery, Sylvanus Bird, Daniel B. Eisenhart, Andrew J. Hine, Thomas V. Pensyl, James A. Shipp, Jacob N. Young, John E. Eisenhart, Caleb H. Young, William Shuck, John Raup. Musicians: Benjamin D. Walker, Charles S. V. Haas, C. Zimmerman. Privates: Thomas Armstrong, John A. Armstrong, Franklin Arter, Samuel Afford, C. J. Bittenbender, Charles Burch, Albert Bennington, Faion Brady, William Bass, Edward Brown, William B. Bidd, Frank Barmoski, Charles Brandt, Samuel Baker, John Brooks, William Brosius, George Blain, Charles H. Conrad, Samuel Clayberger, Franklin A. Clark, John A. Coder, Samuel Clark, John J. Cunningham, Thomas Collier, William M Cook, John T. Crandall, Charles H. Duttery, Thomas A. Dunlap, Aaron Dreper, C. Dougherty, C. H. Dunhelber, Patrick Donovan, John Dailey, John Duncan, Percival Derk, Valentine Epler, Jonathan Eisenhart, John F. Epler, Jeremiah Eurfeltz, John Fox, George Flowers, George Frederick, W. H. Funkhouser, Charles Ginther, John A. Gilger, Jesse Gensel, George Grove, Addison H. Graham, James T. Getter, David Goss, William Grim, Patrick Golden, John Gillinger, Edward Hume, David J. Hine, Joel Haupt, Charles M. Harp, George H. Hubbert, William F. Haas, Michael Hume, Francis D. Heckert, Jacob W. Hesson, William Hoffman, Luther L. Haas, Michael Jacobs, William Jeallison, Robert M. Jones, John Johnson, William H. Jones, Joseph Jaggers, David Jones, John A. Kable, Abraham Keiper, John Knipe, Nicholas Kern, William H. Kerlin, Francis M. Lott, Joseph Lever, William H Lott, William C. Leibig, John Loudon, Ephraim P. Metz, Paul Martin, James Martin, Charles Morgan, Arthur Mooney, Reuben Mullen, Elias Maurer, Charles W. Mettler, John Medlicott, Joseph H. McCarty, John E. END OF PAGE 411 McCarty, William J. McDowell, Guy McCauley, C. Neiswanter, Amos Neiswanter, James H. Patton, Daniel S. Peifer, Lewis Paul, Joseph Perry, Moses Reed, Paul Roth, William C. Roth, Isaiah Rodearmel,, Joseph W. Rose, Isaac N. Robinson, William Reynolds, Jeremiah Simmers, Enoch Shuda, Samuel A. Startzell, Nicholas Sleiben, Thomas Smith, Henry Startzell, John Stevenson, Henry Salters, William H. Snyder, Henry Shaffer, Philip Stambach, Daniel Startzell, William H. Slenker, William Simmers, Augustus Snyder, George A. Thomas, Robert Tooley, Jacob Treibley, T. B. Tannery, Isaac N. Teitsworth, William C. Tharp, William Taylor, John Taney, Alfred Teitsworth, Daniel J. Woodley, Benjamin Wallace, John L. Walton, Robert G. Wilson, Walter Williams, M. Worzkoski, P. J. Zimmerman, Alexander Zancollar. FORTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. This regiment comprised seven companies from Northampton county, two from Perry, and one from Northumberland, and organized at Camp Curtin on the 1st of September, 1861, with Tilghman G. Hood, colonel, G. W. Alexander, lieutenant colonel, and William H. Gausler, major. Proceeding from Harrisburg to Washington on the 21st of September, it was stationed on Kalorama Heights, and on the 27th ordered to join the advance of the army, in which it was assigned to the Third brigade of General W. F. Smith's division. With that brigade it moved to Camp Griffin, and on the 11th of October participated in the grand review at Bailey's Cross Roads. January 27, 1862, it embarked at Annapolis for Key West, having been assigned to the command of General Brannan. Arriving at its destination on the 4th of February, it was brigaded with one New Hampshire and two New York regiments, and remained until the 18th of June, suffering much loss from fevers incident to that climate. From the 22d of June until the 2d of July it was encamped in the rear of Fort Walker at Hilton Head, South Carolina, and then assigned to picket duty at Beaufort. It next formed part of General Brannan's expedition to penetrate Florida and remove the obstructions in the St. John's river. The initial object was accomplished in the reduction of St. John's Bluff, a fortified eminence commanding the entrance to the river, which was then opened to navigation without opposition. In the latter part of October the command was detailed to destroy the bridge over the Pocotaligo, thus severing communication between Charleston and Savannah, and successfully evaded a superior force of the enemy. On the 18th of November the regiment again arrived at Key West, where five companies were assigned as a garrison to Fort Taylor and an equal number to Fort Jefferson, the former under command of Colonel Good, the latter, of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander. Here the regiment remained until February 25, 1864, five hundred men having in the meantime re-enlisted and received a veteran furlough. END OF PAGE 412 Leaving Key West the Forty-seventh proceeded to Louisiana, debarking at Algiers on the 28th of February, 1864. At Franklin it was assigned to the Second brigade of the First division, Nineteenth army corps, and on the 15th of March moved to Alexandria with General Banks's Red river expedition. The enemy were first encountered in force at Sabine Cross Roads on the 8th of April, when this regiment was actively engaged and sustained a loss of sixty. In this memorable expedition it marched eight hundred miles, and the aggregate loss was two hundred. At Simmsport Company C was detailed to New Orleans on the steamer Dunleith as escort to prisoners, and rejoined the regiment at Morganzia. The Nineteenth corps embarked for Washington on the 5th of July, 1864, and upon its arrival at the capital was assigned to Hunter's command, which it joined at Snicker's Gap. General Sheridan soon afterward assumed command of the forces concentrated about the national capital, which he reorganized as the Army of the Shenandoah. As part of this command the Forty-seventh participated in the battle of Opequan, September 19, 1864, Cedar Creek, October 19th, and other encounters. The winter of 1864-65 was spent near Charlestown, from which a variety of reconnaissance's were successfully accomplished. On the 23d and 24th of May it participated in the grand review at Washington. On the 1st of June it was again ordered to duty, and embarked for Savannah, Georgia, proceeding thence to Charleston in July. On the 3d of January, 1866, it embarked for New York, and proceeded by rail to Philadelphia, and on the 9th of January, after a term of service of four years and four months, was mustered out at Camp Cadwalader. It had seen service in seven of the southern States, participated in the most exhausting campaigns, marched more than twelve hundred miles, and made twelve voyages at sea. It was the only Pennsylvania regiment that participated in the Red river expedition. Company C was from Northumberland county. The Sunbury Guards, after their return from the three months' service, reorganized on the 19th of August, 1861, with J. P. S. Gobin as captain, and took their departure for Harrisburg on the following day. This company was composed as follows: Captains: J. P. S. Gobin, Daniel Oyster. First Lieutenants: James Vandyke, William Reese, William M. Hendricks, Christian S. Beard. Second Lieutenant, Jacob Keefer. Sergeants: Samuel Eister, William F. Finch, John W. Sniteman, Benjamin F. Miller, Peter Smelser, William Pyers, Peter Haupt, John Bartlow. Corporals: Timothy Snyder, David Sloan, Michael Dorsing, Henry Seneff, George R. Good, Stewart Kirk, Lloyd G. John, John H. Heim, David Snyder, George K. Hebler, Mark Shipman. Musicians: Samuel Pyers, John H. Schooley, Henry D. Wharton, J. Bolton Young. Privates: James G. Allen, Henry Brown, John Berry, J. Weiser Bucher, END OF PAGE 413 Jared Brosius, William H. Brookins, Samuel H. Billington, David S. Beidler, George P. Blain, George K. Beaver, Daniel Beaver, Matthias Beaver, George W. Bortle, James Brown, Martin M Berger, Emanuel Beaver, Edgar Baker, Joseph Baker, Zachariah Brown, William Brannan, James Bullard, Perry Colvin, Augustus Colvin, John D. Colvin, R. W. Druckemiller, Seth Deibert, David T. Evans, Charles Ehrie, Abner J. Finch, John W. Firth, Reuben L. Fish, George Fritz, Jeremiah Gensemer, William Good, William Gebring, Joseph B. Gray, Jesse G. Green, Jasper B. Gardner, Jacob C. Grubb, Alexander Given, Jeremiah Gardner, Alfred Hunter, Henry W. Haas, Charles W. Harp, Conrad Holman, Robert Horrel, Richard Hill, Freeman Haupt, Charles K. Herb, George Horner, Jeremiah Haas, J. S. Hart, Jarid C. Irwin, Samuel Jones, George D. John, Cornelius Kramer, Lorenzo Kramer, Emanuel Keiser, Isaac Kemble, D. W. Kemble, Isaac Kramer, James Kennedy, Theodore Kiehl, George W. Keiser, George Kramer, William Logan, L. K Landau, Charles Leffer, Michael Larkins, William Leinberger, Thomas Lothard, Eli Miller, Samuel Miller, John Munsh, James W. McLane, Alexander McCullough, Adam Maul, Robert C. McNeal, John W. McNew, William McNew, Samuel McNew, John McGraw, Warren McEwen, George Miller, William Michael, Edward Matthews, George Malick, Francis H. McNeal, Benjamin McKillips, Thomas Nipple, David Naylor, John S. Oyster, Richard O'Rourke, John B. Otto, William Plant, John S. Opler, William Pfeil, Raphael Perez, James R. Rhine, Hugh B. Rodrigue, Jacob Renn, P. M. Randall, Alexander Ruffaner, H. B. Robinson, Joseph Rish, Samuel M. Reigle, John Sunker, John W. Smith, Adam Strong, Zachariah Seaman, Henry C. Seasholtz, Ira Seasholtz, Christian Schall, Isaac Snyder, Charles F. Stewart, Henry A. Shiffer, Joseph Smith, Peter Swinehart, John C. Sterner, Ephraim Thatcher, Noah Ulrich, Robert W. Vincent, Frederick Vaun, David Weikle, Joseph Walters, Samuel Walters, Henry W. Wolf, Theodore Woodbridge, James Whistler, Benjamin F. Walls, Samuel Whistler, Cornelius Wenrick, Solomon Wetzel, George C. Watson, Peter Wolf, John E. Will, Emanuel R. Walters, John W. Walton, James Wolf. FIFTY-FIRST REGIMENT. The field officers of the Fifty-first at the time of its organization were John F. Hartranft, of Montgomery county, colonel; Thomas S. Bell, of Chester county, lieutenant colonel, and Edwin Schall, of Montgomery county, major. Leaving Camp Curtin on the 18th of November, 1861, the regiment proceeded to Annapolis, Maryland; there it was subjected to continuous drill for six weeks, and assigned to the Second brigade (General Jesse L. Reno's) of Burnside's corps. Embarking on the 6th of January, 1862, with the Roanoke Island expedition, the purpose of which was successfully accomplished, the brigade embarked (on the 3d of March) for the expedition to END OF PAGE 414 Page 415 contains a portrait of Robert Goodwill Page 416 is blank. Newbern. In the attack upon the enemy's works the Fifty-first was at first held in support, but was brought up for the decisive charge, carrying the redan in front and planting the flag upon the enemy's ramparts. On the 16th of April an expedition was sent out from Newbern, in which the Fifty-first participated, attacking the enemy twenty miles inland from a point four miles below Elizabeth City and utterly demoralizing his forces. The regiment arrived at Fortress Monroe on the 8th of July, and was there assigned to the Second brigade, Second division of the Ninth army corps, the brigade being placed in command of General E. Ferrero. Proceeding to Fredericksburg, the brigade was sent out to guard the fords; on the first day of the second battle of Bull Run a part of the Fifty-first was detailed to advance to the picket line in Kearney's front, rejoining the regiment on the following morning. The brigade rendered most efficient service in covering the retreat of the Federal forces by supporting Graham's battery, rejoining the main body of the army at Centreville. The Maryland campaign next ensued. Moving through Washington on the 3d of September, 1862, the Ninth corps entered Frederick on the 12th, and encountered the, enemy on the Sharpsburg pike several days later, when General Reno lost his life. The Ninth corps was not actively engaged at the battle of Antietam until the morning of September 17th, when General Cox, who had succeeded Reno, was ordered to advance and carry the stone bridge on the extreme left of the line. Several regiments advanced to the assault, but were obliged to fall back by the concentrated fire of the enemy; at length General Burnside, nettled at the delay of his columns, ordered the Fifty-first Pennsylvania to storm the bridge. Led by Colonel Hartranft it advanced to the charge, and, supported by the Fifty-first New York, carried the bridge. The brigade was then posted on a range of hills overlooking the creek; its ammunition became exhausted, and, being attacked by overwhelming numbers of the enemy, it was obliged to relinquish the advantage gained by such severe fighting and costly sacrifice. The loss to the Fifty-first was one hundred twenty-five. The loss at the battle of Fredericksburg was eighty-six. In March, 1863, the regiment was ordered to Fortress Monroe, whence it proceeded to Kentucky, where it was posted at various points in the interior of the State to afford protection against the invasions of Wheeler, Morgan, and Pegram. In June the corps was ordered to the support of Grant at Vicksburg, where it was principally engaged in erecting fortifications at Mill Dale and Oak Ridge. The regiment accompanied Sherman in his campaign to Jackson, and at its close returned with the corps to Kentucky, where it was posted at Camp Nelson. Thence the regiment moved to Knoxville, and, after participating in the movements about Campbell's Station, whereby the retreat of the Federal army was covered by the Second brigade under Colonel Hartranft, returned to that place and was engaged in its fortification and defense. After the siege was raised, it joined in the pursuit of the enemy; on the 5th END OF PAGE 417 of January, 1864, the regiment re-enlisted, and received the veteran furlough, returning home via Cincinnati and Harrisburg. Upon the opening of the spring campaign under Grant, the Ninth corps moved to the Rapidan early in May. The Fifty-first participated in a variety of difficult and dangerous movements throughout the campaign; it was engaged at Cold Harbor on the 3d of June, at Petersburg on the 17th, and at the Weldon railroad in August. In the subsequent operations of the brigade it was engaged at Poplar Spring church, Ream's Station, Hatcher's Run, and in the final attack on the 2d of April, 1865, which resulted in the evacuation of Richmond. On the 27th of July, 1865, after four years of arduous service, extending over the whole line from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, it was mustered out of service at Alexandria, Virginia. The following members of this regiment were from Northumberland county: William Kelchner, Ebert Sprowles, Joe A. Logan, Harrison Hause, William Buoy, P. H. Bratton, Albert Snyder, Jacob Clymer, Montgomery S. Adams, Lemuel Crossgrove, George Brown, John Van Low, Henry Houtz, William Muylert, William Loudenslager, John T. Cox, and possibly others. FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT. John R. Brooke was elected colonel of this regiment, Richard McMichael, lieutenant colonel, and Thomas Yeager, major, at its organization in the autumn of 1861. From the rendezvous at Camp Curtin it moved to Washington on the 7th of November, crossed the Potomac on the 27th of that month, and encamped near Alexandria, where the winter of 1861-62 was passed. In March, 1862, it participated in the general advance of the Army of the Potomac to Manassas, and on the 21st of that month marched to Warrenton Junction to support a reconnaissance of Howard's brigade. It formed part of the reserve division during the siege of Yorktown; at the battle of Fair Oaks on the 1st of June it was actively engaged, and lost ninety-six men, killed, wounded, and missing. On the reorganization of the Army of the Potomac it had been assigned to the Third brigade, First division, Second corps; this brigade covered fire withdrawal of the Federal forces during the memorable "change of base"; from the Chickahominy to the James, and in the high commendations bestowed upon it for the success with which its arduous and perilous duties were performed the Fifty-third received honorable mention. When Pope retreated to Washington it was again interposed between the enemy and the exposed flanks of the Union army. During the battle of South Mountain it was held in reserve, but on the 17th of September it was engaged in the severest fighting of the day. Crossing the Potomac at Harper's Ferry, it was variously occupied for a time; from the 19th of November to the 11th of December it performed provost guard duty at Falmouth, and lost in battle on the 13th one hundred fifty-eight in killed and wounded, after which it resumed its END OF PAGE 418 former position at Falmouth, remaining there until February 1, 1863. It was actively engaged in the Chancellorsville campaign, and suffered considerable loss. At Gettysburg, where it arrived on the morning of July 2d and went into battle with one hundred twenty-four effective men, but forty five escaped uninjured. It went into winter quarters at Stevensburg, Virginia; there the men re-enlisted, and proceeded thence to Harrisburg, where they were discharged upon veteran furlough. Breaking camp at Stevensburg on the 4th of May, 1864, the regiment crossed the Rapidan and on the 11th proceeded in the direction of Spottsylvania. There, on the following morning, it participated in the brilliant and decisive charge of the Second corps, which resulted in the capture of an entire division of the Confederate army. On the 3d of June it was in a charge at Cold Harbor, and again on the 16th at Petersburg. During the remainder of the campaign it was occupied in promiscuous skirmishing along the Confederate lines, in dismantling the Weldon railroad, etc. It moved upon its last campaign on the 28th of March, 1865, joining in the operations at Five Forks and the capture of a Confederate wagon-train at Deep Creek, and was at the front on the day of Lee's surrender. On the 23d of May it took part in the grand review at Washington, and was finally mustered out on the 30th of June, 1865. Company H was recruited in Northumberland county, and was composed as follows:- Captains: McCurdy Tate, Philip H. Schreyer, James D. Marsh. First Lieutenants: Lawrence Huff, Wallace W. Dentler. Second Lieutenants: Samuel T. Piatt, Michael Thornton. Sergeants: Alfred Hays, Charles Allen, Harvey S. Geiger, Joseph F. Albright, Solomon Robenold, James F. Ryan, James Geist, John C. Irwin, S.D. Haughenback, William Harrison. Corporals: Levi A. Leform, Amandus Gold, James M. Confer, James Roadarmel, Abram D. Galutia, Theodore Scott, David P. Waltman, William J. Bickford, Jacob Corey, Lionel Stanley, John Showers, James Ossenan, Charles F. Hohnbon, Robert P. Strine, Henry Kohler, H. W. Hagenbuck, M. L. Everhart, J. M. Hougendobler, William C. Best, Joseph Black Musicians: William Longenacker, James McCleery, John Caldwell, John Daily. Privates: Seth Andrews, William J. Ameigh, Samuel W. E. Byers, D. Buchanan, Samuel Bittner, Perry C. Brown, James D. Barber, John Boal, Benjamin Bittner, John D. Burd, John N. H. Bell, Michael Bumbaugh, Jacob H. Brubaker, George W. Bowers, Charles Britton, William W. Burrows, Nicholas Becker, Robert P. Bratton, Thomas Bird, James B. Culbertson, Francis Canovan, Noah D. Clutter, Peter L. Cerlough, Thomas Collins, Frederick Carver, John M. Coist, William L. Costen, Christopher Corwin, Friend Cook, William Coyl, Walter Cowden, Leonard W. Divelbiss, Jacob END OF PAGE 419 Divelbiss, Charles N. Dunbar, David Dougherty, Thomas R. Davis, Ira Downs, William Dix, William Deetz, George W. Deer, William H. Dobbs, Oscar E. Erway, George Eaton, Joseph L. Evans, John Eveland, Peter Fowler, Charles A. Fisher, John Fisher, Samuel Fisher, Hugh Fisher, Aaron Fox, John B. Grum, Timothy P. Galutia, William J. Grover, Jeremiah Garris, George W. Gates, Charles Gumms, Robert Hall, John High, D. Hendrickson, Daniel Harvey, Levi Hamilton, Daniel S. Hopkins, M. V. Huffmaster, Thomas Hughes, Henry Houts, George Hause, John Henry, Hall Henry, Allen S. Hatch, Samuel W. Hopkins, Joseph Harris, Alexander Hazlett, George Jones, Nelson Johnston, James A. Kooney, Daniel King, William Keener, Samuel F. Kelly, John F. Kain, Milton Kirkwood, Daniel Knittle, James Knittle, Levi E. Kestler, John Lunger, Jacob L. Lyman, William A. Lewis, William Long, Bernard Leform, Cyrenius Murray, Joseph Mauck, John Murphy, A. Middlesworth, Francis Myers, William Morrison, Gabriel Miller, Jacob Martial, Leonard Messimer, Lyman Miller, John Mauck, Andrew Mallory, Laurin Matson, Enoch D. Martin, Michael Many, Andrew Marshall, John Moyer, John Mayer, James L. Miller, Martin Miller, William Moffit, James McNamee, Ashbel Norton, Adam Nearhood, David Noble, John Ohler, William Purdy, Samuel L. Potter, William Parker, William H. Plowman, Robert Patterson, Michael Powers, John Quinn, Joseph Reed, George T. Roadarmel, Lemuel Rauck, John H. Rich, John Rich, Lindsay Raup, Henry Raup, William Raup, Alexander Robinson, Henry Robenold, Asa M. Richardson, John C. Reifsnyder, Zacharias Robenold, David C. Secor, Philo Steinmetz, John Scutchall, Edward Short, Lafayette Steffy, Alfred W. Standish, Joseph Shirey, Charles J. Smith, Jacob Stull, Joseph Shirk, Peter Swisher, William Suttle, Simon Struman, John Swart, George Sweney, Thomas Smith, John Seibert, Reuben Snyder, Joseph Smith, John Steinbacker, Oliver C. Sherman, William Stanley, William P. Shutt, David Stiber, Simon Springer, William H. Swenzell, Michael Shaffer, Reuben Snyder, Dennis Tobin, James Thurston, George Thomas, John Taylor, George Vandling, William H. Vannetta, John Vannetta, George E. Williams, Samuel Winguard, William Wherry, Levi F. Weida, Joseph Wetzell, Henry H. Wilson, John Yolton. FIFTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. Sullivan A. Meredith, J. William Hofmann, and Thomas S. Martin were colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major, respectively, of the Fifty- sixth at its organization in September, 1861. Leaving Harrisburg for Washington on the 8th of March, 1862, it was stationed at various points in the vicinity of the city and on the lower Potomac until the 27th of May, when it proceeded to Fredericksburg, encamping on the left bank of the Rappahannock. There it was occupied in performing guard duty until August, when it moved to Cedar Mountain, participating in several skirmishes. In the battle of Antietam it END OF PAGE 420 occupied the extreme right of Hooker's corps, and sustained but little loss, but in an engagement with the enemy on the 2d of November at Union it lost five killed and ten wounded, receiving the congratulations of the division commander for its gallant conduct. It held a position along the Bowling Green road at the battle of Fredericksburg, but suffered no loss. The winter of 1862-63 was passed at Pratt's Landing, at the mouth of Potomac creek. Breaking camp on the 28th of April, 1868, the regiment moved on the Chancellorsville campaign, losing two killed and seven wounded in a demonstration at Pollock's Mills. From the early part of May until the 7th of June it was encamped near the Fitz-Hugh house; it was then detailed to the support of cavalry at Brandy Station. The march toward Gettysburg commenced on the 25th of June, 1863. It this time formed part of the Second brigade of the First division of the First corps; this brigade was in the advance on the morning of July 1st, and the Fifty-sixth was the first regiment to get into position. As the enemy was within easy musket range, it was at once ordered to fire, and thus opened the battle. It was then posted on Oak ridge, but was soon afterward withdrawn to Seminary ridge; on the second day it occupied the angle at the summit of Culp's hill, and on the third it was moved to the cemetery to support the batteries on its crest, sustaining in this engagement a total loss of ten killed, sixty-seven wounded, and seventy- eight missing. It participated in the pursuit of the enemy, and passed the following winter in Virginia. On the 10th of March, 1864, it was granted a veteran furlough, returning to the front in time for the Wilderness campaign, in which it was conspicuous for gallantry on several occasions. It was variously engaged during the summer and autumn, participating in the advance to Hatcher's Run on the 27th of October, and to Hinckford on the 5th of December. After destroying several miles of the Weldon railroad on the 8th of December, it encamped between Lee's Mills and Jerusalem plank road on the 13th, remaining there until the 4th of February, 1865. On the 5th and 6th it took part in the second engagement at Hatcher's Run, shared in the perils and honors of the final campaign, and was mustered out of service at Philadelphia on the 1st of July, 1865. Companies C, D, G, K, and possibly others of this regiment contained men from Northumberland county. It is impossible to give a complete roster, but the following are known to have enlisted from Shamokin: C. Alderson, Patrick Burns, George B. Clark, Simon Collier, Jacob Christ, Henry Day, John Downey, John Meighan, Michael McCarty, John McCauley, Mark Moran, George Nolter, Francis Reed, John Reed, M. Schochnerry, James Strausser, Robert Toole, Thomas R. Williams, Stewart Yost, Thomas Clark, Michael Maher, William Boon, Francis Dunlavy, Jacob Guskey, Michael Haley, John McDonald, John F. Startzel, James Sterrett, Frank Startzel, George Wary, and Josiah Yohe. END OF PAGE 421