History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical, Part 34

Author: Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1046

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Balmer, Jacob, 19, 5 : 7, Cumberland County, black- smith.

Brobst. George, 22. 5:6, Germany, laborer : deserted at New Orleans Jan. 27. 1847.

Bolton. William, 20, 5:7. Harrisburg, blacksmith ; killed at Garreta de Belina Sept. 13. 1>#7.

| Crooks, Clark B., 20, 6, Westmoreland, printer. Cosgrove, James, 23. 5:91. Lancaster City, laborer : diseh. from hospital for wounds received in storm- ing Chapultepec Dec. 7. 1\47.

Cowhick, Daniel, 30, 5: 10. Perry County, farmer ; killed at city of Mexico Dec. 15, 1847.

Clendenin, Thomas, 21, 5: 8. Dauphin, carpenter. Craft, Levi, 34, 5: 6. Lancaster City, coppersmith.

Colton, Robert, 20, 3:61, New Brunswick, N. J., shoemaker; deserted at New Orleans Jan. 27. 1847.

Cromleigh, David, 29, 5:9, Cumberland County, merchant; deserted at New Orlean, Jan. 27. 1847.

Daily, Joseph, 23, 5: 9, Dauphin County, stone-mason ;

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sent home on account of health Oct. 28, 1347 ; since dead.

Dennison, Bartlett, 28, 5:9, Bedford County, elerk ; died in hospital, Mexico, Oct. 29, 1847.

Detrich, George, 38, 5:8, Germany, farmer; died in hospital, Vera Cruz, April 28, 1547.

Davis, Henry, 20, 5:7, Harrisburg, butcher ; pro. to orderly sergeant.

Evans, Lewis, 21, 6, Harper's Ferry, Va., blacksmith ; died in hospital, Puebla, Sept. 9, 1847.

Furley, James A., 23, 5:63, Smithtown, MId., black- smith ; disch. on surg. certif. of pension at San Angel Feb. 28, 1×1 -.

Foster, Weidman, 21, 6:21, Harrisburg, carpenter ; pro. to 2d lieut. 11th Inf., April 15, 1847, by President of United States.

Glasbury, Lewis, 29, 5 : 10. Philadelphia, blacksmith ; disch. on surg. certif, of disability April 10, 1847.

Griffith, Robert, 21. 5 : 8, Philadelphia, farmer; sent home on account of health Oct. 28, 1847.

Grimshaw, James, 33, 5: 7, Philadelphia, physician ; pro. assist. surg. in regular army.

Gould, James, 30, 5:8. Carlisle, shoemaker; sent home on account of health Oct, 28. 1847.

Hester, Frederick, 24, 5:7, Brakle, Germany, farmer. Hovis, John D., 23, 5: 94, Harrisburg, printer ; subse- quently entered the U. S. Navy and served five years ; on Oct. 20, 1861, he enlisted in Co. G; 92th Regt. Pa. Vol., and died of consumption at Phil- adelphia, Feb. 28, 1863.

Irvin, Matthew T., 29, 5: 61, Franklin County, shoe- maker.

Irvin, Samuel C., 21, 5: 6, Franklin County. farmer ; disch. at hospital, Puebla, Nov. 5, 1849 ; killed on his return home.

Klatz, William, 33, 5:10. Lancaster City, laborer ; died in hospital. Puebla, July 21. 1547.

Killinger, John, 19, 6: 1, Lancaster County, butcher. Kerr, John, 29, 5:73, Dauphin County, distiller ; died in hospital. city of Mexico, Oct. 10, 1847. Kurtz, Lewis, 21. 5 : 7, Philadelphia, hatter.

Kaufman, Franklin, 28. 5: 9[. Lanea-ter City, ear- penter : deserted at New Orleans Jan. 27, 1547. . Lukens, William, 18, 5 :7, Dauphin County, laborer. Looker, Charles, 20, 5:74, New York City, shoe- maker.

Leib, Christian, 31. 6, Carlisle, butcher ; pro. to 2d lient. Co. HE, Nov. 12, 1847, by order of Gen. Scott.

Mullen, Chambers C., 22, 5: 10, Cumberland County, brewer.

Mills, George R., 21, 5: 63, Lebanon, stone-cutter. Myers, Jacob, 29, 5:6, Würtemberg, Germany. cooper.

Moyer, Jacob, 22. 5:8. Harrisburg, tinner: died in hospital, city of Mexico, of wounds received at the storming of Chapultepec ; died Oct. 28, 1847. Moyers, Emanuel, 20, 5: 93, Millersburg, laborer ;

disch. from hospital, city of Mexico. Dec. 7. 1817, on account of wound- received at taking of city. Mosely, Charles, 20, 5 : 6. Manayunk, puddler.

May, Jacob, 26, 5:7, Germany, laborer; died on march, at San Angel, Sept. 7, 1867.

Novinger, George, 27, 5 : 11;, Millersburg, farmer.

Novinger, fliram, 20, 5 : 11, Dauphin County, farmer ; died on the march, at Beroge-, July 3, 1867.

Powers, John, 86, 5 : 4, Lancaster City, shoemaker. Palmer, Joseph, 19, 5:5. Chemung, N. Y., boatman.

Patrick. John, 21, 5: 74, Lancaster City, shoemaker, Reigle, Simon, 23. 5: 10, Centre County, laborer. Rock, David B., 20, 5 : 7, Philadelphia, printer ; disch. from hospital, Vera Cruz, April 21. 1817.

Rees, David, 19. 5: 83, Lancaster City, moulder.

Rees, William, 19, 5:9, Centre County, moulder ; deserted at New Orlean- Jan. 27, 1847.

Rees, James J., 18, 5 : 8, Harrisburg, printer; died in the city of Vera Cruz.

Rexford, Ensign, 22, 5:6, New York, barber; de- serted at New Orleans Jan. 27, 1847.

Roller, Samuel, 21, 6: 7, York County, blacksmith. Rodgers, Robert A., 24, 5: 10, Cumberland County, carpenter ; di-eh. at city of Mexico for wounds received at the taking of the city.

Reighter, Henry. 21, 5 : 11, Carlisle, briekmaker.

Shaw, James, 21, 5:7, Centre County, printer ; died in hospital, Puebla, July 21, 1857.

Shoemaker, John, 19, 5. 8, Stoystown, shoemaker.

Spayd. Christian R., 30. 5:5, Middletown, printer ; died in the city of Mexico.

Spong, John, 22, 5 : 74, Hummelstown, Mitler.

Snyder, Jacob, 23, 5: 6, York County, farmer ; died in hospital, Puebla, Aug. 17, 1847.

Snyder, Jeremiah, 25, 5 : 6, Pennsylvania, boatman. Shaum, Frederick, 25, 5:6, Lancaster City, buteher. Stentz, Henry, 36, 5 : 7, Fligh-pire, contractor ; disch. from hospital, Vera Cruz, April 13, 1847.

Trexler, Michael P., 21, 5:5, Shippensburg, cabinet maker.

Underwood, Edward, 19, 5:07, Carlisle, school- teacher ; di-eh. from hospital, Jalapa, May 19, 1347 ; pro. to lieut. in regular army ; since eap- tain.

Unger, Franklin, 22, 5: 101, Lancaster County, shoe- maker.

Wolf, Samuel, 20, 6: 13, Dauphin County, black- smith ; disch. from hospital, Puebla, March 7, 1848.

Winower, George, 30, 5: 83, Lancaster City, brick- layer ; died in hospital, Puebla, Aug. 8, 1847. Willis, William, 22, 5:8, Cumberland County, stone- mason.

Ward, Patrick, 19, 5:7, Ireland, laborer; disch. from hospital, city of Mexico, March 4, 1 >13.

Wood, Henry B., 21, 5 : 6, Harrisburg, law student ; disch. from hospital, Jalapa, June 1, 1817. Walters, Johu, 33, 5: 10, York County, cordwainer ; died in hospital, Puebla, Nov. 9, 1847.

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Washabaugh, Lewis, 23, 5: 8, Franklin County, car- penter : died in hospital, city of Mexico, Oct. 12, 1847.

Hagan, James P., 29, 5:8. Tyrone, stone-cutter ; trans, from N. Y. regt. Oct. 31, 1547.

Ilenry Miller, - - 5 : 111. Carlisle, printer ; joined from general depot April 17, 1845.

Puchalski, Eugene, recruited at San Angel April 27, 1848.

It may be stated in this connection that of the original members of the Cameron Guards the follow- ing were promoted into the regular army :

Dr. James Grimshaw, assistant surgeon.

Sergt. James Elder, lieutenant Eleventh United States Infantry.

Sergt. William G. Murray, lieutenant Eleventh United States Infantry.

Corp. Weidman Forster, lieutenant Eleventh United States Infantry.

Corp. Jacob Bruce, lieutenant United States In- fantry.

First Sergt. Henry A. Hambright, first lieutenant Company H, Second Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Sergt. Christian Leib, second lieutenant Company H, Second Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Of those who survive (1883) are Capt. E. C. Wil- liam-, who rose to be a brigadier-general in the civil war; Lieut. David G. Unger; First Sergt. Henry A. Hambright, who was promoted to the regular army during the Rebellion, reached the rank of brigadier- general, and placed on the retired list on account of wounds received in battle; Sergt. James Elder, late captain United States army ; Sergt. William H. P. Derry ; Private IIenry B. Wood, attorney-at-law, residing in New Jersey.

CHAPTER XXIII.

The War for the Union-War Meeting at Harrisburg-Arbitrary Arrests -First Northern Invasion by the Army of Lee-The Gettysburg Cam- paign-The Close of the Rebellion-The Assassination of President Lincoln.

history to present all the details connected with Dau- phin County and the city of Harrisburg in the war for the suppression of the Rebellion. We propose, however, to give the main faet- of that eventful pe- riod. On the eau-es which led to it we shall not dwell. Suffice it to say that when the news reached the North of the firing upon Fort Sumter there was but one feeling actuating the people of that section, -to put down civil rebellion at all hazards. The North was united, and the history of this locality was not to be misunderstood. Harrisburg being the cap- ital of the State, it became the theatre of much of iu- terest connected with the Rebellion.

On Tuesday afternoon, April 17, 1561, called to-

gether by the exigeney of events, the people of Har- ri-burg and the county of Dauphin assembled in ma-s-meeting at the court-house, William H. Kep- ner, mayor of the city. presiding. The meeting was exceedingly large and enthusia-tic, and neither before or since did such a gathering of the staid, substantial, and honored citizens of this city assemble. Upon the organization of the meeting the following resolutions were unanimously adopted :

"WHEREAS, War has been commenced by the seemed States of south Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, and Texas upon the American Unjau without just cause, and against the dictates of reason and justice ; and,

" WHEREAS, Fort Sumter, erected by the common treasure of all the American people and garnisoned by a noble but feeble band of American soldiery, has been assailed and conquered by an overwhelming Gere acting under the authority of the self-styled Southern Confederacy ; and,

" WHEREAS. Threats have been openly and boldly made by high cifi- cials in the seceded States that the capital of the Union would be speed. ily attacked and suljugated and the Northern States invaded ; therefore be it

" Resolved, That we, the people of the capital of Pennsylvania, actu- ated by a sincere love for the institutions bequeathed u- Ly the fathers of the Union, pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sa 'red honor in de- fense of our national flag and the Constitution of the United States, and that we will resist unitedly and firtuly all acts of aggression on the part of those who have wantonly insulted our government, outraged our honor, and assailed our rights as citizens of a great and hitherto happy country.

" Resolved, That we hold it to be the Ity of all good citizens, no Liatter what their political predilections may te, to respond promptly to :ne demand of the President of the U'nited State- for men 'to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our national Union and the perpetnity of our popular government, and to redeem the wrongs alrey ly long enough en lared, and that those who by voies or aut endeavor to prevent the accomplishment of three ends, and thus give aid and wm- fort to our enemies, can only be considered as traitors and the abettors of treason.

" Resolved, That the message of Governor Curtin recommending that meisities be taken to place the militia of Pennsylvania in an efficient conchtion was . mineatly appropriate and patriotic ; and the prompt ani liberal manver in which the Legislature responded to that demind, as well as its more recent art pledging all the resources of the Conimua. 4 wealth to aid in the defense of the Federal government, is gratifying to all loyal citizens and true patriots.

" Rewired, That the martial spirit evinced by our gallant volunteers and citizens generally in rallying at their country's call to march to its defense is conclusive evidence that they are not degenerate sons of sires who fought for liberty and honor in the Revolution and in the war of 1812, and is a certain guarantee that the Keystone state will be found uow, as she was in the late war with Mexico, foremost in the mainte- nance of our national rights "

On motion of Mr. George Bergner, the following

Ir will be impossible within the limits of a local . were unanimously adopted additional thereto :

" Resolved, That we hail with proud satisfaction the unanimous pas- sage of the following resolution by the Legislatureudf l'enasylvania, and "that we :ulopt the same as our motto, viz. :

"' Resolved by the Sen ite, etc., that the faith, credit, and resources of the State in both nien and money are hereby pledged to any amount and to every extent to which the Federal government umy Irtermine to subine the Rebellion, to punish treason, to enforce the laws, to pr it the lives, liberties, and property of the people, and to maintain inviolate the roastitation and sovereignty of the people.""

A. B. Hamilton offered the following resolution, which was also unanimously adopted :

" Resolved, That Gen. E C. Williams, Capt Istte & Waterbury, and Ma,. L'ander Y. Ott be requested to serve as a conduitted to act for this meeting as collectors and custodians of such money as ny come to their "hands ns a fund for the support and sustenance of those citizens of Inu- pbin County who may volunteer uoder call of the President during the

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time of their preparatory services at home, and as far as possible to comfort and sustain the families of those who shall be ibus absent, en- gazed in the service of their country."

In accordance with the resolution, A. B. Hamilton and George Bergner subseribed fifty dollars each for this object ; and a paper pledging the subscribers as Joyal citizens of Pennsylvania and the United States was then signed by all who could approach the table, after which the meeting adjourned with three hearty cheers for the Union. After the meeting Col. Wor- rell, being called upon, addressed the meeting in earnest advocacy of the Union cause.

In the mean time (April 13th) a meeting of young men of Harrisburg had been held at Exchange Hall for the purpose of organizing a military company, and thirty-five per-ons signed the roll. The com- pany thus formed took the name of State Capital Guards, and elected Isaac S. Waterbury captain, through whom their services were tendered to Gov- ernor Curtin. The Cameron Guards tendered their services about the same time, and the Constitutional Guards were organized soon after in the north com- mittee room of the capitol. At this juncture of af- fairs Governor Curtin requested Capt. E. C. Williams to take possession of the grounds of the Harrisburg Park Association, adjoining the northern boundary of the city, and to make all necessary arrangements for all troops arriving in the city. Col. Seneca G. Simmons being present and an officer of the United States army, Capt. Williams was immediately mus- tered into service, being the first volunteer in the war. The order was to organize the fair grounds as a camp and name it Camp Union, but upon taking posession of it named it Camp Curtin, by which it wa- known not only by all the State volunteers, but by the eiti- zen-soldier- of different seetions of the Union. At once Harrisburg and Camp Curtin became impor- tant points for the concentration of the Federal troops and the centre of military operations for a period of four years.

In the following pages are preserved the record of companies and regiments, with such historic data as we have been able to ascertain. Much more ought to be given, and will probably be looked for by the in- terested reader, yet the details and itinerary of each command, valnable though they may be, are too vol- uminous.

The first scene at Harrisburg in the terrible tragedy enacted in the struggle for the Umion was the call to arms and the establishment of the military camp, the march of the soldiers to the sanguinary nells of the hitherto fair South ; the next when, after the second battle of Manassas, the rebel army threatened Penn- ylvania ; the third when the second invasion of the enemy brought the conflict to our very doors; and the fourth when the sound of victory went through the land, followed by the martyrdom of the lion- hearted Lincoln., These are chapters in the history of this locality which it is necessary to dwell upon,

leaving to other pens at a future time the various in- cidents of the march to the front, the return home, and other facts connected with that military epoch.

We come now to a portion of war history that is not very creditable to the government authorities at the time. We had thought at the first to avoid alluding to the matter at all; but the occasion de- mands some reference, and as a faithful chronieler the subject cannot be dismissed. During the Rebel- lion the War Department made every other power -ub- servient to it, and many arrests and trials took place which were not only arbitrary and unconstitutional, but at the time wholly unnecessary and without justi- fication, palliation, or excuse, and our reference is a case in point.

The Constitution of the United States has provided in the third article that " the trial of all crimes, ex- eept in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where such crime shall have been committed." And then in the amend- ments to the Constitution, Article v., that " no person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise in- famous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actue' service, in time of war or public danger," " nor be deprived of life. liberty, or property without due process of law." And in Article vi., "in all criminal proscentions the accused -hall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury in the State and distriet wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by lau."

Our State Legislature, in order to prevent any person from giving aid or assistance to the Rebellion, passed an act on the 18th of April, 1861, by which, in one lengthy section they provide for every possible case in which any person could give aid or comfort to the "enemies of this State or the United States of America," and also where any one should persuade any person or persons from entering the service of this State or the United State-, "or indure any person to abandon the service," aud enacting that "every person so offending, and being legally convicted thereof, shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced to undergo solitary imprisonment in the penitentiary at hard labor not exceeding ten years, or be fined in a sum not exceeding five thou- sand dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court."

In a strong legal paper prepared by the late Her- man Alricks, since we are referring to military arrest-, are some facts which are well worth reproducing in this connection. He writes, -

. " The people of this whole land ought to under- stand that the Constitution of the United States is the foundation of our government, and the Supreme Court of the United States is the judicial expounder of the Constitution. If the Supreme Court of the United States can be so manipulated by Congress as

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to become a political partisan institution instead of a judicial one, and the Con-titution can be construed in such a way as to contravene the whok genins of our government in establishing a military despotism over the whole land because of a partial rebellion, that there is an end to all appeal to civil government. The people must either submit to this military des- potism in the hands of the War Department or offer open resistance and stand upon their rights guaran- teed to them by our form of government. It would be usele-s to talk of amending the Constitution or making a new one, for if a Constitution framed by Washington and the men of the Revolution can be treated with contempt and di-regarded no reasonable man would suppose that a Constitution made by the men of the present day or by the men of any future generation would be regarded. . . . It was never in- tended by the framers of the Constitution to confer upon the military the powers that have been claimed and exercised by them in the late war. . . . It is very evident that the construction put upon the Constitu- tion by the War Department in the late war on the subject of military arrests and military trials leaves to the citizen living in a State not in rebellion no personal security whatever, and treats him as if he lived in a land where the government i- a -beer mili- tary despotism. Whether the people of the United States are willing to allow the construction of the War Department to stand as a precedent in case of another insane rebellion or not is a question of such vast import as ought to command the attention of the people of this whole land from the Atlantic to the Pacific."

On the 6th of August, 1862, the e litors and pro- prietors of the Harrisburg Patriot and Union were ar- rested by Provost-Marshal Lafayette C. Baker, of Washington. D. C., on complaint of Capt. R. I. Dodge, then acting as mustering officer and provo-t-marsbal at Harrisburg. The arre-ts were made under anthority of Gen. Halleck, general-in-chief of the army, whose order was executed by Brig .- Gen. Jame- Wadsworth, acting Military Governor of the District of Columbia, assisted by Provost-Marshal Baker, Capt. Dorlge, and Chief of Police Campbell. Gen. Wadsworth at once conveyed the prisoners to Washington. where they were incareerated in the Old Capitol Prison. The offense of which they were aceused was the publica- tion of a handbill discouraging enlistments. This handbill was as follows :

"ATTENTION, COLORED MEN !

" The great Gen. James Late has arrived in this city to-lay, and will HIJress the colotedl citizens of Harrisburg in front of the Market-House at four o'clock this (Mondayi afternoon, Men ind brethren, come along. "The government having granted him pertaining to raise two L'ut- URED REGIMENTS, he will be prepared to wear in all able-bodied col- vred men who may offer, and he contiilently expects to raise one com- pany in this place.

" Aruta, equipment, uniforms, pay, rations, and bounty the same as tereivedl hy white soldiers, and no distinction will be made. Come one, rene all.

" J. H. TOMPKINS. " Recruiting Officer for Line's Colorei Regiments."

The effect of this publication, it was clainced by the friends of the administration, was to excite the prejudice- of those persons who, though in favor of crushing the Rebellion, were opposed to the employ- ment of colored troops, and to embarrass the recruit- ing officers in the work of procuring enlistments. The Patriot and Union declared on the morning after the arrest that the placard was " got up by frolic- some printer boys without the knowledge of the edi- tors or proprietors of that newspaper," but the Tale- graph asserted that evidenec had been procured showing that the handbill had been printed in the Patriot and Union establishment. and that two of the boys in the office had confessed " that they had " set up the bill calling on colored recruits, and that Uriah J. Jones had concocted and written the same." Act- ing upon this evidence, Provost-Marshal Dodge tele- graphed to the War Department for instructions, and the result was the arrest as stated. After an exami- nation before Judge-Advocate Turner, in the pre -- ence of Gen. Wadsworth, the prisoners were released on the 22d of August, 1862, having first made the statement under oath that they were uncon-cions of having committed any offense against the Constitu- tion, the government, or the laws of the land. They Jeft Washington on the following morning, Ang. 23, 1862, and arrived at Harrisburg on the evening of the same day. They were greeted by a large assemblage of citizens, who escorted them to their homes.

The order for the arrests, it may be here stated. directed also that the provo-t-marshal should " seize the presses, type, fixtures, and all the property found in the Patriot and Union printing establishment. and turn the same over to the United State- quartermaster at Harrisburg, Pa., who shall forward the same to Washington City." This portion of the order, how- ever, was never executed, and the publication of the Patriot and Union was continued without interrup- tion.

On the 5th of September, 1862. after the second battle of Manassas. the Confederate army under Geu. Lee crossed the Potomac River near the mouth of the Monoeney, and advanced northward through Mary- land, threatening Harrisburg among other important points. An invasion of Pennsylvania seemed im- minent and the excitement was widespread. While the main body of the army remained at Frederick. MId., the Confederate cavalry entered Pennsylvania. their number being greatly exaggerated by rumor. In the excited state of the people it was believed that the whole army was advancing towards the State capital with the purpose of moving thence upon Philadelphia. In anticipation of the advance of the enemy northward, Governor Curtin on the 4th of September issued a proclamation recommending " the immediate formation throughout the commonwealth of militia companies and regiments in conformity with the militia act of 1958." In accordance with

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this recommendation, the citizens of Harrisburg met in their respective wards on the afternoon of the 5th. for the purpose of organizing companies to aid in re- pelling the advance of the enemy. The places of business were generally closed to enable the em- plovés to participate in the movement. After an in- formal organization the companies from the different wards marched to the capitol grounds, where they as- sembled around the steps of the rear of the main building and were addressed by Governor Curtin. ex- Governor Porter. "Parson" Brownlow, and Rev. Francis Moore, of the Locust Street Methodist Epis- copal Church. New- of the invasion of Maryland reached Harrisburg on the night of Saturday, Ser- tember 6th. The dispatch stated that the rebels had entered Frederick with forty thousand men, and were marching on Hagerstown. "This of course," said the Telegraph of September 8th. "aroused our citi- zens considerably, believing that the enemy might march undisturbed down through the Cumberland Valley." A dispatch contradicting this report was received on Sunday morning. and the people of Har- risburg were kept in a state of su-pen-e throughout that day and part of Monday. On Monday after- noon, however, the Telegraph announced that it had direct information from several gentlemen who had left Frederick on the previous day that a portion of the Confederate army had reached that place. Fur- ther reports by telegraph added that all the govern- ment stores had been removed from Hagerstown. Md., to Chambersburg, and that a large number of' Union men had left the former town for places of safety in Pennsylvania.

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History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical, Part 34

Author: Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901 Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1046

Author: Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1046