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ell, William Toye, John W. Manners ; privates, Isaac Allen, Ethan Allen, William Armstrong, Daniel A. Brown, Edwin Black, Jesse Bump, John Blos- ser, George Boyer, James R. Bennett, John Burgess, William Burford, Emery E. Brown, Andrew Campbell, Mathew L. Cochran, William Campbell, William A. Crawford, Simeon Chapman, William Christie, Nathaniel Carbaugh, Will- iam Cowan, William Chapman, William Courtney, George W. Christie, H. A. Davis, Aaron Douglass, Samuel C. Davis, James Doyle, Jacob Edwards, Peter Fye, Oliver Graham, William H. Gray, George Graham, James F. Hawthorn, George Howard, Abram F. Hunter, Samuel S. Howser, Samuel Hogue, William E. Hawthorn, David Hawthorn, John Hillman, Joel Horn, George C. Hopkins, James R. Hoover, George W. Hettrick, Henry J. Hawthorn, Samuel A. Hun- ter, Harrison Hogue, Silas Irwin, Harry Ickes, John R. Johnson, Thomas Jolly, Henry Kennedy, Levi Knight, John Koch, Benjamin F. Lerch, John C. Moor- head, Robert C. Millen, David R. Matson, R. S. Montgomery, William Miller, Jacob J. Mauk, William A. Millen, John A. Mikle, Jacob Moore, William H. Manners, Edward I. Miller, Eli C. McLaughlin, William McDonald, Alexander McDonald, William O'Donnel, James O'Neal, John Royer, Chapman Rose, Eli Roll, Joseph Ronke, John S. Smith, James Stroup, Jacob Snowden, Riley Siverly, Fred L. Swentzell, Enos Shirts, Henry Smith, John O. Spencer, Samuel Stroup, Henry Shirley, Joseph Stumph, James W. Shields, John J. Sherman, Hugh M. Steel, James K. Shaffer, George J. Shultz, George Thomas, Mathias Thompson, Henry Toye, Samuel Tingley, William Vandevort, James Warey, Thomas Woodward, Henry Yount, Isaac Yount.
Killed .- Sergeants, Isaiah E. Davis, Joseph Kinnear, Mathias Manner ; cor- porals, James Moorhead, Stephen Sartwell, James R. Bennett. John Burgiss, William Chapman, William Courtney, James R. Hoover, George W. Hettrick, H. J. Hawthorne, Samuel A. Hunter, Silas Irvin, John R, Johnson, D. R. Mat- son, R. S. Montgomery, Philip Ritchie, Enos Shirts, Mathew Thompson, Isaac Yount.
Died .- Sergeant, James Nicholson ; corporals, H. K. Mitchell, William Toye, John W. Manners; William Burford, George W. Christie, Samuel Hogue, Harrison Hogue, Levi Knight John Koch, Benjamin F. Lerch, William Miller, Jacob Mauk, William A. Millen, William McDonald, James O'Neil, Henry Smith, John O. Spencer, Samuel Stroup, Thomas Woodward.
Transferred to V. R. C .- Sergeants, James C. Quinter, John Hillman, Joel Horn, George J. Shultz, James R. Shaffer ; transferred to U. S. Army, George C. Hopkins.
COMPANY K, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH P. V.
Company K was recruited in Indiana county, but Jefferson county fur- nished some of its most gallant officers. Captain A. C. Thompson, who was disabled at second battle of Bull Run, and Captain James Miller, who after-
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wards rose to be colonel of the regiment. The only Jefferson county men in this company were :
Captains, Albert C. Thompson, James Miller; first lieutenant, John G. Wil- son ; first sergeants, John Gold, Thomas K. Hastings; sergeants, Robert T. Pattison, John T. Swisher, James H. May; corporal, James M. Torrence ; privates, George M. Bouch, John Baker, Samuel Benner, Hugh C. Craven, Z. T. Chambers, Alpheus B. Clark, James D. Frampton, Samuel McAdoo, Samuel Rhoads, John Stiver, Jesse J. Templeton, Henry Wyning.
Killed .- Sergeants, Robert T. Pattison, John T. Swisher.
Died .- Hugh C. Craven, James D. Frampton, Jesse J. Templeton.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH REGIMENT ASSOCIATION.
On the 7th of October, 1879, the veterans of the One Hundred and Fifth Regiment held their first reunion since the war, at Brookville. About two hundred and fifty were present, every company being represented.
A regimental association was effected, with the following officers: President, Lieutenant Colonel Levi B. Duff; vice-president, Captain John Hastings ; sec- retary, Captain S. A. Craig ; corresponding secretary, Miss Kate M. Scott; treas- urer, M. V. Shaffer ; executive committee, Major M. M. Dick, Lieutenant Col- onel Oliver C. Redic, Captain Joseph C. Kelso, Lieutenant Thomas K. Hastings, Captain A. H. Tracy, James G. Mitchell, D. W. Goheen.
The intention of the society was to hold a reunion each year; and the two following years the regiment met respectively at Punxsutawney and Reynolds- ville, and October 2, 1882, held a joint reunion with the Sixty-third Pennsyl- vania at Pittsburgh, since which time there has been no reunion. The organ- ization is still in force, however, the officers elected at the last meeting of the association holding over, Major M. M. Dick, of West Newton, Pa., president, and John McGaughey, of Indiana, Pa., secretary.
In April, 1886, a meeting was held at Brookville, of the members of the regiment, to take action in regard to the erection of a monumental tablet on the battlefield at Gettysburg, and a permanent organization was effected, to be known as the Monumental Association of the One Hundred and Fifth Penn- sylvania Volunteers, and the following officers elected : President, O. C. Red- ick ; vice-president, S. A. Craig ; secretary, J. C. Kelso ; corresponding secre- tary, Miss Kate M. Scott ; treasurer, W. H. Gray. The following committee on finance, to procure the necessary funds for the erection of a monument was appointed : D. W. Goheen, W. W. Corbett, S. J. Marlin, John McGaughey, W. H. Hewitt, Joseph Craig, T. K. Hastings, John M. Brewer, Joseph H. Gray, J. M. Shoaf, James E. Mitchell, William Neal, W. D. Kane, Jesse Atwell, Albert Reynolds, Ebenezer Bartlett, Harvey Craig, David C. Kyphert, William Keys, Milton Craven, Peter Slagle, J. H. Rowan, John Hastings, O. C. Redick. The president announced the following executive committee : L. B. Duff, O. C ..
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Redick, George Van Vliet, S. A. Craig, W. H. Gray, T. K. Hastings, and J. H. Kennedy. Of the latter committee, Messrs. Duff, Redic, and Van Vliet subse- quently visited the battlefield, and in conjunction with the Battlefield Associa- tion located and marked the spot on which the monument is to be placed. It is in the field to the right of the Emmettsburg road, where the regiment did its hardest fighting.
On the occasion of the reunion of the Third Corps at Gettysburg, July 2, 1886, an informal meeting was held of the members of the One Hundred and Fifth present, who concurred in the work of the association, and subscribed lib- erally to the monumental fund. The monument, which will be in every respect worthy of the regiment which it will represent, and a fitting memorial to the brave men who fell from its ranks on that and other hard fought fields, will be placed in position in the near future.
CHAPTER XV.
MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS.
Company I, Sixty-seventh Regiment -Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Regiment -Companies E and I, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment-Death of Lieutenant Maguire -Company B, Two Hundred and Eleventh Regiment-Death of Lieutenant Colonel Mclain - Company C, Two Hundred and Sixth Regiment- Mnster Rolls.
COMPANY F, SIXTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT P. V.
TN November, 1861, S. C. Arthurs, who had served as first sergeant in Com- 1 pany K, Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, commenced to recruit a company for three years. His company was styled the "United Eagles," and was raised in Jefferson and Clarion counties. The company went into camp near Rim- ersburg, Clarion county, where an organization was effected, with S. C. Arthurs, captain, the other commissioned officers being from Clarion county. In 1862 the company joined the regiment of Colonel John F. Staunton, at Philadelphia, and was mustered into the service as Company F, Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania Vol- unteers.
On the 3d of April, 1862, the Sixty-seventh was ordered to Baltimore, and from there to Annapolis, Md., where it relieved the Eleventh Regiment, P. V. It was here employed in guard and provost duty in the city and in other parts of Eastern Maryland, and in furnishing guards for Camp Parole, near the city. The latter duty was so well performed that the citizens experienced no trouble from the presence of the large body of paroled prisoners constantly at this camp. During all this time the discipline was very strict, and the regiment was thoroughly drilled, until it was equal to any in the service.
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In February, 1863 the Sixty-seventh was relieved, and ordered to Harper's Ferry, where it did guard and garrison duty for a short time, when it was at- tached to the Third Brigade of General Milroy's command. The headquarters of the department was at Winchester, and their work was to hold the rebels in check, and prevent the eastern portion of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from falling into their hands. The Third Brigade, in command of Colonel McReynolds, of the First N. Y. Cavalry, was posted at Berryville, ten miles from Winchester, and as General Milroy " was expressly ordered to undertake no offensive operations in force," little of importance occurred to the command, whose occupation was to watch the movements of the cavalry of Jones, Im- boden, and Moseby, the only forces of the enemy known to be in their front.
On the evening of June 12th Colonel Staunton, who had been to Winchester, returned with the news that the enemy was advancing in force down the valley, and only a few miles distant. General Milroy ordered the brigade to be in readiness to reinforce him at Winchester, but as the rear guard of the com- mand left Berryville to obey the signal to join General Milroy, the enemy ap- peared in sight, and to avoid encountering him in force on the Berryville and and Winchester pike, the command was obliged to make a detour by Summit Point and Bunker Hill. Just after passing the latter place, the rear of the col- umn was struck by Jenkins's rebel cavalry, but the enemy was repulsed with considerable loss. After a fatiguing march of over thirty miles, in the midst of a drenching rain, the command reached Winchester about 10 P. M., and the tired troops had scarcely laid down to rest, when they were again in motion, and were shifted from one position to another ; the Sixty-seventh being on Sun- day morning ordered into the rifle-pits, at the Star Fort, about a mile and a half northwest of Winchester. At noon of the same day it was ordered to relieve the Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania, whichi had been engaged in a skirmish with the enemy on the outskirts of the town. It advanced promptly and took posi- tion under a severe fire and held the town until dark, when it was ordered to retire to Star Fort.
General Milroy, fearing that his small command would be cut off by the enemy, determined to evacuate Winchester, and cut his way through the ene- my's lines. He succeeded in getting about four miles from Winchester, when he suddenly encountered a large body of the enemy, who at once opened a heavy fire upon him. At the opening of the engagement the Sixty-seventh, and the Sixth Maryland, instead of forming on the left in support of the troops fighting in the front, were deployed to the right. They remained under par- tial cover for some time, until it became apparent that the attempt to turn the enemy's right had failed; they then attempted to cut their way through upon the enemy's left, but had only advanced a short distance when they found themselves in the midst of the main body of the enemy. A severe engagement ensued, in which the little force fought bravely, but were soon overpowered ;
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the Sixty-seventh, which was in advance, finding itself surrounded on every hand was compelled to surrender. The men who had had no rest from the morn- ing of the 13th, were completely exhausted by marching and fighting. Many of the officers and men determining not to be taken if possible, scattered and escaped into the woods, and reached the Union lines; but the greater part of Company I with Captain Arthurs were captured ; Major Harry White, who had dismounted, and fought with the regiment on foot was taken prisoner. The officers and men were at once transferred to Richmond, and the former were kept in confinement for more than a year in Libby. The men were confined at Belle Isle near Richmond, where they suffered all the privations of prison life for two months, when they were paroled and returned to Annapolis.
Major White, who was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate, and whose vote was necessary to a majority of either party in that body, was subjected to a separate and more rigorous confinement on that account, the enemy being well aware that the Senate could enact no business until his release, or until his resignation was secured. The fragment of the regiment which escaped capture was reorganized at Harper's Ferry, and with the rest of Milroy's com- mand was transferred to the Third Division of the Third Corps. On the 30th of June it was sent with ordinance stores, etc., from the works at Maryland Heights, which were shipped to Washington. The Sixty-seventh as part of this guard reached Washington on the 4th of May, and a few days later was ordered to join the Army of the Potomac, at Frederick. During the fall and winter of 1863 it shared the fortunes of the Third Corps. The exchanged pris- oners rejoined the regiment on the 11th of October. When active operations were abandoned the regiment went into winter quarters at Brandy Station, where a large portion of the regiment re-enlisted, and all who were entitled to a veteran furlough returned home. At the end of their thirty days' leave they returned to Washington, and the regiment was ordered to report to' General Abercrombie at Belle Plain, where it remained employed in various duties for some time.
On the 13th of June the Sixty-seventh had a skirmish with the enemy near White House. On the following morning Sheridan arrived with his command and the enemy was compelled to retire. The Sixty-seventh then acted as escort for the wagon- train of General Sheridan, which was taken through in safety to the James River, the only occurrence being a slight skirmish with the enemy's cavalry near Charles City Cross Roads. Upon his arrival Colonel Staunton was ordered to join his brigade in front of Petersburg, where the enlisted men who had been transferred to the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth, upon the departure of the veterans on furlough, were returned to their places in the ranks of the Sixty-seventh.
On the 6th of July the division embarked at City Point for Baltimore, and from there started out in quest of Early, who with a large force was raiding in
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Maryland. During these operations, and in the campaign that ensued under General Wright, the regiment took part, being kept almost constantly on the move.
At this time the Army of the Shenandoah, under General Sheridan, was lying at Clifton, about three miles from Berryville, and at a little before day- light on the morning of the 19th of September, General Sheridan began the battle. The Sixth Corps moved first, the Third Division on the right, with the Sixty-seventh at the extreme right of the division. The battle raged along the entire line until almost evening, when General Sheridan rode along the lines and informed the troops that Averell was in the enemy's rear, the Eighth Corps on his flank, and that if they would press on he could route Early com- pletely. Soon the order was given, and the whole line charged up the valley. The Third Division, principally composed of Milroy's old command, was the first to reach the heights of Winchester, Lieutenant Asaph M. Clark, of Com- pany F, being the first to reach the enemy's works and plant the colors upon them. The regiment went into the fight with only two commissioned officers-two lieutenants, and lost heavily.
The Sixty-seventh took part in the pursuit of Early and in all tlie subse- quent brilliant career of Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. In the fight of the 19th of October, which, but for the opportune arrival of Sheridan, would have ended so disastrously to our arms, the Sixty-seventh was hotly engaged, losing forty-eight in killed and wounded.
It remained in the valley until near the close of the year, when, with the corps, it was ordered to the front at Petersburg, and participated in the closing campaign. After the surrender of Lee it was sent to Danville, near the North Carolina border, where Johnston still had a large rebel force, but on his surrender returned to Washington, where it was mustered out of service July 14, 1865.1
Captain Arthurs, who was taken prisoner June 13, 1863, at the battle of Winchester, was held by the rebels until March 11, 1865. He suffered all the privations and indignities that were so lavishly bestowed upon the Union pris- oners, besides being deprived of fighting with his gallant command on the field. Mrs. Arthurs, who was with the captain in camp at Berryville, when the rebels swooped down upon them, narrowly escaped being captured. She returned to Baltimore, where she remained, working earnestly for Captain Arthurs's release, until he rejoined her and returned to Brookville with her March 29, 1865. While in Baltimore Mrs. Arthurs did good work among the sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals there.
Lieutenant Asaph M. Clark, who escaped capture, gallantly commanded the company in most of its further campaigns, until he was promoted to first lieu-
1 We have taken the principal part of the operations of the Sixty-seventh from "Bates's History Pennsylvania Volunteers," volume 2.
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tenant of Company K, February 5, 1865, and afterwards to captain of that company.
The following Jefferson county men in Company F, were killed, or died of disease : B. Rush Scott, killed at Winchester ; Benewell Fisher, R. D. McCut- cheon, Daniel Dunkleburg died; the latter dying while at his home on fur- lough. John W. Greenawalt, James WV. Kerr, and Daniel McAdoo transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
JEFFERSON COUNTY MEN IN COMPANY F, 67TH P. V.
Captain, Samuel C. Arthurs; first sergeants, Jacob B. McCracken, Asaph M. Clark ; sergeants, Thomas J. Proctor, Elias W. Haines ; corporals, Fred Hil- liard, Thompson McAninch, Alexander F. Flick, David, Clepper, John Dough- erty, Samuel Irwin ; privates, James R. Adams, Edward Burns, Layfayette Burge, Thomas Brown, John Baxter, David Barry, Noah Burkepile, John H. Cox, John Dicky, Daniel Dunkleburg, George Friedline, Jesse Flick, George Fisher, Henry Fisher, Benewell Fisher, Peter Grove, jr., James R. Gailey, John WV. Greenawalt, Henry Geesey, Aaron Hendricks, George M. Hilliard, Michael Harriger, Silas E. Hall, John M. Hadden, George W. Keys, John B. Lucas, John Messner, Henry B. Milliron, Daniel McAdoo, R. D. Mccutcheon, Quin- ton O'Kain, Samuel D. Patterson, John Shadle, Henry Snyder, Henry C. Sny- der, Benjamin R. Scott, David Taylor, Henry Truman, John Voinchet, Daniel Williams, John Warner, Robert D. Williams, Edward W. Young, Samuel Yeomans.
COMPANY B, 135TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.
This company was recruited, under the call of the president, issued July 1, 1862, for troops to serve for nine months. It was raised largely through the efforts of Richard J. Espy, A. B. and Charles McLain, and left Brookville August 7th and proceeded to Camp Curtin, at Harrisburg, where it was mus- tered into the One Hundred and Thirty- fifth Pennsylvania Regiment. On the organization of the regiment, with J. R. Porter, of Indiana, as colonel, A. B. McLain was made adjutant, and the election for company officers resulted in Richard J. Espy being chosen captain ; Charles McLain, first lieutenant, and Andrew J. Sparks, second lieutenant. On the same day that the regiment was organized, August 19, 1862, it left for Washington, and on reporting to Gen- eral Wadsworth, in command of that department, was assigned to provost guard duty, being detailed in detachments in Washington and Georgetown. The field officers being assigned to special duty, such as president of general court martial, commandant of Capitol Hill and of the Soldiers' Home, and in taking charge of the prisoners on their way for exchange between Washington and Aiken's Landing. The regiment remained at Washington until February 16, 1863, though Colonel Porter made repeated application to have his regiment
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sent to the front, but without avail, until General Wadsworth joined the Army of the Potomac, when the scattered detachments were united, and the regiment proceeded to Belle Plain, where it was assigned to the First Brigade, Third Division, First Corps, Colonel Porter being for a time in command of the brigade. The regiment was engaged on picket and guard duty until the Chancellorsville campaign commenced, when it was moved, on the 28th of April, to Pollock Mills, on the Rappahannock River, near Fredericksburg. Shortly after dark Colonel Porter was ordered to move his regiment close to the bank of the river to support the batteries. On the following morning the enemy opened upon the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth, the fire being promptly and effectively returned ; the regiment having three wounded, one of whom, E. H. Baum, was of Company B.
On the 2d of May the First Corps was ordered to Chancellorsville, where Hooker was engaged with the enemy, but the One Hundred and Thirty fifth was left in support of the batteries. As soon as relieved it hastened to rejoin its brigade at the front, and was there thrown out to cover the front of the brigade, losing in the movement several prisoners. After this campaign closed the regiment returned to Belle Plain, where it remained until its term of ser- vice expired.
General Doubleday, commanding the Third Division of the First Corps, said of this regiment : " Colonel Porter has rendered very good service with his regiment in guarding the batteries along the Rappahannock engaged in cover- ing the crossing of our troops below Fredericksburg. His men defended the guns against the enemy's sharpshooters, and did good execution. The One Hundred and Thirty-fifth also covered the front of the First Brigade of my Division at the battle of Chancellorsville, and though not actively engaged, done all that was required of it."
Their term of enlistment having expired, the regiment returned to Harris- burg, where, on the 24th of May, 1863, it was mustered out of service. Dur- ing its nine months' service it lost eight men. From disease, Benjamin F. Bon- ham, George Diveler, James Flanders; Robert Gilmore, William F. Huffman, Daniel Reed, George W. Weckerly, William Whaling. Lee Forsythe died of injuries received in railroad accident near Washington. Miles Flack lost both legs in same accident.
COMPANY B, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH P. V.
Captain, Richard J. Espy ; first lieutenant, Charles McLain ; second lieuten- ant, Andrew J. Sparks ; first sergeant, John A. McLain; sergeants, George W. Porter, E. H. Baum, Samuel M. Moore, George W. Sibley ; corporals, Thomas S. McCreight, Thomas M. Myers, Samuel L. Allen, Hiram W. Clark, Alanson R. Felt, Robert W. Anderson, Daniel B. Porter, John A. Rishel ; musician, William S. Lucas ; privates, Robert Andrews, John W. Alford, Leonard Agnew,
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John Alcorn, Calvin Burns, Joseph Beer, Liberty Beer, Isaac H. Buzzard, An- son H. Bowdish, James Bennett, Jacob Booth, John Bonham, David Buchan- an, Benjamin F. Bonham, George W. Corbin, John A. Cuzzens, G. W. Cham- berlain, Sylvester Davis, Alonzo Dixon, George Diveler, Miles Flack, Lee Forsythe, James Flanders, Franklin Goodar, Samuel Gibbs, Ray Giles, Robert Gilmore, Elias J. Hettrick, Frederick Harvey, Nathaniel Harriger, William V. Heim, John Hettrick, James Hildreth, Nathan Hoig, George Haight, Wes- ley Haight, William Harris, Chauncey P. Harding, William F. Hoffman, Elias W. Jones, Cyrenus N. Jackson, Henry Keihl, Jacob S. Keihl, Othoniel Kelly, John L. Lucas, Louis Litzel, Julius Morey, James A. Myers, Abel L. Mathews, James E. Mitchell, G. S. Montgomery, Robert Miller, C. W. Morehead, James E. McCracken, F. B. McNaughton, William G. McMinn, Jonathan R. McFadden, Frank M. Robinson, Thomas V. Robinson, William A. Royer, Daniel Reed, Louis Riley, James T. Smith, Peter Spangler, Jeremiah B. Smith, Solomon Stahlman, David Stahlman, David Uplinger, Silas Whelpley, Joseph Woods, Orlando Wayland, George R. White, George S. Wallace, George W. Weckerly, William Whaling.
COMPANY E, AND I, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT P. V.
The One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment was principally recruited in Centre county, and when ready to take the field, desiring that a Centre county soldier should command them, their choice fell upon James A. Beaver, of Belle- fonte, Pa., who was then at the front with his regiment, the Forty-fifth Penn- sylvania, of which he was lieutenant-colonel. Governor Curtin adding his petition to that of the officers of the new regiment, that he should become its commander, Colonel Beaver resigned from the Forty-fifth, and assumed com- mand of the new regiment, which was designated as the One Hundred and Forty-eighth. The regiment was organized September 8, 1862, at Camp Curtin, with seven companies from Centre county, one from Clarion, two from Jefferson and Indiana. All of Company I and about half the men in Company E, were from Jefferson. The day following its organization the regiment was sent to guard the Northern Central Railroad, with headquarters at Cockeysville, Md. Here it was put under the most rigid and uniform rules of discipline, so that in less than three months after entering the service, some veteran officers who had just been released from rebel prisons, and were passing the well arranged and orderly camp, noticing the trim appearance of the pickets, and the guards at the colonel's headquarters, wearing clean white gloves, burnished brasses and blackened shoes, called out to the men, "Are you regulars?" Colonel Beaver took great pride in the rapid progress of his regiment, and said of them at this time, "The men of this regiment are willing and of more than ordi- nary intelligence. I am satisfied that it can be made all that a regiment ought to be, if the officers are faithful." This prediction the subsequent history of
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