History of the city of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and representative citizens 20th century, Part 24

Author: McFarland, Joseph Fulton; Richmond-Arnold Pub. Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Chicago, Richmond-Arnold Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1474


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Clothing requisition made at Camp Collins, near Mansfield, November 12, 1812, consisted of blan- kets, coats, vests, pantaloons, socks and shirts.


First rations were drawn November 8. November 9th was drawn one ration of flour, salt and whiskey. No- vember 10th was drawn one ration of whiskey and can- dles.


Camp Clearfield, Upper Sandusky, December 19, 1812, December 20, 1812, December 22, 1812, December 25, 1812. Order issued for completion of two block- houses and for the erection of such number of stone houses as may be necessary for depositing stores, and to cause fifty or sixty sleds to be immediately con- structed, part of them for use for the transportation of artillery. Guard of noncommissioned officers and thirty men are directed to take care of the droves of public hogs in and around this place and which will be kept herded in the woods until further orders. An order was given for the court martial of three deserters and that no Indians be admitted to the camp without examina- tion by the officer of the day.


The pay of the company, dated Pittsburg, October 15, 1812, shows the pay of Capt. Benjamin Anderson, $80; James White, $60; Ensign William Lindsay, $40; four subordinate officers, $16 each; fifty-seven privates. $13.33 each.


George Ramsey died February 7, 1813.


On January 13, 1813, William Craig was discharged from the company to drive a public team, by order signed D. R. Crook, B. G., P. C.


"United States debtor to Maj. Thomas Ringland for transporting his baggage from Fort Meigs to his home, 280 miles, $28."


This book shows discharges issued by Capt. Benjamin Anderson, dated Fort Meigs, Miami Rapids, April 1, 1813. To John Gordon, first sergeant; Sergt. John An- derson, who had been drafted; Capt. James Parker, a hired substitute for John Potter; Samuel Rankin, ser- geant, drafted for a term of six years; Sergt. Ephram Post, drafted; Corp. Chris. Stoolfire, drafted; Corp. James Thompson; Corp. Sylvester Fowler; John White, Sr .; John White, Jr .; John Griffy, John McMillan, James Officer, William Harris, hired substitute for Jo- seph Bein; William Kelley, hired by Joseph Guthrie; Abram Anderson, John Laughlin, Moses Linn, Henry Miller, Edward Wier, Phillip Bidilion, Robert Ralston, Alex. Dunlap, Alexander McConnell, Hugh Munnell, Leonard Pansel, John Hawthorn, John . Ralston, Ely Loyd, John McCarty, hired substitute for Thomas Me- Keefer; Jacob Ellet, Daniel Drake, David Simpson, drummer, hired substitute for Timothy Linley; Andy Holland, hired substitute for Hugh Armstrong; Ker- mit Ross, Samuel Cummins, hired substitute for John Hupp; George Ostler, James McVey, hired substitute for Phillip Minton. The copy of the discharges were con- tinued but three leaves of the book are torn out.


Near the back of this book is a copy of a general discharge, April 17, 1813. The indications are that it was copied by John Gordon. It shows that the soldiers served seventeen days more than their term of enlist- ment, for which they received the praise of their com- manding officer.


The following poem is copied from the orderly book of Capt. Benjamin Anderson's company of Pennsylvania drafted men, in the service of the United States in the War of 1812. No author is named.


George Kuntz.


.Private


18


5


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Slim


Fair


Farmer


East Bethlehem Tp


Stout


Dark


Not known


New England.


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"SONG FOR THE 4TH OF JULY, 1813.


"Tune, 'Banish Sorrow.'


"Farewell peace, another crisis Brings us to the last appeal, Made when monarchs and their vices Leave no argument but steel.


When injustice and oppression Dare avow the Tyrant's plea, Who would recommend submission ? Virtue bids us to be free.


History spreads her page before us, Time unrolls his ample scroll, Truth unfolds them to insure us States united ne'er can fall.


See in annals Greek and Roman What immortal deeds we find. There those gallant sons of women In their Country 's cause combined.


Sons of Freedom, brave descendants From a race of heroes tried, To preserve our independence Let all Europe be defied.


Let not all the world united Rob us of one sacred right, Every patriot's heart delighted In his country 's cause to fight.


Come then war with us related, To thy standard we will fly, Every bosom animated Either to be free or die.


May the wretch that shrinks from danger Or deserts the glorious strife, Never know the smile of beauty Nor the blessings of a wife."


TEXAN WAR.


Washington County was represented in the war be- tween Texas and Mexico in 1836. Maj. Thomas Jeffer- son Morgan, of Washington, raised a body of thirty men. These men on arriving in Texas found the dispute settled and war over.


MEXICAN WAR.


Only eleven men from Washington County entered the Mexican War. Among them was Col. Norton MeGiffin. Six came from Canonsburg, two from Monongahela City and the other three from other parts of Washing- ton County.


CIVIL WAR.


Washington County was not surpassed by any other county during the Rebellion, more recently called the Civil War. The war commenced in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, April 12, 1861. Three days


later President Lincoln issued a call for 75,000 men to suppress the rebellion. There was a prompt response from Washington County, and within a week following that call two companies had been organized and joined the Twelfth Pennsylvania Regiment. These companies were E and G, from Washington and Monongahela and were commanded by Capt. Norton McGiffin and Capt. Robert F. Cooper, respectively. On the 5th day of May, 1861, the Legislature of Pennsylvania passed an act, to


organize fifteen regiments for the defense of the State, which should be called the Reserve Corps of Pennsyl- vania. Company K of the Eighth Reserve, or the Thir- ty-seventh Regiment, as it is sometimes called, was re- cruited from Washington, and it was under the command of Capt. A. Wishart. This company was also called "Hopkin's Infantry," taking its name from Col. Will- iam Hopkins. Company D of the Tenth Reserve Regi- ment, was recruited at Canonsburg. This company was known as the Jefferson Light Guards and was under Capt. James T. Kirk. Company D of the Seventy-ninth Regiment was a Monongahela City company, under Capt. John S. McBride.


The Eighty-fifth Regiment was made up largely of Washington County men. Capt. Harvey J. Vankirk commanded Company A; Capt. Morgan W. Zollars, Company B; Capt. William H. Horn, Company D, and Capt. Henry A. Purviance, Company E. Company A was known as the Union Guards; Company B, Ellsworth Cadets; Company D, Lafayette Guards, and Company F, Washington Guards.


Many of Company A of the One Hundredth Regiment were from Washington County. This company was familiarly known as the Roundheads and was under the command of Capt. James Armstrong and later William F. Templeton.


Five Washington County companies were enrolled in the 140th Regiment. Company C, or Brady's Artillery, was under the command of Capt. David Acheson; Com- pany D, or Tenmile Infantry, Capt. Silas Parker; Com- pany E, Aaron T. Gregg; Company G, or Brown In- fantry, Capt. John Fraser, and Company K, Capt. Will- iam A. F. Stockton.


Company I, under Capt. William H. MeNulty, made up wholly of Washington County men, and Company K, under Capt. William Boyce, recruited from Washing- ton and Allegheny Counties, were in the First Pennsyl- vania Cavalry, known as the Forty-fourth Regiment of the Pennsylvania line and the Fifteenth of the Reserves. Company H of the 159th Regiment, or the Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, was commanded by Capt. John J. Shutterly, of Canonsburg. Company K of the Sixteenth Cavalry, or the 161st Regiment, was organized under the command of Capt. R. W. Parkinson.


The Ringgold Cavalry, Company A, of the 185th Reg-


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iment, or Twenty-second Cavalry, was. under Capt. John Keys; Company B, under command of Capt. Andrew J. Greenfield, was called Washington Cavalry; Company C, Capt. George T. Work, later Caleb J. McNulty, the Key- stone Cavalry; Company D, Capt. Harvey H. Young, known as the Beallsville Cavalry; Company E, or Inde- pendent Cavalry, under Capt. Milton W. Mitchener; Company F, or Patton Cavalry, under Andrew J. Barr, and Company G, or Lafayette Cavalry, under Capt. Alexander V. Smith.


Of the Sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia two companies, A and F, under Capt. Norton MeGiffin and Capt. John H. Ewing, came from Wash- ington County. A few of these companies did not en- gage in any battle, but the great majority battled bravely for their country and some experienced fearful losses.


All honor to those who went as "soldier boys" and who came back "veterans," or alas, came back never. There is no separate organization of Washington County veterans, so the number now living can not be ascer- tained. A monument to Washington County's soldiers, in the Civil War, stands overlooking the town of Wash- ington from the high front ground of the cemetery.


TENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY N. G. P. AND U. S. V .*


The Tenth Regiment is the successor of what was known as the Seventeenth Division in the gradual evolu- tion of the State forces from the old militia system.


The regiment was organized in 1873 and John A. Black was elected its first colonel on December 19, 1873, resigned December 4, 1878.


Alexander LeRoy Hawkins, captain of Company H, was elected colonel February 27, 1879. He died July 18, 1899, at sea returning from the Philippines and was followed as colonel by James E. Barnett, who resigned in 1907, the regimental headquarters being in Washing- ton for a period of about twenty-eight years.


It served in part in the riots and strike of 1877, and as an organization during the Morewood riots in 1891 and the Homestead strike in 1892. Its crowning achievement was before it, however, when in answer to President McKinley's call it arrived in Mt. Gretna April 28, 1898, and having recruited its strength to seventy-five men per company, volunteered for the war with Spain.


It was mustered into the United States service May 11 and 12, 1898, served in two wars, the Spanish-Amer- ican and the Philippine Insurrection, and was mustered out at the Presidio in California August 22, 1899. It


* Contributed by James E. Barnett, assisted by Blaine Aiken.


Acknowledgements are due to Adjutant General of Penn- sylvania Vernon Hazzard, Esq., and Peter G. Kennedy for information received.


left Mt. Gretna May 18, 1898, reached San Francisco May 25, and sailed from there for the Philippines June 15, arriving at Manila July 17 and landing July 21 at Camp Dewey. It left Manila July 1, 1899, reaching San Francisco August 1, leaving August 22, arriving in Pittsburg August 28, 1899.


It fought the principal battle with the Spanish, that of Malate July 31, 1898, in which it lost 6 killed out- right, and 2 dying shortly afterwards from wounds, and had 26 wounded. It was also engaged in the attack on Manila on the night of February 4, 1899, capturing next day the Chinese Hospital and LaLoma Church, remain- ing in the trenches until the 25th of March, 1899, in the meantime engaging in the capture of Caloocan. It took part in the general advance on Malolos about twenty miles away, participating in the engagements of San Francisco Del Monte, Tuliahan River, Meycauayan, Marilao, Bocaue, Guiguinto and Malolos.


In the campaign beginning February 4 and ending March 31, 1899, 7 men were killed and 44 wounded, making a total of 15 killed and 70 wounded. The casualties by disease were 9 and 1 missing.


On the return voyage Col. A. L. Hawkins died two days out from Yokohama and his body being embalmed, was brought in escort of Lieut. Blaine Aiken and Chap- lain Hunter to Washington for burial. The day after his death the regiment filed slowly past his casket, on the Transport Senator, saying farewell with sorrow and regret to its beloved commander.


The battle of Malate was fought in a terrible typhoon, rain falling in torrents, wind blowing and the enemy only seen by flashes of lightning. The Tenth with the Utah Battery sustained the principal attack, with three companies unprotected on its right, expending over 39,000 rounds of ammunition. It was reinforced later by the Third United States Artillery acting as infantry and the First California Infantry, the latter in the con- fusion and darkness, firing three volleys in the rear of the Tenth, fortunately without result. Relative to this engagement the following order was issued:


Headquarters Second Brigade U. S. Expeditionary Forces.


Camp Dewey, near Manila, Aug. 1, 1898. General Orders, No. 10.


1. The Brigadier-General Commanding desires to thank the troops engaged last night for the gallantry and skill displayed by them in repelling such a vigorous attack by largely superior forces of the Spaniards. Not an inch of ground was yielded by the Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry and Batteries "A" and "B" Utah Light Artillery, stationed in the trenches; the Battalion Third U. S. Artillery and First Regiment Cali- fornia Infantry moved forward to their support through a galling fire with the utmost intrepidity. The courage and steadiness shown by all in their first engagement are worthy of the highest commendation.


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The dead will be buried with proper honors under the supervision of Regimental and Battalion Commanders at three o'clock today in the yard of the convent near Mari- caban.


By command of


BRIGADIER-GENERAL GREENE. W. G. BATES, Assistant Adjutant-General.


April 14, 1899, the regiment was ordered to Cavite, which Capt. Gridley, of the Olympia, characterized as "fifteen degrees nearer hell than Manila," and Col. Hawkins was made commander of the Independent Mil- itary District of Cavite, which embraced the Peninsula of Cavite and Corregidor Island. He had under him two batteries, First California Heavy Artillery, one battery Wyoming Light Artillery with four guns, one troop of Nevada Cavalry and the Tenth Regiment.


May 12, Col. Hawkins was taken to the Convalescent Hospital at Corregidor Island on account of sickness, by Chaplain Hunter and Lieut. Col. Barnett, and the latter was made commander of the District of Cavite by re- quest of Col. Hawkins, also retaining command of the regiment by directions from headquarters. The regi- ment had only eight companies, and during its service did the work of a twelve company regiment.


At Mt. Gretna each company was recruited to 75 and at San Francisco Col. Hawkins sent Lieut. Col. Barnett back to Pennsylvania to recruit 248 men to bring the eight companies up to the standard of 106, and also a third battalion of 424 men and 14 officers, making more men than then in service. The additional members of the recruiting party were Battalion Adjutant Charles C. Crowell and Sergts. Samuel S. Clark, Company D; Ed- ward F. Newill, Company E .; George B. Drake, Com- pany K; Corporals C. Harry Landefeld, Company A; Lyman R. Waddle, Company B, and Privates Morrison Barclay, Company I; John C. Shaw, Company C, and Leroy B. Beatty, Company H.


The party left San Francisco June 13, arriving in Pittsburg on the 18th, but found that the quota of the State having been exhausted, the third battalion could not be secured. The 248 men were enlisted from the company towns, rendezvoused at Camp Hawkins at Washington Fair Grounds, and June 25 found them equipped with travel rations, uniforms, wool and rubber blankets, hats, shoes and socks, and sworn in ready to start. Transportation, however, delayed the start until July 4, and the recruits reached San Francisco July 10, and sailed for Honolulu August 27. They reached there and went into camp until they sailed for Manila No- vember 10, reaching there November 25. Having secured a special order Lieut. Col. Barnett reached Manila Sep- tember 28.


When peace was declared with Spain the Tenth was in the field against the Philippinos. It could have gone home with honor, but the enlisted men decided by vote to remain on the firing line until the United States could send troops to take their places. They stayed in spite of a pestilential climate, suffering more casualties in killed and wounded and finally left with added honor.


The people of San Francisco gave them a most friendly greeting and the regiment was reviewed by Maj. Gen. Shafter on its way to the Presidio. It was noticeable that San Francisco gave more attention to the Tenth than to any other regiment, volunteer or reg- ular. The kindness of its people is one thing a Tenth man will never forget.


"Oh, California! with thy vine clad hills sloping westward to the sea; with thy valleys of golden grain and thy hills of golden sands; with thy San Francisco, Romance of Cities, enthroned beside the Golden Gate of Progress, while life shall last we will remember thy generous and unbounded hospitality, thy tender minis- trations to our sick and wounded, thy delicate and active sympathy and assistance in our bereavement."


Muster-out took place at the Presidio. The people of Pittsburg and the home towns of the regiment sent a committee to meet it on arrival August 1, and brought it home in two trains of Pullman cars. The first stop in Pennsylvania and the first meal eaten was at New Brighton, where an appreciated welcome was given by the people and the whole regiment served with break- fast in an immense building.


Arriving in the afternoon of August 28 in Pittsburg, an unparalleled reception was given that almost over- whelmed the Tenth.


President Mckinley reviewed the regiment and here announced his policy in regard to the Philippine Islands. In addition there were present Gens. Merritt and Greene, Governors Stone and Atkinson, many other notable men, the First Regiment from Philadelphia and many military and veteran organizations, chief among which was the Grand Army of the Republic. Swords and medals were presented by the Pittsburg Dispatch.


The regiment participated in September in the recep- tion to Admiral Dewey in New York and thus ended its journeyings by land and sea.


HISTORY OF COMPANIES A AND H OF THE TENTH REGI- MENT PRIOR TO AND DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.


Companies A and H at Monongahela and Washing- ton represented the most natural place for their organization at the time of their formation, Washing- ton being the county seat and Monongahela the prin- cipal town upon the river.


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COMPANY A.


Prior to the war, there was a company of artillery in Monongahela City, which having but one gun paraded as infantry. It went into the War of the Rebellion as a company of the Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteers and later as Company D of the Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania. In 1869 it was reorganized as the Hazzard Zouaves. In special order No. 87, September 23, 1873, it was desig- nated as Light Guards, and in special order No. 96, same year, as Company A, Tenth Regiment Infantry.


J. DeV. Hazzard was the first captain, serving until his resignation in 1878. He was elected lieutenant col- onel of the regiment just prior to the riots of 1877, but resigned to command Company A during the service in the anthracite region during that strike. The company was favorably commented upon very often in reports of inspection.


In the battle of Malate, Company A had two mem- bers wounded, Corporal Harvey Funkhouser and Private Arthur Johnston. After Manila was taken, Company A with Company B was sent under command of Maj. H. C. Cuthbertson to protect the Convalescent Hospital at Corregidor Island. It would have been an easy matter for the natives to have attacked the island from Point Mariveles and this was a most important duty, although irksome, when their comrades were on the firing line. Five of the members of the company, Capt. Gustav Schaaf, Lieut. John A. Ewing, Sergeants Charles P. Keller, Wiley McConnell and Corporal Oliver Gee, hap- pened to be in the city when the outbreak occurred and took part in the first three days' fighting, when they were sent back by Col. Hawkins. Several members of the company served at regimental headquarters during the campaign, namely, Corporal Moses Robbins Smith, Privates Harry Holland, Dale Jolliffe, Joseph Hoffman, John Miller and Frank Devinney, the latter being the colonel's orderly and Corporal Smith being in general charge of headquarters for Col Hawkins. Sergeant Will- iam H. Cundall, transferred from Company H to Com- pany A, was appointed color bearer in place of Sergeant Harry Palmer, discharged October 5, 1898. Special mention is made by Col. Hawkins in his reports of the service of Capt. Gustav Schaaf, Lieut. John A. Ewing and Adjutant Oliver S. Scott.


COMPANY H.


Company H, of Washington, was organized as the Washington Blues, August 11, 1871, and between that time and 1873 seems to have been known also as the "Washington Guards," as under special order No. 96, in that year, as the Washington Guards it became Com- pany H of the Tenth Regiment Infantry. It was often and favorably spoken of in reports of inspection, and


on May 30, 1879, it won a beautiful silver cup-the Grubb Cup-at Wheeling, W. Va., for the best drilling in competition with companies from Ohio, West Vir- ginia and Pennsylvania.


It took part in all the engagements of the service, and was on the firing line continuously with the regi- ment about 71 days. The history of its casualties shows the measure of its service:


KILLED.


Jacob O. Cline. . Mar. 26, 1899


George A. Taylor. Mar. 29, 1899


WOUNDED.


1st Sgt. Joseph W. Shidler. .Feb. 5, 1899


Pri. Hiram O. Conger . Feb. 5, 1899


Pri. Ralph M. Hodgens Mar. 26, 1899


Lieut. Blaine Aiken. . Mar. 29, 1899


Sgt. John H. Thompson. . Mar. 29, 1899


Pri. A. B. Young .. Mar. 29, 1899


Pri. Walter J. Shidler .July 31, 1898


Pri. George C. Barr. Mar. 29, 1899


Of this company Privates John C. Wilkins and Henry W. Weirich were transferred to the U. S. Hospital Corps. Homer Farabee was detailed part of the time to the mail service, Ralph J. Faneuf was detailed in command of the launch running between Corregidor Island and Manila. Corp. A. B. Wilson was detailed to command headquarter's launch at Cavite and Byron D. J. Mckeown was appointed to the regimental color guard. Lieut. Blaine Aiken acted as battalion adjutant of the second battalion and at Cavite as regimental adjutant in place of Lieut. Oliver S. Scott, who was act- ing as acting assistant adjutant general of the district. He received special mention from Col. Hawkins in his re- port for services on the advance firing line. Girard B. Edwards was detailed for clerical work at division head- quarters. Lieut. W. B. Ritchie was appointed aide-de- campe on the staff of Brig. Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, commanding the First Brigade of MacArthur's Division and afterwards acted as post commissary at Corregidor Island.


REGIMENTAL OFFICERS OF TENTH REGIMENT FROM WASH- INGTON COUNTY PRIOR TO SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.


Colonel-


A. L. Hawkins. Feburary 27, 1879, to July 18, 1899. Lieutenant Colonels-


James B. R. Streator. August 8, 1887, to 1897.


James E. Barnett. August 12, 1897, to June, 1900.


Majors --


Selden L. Wilson. September 10, 1875; to captain Company H, December 20, 1879.


Selden L. Wilson. September 13, 1880; resigned Feb- ruary 9, 1881.


William W. Mowry. October 7, 1890; resigned August 1. 1893.


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TENTH REGIMENT MEMORIAL MONUMENT, SCHENLEY PARK, PITTSBURG, PA. (Erected by Appropriation from the State of Pennsylvania)


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James E. Barnett. October 12, 1893; to lieutenant colonel, August 12, 1897.


Adjutants-


Andrew G. Happer. March 15, 1879; resigned Sep- tember 28, 1880.


John A. McIlvaine. October 1, 1880; resigned June 19, 1882.


James B. R. Streator. June 19, 1882; to lieutenant colonel, August 8, 1887.


Sheldon B. Hayes. August 9, 1887; resigned October 12, 1893.


Harry B. Duncan. October 26, 1893; reappointed May 4, 1894. In S. A. War. Recommissioned captain and Adjutant, April 28, 1899.


Captain and Pay Master-


A. M. Walker. November 25, 1875; to captain Com- pany A, December 30, 1878.


Major and Surgeon-


C. C. Reichard. July 23, 1874, to 1879.


James C. Sloan. April 1, 1879, to 1884.


George E. Lytle. April 16, 1888. From first lieu- tenant and assistant surgeon, serving until death, March 6, 1891.


First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon-


George. E. Lytle. July 3, 1886; to surgeon, April 16, 1888.


First Lieutenant and Inspector of Rifle Practice-


Moses Robbins Smith. June 20, 1887. Rank from June 6, 1887. Commission expired, February 27, 1889. Second Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutants-


Oliver S. Scott. October 14, 1893; reappointed, May 4, 1894. Recommissioned first lieutenant, April 28, 1899. Served S .- A. War.


John A. Ewing.


OFFICERS OF COMPANY A, TENTH REGIMENT, PRIOR TO SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.


Captains ---


J. DeV. Hazzard, 1869 to 1878.


Alexander McL. Walker. 1878 to 1881.


John Bowman. 1881 to 1883.


Joseph Taylor Armstrong. 1884 to 1889.


Ellsworth C. Wescoat. 1889 to 1893.


Gustav Schaaf: 1893; placed on retired list, Decem- ber 11, 1899; served S .- A. War.


R. L. Tidball. 1900; to inspector of rifle practice. First Lieutenants-




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