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service during the War of the Rebellion. In 1858 the Logan Guards was organized and elected him as their captain. About ten days before Fort Sumter was fired upon, and Presi- dent Lincoln issued his call for seventy-five thousand men, the Logan Guards called a com- pany meeting and passed resolutions offering their services to the government. This offer was accepted on the 16th of April, 1861, and
increased in extent, and is still successfully | two hours after the receipt of the telegram the conducted by him.
Colonel Selheimer was, on the 23d of March, 1850, married to Eliza Jane, daughter of Joseph Mathews, of Lewistown. Their chil- dren are Joseph M., Eleanor B., William L., Lizzie B. (Mrs. Dwight S. Beckwith, of Or- leans County, N. Y.), Harry C., Charles M. (deceased) and Mary L.
company was recruited to one hundred men, who the same evening started for Harrisburg, and at midnight of the 17th instant were ordered by Governor Curtin to proceed to Washington the following morning. They were the first company who reported at Harrisburg, and the Logan Guards had the honor of being the first company mustered into the service of
Colonel Selheimer was actively engaged in | the United States. On the morning of the
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18th of April, 1861, they started for Washing- ton with four other Pennsylvania companies, but with no arms other than the scanty supply | brought from their homes, the State not having been able to arm and equip them at this early date. On reaching Baltimore the mob closed around them, the Logan Guards, nothing daunted, and with their colors flying, mean- while forcing their way, with their associates, through the hostile crowd, and reaching Wash- ington in safety, where they handed in the first morning report. They were for several days quartered in the Capitol building and later ordered to Fort Washington, where they re- mained until their term of service expired.
The Logan Guards, with other companies, afterward formed the Twenty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, of which John B. Selheimer was elected lieutenant-colonel.
Napoleon B. Selheimer, brother of the col- onel, entered the cavalry service during the Mexican War, and four brothers-David C., Absalom B., Oliver P. and the subject of this sketch-served during the War of the Rebellion.
David C. Selheimer, who was engaged in busi- ness in South Carolina when Fort Sumter was fired upon, at once started for the North, being arrested on several occasions before reaching the Union lines. He enlisted in the Ninth Regi- ment New York Volunteers, and was after- ward transferred as second lieutenant to the Logan Guards, Forty-sixth Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteers. He re-enlisted as a veteran, and was appointed aid-de-camp on the staff of General Joseph S. Knipe in Sherman's March to the Sea. At the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga., he received a wound which soon after proved fatal.
Absalom B. Selheimer enlisted in 1861 as a private in the First Pennsylvania Cavalry; was discharged on account of illness ; on his recovery re-enlisted for nine months and later served in an emergency regiment. He subsequently raised a company, of which he became captain ; marched to Tennessee and remained until peace was declared.
Oliver P. Selheimer enlisted when but fif- teen years of age and served with the nine months' volunteers.
Colonel Selheimer is a Democrat in politics, as are all the members of the family. He has been for years an influential member of his party, and held many leading offices in both borough and county. He was, in 1859, elected county treasurer for a period of two years. He | has also officiated as town commissioner, school director and chief burgess of Lewistown. In 1884 he was elected for four years to the State Senate from the district embracing Mifflin, Juniata and Perry Counties, and served on the committees on "Constitutional Reform,"" Canals and Navigation," "Military Affairs," " Banks," " Federal Relations " and " Pensions and Grat- uities." He is identified with the Masonic order as a member of Lewistown Lodge, No. 203, and Lewistown Commandery, No. 26.
The following is the correct list of the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates immediately after Colonel Selheimer had de- parted to assume command of the regiment as lieutenant-colonel. This is copied from the roll in the handwriting of General J. Ard Mathews, deceased, and was the same as handed to Major Haskins. The record of the different members is also given :
Captain, Thomas M. Hulings,1 afterwards colonel Forty-Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volun- teers; killed at Spottsylvania Court-House, Va .; body not recovered.
First Lieutenant, F. R. Sterrett, afterwards captain Minnesota Volunteers and aid to General Sib- ley, Minnesota Volunteers, in Indian war, North- west.
Second Lieutenant, R. W. Patton, afterwards major One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteers.
Third Lieutenant, William H. Irwin,2 resigned to accept command of Seventh Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteers; afterwards colonel Forty- Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers and brigadier-general.
Henry A. Eisenbise, promoted to third lieutenant ; afterwards lieutenant Forty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers and captain Company A (second Logans), Forty-Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; twice a prisoner of war.
! See biographical sketch appended to history of the Forty-Ninth Regiment.
2 See chapter on Mexican War for sketch of General Irwin.
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Orderly Sergeant, Joseph Ard Mathews, afterwards captain and major Company A, Forty-Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (second Lo- gans) ; colonel One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers and briga- dier-general Ninth Army Corps; dead.
Second Sergeant, Joseph S. Waream, afterwards cap- tain Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; deceased. Third Sergeant, William B. Weber, afterwards cap- tain Company A, Forty-Sixth Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteers.
Fourth Sergeant, Chauncey M. Shull.
First Corporal, Elias W. H. Eisenbise, afterwards captain Company F, One Hundred and Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Second Corporal, Porter P. Butts.
Third Corporal, John M. Nolte, afterwards first ser- geant Company A, Forty-Sixth Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteers; promoted to captain; served during the entire war; afterwards captain Com- pany G, National Guards of Pennsylvania.
Fourth Corporal, Frederick Hart, sergeant Company F, One Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers; killed in first day's fight at Gettys- burg.
Musician, Samuel G. MeLaughlin ; being a cripple, he was discharged for physical disability; now a resident of Fowler, Mich .; an excellent fifer, his superior has never been found.
Drummers, William Hopper, afterwards sergeant Company A, Forty-Sixth Regiment Pennsylva- nia Volunteers; died from wounds received at. Fredericksburg, Va. Joseph W. Postlethwaite, no record available.
Quartermaster-Sergeant, David Wasson.
Commissary Sergeant, William T. MeEwen, after- wards major First Regiment Pennsylvania Cav- alry ; severely wounded in action.
Privates.
Jesse Alexander, afterwards corporal Company C, First Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry ; died from wounds received in action.
James D. Burns, afterwards quartermaster-sergeant Company A, Twentieth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry.
William HI. Bousum, supposed to be dead.
William E. Benner.
Robert Betts, afterwards private Company C, First Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry.
William R. Cooper, Seventy-Sixth Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteers; wounded in action.
William Cowdon, afterwards private Forty-Sixth Regiment ; killed in action.
Emanuel Cole, died from exposure on the field. Harry Comfort.
Jeremiah Cogley, afterward sergeant United States marines; second lieutenant.
Samuel Comfort.
Frank De Armint.
Thomas W. Dewees.
George W. Elberty, afterwards sergeant-major Forty- Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
James Eckebarger, afterwards lieutenant and captain Forty-Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volun- teers.
Joseph A. Fichthorn, afterwards corporal and ser- geant Thirty-Sixth and Seventy-Eighth Regi -. ments Pennsylvania Volunteers.
George W. Freeburn.
William Butler Freeburn, afterwards lieutenant and captain Forty-Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; died from wounds received while laying pontoon bridge at Fredericksburg. He volunteered for this dangerous work.
James William Henry, afterwards sergeant in the One Hundred and Nineteenth Pennsylvania Vol- unteers, Second Bucktails; wounded at Gettys- burg.
John S. Kauffinan, One Hundred and Thirty-First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
George I. Loft.
Elias W. Link, Forty-Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; killed in action.
Samuel B. Marks, afterwards second lieutenant Fourth Regiment (emergency) Pennsylvania Militia.
William MeKnew, wagon-master Fifty-Fourth Regi- ment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Robert D. Morton, sergeant in Twenty-Second Regi- ment Pennsylvania Cavalry; killed in action in Shenandoah Valley.
John A. McKee, afterwards captain Fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Militia.
John S. Miller, afterwards lieutenant Forty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Robert A. Mathews.
Joseph A. Miller.
Thomas D. Nurse, afterwards corporal Company A, Forty-Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; killed at Antietam.
William A. Nelson, afterwards captain Company K, Thirty-Sixth Regiment (emergency) Pennsylva- nia Militia.
Robert Nelson, afterwards private Thirty-Sixth Regi- ment Pennsylvania Volunteers; died and was buried at Charlotteville, Blair County, Pa.
John A. Nale, afterwards corporal Company F, One Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers; killed at battle of South Mountain.
John W. Postlethwaite.
James Xenophon Sterrett, afterwards second lieuten- ant Company D, One Hundred and Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Charles W. Stahl, deceased.
Thomas M. Uttley, afterwards clerk in quartermay- ter-general's office and adjutant Thirty-Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers,
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David B. Weber, afterwards lieutenant Two Hundred and Fifth and One Hundred and Thirty-First Regiments Pennsylvania Volunteers.
George White, afterwards sergeant First Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry ; died from wounds.
William F. MeCay, afterwards acting hospital stew- ard One Hundred and Seventh Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteers and sergeant-major Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry.
J. Bingham Farrer, killed by a collision soon after the war.
Owen M. Fowler (printer), afterwards captain United States Colored Troops ; died in Shamokin, Pa.
John T. Hunter, afterwards captain First Regiment United States Colored Troops ; died from wounds received at Fort Wagner, South Carolina.
James M. Jackson, afterwards hospital steward, three months' service, and in the Twelfth United States Infantry ; now of Philadelphia.
James N. Roger, a Mexican War veteran ; dead. Augustus Edward Smith, afterwards second sergeant Company F, One Hundred and Seventh Regi- ment Pennsylvania Volunteers; discharged for disability ; afterward first duty sergeant in Twenty-Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volun- teers.
James P. Smith (Sugar Jim), afterwards captain Forty-Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volun- teers.
Theodore Smith, afterwards corporal and sergeant in Two Hundred and Fifth and One Hundred and Thirty-First Regiments ; sergeant in Third Logan (Company G), Fifth Regiment National Guards.
Gideon M. Tice, died from disease contracted in the service; member of Ilulings Post, Grand Army of the Republic.
Gilbert Waters, afterwards lieutenant and captain Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry ; killed while leading his squad in a charge at Win- chester, Ky.
Abraham Files, afterwards a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-First Pennsylvania Volun- teers.
Daniel Wertz, died in 1862 of rheumatism con- tracted in the service.
Edwin E. Zeigler, afterwards lieutenant Forty-Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; captain and major One Hundred and Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers ; was made the brevet colonel at the close of the war, and is now gen- eral freight and passenger agent of the Alle- gheny Valley Railroad at. Allegheny City, Pa.
Lucian T. Snyder, (printer and reporter) ; he had the honor of being the cleanest soldier in the gar- rison of Fort Washington, and on that account wax invariably selected as foot orderly to the commanding officer when detailed for guard duty.
Henry F. Keiser, afterwards private in Forty-Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; slightly wounded on the Peninsula under General Me- Clellan ; lost his eye-sight by reason of exposure, etc., in the field ; reported dead.
Charles E. Lamb, afterward sergeant First Regiment District Columbia Volunteers; died from disease contracted in the service.
Henry Printz, afterwards sergeant Forty-Sixth and lieutenant Two Hundred and Fifth Regi- ments Pennsylvania Volunteers ; discharged by reason of wounds received in action at the battle of Mount Jackson, Va.
Daniel Fissler, afterwards member of Stevens' Light Battery ; served during entire war; no further record ; supposed to be dead.
John Hughes, since member Twentieth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry; died at Newton Hamil- ton from disease contracted on the field.
John W. Jones, afterwards sergeant and lieutenant One Hundred and Seventh Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteers; also quartermaster in the Twelfth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Thomas Kinkead, afterwards private in Forty-Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; killed in battle.
John S. Langton, farmer, Decatur, III.
General William Galbraith Mitchell, volunteered as a private; carried the Logan flag through the mob at Baltimore at the head of the column; promoted to adjutant Seventh (three months') Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and after- ward captain in Forty-Ninth Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, where, by his soldierly quali- ties he attracted the attention of General Han- cock. His gentlemanly deportment and gallant bearing caused him to be promoted rapidly. It is said that at the battle of Gettysburg, Hancock being severely wounded, General Mitchell, with- out any orders, placed Stannard's Iron Brigade to make a rush for Little Round Top, the key of the position. They reached there just in time to repel a heavy rebel infantry force who were almost up the hill. He participated in all the battles with the Army of the Potomac and ren- dered great service to his country. He finally became chief of staff to General Hancock, and upon the election of General Garfield he was appointed assistant adjutant-general at the re- quest of General Hancock, this being the very first appointment made by President Garfield. He did not live long thereafter. He was taken ill suddenly and after a brief sickness departed this life at Governor's Island, May 29, 1883, leaving a widow and family. His death way deplored by many eminent men. His honored remains were brought to Lewistown, his surviv- ing comrades of the Logan Guards escorting them to their last resting-place in St. Mark's Episco-
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pal Cemetery. His ancestors were among the earliest settlers in this county. One of them gave the ground gratuitously for the court-house, school-house and jail.
William Sherwood, afterwards lieutenant and cap- tain Forty-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Vol- unteers ; served the entire war.
Nathaniel Scott, afterwards a member First Regi- ment Pennsylvania Cavalry ; died in the service. George Ard Snyder, re-enlisted in One Hundred and Thirty-first and Seventy-eighth Regiments Penn- sylvania Volunteers.
Frank Wentz, afterwards first sergeant Company F, One Hundred and Seventh Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteers; promoted to first lieutenant and brevet captain; was severely wounded in the first day's fight at Gettysburg.
Henry G. Walters.
Philip Winterode, afterwards a private in the Forty-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volun- teers ; he participated in all the actions in which that fighting regiment was engaged, and in one of which he was wounded; he was killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Harrisburg, by being run over by a train.
This ends the list. Most of those who vol- unteered for the defense of the Union have long since gone to join the great majority on the other side, and there are not more than twenty who have survived. The remnant of what once was the beautiful flag of the Logan Guards is now the property and has been placed in the custody of Colonel John B. Sel- heimer for safe keeping, he being the senior officer.
SECOND REGIMENT.
The Second Regiment (three months' service) contained one company of men recruited at New Bloomfield, Perry County. This was Company D, commanded by Captain Henry D. Woodruff. This, as well as the other companies of the regiment, was hastily recruited under the President's call for volunteers, the enlistments commencing on the day of the call (April 15, 1861), and the company being completed and mustered into the service on the 20th of the sune month. The regiment was organized at. Camp Curtin on the 21st, under command of Colonel Frederick S. Stumbaugh, and on the evening of the same day loft Harrisburg for Washington ; but on reaching Cockeystown, Md., it was found that the railroad bridge at
that place had been destroyed, and thereupon the regiment returned to York, Pa., and there remained in a camp of instruction until June Ist, when it was ordered to Chambersburg, Pa., where it was assigned to duty in Colonel Wyn- koop's (Second) brigade of the (Second) di- vision commanded by Major-General William S. Keim, in the Department of Washington, under Major-General Robert Patterson.
At Chambersburg the regiment remained until June 16th, when it crossed the Potomac, and with other troops advanced to Martinsburg, Va. On the 15th of July it was again ad- vaneed to Bunker Hill, Va., in the expectation of a combined movement against the enemy on the 16th. The projected movement, however, was not made, and the regiment was not called on to take part in actual battle. On the 23d of July-its term of service having already expired -the Second marched from Charlestown, Va., to Harper's Ferry, whence it was transported by railroad to Harrisburg, and was there mustered out of the service on the 26th of July.
COMPANY D, PERRY COUNTY .- This com- pany engaged in no battle of the war, its du- ties being chiefly to guard ; yet their determina- tion was as good and their patriotism as pure as any band of men who ever left home for the army. They were mustered into service on the 21st of April and mustered out on the 26th of July, 1861.
Captain, H. D. Woodruff; residence, Bloomfield. First Lieutenant, J. H. Crist; residence, Newport. Second Lieutenant, C. K. Brenneman ; residence, Newport.
First Sergeant, Joseph Fry ; residence, Bloomfield. Second Sergeant, Jacob Stump; residence, Centre township.
Third Sergeant, James Hahn ; residence, Newport. Fourth Sergeant, George Stroop; residence, Bloom- field.
First Corporal, Geo. W. Topley; residence, Bloom- field.
Second Corporal, Wm. II. Troup; residence, Oliver township.
Third Corporal, De Witt C. O'Bryan ; residence, New- port.
Fourth Corporal, George Kosier; residence, Bloom- field.
Musicians, Chas. Weber and Daniel Howard; resi- dence, Newport.
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Privates.
H. A. Albright, residence, Newport.
John H. Arnold, residence, Madison township. W'm. II. Allwood.
Jacob Bergstresser, residence, Carroll township. J. Edwin Best.
Wm. IT. Barnes. Charles C. Bent. Philip Becker.
Isaac Baldwin, residence, Millerstown.
Wm. Clouser, residence, Center township.
Isaiah W. Clouser, residence, Center township. Samuel Clay, residence, Center township. John W. Campbell, residence, Bloomfield. Eli B. Charles, residence, Buffalo township. George Dial.
G. Smith De Bray, residence, Millerstown. William C. Duncan.
James B. Eby, residence, Bloomfield.
John F. Egolf, residence, Bloomfield. Isaac Etter, residence, Newport.
John B. Elliot, residence, Saville township. Wesley H. Ernest, residence, Millerstown. John F. Ferguson.
William R. Fertig, residence, Millerstown. John II. Fertig, residence, Millerstown.
Reuben S. Gardner, residence, Newport.
Wm. S. Hostetter.
Frank Holt.
Thomas J. Heany. Adam J. Hartzell.
John W. Howell, residence, Greenwood township. James M. Heany, residence, Juniata township.
Daniel Holman.
Comly Idal. Conrad Jumper.
Michael C. Lynch, residence, Bloomfield.
Daniel W. Lutman, residence, Center township.
Benjamin F. Leiby, residence, Newport.
David Maxwell.
Lewis Mastha. George Mysel. George Moore.
Thomas McDonald, residence, Carroll township. John MeClintock.
George W. Orwan, residence, Center township. Samuel B. Orwan, residence, Center township. Martin V. B. Orwan, residence, Center township. Washington A. Power, residence, Center township. HI. S. Rumbaugh.
Amos Robeson, residence, Bloomfield.
Thaddeus C. Rider, residence, Newport. Oliver P. Rider, residence, Newport.
Lewis Rody.
John M. Swartz. George Sanno. Daniel Swartz, Jr. David P. Shively. Jacob Sullenberger.
Van Buren Shultz. Joseph F. Smith. Andrew J. Watts. Wm. M. Wallace. Wm. C. Weilly. Thomas Wright. Charles J. Wright, residence, Millerstown.
FOURTH REGIMENT.
The Fourth Regiment (three months' service) originated in the First Regiment, Second Bri- gade, Second Division of the State militia, or- ganized under the militia act of 1858. It con- sisted of six companies and had a full regimental organization, the officers holding State commis- sions. In response to the call of the President, the services of the militia regiment were tender- ed to the Governor for the term of three months, and were accepted on condition that the com- mand would report in Harrisburg within four days. The officers immediately commenced the enrollment of recruits, and at the expiration of the time appointed some seven hundred men were ready to move. One of the companies (G, Captain John W. Chamberlain) was recruited at Lewisburgh, Union County.
On Saturday, April 20th, the command pro- ceeded by rail to Harrisburg, and occupied Camp Curtin. It was the intention to have remained in camp till a sufficient number of men could have been procured to fill the regi- ment to its maximum number ; but the urgent necessities of the government rendered this pur- pose impracticable, and orders were issued to form a regiment immediately from such compa- nies as were in camp. This order had the effect to change the command from a militia to a volunteer organization.
An election was accordingly held, which re- sulted in the choice of the same field officers as those holding the militia commissions, which were as follows: John F. Hartranft, colonel ; Edward Schall, lieutenant-colonel; Edwin Schall, major. Charles Hunsieker was appointed adjutant.
Scarcely was the organization completed when marching orders were received. Leaving Camp Curtin on the evening of the 21st of April, the regiment proceeded by rail to Philadelphia, where it was ordered by General Patterson to report to Colonel Dare, of the Twenty-third.
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Taking one company of his own and the Fourth Regiment, Colonel Dare proceeded by rail to Perryville, Md., and took possession of the town, making such disposition of the troops as would prevent a surprise.
On the following day General Patterson or- dered the regiment to proceed without delay to Washington. Immediate application was made to Colonel Dare for transportation by steamer to Annapolis, the route by Baltimore being then closed. Not feeling secure from capture, Colo- nel Dare only gave transportation for one wing of the regiment, which embarked under com- mand of Colonel Hartranft. Arriving at Annap- olis, the troops were disembarked and quartered in the buildings belonging to the Naval Acade- my, by order of Major-General Butler, then in command of the town. The left wing, under command of Major Schall, was detained several days at Perryville for the security of the port.
It was expected that the men would be fully clothed, armed and equipped at Harrisburg be- fore marching. But when the urgent appeals came from Washington for troops, it was not the time for the patriotic citizen-soldier to hesi- tate, and the regiment marched without uni- forms or equipments, the men being armed with muskets, and provided with ammunition, which they were obliged to carry in their pockets. Clothing was sent to the regiment on the 28th of April, but not until some time in June were proper uniforms supplied.
In pursuance of orders, the regiment proceed- ed, on the 8th of May, to Washington, and was quartered in the Assembly buildings and in a church near by. Transportation, camp and garrison equipage not having been supplied by the State or national government, the regiment was prevented from going into camp. The close confinement of the men in crowded quarters soon produced its legitimate results. Sickness, which, up to this time, had been scarcely known in the regiment, now began to prevail to a con- siderable extent. As soon as tents were received it was at once established in camp, about two miles distant from the city, toward Bladensburg. When the necessary equipage was furnished, regimental drills and inspections were com- meneed, and vigorous measures taken to make
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