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Industry, thrift and progress marked all sec- tions of the county from the Brandywine to the Schuylkill.
Delaware county was slowly but steadily developing into one of the most beautiful and wealthiest counties of the great Common- wealth of Pennsylvania.
But this fair picture of the county's pros- perity, whose colors were brightening every day by the establishment of some new mill or factory, and the introduction of some new in- dustry, was doomed to be darkened for a time by the shadows of the greatest war of mod- ern times.
CHAPTER X.
THE CIVIL WAR-REGIMENTAL HISTORIES -- NAVAL LIST.
THE CIVIL WAR.
When the dark storm of civil war burst upon the land in 1861, and the roar of Sumter's cannon rolled northward and westward over the States of the Union, shattering all hopes of peace and reconciliation between the North and the South, a spirit of intense patriotism was awakened in Delaware county. " It was amazing with what rapidity the news sped from farm house to farm house that Fort Sum- ter would be evacuated by Major Anderson on the morrow. In Chester, Media, Darby, Rockdale, Kelleyville, in all the towns, vil- lages, and cross road hamlets in Delaware county, the people, abandoning their usual avocations, gathered in excited groups to dis- cuss the engrossing intelligence, knowing not in what direction to give expression to their enthusiasm, save in demonstrations of patriot- ism. Over the court house at Media, at the town hall at Chester, and the public buildings throughout the county, over mills, stores, workshops and private dwellings, before night- fall the 'Stars and Stripes' floated to the winds, or where that was not done, the angry muttering of the populace soon compelled compliance with the popular will, and tri- colored badges were displayed on the breasts of almost every man, woman and child, for the people were stirred as no living man then could recall the like in all our National history."
Sunday was passed in suspense, and Mon- day brought Lincoln's proclamation calling for seventy-five thousand troops for three months.
On Monday morning the citizens of Media met in the court house, where arrangements were made to form a rifle corps, and on Mon- day evening at Chester, " the old town hall, with its memories of the stirring days of '76,
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once more rang with patriotic calls to the people to arm in defense of liberty and human rights."
Two companies were instantly raised, one the " Delaware County Union Rifles" (Co. F, Fourth Volunteers), at Media, which left for Harrisburg on April 19th : and the other, the " Union Blues" (Co. I, Ninth Volunteers), was recruited in Chester, and on April 20th departed for Harrisburg.
Home guard companies were formed all over the county, and after the Union defeat at Bull Run, recruiting became brisk in all the townships for new military organizations.
An account of the different companies and parts of companies raised in Delaware county for the Federal army during the war will be given in the histories of the different regi- ments in which they served.
REGIMENTAL HISTORIES.
The history of each of the regiments in which Delaware county companies served dur- ing the late civil war is worthy of notice in any history of the county.
The company rosters given to-day of Del- aware county companies are generally com- piled from Bates' history of the Pennsyl- vania volunteer regiments, which was pub- lished by the authority of the State. The National government denied access to the com- pany rolls at Washington, and Bates had to compile his company rosters from private cor- respondence, old muster rolls, and various other private and public sources of informa- tion. Erroneous spelling, and the loss of some soldiers' names was the inevitable result of such a compilation. Errors found in some of these company rosters have called forth unjust criticism from parties ignorant of the facts.
The lists of those brave sons of Delaware county who died in defense of their country, that are given in this work are compiled from Bates' history, and may not possibly contain the names of every fallen hero for the reasons above given in relation to the unavoidable er- rors occurring in the State compilation. 54
FOURTH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY.
This regiment, commanded by Col. John M. Hartranft, was mustered into the service in April, 1861, and was stationed successively at Washington, near . Bladensburg, and at Alexandria, where its pickets, on June 30, had a skirmish with a small Confederate force. Its time expired on the day of the battle of Bull Run, and it refused to remain at McDowell's request. Most of its men afterward re-enlisted and fought bravely on many a bloody battle- field.
The following company in this regiment was from Delaware county :
Company F, from Media; Capt. George Dunn.
This company was known as the "Delaware County Union Rifles," and was discharged the day before the battle of Bull Run, thus having nothing to do with the refusal of the regiment to remain on the day of that battle.
NINTH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY.
The gth was a three months' regiment, and after being stationed for some time near Wil- mington, Delaware, it joined General Patter- son, under whom it served in Maryland and in Virginia until its term of enlistment had ex- pired.
In it was one Delaware county company.
Company I, from Chester, Capt. H. B. Ed- wards.
This company was known by the local name of the " Union Blues."
TWENTY-SIXTH PENNSYLVANIA.
This regiment was raised for three years, and a month or so after it had been attacked by the mob at Baltimore (April 19, 1861), it re- ceived one company from this county. The 26th was at the siege of Yorktown, and fought bravely in the battles of Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Mal- vern Hill, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania Court-house. It lost one
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hundred men at Chancellorsville and two hun- dred and sixteen at Gettysburg, where it with- stood the charge of a whole Confederate brig- ade. It took two cannon at Spottsylvania, and was mustered out June 18, 1864, in front of Independence Hall, in Philadelphia. Hon. Thos. V. Cooper served in Co. C.
In the regiment was one company from this county.
Company K, from Chester, Capts. William L. Grubb, John F. Meekins and James L. Seary.
KILLED AND DIED IN COMPANY K.
Capt. John F. Meekins, killed at Second Bull Run.
Sergt. Samuel P. Morris, died of wounds.
Corp. Nathan R. Van Horn, killed at Get- tysburg.
Corp. James L. Gelsten, killed at Gettys- burg.
James T. Bell, died of wounds.
John Derlin, killed at Gettysburg.
James Gleason, died of wounds.
James Higgins, killed at Second Bull Run. John McClem, died April 21, 1862.
Andrew Phillips, died of wounds.
George Roan, killed at Gettysburg.
Charles Shut, died May 23, 1862.
Henry Smith, died in Andersonville, August 20, 1864.
George Wood, killed at Gettysburg.
James Welsh, died of wounds.
THIRTIETH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY.
(First Reserves).
This celebrated fighting regiment was mus- tered into the Federal service on July 26, 1861, having passed through Baltimore unmolested on June 21st. It repulsed a Confederate charge at Mechanicsville, and three heavy charges at New Market. The First Reserves fought at Second BullRun, made a daring charge atSouth Mountain, was in action at Antietam, and at Fredericksburg charged under an enfilading artillery fire and took an entrenched position. The regiment made brilliant charges at Gettys-
burg, fought at Bristoe Station, and did good fighting in the battle of the Wilderness and at Spottsylvania. The last day of its service was spent in the battle of Bethesda, where it was conspicuous for coolness and bravery. The regiment was mustered out June 13, 1864, at Philadelphia.
There were two companies from Delaware county in this regiment : Company C, first re- cruited at Chester as the " Keystone Guards," and then known for a time as the "Slifer Phalanx "; and Co. F, raised at Crozerville and Rockdale as the " Rockdale Rifle Guards, and later known as the Archy Dick Volunteers."
Company C was successively commanded by Capts. Samuel A. Dyer, Joseph R. T. Coates, and Edward Larkin.
Company F had for commanders, Capts. William C. Talley, Joseph P. Drew and Henry Huddleson.
KILLED, DIED AND MISSING IN COMPANIES C AND F.
Company C.
Second Lieut. John H. Taylor, killed at South Mountain.
Aquilla Coates, died September 26, 1861.
Harry Hobaugh, died October 30, 1861.
R. Mills, died of wounds May 31, 1864.
Thomas McGarvey, died of wounds May 31, 1864.
James Pollock, died of wounds November 10, 1862.
J. T. Schofield, killed at Betherda Church. Alfred G. Webb, killed at Fredericksburg. Solomon Wesler, killed at Spottsylvania.
Company F.
First Sergt. John McDaniel, missing at Beth- esda.
Isaiah Budd, died August 1, 1863.
Henry Bailed, killed at Mechanicsville.
Charles W. Cheetham, killed at Charles City.
James Glass, killed accidentally in 1861.
James Gorman, killed at Antietam.
John Howard, died of wounds July 10, 1861. John Kilroy, killed at second Bull Run.
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H. J. Kernes, died August 13, 1862. Michael Maklem, killed at Spottsylvania. Joseph Mills, died July 10, 1864. John C. Roberts, missing at Bethesda. John Stewart, killed accidentally in 1861. Edward Smith, killed at Mechanicsville. Oliver Thomas, died in August, 1862. James Wyatt, killed at Charles City.
Capt. Samuel A. Dyer, of Company C, was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the 175th regiment, and his successor, Capt. Joseph R. T. Coates, was brevetted major. Capt. Wil- liam Cooper Talley, of Company F, was pro- moted to colonel of the 30th regiment.
FIFTY-EIGHTH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY.
This regiment was under Wool in the cap- ture of Norfolk, garrisoned Washington, North Carolina, for some time, and served in the armies of the James and the Potomac. It helped capture Fort Harrison, where one hun- dred and twenty-eight of its two hundred and twenty-eight men were killed and wounded. It bore an honored part in the closing cam- paign of the army of the Potomac.
One-half of Company A of this regiment was recruited in Delaware county, as well as many men in Companies B, C, and K. Capt. Theodore Blakely, of Company B, who fell at Fort Harrison on September 29, 1864, was a brave and gallant soldier from Chester. He once made a foray with one hundred men in North Carolina, and captured a Confederate cavalry encampment of sixty men without fir- ing a gun, the surprise being so complete. Capt. Thomas I. Leiper, of Company A, was also from this county.
Besides Capt. Theodore Blakely, one other man from this county, private William Valen- tine, of Company A, was killed, falling in ac- tion on April 29, 1863, while Thomas Hardy, likewise of Company A, died March 5, 1864.
THIRD PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY. (Sixtieth Regiment. )
No cavalry regiment in the Union army ren- dered better service than the 3d cavalry. It
fought through the Peninsular campaign, was at Antietam, helped twice to defeat Stuart's Confederate cavalry, and at Gettysburg bore the weight of the charge of Hampton's whole division. It led the charge at Culpeper, sus- tained the attack of Gordon's division near Bristoe, and at Hope church, as dismounted cavalry, helped repulse the charge of the "Stonewall Brigade." The 3d cavalry was constantly in service under Grant from the Wilderness to Richmond, served as a part of his escort when he entered Petersburg, and was in the advance of his line of battle at Ap- pomattox Court-house. Delaware county men served in Companies A, C, E, F, I, K, and M. Of these men, John O'Brien, of Company F, died October 25, 1863, Sergt. Benj. McDonald, of Company M, died of accidental wounds, September 12, 1861, and James Aides, of Com- pany I, died of wounds received in action.
NINETY-SEVENTH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY.
This three-years regiment was raised in Chester and Delaware counties, and in Decem- ber, 1861, was sent south, where it served gallantly in Florida, Georgia, and South Car- olina. During the night succeeding the unsuc- cessful assault on Fort Wagner, four compan- ies of the regiment, including two from Dela- ware county, crawled in the darkness to the very slope of the intrenchment and dragged away the wounded soldiers of the fifty-fourth Massachusetts. In April, 1864, the regiment joined the army of the James. In May it made two desperate and successful charges, and in June carried the enemy's works in front of the cemetery, near Petersburg. At the mine explosion it carried a line of rifle pits, and af- terwards took part in the actions at Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plains, Bermuda Hundred, New Market Heights, Fort Gilmore, and Darbytown. In October, 1864, the Delaware county companies were discharged, and the regiment was then filled up with drafted men and substitutes. The three companies from Delaware county in this regiment were :
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Company D (Concordville Rifles), Capt. W. S. Mendenhall.
Company G ( Broomall Guards), from Media, and Chester and vicinity, Capts., Jesse L. Cummings, Washington W. James, and Caleb Hoopes.
Company I (Brooke Guards ), from Spring- field and Ridley townships, Capts. George Hawkins and George W. Duffee. Captain Hawkins was commissioned lieutenant-col- onel, but died before he was mustered.
KILLED AND DIED IN COMPANIES D, G AND I. Company D.
First Lieut. Isaac Fawkes, died of wounds May 20, 1864.
First Lieut. Henry Odiorne, died of wounds January 15, 1865.
Sergt. Isaac Sapp, died of wounds March 12, 1865.
Corp. David H. Freas, died of wounds May 23, 1864.
Joseph Baker, died July 25, 1862.
Joseph Booth, died October 3, 1863.
James Brierly, died of wounds May 20, 1 864.
Charles S. Cloud, died of wounds July 1, I 864.
Benjamin Davis, died September 10, 1862.
Samuel Drake. died June 8, 1862.
Joseph L. Eyre, killed August 4, 1863.
Michael Haffner, died June 17, 1865.
W. H. Kelly, died of wounds August 29, 1864.
Thos. M. Lancaster, died December 29, 1862.
Ferd. Martin, died April 15, 1863.
Geo. K. Pierce, died of wounds July 26, 1864.
Samuel Parker, died at Salisbury prison December 16, 1864.
John Smith, died of wounds June 5, 1864. James Wright, died October 23, 1862.
Joseph B. West, died of wounds May 26, 1864.
Jesse D. Walters, killed June 29, 1864.
Company G.
Sergt. Simon Litzenburg, killed at Peters- burg.
Sergt. Reese L. Weaver, died October 12, 1863.
Sergt. Albin Edwards, killed at Bermuda Hundred.
Corp. Henry Hoofstitler. died March 17, 1863.
Corp. H.G. Yocum, died December 12, 1865. Corp. Israel Oat, died August 10, 1862.
Corp. Patrick Hughes, killed at Bermuda Hundred.
Corp. John Doyle, died October 26, 1863.
Corp. John Edwards, died August 21, 1865. Nehemiah Baker, died January 8, 1864.
Lewis Bentz, died August 19, 1864.
John Dickson, died October 21, 1863.
William Dawson, killed at Fort Fisher.
William Efoux, killed at Petersburg.
George Green, died September 20. 1862.
Isaac A. Hoopes, killed at Bermuda Hun- dred.
Hend. L. Herkins, died March 19, 1865.
Fred. Heitz, killed at Bermuda Hundred.
Thomas T. Jones, died of wounds June 10. 1864.
William Maloney. died December 1, 1863. WV. D. Murray, died May 18, 1865.
Terrence O'Brien, killed at Strawberry Plains
James Russell, died Janury 8, 1864.
Alex. Seaborn, died of wounds October 10, 1864.
Theo. Solomon, died May 26, 1865.
William Wright, died November 28, 1863.
James Wright, died November 20, 1863.
Edward E. Wade, died at Salisbury prison December 18, 1864.
John Worrell, died May 12, 1862.
Company I.
Capt. Geo. Hawkins, died of wounds Oc- tober 27, 1864.
. First-Lieut. Sketchley Morton, jr., died November 12, 1862.
Corp. John L. Morton, died March 28. 1862.
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Corp. Robert Trowland, died November 4, 1863.
Harry Hunter, musician, died April 1, 1862.
WV. H. Baker, died August 2, 1864.
James Donnelly, killed at Burmuda Hun- dred.
W. R. Dicker, died June 18, 1864.
E. H. Everman, died of wounds August I, I865.
George Frace, died May 13, 1865. Philander Foster, died July 5, 1865.
W. T. Gutterson, killed at Bermuda Hun- dred.
David W. Gaul, killed at Bermuda Hun- dred.
Nathan T. Harris, died May 12, 1862.
Caleb Horn, died June 27, 1864. John Krissell, killed at Petersburg.
William Pine, died October 11, 1864.
John W. Shutt, died of wounds July 14, 1864.
Levers Solverson, died of wounds August 3. 1864.
Philip Schwartz, killed at Fort Fisher.
Amos G. Webb, died July 6, 1862.
John Ward, died October 28, 1863. __ Isaac Wood, killed at Petersburg.
Willard Watterman, died May 21, 1865. Jacob Wagoner, died July 20, 1865.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH PENNSYLVANIA IN- FANTRY.
This three years' regiment served through the PeninsulaCampaign and fought gallantly at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Spott- sylvania and Cold Harbor. It was recruited in Philadelphia in 1861, and was mustered out in 1864.
There were Delaware county men in com- panies C, E, and I, and those of them who died and were killed were : Corp. Ruben Dans- field, of Co. I, who died August 16, 1862; John Stevenson, of the same company, killed at Savage Station ; and John McGlaughlin, of Company E, who was killed at Antietam.
SECOND PENNSYLVANIA HEAVY ARTILLERY.
(112th Regiment.)
For two years this regiment lay in and around Washington, but in 1864, Grant called it to the front and it made a magnificent record in the Wilderness fights and in the battles around Petersburg.
Delaware county men served in batteries E, and I, and of the men in the former battery, Charles Barges, of this county, was killed at Petersburg, and Lewis Moulder, another Del- aware county recruit, was captured and died in Salisbury prison, January 14, 1865
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEENTH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY.
This regiment was raised in 1862, for three years, and held its ground from the start like a veteran organization. It fought with great bravery at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rap- pahannock Station, and through the Wilder- ness battles. It did good service at the bat- tle of Winchester, and on April 2, 1865, stormed and carried a part of the intrenchments in front of Petersburg. Its last fight was at Sailor's Creek.
Company E of this regiment was recruited in Delaware county, under the name of ยท Del- aware Guards," by Capt. William C. Gray, who afterwards was promoted to major ; Lieut. James Cliff was promoted to captain, to suc- ceed Major Gray.
KILLED AND DIED IN COMPANY E.
Sergt. Nathan Heacock, died of wounds Oc- tober 4, 1864.
James Burns, died in October, 1864.
Jonathan Culburt, died of wounds May 20, 1864.
Isaac Pike died of wounds August 15, 1864.
Robert Beany, killed at Rappahannock.
William Roberts, died at Belle Plain, Jan- uary 21, 1863.
William Rapine, died of wounds May 8, 1863.
John Steel, died December 8, 1863.
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William Stewart, died of wounds Novem- ber 7, 1863.
David Sloan, killed at Spottsylvania. J. B. Tetlow, killed at Salem Chuch.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH PENNSYL- VANIA INFANTRY.
This regiment was recruited in 1862 for nine months, and did its first fighting at Antietam, where fifty of its men were killed and wounded. It fought bravely at Chancellorsville, and was mustered out at Harrisburg on May 16, 1863.
Three companies of this regiment were re- cruited in this county : Company B (Delaware County Fusileers), Capt. Simon Litzenberger ; Company D (Gideon's Band), Capt. Norris L. Yarnall; and Company H (Delaware County Volunteers), Capt. James Barton, jr. Capt. Litzenberger was promoted to lieutenant-colo- nel, Lieut. John Woodcock to captain of Com- pany B, and Lieut. I. L. Halderman, of Com- pany D, to major of the regiment.
KILLED, DIED AND MISSING IN COMPANIES B, D AND H. Company B.
Joseph Barlow, killed at Antietam.
W. H. Johnson, missing at Chancellorsville. Edward Kay, died January 20, 1863.
William Lary, died November 24, 1862. James Makin, died March 1, 1863.
Company D.
Corp. James Crozier, died of wounds Sep- tember 21, 1862.
H. H. Williamson (musician), died Febru- ary 8, 1863.
James H. Aitken, died October 27, 1863. William Heyburn, died March 12, 1863.
Company H.
Sergt. Thomas H. Jackson, died January 19, 1863.
Thomas Burk, died November 3, 1862. J. Ephraim Lobb, died March 8, 1863. Samuel R. Zebley, killed at Antietam.
FIFTEENTH PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY.
(160th Regiment.)
This regiment was often called the " Ander- son Cavalry." It was recruited in August, 1862, for three years. A part of it served at Antietam, and afterwards the regiment was sent to Nashville, where over half of it refused to advance when ordered to do so by Rosecrans. Afterwards it was re-organized and did effect- ive service under Rosecrans and Thomas, and on May 10, 1865, captured General Bragg, his wife and staff officers. Delaware county men served in companies A, B, D, F, G, H, I, K and L.
Capts. Edward Sellers, of Company H, and H. McAllister, jr., of Company G, were from this county. William H. Powell, of Company L, who died of wounds received at Stone River, and Sergt. George W. S. Allen, who died August 20, 1863, were Delaware county men.
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVENTH PENNSYL- VANIA INFANTRY.
Being recruited under the auspices of the Coal Exchange association, of Philadelphia, this regiment was known as the Third Coal Exchange regiment. It served from July 22 to November 11, 1864, being recruited for the hundred days' service. The men were mostly veterans, and instead of being sent to the front, as they desired, the regiment was assigned to duty at Rock Island, Illinois, as a guard over the nine thousand Confederate prisoners then held at that place. This guard duty bore al- most as heavily and more disagreeably on the regiment than an active campaign.
Two companies, A and I, were from this county. James Barton, jr., captain of Com- pany A, was appointed assistant provost mar- shail of Rock Island : and John Woodcock, captain of Company I, was promoted to major. First Lieut. Ralph Buckley was promoted to captain of Company 1, to take Major Wood- cock's place. Out of the two Delaware county companies but one man, Harrison Hoffman,
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of Company A, did not return. He died Octo- ber 22, 1864.
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHTH PENNSYL- VANIA INFANTRY.
This regiment was recruited in 1864, under the auspices of the Union League, of Phila- delphia, and made daring and desperate, but successful charges at the battles of Hatcher's Run and Lewis' Farm, and in front of Peters- burg.
Of Company K nearly one-half of the men were from this county, and several of them were marked on the roll as "not accounted for."
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRD PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized September 10, 1864, as sharpshooters for General Birney's division, but the General dying, they were treated as common infantry. Recruited for one year, the regiment was in the storming of Fort Fisher, and then after serving in North Carolina until June 29, 1865, was mustered out of the service.
Company B, commanded by Capt. Benja- min Brooks, afterward promoted to lieutenant- colonel, was from Delaware county.
KILLED AND DIED IN COMPANY B.
John J. Clar, died of wounds January 23, 1865.
William H. Camp, died of wounds March 15, 1865.
William J. Farra, died of wounds January 23, 1865.
John M. Hoffstitler, killed at Fort Fisher. William M. Kitts, died Jannary 8, 1865.
George Major, died September 11, 1864.
Samuel Playford, killed at Fort Fisher.
WV. M. Vernon, died May 30, 1865.
DELAWARE COUNTY MEN IN OTHER REGIMENTS.
In addition to the companies given, Dela- ware county men served in the following Penn- sylvania regiments : 17th, 43d, 64th, 65th,
66th, 71st, 72d, 77th, 88th, 89th, 95th, 99th, 113th, 118th, 16ist, 18Ist, 188th and 213th.
Delaware county men also served in the 6tl1 New Jersey, 48th Illinois, and 6th California.
Men from Delaware county also served in many other Pennsylvania regiments than those given, and likewise in other State regiments than those named.
KILLED AND DIED IN OTHER REGIMENTS.
Lieut. Lewis Miller, jr., 17th, killed.
Lieut. J. E. Dyer, 65th, died in prison Feb- ruary 16, 1865.
Lieut. Samuel Wallace, 65th, killed near Williamsburg.
William Farrady, 71st, killed at Antietam.
J. A. Gibson, 72d, died March 10, 1864.
Joseph Groves, 77th, killed at Gettysburg.
Sergt. J. M. Thompson, 88th, died Novem- ber 16, 1862.
Joseph Dyson, 89th, died January 25, 1862. Corp. John Macon, 95th, killed at Williams- port.
WV. H. Groundsell, 99th, died in Anderson- ville prison.
Simeon Davis, 118th, died in service.
E. T. Brogan, 118th, died December 9, 1864. George Elliott, 118th, killed in attempted escape from Salisbury prison.
J. B. Lilley, 6th New Jersey, died May 15, 1864.
NEGRO TROOPS.
Negroes from Delaware county served in the following regiments : 3d, 6th, 30th, 32d, and 127th United States regiments, and the 54th Massachusetts.
PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA OF 1862.
When Lee's veteran legions in September, .. 1862, threatened an invasion of Pennsylvania, Governor Curtin called for fifty thousand militia, and there was a spontaneous uprising in Delaware county, where of five thousand men subject to military duty, nearly twenty- two hundred were under arms. In three days nine full companies were raised in the
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