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Absent, without leave, at muster out.
Felty, Joseph .. .do Dec. 10, '63,
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. Killed at Lookout Mountain, Nov. 24, 1503.
Farry, Michael do Sept. 2, '62,
do
July 11, '61, 3
TERM-YEARS.
Mich'l B. Erickson .. do
July 11, '61,
July 11, '61, 3
William Richards ..
do
July 11. '61,
3
Boyde, Daniel.
Dec. 10, '63, 3 3
3
Cheim, George V ...
July 11, '61, 3
Sept. 6, '62,
3 3
Sept. 2, '62,
1
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
TERM-YEARS.
REMARKS.
George, Ezekiel C.
Private Oct. 25, '64, 1 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Gates, Henry A. .. do
Sept. 19, '62,
1
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Gilkey, Jacob. .do
Sept. 2, '62,
3
Discharged by General Order, May 31, 1865. 3 Discharged by order of War Dep't, March 19, '65.
3 Disch. on writ of habeas corpus, July 16, 1861.
Glen, Robert .. .. do July 11, '61,
Gorman, Thomas .... do
July 11, '61,
Gorman, Michael.
.do
Dec. 10, '63,
3
3
3 3
5, '64, Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Hunter, Chas. E. .do July 11, '61,
Hews, Robert .do
Hurstman, Mathias .. do
Hesser, Francis. do
Aug. 27, '62, Oct. 28, '6-1,
Johnson, Charles .... do Jan. 10, '65,
Jackson, William .do
July 11, '61, 3 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 25, '63. 3 Deserted August 25, 1861.
Johnson, William ... .do July 11, '64,
3
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
3 Discharged by order of War Dep't, March 19, '65.
3 Discharged ou Surgeon's certificate, April 23, '65. Prisoner from May 25, to September 17. 1862- mustered out with company, July 17, '65-Vet. 1 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Recruit-never joined company.
Discharged by order of War Dep't, March 19, '65. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July 17, '62. Killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
Deserted January 1, 1862.
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Absent, without leave, at muster out.
1 Recruit-never joined company.
Monroe, John. .do
July 11, '61,
Maltman, Wm. H. do
Aug. 25, '62,
Mills, Edward L. do July 11, '61, 3
Maxwell, Thomas .. .do Oct. 25, '64,
M'Ilhenny, Thos. do July 11, '61,
M'Clain, James do July 11, '61,
M'Clusky, James P do Jan. 10, '65,
July 11, '61,
M'Namara, John ..... do July 11, '61,
2, '62,
July 11, '61,
M'Culla, John .do
Dec.
5, '62, 3
3
M'Ginnis, James do Oct. 21, '64,
3
Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, April 15, 1865.
3 Not on muster-out roll.
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
July 5, '61, 3 Deserted-returned-mustered out with compa- ny, July 17, 1865.
Palmer, Stillwell. do
Dec. 23, '64, 1
Payne, Thomas
.do Jan. 10, '64,
3
Phillips, George ... .do July 11, '61, 3
Pennington, Vinc't .do
Sept. 8, '62, 3
Phillips, Isaac W ... do
Jan. 26, '65,
Quinlan, Jackson. .do
July 11, '61,
Ryan, Richard. do July 11, '61,
Reed, Benjamin. .do July 11, '61,
Runner, Thomas .... do Feb. 16, '64,
Rowland, William.
.do July 11, '61,
Russ, Lewis .do July 11, '61,
Reynolds, Oliver. .do Sept. 2, '62,
3
3
Rupture, Lewis. do July 11, '61,
Stagg, George H . .. do July 11, '61, 3
3 3 Discharged June 30, 1864.
Discharged by General Order, June 6, 1865.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, April 6, 1863. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, May 2, 1865-Vet. Mnstered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Lee, John E. do 6, '65,
Feb.
Oct. Long, Alexander ... .. do 16, '62,
3
Lyttle, James .do Jan. 11, '65, 1
Leith, George .do Jan. 10, '65,
Litzenburg, Ed. W .. do July 11, '61, 3
Lambert, Samuel ... .. do
July 11, '61, 3
Lockhart, Robert. .do July 11, '61,
Leesman, Earnest .. .do July 11, '61,
Loper, George. .do
July
11, '61,
Maton, Francis. .. do Jan. 27, '65,
1
Mann, John .. do Jan. 19, '65,
Morton, James. do Feb. 10, '64,
Morgan, John. do
Feb.
4, '65,
3 Discharged June 30, 1864.
3 Discharged by General Order, June 6, 1865.
Discharged on writ of habeas corpus, July 12, '61. Not on muster-out roll.
3 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. Recruit-never joined company.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, May 26, 1862. Discharged June 30, 1864.
3 Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Jan. 15, 1865. 3
Deserted February 29, 1864.
Deserted February 29, 1864.
Deserted May 18, 1862.
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Recruit-never joined company.
Wounded at Winchester, May 25, '62-discharg- ed on Surgeon's certificate, September 29, 1862. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, April 23, '63. Prisoner from Feb. 9, to March 6, '65-discharg- ed by General Order, July 1, 1865.
Deserted May 18, 1862.
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Discharged June 30, 1864.
3 3 Discharged on Surgeon's cerificate, Jan. 15, 1863. Died at Strasburg, Va., May 21, 1862.
Galbraith, Herbert ..
July 11, '61,
3 Deserted February 1, 1863.
Harbison Samp'n J
.. do July 11, '61,
Howarth, John. do Jau. 29, '64,
Harshaw, Chas. E. .do Jan.
3
Discharged June 30, 1864.
3 Deserted May 18, 1862. 3 Deserted February 25, 1864.
Holland, John .do
1 Not on muster-out roll.
Johnson, William, .do Jan.
7, '65, 3
Recruit-never joined company.
3 Recruit-never joined company.
Krafft, George T. do
July 11, '61,
Knight, William. do Oct. 21, '64,
Krafft, Jacob. do Aug. 29, '62,
Leich, William .. do July 11, '61, 3
3
3
1
3
1
3
M'Mann, Thomas ... .do
3
3
M'Quillin, Thomas. .do M'Duffee, John. do
Dec.
M'Crossan, Wm. do July 11, '61,
Nancread, William do Sept. 26, '62,
O'Neill, Richard. do July 11, '61,
Propert, William. do Mar. 11, '64,
Paullin, Wm. T. do
Sept. 3, '62, July 11, '61,
3
Killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Ghnight, James. .. do July 11, '61,
Gilpin, Nathaniel. .do July 11, '6],
Rutter, Robert ... .do July 11, '61, 3
3 3
535
3
536
TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE OF MUSTER INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Semler, John ..
Private
July 11, '61, 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Simpson, John W ..
do
Feb. 9, '64, 3
Summers, Alex ...
.. do
Fcb. 24, '64,
Seccrest, Henry. do
Dec. 23, '64,
Snowberger, Elias .. ยทยท do
Dec. 23, '64,
Smith, John C .. do
Jan. 11, '65,
1
8, '64, 3 Discharged by General Order, July 10, 1865.
Smith, Charles .. .do
Aug. 6, '64,
1
Absent, without leave, at muster out.
3 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, April 22, '63.
3 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 27, '62.
Summerdyke, J. do
Mar. 9, '64,
3 Died of wounds, March 6, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky.
Deserted July 14, 1863.
Traux, Thomas.
do
Dec. 23, '64, 1 Died July 22, 1865-buried at Alexandria-grave, 3,318.
Tucker, George. do
July 11, '61, 3
Disch. on writ of habeas corpus, July 13, 1861. Mastered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Vaughan, William. do
Oct. 18, '62,
3
Vantine, Wm. H. .do
Jan. 28, '64,
3
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Walker, Charles. do July 11, '61,
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet.
Walker, Edward A .do July 11, '61, 3
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
Watson, John. .do Feb. 26, '63,
Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865.
White, John .. do July 11, '61, 3 Woods, Edward. .do July 11, '61, Discharged by General Order, Aug 7, 1865-Vet. Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865-Vet. Woods, Peter .do 3 Jan. 13, '64, Wilson, John. do 3 3 July 11, '61, 3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. Discharged June 30, 1864-expiration of term. Discharged July 18, 1864.
Wagner, Jacob E. .do July 11, '61,
Wiles, George B. .do
Sept. 1, '62, 3
Woods, Thomas. do Sept. 11, '62, 3 Discharged by General Order, June 6, 1865.
White, Samuel. .do
July 11, '61, 3 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, April 4, '63.
Walsh, William .do
July 11, '61, 3 Killed at Kenesaw Mountain, June 25, 1864- buried at Chattanooga-grave, 285.
Wrenn, Thomas ..
.. do
July 11, '61, 3 Died at Alexandria, Nov. 24, 1862-buried in Mili- tary Asylum Cemetery.
Winters, James .do Sept. 1, '62, 3 Deserted October 5, 1862.
Woods, George.
.do :... April 1, '64, 13
Not on muster-out roll.
UNASSIGNED MEN
Altemus, A. F.
Private
Jan. 4, '65, 1
Substitute-discharged by G. O., Sept. 6, 1865. Not on muster-out roll.
Evans, John .
.do
Dec. 24, '63,
3
Hallowell, Benj. F .. do
Mar. 3, '64,
3
Discharged by General Order, July 21, 1865.
M'Innes, Wm. N.
.do
"Aug. 23, '64, 1 Not on muster-out roll.
Oswald, Benj.
.do
Died June 25, 1864-buried at City Point, Va.
Preston, George W
.. do
Mar. 10, '64,
3 Not on muster-out roll.
Renter, William ...
.do
June 5, '65,
1
Prisoner from Mar. 10, to May 5,1865-discharged by General Order, August 26, 1865.
Renter, Henry M ....
do
June 5, '65,
1 Prisoner from Mar. 10, to May 5,1865-discharged by General Order, August 19, 1865.
Ryan, John
.do
Died February 4, 1865-buried in Cypress Hill Cemetery, L. I.
TERM-YEARS.
3 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. 1 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. 1 Mustered out with company, July 17, 1865. Recruit-never joined company.
Shock, Frederick. .. do
Feb.
1 Absent, sick, at muster out.
Shaw, Thompson. .. do Sept. 20, '64,
Sachenheimer, F .. .. do July 11, '61,
Steel, William. .. do
July 11, '61,
Scott, Charles
do July 11, '61, 3
Winart, Charles W .. do Oct. 14, '62, 3
3
Discharged by General Order, June 6, 1865.
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RESERVE VOLUNTEER CORPS,
FOR
THREE YEARS' SERVICE.
Organized under the act of the Pennsylvania Legislature of May 15, 1861.
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
PREVIOUS to the breaking out of the rebellion the prediction was made that if secession resulted in hostilities the conflict would be on northern soil .* The possibility of this event was contemplated by the national authori- ties, and when a rebellious army began to assemble in northern Virginia, a camp was established at Chambersburg and an army of observation, under General Patterson, was organized to prevent the egress of hostile forces from the seceded territory. On the 16th of April, General Patterson was, by the order of Governor Curtin, placed in command of Pennsylvania troops, and soon after, by the order of Lieutenant General Scott, was assigned to the com- mand of the Department of Washington, embracing the States of Pennsyl- vania, Delaware and Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Convinced that the contest upon which the nation was about to enter would be much longer than was generally anticipated, and that the services of the three months' troops should not be the sole dependence, he believed that advantage should be taken of the time to prepare for the future, lest at some critical moment it should be left without an army. By the action of the hostile element in Maryland on the 19th of April, all communication from Philadelphia, the headquarters of Gen- eral Patterson, with Washington, was cut off. In the absence of orders, he was left to rely wholly on his own judgment as commander of the Depart- ment, and, accordingly, made a requisition on Governor Curtin for twenty-five additional regiments of infantry, and one regiment of cavalry, to be mustered into the service of the United States. In compliance with this call the Gov- ernor commenced recruiting the required force, which was vigorously prose-
* EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM EX-PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE, JANUARY 6, 1860, TO JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Without discussing the question of right, of abstract power to secede, I have never believed that actual disruption of the Union can occur without blood; and if, through the madness of northern abolitionism, that dire calamity must come, the fighting will not be along Mason's and Dixon's line merely. It will be within our own borders, in our own streets .- M' Pherson's History of the Rebellion, page 391.
* EXTRACT FROM SYNOPSIS OF SPEECHES DELIVERED BY JEFFERSON DAVIS ON LEAVING JACKSON FOR MONTGOMERY, AND AT STEVENSON, ALABAMA, PUBLISHED IN THE True Delta (NEW ORLEANS) OF FEBRUARY 16, 1861.
We have nothing to apprehend from blockade, but if they attempt invasion by land we must take the war out of our territory. If war must come, it must be upon Northern and not upon Southern soul.
Your border States will gladly come into the Southern Confederacy within sixty days, as we will be their only friends. England will recognize us and a glorious future is before us .- The grass will grow in the northern cities, where the pavements have been worn off by the tread of commerce. We will carry war where it is easy to advance-where food for the sword and torch await our armies in the densely populated cities; and though they may come and spoil our crops, we can raise them as before; while they cannot rear the cities which took years of industry and millions of money to build .- The American Conflict, Greeley, Vol. 1, page 415.
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cuted in every part of the Commonwealth. In the meantime, the severed com- munication with Washington was restored, and the national authorities not being prepared for the acceptance of more forces, ordered the call of General Patterson for the additional force to be countermanded. Recruiting was ac- cordingly suspended, but many of the companies thus called together did not abandon their organizations.
Recognizing the danger to which Pennsylvania, by its long line of border on States seriously disaffected was exposed, and finding that adequate provi- sions did not exist by law to make the military power of the State available for its protection, Governor Curtin issued his proclamation on the 20th day of April, 1861, calling the Legislature to convene in extra session on the 30th in- stant. In his message, which was delivered at the opening of the session, the Governor said: " The time is past for temporizing or forbearing with this re- bellion, the most causeless in history. The North has not invaded, nor has she sought to invade a single guaranteed right of the South. On the contrary, all political parties, and all administrations, have fully recognized the binding force of every provision of the great compact between the States, and regardless of our views of State policy, our people have respected them. #
# The insur- rection must now be met by force of arms ; and to re-establish the Government upon an enduring basis, by asserting its entire supremacy, to re-possess the forts and other Government property so unlawfully seized and held, to ensure per- sonal freedom and safety to the people and commerce of the Union, in every sec- tion, the people of the loyal States demand, as with one voice, and will contend. for, as with one heart, and a quarter of a million of Pennsylvania's sons will answer the call to arms, if need be, to wrest us from a reign of anarchy and plunder, and secure for themselves and their children, for ages to come, the per- petuity of this government and its beneficent institutions. 0 #
# * Itis im- possible to predict the lengths to which the madness that rules the hour in the rebellious States shall lead us, or when the calamities which threaten our hitherto happy country shall terminate. * * To furnish ready sup- port to those who have gone out, and to protect our borders, we should have a well regulated military force. I, therefore, recommend the immediate organi- zation, disciplining and arming of at least fifteen regiments of cavalry and in- fantry, exclusive of those called into the service of the United States. As we have already ample warning of the necessity of being prepared for any sudden exigency that may arise, I cannot too much impress this upon you."
This message was immediately referred to a select committee of the House, consisting of seven members, Messrs. Ball, Sheppard, Williams, Hill, Smith, of Berks, Lawrence and Leisenring. In compliance with the recommendations of the Governor a bill was reported on the second of May, to create a loan and to provide for arming the State, which, in the usual course of legislation, be- came a law on the 15th. Among other provisious the act anthorized and re- quired the Commander-in-Chief to organize a military corps, to be called the "Reserve Volunteer Corps of the Commonwealth ;" to be composed of thirteen regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry and one regiment of light ar- tillery; to be armed and equipped, clothed, disciplined, governed and officered, as similar troops in the service of the United States; to be enlisted in the ser- vice of the State for a period of three years or for the war, unless sooner discharged, and to be liable to be called into the service of the State at such times as the Commander-in-Chief should deem their services necessary for the pur-
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
pose of suppressing insurrections or to repel invasions, and further, to be liable to be mustered into the service of the United States, at such times as requisi- tions should be made by the President of the United States. The Commander-in- Chief was also authorized to establish camps of instruction, and the troops, when not under instruction, nor in the service of the United States, were re- quired to hold themselves in readiness to be called into the service of the State, or upon requisition of the President, into the service of the United States ; and they were required to provide and keep in repair suitable armories for the safe keeping and preservation of their arms and accoutrements. The several com- panies and regiments composing the corps were entitled to eleet, and the Gov- ernor was directed to commission officers, similar in number and rank to those allowed like troops in the army of the United States. The Commander-in-Chief was authorized to appoint one Major General to have command of all the military forces of Pennsylvania, and two Brigadier Generals, with the proper compliment of staff officers.
In compliance with the provisions of this aet, Governor Curtin issued his call for men to compose the corps, and apportioned the number that would be received from each county, according to its population, in order that every see- tion of the State and every elass of its people should be duly represented in it. Great enthusiasm was everywhere manifested to enlist, and a strong desire was felt to be admitted to its ranks. Four camps of instruction were established ; one at Easton, under command of Colonel William B. Mann; one at West Chester, under Captain Henry M. M'Intire; one at Pittsburg, under Colonel John W. M'Lean; and one at Harrisburg, under Colonel G. A. C. Seiler. George A. M'Call, a graduate of the West Point Military Academy, of the class of 1822, subsequently an offieer in the Regular Army, and a distinguished soldier in the war with Mexico, was appointed a Major General to command the corps. General M'Call immediately organized his staff by appointing Henry J. Biddle, Assistant Adjutant General, and Henry Sheets and Eldridge M'Conkey, Aids- de-Camp. Subsequently, Professor Henry Coppec was attached to the staff, as Inspector General. An accomplished soldier, General M'Call entered with great zeal upon the duty of organizing the corps and preparing it for duty in the field.
On the 22d of June, two regiments, the Fifth, under Colonel Simmons, and the Kane Rifles, Thirteenth of the corps, commanded by Colonel Biddle, were ordered to a point on the State line, opposite Cumberland, Maryland, for the protection of the border, now threatened by an organized force of rebels. Sub- sequently these regiments moved through Cumberland into West Virginia to the support of General Lewis Wallaee. On the 18th of July, orders were re- eeived from the Secretary of War directing four regiments to be sent to Ha- gerstown, Maryland, and the remaining regiments of the corps, not ineluding those in West Virginia, to be moved to Baltimore. On the following day an order was received from the War Office directing all the regiments of the Re- serve Corps, except the two in West Virginia, to be assembled at Harrisburg, where they would be mustered into the service of the United States. Measures were promptly taken by Governor Curtin to put these orders in immediate exe- eution. On the 21st of July was fought the battle of Bull Run, which resulted disastrously to our arms, and spread terror and alarm throughout the North. The national authorities found themselves with a defeated army, with the term of service of a large proportion of its troops rapidly expiring. They imme-
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diately issued urgent calls npon all the States for men. Pennsylvania was ready with an organized and disciplined force, enlisted for the long term, to march to their relief. Moving rapidly to the points designated by the com- mander of the national army, the several regiments remained on duty until all danger from a sudden incursion of the rebel army was passed, when the corps was assembled in camp at Tennallytown, Maryland, where it was organized in three brigades and thoroughly drilled and disciplined.
The Society of Cincinnati of Pennsylvania having presented to the Execu- tive of the State five hundred dollars, to be used towards arming and equip- ping the volunteers of Pennsylvania, the Legislature, by joint resolution of 16th of May, 1861, ordered that this money be expended in the purchase of regi- mental flags, having the coat of arms of the State and number of regiment in- scribed. On the 10th of September, the flags prepared for the regiments of the Reserve Corps were presented with appropriate ceremonies. Mr. Sypher, in his History of this Corps, thus describes the scene :
" The color companies were formed in line in front, with the Colonel of each regiment at the head of the company. The parade ground was surrounded by a line of guards to exclude the vast multitude of soldiers and civilians that had collected to witness the presentation. At eleven o'clock, President Lincoln, ac- companied by Honorable Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, drove into the enclosure; a few minutes later, General M'Clellan arrived, escorted by the M'- Clellan Rifle Guards of Chicago, and accompanied by Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas, General Butler and General Mansfield. Half an hour later, the sound of artillery, firing the appropriate salute, announced the arrival of His Excel- lency, the Governor of Pennsylvania. Governor Curtin, accompanied by the members of his staff, Surgeon General Henry H. Smith, Judge Maxwell, Pay- master General, and many distinguished citizens, soon appeared on the parade ground. Colonel Simmons, Fifth regiment, which had marched to Washington to escort the Governor to Tennallytown, moved into position at the right of the linc, and General M'Call reported his command in readiness to receive the colors. After receiving most cordial greetings from the President, the Secre- tary of War, the General-in-Chief, and the General commanding, His Excel- lency, the Governor, proceeded to formally present the colors to the Colonels of the several regiments, at the head of their color companies.
" Attended by his staff and General M'Call, he commenced at the right of the line and placed in the hands of each Colonel, the beautiful flag provided by the State of Pennsylvania, saying at the same time, that he was authorized to do so by a recent act of the Legislature. After having received the colors, the companies wheeled by platoons and marched around the right and left of the line to the rear, and took their places in the line with their new colors unfurled *
to the breeze. * * Having passed along the entire line and delivered the badges of honor to the regiments, Governor Curtin returned to his carriage, and, standing upon the seat, this addressed the soldiers :
"GENERAL M'CALL AND MEN OF PENNSYLVANIA :- Were it not for the surroundings, one might be struck by the novelty of this scene. Large assem- blages of the people of Pennsylvania, on any occasion which calls them to- gether for deliberation on subjects touching the general welfare and the public good, are always attended with a charm that fascinates. But when I look over the thousands of Pennsylvanians away from the soil of their State, in arms, there is inspiration in the occasion.
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
"I came here to-day on a duty enjoined by the Legislature of Pennsylvania. The remnant of the descendants of the heroes and sages of the Revolution, in the Keystone State, known as the Cincinnati Society, presented me with a sum of money to arm and equip the volunteers of Pennsylvania, who might go into publie service in the present exigeney. I referred the subject to the Legisla- ture. They instructed me to make these flags and pay for them with the money of the Cincinnati Society. I have placed in the centre of the azure field the coat-of-arms of your great and glorious State, and around it a bright galaxy of stars. I give these flags to you to-day, and I know you will carry them wherever you appear, in honor, and that the eredit of your State will never suffer in your hands.
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