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In an hour or two General Grant came up and rode rapidly paft our column on his little black pacer, and ftruck acrofs lots to the Courthoufe, where he expected to find
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General Lee. Generals Sheridan and Merritt and a 1865. great number of officers were affembled on our infantry Apl. 9th. picket line, juft at the edge of the town, but none from the cavalry, except General Sheridan and a few of his ftaff, accompanied General Grant when he went up to the houfe where the terms of furrender were fettled. We learn fomething, however, from one of thefe officers of what tranfpired there. He says: "The town con- fifts of about five houfes, a tavern, and a courthoufe, all on one ftreet, and that was boarded up at one end to keep the cows out. On the right hand fide as we went in was the principal refidence, owned by Mr. McLean, and to his houfe General Grant was conducted to meet General Lee. At the fence the whole party difmounted, and walking over a narrow grafs-plot to the houfe no- ticed General Lee's gray horfe nibbling there, in charge of an orderly, who was holding his own as well. Gen- eral Grant entered the houfe with one or two of his ftaff, and the reft of us fat down on the piazza and waited. Mr. McLean was out there, too, but was fo much excited by his appreciation of paffing events that he did not know where his pump was, or if he had any, and if not could not tell us where there was a fpring. In a moment Colonel Babcock came out fmiling, whirled his hat round his head once and beckoned Generals Ord and Sheridan to come in. They walked the floor filently, as people do who have first peep at a baby, and after a while General Lee came out and fignalled to his orderly to bridle his horfe. While this was being done, . he ftood on the loweft ftep of the piazza (we had all rifen refpectfully as he paffed down), and looking over
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1865. into the valley toward his army, fmote his hands together Apl. 9th. feveral times in an abfent fort of way, utterly uncon- fcious of the people about him, and feeming to fee noth- ing till his horfe was led in front of him. As he ftood there he appeared to be about fixty years of age, a tall, foldierly figure of a man, with a full gray beard, a new fuit of gray clothes, a high gray felt hat, with a cord, long buckfkin gauntlets, high riding boots, and a beauti- ful fword. He was all that our fancy had painted him ; and he had the fympathy of us all as he rode away. Juft as he gathered up his bridle General Grant went down the fteps, and paffing in front of his horfe, touched his hat to General Lee, who made a fimilar falute, and then left the yard and returned to his own lines with his orderly and the fingle ftaff officer who had accompanied him to the interview, and who was faid to have been Colonel Marfhall, his chief of ftaff, a quiet-looking man in fpectacles, more like one of thought than of action. General Grant prefented fomething of a contraft to General Lee, in the way of uniform, not only in colour but in ftyle and general effect. He had on a fugar-loaf hat, almoft peculiar to himfelf, a frock coat unbuttoned and fplafhed with mud, a dark veft, dark blue pantaloons, tucked into top-boots, muddy alfo, and no fword. His countenance was not relaxed at all, and not a mufcle of his face told tales on his thoughts. If he was very much pleafed by the furrender of Lee, nothing in his air or manner indicated it. The joyful occafion did not feem to awaken in him a refponfive echo, and he went and mounted his horfe and rode away filently to fend off a difpatch which fhould electrify the North, and fet all
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the church bells ringing jubilant vefpers on this happy Sunday evening ?"
Peace, then, had come at laft. No more need for pickets and fcouts ; no more weary raids and dufty marches; no more need for fighting on foot in tangled woods ; no more wounded, and no more killed. The Great Rebellion being dead, fome troopers that we know of had much better chance of their lives thenceforth, and were duly thankful, let us hope, as they went to bed that night.
When Lee furrendered the war was over to all intents and purpofes, and it would needleffly prolong this hiftory to dwell at length upon the fubfequent movements of our regiment. It only remains to touch upon the flow march back to Peterfburg-the pleafanteft march we ever made-to mention merely that we then accompa- nied General Sheridan on his delightful trip to the bor- der of North Carolina and back-a ride that had for its object the reinforcement of General Sherman had Johnfton perfifted in fighting after he heard of Lee's furrender ; and to record our journey to Wafhington, where we fhared in all the glory of the Grand Review. Here, as the 6th Pennfylvania Cavalry turned out of Pennfylvania Avenue, where the great throng had greeted us with fuch a fplendid outburft of applaufe, it may be faid that our glorious old regiment ended its ca- reer ; that with the cheers of the crowd ftill ringing about us we furled up the tattered colours which had ftreamed over us fo long.
When the review was over we were fent acrofs the Potomac and confolidated with fome other regiments,
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1865. and as part of the " 2d Provifional Pennfylvania Cav- alry," we drifted flowly out of the fervice ; not, how- ever, before we had travelled to Louifville, Kentucky, Aug. 7th. where the muftering officer, on the 7th of Auguft, 1865, excufed us from further duty, and fent us home rejoicing.
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Conclusion.
A T the clofe of this record of work and war, we are tempted to fet out from home again and wan- der once more over the old fields and roads, to fee if there be not fome berries of memory worth the picking, that are not white with the duft of marches or bruised with the fhock of battle. We could laugh now at the troubles of our youth, "fit and grin" on the old ftum- bling-blocks, and make a pleafant ramble of what was once a weary journey. If we were game for the tramp there ought to be plenty of berries ; but there is hardly room for them now in the bafket.
Old Camp Meigs, though, is not very far, and we cannot refift juft looking over the fence for a minute, to recall the happy time when with awful gravity we mounted guard with hickory fticks over its company ftreets, that lay fo filent and peaceful in the moonlight. Thofe were pleafant days and reftful nights, and may be we have looked back upon them fince and fighed; but we were in deep earneft then, and more anxious for coming events than to bafk in the funfhine that fur- rounded our daily life. It was only when we got into fhadows that we felt all the funfhine's worth.
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How full the old camp is of remembrances! Mifts rife all about it and float over it, taking form here and there of fome long-forgotten fcene or pleafant reminif- cence of a fellow-campaigner ; and it is pleafant to find it peopled with fo many who proved themfelves to be thorough good fellows in all our hardfhips and perils. In thofe early days it was only the perils of organiza- tion that befet us, and thefe hemmed us in on every fide. Did not they knock at our tents with the earlieft dawn and hardly leave us fometimes till midnight ? but it is true that in fpite of them we were not long in making ourfelves formidable to our friends, whatever we might have proved to our enemies. Our foldier-growth was gradual, though, and it is good fun to recall its develop- ment.
The emotions of the firft day in camp can hardly yet be ftifled in any of our breafts, as our company filed in from the recruiting ftation and was affigned its place ; very accurately affigned, too, and not to be departed from by a hair's breadth. Then thofe white tents were pitched, the like fhimmer of which was feldom feen again by thofe who flept in them there ; fometimes afterward we had dufky canvas, and fometimes fhelter of fky and foreft trees, but this firft fnowy white was only renewed in memory. The funfhine feems to beat on them now glaringly ; the red ftitching trickles down the feams, and the tent-maker's name in ftencil-work is quite frefh in our recollection. And thefe were ftalwart recruits who pitched the tents. They bore the bone and mufcle of the land, no doubt about that ; but how fearfully and wonder- fully their uniforms were made ! If the eyes of moft of
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us had known what a foldier ought to be, we might have fhuddered to remember that the apparel oft proclaims the man. Certainly it was fome time before ours pro- claimed us to be foldiers ; but after awhile we did find out that a No. 2 man in a No. 4 jacket, with the collar chafing his ears and a loofe overloaded belt dragging it awry; in troufers a world too large, a flouching cap and enormous boots, is not feen to the beft advantage. Even to our early ignorance fome remedy feemed need- ful, and fo we began at the top of the fubject to improve it. After much confultation, the officers adopted a lovely hat, with feathers for themfelves and for the men with- out. What a dreadful load it was to carry, and how the wearer's head would throb under the weight, we re- member with pain even now. The ftouteft knight of old could not have hewn through this helmet, had he hewn with all his might, any more than he could have carried it about on his head all day ; fo, of courfe, fuch an inftrument of torture could not laft very long. Among other gorgeous but inexpedient ornaments they were in good time given up, and all being gently packed into barrels were turned over to the Quartermafter's Department at Wafhington. If they have not gone there they are doubtlefs ftill ; and fhould any one care to rummage the ufelefs lumber of the war, perhaps he will find them in fome Wafhington wareroom whirl- ing playfully upon the difcarded lance-points which lie alfo fomewhere in oblivion. After this fingle attempt at improvement we wifely left it to time to foften the out- line of the foldier, and to harmonize the difcordant ele- ments which at firft confpired againft his noble form ;
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and, indeed, we had hardly time to beftow this thought upon the man before the horfes were upon us demanding our attention.
Shall we ever forget thofe firft bounding geldings neighing and ftamping and pawing the ground ? They coft $135 each ; and he who had a horfe that had the glanders, or the heaves, or was fpavined, or was going blind, brought him to the government, and the govern- ment purchafed him. What a delight to fee them feed, toffing the half of their oats fkyward, far over the beau- tiful nofe-bags ! At night we wifhed we were Arabs, that we might take them to bed with us; and their pleaf- ant whinnying called us out early in the morning. That was like cavalry, indeed, when they came, and the whole air was filled with the fragrance of the ftables. The effect was quite intoxicating. Some men hung round the horfes' necks, and fome tried if their tails would bear a man's weight. In "A" company, which got the firft iffue, there was mounting in hot hafte, even before the faddles arrived ; and meantime there was fome rapid difmounting, too, of lucklefs riders pitched over picket ropes as the horfes came galloping madly up from wa- tering.
When the mounted drill began, was fuch a gallant fight ever feen as Firft Lieutenant Treichel's platoon careering acroff the fward at a very flow trot, fome of the men more diligent to keep their feats than to obferve the inftructions which Treichel thundered forth, fpur- ring nervoufly at his charger. The reft of us ufed to ftand by on our legs and watch him, faying it over after him to ourfelves from firft to laft : Attention !. In each
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rank count fours! Steady there ! The rear-rank will count as well as the front. In each rank count fours ! Very well ! At the command Prepare to mount, Nos. I and 3 will lead forward, &c., &c. Pay attention there ! Eyes to the front ! Prepare to mount ! Mount ! And then there would be a jangling of fabres, and jingling of curb-chains, and reftlefs moving of horfes all huddled together, one of which at leaft would gallop off to the picket rope, with wildly-clutching rider ftriving to catch up the reins. Then more orders would ring out, and the platoon would move off by twos or fours, and form compactly or lengthen indefinitely at the word of com- mand. It was a ftirring fpectacle, and fo we all thought, hide it as we might from the civilians who looked on. Meantime we moved with bufy feet all day ; and what with policing and fweeping, burnifhing, cleaning, and drilling, we brufhed the dews off the morning grafs, and the laft rays of the evening fun fhot through the duft that followed us. Anybody was at liberty to lounge about in the intervals of leifure, if he could find any ; but fomehow from funrife to funfet there was not time to fmoke a pipe, while the Colonel endeavoured to get us into form by word and example, aided in chief by Lieutenant-Colonel McArthur, who was alfo from Weft Point (as any one would know at a glance), and by Ma- jor Morris, poor fellow, who feemed to know all about foldiering without learning.
We had called ourfelves "The Philadelphia Light Cavalry," and after a while we got the ladies to chriften us fo ; and then we flaunted their pretty guidons in his Excellency the Governor's face, with our title embla-
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zoned on them. Very naturally he did not like it, as he wanted to number us with the regiments from the State ; but we did not want that, and we worfted him, utterly vanquifhed him, in the correfpondence on the fubject. Then two of us went up to Harrifburg and put our cafe before Mr. Meredith, the Attorney-Gen- eral, who was thought to be a reafonable man and a friend of ours, and he got up from bed to hear us, and fent us away wifer if not fatisfied. Finally we yielded gracefully and came under the banner of the State, and perhaps were none the worfe for it, efpecially as every- body had to do the fame. But in one point we triumphed : the appointment of officers remained with the Colonel ; two doctors who were fent to us by his Excellency were handfomely bowled out, and we were afterwards left to our own devices.
It was in the height of the complications of our or- ganization that the telegram came from General Mc- Clellan afking us to adopt the lance. Moft of us heard of it with enthufiafm; and thofe of us whofe opinion was afked pondered how the points fhould beft be fharp- ened and how the fhafts fhould beft be tapered to the downfall of all oppofers. And how beautiful they looked when we got them ! how the points glimmered in the funlight, and how bravely the pennons ftreamed ! They were a trifle awkward to handle at firft, perhaps, and we ufed to wonder how St. George managed to kill the Dragon, but we made no doubt that in time we fhould be able to ride a tourney with great fuccefs. Lieutenant Furnefs made a picture to illuftrate the fupe- riority of the lance to the fabre. A cavalryman with a
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fabre rode into a charge and pierced one foe and carried him off in triumph on his fword, but a lancer rode in by his fide, and transfixed half a dozen foes, and bore them all off on his lance gayly. That would have fettled the queftion, perhaps, if any grave doubts had furrounded it.
We were mightily pleafed with ourfelves when we were all mounted and armed ; and not to keep our glory and fplendour under a bufhel, we illuminated the city one day with our pennons, and woke its echoes with our new brafs band, making a moft beautiful parade in column of play-tunes, poor Whelan faid. And nobody knew that we were not the beft of cavalry, fit to gallop and charge ; for we rode at a flow walk, like Aladdin, and people took us for the bold riders that we looked to be. One horfe reared and his rider fell off; but that of courfe was accidental, and might happen to any man quizzing pretty girls at a window.
The citizens were certainly very much impreffed by us in thofe days, and if any of us has found lefs of glory fince than he expected, he got then rather more than he was entitled to. Moft of our vifitors at camp, efpe- cially among the ladies, faw in every man a hero, not in procefs of formation, but complete already ; and whether his clothes fat well upon him or he could fit his horfe they feemed never to know, and they would exclaim how well an officer or man could ride though he might look like a mounted windmill, wildly flapping his legs and arms. The Colonel, by the way, was much afraid that our friends would take us at their own valuation, and expect great things of us accordingly. Look at his fpeeches to the ladies and the Governor, and fee how anxious he is
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that we fhall not be overeftimated ; how he infifts, in effect, that brafs bands and pennons do not make cav- alry. But the civilians did not believe in that, and flocked to the camp as before. Some came early and ftayed all day, never weary of watching and prying into the fecrets of war, and folving the myfteries that lay hid- den in tents. It is true that fometimes a tent-fly fud- denly thruft afide would reveal to women's eyes appall- ing fights ; but that was their fault and not ours, and they knew then to refpect the fanctity of our canvas homes.
Our bufy days carried us into the autumn faft, and the woods on the border of our camp were painted with brilliant hues. Then the leaves fell, and we neftled un- der the fhelter of the great trees from the chill Novem- ber gales. Then mud came, and cold, and the fair- weather friends of fummer left us almoft alone. Then we began to look for orders to move, and to wonder what part we fhould have to play in the war; for as yet we had not been affigned to any command, and had no idea what niche in the army we fhould fill. Our feelings were fomewhat mixed, perhaps, owing to our ifolated condition and the fort of arms we carried, and we did not know whether to take it for granted that we fhould be a centre from which all other troops would radiate, or to fear that General McClellan would move away with the reft of his army and forget us. There were fome fcoffers among us who held to the latter opinion, but for the moft part we looked up to General McClellan with abiding faith. He had put the lances into our hands, and fo became our patron, and we had
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little doubt that in all the viciffitudes of coming cam- paigns he would keep one eye always on us. We rather expected to be held in referve near him for emer- gencies. We knew that critical moments come to every battle-field when guards and efcorts are hurled at vital points. We had read this in hiftory and romance ; and for fuch moments we fhould perhaps be held in hand. It was eafy to fancy glorious battle-pieces, in which, through clouds of fmoke and duft, fquadrons of lancers were feen for a moment in the thickeft of the fight, and then to bear away the laurels of victory upon their lance points. But we could not then have believed that we fhould fet out like Don Quixote to break many lances with little good refult, and that they would prove as · harmlefs to our enemies in the woods as was the lance of the angry Don to Sancho's enemies who toffed him in a blanket in the yard of the inn, caring little for Don Quixote and his lance on the other fide of the wall.
Early in December we began to move away to Wafh- ington, and in two or three days Camp Meigs, of pleaf- ant memory, was quite forfaken. It was fummer-time when we faw it again, and the old field was hardly to be recognized. A waving crop was bending over it, and nothing remained to tell that it had borne the foot-prints of a thoufand horfes. The trees about it were all again in leaf, but nothing told that the tents of a thoufand men, making ready for battle, not long ago lay in their fhadow. The ftream was flowing by in the hollow ftill, but the well-worn banks were overgrown, and all the paths were peace.
It is a long road we have travelled fince leaving here,
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and the foldier who returns in 1865 is not much like the recruit of 1861. He has parted with his picturefque lance, and carries a practical carbine in place of it ; he wears his cap on the fide of his head, and the vifor turned up with a jaunty air; his fhort blue bloufe is a perfect fit, and his tight-drawn belt does not give to the piftol's weight ; his troufers are clofe about the thigh, and fpring over the foot a little ; his fabre is ftrapped un- der his faddle-girth, and he knows how to fit his horfe ; he is neat and ftraight and feels himfelf to be a man ; he has felf-refpect and pride in his regiment ; and when he is muftered out of fervice he is a better civilian than ever he was before.
But there are many who ftarted with us, and many who joined us later, who have fallen by the way. Let us give our laft thought to the memory of thefe, as we bid farewell to the gallant old regiment, and put away the torn ftandard and the trufty arms.
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OF OFFICERS OF SIXTH PENNA. CAVALRY MUSTERED OUT, AUG. 7, 1865.
Colonel-Chas. L. Leiper. Lieut .- Colonel-Albert P. Morrow. First Major-Abraham D. Price. Second Major-Chas. B. Coxe. Third Major-Bernard H. Harknefs. Adjutant-C. A. Newhall.
Quartermafter-J. W. McElhenny. Commifary-Chas. White. Surgeon-D. D. Swift. Afiftant Surgeon-Jos. J. Yocum. Chaplain-Samuel L. Gracey.
A. Captain-T. Camp Oakman. Ift Lieut .- Michael Golding. 2d “
B. Captain-Wm. R. Wright. Ift Lieut .- 2d “
C. Captain-Ifaac F. Moffatt. Ift Lieut .- Wm. Scott. 2d "
D. Captain-Chas. A. Vernou. Ift Lieut .- John Laird. 2d
E. Captain-Samuel R. Colladay. Ift Lieut .- Abiah T. Smedley. 2d “
F. Captain-A. L. Lanigan. Ift Lieut .- Jos. D. Price. 2₫ “
G. Captain-Ed. Whiteford. Ift Lieut .- 2d ¥
H. Captain .- J. H. Workman. Ift Lieut .- Daniel D. Hurtz. 2d “
I. Captain-Ed. I. Hazel. Ift Lieut .- 2₫ “
K. Captain-Archer Maris. Ift Lieut .- Henry J. Toudy. 2d "
L. Captain-Levis Miller, Jr. Ift Lieut .- 2d “
M. Captain-R. M. Sheppard. Ift Lieut .- Wm. Carey. 2d “
INDEX.
A Company, 19, 20, 56, 112, 118, 123, 134, 155 Adams, M. J., 262 Aldie, 177 Aldrick's Houfe, 232 Algie, John, 261
Amelia Courthoufe, 343 Antietam, 93 Appomattox Courthoufe, 349 Afh, S. F., 262
B Company, 55, 89, 97, 111, 118, 290 Barclay, Clement B., 20 Barnfville, 44 Baynes, J. F., 262 Bealton Station, 153 Beaver Dam Creek, 58 Beaver Dam Station, 240 Bennett, James, 262 Berlin, 192 Berryville, 287 Bertolett, A. F., 120 Bertrand, E. P., 121, 216 Bethefda Church, 252, 256 Beverley Ford, 157, 175 Boon, 236 Boonfboro, 185 Booz, 236
Bottom's Bridge, 246, 257 Bowers, 236 Brandy Station, 194 Briftow Station, 199 Buford, John, Major-General, death of, 21I Burk, 236 Burnfide's Mud March, 123 Burnfide's Mine, 274.
C Company, 55, 66, 76, 84, 112 Cadwalader, Chas. E, 109, 304 Call, Wm. B., 310 Camp Barclay, 37 Camp Buford, 195
Camp Meigs, 20 Camp at Belle Plains, 129
Camp at White Oak Church, 118 Carpenter, E. N., 130, 199, 235, 306 Carr, John A., 262 Caffiday, 236 Catlett's Station, 155, 176, 200 Centreville, 198 Chancellorfville, 232 Change of Bafe by McClellan, 83 Charles City Courthoufe, 266 Charlottefville, 225, 320 Clark, J. H., 219, 224, 227, 235, 254, 260, 281, 309
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Clymer, George E., 20, 55, 89, III, 120, 215 Coffee, James, 262 Cold Harbour, 55, 246, 255 Cole's Houfe, 82
Colladay, Samuel R., 164, 168, 313
Columbia on the James, 143
Coover, John B., 162, 214, 298 Coxe, C. B., 122, 236, 265, 314
Culpepper, 194, 205, 207 Cufter's Raid, 222, 230
D Company, 56, 112, 123, 155
Darby's Houfe, 273
Davis, Charles B., 164, 167, 168, 171 Deep Bottom, 272
Denney, Sergeant, 261
Dickfon, J. N., 46, 309
Dinwiddie Courthoufe, 336
Dobfon, James, 262 Dougherty, D., 262
Duffield Station, 290 Dumfries, 154
E Company, III, 130, 199 Ellis, Charles M., 77, 219 Ellis, P. H., Jr., 261, 314 Ellis, Rudolph, 164, 167, 168, 312 Engler, George L., 314 Erben, W. B., 120.
F Company, 71, 85, III Fair Oaks, 48, 57 Farrell, M., 262 Finney, 236 Five Forks, 336 Frazier, W. W., Jr., 168, 306 Frederick City, 178 Frederickfburg, 113
Front Royal, 285 Funkftown, 188 Furnefs, F. H., 222, 310
G Company, 20, 55, 89, 97, III, 118, 183 Gaines's Mill, 59 Gainefville, 200
Gardner, John H., 62, 217 Germantown, 201
Gettyfburg, 179
Giefboro Point, 85, 195, 276, 279
Gilbert, 236
Golden, 236
Gracey, S. L., 214, 315
Gregg, Thomas J., 312
Gringee, W., 262
Guinney's Station, 249, 263
Gurrance, W. A , 261
H Company, 55, 66, 76, 84, 112 Hacket, 236
Hagerftown, 317 Haines, Howard, 130
Halltown, 280
Hanover Courthoufe, 45, 251
Harden, 236 Harknefs, B. H., 189, 216, 314
Harper, G. W., 261
Harrifon's Landing, 75
Hartwood Church, 153 Hafeltine, J. H., 62, 111, 168, 171, 218 Hawes's Shop, 251 Hazard, Samuel, Jr., 303 Hazel, E. J., 235, 315 Henderfon, 236 Hendricks, John, 313 Hickler, 236
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Hoap, James, 262 Hoffman, O. A., 261 Hopkins, John, 261 Horner, Charles W., 254
I Company, 56, 89, 97, III, 112, 130, 199, 227 Irvin, Wm., 262
Jackfon, Ofwald, 305
Jones's Bridge, 266
Jones's Neck, 273 Jones, Wm., 261
Johnfon's Farm, 49 Johnfon, J., 361
K Company, 56, III Kelley's Ford, 130
Keyer, 236
Kirk, Sergeant, 236 Kirk, William, 235
L Company, III, 130 Lance, 26
Lanigan, A. L., 258, 275
Lee's Mills, 275 Leetown, 290
Leiper, Charles L , 90, 110, 138, 164, 167, 171, 235, 255, 280, 296, 317, 329 Leipfen, J. H., 262
Lennig, Thompfon, 164, 167, 168, 312 Lighthoufe Point, 269 Lockwood, B., 66, 194, 201, 223, 302 Louifa Courthoufe, 140, 322
M Company, III, 130 McArthur, John H., 19, 300
McCord, 236 McClellan's Addrefs at Harrifon's Landing, 76
McNamee, Theo., 261
McNee, Thomas, 262
Madifon Courthoufe, 224
Magee, James, 335 Malefberger, J. C., 262
Maley, Thomas E., 218, 273
Malvern Hill, 72, 247
Maris, Archer, 216, 314
Martin, S. H., 236, 254
Meade, George, 214
Meadow Bridge, 245
Mechanicfville, 58, 244
Miller, 236
Miller, Levis, Jr., 242, 315
Milligan, Robert, 71, 216
Mine Run, 208
Mitchell, R. W., 303
Mitchell's Station, 211, 221
Moffat, Ifaac F., 315
Morris, Robert, Jr., 43, 49, 130, 135, 159, 164, 167, 171, 197
Morris's Farm, 44
Morrifville, 153, 202
Morrifon, T. L., 219
Morrow, A. P., 120, 153, 189, 290, 3II, 317, 333
Mofeby's Attack on our Train, 283
Mofs, William, 90
Moyer, John, 261
Muirheid, H. P., 217
Mulberry Point, 43
Murphy, Arthur E., 255
Neill, T. W., 113, 218
New Caftle Ferry, 44 Newhall, F. C., 111, 215
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New Market Bridge, 42 Newtown, 282
Occoquan, 119 Odenheimer, William, 213 Old Church, 44, 256 Orange Springs, 139 Original Officers, 36
Pennington, Sergeant, 261
Pepper, George W., 121
Philadelphia Light Cavalry, 19 Piping Tree Ferry, 44 Prefentation of Flags by Ladies of Germantown, 21
Prefentation of Flags by Governor Curtin, 27 Prefentation of Sword to Col. Rufh, 38 Price, A. D., 120, 280, 314
Priefen, G. A., 313 Profpect Hill, 40
Reams's Station, 268 Referve Brigade, 43, 178 Review of Cavalry Corps, 131 Richardfon, 236 Richards, Charles E., 304
Riddle, John W., 311 Ruffin's Farm, 44, 251 Rufh, R. H., 18, 23, 32, 47, 52, 62, 106, 118, 135 Ruffell, T. L. J., Diary of, 77
Sage, Theo. M., 202 Savage's Station, 67 Saxton, P. A., 236 Scott, 236 Scypes, 236 Shearer, C., 262 Sheppard, Richard M., 314
Sheridan's Raid, 239 Sheridan's Order deftroying Crops, 286 Sheilds, Charles, 262 Shriver, Anthony, 262 Simpfon, J. C., 262 Smith, C. Rofs, 300
Smith, Alexander, 262 Smith, Kirby, 262 Smith, D., 262 Smith, John, 261
Smith, Samuel, 311 Smithfield, 291
South Mountain, 96 Spring Campaign of '63, 133 Sproule, William, 154, 313
St. Mary's Church, 267 Staley, Sergeant, 294 Stannardfville, 225 .
Starr, James, 51, 56, III, 130, 227, 269, 282, 290, 293, 302
Staunton, 319 Stevenfburg, 207 Stokes, James, 262
Stoneman's Raid, 136
Stout, George, 261
Strong, E. B., 236
Stuart's Raids, 50, 100
Stuart killed, 264
Surrender, 351
Tevis, E. L., 122
Thomas, Oliver, 262
Thompfon's Crofs-Roads, 147 Thoroughfare Gap, 177 Todd's Tavern, 235 Towers, Michael, 313
Treichel, W. P. C., 20, 56, 123, 134, 149, 177, 189, 199, 222, 228, 265, 269
371
INDEX.
Trevillian Station, 259 Tunftall's Station, 44
Wapping Heights, 193 Warrenton Sulphur Springs, 204 Wattis, G., 261 Waynefboro, 320 Weaver, Samuel, 262 Welfh, Ofgood, 311 Whalley, Thomas, 254 Whelan, H. C., 51, 62, 85, 160, 168, 301 White Houfe, 44, 249, 264, 323 White, William, 168, 189, 214, 222, 3II Whitehead, G. I., 85 White Oak Swamp, 68, 247
White Poft, 281 Whiteford, E., 189, 219 Williams, John W., 305 Williamfport, 183 Winchefter, 318 Windmill Point, 268 Winfor, H. Jr., 310 Wint, Theo. J., 258, 313
Winter Quarters of 1862-63, 118
Winter Quarters of 1863-64, 211
Workman, James H., 315 Wright, Jofeph, 121 Wright, Samuel, 227
Yorktown, 43 Yellow Tavern, 244
ERRATA.
Page 20. For "Clement C. Barclay," read "Clement B. Barclay."
Page 100. For " 2d Pennfylvania," read " 4th."
Page 100. For "4th Indiana," read " 3d."
Page 118. For "Profeffor Bache," read "Charles M. Bache, of the Coaft Survey."
Page 120. For "George W. Clymer," read "George E. Clymer."
Page 122. For "Edwin L. Teirs," read "Tevis."
Page 138. Lieutenant T. Lennig captured at Beverley Ford, June 9, 1863.
Page 154. For "Elk Run," read " Elk Town."
Page 178. For "Middletown,"' read " Middleburg."
Page 216. Captain R. Milligan refigned on account of difability caufed by field fervice.
Page 218. For "Thomas O. Mailey," read "Thomas E. Maley."
Page 222. Firft Lieutenant White promoted Captain at this date.
Page 259. For "South Anna,"' read "North Anna."'
Page 310. For "Henry Winfer, Jr.," read "Henry Winfor, Jr."
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ERRATA.
Page 20. For " Clement C. Barclay," read "Clement B. Barclay."
Page 100. For "2d Pennfylvania," read " 4th."
Page 100. For "4th Indiana," read "3d."
Page 118. For "Profeffor Bache," read "Charles M. Bache, of the Coaft Survey."
Page 120. For "George W. Clymer," read "George E. Clymer."
Page 122. For "Edwin L. Teirs, " read "Tevis."
Page 138. Lieutenant T. Lennig captured at Beverley Ford, June 9, 1863.
Page 154. For "Elk Run," read " Elk Town."
Page 178. For "Middletown," read " Middleburg."
Page 216. Captain R. Milligan refigned on account of difability caufed by field fervice.
Page 218. For " Thomas O. Mailey," read "Thomas E. Maley."
Page 222. Firft Lieutenant White promoted Captain at this date.
Page 259. For " South Anna," read "North Anna."
Page 310. For "Henry Winfer, Jr.," read " Henry Winfor, Jr."
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