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Sheridan reached the army on March 26, before Peters- burg, just as it was moving on its last campaign, and at once took the van of the triumphant forces. At Stony creek the cavalry became engaged, the 2d Brigade hasten- ing forward to the support of Davies' Division, which was forced back, the 17th losing a number wounded and miss- ing in the engagement. On April 1, at daylight, the Union lines charged the enemy's works, the division captur- ing 600 prisoners and 2 battle-flags. The loss in the 17th was severe, Capt. James Ham being among the killed, and Capts. English, DoDehue, Reinhold, and Licut. Anglun were among the wounded. Rapid marching and hard fighting continued until the 6th, when Gen. Ewell and one wing of the rebel army was captured; from that point to Appomattox Court-House a running fight was kept up with the enemy's advance till the whole rebel army laid down its arms. The cavalry under Sheridan contributed largely to this joyful result, and the 17th sustained its hard-earned reputation for gallantry to the last shot of the last skirmish.
From Appomattox the regiment returned to Petersburg, and after a week's rest marched to the vicinity of Wash- ington, where it remained in camp till June 16, when it was mustered out of service. A detachment of the regi- ment, however, was consolidated with parts of the 1st and 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, forming the 2d Provisional Cavalry, and remained in service till Aug. 7, when it was mustered out at Louisville, Ky.
Gen. Devin says, in his farewell order to the 17th Cav- alry, " In five successive campaigns, and in over three- score engagements, you have nobly sustained your part. Of the many gallant regiments from your State none has a brighter record, none has more freely shed its blood on every battle-field from Gettysburg to Appomattox. Your gallant deeds will be ever fresh in the memory of your comrades of the Iron Brigade and the 1st Division. Sol- diers, farewell !"
FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS .?
Josiah II. Kellogg, col., Nov. 19, 1862 ; resigned, Dec. 2, 1861.
James Q. Anderson, col., Sept. 6, 1862 ; promoted from capt., Co. A, to maj., June 13, 1863; to lieut .- col., April 30, 1861; to col., Jan. 23, 1865 ; discharged by genoral order, June 20, 1865.
John B. McAllister, liout .- col., Oct. 7, 1862; promoted from capt., Co. I, Nov. 6, 1862 ; resigned, May 31, 1863.
Coe Durland, lieut .- col., Oct. 23, 1862; promoted from capt., Co. M, to maj., Nov. 20, 1862; to licut .- col., Feb. 13, 1865; brev. col., March 13, 1865; discharged by general order, June 20, 1865.
David B. Ilartranft, maj , Oct. 11, 1862; promoted from capt., Co. L, Nov. 20, 1862 ; resigned, Jan. II, 1863.
Reuben P. Reinhold, maj., Oct. 2, 1862; promoted from 1st licut., Co. E, Oct. 22, 1862; resigned, Aug. 9, 1864.
Weidner II. Spera, maj., Oct. 24, 1862; promoted from capt., Co. C, Aug. 10, 1864; discharged by general order, June 20, 1865.
Luther B. Kurtz, maj., Oct. 30, 1862; promoted from capt., Co. G, Feb. 13, 1865 ; discharged by general order, June 20, 1865.
Wm. Thompson, maj., Nov. 1, 1862 ; promoted from enpt., Co. II, Fch. 13, 1865 ; brev. lieut .- col., March 13, 1865 ; discharged by general order, June 20, 1865.
Perry J. Tate, adj., Sept. 23, 1862 ; promoted from Ist sergt., Co. E, Nov. 20, 1862 ; resigned, May 31, 1863.
James A. Clark, adj., Sept. 21, 1862 ; promoted from 1st sergt., Co. K, Nov. 6, 1863; discharged by general order, June 20, 1865.
John Anglun, quar .- mast., Oct. 2, 1862 ; promoted from Ist lieut., Co. K, Nov. 21, 1862; killed at Old Church Tavern, Va., May 30, 1864.
Edwin A. Bean, quar .- mast., Sept. 17, 1862; promoted from sergt., Co. L. July 22, 1864; discharged by general order, June 20, 1865.
Henry M. Donchue, com. sub., Sept. 6, 1862; promoted from priv., Co. A, Nov. 19, 1862; to capt., Co. B, Dec. 29, 1862.
John P. Ross, com. sub., Sept. 6, 1862 ; promoted from com .- sergt., Co. A, to com .- sergt., Nov. 1, 1862; to com. suh., May 26, 1865; dis- charged by general order, June 20, 1865.
Isaac Walborn, surg., Jan. 10, 1863 ; resigned, Sept. 28, 1863.
Thad. S. Gardner, surg., Aug. 2, 1862 ; promoted from asst. surg., 62d P. V., Oct. 23, 1863; resigned, April 6, 1864.
Geo. B. Pomeroy, snrg., April 8, 1863; promoted from asst. surg., 110th P. V., May 2, 1864; discharged hy general order, June 20, 1865.
Jas. B. Moore, asst. surg., Oct. 23, 1862; resigned, July 18, 1863.
J. Wilson De Witt, asst. surg., April 10, 1863 ; discharged by gen- cral order, June 25, 1865.
Henry A. Wheeler, chap., Nov. 21, 1862; resigned, March 8, 1863. Robert S. Morton, chap., March 24, 1865; discharged by general order, June 25, 1865.
Samuel M. Drew, vet. surg., June 4, 1863; discharged, Aug. 7, to date Jan. 16, 1865.
Jerome I. Stanton, sen. maj., Sept. 21, 1862; promoted from 1st sorgt., Co. B, June 10, 1865 ; mustered out with regiment, June 16, 1865.
Isaac N. Grubb, sen. maj., Sept. 26, 1862; promoted from corp., Co. I, Aug. 23, 1863; to Ist lieut., Co. I, July 22, 1864.
Stanley N. Mitchell, sen. maj., Sept. 21, 1862; promoted from priv., Co. B, Aug. 1, 1864; to 2d licut., Co. D, Dec. 28, 1864.
James Brannon, sen. maj., Sept. 22, 1862; promoted from priv., Co. M, July 21, 1864; to 2d lieut., Co. M, June 10, 1865.
Geo. S. Drexler, sen. maj., Sept. 26, 1862 ; promoted from quar .- mast. sergt., Co. I, Nov. I, 1862 ; transferred to Co. I, Aug. 25, 1864.
Thomas H. Boyd, quar .- mast. sergt., Oct. 6, 1864; promoted from priv., Co. I, Jan. 1, 1865; discharged by general order, June 26, 1865.
John A. English, com .- sergt., Sept. 6, 1862; promoted from priv., Co. A, May 26, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Henry J. Tarble, hosp. stew., Sept. 22, 1862 ; promoted from priv., Co. M, Oct. 4, 1863 ; mustered out with regiment.
Peter F. Clark, hosp. stew., Sept. 21, 1862; promoted from priv., Co. K, March 1, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
John M. Furman, hosp. stew., Oct. 3, 1862; promoted from priv., Co. D, Nov. 26, 1862; discharged on surgeon's certificate, April 11, 1863.
# The date following the rank in each caso is that of muster into service.
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James N. Smith, hosp. stewd., Sept. 21, 1862; promoted from priv., Co. B, April 9, 1863 ; discharged on surgeon's certificate, date un- known.
Thomas Lawrence, saddler, Sept. 30, 1862; promoted from priv., Co. K, April 6, 1863; mustered out with regiment.
Win. C. Walker, saddler, Oct. 3, 1862 ; promoted from priv., Co. M, Nov. 1, 1862 ; transferred to Co. M, April 6, 1863.
James Ilyde, chief bugler, Feb. 28, 1864; promoted from bugler, Co. B, Nov. 1, 1864; discharged by general order, June 20, 1865.
Jonathan M. Darrow, farrier, Sept. 21, 1862 ; promoted from priv., Co. B, Nov. 1, 1862; transferred to Co. B, May 26, 1863.
Company D.
Charles Ames, capt., Oet. 28, 1862; resigned, May 22, 1863. Warren F. Simrell, capt., Sept. 21, 1862; promoted from 1st lieut., Co. B, July 22, 1864; discharged hy general order, June 20, 1865.
Charles F. Williard, 1st lieut., Oct. 4, 1862 ; resigned, April 7, 1863. Johnson Rogers, 1st lieut., Oct. 30, 1862; promoted from 2d lieut., Nov. 1, 1863 ; discharged by general order, June 20, 1865.
Stanley N. Mitchell, 2d lieut., Sept. 21, 1862 ; promoted from sergt .- maj., Dec. 28, 1864; discharged, May 15, 1865.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
This regiment was one of the regiments of nine months' drafted militia, called into the service in November, 1862. The regiment was composed of men from the counties of Bradford, Juniata, Lycoming, Somerset, and Tioga, Cos. B, C, D, and G being wholly or in most part filled up in Brad- ford County. The regimental organization was effected about Nov. 15, Everard Bierer, of Fayette county, being appointed colonel ; Theophilus Humphrey, of Bradford County, lieu- tenant-colonel ; and Robert C. Cox, of Tioga county, ma- jor. Col. Bierer had served as captain in the 11th Re- serve Regiment, and had been appointed commandant of Camp Curtin, with the rank of colonel, Oct. 28. Nov. 27 the regiment left camp for Washington by rail ; thence by water to Norfolk, and thence by rail to Suffolk, Va., where it was assigned to Spinola's Brigade of Ferry's Division, Gen. Dix commanding the department. A school for in- struction of officers was at once established, and drill thor- oughly prosecuted.
The regiment does not appear to have been in any im- portant engagements, though it was of Gen. Prince's force, sent to relieve Gen. Foster, besieged at Washington, N. C., on Tar river, and was one of the two regiments which landed therefrom to storm the Hill's Point battery, both being withdrawn before the assault was made. It then proceeded with Spinola's Keystone Brigade, of which it formed a part, to break the rear lines of the enemy invest- iug Gen. Foster, but Spinola again withdrew. A gunboat having in the mean time run past the batteries, Gen. Foster ran down and returned to Newbern, and took command in person, concentrated his troops, and marched to the relief of the beleagured garrison, when the siege was hastily raised by the rebel force, which retreated.
The brigade was then posted at Washington, N. C., for the defense of the place, and on May 29 Col. Bierer relieved Spinola of the command.
The regiment returned, with the brigade, to Fortress Monroe, near the close of June, where the 171st remained till July 11, when it marched to Boonesboro', and thence to a pass in the South mountain, where it remained until Lee had escaped into Virginia. It then proceeded to Fred- erick, and on Ang. 3 was ordered to Harrisburg, where it
was mustered out of service on the 6th to the 8th of that month.
FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS .*
Everard Bierer, col., Nov. 18, 1862 ; discharged, to date Aug. 8, 1863.
Theophilus Humphrey, lieut .- col., Nov. 19, 1862; mustered out with regiment.
Robert C. Cox, maj., Nov. 19, 1862 ; mustered out with regiment.
Samuel D. Sturgis, adj., Nov. 21, 1862; mustered out with regi- ment.
Isaac J. Post, quar .- mast., Oet. 17, 1862; promoted from priv., Co.
A, 15Ist P. V., Nov. 22, 1862; mustered out with regiment.
Thos. B. Lashells, surg., Dec. 6, 1862; mustered out with regiment.
Thomas C. Pollock, asst. surg., Oet. 29, 1862; discharged, Dee. 30, 1862.
Wm. B. Hull, asst. surg., Nov. 1, 1862 ; mustered out with regi- ment.
John B. Culver, asst. surg., May 26, 1863; mustered out with regi- ment.
N. B. Critchfield, chap., Nov. 28, 1862; mustered out with regi- ment.
A. E. Chamberlain, sen. maj., Nov. 2, 1862; promoted from priv., Co. B, Nov. 18, 1862; mustered out with regiment.
Seth Homet, quar .- mast. sergt., Oct. 28, 1862; promoted from sergt., Co. D, Nov. 18, 1862; mustered out with regiment.
Wesley Wirt, com .- sergt., Oct. 28, 1862; mustered out with regi- ment.
Ifiram D. Deming, hosp. stew., Nov. 1, 1862 ; promoted from priv., Co. A ; mustered out with regiment.
Company B.
Ulysses E. Horton, capt., Nov. 12, 1862 ; mustered out with com- pany.
Wm. Jennings, 1st licut., Nov. 12, 1862; mustered out with com- pany.
Win. J. Brown, 2d lieut., Nov. 12, 1862 ; mustered out with com- pany.
Company C.
Wm. B. Hall, capt., Nov. 10, 1862; resigned, April 11, 1863.
Clinton E. Wood, capt., Nov. 10, 1862; promoted from 1st lieut., April 11, 1863; mustered out with company.
Sanderson P. Staeey, 1st lieut., Nov. 14, 1862; promoted from 2d lieut., April 11, 1863 ; mustered out with company.
James H. Van Ness, 2d lieut., Nov. 2, 1862; promoted from 1st sergt., April 11, 1863; mustered out with company.
Company D.
Minier II. Hinman, capt., Oet. 31, 1862; mustered out with com- pany.
Hiram A. Blaek, 1st licut., Oct. 31, 1862; mustered out with com- pany.
Loomis B. Camp, 2d lieut., Oet. 31, 1862; mustered out with eom- pany.
Company G.
Albert Judson, capt., Nov. 12, 1862; mustered out with company.
Samuel C. Robh, 1st lieut., Nov. 12, 1862; mustered out with eom- pany.
Samuel B. Pottingell, 2d lieut., Nov. 12, 1862; mustered out with company.
THE TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTH REGIMENT.
This regiment was recruited for one year's service, in July and August, 1864, Cos. A, D, H, and K being filled up in Tioga county, B, E, and G in Tioga, Bradford, York, and Lancaster counties, C in Clinton county, F in Cumber- land and Franklin counties, and I in Lycoming county.
The regiment was organized Sept. 8, at Camp Curtin, with the following field-officers : Robert C. Cox, formerly
* The date following the rank, in cach case, is that of muster into service.
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major of the 171st Pennsylvania Vols., colonel; W. W. S. Snoddy, lieutenant-colonel ; Victor A. Elliott, major. On the 12th it moved to the front, and on its arrival at City Point was ordered to duty with the Army of the James.
The regiment first came under fire on the picket-line on the Bermuda front, Nov. 16, the enemy charging the line on the evening of that day, and the regiment losing 2 killed and a number wounded in the brisk engagement which ensued. Previous to this attack the videttes of both armies fraternized in the most amicable manner, exchanging papers for coffee and tobacco.
The regiment was engaged, March 25, 1865, in the assault and recapture of Fort Steadman, losing 1 man killed and 16 wounded, being fortunately sheltered by a precipitous bank. It captured many prisoners and 1 battle- flag.
In the assault on the enemy's works in the early morning of April 2, the 207th, led by Col. Cox, distinguished itself greatly. The grand assault of three divisions was signaled just at daybreak, and amid a storm of grape and canister, and musketry at short range, Col. Cox led his regiment, closely followed by the rest of the brigade, across the pieket- lines of both forces, pausing but an instant at the double line of chevaux-de-frise, which strong hands seized as the pioneers eut away the obstructions, and swinging them open like gates rushed through, and with wild shouts carried the enemy's main line and planted the regimental colors on the fort commanding the Jerusalem plank-road. From this the brigade, its regiments now commingled, turned to the left and rushed on and captured three other works with five pieces of artillery. The guns were immediately turned upon the enemy and dispositions made to hold the line, which was done, against successive and desperate attempts to retake it, each assault being repulsed with fearful slaughter. In speaking of the assault, Col. Cox, in his official report, says, " Officers and men fell on every side. My color-sergeant, George J. Horning, fell, pierced with seven balls, and three of the color-guard fell wounded by his side. Sergt. C. H. Ilgenfritz, of Co. E, sprang forward and raised the colors, and my men rushed over the enemy's works and planted the colors on their fort."
Col. Mathews, in command of the brigade, in his report says, "To Col. R. C. Cox, who commanded the leading regiment, I owe the entire good success that attended the charge. Foremost among those who sealed the enemy's works, cheering his men by his courage, preparing to meet the many charges of the enemy to retake the lines, and thus beating them back each time with heavy losses in killed and wounded, he is deserving of the highest praise." Col. Mathews, though suffering from illness, had up to ten A.M. remained in command at the fort, but was then relieved by Col. Cox. A heavy fire was kept up by both sides, the enemy holding their inner line, and also one of his batteries away to the left on the first line, which latter enfiladed partially the position captured by the brigade. The enemy's own ammunition, found in the fort, having been exhausted in his own punishment, supplies were brought from Fort Sedgwick, the men having to cross grounds in so doing commanded by the enemy's guns. Several were killed while crossing, but enough ammunition was secured to keep
the guns in play till four P.M., when the firing ceased. The entire loss of the regiment in the engagement was 37 killed, 140 wounded, and 8 missing. Capt. James Carothers was killed, and Lieuts. Alonzo R. Case and Allen G. Dodd wounded. Ten officers were wounded.
Finding the enemy had evacuated his position during the night, the regiment about six o'clock the next morning prepared for the pursuit. The division was charged with keeping open the line of supply along the South Side rail- road. At Burkesville the column halted, and the 207th was engaged in picket-duty and in taking charge of and paroling rebel prisoners.
It was mustered out of service near Alexandria, May 31, with the exception of its recruits, who were transferred to the 51st Pennsylvania Vols.
FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.#
Robert C. Cox, eol., Sept. 6, 1864 ; promoted from priv., Co. B, Sept. 9, 1864; brev. brig .- gen., Apr. 2, 1865; mustered out with regiment. Wm. W. S. Snoddy, lient .- col., Sept. 9, 1864; mustered ont with regiment.
Vietor A. Elliott, maj., Sept. 14, 1864 ; mnstered out with regiment.
Geo. M. Bastian, adj., Sept. 6, 1864; promoted from priv., Co. B, Sept. 29, 1864 ; wounded at Fort Steadman, Va., March 25, 1865 ; hrev. capt., Apr. 2, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Wm. F. Weseman, quar .- mast., Sept. 6, 1864 ; promoted from priv., Co. B, Sept. 9, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Washington Burg, surg., Sept. 12, 1864; mustered out with regi- ment.
Alexander E. Linn, asst. surg., Sept. 9, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Henry S. Lindley, asst. surg., Sept. 9, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
James T. Wilson, chap., Sept. 9, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Darins L. Deane, quar .- mast. sergt., Sept. 8, 1864; wounded at Pe- tersburg, Apr. 2, 1865 ; not accounted for.
Chauncey F. Dartt, com .- sergt., Sept. 8, 1864; promoted from priv. Co. K; wounded at Petersburg, Apr. 2, 1865; discharged by general order, May 24, 1865.
John S. MeGinness, hosp. stew., Aug. 29, 1864; promoted to asst. snrg., 199th P. V., Jan. 7, 1865.
Conpany B.
James A. Rogers, capt., Sept. 10, 1864; brev. maj., Apr. 2, 1865 ; mustered ont with company.
Alonzo R. Case, 1st lient., Sept. 10, 1864; died Apr. 3, of wounds received at Petersburg, Va., Apr. 2, 1865.
J. H. Schambacher, 1st lieut., Sept. 10, 1864; wounded at Peters- burg, Va., Apr. 2, 1865 ; promoted from 2d licut., May 11, 1865 ; mus- tered out with company.
Traey S. Knapp, 2d lient., Aug. 27, 1864 ; promoted from 1st sergt., May 11, 1865 ; mustered out with company.
Company E.
Lewis Small, capt., Sept. 2, 1864; mustered ont with company.
Richard C. Ivory, 1st. lieut., Sept. 6, 1864; brev. capt., Apr. 2, 1865 ; mustered out with company.
Wm. L. Keagle, 2d licut., Sept. 7, 1864 ; mustered ont with company.
Company G.
Joseph W. Rutt, capt., Sept. 12, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Apr. 2, 1865; brev. maj., Apr. 2, 1865; mustered out with company.
P. H. Blanchard, 1st lieut., Sept. 13, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Apr. 2, 1865; mustered out with company.
Henry G. Stephen, 2d lieut., Sept. 12, 1864; mastered ont with company.
Beside the organizations heretofore enumerated (which, as will be seen, contained one or more organized companies
* The date following the rank, in cach ease, is that of muster into service.
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reeruited in Bradford County), a large number of volunteers and recruits went into other organizations, both outside and inside of the limits of the State of Pennsylvania. The southern tier regiments of New York received a large number of Bradford County volunteers,-not less, probably, than from 300 to 500 men. The 15th and 50th Regts. of New York Engineers both had many men from this county. The 5Ist, 56th, 97th, 155th, 203d, and 210th Pennsylvania Regts. had recruits in their ranks from Bradford County also, but no fully organized companies held positions therein formed of Bradford men. The 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry was commanded by a Bradford man, Col. Lewis B. Pieree. The 8th United States Infantry also had nearly, if not quite, 100 of Bradford's citizens in its ranks.
THE MILITIA OF 1862.
The militia were called out to resist the threatened in- vasion of the State after the second battle of Bull Run. Governor Curtin issued his proclamation, Sept. 4, 1862, calling on the people to arm and prepare for defense, recom- mending the immediate formation of companies and regi- ments, and the commencement and prosecution of drill. On the 10th, the enemy having already appeared in Mary- land, the governor issued a general order ealling on all able-bodied men to enroll immediately for the defense of the State, and to hold themselves in readiness to march at an hour's notice, to select officers, to provide themselves with such arms as could be obtained, with sixty rounds of ammunition per man, tendering arms to such as had none, and promising they should be held for service for such time only as the pressing exigeney for State defense should continue. The people all over the State flew to arms, and moved promptly to the State capital. In Bradford County the telegram to arm and come forward was received on Saturday, the 10th, and on Monday four full companies were on their way to the capital. These companies were assigned to the 13th Regt. Pennsylvania militia, and were Capt. E. O. Goodrich's, from Towanda ; Capt. J. N. Evans', from Athens ; Capt. Gorham's, from Wyalusing and Pike ; and Capt. Daniel Wilcox's, from Canton. The emergency passed without bringing the militia into confliet, by the defeat of the rebel hosts at Antietam, and on Sept. 24 the companies were disbanded. Fifteen thousand men stood at Hagerstown and Boonsboro', a portion of whom were in line of battle during the fight at Antietam, in elose proximity to the field, in readiness to advance, if need be; 10,000 more were posted in the vicinity of Greencastle and Cham- bersburg; and about 25,000 more were at Harrisburg, on their way to Harrisburg, or waiting for transportation thither.
The 13th was organized Sept. 11-13, and discharged Sept. 23-25, 1862.
Field and Staff Officers .- Col., James Johnson ; Lieut .- Col., John F. Means ; Maj., Samuel II. Newman ; Adjt., James W. Chamberlain ; Quar .- Mast., Isaiah W. McKelvey ; Surg., Wm. F. Reiber ; Asst. Surg., Frederick W. Vandersloot ; Chap., Benj. G. Welsh ; Sergt .- Maj., B. S. Powers; Quar .- Mast. Sergt., L. F. Fuller ; Com .- Sergt., Benjamin Musselman ; IIos. Stwd., Isaae Pursell.
Company E .- Capt., Daniel Wilcox ; 1st Lieut., Truman HI. Morse : 2d Lieut., Daniel A. Greno.
Company F .- Capt., E. O'Meara Goodrich; 1st Lieut., James- Macfarlane ; 2d Lieut., Andrew J. Trout.
Company G .- Capt., Stephen Gorham ; 1st Lieut., Wm. B. Stevens; 2d' Lieut., Oliver W. Northrop.
Company H .- Capt., Isaac N. Evans; Ist Liout., Z. Flower Walker ; 2d Lieut., Silas B. Carmer.
THE EMERGENCY AND STATE MILITIA TROOPS OF 1863.
When Lee made his second advance into Maryland in June, 1863, his advent there, as soon as his intentions had been fully fathomed, had been preceded by a call of the president for 100,000 .men for six months, unless sooner discharged ; 50,000 from Pennsylvania, 30,000 from Ohio, and 10,000 each from Maryland and West Virginia. Gov- ernor Curtin issued his proclamation heralding the presi- dent's eall, and called upon the citizens of the State again to arni and enroll themselves for the defense of the State. It was hard to believe that an invasion of the State was really intended, yet the people responded very promptly, and when the rebel Gen. Jenkins, with a brigade of his soldiers, en- tered Chambersburg a little before midnight of June 5, and dispelled the illusion, troops were arriving at Harrisburg and being organized at Camp Curtin, and a system of de- fense for the capital begun.
Under this call eight regiments were organized for the " Emergency," and were mustered into the service of the United States, besides several independent companies of in- fantry, cavalry, and artillery. The regiments were the 20th, the 26th to the 31st inclusive, and the 33d.
The 26th contained one company raised in Troy, Brad- ford County, commanded by Capt. Warner H. Carnoehan, now a prominent lawyer of Towanda. This regiment was mustered into the service June 19-22, commanded by Col. William W. Jennings, and immediately proceeded to the seat of war, arriving in the vicinity of Chambersburg, then in possession of the rebel advance-guard of cavalry, under Gen. Jenkins. Gen. Knipe was in command of the small force of militia thien opposing the advance of the veteran troops of the Confederacy. Col. Jennings threw out skir- mishers, which were captured before they could get into position.
During the 24th and 25th the main body of the rebel army erossed the Potomae at Shepherdstown and Williams- port, and on the 26th the Army of the Potomae, under Gen. Meade, erossed at Edwards' ferry. On the same day Maj. Granville O. Haller, an aid of Gen. Couch, who had been sent to Gettysburg to exercise command, ordered Col. Jennings to advance with his entire regiment in the face of the enemy on the Chambersburg pike. The eolonel earn- estly protested against this as suieidal, and asked to be al- lowed to send forward skirmishers to first feel the ground, but to no purpose. The order was enforeed, and this single regiment of raw troops was marched out to face a powerful force of the rebel army, and was only saved from immediate capture or wholesale slaughter by the prompt and decisive action of the colonel commanding. It fell back in good order until within a mile and a half of the town, when the rebel cavalry swooped down and attacked the rear-guard, capturing Capt. Carnochan and a part of his eompauy. The regiment promptly formed on the left of the road-and
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