AREA HISTORY: Baltimore Defenders, Hanover, York County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Francis Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/york/ _______________________________________________ History of York County, Pennsylvania. John Gibson, Historical Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886. _______________________________________________ BALTIMORE DEFENDERS – Page 591 At the time of the advance of the British on Baltimore in 1814 Hanover and vicinity furnished two companies. The rank and file of the one company was as follows: Captain, Frederick Metzgar; first lieutenant, Henry Wirt; second lieutenant, George Immel; ensign, George Eiler; non-commissioned officers and privates, Joseph Morris, George Hoke, Samuel Himes, Jacob Hostetter, Jr., John Myers, John Bargelt, Tobias Beck, Leonard Buvinger, George Morningstar, John Dines, Thomas Jarvis, Jesse Horn, John Bange, Solomon Kuhn, Daniel Little, Henry Melsheimer, Henry Klein, David Shultz, John Reider, William -------, Jacob Waggoner, George Stauter, Benjamin Welsh, Christian Hass, Samuel Hawks, Henry Bange, David Storm, Edward Richard, George Myers, William Hoffman, Anthony Shorb, John Michael, David Blinzinger, Henry Stock, Jacob Cramer, John Douglass, John Weigle, Daniel Stoehr, Philip Apple, Jacob Hilt. The other company was commanded by Capt. John Bair. The only names that are now known, of soldiers who formed the rank and file and George Frysinger, Frederick Messing, Jacob Young, Frederick Bittinger, George Grove, John P. Storm, Samuel Flickinger, Adam Forney, George Grumbine, Samuel Weigle and John Beard. These two companies left Hanover on foot Sunday morning, August 28, 1814, and reached the city of Baltimore at 9 A. M., Tuesday, September 11, they were marched to North Point, where they lay all night on their arms, and next day, the memorable 12th of September, they took part in the engagement with the British, who retreated soon after, and the Hanover Companies together with other companies from York County, returned home after two weeks’ service, not being needed longer. For the history of the engagement in Hanover in 1863, see page 212.