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CAPT. WILLIAM CRAIG'S COMPANY.
Pay-roll of a company of infantry, commanded by Capt. William Craig, in the regiment of Penn- sylvania militia commanded by Col. Rees Ilill, in the service of the United States, commencing on the 23d day of April, until Nov. 8, 1813, both days inclusive.
Harvey, Isaac, May 5, 1813; died Ang. 6, 1813. White, James.
Trimble, Alexander.
Robinson, Hugh, promoted to sergeant July 8, 1813. Haggerman, Samuel, discharged July 8, 1813, invalid. Robinson, James,
Cassaday, William. Fenil, Thomas. Keister, Michael. Mitchel, Jesse. Gray, Israel. MeLaughlin, Michael.
Irwin, Thomas. Johnston, Uriah. MeVey, Patrick. Grove, Jacob. Carney, George. Weaver, Daniel. Brown, Peter. McClean, Thomas.
Brown, George, sick, and discharged by doctor. Aug. 13, 1813. Sherbondy, George. Mahan, Robert.
Berry, John. Irwin, William, discharged June 13, 1813, casualty. Carson, James.
Kirkpatrick, Henry. Wade, George. McGuire, Daniel.
Russell, John, discharged Aug. 17, 1813, sickness.
Kanaan, Jonathan, discharged Sept. 20, 1813, to take care of a sick man. Walker, John. McCormick, James. Aron, Conrad. Clark, James. Black, James. Serenna, Joseph. Murphy, James, discharged Aug. 17, 1813, on account of sickness. McHenry, William. McCormick, John. Speese, George, discharged Aug. 18, 1813, over age. Dougal, Henry. McClean, Robert.
Shaffer, George, discharged Aug. 19, 1813, on account of sickness.
Young, John, discharged Aug. 17, 1813; cut in the foot.
Geiger, Benjamin.
McClean, John.
Mckeever, Matthew, discharged Aug. 19, 1813.
Cochran, William.
Murphy, Jeremiah.
Wadle, James, discharged Aug. 19, 1813.
McKee, John.
Williard, Frederick.
Gray, John.
Amilong, Daniel. Berlin, John.
Wilty, Philip.
Fox, Jacob.
Gibson, Gedion.
Dixon, Samuel.
Gaut, William.
Dillinger, George.
Campbell, Thomas.
Holder, James.
Taylor, John. Cimmel, John.
Hunter, Thomas.
McQuade, James.
Cassidy, William, Jr. Morrow, James.
Cole, David. Leightly, George. Boyd, John, discharged Aug. 23, 1813.
CAPT. ISAAC LINN'S COMPANY.
Pay-roll of Capt. Isaac Linn's company, belonging to a regiment of Pennsylvania militia con- manded by Col. Rees Hill, commencing 18th May, 1813, and ending the 5th November.
Captain.
Linn, Isaac.
Lieutenants.
Oldshue, John. Meriman, John. Kendall, Jeremiah.
Ensign.
Lowns, John.
Sergeants.
Shryock, Daniel, appointed wagon-master Aug. 19, 1813.
Andrews, Thomas, discharged October 24th. Allen, Jonathan, discharged October 24th. Lewis, John, discharged October 24th. Reed,1 John, discharged November 5th.
1 Died in Jefferson township, Fayette County, in 1881, nged ninety. ' three years.
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Corporals.
Davis, Joseph, discharged October 26th. Greenlee, Jacob, discharged October 24th.
Drummer.
Shoultz, George, discharged October 24th.
Privates.
Anderson, William, discharged November 5th. Crooks, William, discharged October 24th. Fagan, John, discharged November 5th. Martin, George, discharged October 24th. Helmick, Joseph, discharged October 24th. Laylander, James, discharged October 24th. Caufman, Abraham, discharged November 5th. Greenland, John, discharged October 24th. Hilands, John, discharged July 9th. Latta, Ephraim, discharged November 5th. Robbison, Robert, discharged October 26th. Currant, Joel, discharged October 24th. Updegraff, Jacob, discharged August 21st. Davis, William, discharged August 22d. Law, Thomas, discharged October 24th. Laughlin, Andrew, died October 18th. Mendingall, John, discharged October 24th. Bell, Samuel, discharged October 24th. Price, James, discharged October 24th. Hartman, Frederick, discharged July 26th. Briant, James, discharged November 5th. Lynch, William, died July 9th.
Beeler, John, discharged November 5th. Cumberland, Thomas, discharged October 24th. Alloways, Joseph, enlisted June 23d. Ebbert, Levi, discharged November 5th. Stewart, Robert, enlisted June 27th. Thompson, Thomas, discharged October 24th. Tegret, Hugh, discharged October 26th. Gage, John R., discharged November 5th. Brown, Samuel, discharged November 5th. Brooks, James, discharged November 5th. Ruvendale, Isaac, discharged November 5th. Beehly, Martin, discharged October 26th.
. Chain, James, discharged November 5th. River, John, died October 18th. Reed, Charles, discharged November 5th. Reed, Thomas, discharged July Ist. Malaby, James, discharged October 24th. MeGwiggen, Alexander, discharged October 24th. Johnston, Nicholas, discharged October 24th. Drinen, David, discharged November 5th. Badger, Giles, discharged November 5th. Baner, Daniel, enlisted June 27th. Foredice, William, enlisted June 13th. Vicars, Abel, enlisted June 13th. Rupely, John, on board fleet, August 9th. Craig, William, discharged November 5th. McGinnis, Daniel, discharged November 5th. Clark, John, discharged November 5th. Drenen, John, discharged November 5th.
Davis, John, discharged October 24th. Miller, Benjamin, enlisted June 18th. Loey, Stephen, discharged November 5th. | Croxton, Abra", discharged October 24th. King, Robert, enlisted June 29th. Litman, John, discharged October 24th. Cole, Daniel, discharged August 28th.
McFarland, Joseph, discharged October 24th. Dunnom, William, discharged October 24th. Dickerson, James, discharged October 24th. Beel, Amos.
Beeson, John, discharged November 5th. Badger. Weyman, discharged November 5th. Evy, Benjamin, discharged August 22d. McClelland, William, enlisted June 1st. Taylor, Jesse, discharged November 5th.
I certify, on honor, the above pay-roll to be a true statement of the company under my command up to the time of discharge. ISAAC LINN, Captain. REES HILL, Colonel Commanding.
CAPT. JAMES PIPER'S COMPANY.
Muster-roll of Capt. Piper's company of volunteers, belonging to Fifth Detachment, Pennsylvania Militia, now in the service of the United States, at Buffalo, State of New York.
Captain.
Piper, James.
Lieutenant.
Woodburn, James.
Ensign.
Huston, Andrew. Sergeants.
Weakley, William L.
Weakley, James.
Smith, James, James, Henry.
Corporals.
Kable, Daniel. McCulloch, William, Sr.
McCulloch, William, Jr.
Prirates.
Morrison, Ezra.
Williamson, David.
Orr, Samuel.
Mc Williams, John.
Stitt. James. Kelly, John.
MeIntire, James.
Patterson, Hugh.
Collins, Valentine.
Walker, John.
Turner, Joseph.
Marlin, Thomas.
Casner, Jacob.
Thompson, William. Sowers, Samuel.
Spangler, Peter.
MeGaw, Thomas.
Ingram, Samuel.
MeGlaughlin, Samuel.
Wacob, William.
Jones, William, deceased Aug. 5, 1814.
McGlaughlin, Robert. Donley, Michael.
Bull, John.
Harper, Samuel.
Thomas, Enoch.
Carothers, Andrew.
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Brown, Alexander.
Woodburn, Robert.
Buchanan, Robert.
Davidson, Andrew.
Trago, Joseph.
Gamble, Benjamin.
Ephraim Abercrombie. John King.
Zephaniah E. Barnes.
Samuel Morgan.
John Bishop.
William Moore.
Noah Bird.
John Mitz.
Alexander Baine.
Thomas Me Bride.
Ramsay, James.
Brown, William, Jr.
Kinkaid, William.
Burk, Willianı.
Jones, Joshua.
Felker, William.
Huston, John.
Garrad, John.
Miller, Robert.
I do certify that the above is a correct muster-roll of my company. Given under my hand this 23d day of August, A.D. 1814.
JAMES PIPER, Captain. JAMES FENTON, Colonel.
THE MEXICAN WAR.
The county of Fayette furnished to the United States service in the Mexican war one full company of volunteers, raised and commanded by Capt. (after- wards colonel) William B. Roberts, and a large num- ber of men who enlisted in the company of Capt. P. N. Guthrie, both of which commands performed good service on several of the battle-fields of that war.
The company first mentioned was formed and or- ganized in the fall of 1846, and named the " Fayette County Volunteers." It left the county on the 2d of January, 1847, for Pittsburgh, where it was mustered into service on the 4th of the same month, and des- ignated as Company "H" of the Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. The first commander of the company was, as has been stated, Capt. Roberts, with William Quail as first lieutenant ; but Capt. Roberts was soon after promoted to the colonelcy of the regiment, and Lieut. Quail became captain of "H" Company. The roll of the company1 as mus- tered is given below, viz. : Captain, William B. Roberts.
First Lieutenant, William Quail.
Second Lieutenant, John Sturgeon.
Second Lieutenant, Stewart Speer. First Sergeant, David Forrey. Second Sergeant, Absalom Guiler. Third Sergeant, Edmund Rine. Fourth Sergeant, Richard Irwin. First Corporal, Henry N. Stillwagen. Second Corporal, Peter A. Johns. Third Corporal, John Crawford. Fourth Corporal, James P. Downer. Drummer, Daniel Jarrett. Fifer, Caleb Crossland.
Privates.
Matthew Allen. John P. Kilpatrick.
Mckinney, John.
Lindsay, William.
Brown, William.
Oliver, John. Boner, John.
Graham, James. Watts, James.
Miller, Jacob.
William C. Bayes.
John Mustard.
Edmund Beeson.
Cornelius McMichael.
David Bedker.
William Mendenhall.
Henry Bradford.
Thomas Motes.
Henry Bryan.
William F. Nicholson.
Cyrus L. Conner.
Albert G. Nicholson.
Harvey Chipps.
Jacob Orwin.
Samuel Coinworthy.
Samuel Page.
Hiram Downer.
John Pollock.
George Dneket.
. Andrew Pritchard.
John Davis (I).
Joseph Roody.
John Davis.
IIenry Rist.
Henry Fowg.
William Shaw.
Benjamin F. Frey.
Jesse Smith.
William Freeman.
Vincent Seals.
John W. B. Fetter.
Evans Shriver.
Andrew Ferguson.
Martin S. Stanly.
Wilson Fee.
Benjamin Stevens.
Beeson Gardner.
John Sutton.
John H. Gibson.
Solomon Shaw.
David Silvey.
James Gordon. Eli M. Gregg.
John W. Skiles.
John Gillis.
John Stillwell.
Elijah Gadd.
David R. Shaw.
Daniel Hardesty.
James Shaw.
James Hutchinson.
James Turner (1).
Henderson Harvey.
William Turner.
John Hutchinson (1).
Isaac Woolverton.
Samuel Hyde.
James F. Ward.
Daniel Hazard.
Josiah W. Winders.
Alexander Hood. Joseph Widdoes.
Hezekiah Inks. Hugh Walker.
Oliver E. Jones.
Charles Yeaman.
Jackson Kilpatrick.
William West.
The Second Regiment, of which the Fayette Volun- teers formed a part, procceded by way of New Orleans to Mexico, and landed at Lobos Island, near Vera Cruz, which was invested by the American forces and flect. The regiment entered the city after its sur- render, and moved thence to the interior by way of Puebla and Pérote, being assigned to Quitman's division. During its term of service it took part in the engagements at Tobasco, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Cherubusco, San Pascual, and at the storming of the Belen Gate,2 and it was the first regiment to enter
2 In the assault on the Belen Gate, Sept. 10, 1847, Josiah W. Winders, of the Fayette company, was mortally wounded. He was attended in his last moments by Cyrus L. Conner, who promised him that his body should be sent home, and afterwards faithfully kept the promise. The names of others who fell in that assault have not been ascertained.
1 Copied from the original roll of the company, now in possession of William Guiler, son of Absalom Guiler, who was a member of the Fay- ette County Volunteers, and served with the company in Mexico.
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within the walls of the capital. Afterwards it was moved to San Angel.
Col. Roberts died of disease in the city of Mexico, on the 3d of October, 1847, and the command of the regiment was assumed by Lieut .- Col. John W. Geary, afterwards Governor of Pennsylvania. The body of the dead colonel was embalmed, and with that of Lieut. John Sturgeon, of the Fayette County company, was sent back to Uniontown, where the remains were received with every demonstration of sorrow and respect. The funeral procession was es- corted by the "Union Volunteers" and the " Fayette Cavalry," Capt. James Gilmore. The committee of arrangements (chosen at a public meeting held for that purpose at Uniontown on the Sth of December) was composed of Gen. H. W. Beeson (chairman), John Irons, John M. Austin, Dr. J. Patrick, Arm- strong Hadden, E. P. Oliphant, Dr. Smith Fuller, Daniel Kaine, and William Wells. The gentlemen forming the committee of escort were Everhart Bierer (chairman), Col. Robert Patterson, Amzi Fuller, Robert S. Henderson, MI. W. Irwin, William T. Rob- erts, John Huston, Hugh Graham, John L. Dawson, William C. Stevens, W. R. Turner, S. D. Oliphant, John D. Scott, Dr. R. M. Walker, Henry Barkman, William Bailey, D. H. Phillips, E. B. Dawson, Wil- liam Rediek, and John Bierer. The remains of Col. Roberts were interred in the Methodist graveyard in the borough of Uniontown, and a neat marble mon- ument has since been erected over his grave.
The "Fayette County Volunteers" having served with the Second Regiment in Mexico until the close of the war, returned with that command, and on the 13th of July, 1848, arrived at Uniontown, where they received an enthusiastic welcome from the people of the town and surrounding country.
The company of Capt. P. N. Guthrie, in which were many men from Fayette County, was mustered into the service at Pittsburgh in -May, 1847, and was assigned to duty in the Eleventh Regiment of Penn- sylvania Volunteers, which fought 'under Gen. Scott in most of the engagements that occurred on the march from Vera Cruz to the Mexican capital. A letter written by Capt. Guthrie at the city of Mexico, mentioning the gallantry of his company in the battle of Molino del Rey and other engagements, is here given :
" My men all behaved in very gallant style through the actions of the 18th and 20th of August and on the 8th of September, also in several skirmishes with the Lancers on the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th of September, and I am very proud of them. The action on the 8th of September at Molino del Rey was the hardest and most severely contested battle that has been fought in this country. Sergeant Lenox Rea distinguished himself very much by his acts of hero- ism ; he had five as brave spirits as his own with him, -Corporals William M. Smith, John M. Crammer,
Thomas Neil, and Privates Asbury Harvey [of Union- town | and A. Cook. He penetrated the fort, and fol- lowed the enemy right up to one of their batteries, situated immediately under the guns of Chapultepec, and in the very midst of the Mexican army took pris- oners three officers and fifty-three men, bringing them back along the very front of the Mexican line, de- ceiving them by his boldness into the belief that the situation of affairs was rice versn. He reported him- self and prisoners safely to a lieutenant of the Fifth Infantry, and in a few minutes afterwards had his leg completely torn to atoms by a shell. He is now doing well, and will in all probability be sent home by the first train. The other men who were wounded are all doing well."
No roll of the members of this company has been found, nor any further particulars ascertained in reference to their engagements, the duration of their term of service, or their return to Pennsylvania.
CHAPTER XVII.
WAR OF THE REBELLION-FAYETTE'S FIRST COM- PANIES-EIGHTH AND ELEVENTH RESERVES.
IN the great conflict of 1861-65, known as the war of the Rebellion, the people of Fayette County ex- hibited the greatest patriotism and promptness in fur- nishing and forwarding men for service in the Union armies. On receipt of the proclamation of the Presi- dent of the United States announcing the opening of war by the assault and capture of Fort Sumter, and calling for seventy-five thousand men to suppress the Rebellion, preparations were at once commenced to form companies to enter the service, and so ready and enthusiastic was the response that on the 21st of April, 1861, only six days from the date of the President's call, the first company,1 then known as the "Fayette Guards," ninety-eight strong, including officers, left Uniontown for P.ttsburgh, where they were soon after mustered into the service for three months,-a term which at that time was considered ample for the closing of the war.
The commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the "Fayette Guards" were Capt. S. Duncan Oli- phant, First Lieut. Jesse B. Gardner, Second Lieut. J. B. Ramsey, Third Lient. Henry W. Patterson ; Sergeants : First, John Bierer; Second, Henry C. Dawson; Third, James H. Springer; Fourth, Peter
1 It is stated, upon authority which seems entirely reliable, that the first man who left Fayette County to enter the service of the govern- meut as a soldier in the war of 1861-65 was Thomas Porter, now of Con- nellsville. On the morning of Tuesday, April 16, 1861, the day follow- ing the issuance of President's Lincoln's call for seventy-five thousand men, he went to Pittsburgh, and there enlisted in n company then com- mencing to be recruited by Capt. Jelin Poland, and which afterwards became Company K of the (Thirteenth Pennsylvania) regiment com- manded by Col. Thomas A. Rowley.
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Heck ; Corporals : First, B. L. Hunt; Second, O. P. Wells ; Third, J. O. Stewart; Fourth, Joseph White. The company was afterwards reorganized, and mus- tered in for three years as "G" company of the Eighth Reserve Regiment, as will be noticed in another part of this chapter.
When the President's call was made there were in existence in Fayette County several militia organiza- tions, armed and equipped, viz. : the Union Volun- teers, Dunlap's Creek Cavalry, Georges Creek Car- alry, Springfield Blues, Yonghiogheny Blues, and Falls City Guards. A meeting of the officers of these companies was held at the court-house in Uniontown, where it was voted unanimously to tender their ser- vices to the Governor. This was done, but the offer was declined, for the reason that the quota of the State had already been filled.
During the six or seven weeks next following the President's call a company of cavalry was raised by Capt. William A. West, of this county, a veteran of the Mexican war. Of this company sixty-seven were Fayette Connty men, and the remainder were raised principally in Morgantown and Clarksburg, W. Va. As the Pennsylvania quota was filled, the company could not secure acceptance in this State, and was therefore joined to the First Cavalry Regiment of West Virginia, Col. Sansel, afterwards commanded by Col. Richmond. The officers of this company were Capt. West, First Lieut. H. N. Mackey, Second Lieut. Isaac Brownfield, Ord. Sergt. Dennis Delaney.
In May and June a company of infantry was re- cruited in Fayette County, principally in Wharton, Henry Clay, and Stewart townships, and was for the same reason as mentioned above, incorporated with the Third Regiment of West Virginia. The officers of this company were Capt. C. E. Swearingen, First Lieut. H. C. Hagan, Second Lieut. C. B. Hadden. On the organization of the regiment at Clarksburg, W. Va., July 4, 1861, Capt. Swearingen was elected major, and Lieut. Hagan promoted to the captaincy, Gibson, of West Virginia, being elected first lieutenant. This company served creditably during the war, but no roll of its members has been obtained.
Fayette County furnished during the war large numbers of troops for the armies of the United States. They served in various commands, but were most nu- merous in the Eighth and Eleventh Reserves, the Eighty-fifth, One Hundred and Sixteenth, and One Hundred and Forty-second Infantry Regiments, the Fourteenth and Sixteenth Cavalry, and the Second Heavy Artillery of Pennsylvania, Of the movements and services of these regiments separate historical sketches will be given, with lists of their Fayette County members.
Besides the soldiers serving in the organizations above mentioned, there was also raised principally in Fayette County a company of men who joined the Sixth Artillery (Two Hundred and Twelfth Penn- sylvania Regiment). Of this company the captain i Cumberland, Md.
was Joseph Keeper, and the first lieutenant Thomas M. Fee, of Connellsville, at which place thirty-four men of the company were enlisted.
The fact that Pennsylvania, by reason ofher extended southern frontier bordering on Mason and Dixon's line, was peenliarly exposed to the danger of invasion by the forces of the Confederacy was at once recognized by Governor Curtin, who on the 20th of April, just one week after the fall of Fort Sumter, called an extra session of the Legislature, which convened on the 30th. In his message to that body he said, "To furnish ready support to those who have gone out and to protect our borders we should have a well- regulated military force. I therefore recommend the immediate organization, disciplining, and arming of at least fifteen regiments of cavalry and infantry, ex- clusive of those called into the service of the United States. As we have already ample warning of the nc- cessity of being prepared for any sudden exigency that may arise, I cannot too much impress this upon you."
In pursuance of this recommendation of the Gov- ernor a bill was introduced on the 2d of May, and became a law on the 15th, having among its pro- visions one authorizing and directing the commander- in-chief to raise and organize a military force, to be called the " Reserve Volunteer Corps of the Com- monwealth," to be composed of thirteen regiments of infantry, one of cavalry, and one of light artillery, to be enlisted in the service of the State for the term of three years, or during the continuance of the war unless sooner discharged, and to be liable to be called into service at the discretion of the commander-in- chief for the purpose of suppressing insurrection or repelling invasion, and, further, to be liable to be mustered into the service of the United States under requisition made by the President on the State of Penn- sylvania. The regiments and companies composing the corps so authorized were entitled to elect, and the Governor was directed to commission, officers similar in rank and equal in number to those allowed to troops in the United States army.
The corps formed under the provisions of this act was quickly and easily recruited, for the enthusiasm and desire to enlist in its ranks was general in every part of the State. The camps of instruction were four in number,-one at Easton, one at West Chester, one at Pittsburgh, and one at Harrisburg. The exigency foreseen by Governor Curtin having arisen, orders were received (July 19th) from the Secretary of War directing all the regiments, excepting the Fifth and Thirteenth.1 of the Reserves to be assembled at Har- risburg, and there, immediately after the disastrous battle of Bull Run, they were mustered into the United States service. From Harrisburg, "moving rapidly to the points designated by the commander of
1 These two regiments were already in the field in the vicinity of
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the national army, the several regiments remained on duty until all danger from a sudden incursion of the enemy was passed," when all of them were rendez- voused at Tenallytown, MId., in the immediate vi- cinity of the District of Columbia. There they were formed into three brigades, composing one division, under command of Maj .- Gen. George A. McCall. This was the far-famed division of the Pennsylvania Re- serves, which, after the requisite tour of drill and discipline at Tenallytown, moved into Virginia with the forces of Gen. McClellan, and afterwards won im- perishable renown on nearly all the principal battle- fields of the Army of the Potomac.
EIGHTH RESERVE REGIMENT.
The Eighth Reserve, or Thirty-seventh Regiment of Pennsylvania (enlisted for three years' service), was raised in the counties of Fayette, Washington, Allegheny, Greene, Armstrong, Butler, and Clarion, all or nearly all of which had been raised for the three months' service, but had failed to secure accept- ance by the government for that term. Two of its companies ("D," Capt. C. L. Conner, and "G," Capt. S. D. Oliphant) were recruited in Fayette County, the former at Brownsville and the latter at Union- town, being previously known as the Fayette Guards.
The rendezvons of the Eighth was at "Camp Wil- kins," Pittsburgh, to which camp the companies were ordered early in June, 1861, and on the 28th of the same month the regiment was formally organized, under the following-named field-officers, viz. : Colonel, George S. Hays, M.D., of Allegheny County ; Lieu- tenant-Colonel, S. Duncan Oliphant (original captain of "G" company), of Fayette; Major, John W. Dun- can; Adjutant, Henry W. Patterson, promoted from second lieutenant of "G" company.
On the 20th of July the regiment left for Washing- ton, D. C., by way of Harrisburg and Baltimore. Re- ceiving equipments at the former place, and tents at the latter, it arrived at Washington on the 23d, and encamped at Meridian Hill. On the 2d of August it moved thence to Tenallytown, Md., where it en- camped with other regiments of the Reserve Division under Maj .- Gen. George A. McCall. The Eighth, to- gether with the First Reserve, Col. R. Biddle Roberts; the Second, Col. William B. Mann; and the Fifth, Col. Seneca G. Simmons, formed the First Brigade, under command of Brig .- Gen. John F. Reynolds.
The regiment remained at Tenallytown about two months, a period which was passed in camp routine, picket duty, and frequent alarms along the line of the Potoniac, and on the 9th of October moved with its brigade and division across that historie stream, and took position in the line of the Army of the Potomac at Langley, Va., at which place the Reserve Corps made its winter-quarters. In the battle of Dranes- ville, which was fought on the 20th of December by the Third Brigade ((en. Ord's) of the Reserves, neither the Eighth Regiment nor any part of Rey-
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