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Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 5, '62. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, April 1, '63. Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31,'64-Vet. Deserted August 1, 1861.
Deserted July 15, 1863.
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, December 13, '62- absent, sick, at muster out.
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Wd. May 8, 1864-absent, sick, at muster out.
3 Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31, '64-Vet. Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31, '64-Vet. Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31, '64-Vet.
Killed at Spottsylvania C. H., May 12, 1864.
Died May 16, 1864, of wds. rec. at Spottsylvania C. H., May 10, '64-bu. in Nat. Cem., Arlington. Killed at Bull Run, August 30, 1862.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 24, '61. Killed at Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862. Killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862.
Discharged January 22, '63, of wounds received at Antietam, September 17, 1862.
Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31, '64-Vet. 3
Wounded at Bull Run, August 30, 1862-mus- tered ont with company, June 11, 1863.
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
TERM-YEARS.
สสสส์
Disch. on Surgeon's certificate-date unknown. Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31, '64-Vet. Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31, '64-Vet Died at Smoketown, Va., Nov. 12, 1862, of wds. received at Antietam, September 17, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
3 3 Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31, '64-Vet. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Oct. 15, '62. Transferred to 51st regiment P. V., Oct. 29, 1861. 3 3 Died at Camp Tenally, Va., Aug. 22, 1861. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31, '64-Vet. Transferred to 190th regiment P. V. May 31, '64. Died at Camp Pierpont, Va., March 11, 1862. Killed at Bull Run, August 30, 1862.
903
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
NAME.
BANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Ream, William
Private
Aug. 26, '62,
Reckord, William
.do
July 24, '61,
3
Stewart, Robert B .do
July 24, '61,
3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Somers, Wm. B
... do
July 24, '61,
3 Wounded at Fredericksburg, December 13, '62- absent, sick, at muster out.
Simpson, David
do
July 24, '61, 3
Discharged February 20, 1863, for wounds re- ceived at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. Discharged May 16, 1863, for wounds received at Antietam, September 17, 1862.
Stephens, Edward .. do
July 24, '61, 3 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 25, '62.
Stoutengle, Geo. W .do
June 15, '61,
Sherman, Berd. B ... do
July 24, '61,
3
Stunkerd, Robert ... .do
July 24, '61,
3
Shuman, Henry .do
Mar. 19, '62,
Killed at South Mountain, September 14, 1862.
Sproul, Oliver ... do
July 24, '61,
Swartz, John do
July 24, '61,
3
3 Killed at South Mountain, September 14, 1862. Killed at Wilderness, May 8, 1864-Vet.
Tomb, James F. .. do
July 24, '61,
3 Prisoner from December 13, '62, to May 17, '63- mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Died at Camp Pierpont, Va., March 21, 1862. Prisoner from Dec. 13, '62, to May 17, '63-mus- tered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Wilson, Abed. B ...
.. do
July 24, '61,
3 Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Williams, John W ..
do
July 24, '61,
3 Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31, '64-Vet.
Waltemeyer, Henry
.do
July 24, '61,
3 Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31, '64-Vet.
Wolf, Andrew ...
.do
July 24, '61,
Williams, Joseph.
.. do
July 24, '61,
3
3 Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31, '64-Vet. Discharged Oct. 31, 1862, for wounds received at Bull Run, August 30, 1862.
Waltemeyer, Wm .. do
Feb. 13, '64,
3 Transferred to 191st regiment P. V., May 31, 1864.
COMPANY I .*. RECRUITED IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY.
James C. Baker ..
Capt. .. do
Feb. 6, '62, July 30, '61,
3
Pr. to Capt., April 20, 1863-Bv. Major, Mar. 13, 1865-mus. out with company, June 11, 1864.
Perry Etchison
Ist Lt
Mar. 17, '62,
3 Resigned July 18, 1862.
Wm. H. Myers
.. do .....
July 24, '61,
3 Pr. fr. Sgt. Maj. to Ist Lt., April 20, 1863-Bv. Capt., Mar. 13, 1665-mustered out with com- pany, June 11, 1864.
Samuel J. Cloyd.
2d Lt ..
Mar. 17, '62, 3 Discharged January 7, 1863.
Frank. D. Stephens
... do .....
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Pr. from private to 1st Sgt., April 24, 1862-to 2d Lt., April 24, 1863-pris. at Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862-Wounded at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862-tr. to Co., D, 190th reg. P. V., June 1, 1864. Captured at Weldon railroad, August 19, 1864. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
And'w J. Demming Ist Sgt ..
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Wm. W. Woods .. do
Aug. 10, '61,
Thos. M. Kelly. Serg't .. Mar. 17, '62,
David Long do Mar. 17, '62,
John C. Rinker .. do Mar. 17, '62,
do
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Seth Alexander .do
April 5, '62, 3
Joseph Beers.
Corp ..
Mar. 17, '62, 3
David Hancock .do Mar. 17, '62, 3
Elias B. Wilson. do Mar. 17, '62,
3
David W. Stevens .. do Mar. 17, '62,
3
John B. Chilcoat. .do Mar. 17, '62,
3
W'm. H. Harris ... do Mar. 17, '62, 3
Wm. D. Hancock. do Mar. 17, '62, 3
Abraham D. Long. do Mar. 17, '62,
3
Henry C. Lyon .do
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Captured at Welden railroad, August 19, 1864- died a prisoner-date unknown. Captured at Weldon railroad, August 19, 1864.
Chas. H. Martin do
Mar. 17, '62, 3
John Harvey.
Muc.
Mar. 17, '62, 3
Geo. W. Weight
.do Mar. 17, '62,
3
Albert, Henry ...
Private| April 5, '62,
3
Allen, Robert J do April 5, '62,
3
Barker, Geo. S ..
.do
Mar. 17, '62, 3
Baker, Josiah
do
Mar. 17, '62, 31
3
3 Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31, '64-Vet. Transferred to 190th reg. P. V., May 31, '64-Vet. Died at Georgetown, D. C., October 13, 1864-bu- ried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C.
Thomas, James E .do
July 24, '61, 3
Williams, Sanford .. ... do
June 15, '61,
3
3
3
3
R. Y. Askin
Died July 7, 1862.
Chill W. Hazzard
3
* There is no muster-out roll of this company on file in the Adjutant General's Office.
TERM-YEARS.
3 Transferred to 190th regiment P. V., May 31, '64. Killed at Wilderness, May 8, 1864.
Stewart, James S .do
July 24, '61, 3
904
FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT-TWELFTH RESERVE,
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Butts, John F.
Private Aug. 10, '61,
Black, John ....
.. do
.....
Mar. 17, '62,
Briggs, John A
.do
Mar. 17, '62,
Bypuss, Herman ...
.do
Mar. 27, '62,
Carother, Wm. H ...
.do
Mar. 17, '62,
Cornelius, John.
.do
Mar. 17, '62,
Copenhaven, Wm ..
.do
Mar. 17, '62,
Cloyd, Thomas ...
do
April 5, '62,
Duffield, Joseph R ..
.. do
Aug. 10, '61,
De Armit, John C ...
.do
Mar. 17, '62,
Durboran, Isaac H Elliott, James A
.do do
Mar. 17, '62,
Giles, James P.
.. do
Mar. 17, '62,
Gluch, John ..
do
Mar. 17, '62,
Flick, George W
.. do
Mar. 17, '62,
Hamman, Peter.
do
Mar. 17, '62,
Harvey, William ...
do
Mar. 17, '62,
Hancock, Aquilla ...
.do
Mar. 17, '62,
Huntsman, Jas. H ..
do
Mar. 17, '62,
Hancock, Jeremiah do
do
Mar. 17, '62, 3
Hudson, Augus's B Johns, John E.
do
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Kelley, Alfred.
do
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Kelley, Thomas S ..
.do
Mar. 17, '62,
Knobb, James
do
Mar. 17, '62,
Leerd, Adam
.do
Mar. 17, '62,
Livinghouse, B. F ..
.do
Mar. 17, '63,
Leerd, George Locke, Jonathan.
do
Mar. 17, '62, Mar. 29, '62,
33
Tr. to Co. D, 190th reg. P. V., June 1, '64-pris. at Weldon railroad, Aug. 19, '64-died-date unknown.
Tr. to Co. D, 190th reg. P. V., June 1, '64-pris. at Weldon railroad, Aug. 19, '64-died-date unknown.
3 Captured at Weldon railroad, Aug. 19, 1864.
Maddon, Oliver C ...
.. do
Mar. . 17, '62,
3
Malone, William.
.do
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Myers, John J ..
.. do
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Montgomery Jacob
.do
Mar. 17, '62, 3
Martin, Benjamin R
.do
Mar. 29, '62, 3
M'Mullen, John ...
do do
June 15, '61,
Need, George M.
do
Mar. 29, '62,
Naugle, Isaac,
do
Mar. 29, '62,
3
Palmer, Lafayette ..
.do
Mar. 14, '62,
3
Rutter, Alfred ..
.do
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Richart, William.
.do
Mar. 17, '62,
Ramsey, Robert F ..
do
Mar. 17, '62, 3
Rutter, Elisha ...
do
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Ramsey, Thos. Jr ...
.. do Mar. 17, '62,
3 3
Ramsey, Austin.
.do
April 5, '62,
3
Smith, Jesse P.
.do do
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Speer, George W.
do Mar. 17, '62,
3
Shaffer, Henry ...
do
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Smith, Willis C ...
.do
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Shaffer, George F.
.do
.do April 7, '62,
Speaker, James A ... .. do Mar. 29, '62,
Swartz, Daniel ... do Mar. 29, '62,
Thomas, Joseph A .. ... do
Mar. 29, '62, 3
TERM-YEARS. 0000 000000
Mustered out with company June 11, 1864. Tr. to Co. D, 190th reg. P. V., June 1, '64-pris. at Weldon railroad, Aug. 19, '64-died-date unknown. .
Tr. to Co. D, 190th reg. P. V., June 1, '64-pris. at Weldon railroad, Aug. 19, '64-died-date unknown.
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Tr. to Co. D, 190th reg. P. V., June 1, '64-pris. at Weldon railroad, Aug. 19, '64.
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864. Deserted April 24, 1862.
Tr. to Co. D, 190th reg. P. V., June 1, '64-pris. at Weldon railroad, Aug. 19, '64.
Tr. to Co. D, 190th reg. P. V., June 1, '64-pris. at Weldon railroad, Aug. 19, '64-died-date unknown.
Locke, Daniel.
Mar. 29, '62,
Livinghouse, J. C ...
.do .do
Mar. 29, '32,
33
Linch, Michael.
.. do
June 15, '61,
3 3 3 3
Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Deserted April 8, 1862.
Transferred to Co. D., 190th reg. P. V., June 1, '64. Deserted April 24, 1862.
3
Shaffer, Edw'd H. Snyder, Elias ...
.. do
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Sncath, John S.
Mar. 17, '62, 3 3 3
3
... ... do
...
Mar. 29, '62,
Neff, Peter ..
O'Neil, Henry.
.do
Mar. 29, '62,
3
Mar. 17, '62,
Hicks, Thomas J ....
... do
April 5, '62, 3
3
Captured at Woldon Railroad, August 19, 1864- died a prisoner-date unknown.
Roberts, David.
.. do Mar. 17, '62,
Mar. 17, '62,
Aug. 10, '61,
E
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
905
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Taylor, George B ....
Private
April 5, '62,
Vaughn, Thos. W ... ... do
Mar. 17, '62,
Wright, Henry C ... ‘ ... do
Mar. 17, '62, 3
Transferred to Co., D, 190th regiment P. V., June 1, 1864-pris. at Weldon Railroad, Aug. 19, '64.
Whitman, John A .. .. do
Mar. 17, '62, 3
Walls, William H .. ' ... do
Mar. 17, '62,
3
Young, Jacob A ..... .. do
Mar. 17, '62, 3
Young, George .. .....
.do
Mar. 17, '62, 3
COMPANY K.
RECRUITED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.
John S. Eyster.
Capt.
June 15, '61,
3 | Discharged July 20, 1862.
Jesse Little
1st Lt ..
June 15, '61,
Elisha D. Reed
2d Lt ...
June 15, '61, 3
3 Promoted from Ist Sgt .- resigned July 26, 1862. Promoted to Capt. and A. C. S., Sept. 22, 1862.
Joseph R. Duffield ..
1st Sgt. June 15, '61, 3
Transferred to company I, July 20, 1862.
L. D. Middlekauff ..
Serg't ..
June 15, '61, 3 Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
W. R. Pilkington
.. do
June 15, '61,
3 3 Transferred to Co. A, July 20, '62, as private. Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862. Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862. 3
Samuel C. Giffin
.. do
June 13, '61,
John W. Setchel.
Corp.
June 15, '61,
3 Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862.
John G. Rohm ..
.do
Jnne 15, '61,
John Patton.
do
June 13, '61,
3 Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862.
Joseph F. Rhodes, .do
June 15, '61,
3
Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
Chris'n C. Eckert. Muc ...
June 15, '61,
3
William Smith. .do
Jnne 15, '61,
3
Armstrong, Win ...
Private
June 15, '61,
3
Arndt, Leander .. .do
June 15, '61,
3
Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
Armstrong, L. V .. do July 19, '61,
Bentzell, Wm. H .do June 15, '61, 3
Bowman, Geo. B .... .. do June 15, '61,
Boren, John H. .. do June 15, '61,
Buckner, Fred. R ...
.do
June 15, '61,
3
Transferred to company I, July 20, 1862.
Bossinger, John.
clo Jnne 15, '61,
3 Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862.
Brown, Benj. F. do June 15, 161, 3
Badgley, George ..... .do July 24, '61,
3 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 5, '62.
Campbell, Wm. M ..
.do
June 15, '61,
Carpenter, John W
.. do June 15, '61, 3
Durboran, I. H.
.do June 15, '61,
Devine, James .do June 15, '61, 3
Davis, Robert C. do
June 15, '61,
3
Duffield, W. S .. do
June 15, '61, 3 Transferred to company G, July 20, 1862. Transferred to company B, July 20, 1862. 3
Flanagan, Peter F .. .do
June 15, '61,
3 Died at Camp Pierpont, Va., March 17, 1862.
Fry, Joseph S .do
June 15, '61, 3 Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
Fleming, G. W. F .. .do June 15, '61, 3 Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
Fox, William R ... do
June 15, '61,
3
Wounded at Dranesviile, Dec. 20, '61-Died Oct. 10, 1862, of wounds received in action.
Fockler, Samnel
do
June 15, '61,
3 Transferred.
Fox, Wilson C ..
.. do
June 15, '61,
3
Transferred to company G, July 20, 1862.
Graham, David H .. .. do
June 15, '61,
3 Transferred to company E, July 20, 1862.
Gill, John do Jnne 15, '61, 3 Deserted July 9, 1861.
Haines, John. do June 15, '61,
Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862. 3
Harden, James .do
June 15, '61, 3 Transferred.
Hench, Nicholas I .. do
.do
June 15, '61, 3 Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
Hall, Noel I.
.do
June 15, '61,
3 Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
Hockensmith, J ..
.. do
June 15, '61,
Heim, Nicholas B. do
June 15, '61,
Harder, Warren P .. do
June 15, '61,
Jacobs, Robert E. .do
June 15, '61, 3
Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862.
Kuh, William ... .. do
June 15, '61, 3 Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862,
Ligget, John C.
.. do
June 15. '61,
3 | Died at Camp Pierpont, Va., January 6, 1862.
H. D. Witmer ..
.do
June 13, '61,
3 Transferred.
3 Transferred to compauy A, July 20, 1862.
John H. Snow.
.do June 13, '61,
3 Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862.
William A. Fry. .. do June 15, '61,
Geo. M. Barnitz. .. do June 15, '61,
3 Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862. Transferred to company B, July 20, 1862. Transferred to company F, July 20, 1862. Transferred.
3 Transferred to company B, July 20, 1862. 3 Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862. Transferred.
3
Transferred to company E, July 20, 1862. Transferred.
Butts, John F .do Jnne 15, '61,
3
Brown, Geo. B ..
do June 25, '61,
3 Transferred to company G, July 20, 1862. Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
3 Transferred to company H, July 20, 1862. Transferred to company H, July 20, 1862. Transferred to company I, July 20, 1862. 3 Transferred to company E, July 20, 1862. 'Transferred.
Eckart, John C .. do June 15, '61,
June 15, '61, 3 Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
Haney, Peter
3 Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862. 3 Transferred to company G, July 20, 1862. 3 Transferred.
* This company has neither muster-in nor muster-out rolls on file in Adjutant General's Office. 114
.
3 Discharged December 30, 1861.
Frank W. Hench ... .do June 15, '61,
TERM-YEARS.|
906
FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT-TWELFTH RESERVE.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
TERM-YEARS.
REMARKS.
Lerch, David R
Private| June 15, '61,
Transferred to company B, July 20, 1862.
Linthurst, Jas. F.
.. do
June 15, '61,
3 Transferred to company B, July 20, 1862.
Linch, Michael
do
June 15, '61, $ Transferred to company I, July 20, 1862.
Toan, James.
.do
June 15, '61, 3 Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862.
.. iller, John A
do
June 15, '61,
3
Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862. Transferred.
Marshall, Robt. E ...
.do
June 15, '61,
3 Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
Melott, Stephen.
do
Juno 15, '61, 3 Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
Melott, Frederick ..
do
June 13, '61, 3 Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862.
M'Dougal, William
do
June 13, '61, 3 Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862.
Martin, Calvin.
do
June 15, '61,
Myers, David ..
do
June 13, '61, 3
Mentsel, Henry J. do
June 13, '61,
3 Transferred to company H, July 20, 1862. Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862. Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862. Transferred. 3
Neff, George
do
June 15, '61, 3
June 15, '61, 3 Transferred to company I, July 20, 1862.
O'Brien, Michael ...
do
June 15, '61, 3 Transferred to company E, July 20, 1862.
Pannett, Headley ..
do
June 15, '61, 3 Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
Ross, John M.
.do
June 15, '61, 3
Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
Rouse, William.
do
June 15, '61,
3 Transferred.
Shillen, Thomas T ..
.. do
...
June 15, '61,
3
Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862.
Snyder, John H.
do
June 15, '61,
3
Transferred to company B, July 20, 1862.
Stoutengle, Geo. W
.do
June 15, '61, 3 Transferred to company H, July 20, 1862.
Surrill, Robert W.
do
May 30, '61, 3 Transferred to company E, July 20, 1862.
Sweger, Joshua ...
do
June 15, '61,
3 Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
Teelin, Charles R.
.do
May 30, '61,
3 3 Transferred to company E, July 20, 1862. Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862. Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862. Deserted September, 1861.
Vandyke, James M do
June 15, '61,
3
Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862.
Wiant, Frisby T. .do
June 15, '61,
3
Transferred to company C, July 20, 1862.
Williams, Sanford,
.do
June 15, '61,
3 Transferred to company H, July 20, 1862.
Wisemiller, Conrad do
June 15, '61,
Woods, Thomas C .. do
June 15, '61, 3
Woods, William W .. do
June 15, '61,
3
Transferred to company B, July 20, 1862 Transferred.
Zohon, Anthony ..... .. dc
July 13, '61,
3
Zeigler, William P .. .do
June 15, '61, 3
Transferred to company A, July 20, 1862.
Neff, Peter ...
.do
do
June 13, '61,
3
Vanard, John B.
do
June 15, '61,
Woods, Richard .... .do
June 15, '61,
3
3 Transferred to company B, July 20, 1862. 3 Transferred to company B, July 20, 1862. Transferred.
Wilson, James .. do
July 5, '61,
June 15, '61,
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M'Callaster, W. A.
Toomey, Ezra ....
FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, BUCKTAII.
0 N the 13th of April, 1861, Thomas L. Kane, brother of Dr. Kane, the famous Arctic explorer, and himself schooled by extensive travel in the wilds of the Rocky Mountains, applied to Governor Curtin for permission to raise a company of mounted riflemen from among the hardy yeomenry of the counties of Forest, M'Kean and Elk, popularly known as the wildcat district. Authority was immediately given as requested, and in less than a week the men began to assemble at the points of rendezvous. On the 17th it was decided to change the organization from cavalry to infantry. The men, for the most part lumbermen, came clad in their red flannel shirts, bearing their trusty rifles, and wearing each in his hat, a bucktail. No one was accepted who did not prove himself a skilled marksman. All were carefully examined by a surgeon, and none but sound and hardy men taken.
The idea of recruiting this class of men was suggested by Dr. Kane. He had found in his Arctic experience that ordinary sailors-web footed as he termed them-were not the men for overland exploration, and he had conceived the idea of organizing a party from among the hunters of this forest region-men quick of perception, who knew the significance of the rustle of a leaf or the snap of a twig, and who were accustomed to a life in the woods for days and weeks together-for a second voyage of exploration. The fulfillment of this purpose was only prevented by his untimely death. When hostilities were about to open, the idea of organizing a rifle or skirmish regiment from this class of men was at once entertained, and its wisdom recognized.
On the 24th of April, a hundred men had assembled at the rafting place on the Sinnemahoning, where they at once commenced constructing their trans- ports. Two days later the entire force, three hundred and fifteen strong, em- barked upon three rafts, and with a green hickory pole, surmounted by a buck- tail, for a flagstaff, the stars and stripes flying, and the martial strains of fife and drums echoing through the forests, they commenced the movement for the general camp of rendezvous at the capital.
Although authority had been given for recruiting this force, yet no order had been issued by the Governor for marching, and before it had proceeded far it was found at headquarters that only a limited number could be ac- cepted. A telegram was accordingly dispatched directing them to turn back upon their arrival at Lock Haven, but through the connivance of General Jack. man, of the militia, who was very desirous that these hardy men of the forest should be received, the message was never delivered, and they were borne on- ward by the current over the broad bosom of the Susquehanna, and upon their arrival at Harrisburg saluted the city with a volley from their rifles.
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FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT -- BUCKTAIL.
1861
From the insignia in their hats they were at once recognized and known as the Bucktails. Authority was given for mustering them into the service as the Seventeenth (three months') Regiment, and an organization was eficcted by the choice of Thomas L. Kane, Colonel. But a Seventeenth Regiment had already been organized and mustered into service in Philadelphia, and a difficulty arising as to the acceptance of so large a number from a district containing only a small population, the organization was not consummated, and Colonel Kane, declining his commission, was mnstered into service on the 13th of May as a private.
In the meantime, other companies had been recruited, and had assembled in camps, with like expectations, and were similarly disappointed. Roy Stone, a citizen of Warren county, had recruited a company, in April, composed of a class of men similar in occupation and experience to those led by Kane. They bore their own rifles, and dwelt principally upon the head waters of the Alle- gheny River. Disappointed in being admitted to the three months' service, they remained for some time encamped at the Court House in Warren, and were fed by the citizens. With no authority to provide for them, Governor Curtin advised them to disband. But this they were unwilling to do. Tiring of inactivity, they gladly acceded to a proposition from their captain to move down the Allegheny upon flat-boats to Pittsburg, and thence proceed to join General M'Clellan in West Virginia, as an independent corps of sharp-shooters. They were five days in making the run, being entertained at the towns along the river, and receiving many recruits on the way. At Pittsburg they were the guests of the city, and here Captain Stone received a summons from Governor Curtin to march to Harrisburg, where the company would be assigned to the Reserve Corps. Another company was recruited in Chester county, one in Perry, one in Clearfield, one in Carbon and two in Tioga.
For some time after the arrival of the men in camp a regimental organiza- tion was delayed. The officers of the companies most allied to each other in taste and training, ont of which it was proposed to form a rifle regiment, hav- ing conferred together, and tiring of the delays which still continued, finally united in presenting the following paper to General M'Call: "The under- signed, captains of companies now in Camp Curtin, present their respects to Major General M'Call, congratulating the army of Pennsylvania upon being placed under such a commander. They beg not to be supposed desirous of in- terferring with Major General M'Call's discretion in expressing a desire to have their companies united to form one regiment under the command of Colonel Thomas L. Kane. They are assured that their men are peculiarly qualified to serve efficiently in a regiment of rifles under Colonel Kane, being, with few exceptions, men of extremely hardy habits and trained from boyhood to the use of arms. [Signed.] Captains Philip Holland, Julius Sherwood, George B. Over- ton, John A. Eldred, Wm. T. Blanchard, Hugh M'Donald, E. A. Irvin, Roy Stone and A. E. Niles."* An election was soon ordered, which was held on the 12th of June, with the following result: Thomas L. Kane, Colonel; Charles J. Biddle, Lieutenant Colonel, and Roy Stone, Major. Colonel Kane, accord- ingly, received his commission bearing date of June 12th; but, though the first choice of his men, he was but a civilian, and believing that selfish ambition should be subordinated to the public weal, he yielded to a patriotic impulse, at that time most rare, though most noble and magnanimous, and resigned his
* Patriot and Union, Harrisburg, June 13, 1801.
1861
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commission as Colonel on the following day, accompanying his resignation with a request that Lieutenant Colonel Biddle, who had been educated in the pro- fession of arms, and had acquired experience on the battle-field in the war with Mexico, should be commissioned in his place .* This request was acceded to by the men at his earnest solicitation, and a second election was held which re- sulted in accordance with his wish. Unwilling to allow so honorable and un- selfish an act to pass without some mark of their appreciation, the captains of the several companies passed resolutions soliciting a change of the name from the "Rifle Regiment," to that of the "Kane Rifle Regiment of the Pennsyl- vania Reserve Corps."t In compliance with his request a special order was issued from headquarters, No. 95, and approved, and made of record by the War Department, making the change of name as requested, which accordingly became the official designation. The regiment therefore started into service with a variety of prenomens: The Forty-second of the line, the Thirteenth Reserve, the Rifle, the First Rifle, the Kane Rifle, and the Bucktail. The lat- ter was the popular name, known and read of all; it was the name it bore in the army, and was known throughout the world where the record of our great warfare was read.
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