History of Northumberland Co., PA - Chapters 12-13



CHAPTER 12 - Pages 391-396
WAR OF 1812
MOBILIZATION OF THE MILITIA - COMPANIES OF CAPTAINS ROBERT MCGUIGAN,
WILLIAM MCGUIRE, WILLIAM F. BUYERS, AND JACOB HUMMEL, AND LIEUTENANT
JOSEPH DREIBELBIES

   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 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."(1)
   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.
  
   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(2) 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
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(3) 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:-

   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(4) 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 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.

(1) Pennsylvania Archives (Second Series), Vol. XII. pp. 552, 569,
580, 581.

(2) Pennsylvania Archives (Second Series), Vol. XII. pp. 53-54.
  
(3) Pennsylvania Archives (Second Series), Vol. XII. pp. 222-224.
  
(4) Pennsylvania Archives (Second Series), Vol. XII. pp. 106-109




CHAPTER 13 - Pages 396-444
THE CIVIL WAR
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 - EIGHTIETH - ONE HUNDRED AND TWELFTH - FIFTY EIGHTH -
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIRST - ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SECOND - SEVENTY
FOURTH - MILITIA OF 1862 - MILITIA OF 1863 - SOLDIERS' MONUMENTS

   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 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.
  
   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. 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.
  
   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 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
authorities 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
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.
   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 Chickahominy, 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. 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
Trumbower, 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:-(1)
   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.
  
   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 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. 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.

   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,
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 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 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.

   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
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
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 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.

EIGHTIETH REGIMENT-SEVENTH CAVALRY

   The Seventh Cavalry was recruited in the counties of Schuylkill,
Lycoming, Tioga, Bradford, Northumberland, Montour, Clinton, Centre,
Chester, Luzerne, Dauphin, Cumberland, Berks, and Allegheny, and
organized at Camp Cameron with the following field officers: colonel,
George C. Wynkoop, of Pottsville; lieutenant colonel, William B. Sipes,
of Philadelphia; majors: James J. Serbert, of Philadelphia, James Given,
of West Chester, and John E. Wynkoop, of Pottsville. Regimental colors
were presented by Governor Curtin on the 18th of December, 1861, and on
the following day, in pursuance of orders from the Secretary of War, the
regiment started for Louisville, Kentucky; there it reported to General
Buell, of the Department of the Cumberland, and was placed in camp of
instruction at Jeffersonville, Indiana. Breaking camp toward the close
of January, 1862, it proceeded to Nashville, Tennessee, where the three
battalions separated, and were assigned to duty in western and middle
Tennessee. In May the Second and Third battalions participated in an
attack on the Confederate General Morgan at Lebanon, compelling him to
retreat. In June the First battalion moved with Negley's column for
Chattanooga, encountering the enemy at Sweden's Cove; and on the 13th of
July the Third battalion, with two infantry regiments and other troops,
was attacked by the enemy in overwhelming force at Murfreesboro and
compelled to surrender. On the 1st of July the First battalion, attached
to Smith's brigade, occupied Manchester; and early in the same month the
Second and Third, under Lieutenant Colonel Sipes, led the advance of
General Dumont's expedition across the Cumberland mountains, forming
part of General Nelson's command in his advance from McMinnville shortly
afterward. On the 21st of August the Second battalion participated at
Gallatin in a battle between the Federal and Confederate cavalry, in
which the former, on account of inferior numbers, suffered severely. The
First battalion accompanied General Buell in his retrograde movement
through Kentucky in September, 1862, the Second and Third remaining at
Nashville as part of General Negley's command.
   Upon the reorganization of the cavalry arm of the service in the
Army of the Cumberland under General Rosecrans in November, 1862, the
Seventh was assigned to the First brigade of the Second division. When
the army advanced upon the enemy at Murfreesboro in December this
brigade led the center, and the entire march from Nashville to Stone
river was a continuous battle between the cavalry of the two armies. On
the 31st an engagement occurred at Overall's creek, in which the Seventh
lost sixty-one. On the 31st of January the First brigade was ordered to
proceed to Rover and break up a Confederate outpost, which was done with
entire success. A variety of movements was participated in during the
months of April, May, and June, culminating in the capture of Shelbyville
on the 27th of June, in which the Seventh regiment rendered conspicuously
gallant service. Skirmishes occurred at Elk river on the 3d of July, at
Sparta on the 17th of August and early in September the regiment moved
with the army on the Chickamauga campaign, passing through Tennessee into
Alabama in pursuit of Wheeler in August. Early in 1804, while stationed at
Huntsville, Alabama, a large part of the regiment re-enlisted, and was
given a veteran furlough. Breaking camp on the 30th of April, 1864, it
joined Garrard's division and set out with Sherman towards Atlanta,
joining in Kilpatrick's raid several months later and taking part in a
number of engagements. This was a campaign of unusual severity, and at its
close the regiment was remounted and equipped at Louisville, completing
its preparations for the campaign of 1865 at Gravelly Springs, Alabama. It
joined the command of General James H. Wilson on the 22d of March,
marching with his expedition across the Gulf States from Eastport,
Mississippi. On the 1st of April it was engaged at Plantersville, and on
the following day arrived in front of Selma. It led the assault upon the
fortifications of that city, suffering severe loss, and carrying the
defenses triumphantly not-withstanding the determined resistance of the
enemy. On the 16th of April it was engaged at Columbus, Georgia, and on
the 20th arrived at Macon, where, the war having closed, it remained until
mustered out on the 13th of August.
   Company D was recruited in Northumberland and Montour counties, with
the following roster:-

   Captains: James Bryson, John T. Newcomer, Uriah C. Hartranft, Samuel C.
Bryson.
   First Lieutenants: Joseph Castles, John Schuyler, Jr.
   Second Lieutenants: James S. Henderson, Jesse B. Bank, Michael
Breckbill.
   Sergeants: William A. Hartranft, Michael N. Bushey, Alfred Roberts,
Samuel M. Blain, Joseph D. Wolf, Franklin McFarland, Martin L. Kurtz,
Abraham G. Leiser, D. Webster Rank, Peter R. Wagner, Joseph W. Davis,
Daniel F. Wagner, F. J. Trumbower.
   Corporals: Aaron M. Yocum, Charles A. Dentler, Joseph V. Fulton,
Charles E. Wagner, Henry C. Artman, Uriah S. Hayes, Martin Yerk, Aaron
B. Koons, Joseph L. Heffler, William Koons.
   Buglers: Jacob H. Wagner, James C. Irwin, Neil Guigune.
   Saddlers: Charles Kerlin, Oliver P. Barr. Blacksmiths: Hiram
Wertman, William Perry.
   Privates: Lewis Artman, Henry Billman, William Biggart, Montgomery
Brush, John C. Brown, Clinton W. Boon, Samuel Boyer, William Bly, James
C. Bly, Jacob T. Balliett, William Barnhart, Robert M. Biggart, Charles
A. Balliett, William D. Balliett, Reuben Confear, Charles Crouse, Adam
Crawford, Peter Curner, Timothy Crimmins, Henry Conrad, Luther B. Cole,
Jacob Cramer, Rockwell Demund, John Divers, Charles Dewalt Richard
Dougherty, Peter Dentler, Joseph E. Dougherty, John Dugan, Daniel G.
Dilldine, Thomas J. Ellis, John Elick, Henry J. Fry, Jeremiah Flech,
William A. Fetter, Joseph Falls, John W. Freese, William W. Gray, Isaac
D. Gensel, George S. Gold, H. H. Gwynne, William H. Garrett, Elias High,
William B. High, Henry J. Hower, Joseph Hess, Thomas Huff, George M.
Hoffman, S. W. Hagenbuck, William F. Heiney, John Huff, William Huff,
George E. Hill, Benjamin Hefner, Levi S. Hays, James H. Harman, Ellis L.
Irvin, John Jarrett, Thomas R. Johnson, William Jackson, William H.
Keiffer, John Kerchner, James Koons, Levi Keener, Amos H. Kisner,
Charles Kemerer, Jacob H. Krisher, Silas Kirk, Jesse Kisner, Oliver P.
Koons, Samuel E. Leinbach, Walter Lynn, Elias Lynn, Samuel Lilly, Henry
Larkins, John H. Morrison, Robert B. Miller, William D. Moyer, John H.
Moyer, Robert J. Miller, Benjamin F. Miller, John Meadowcroft, William
Machamer, Isaac Y. Messinger, George R. Miller, Lee M. Morton, John
Machamer, George Masser, George W. McCollen, Robert A. McMahan, David
McKean, Charles C. McCormick, William McCormick, William C. McCoy, S. W.
McIlrath, Charles S. Nicely, John Nelson, Reuben Nicholas, John A. Opp,
John O'Connor, James O'Day, Samuel Ormrod, George H. Pfleger, Frederick
M. Roberts, Jonathan Rogers, James Reeder, Hiram Reynolds, Franklin
Richards, George L. Riffle, John Robenold, Charles Russle, Samuel
Robenold, Samuel Sprout, John S. Schuyler, Aaron Sechler, George Snyder,
Abram L. Sterner, Ellis A. Snyder, Ellis Shaner, John B. Sees, Peter
Shady, Jacob Shady, Abraham Shuman, David S. Specs, Israel Sanders,
William B. Stout, Harman A. Sevison, Jeremiah Slaght, William Stitzel,
James D. Strine, William H. Stimner, Simon Snyder, Adam Schuyler, Newton
L. Sayers, Thomas Sanders, Jacob D. Smith, John Tomy, Robert C. Watson,
Herman G. Wolf, James F. Watts, William W. Wertman, George H. Wykoff,
John Wesner, Cyrus Wertman, Richard S. Worral, Thomas A. Worral, William
W. Weeks, Philip Willard, Daniel C. Weik, Daniel Wise, Albert B. Watson,
John S. Welliver, Angustus J. Watson, Henry Wenerick.
  
ONE HUNDRED AND TWELFTH REGIMENT - SECOND PENNSYLVANIA HEAVY ARTILLERY

    The Second Artillery organized in January, 1862, with Charles
Augeroth as colonel, John H. Oberteuffer, lieutenant colonel, and
William Candidus, major. On the 9th of January three companies were
ordered to Fort Delaware, and on the 25th of February the remaining
seven were ordered to Washington, where they were assigned to duty in
the fortifications near Bladensburg. The three companies at Fort
Delaware rejoined the main body of the regiment on the 19th of March,
and on the 24th of November its numbers were further increased by the
addition of two companies from Luzerne county. The regiment remained in
the works north of the Potomac until the 26th of March, 1864, when it was
transferred to Forts Ethan Allen and Marcy, south of the river. At that
time it numbered considerably more than the quota allowed by law, and it
was accordingly determined to organize a provisional regiment from the
surplus men; this was effected on the 20th of April, 1864, and the Second
Provisional Heavy Artillery was assigned to duty with the Ninth corps. It
participated in the battle of the Wilderness, and in all the operations of
the campaign until it arrived before Petersburg. The original regiment was
ordered to the front in May, arriving at Port Royal on the 28th, and at
Cold Harbor on the 4th of June. The Second battalion joined in a charge
upon the Confederate intrenched line on the 18th of June, losing ten
killed and sixty-five wounded. During the months of June, July, and August
the regiment performed arduous duties in the trenches, losing in that time
more than half its effective strength. A consolidation with the
provisional regiment was effected on the 5th of September; on the 20th
the First and Second battalions joined in an attack on Fort Harrison,
losing more than two hundred men, including several of the principal
officers. The regiment occupied the line south of Fort Harrison until
December 2, 1864, when it was ordered to the Bermuda front. After the
evacuation of Petersburg it was ordered to that city, and after the
final surrender of the Confederate forces the companies were distributed
throughout the lower counties of Virginia. It was mustered out of
service at City Point, Virginia, January 29, 1866, and discharged at
Philadelphia on the 16th of February.
   There were about forty-five men in this regiment from Northumberland
County, distributed through various companies.

FIFTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT

    The Fifty-eighth was recruited at Philadelphia and vicinity by J.
Richter Jones, its first colonel, and in the northwestern counties,
including Northumberland and Luzerne, by Carlton B. Curtis, its first
lieutenant colonel. The organization occurred on the 13th of February,
1862, and, breaking camp on the 8th of March, the regiment proceeded to
Fortress Monroe, where, on the 10th of May, it was assigned to an
expedition against Norfolk. There it performed provost guard duty, and
was engaged in guard duty at Portsmouth navy yard and elsewhere in the
vicinity until October, when it was ordered to Suffolk From that point
it participated in several expeditions to the Blackwater. On the 5th of
January, 1863, it embarked with a force under Major General Foster for
Beaufort, North Carolina, and at Bachelor's Creek Station, eight miles
west of Newbern, constructed a fortified camp. On the 13th of February
Colonel Jones surprised a Confederate camp at Sandy Ridge, taking one
hundred forty-three prisoners, and throughout the spring and early
summer the regiment was constantly engaged in repelling attacks from
detached parties of the enemy. On the 16th of April it served as a
protection to the right flank of a column of Union troops passing from
Newbern to Little Washington. On the 21st of May the Confederate camp at
Gum Swamp was attacked and one hundred seventy-five prisoners captured.
The regiment was ordered to Washington, North Carolina, on the 27th of
June; there it was posted at various points in detachments, and acquired
proficiency in artillery practice. On the last day of the year an
expedition was made to the vicinity of Greenville, resulting in the
capture of prisoners and horses. Guard and picket duty was continued
without incident until the evacuation of the post at Washington was
ordered at the close of April. The entire command then proceeded to
Fortress Monroe, where the Fifty-eighth was incorporated in the Third
brigade of the First division, Eighteenth army corps. On the 9th of May
the division had a sharp encounter with the enemy near the Appomattox,
this regiment sustaining a loss of twenty. It was assigned to the work of
destroying the Petersburg and Richmond railroad on the following day, and
throughout the remainder of the campaign on the south side of the James,
though constantly employed in field and fatigue duty, was not closely
engaged. When the Eighteenth corps was transferred to Grant's army, the
Fifty-eighth embarked for White House, and arrived at Cold Harbor on the
1st of June. It was immediately ordered to the front, losing thirty-five
killed and wounded. Two days later it participated in the grand assault of
the Union forces upon the enemy's works at Cold Harbor, and again
sustained serious loss.
   The veterans of this regiment were given a furlough on the 24th of
June, returning to the front on the 25th of August, 1864; on the evening
of September 28th, crossing the James river, the Fifty-eighth was
assigned with another Pennsylvania regiment to the difficult and
dangerous duty of assaulting Fort Harrison, one of the most important
points in the Confederate line of defense between the river and White
Oak swamp. This was triumphantly effected on the 29th, but of nine
officers and two hundred twenty-eight men who advanced to the charge,
six officers and one hundred twenty-eight men were either killed or
wounded, and the regimental colors were almost completely annihilated.
On the afternoon of the same day the Fifty-eighth joined in an attack
upon the Star fort; this was also successful, but the advantage gained
was lost by the failure of re-enforcements to arrive at a critical
moment. The regiment was employed in picket, guard, and fatigue duty
from this time, participating in active movements at various places.
After the surrender of Lee it was assigned to duty in the lower counties
of Virginia under orders of the Freedmen's bureau, and was finally
mustered out on the 24th of January, 1866.
   Company I was recruited in Luzerne and Northumberland counties The
roster is as follows:-

   Captains: John Buyers, Angelo Jackson.
   First Lieutenants: Thomas Birmingham, Heber Painter.
   Second Lieutenant, John B. Searles.
   Sergeants: William H. Blair, Robert Hedian, James Harlor, Samuel Wolf,
William H. Gass, Norman W. Haas, John M. Dickover, Samuel C. Barton,
George W. Klase.
   Corporals: Robert Martin, George W. Adams, Hiram Fisher, Samuel Taylor,
George D. Aton, John Fisher, H. Housewart, James De Witt, Joseph Nagle,
Solomon Yordy, Joseph Crist, Henry Bartsher, Bennett E. Cobley. Daniel
Boughner, Jacob M. Boyd, L. R Gaffney.
   Musician, John Mullen.
   Privates: Solomon P. Aton, Louis Angermiller, H. A. Addleman, Samuel
Bartsher, Aaron Burket, Robert Brown, John Barton, Martin L. Bloom, Robert
W. Bell, Edward Berney, Charles H. Cook, William R. Cook, Samuel Crist,
Joseph E. Carpenter, Daniel Conrad, William K. Conrad, Henry Conrad,
Patrick Carl, Thomas Cruse, Henry C. Cook, Samuel T. Coleman, Daniel
Deets, James E. Danton, Alfred S. Dennis, Asmus Damen, Benjamin F. Diehl,
Edward E. Doran, John Doon, George Eckhart, William H. Freeman, Philip
Forester, James C. Fleming, Solomon Fausold, Henry Gutschall, Joseph
Gregory, John G. Groner, Emanuel Gutschall, William Galagher, Harris A.
Hopper, Samuel Heim, Thomas Hudson, John Hardman, James Hoey, Patrick
Hughes, Benjamin F. Heffner, John A. Jennings, Thomas Kelley, August W.
Keiber, George Lewis, Martin Loftus, George W. Lee, James Lafferty, Robert
Leach, Levi S. Lloyd, Edward Long, William B. Martin, Henry Miller, James
Masterson, George D. Mott, John Mench, John Morisey, Anthony Marse, James
Morisey, Charles Mott, Michael Morgan, George McDonald, Lafayette McClure,
Robert McClure, Michael McCarty, Moses C. Norris, Winthrop Oplinger,
George Oplinger, Albert W. Osborn, Charles A. Peal, John Reed, Patrick
Rafter, Cornelius Robins, Jonathan Rogers, Benjamin F. Reel, William
Reeser, Elias Raker, Joseph Reitz, James Riley, William Reeser, John G.
Snyder, George F. Slocum, Jacob Slough, M. M. Shoemaker, Ernest Storkey,
William H. Skillham, Joseph M Snyder, Emanuel Stroh, John Sharp, Andrew E.
Stewart, George E. Shafer, Thomas Savage, Norman R. Tracey, Edward
Vangross, John G. Vanleer, William Woods, De L. S. Wynn, Julius Wirth,
Thomas Wright, Martin Welsh, Louis G. Weeks, John Winer, William Williams,
Henry Walz, Henry Werman, John Williams, Oliver Yohe, Nathan Yohe, Peter
Zeliff.
   In an historical sketch of this company A. N. Brice states that to
it "belongs the honor of first entering the rebel capital after the
surrender and Robert Martin, of Sunbury, carried the first flag into the
city of Richmond at the head of our victorious army."
  
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT

    Four companies of this regiment - C, D, E, and F - were recruited
in Northumberland county. It was a nine months' regiment, and organized
at Camp Curtin with Peter H. Allabach, colonel, William B. Shaut,
lieutenant Colonel, and Robert W. Patton, major. Proceeding immediately
to Washington and thence to Virginia, it moved to the vicinity of
Alexandria and from that place to Fort Ward, where it was assigned to
picket duty on the Leesburg road and Little River turnpike. When the
Maryland campaign opened it marched to Frederick city, and thence, on the
afternoon of September 17, 1862, to Antietam, where it arrived in time to
relieve troops exhausted by that battle. At Fredericksburg on the 13th of
December it sustained a total loss of one hundred seventy-seven. Leaving
its winter quarters on the 28th of April for the Chancellorsville
campaign, it arrived at the Chancellor House on the 1st of May, and
participated in a variety of movements until the 15th, when its term of
service expired. Eight days later it was mustered out at Harrisburg.
   Company C was recruited by Thomas B. Jones and A. N. Brice. Leaving
for Harrisburg on the 9th of August, 1862, it was mustered into service
on the 14th. It returned to Sunbury on the 25th of May, and was tendered
an enthusiastic reception by the citizens. The roster of this company is
as follows:-

   Captain, Thomas B. Jones.
   First Lieutenants: Joseph L. Reeder, A. N. Brice.
   Second Lieutenant, Owen M. Fowler.
   Sergeants: David M. Nesbit, Lott B. Weitzel, George Arnold, Ephraim
Foulke, John Hillbourn, Lorenzo D. Robins.
   Corporals: Samuel Bower, Ira M. Rockefeller, Silas B. Snyder,
Charles P. Seasholtz, Solomon P. Klase, Ezeriah Campbell, John B.
Eckman, John A. Bucher, Samuel Swank.
   Musicians: James E. Forrester, Kimber C. Farrow.
   Privates: Jesse M. Auchmuty, Milton Bastress, Edward L. Beck,
William H. Beck, Benjamin F. Barnhart, Cyrus G. Bittenbender, Sylvanus
Bird, John B. Boughner, Joseph Conrad, Abraham Culp, Charles H. Culp,
John L. Cooper, Hiram Dill, John Dawson, Wesley Ely, John Ernst, William
Evert, John K. Erdman, John Evert, John Fox, George Farley, Peter
Fisher, William Good, Jacob T. Hepner, Elias Hoover, James Hunt, Samuel
J. Hoey, Adam S. Haas, James Harris, Francis Hoover, John Hoffman,
Frederick Hammer, John K. Haas, George D. Irwin, Thomas Johnson, Moses
Kulp, James Kincaid, T. Koppenheffer, Joel Koppenheffer, Daniel M.
Kershner, Peter Kulp, Jacob Keiser, Jeremiah Koppenheffer, James W.
Lyon, George W. Lavan, William Maguire, Vandine Martz, Charles Mettler,
Henry W. Moore, Sylvester Myers, George Mantz, Jacob Mower, Alonzo
Osmon, Oliver Oberdorf, Daniel S. Peiper, Henry K. Price, Samuel Buch,
Jesse J. Reed, Samuel Reed, Servetus O. Reed, John Smith, William
Savidge, John L. Shipman, Saul Shipman, Henry R. Shipp, B. F. Stambach,
Josiah Strausser, Francis M. Smith, Isaac Sarvis, Charles A. Spratt,
Landis Starner, George Y. Weimer, Peter Wentz, David Willet, Samuel
Welker, Conrad Yeager, Solomon Yeager, William Yeager, Adonijah Yocum.
   Company D was composed as follows:-
   Captain, David A. McManigal
   First Lieutenant, David B. Wilson.
   Second Lieutenant, D. D. Mutthersbough.
   Sergeants: James W. Couch, J. W. Hackenberg, William A. Troxell,
Roland Thompson, Homer Benedict, Henry McLaughlin.
   Corporals: George W. Smithers, David Sterrett, Samuel Haffly,
Samuel M. Brown, Joseph T. Rothrock, Adam B. Weidman, Levi A. Mentzer,
Boswell S. Parker, Harrison J. Miller.
   Musicians: Samuel E. Long, Franklin W. Smith.
   Privates: Henry Arnold, John T. Arnold, William F. Alexander, E.
Alexander, William B. Alexander, William B. Anderson, Ambrose M. Aults,
William B. Bell, William J. Barger, William Benny, Harvey A. Bratton,
James Beaver, James H. Brower, Josiah H. Conley, Martin Conley, James S.
Castner, John A. Crissman, George Davis, Daniel Dill, George K. Dippery,
Abram Files, Ebenezer B. Ford, Samuel M. Greer, John M. Galbraith, James
Guthrie, Miles P. Guiher, Henry C. Hoffman, John B. Hesser, John Hook,
Levi Hook, Daniel Hardy, John B. Hummel, James I. Hacket, William C.
Heister, Charles E. Kyle, David S. Kemp, Jacob A. Kauffman, Abram
Kishler, John S. Long, Samuel G. Longwell, David E. Latchford, Joseph P.
Landis, Isaac M. Lenthurst, B. H. Montgomery, Allen P. Mitchell, William
A. Mitchell, George D. Mitchell, Henry T. Mitchell, William B. Moran,
Albert L. Magill, Charles Marks, Edward P. Mertz, Mahlon McKlips, George
R. Orr, John W. Ort, Alvin B. Parker, Jacob Price, Allison Price,
Augustns H. Peters, George H. Pratt, James B. Boss, William Rigle, Jacob
A. Rohrer, Noah A. Roamig, H. H. Renninger, John W. Riden, David
Robenold, Hiram Smith, David Stinberger, James W. Smith, John M. Stine,
George W. Stroup, George W. Stahl, David Shank, Joseph H. Smith, Joseph
H. Wagoner, William Walters, William P. Witherow, George W. Wilson.
   Company E, though not a distinctively Northumberland county
organization, had a considerable representation therefrom; the roster is
as follows:-

   Captain, Isaiah B. Davis.
   First Lieutenant: William A. Bruner, William H. Wolfe.
   Second Lieutenant, Leander M. Morton.
   Sergeants: John Peterman, Elias Bart, Henry J. Heinen, John H. Easton,
Samuel Logan, Warren F. Brenizer.
   Corporals: William A. Straub, W. B. Chamberlin, William H. Taggart,
Martin L. Buthraff, Ephraim Hester, William Angstadt, Currin Cahill,
Joseph R. Bright.
   Musicians: John Logan, Charles F. Burns.
   Privates: Isadore A. Aicher, Julius Arbeiter, Martin F. Angeny, James
W. Bogert, James Burnman, James Bartholomew, Thomas Brooks, Edward Brous,
Isaiah Blair, David P. Bogle, Samuel Byerly, James H. Burner, Alfred B.
Chapin, Andrew Dotts, Charles Eisele, Philip Eisele Thomas Everett, Daniel
Everett, Benjamin Fagely, William A. Fisher, Philip H. Follmer, A. J.
Fisher, Reese D. Gauby, Henry J. Gaskin, William Gibson, David R. Hause,
William Hautzicker, John M. Hulsizer, John Huhn, James Halsey, Franklin
Hause, Samuel J. Irwin, Andrew F. Irwin, Reuben H. Kram, David E. Kutz,
Charles Kint, David Kieffer, Charles B. Krauser, David J. Kram, George W.
Kepler, William H. Leisenring, Jeremiah Leinbach; R. M. Longmore, Phineas
Leiser, William Machamer, James Murphy, Robert Miller, Charles Mathias,
Jacob Meixel, Samuel M. Miller, James Montgomery, James McCutcheon, John
McGinnis, Henry Newberry, Isaac Newberry, George W. Overpeck, Wellington
Peeler, Charles M. Rissell, James M. Ritter, John W. Rantz, G. W.
Richalderfer, William A. Runkle, Daniel Rissle, Jacob Smith, William
Spotts, Mathias Strine, George C. Sheets, Levi B. Schock, Samuel Shadman,
Thomas H. Sweitzer, Joseph Straub, Jesse Smith, John A. Sommers, John B.
Straub, Jacob Smith, William H. Trego, John K. Trego, William Wertman,
Joseph Wortz, Henry Walben, Curtis B. Watson.
   Company F had the following roster:-
   Captains: George W. Ryan, Lewis Miller.
   First Lieutenant, Frank W. Keller.
   Second Lieutenants: Jeremiah Snyder, M. L. Wagonseller.
   Sergeants: John S. Burkhart, Theophilus Swineford, W. H. Gemberling,
Sephares S. Schock, John H. Louis, John Gardner.
   Corporals: William N. Keister, Henry Barbin, S. M. Hendricks,
Joseph S. Glover, John J. Gundrum, Henry Steininger, Benjamin J. Smith,
Calvin J. Schock, Henry W. Mattis.
   Musicians: Jeremiah Mohney, Henry E. Richter.
   Privates: Francis Artley, Jacob Arbogast, Phares Blett, Edward K.
Boyer, Absalom Beaver, Henry W. Benfer, Elias Boreman, Benjamin Bachman,
Edward L. Buffington, John W. Bustle, William M. Boyer, Ner Bishop, John
Bollinger, Henry F. Charles, William M. Curns, Jacob J. Erb, Martin L.
Fisher, James Gibbs, Matthew B. Gardner, G. W. Gemberling, John P.
Greiner, John Gilbert, Henry Getz, David Getz, George G. Greiner, Jaoob
Hendricks, William Heater, John M. Howell, Ephraim Howell, G. E.
Hackenberg, Wellington Housworth, John J. Housworth, John Hagerty, Enos
H. Harmon, Samuel K. Hoot, Galen Haupt, Perry Jarrett, William Keller,
George A. Kline, Paul H. Knepp, David H. Kempfer, Jackson W. Kline,
Samuel Koch, Jeremiah Long, Benjamin F. Loss, D. W. Laudenslager, Alfred
F. Miller, Henry Mull, George Martin, George A. Musser, James Musser,
Elias C. Minium, Henry J. Miller, John W. McBay, Martin W. Rowe, William
H. Rowe, James Roush, H. H. Renninger, Henry Benninger, John Rahmstine,
Jonas Renninger, Abraham Renninger, Samuel Snyder, David G. Schive,
Jacob P. Snyder, Samuel Smith, Henry Schroyer, J. A. Stahlstecker,
Robert Spaid, John Spahr, Jacob J. Stroub, James P. Smith, Edmund F.
Teats, Elias Treaster, J. P. Winnleman, Abraham Wagner, Henry Weiport,
John F. Wagner.
  
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND REGIMENT-THIRD ARTILLERY

    The Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery was formed in the spring of
1863 by the consolidation of the commands of Colonel Segebarth and Major
Roberts, and organized with Joseph Roberts, colonel, B. V. W. Howard,
lieutenant colonel, and John A. Darling, major. Though originally
designed for special duty at Fortress Monroe, the regiment performed a
large share of field duty. One company was stationed at Baltimore, but
with this exception detachments from the entire regiment participated in
a number of engagements of more or less importance on the James,
Chickahominy, and Nansemond rivers, and also in the capture of Fort
Fisher, North Carolina. During the campaign before Petersburg, Companies
D, E, G, and M served in the Army of the James, and were posted at
Bermuda Front. After the downfall of the Confederacy these companies
returned to duty at Fortress Monroe, and during the incarceration of
Jefferson Davis at that place he was under guard of detachments from
this regiment.
   Battery D was principally from Northumberland county, and was
composed as follows;-

   Captains: Henry A. Colt, Edwin A. Evans.
   First Lieutenants: Frederick R. Kent, James F. Kline, Sylvester W.
Marshall.
   Second Lieutenants: William E. Dorsey, E. W. Sheibner, Lemuel
Shipman, Loren M. Leonard.
   Sergeants: Josiah B. Edwards, Charles C. Jones, John Hawley, Robert
Burk, Benjamin F. Cox, William Cook, John McLane, Francis M. Thomas, A.
W. Minich, George H. Borger, Joseph Randall, John McLeod, John V.
Walker.
   Corporals: F. H. Diettrich, Henry Brown, John E. Eckman, Tobias
Reinard, Uriah Marteeny, George Carey, John Nungesser, Theobald M.
Fields, William H. Boyer, Thomas Lawson, William D. Fisher, Alonzo
Lockard, Jared Boardman, Uriah Foulk, Joseph M. Barkman, John Barnhardt,
Martin V. Stafford.
   Artificers: John Diemer, Hiram Hendricks, William Furman.
   Privates: Jonathan Arbogast, C. H. Ackenbach, John W. Allen, James
Ayling, Charles Arnott, David Augstadt, William Atherton, Joseph Aspy,
W. Bashore, Alex Bigham, Charles Brobst, Virgil Buchanan, E. J. Bowman,
James S. Bombay, Charles M. Bowman, Jacob Boyer, James Blackford, Richard
Brown, James Brown, William Brown, Robert W. Brooks, John Balsher, W. H.
Blessington, Charles C. Bent, David W. W. Ball, Henry Breadbiner, John
Barrett, John Brown, Thomas Buckley, Henry Burson, Reinhart Becker,
William Blazzard, Thomas Burgess, William Biens, James Buchanan, William
Crider, Alem B. Clever, Henry C. Crawford, Hugh H. Conway, Daniel Curtis,
Levi Connor, Abraham Connor, William J. Core, John H. Camp, M. Cunningham,
Charles P. Clow, George Cox, Michael Carr, Andrew Curtis, Thomas Coyle,
James Callahan, John Cameron, James Connor, Isaac Dawson, James B. Drum,
L. H. Dimmick, John Detuk, James Dille, George Derk, John G. Dennison,
William C. Davis, John Dillman, George W. Dailes, John Dean, William Dowd,
Henry Dennison, James Duffy, William Evans, Thomas J. Eisely, William H.
Evo, Joseph Ernst, Alvin Fowler, Evan Fisher, Amos J. Fortney, J.
Farnsworth, Josiah Frantz, Samuel Fields, Frederick Fleshett, John Fox,
Charles Forhad, Robert Gillaspy, John A. Grant, Augustus Grove, Minus
Gallagher, Francis K. Gibbs, Charles Griffin, Thomas Goover, Charles
Gallagher, Oliver Henton, Henry Helt, Henry Hart, Ovid Hoyt, S. H.
Halderman, Elijah J. Hoover, R. S. Hartpence, W. H. Harden, Thomas E.
Harder, Arthur G. Harder, William Hendershot, George D. Hughes, Andrew
Hunlock, William H. Hays, George Harder, Scott Hide, John Henry, John
Harkess, Richard Ingham, Allbright Jones, Franklin Johnson, John Jordan,
Thomas Jones, Richard Jackson, Elisha Kisner, W. H. Knowlton, John
Kinlock, Uriah G. Kerst, Lewis Kiffer, Merrit H. Kocher, John T. Kidder,
Thomas R. King, William Kisner, Jacob W. Kline, Lorenzo Z. Kase, T. L.
Kramer, William Kinley, C. L. Kenney, John Kean, George Long, Lloyd
Lomberson, H. C. Lomberson, Eugene Lewis, John Lynch, Henry Logan, Joseph
Long, Jacob Lefferts, Levin Lawson, L. C. Leech, Emanuel Lewis, John B.
Little, Charles Livingston, John Laughlin, Thomas Leonard, Henry Little,
Miles Marteeny, Martin Mainnung, Mathias Murray, William Moore, John
Martin, John Messner, Ellis Mordan, John D. Miller, John M. Moyer, B. F.
Moyer, David Miser, Robert Morrow, Robert Montgomery, John Mills, Peter
Moyer, John Mair, George W. Moore, William Miller, Hammond Miller,
Franklin Mearady, William McMillen, George McGee, George McAfee, George
McMier, John McCoy, David McGee, John McCullum, George McGowan, Michael
McConnell, P. McMasterson, Peter McGrath, Daniel C. Neagley, Hunter P.
Newbury, Joseph Noriconk, Charles J. Nuss, Wesley P. Norris, Robert Oman,
Henry M. Oberdorf, Clemson Osmon, John Otlinger, Alfred Putnam, F. B.
Patrick, Charles O. Power, Philander Putnam, Ezra Roush, Joshua M. Roush,
Isaac Row, John R. Reynolds, William A. Ringler, George W. Reifsnyder,
Sebastian Rupp, Richard Remington, Charles Robinson, John Reichley,
Jacob Rifley, James R. Ross, Cornelius Robinson, David Robinson, Robert
Rallston, John A. Rhoads, George Rinall, John T. Stratton, Samuel Spies
Josiah Sweetland, James Small, Stewart Sterner, B. F. Sterner, David R.
Stevens, Christian Sode, Jacob Scheetz, John Settle, Samuel E. Stadden,
Henry K. Springer, Lafayette Snyder, Samuel Smith, Thomas Sullivan,
Ellis Snyder, John Shenfelt, John A. Shout. Abner V. Scott, John O.
Smith, Edward G. Smith, Miles Solomon. B. F. Snyder, George Smith,
Andrew Snyder, Moses Stump, Jesse Sullivan, William Smith, Herman
Schrauber, John H. Stone, Frederick Smith, John Shenk, Jerome Tressler,
George W. Trimble, James P. Thornton, Jonathan Tressler, John Thomas,
Amos Townsend, James Thompson, John Taylor, James Taylor, Charles H. Tool,
Gilbert Vandling, David Vankirk, William H. Vankirk, Daniel S. Weiley,
William Weaver, Henry J. Weaver, Henry C. Weaver, George W. Whitenight, J.
Wackershauser, W. Wackershauser, Henry Walburn, William Wertz, Durell J.
Wharton, H. Winterstein, John Weaver, George W. Woodward, David Wilt,
James B. Wallace, Edwin Wynn, John D. Wilder, Thomas Wilson, Charles
White, Henry Wilson, George Worth, George Weisert, John Winn, David
Williams, S. K. Wilson, Elisha Yohe, Riley Zerbe, Nicholas Zeigler.
  
SEVENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT

    The Seventy-fourth was originally a German regiment, recruited at
Pittsburgh, and known at first as the Thirty-fifth. There was no
organized representation in its ranks from Northumberland county until
near the close of the war. In March, 1865, its numerical strength having
been greatly reduced by casualties and by the expiration of the terms of
enlistment of many of its men, seven new companies were assigned to it,
among which were two from this county. At that date Colonel Gottlieb
Hoburg was in command, and the regiment was stationed in West Virginia
on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. From Green Spring it
proceeded to Beverly, remaining at that point from the 8th of April to
the 12th of May. It was then ordered to Clarksburg, where the extensive
government stores from which the troops in West Virginia were supplied
were assigned to its protection. With headquarters at this point and
subsequently at Parkersburg, the regiment was detailed by squads and
companies for guard duty along the Parkersburg branch of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. It was mustered out at Clarksburg on the 29th of
August, 1865.
   Company C, from Northumberland county, was composed as follows:-
   Captains: Elias P. Rohbach, John H. Lewis.
   First Lieutenant, Samuel S. Hendricks.
   Second Lieutenants: Clinton D. Rohrbach, Benjamin F. Bright.
   Sergeants: Ernst L. Starkloff, H. B. Longsdorf, William H. Row,
Peter S. Gussler, John G. Young.
   Corporals: A. H. Boyer, Jacob Fetter, Perry Jarret, Uriah Foulk,
Alexander Cassatt, W. B. Longsdorf, Joseph R. Bright, Philip Keefer.
   Musicians: Henry Cassatt, P. F. Zimmerman.
   Privates: Philip Arrison, Phares Adams, Henry Billman, Jacob W.
Bright, Charles H. Bucher, Henry W. Bucher, John Bell, John T. Bower,
Absalom Beaver, Henry Boyer, Henry D. Bucher, Levi Beaver, Daniel K.
Conrad, Jacob Cassatt, Peter H. Coble, Leonard Dole, Landis Fry, James
P. Griggs, William Gaeringer, Monroe Geasy, George B. Genther, Jackson
W. Harp, F. J. Haughton, John W. Hopper, Thomas Henninger, Bernard A.
Hopper, Galen Holshue, Frederick Herman, Aaron Hummel, Michael K.
Herman, Edward Israel, Daniel Jarrett, Martin S. Kaufman, Henry Kemble,
Eli Kerlin, John Leeser, James W. Lyon, John J. Landaw, Gideon Landaw,
Frank Leader, William Lessman, Solomon Lesser, Martin Mills, John Messner,
Samuel Milkof, Thomas E. Metzgar, Joseph W. Meyers, James McPherson,
Robert B. McCay, James P. McKenney, Allen J. McKain, William C. Otto,
Albert Robiny, John Raker, William H. Rohrbach, Julius Ray, George A.
Reeser, William Ritter, John Ritter, Laferius Renninger, Peter M. Snyder,
John J. Shire, Noah Stettler, John Stettler, Peter Stepp, John Shuyler,
Henry Upslinger, John Wilver, John Zimmerman, Henry Zerbe.
   Company E was also recruited in Northumberland county; the
following is the roster:-

   Captain, William H. Wolfe.
   First Lieutenant, Henry M. Spayd.
   Second Lieutenant, James T. McGregor.
   Sergeants: Henry S. Thomas, Charles H. Seaman, Thomas Satterson,
Adam Batdorf, James Murphy, William Irvin.
   Corporals: Joseph Middleton, Jacob Haus, Hiram Dye, Thomas Brooks,
Owen Nagle, Lott B. Weitzel, John S. Middleton, Samuel J. Irvin.
   Musicians: John Marshall, Samuel B. Morgan.
   Privates: George W. Askine, Alexander W. Blair, James Buoy, William
H. Blind, Nathaniel Burkhart, Amos H. Barrett, G. F. Baker, Charles C.
Bright, Joseph Burk, C. W. Coleman, Reuben C. Creitzer, William Coup,
Daniel W. Cox, J. Datesman, Elam Diefenderfer, James Dixon, John Divel,
William H. H. Diehl, Stephen B. Dodge, George R. Detweiler, Winfield S.
Eckert, Jacob H. Ernst, Michael Fix, William H. Freed, William D.
Freymire, John J. Gehrig, James D. Gehrig, William J. Gaskins, Charles
M. Goodman, Edwin F. Gold, William Y. Gray, William F. Gressler, Joseph
B. Gehrig, Samuel Hoagland, James Hoagland, William Hull, John Hilbourn,
Reese S. Harris, William H. Huth, Joseph R. Housel, Isaac Harline,
William A. Imbody, George Imbody, Samuel J. James, Arthur L. Kline, John
D. Kline, Henry Kissinger, Oliver P. Kaufman, Stephen Kendrick, Benjamin
Klingfelter, David H. Keefer, William H. Miller, Henry Montague,
Benjamin Miller, Levi A. Mathias, John Martin, George W. Overpeck, John
Peeler, Jr., Henry C. Paul, William Penny, Israel Phillips, Jacob H.
Rishel, Samuel W. Riddle, Hegmon Reynolds, Egbert H. Reese, William
Stutzman, George P. Swartz, David L. Starrick, Charles H. Smith.
  
MILITIA OF 1862

    The second battle of Bull Bun was disastrous to the Federal forces,
and