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Such was the spirit infused into this band of re- cruits by their captain that in thirty-six hours from the time of their enlistment they were en route for the State capital. Colonel Yost was promoted from a captaincy to the position of lieutenant-colonel of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, which was the first regiment that crossed the line into Maryland and reinforced General Reynolds at Hagerstown. On his return from service he was commissioned lieutenant- colonel of the One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Penn- sylvania Volunteers, and while serving with his reg- imient was wounded at Baltimore Cross-Roads, near White House Landing, Va. In 1864 he resumed his business relations, and has since that date been one of the representative merchants of Norristown. Colo- nel Yost, was, in 1863, married to Hannah, daughter of Solomon Feather, of Norristown. The children of this marriage are Daniel F., Harry F., Walter, Maria R. and Ella. Colonel Yost has been largely identified with the business interests of the borough, as also of the county. A Democrat in politics, he does not participate in the various political move- ments of the time and invariably declines office. Hle is a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Norristown.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT. Organized Sept. 12, 1862; discharged Sept. 24-25, 1862.
FIELD AND STAFF .- Colonel, Charles A, Kuoderer ; lieutenant-colonel, Daniel M. Yost ; major, Walter H. Cooke ; adjutant, Gustavus .1. North ; quartermaster, Anthony G. Ely ; surgeon, Jolin B. Stearly ; assistant surgeon, Il. D. McLean ; sergeant-major, Carroll Tyson ; quartermaster-sergeant, J. Howard Murray ; commissary-sergeant, Richard K. Kuhn ; hospital steward, Thomas H. Walton.
COMPANY C .- Captain, Ilenry W. Bonsall ; first lieutenant, Florence Sullivan ; secom] lieutenant, Enoch A. Banks; first sergeant, Wil- liam R. Lesher ; 'sergeants, George Coler, Thomas J. Reiff, Valen- tine S. Schrack, Samuel Jamison ; corporals, Henry Bodine, James Moyer, James MI. Taylor, Samuel J. Potts, Samuel Walker, Joseph B. Moyer, I. Isett Freedley, George A. Lentze ; musicians, Samuel C. Walker, Comly Wright.
Privates .- Theodore Adle, William II. Adle, John F. Ambler, Adam Ashenfelter, Thomas E. Ambler, Lewis H. Auchey, Francis (. Brend- linger, Charles II. Bossert, Barnet W. Benver, Isaiah Bender, John B. Bickel, Charles G. Bare, James Buck, William P'. ('uthbertson, Charles F. Corson, Jacob Derricks, Charles Day, Augustus F. Day, Harrison Evans, David W. Freas, William Fox John Fitzgerald, Jr., Charles Fegeley, Robert C. Fries, Charles Fitzwalter, Joseph Greaves, David Groff, James M. Ganser, Joshua Gilbert, Sauinnel Got- walts, Washington Griffith, Jr., Ivins R. Hansell, Samuel llenshall, Milton 11. Ilauck, Isaac R. Ilansicker, Aaron Hendricks. Joseph Jones, David Krause, Henry Kinkener, Benjamin F. Kerper, Watt- ButI Kirkbride, Marcus Kipner, Charles Lewis, Malcolm Lindsay, .J. Wond Lukens, Benton Maloney, John R. Major, William H. Me- Crea, Walter L. MClennan, Samuel L. MeClennan, James Me- I
Micken, Daniel McClurey, George W. Neiman, Thomas O'Neil, James ()'Neil, Irvin Poley, Walter E. Patton, John Potts, Jacob Il. Richards, Sylvester N. Rich, Theodore F. Rodenhongh, Levi Rush, Lewis Styer, William H. Stroud, Francis G. Stinson, Levi Sbrauder, William II. Sheive, Daniel G, Sherman, William T. Shnell, Samuel (. Scheetz, Thomas B. Sutch, John Sands, Amos E. Styer, Samuel Thomas, William Thomas, John Thomas, Charles MI. Tatem, Mark Thomson, William Vanghan, Theodore F. White, Abraham 1. Yeakle.
COMPANY D .- Captains, Walter HI. Cook (pro, to maj. Sept. 15, ING2) ; John C. Snyder (pro, from Ist lieut. Sept. It, 1862) ; first lieutenant, . Henry Brown (pro. from private Sept. 16, 1862) ; second lieutenant, Henry G. Arnoldl ; first sergeant, Charles MeCally ; sergeants, J. Evans Isett, Walter Scott, Benjanun F. Vancourt ; corporals, Elias Finck, George Delp, John K. Ralston, Benjamin F. Solly ; musician, Howard Gordon.
Privates .- Ellwood Ambler, Jesse Ambler, Wilmer Atkinson, James M. Botten, John Bodey, Enos Bosch, Charles Biswick, William H. Bodey, Lawrence A. E. Corson, John Il. Dager, Peter Defentnick, William Edler, Charles P. Harry, John 11. Hope, Robert Iredell, Jr., Charles C. Isett, Howard M. Jenkins, Thomas 1. Montgomery, Ed- ward Murray, William Moore, John McDonald, Robert Melk nabl, William Rittenhouse, Samuel Rossiter, I-ane MI. Templin, Elijah Thomas, Jonathan Thomas, Carroll S. Tyson (pro. to arrgt. - maj. Sept. 20, 1862), Israel Wentz, Jolm H. White, John C. Wieland, Arnold Williams, Wallace Willian, H. C. Zimmerman, John Zini- merman.
COMPANY G .- Captain, Daniel M. Yost (pro. to lient .- col. Sept. 15, 1xrg) ; first lieutenant, Jessr L. Geist ; second lieutenant, Daniel K. Kep ner ; first sergeant, David . Harpel ; sergeants, John F. Sahold, Sammel S. Bertolet. Aaron G. Krause, Adam Saylor; corpora's, Ben- jamin II. Markley, Benjamin M. Yost, Valentine Hartenstine, Dan iel M. Stetler, Amos K. Kepner, Benjamin F. Harpel, JJacob G. Neiffer, Augustus Adams : musician, James Markley.
Privates .- Daniel Acker, Hrury Berohanl, David Beary, Charles Beiser. Albert G. Bertolet, Ephraim A. P. Bertolet, Jacob Binder, Joshum H. Brewllinger, Franklin Brendlinger, JJohn Banman, Abraham R. Ber- tulet. John M. Decker, Abraham H. Dotterer, JJohn HI. Dotterer, Querine Eckenfl-, Isaac L. Erb. Frederick S. Fugley, Peter Faust, Jr., Jacob Fryer, Nathaniel Feather, Milton Gilbert, Enos Gotshall, Henry S. Geist, Henry Groft, Jesse Hallman, John K. Hanck, George W. Hanck, Conrad Hanser, Thomas F'. Hoffmeier, Daniel II. Heffner, David P. Herb, Joel Hartensting, William B. Hoffman, Levi D. Kalb, William K. Kepner, Jonas G. Krause, Aaron K. Kalb, John S. Kase, George Ladshaw, Charles Lachman, D. G. Leidhviser, David Levengood, Augustus Mayberry, John V. Meckert, Sylvester Moser, Henry M. Moyer, Henry M. Miller, Jesse Nyce, Jesse Oxen- ford, Jeremiah Prutzman, Francis Kawn, Jonas F. Reinert, Albeit 1. Richards, George R. Kuchstuhl, Mahlon Ratz, Washington 11. Smith, Levi Scheffey, William Sabold, Augustus Shaffer. Ephraim B. Scheffey, Henry Y. Schweinhart, George HI. Shaner, Jonas K. Smith, Ilenry Stufflet, Henry Stetler. John Stetler, William U'msted, Henry W. Weand. Samuel Weiss, Josiah M. Yerger, William Young, Philip Yalın, John Yahn, Jolın MI. Zoller.
COMPANY II .- Captain, Barclay Hall ; first lieutenant. Edmund B. Nuss : second lieutenant, William W. Dalby ; first sergeant, Edward S. Tomlinson ; sergeants, Francis Vontheinan, William F. Donley, Edward Hoary, Peter F. Davis ; corporals, Jesse Hall, James Davis, Julın $. Hipple, Bradford Lee, Conrad Burke, Charles J. Halloway, Francis Il. Lubee, Sammel Pugh ; musician, John Murray.
Privates .- William Adam, John Bailey, Conrad Bumgarten, Martin Bumgarten, Edward Bailey, Cornelius Bradley, Daniel Coller, Mor- ton Caffey, Roger Carrey, samuel Dunlap. Edward Downey, Booth Durnip, Richard Ewing, Sammel Elliott, Freeman Fleck, Daniel Ford, Matthias Glanzinger, George Hibbs, James Holland, Henry Hummel, Henry Jones, William Looney, Edward Mochler, Patrick Murphy, John Mahlon. Robert Mr.Curdy, Andrew McFarland, Wil- liam Pollock, Andrew Quinley, John Razor, William Ray, Henry Stemple, Charles Simpson, Davis Smith, Robert Smith, Benjamin Smith, David Stevens, Owen Scanlan, Jacob U'lrick, Iliram C. Wager, Leri Whiteman, Robert White, Thomas Wilfong, Joseph Wheeler. James Wood.
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA MILITI.A.
Organized Sept. 17, 1862; discharged Sept. 25, 16, 27, 28, 1862. FIELD AND STAFF. - Colonel, James Gilkyson ; lieutenant-colonel, Charles $. Leader ; major, Edward S. Shesler ; adjutant, Franklin March ;
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quartermaster, John A. L. Tice ; surgeon, Isaac Hughes ; quarter- master-sergeant, Charles S. Atkinson.
COMPANY B .- Captain, Benjamin MI. Boyer ; first Jientenant, " harles Hunsicker ; second lieutenant, William HI. Snyder ; first sergeant, William B. Maitland ; sergeants, Hiram Lysinger, Samuel Runden- baugh, Elward P. Benter, Lewis 11. Bowman ; corporals, Adam H. Fettrrolf, Julius Hood, Josiah Christman, George Emery, Charle's Sntch, Jacob R. Hunsieker, James D. Ash, Franklin March ipro. to adjt. Sept. 17, 1862).
Privates .- James C. Allahangh, Jacob S. Aaron, Richard Bate, John Butcher, Samuel Rrouke, Isaiah Bradford, Isaac Barton, John Cole- houser, Jacob R. Custer, Isaac Cooke, John Dvem, Henry Edwards, Samuel Edwards, Thomas B. Fisher, Edward Fagan, William F. Force, William E. Fuliner, Lewis Garner, John Garber, James Got- waltz, Jacob M. Hensell, Robert S. Hood, John Holland, John Hed- dleson, David K. Inmbert, John Ilart, Elias C. Jones, Samuel Johnson, Jacob Kramer, Daniel C. Kepler, Henry W. Kratz, Henry Lehman, Preston Lewis, Laurence Larkins, Benjamin Lightfoot, Isaac C. Lysinger, Daniel Lysinger, Morris , Lungstreth, Henry C. Moser, Allen Martin, Edward Murray, Enos Major, Daniel Miller, James McGintey, John McCoy, Peel B. McCord, Jarret T. Preston, William W. Painter, Henry Quillman, George W. Rogers, Davis Ramage, Charles J. Royer, Joseph W. Royer, William R. Ritten- house, Levi Rosenberger, Adam Rodebaugh, Sammel Rodebangh, George Rudebangh, George Seclah, John Shuttleworth, James Sloan, George W. Snyder, Peter H. Schaffer, Francis R. Shupe, Thomas Sitterer, Sanmel Taylor, Reuben Taney, Samnel II. Treichler, Thomas White, Matthias P. Walker, Edward P'. Zimmerman.
COMPANY G .- Captain, Harrison M. Lutz; first lieutenant. Henry C. Hughes; second lieutenant, Horatio Ogden ; first sergeant, Charles S. Griffith ; sergeants, Henry E. Newberry, James Hustler, William H. Shainline, Colbert Reiger ; corporals, Isaac Ramsey, George W. Holstein, William411. Holstein, Charles D. He's. Juseph Barrett, John Richards, David F. Skean, Frank Tomney.
Prirates. - Henry Armstrong, John Broughton, Hugh Cassiday, Samuel Coats. Edward Delany, Jonas Eastwood, John Graham, Lewis Glenn, Charles R. Griffith, Frederick Goll, William II. Geiger, Joseph Har- rison, Amos T. Holt, S. Hallman Hart, Hiram C. Hallman, John .A. Keiger, James Keating, Robert Keller, Nathaniel Laver, Charles Lyle, Franklin Lyle, Henry Linley, William Millington, John 1. Mitchell, John H. Mangle, William MeCracken, Charles Pickup, Robert Patton, Joseph Russell, Walter B. Rambo, Morris Richardson, Christian F. Skean, Hiram Supplee, James Supplee, Benjamin Y. Shainline, Jonathan R. Supplee, Martin Stamp, Davis Sweeny, Elias Smith, Michael Sherry, William Swann, Jesse Updegrove, Squire Whitehvad, Patrick Walters, Michael Wheeler.
NINETEENTH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA MILITLA.
Organized Sept. 15, 1802 ; discharged Sept. 27, 1862.
FIELD AND STAFF .- Colonel, Robert Klotz; lientenant-colonel, Daniel Nagle : major, William H. Churchman ; adjutant, Herman B Graeff ; quartermaster, Lewis W. Crawford : assistant surgeon, Daniel T. Batdorf; chaplain, Alfred A. Fisher ; sergeant-major. D. Sylvester Stine; quartermaster-sergeant, William H. Bowyer; commissary sergeant, David H. MeNair.
COMPANY E .- Captain, John H. Hobart : first lieutenant, George Rice ; second lientenant, Thomas C. Steele ; first sergeant, William A. Dyer ; sergeants, William S. Wells, Henry Putts, Jr., Franklin A. Yorum, Alexander Malsberger ; corporals, William C. Bercher, Samuel R. Ellis, Charles Lessig, Miller D. Evans, George D. Meigs, Isaar I'm- stead, Daniel W. Davis, John Lord ; musicians, George W. Morrow, Robert H. Hobart.
Privates .- Charles J. Adamson, Lyman Beecher, Robert Bire, Jerome B. Byar, Francis Bach, John S. Bachman, Mahlon R. Buchert, William J. Binder, Benjamin B. Brant, Harrison Bean, Horace A. Custer, John Corbitt, Marmaduke B. Casselberry, William Davis, Anthony Duun, Samuel S. Danb, David D. Endy, Oliver Evans, Samuel Y. Eisenberger, Jonathan Fregh, Charles Frick, Henry F. Fogle, Jonas D. Fritch, Peter Good, Daniel F. Graham, Davis R. Hendricks, Na- thaniel P. Hobart, Ephraim Hartranft, Josiah Huber, Luke Higgins, Nathaniel Harner, John W. Hollowbush, John Hause, John R. Hunsberger, John R. Irwin, Hiram C. Jones, William H. Johnston, Francis .Jordan, Daniel II. Keim, James W. Keim, George T. Keim, Henry G. Kulp, Enos Keller, William H. Lachman, Michael Lessig, William H1. Landis, Henry P. Leaf, Van Buren Missimer, Cornelius Mara, Cyrus W. O. Nyce, Lewis R. Neiman, Edmund E. Newlin,
Joseph Potts, Jr., Joseph MeKean Potts, Ephraim Reifsnyder, Peter W. Reifsnyder, Peter S. Reifsnyder, Henry P'. Rutter, William I. Rutter, Jerome Ruth, Peter Ruth, John D. Rothruck. Henry A. Richards, Mark H. Richards, Christopher Shaner, Euos II. Sbaner, Englebert Shaner, Augustus W. Shick, Henry B. Smull, Henry K. Stont, Oliver A. Shelladay, William B. Stranford, John Wagner, Lewis Ward, Harrison R. M. Whitman, John Weidner, George Wanger, William L. Williamson, Samuel Y. Weaver, Henry Walt, Jr., Matthias G. Yergy, Jacob C. Yost.
INDEPENDENT CAVALRY COMPANIES.
Organized Sept. 18, 1862 ; di-charged Sept. 28, 1802.
Captain, Samuel W. Comly ; first lieutenant, Joseph Longstretb ; second lieutenant, Austin L. Taggart ; first sergeant, William R. Wister ; sergeants, l'harles C. Longstreth, Charles C. Walton, John S. Wise, Thomas Bitting : corporals, Geurge G. McNeill, John Donat, George F. Robeson, Christian Stout, Alfred J. Snyder, Thomas Patton
Prirates .- Charles T. Aiman, Matthew Anson, William Bitting, William II. Boude, Benjamin E. Buzby, George W. Castner, Abraham H. Clayton, Enos Clayton, Hamilton Clayton, Charles Comley, Nathan Vomley, Charles Culp, Jr., George W. Engleman, Isaac Fell, Manas- sah Fries, Andrew Gilinger, Harrison Goodwin, Elwood Gourley, William T. Harvey, Daniel Jones, Evan Jones, George 31. Jones, Francis A. Katz, Elwood Kirk, Joseph Kirkner, Andrew Lightcap, .Jacob F. Lukens, Elwood Paul, Enoch T. Parvin, Hiram Potts, Elias HI. Potts, James Quirk, Philip s. Herd, Peter Rittenhouse, Ezra S. Shermer, Edward S. Stallnecker, Jarot Stahlnecker, Charles Stout, Jonathan Thomas, William Tobid, Jr., Joseph E. Van Meter, David Wood, Frank Yerkes.
Organized Sept. 13, 1x62 ; discharged Sept. 27, 1862.
Captain, Daniel H. Mulvany ; 1 first fientenant, J. Kurtz Zook; second lientenant, A. Jackson Amler-on ; first sergeant, Frederick K. Haws, sergeants, E. Channing Pott-, John s. Shearer, George Peckin, A. Brower Longaker : corporals, Thomas Humphreys, Solomon Gilbert, Archibald D. Thompson, Benjamin Custer, William W. Davis. Privates .- Lewis K. Beerer, John Coats, Josiah Culp, Frank R. Deeds, Lewis 11. Davis, Hugh Dehaven, Philip Daniels, John Grant, George Garrett, John Graham, Jacob Hans, Leonard Hendricks, Nathan R.
1 The following correspondence between Captain Daniel H. Mulvany and Governor Curtin recalls the period of anxiety and apprehension felt throughout Eastern Pennsylvania in the summer of Is63. It also shows the promptness with which the patriotic citizens of Montgomery County responded tothe call of the executive in an emergency that was rife with peril to the commonwealth :
" HARRISBURG, Inne 15, 1863. "Received June 15, 1863, 10 o'clock, 30 minutes A. M.
" To D. Mulrany, Esq .- Lee is moving in force un Pennsylvania. He has defeated our forces at Winchester and Martinsburg, and part of his army is now at Hagerstown. The President has called on Pennsylvania for fifty thousand volunteers to check the Rebel movement, the men so raised to serve for six months if not suoner discharged, to be clothed aml mail by the United States, and to be accredited on the draft. Unless our people respond promptly a large part of the State will be laid waste by the Rebel invasion.
(Signature),
Also the following letter :
"A. G. CURTIN, " Gor, Stute Pennsylvania."
" NORRISTOWN, Sept. 16, 1862. " His Excellency, A. H. Curtin, Gor. of Penna .- SIR : I have the honor tu report the troop of cavalry raised in this borongh and vicinity as in readiness to march. We propose to mount our horses for Harrisburg on Thursday morning next. Please have the goodness to let me know by telegraph whether we may go at that time. Very respectfully your obedient servant. ".D. H. MULVANY, " Cuptain Norristown Troop. "P. S .- Fifty-four members have positively agreed to march on Thurs- day, and some others would go to Harrisburg to join us in a few days."
The above is appended to a paper drawn up in the following terms :
" We, the undersigned citizens of Norristown and its vicinity, between 18 and 55 years of age, do hereby agree to form ourselves into a troop of cavalry, for such military service as the defense of our native State may in the present emergency require. The members will meet to organize at the office of D. H. Mulvany on Saturday next, at 7.30 o'clock P. M."
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Ilughes, Lewis Hagey, Alexander Hanna, Samuel F. Jarrett, David S. Kulp, George Keys, George Longaker, William B. Logan, John Leedon, Edwin Moore, David McClure, Davis Rondebush, John Rig- ley, Charles Razor, William Stillwagon, David M. Stacker, John S. Temple, Spencer Thompson, William N. Walker, John A. Woodhus.
Mustered in June 17, 1863 ; discharged July 30, 1863.
Captain, Samuel W. Comly, first lieutenant, Joseph C. Longstreth ; second lientenant, Austin L. Taggart ; first sergeant, William R. Wister ; quartermaster-sergeant, Thomas Bitting ; sergeants, Enos Clayton, William G. Bosler, Joseph Kirkner, Jr., John S. Wise, Harry R. Brown ; corporals, Charles Comley, Charles Stout, Ellwood Gourley, Benjamin R. Meyers, Jacob Il. Michener, George W. Bush, George B. Rayner, David S. Grafly.
Privates .- Josiah Ambler, Wilmer Atkinson, Dager Bush, Marshall E. Battin, Jacob Y. Bates, John E. Bartholomew, Andrew N. Brice, Michael Bushey, Charles A. Brinton, Charles Culp, John Cross, Thomas M. Clayton, Edwin Claxton, Henry Cook, Walter II. Cook, William Cahill, John J. Dager, Robert P. Dager, Franklin Dewees, Henry C. Deckart, Joshua L. Fickls, John E. Fanrice, Charles E. Faurice, Harrison C. Green, William B. Hart, Nathan E. Hughes, Samnel 11. Ilough, John Jacobs, William Jones, Howard H. Jenkins, Ellwood Kirk, Abraham S. Kulp, Rader K. Kraft, Morris P'. Kirk, Henry Z. Kibler, Hicks Lukens, Charles Longstreth, Samuel D. Moser, Patrick Murray, Richard Moore, William R. Myers, Patrick McGillen, George K. MeMiller, Charles Newman, John s. Perry, Charles W. Patterson, Elias H. Potts, Clayton Phipps, Henry Reita- baogh, Jesse Roberts, Jr., William F. Nadler, George W. Stackhouse, Walter Scott, Joseph Stahlwerker, John W. Taylor, Carroll S. Tyson, Stephen Walton, Mahlon S. Walton, Lewis S. Whitcomb, William Weimar, Joseph J. Yocum, Sohn Yerkes.
INDEPENDENT CAVALRY BATTALION. Mustered in July 2-10, 1863 ; discharged Ang. 21, 1863.
COMPANY B.1-Captain, Frederick R. Haws; first lieutenant, George R. Pechin ; second lientevant, George P. Yocum ; first sergeant, larry C. Johnson ; sergeants, George Pechin, Jr., Samuel F. Jarrett, David Schrack, John F. Anderson ; corporals, Thomas W. Ilim- phreya, Joseph 11. Barrett, Archibald D. Thompson, John M.
I The following extract from a letter written by an emergency soldier of the summer of 1863 will call to mind the circumstances which at that period were deemed af muusnat interest to the people uf Montgomery County :
" At the time General Lee with his rebel hordes crossed the Potomar and was abont to invade the soil of Pennsylvania the people of the Schuylkill Valley became very much alarmed. It was difficult to real- ize the fact that after the State had given over two hundred thousand of her brave young men to the public service that she should be the sub- ject of an inenrsion, and her great harvest-fields devastated and whole regions laid waste. The farmers and business men of Montgomery County felt the emergency to be serions, and that more soldiers were necessary in order to resist the tide of invasion, and if possible to over- whelm Lee ; we therefore, in a very few days, raised a company, known as the Norris Cavalry, and selected for our captain Frederick laws, uf Norriton township. The farmers had the hay about half made and the grain was nearly ready to harvest ; but we thought better. if needs be, to lose our crops and march to the assistance of the brave men in the fieldl. The sacrifice was felt to be very great, and the animating feeling of all was to do what we could for the country. On the 2d of July, 1863, a warm sultry morning, we left onr hontes and farms and assembled at Nor- ristown, where we received our horses and equipments. At 10 o'clock A. M. we formed company and started for the seat of war. We marched over the Ridge pike, passing through village after village, and receiv- ing the plandits of men, women and children, all of whom seemed to feel the stern necessities of the time; we reached Pottstown, and there remained overnight, and were hospitably entertained by the good citizens of that place ; many of the men felt jolted and sure, and keenly appreciated a short night's rest. By seven o'clock on the morning of the 3dl we were on the march for Reading, reaching that place in good time; horses were groomed and the men turned in for a good night's sleep. On the morning of July 4th we were mustered into the State service for three months, unless sooner discharged ; we then went into camp, and suffered all the discomforts of a rainy afternoon and night. The joyful news of the defeat of Lee came along in good time to rejoice our hearts, and iu common with all, we felt a sense of relief and a desire to be where wo could help to ' push things.' On the 5th we had our horses appraised and
Stacker, Alexander Gotwalts, Peter Crouse, Charles P. Egbert, William HI. Stillwagon; musicians; Hophin V. Johnson, John Q. Hunsicker.
Privates .- James Q. Atkinson, George W. Berry, William M. Bainbridge, Jacob Buckwalter, John Coats, Charles A. Cox, Benjamin Custer, Edwin Conrad A. W. Cooper, William R. Cox, John Deal, L. Y. Eisenberry, Sammel Edwards, Iliram M. Fulmer, John Fnlmer, Jr., Seth Fulmer, Edward Freas, Edward Gorgas, Theodore Gilinger, George L. Garrigues, Leonard Hendricks, George Hagy, Jesse Ilutz, Ivins llansell, Charles Hansell, Charles L. Haws, Charles C. John- sun, Augustus Huhn, Stephen T. Kirk, George W. Kibblehouse, Abrahamı R. Moyer, Edwin Moore, Hugh Mason, John C. Morgan, William H. Meigs, George W. Mancill, Henry Mavaugh, Josiah Note, William B. Nungesser, Enoch II. Parvin, E. Channing l'otts, Cornelius Rhoads, Andrew S. Rahn, Atkinson Il. Ritch, Reuben Y. Ramsey, Lonis Styer, Charles Smith, Jacob Shaffer, Morton C. Streeper, Albert F. Shaw, John Spencer, Harry Sturgis, Thomas M. Snyder, Isaac M. Templin, Isaac W. Weirman, James C. Ward, John Wildsmith, Elwood MI. Worrell, Nathan S. Woolf, James Wells.
The following company was recruited from Mont- gomery County, though it served in the First New Jersey Cavalry :
COMPANY A, FIRST NEW JERSEY CAVALRY .- Theodore Michenor, private, sergeant and second lieutenant ; Jushua P. Kirk, corporal and ser- geant ; Samuel Waalton, private and sergeant; Algernon Waalton, sergeant ; John P. Marple, corporal and sergeant ; Cephas Ross, private, corporal and sergeant ; Edwin Twining, sergeant ; 1} R. Roberts, corporal and sergeant ; William M. Shaw, private and sergeant ; William Hallowell, corporal and sergeant; Har- rison Megarger, private, corporal and sergeant ; James D. Wal- ton, private, corporal and sergent ; John D. Williams, private, corporal and sergeant ; Ephraim M. Crosdale, private and sergeant ; John C. Hobensack, sergeant ; Isaac Jannett, private, corporal and sergeant ; Theodore Johnson, corporal ; Charles E. Wilson, private and sergeant ; John F. Buck, private and sergeant ; Thomas J. Hel- lings, private and corporal ; David .I, Walton, corporal and sergeant ; Washington M. Rainer, private and corporal ; Theodore Radcliff, private and sergeant ; Lawrence Rush, private and bugler ; Charles J. Shelmire, private and corporal ; Charles B. Perkinpine, corporal ; Edmund Scott, corporal and sergeant : Charles Myers, blacksmith.
Ivirates,-Jolin Barker, James Bloomer, Joshna Buyles, Henry Cash, Charles R. Coffman, John Black, James Conn, Elias P. Hall, Jolin 11. Craven, Thomas M. Crosdale, Rush Griffith, Heury Hagerman, llarrison Johnson, Jonathan Johnson, Elwood Knowles, Joseph
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then took cars and proceeded to Harrisburg. The rain continned, and the conditions under which we marched to a piece of woodland beyond the town and went into camp were such as to indnee ' camp growls' from the most patriotic. 'Camp Cinch,' however, was established and Norris Cavalry pitched their tents, fed their horses, cooked their coffee, middle their beds, began to realize what 'sobliering' really meant, 'turned in' for the night, dreamed of soft beds, new-made hay, and orange harvest-field and not the girls, but the kindly housewives we left behind We woke to the sound of neighing horses and the general racket of rain-soaked camp guards. At this camp we received our uniformis, As usual, they fit to a fault, and many of ns, upon getting inside of them, felt almost as blue as we looked. The novelty of our woodland camp was wearing away and the situation was growing monotonous, when, on the 11th, we received orders to march. Our first duty was to take one hun- dred government horses to Chambersburg ; this we did, and turned them over to officers there in command, and then moved on to Greencastle, where we encamped for the night. Next day we marched to a place called Clear Springs, in Washington County, Maryland, and encamped within about one and a half miles of the Potomac River. We were now in Gen- eral Kelly's department, Camp Stahl. Here we were employed for some time in doing ont-post and pirket enty on the Potomac River. Lee having retired into Virginia, the danger to the State being over and our affairs at home pressing most of the men in the command, we returned to Harrisburg. On August 21st we were mustered out, and on the following day returned to our homes. Our experience was rife with incident, and altlungh we were not engaged with the enemy, our presence on the line of operations was a guarantee of our willingness to do what the exigencies of the public service and those in charge of it might re- quire of us at their hands.
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