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REYNOLDS, Alfred :
Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from New Jersey. Cadet Military Academy Sept. 1, 1370; Second Lieutenant of Twentieth Infantry June 17, 1874; First Lieutenant June 1, 1880; Captain Feb. 24, 1891: Major Twenty-second Infantry, Sept. 20, 1899; transferred to Twentieth Infantry Sept. 10, 1900; assigned to In- spector General's department Feb. 28, 1901; Lieutenant Colonel Eleventh Infant- ry, Feb. 23, 1903; transferred to Second Infantry April 6, 1903. Address, Manila, P. I.
REYNOLDS, Benjamin:
President of the Anthracite Savings Bank of Wilkesbarre. Address, Wilkes- barre, Luzerne County, Pa.
REYNOLDS, John Butler:
Lawyer; born in Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 5, 1850; educated at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., and Lafayette College. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1875, and practiced his profession till 1SS7. In 1SSS he was the Presidential Elector on the Cleveland and Thurman ticket, and in 1890 candidate for Con- gress, but was defeated. In 1896 he was a delegate from his district to the Na- tional Democratic Convention held at In- dianapolis which nominated Palmer and Buckner. In 1887
he organized the Wilkesbarre & Kingston Bridge Company. and as its President and General Manager was the leading spirit in building the three iron bridges across the Susquehanna River at Wilkesbarre and the lowlands opposite and 'connecting the same with a macadamized road. In isse he organized the West Side Water Company, since ab- sorbed by the Spring Brook Water Sup- ply Company: 1889 he organized and built the West Side Electric Railway and was its President until its absorption by the Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Mar- ried Emily Bradley Pain of Peekskill, N. Y. Address, Wilkesbarre. Pa.
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REYNOLDS, John William:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion; Captain 145th Pennsylvania Infant- ry Aug. 26, 1862; Major May 15, 1863; re- signed and honorably discharged Sept. 19, 1863. Elected Nov. 14, 1900. Address, care Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Erie, Pa.
REYNOLDS, Walter S .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; born on a farm in Law- rence County, Pa., on Dec. 4, 1874; edu- cated at public school; was graduated from Grove City College with degree A. B., 1692; read law with the Hon. Mal- colm McConnell, and admitted to the sev- eral courts of Lawrence County when he was twenty-one admitted to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the United States District and Circuit Courts. Served through Spanish War with Company E, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infant- ry until mustered out in 1899 with his regiment. Has taken an active part in politics and been a prominent campaign speaker. On March 10, 1904, was nomi- nated for the Pennsylvania Legislature by the Republican Party by a majority of almost two to one. Is identified with sev- eral fraternal societies. Was married in 1893. Address, 1119 East Washington St., New Castle, Pa.
REYNOLDS, William:
Capitalist; born in Meadville, Pa., April 25. 1820; educated at Jefferson College and Allegheny College, graduating in 1837. He then took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar of Crawford County in IS41. He ongaged for a time in law practice, but soon became deeply con- cerned in business enterprises, in 1850- 1$51 acted as Managing Director of a plank road company. and in 1$52 became actively interested in the project to build a railroad line through Crawford County. Five years were spent in negotiating and developing this enterprise, and the Mead- ville Railroad Company was incorporated in 1857. with Mr. Reynolds for its Presi- dent. The franchises of the Erie & New York City Railroad were purchased and the name changed to the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Company, Mr. Reynolds being made President. The railroad was completed to Meadville in 1862. the progress of the enterprise be- ing largely due to the energy and busi- ness ability of its President. Meadville
was changed from a borough to a city in 1866, Mr. Reynolds being elected its first Mayor. He has since continued his business activity, and for many years has been President of the Meadville Gas and Water Company and the Meadville Li- brary, Art, and History Association. Trustee of Allegheny College and Direct- or of the Merchants' National Bank. Ad- dress, Meadville, Pa.
REYNOLDS, Ziba Wells:
Paymaster United States Navy; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania. Naval Cadet, May 21, 1886; resigned, Feb. 23, 1887; Assistant Paymaster, May 27, 1892; Passed Assistant, Jan. 9, 1895; Paymaster, April 23, 1899; Relief Ship Franklin, 1892; Thetis, 1893; settling accounts, 1895: Navy Yard, New York, 1896; Charleston, 1898; returning from Asiatic Station. 1899; As- sistant General Storekeeper, Navy Yard. Norfolk, from 1900 to 1902. United States steamship Texas since Nov. 3, 1902. Ad- dress, care Navy Department, Washing- ton, D. C.
RHOADS, J. N .:
Physician; born in Montgomery County, Pa., Aug. 26, 1859. Moved to Kent Coun- ty, Del., in 1866. Attended the Milford (Del.) High School, New Jersey State Normal School, and was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadel- phia in 1885, remaining as resident phy- sician one year; began practice in Phila- delphia in 1886; invented an operation for lengthening tendons and bone in 18SS; also different instruments. In 18SS married Anna Driggs Day, of Mount Carmel, Pa. Author of "The Sequel of a Thunder- storm," and medical monographs. Demo- crat. Address, 1635 S. Broad St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
RHOADS. Joseph R .:
President of the Merchants' Trust Com- pany of Philadelphia. Address, 611 Chest- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
RHOADS, Reuben B., M. D .:
Born Oct. 29, 1831, in Boyertown, Pa .; educated in his native town at Mt. Pleas- ant Seminary; studied medicine, and was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in April, 1857; located at Zieglers- ville. Montgomery County, and practiced until August, 1862, when he raised a company of volunteers and receiv, A a Surgeon's commission. Subsequently be accompanied the 163th Regiment Pennsyl-
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vania Militia. He had charge of a Brig- ade Hospital at Yorktown. Va. After being mustered out he returned to Zieg- lersville, and resumed the practice of medicine, but at the end of a year he removed to Athol, Berks County. In 1S82 he removed to Reading, having been elect- ed Prison Warden of Berks County, which position he held until April, 1885. For sixteen years he was engaged in the nursery business in connection with his medical practice. He was married May 10, 1859, to Miss Kate W. Gilbert. Ad- dress, Reading, Pa.
RHOADS, Thomas J. B .:
Physician; born in Colebrookdale Town- ship, Berks County, Pa .. Sept. 26, 1837; was graduated from Jefferson Medical Col- lege in March, 1861; commissioned as As- sistant Surgeon Dec. 17, 1562, and assigned to 169th Regiment Pennsylvania Volun- teers, and served in that capacity until the regiment was mustered out of ser- vice; has been practicing medicine for forty-three years in his native county. Organized the National Bank of Boyer- town in 1874, and was its President until 1882; organized the Farmers' National Bank of Boyertown in 1883, and since its President; Treasurer of Boyertown Mu- tual Fire Insurance Company, the Friend- ship Hook and Ladder Company, Secre- tary and Treasurer of the John Rhoads Mining Company, etc .; also President of the Board of Health of Boyertown. Mar- ried to Theresa, only daughter of Capt. Henry S. Liedy, in May 1862. Author of several hundred poems, including "The Tale of Onewago," "Genovefa." "Lost and Starved in the Alleghenies," "Kat, the Araphoe Squaw," etc .; "Reminiscences of Youth and Other Poems," which con- tains the most important of his writings. Address, Boyertown, Pa.
RHODES, Joshua:
Banker; born in London, England, March 19, 1824, and came to the United States in 1830; resided for two years in Albany and Buffalo, N. Y. In 1832 moved to Pittsburg. At the age of twenty years entered the grocery business. Later served as President of the Allegheny National Bank, and subsequently became the ex- ecutive head of the Colonial National Bank; was active in the formation of the companies that erected the Point and Union Bridges of Pittsburg. being elected President of both corporations; was also President of the Consolidated Traction
Company. Republican in politics. Ad- dress, 939 Western Ave., Allegheny, Pa.
RICE, Charles Edmund:
Jurist; born at Fairfield, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1846; educated at Fairfield Academy and Hamilton College, graduating in 1867. He then took up the study of law at Bloomsburg, Pa., and attended the 11- bany Law School, 1868-1869; he was ad- mitted to the Supreme Court of New York in 1869, and, going to Wilkesbarre, Pa., was admitted to the Luzerne Coun- ty bar in 1870; Lafayette College con- ferred on him the honorary degree of LL. D. in 1895. He was a candidate for the Orphans' Court bench in 1874, but was defeated; in 1876 he was elected District Attorney, and in 1879 was elected Law Judge, later becoming President Judge of the Common Pleas Court; resigning this position, he was appointed Judge of the Superior Court in 1895, and subse- quently elected to that office. He is now President Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Address, Wilkes- barre, Pa.
RICE, Edwin Wilbur:
Clergyman, and editor of periodicals and publications of American Sunday School Union; born at Kingsboro, N. Y., July 24, 1831; was graduated from Union, 1854, receiving the degrees of A. M. in 1857, and D. D. in 1884; graduate of Union Theological Seminary, New York. Or- dained Congregational minister, 1860; con- nected with American Sunday School Union since 1859; missionary, 1859-1864; Superintendent of Missions, Milwaukee, 1864-1870; Assistant Secretary of Union and assistant editor at Philadelphia, 1870- 1879; since 1879 editor. Author of "Schol- ar's Handbooks on the International Les- sons," 1873 to 1889; "Commentaries on Mark," 1881; "Matthew," 1887; "Luke," 1889; "John," 1891; "Acts," 1896; "Stories of Great Painters," 18S7; "Origin of Sun- day Schools," 1886; "Our Sixty-six Sa- cred Books," 1\91 and 1901; "People's Dictionary of the Bible," 1593; "Handy Helps for Busy Workers," 1899; "The Heavenly City." 1899; "Short History of the International Lesson System." 1902, all published by American Sunday School Union. Member of Society of Biblical Literature and Exegeses since 1882. Edi- tor of about forty-five works, including nineteen volumes of Sunday School World, Twice married, first, 1961, Margaret E. Williams; second, 1868, Mary Gardener. Office, 1122 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
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RICE, Willard Martin:
Clergyman Presbyterian Church; born in Lowville, N. Y,. April 30, 1817; son of Abel Sherman and Diana Rice; was grad- uated from Wesleyan University, 1837, re- ceiving degree of D. D., 1866; tutor at Wesleyan University, 1837-1840. Married, 1840, Elizabeth Anderson McDowell, of Philadelphia; established Classical School, Philadelphia, 1840; ordained, 1858; pastor Moyamensing Church, 1858-1863; Fourth Presbyterian, Philadelphia. 1863-1874; Ber- wyn, Pa., 1874-1876; stated supply, South- western Presbyterian Church, Philadel- phia, 1SS2-1884; engaged on publications of Presbyterian Board of Publication since 1876, and of which he became a member, 1862, and recording clerk, 1862. Permanent clerk, 185S-1861; stated clerk, 1861-1574, and since 1877. of the Presby- tery of Philadelphia; stated clerk Synod of Philadelphia, 1872-1881. Author of "History of the Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work"; "Westminster Question Book" from years 1875 to 1896; "Westminster Lesson Leaf," 1878-1896; "Westminster Quarterly," 1880- 1896; "History of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia." Contributor to religious periodicals. Died March 6, 1904.
RICHARD, James William, D. D .:
Educator; Professor of Homiletics, Lu- theran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa. Author of "Philip Melanchthon," 1898. Address, Gettysburg, Pa.
RICHARDS, Benjamin Sayer:
Commander United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania. Entered the Naval Acad- emy. Oct. 22, 1861; was graduated in 1866; De Soto (second rate), North Atlantic Station, 1867-1868. Promoted to Ensign, 1868; receiving ship New Hampshire, 1869-1870; retired, 1869; restored to active list, 1872. Commissioned as Lieutenant, March 21, 1871; receiving ship New Hampshire, 1873; Portsmouth, Pacific Fleet, 1874-1875; Lackawanna, North Pa- cific Station, 1875-1877; receiving ship Franklin. 1877-1878; Navy Yard, Pensa- cola, 1SS1-18$2; Wachusett, Pacific Sta- tion , 1882-1885; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, Washington, 1885-1886; receiving ship Franklin, 1886-1889. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander, August, 1887; Monocacy. Asiatic Station, 18$9, to No- vember, 1892; Navy Yard, New York, No- Vember, 1892, to 1894; commanding the Michigan, December. 1594-1896; Naval War College, June, 1896. Commissioned
Commander, June, 1896; Lighthouse In- spector, October, 1896, to 1897; Hospital, Mare Island, December, 1897; retired May 1, 189S. Address, Warrenton, Va.
RICHARDS, Henry Melchior Muhlen- berg:
Soldier and iron merchant; born in Easton, Pa., Aug. 16, 1848; son of Rev. John William Richards, D. D .; descendant of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, D. D., Patriarch of the Lutheran Church in Am- erica; related to Gen. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, of the Continental Army; Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, first Speaker of the House of Congress; Michael Hillegas. first Treasurer of the United States. In 1863 served as a volun- teer in Twenty-sixth Emergency Regi- ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, partici- pating in the battle of Gettysburg; 195th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Sheridan in West Virginia; entered Naval Academy at Newport, R. I., 1565; was graduated in 1869 at Annapolis; 1866-1871 cruised along the Atlantic coast of the United States, Europe and west coast of Africa and the Mediterranean; trans- ferred to the United States flagship Franklin in 1871; actively engaged in connection with the Franco-German War. the Communistic outbreak and the Carl- ist insurrection; commissioned Ensign. 1870; Master, 1871; on duty at Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I., 1872, at which time he invented a circuit-closing fuse adopted by the Government at the per- sonal solicitation of Commander (now Ad- miral) George Dewey; he was assigned to duty on the U. S. S. Narragansett, on survey duty in the Pacific Ocean, 1873-1874; on duty in Panama during revolutionary outbreak of 1873; promoted to Lieutenant. 1874; resigned from the service, 1575; he volunteered for duty in anticipation of war with Chili in 1892; re-entered the Navy as Lieutenant (se- nior), and served during the Spanish- American War as executive officer of the auxiliary cruiser Supply, at Guantanamo Bay. Santiago, on blockades of Manza- nillo, Cienfuegos, Havana, and at San Juan, Porto Rico. Since his return to private life he has been connected with the iron business, and is now Treasurer of the American Iron and Steel Manufac- turing Company. Member of the com- mission on the Frontier Forts of Penn- sylvania. Author of various historical and genealogical works. Member of various military and navai societies, historical and
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genealogical societies. He was married, in 1871., to Ella Van Leer. Address, Leb- anon, Pa.
RICHARDS, Joseph T .:
Railroad engineer; born near Rising Sun, Md., Feb. 12, 1845. Studying the art of civil engineering, he entered the ser- vice of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany in 1869 as rodman and transit man in the building of the Aitoona shops, and afterward served successively as division supervisor, chief engineer of minor tail- roads and chief of locating engineers, leaving the railroad service in 1874 to en- ter that of the Cambria Iron Company. Returning to the railroad in 1875 he was again made division supervisor, assistant engineer, and from 1877 to 1SS3 was prin- cipal engineer of the United Railroads of New Jersey, and till 1885 assistant to the chief engineer. This was followed by the position of assistant chief engineer, and in 1893 by that of engineer of maintenance of way from Pittsburg and Erie east to Philadelphia, Washington and New York. His activity and ability have been amply shown in the rapid replacement of bridges and roadbed after destructive floods, in which he has never been surpassed. On one occasion he rebuilt one thousand feet of railroad bridge over the swollen Sus- quehanna at Montgomery in three and a half days. A recent remarkable feat was the replacing of the old metal span of the railroad bridge of the New York Division over the Schuylkill at Philadel- phia, the old double-track bridge being moved off and a new one moved in, the distance being twenty-seven feet, in two minutes and a half, trains passing from the old to the new bridge within the brief space of thirteen minutes. Mr. Richards has also long been designing and con- structing engineer for the piers at New York of the International Navigation Company. He is Vice President of the West End Trust Company and Director in other companies in Philadelphia. Past President of the Engineers' Club, and a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the American Society of Civil Engineers. Address, 210 N. Thir- ty-third St., Philadelphia, Pa.
RICHARDS, Joseph W .:
Professor of Metallurgy; born in Old- bury. near Birmingham, England, on July 28, 1861. Coming to America with his parents in 1871, he attended the public schools in Philadelphia and the High
School, graduating from Lehigh University in 1366 as analytical chemist. The next year was spent as assistant to his father. Mr. Joseph Richards, Superintendent of the Delaware Metal Refinery, Philadelphia." In 1887 became Instructor in the Depart- ment of Metallurgy and Mineralogy of Lehigh University, where he is now Pro- fessor of Metallurgy. Married Miss Arna- marie Gadd, March 12, 1857; they have three children. In 1887 the Philadelphia High School conferred on him the honor- ary degree of Master of Arts. From 1889 to 1893 he was a post-graduate student at Lehigh University, receiving therefor the degrec of Master of Science in 1891 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1893, the first person to take that degree at the institution. In 1897 he was Assistant Professor in his department and given a year's leave of absense, which was spent, half at the University of Heidelberg and a semester at Bergakademie at Freiberg. In 1897 was a member of the Annual As- say Commission to test the coinage; also served as President of the Chemical Sec- tion of the Franklin Institute and also of the Lehigh Valey Section of the Am- erican Chemical Society, and as delegate of the Franklin Instiute to represent it at the International Geological Congress in St. Petersburg. Dr. Richards's interest in aluminum began with his thesis work for the course in Lehigh University in 1886, in which connection he experiment- ed on the reducibility of aluminum sul- phide. In connection with his work he collected together all the available litera- ture on the subject which was published in 1887 as "Aluminum." A contributor also to the Aluminum World, Journal of the Franklin Institute and Journal of the American Chemical Society. His pub- lished papers and lectures number nearly sixty and cover a wide range of scientific subjects, principally in metallurgy, elec- tro-chemistry, thermo-chemistry, physi- cal chemistry, mineralogy and crystallo- graphy. Address. Bethlehem, Pa.
RICHARDS, Louis:
Lawyer; born at Gloucester Furnace, Atlantic County, N. J., May 6. 1912; son of John Richards; removed to Pennsyl- vania in 184S; received an academical education; studied law and was admitted to the Berks County bar, 1865. In 1969 en- gaged in journalism, becoming partner in the firm of J. Knabb & Co., publishers of the Reading Times and Dispatch and Berks and Schuylkill Journal. In 1871 re-
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sold his interest and resumed the prac- tice of law. Member of the City Councils of Reading in 1875-1876; Secretary of the Municipal Commission of Pennsylvania, 1877-187S; Republican candidate for Con- gress in the Berks District, 1884. Author of "Rights and Liabilities of Manied Wo- men in Pennsylvania" (with Judge G. A. Endlich), 1889; "The Pennsylvania Form Book," 1895; and "Digest of Acts of Assembly for Cities of the Third Class" (two editions ), 1900 and 1902: 2111- merous law pamphlets, historical and gen- ealogical sketches. President of the Berks County Historical Society. Married ir 1869; wife deceased, 1901. Address, Read- ing, Pa.
RICHARDS, Matthias Henry :
Educator; Professor of English, Muhl- enberg College; born in Germantown, Pa., June 17, 1841; was graduated from Penn - sylvania College, Gettysburg, 1860, A. M. in course (D. D.); married, June 14, 1866, Sallie M. McClean, of Gettysburg. Pa. Editor of Lutheran Church papers and Sunday school literature; writer of review articles and lecturer on literary and practical top'es. Instructor and lecturer at Chautauqua, Mt. Gretna, Pa .; Secre- tary for many years of Allentown school district; member of Pennsylvania German Society, etc. Address, 394 Union St., Al- lentown, Pa.
RICHARDS, Thomas Myers:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Second Lieutenant First Pennsyi- vania Infantry, April 20, 1$61; honorably mustered out. July 26. 1861; First Lieu- tenant 12Sth Pennsylvania Infantry, Aug. 16, 1862; Captain, Sept. 1S. 1862; honor- ably mustered out, May 19. 1863. Elected May 6, 1885. Address, 2029 Spring Gar- den St., Philadelphia, Pa.
RICHE, Charles Swift:
Captain Engineers United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy, July 1. 1882; Ad- ditional Second Lieutenant Engineers, July 1, 1SS6; Second Lieutenant, Oct. 12, 1886; First Lieutenant. Oct. 5, 1SS9; Col- onel First United States Volunteer In- fantry, May 20, 1895: honorably mus- tered out of Volunteers, Oct. 28. 1898; Captain Engineers. United States Army, July 5. 1898. Address, 1637 Indiana Ave., Chicago, Ill.
RICHEY, J. Burdette;
Superintendent of the City Schools of Mckeesport, Pa .; born Jan. 22, 1867, at Sunville, Venango County, Pa ..; was grad- uated from Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa .. in 1889; Superintendent of Schools of Phillipsburg, Centre County, 1889-1890; Superintendent of Public Schools of New Brighton, Beaver County, Pa., 1890-1902; Superintendent of the Public Schools of Mckeesport, Pa., since 1902; Vice Presi- dent of the Superintendents' Association of Pennsylvania. Address, Mckeesport, Pa.
RICHEY, James, Jr .:
President of the Real Estate Savings and Trust Company. Address, Allegheny, Pa.
RICHMOND, Mary E .:
Philanthropist; born in Belleville, Ill., Aug. 5, 1861; was graduated from Balti- more High School. Became General Sec- retary of the Baltimore Charity Organiza- tion Society, 1891; resigned to accept same position in Philadelphia in 1900. Author of "Friendly Visiting Among the Poor," 1899. Wrote "Criticism and Reform in Charity," Charities Review, 1896; "Mar- ried Vagabonds, Lend-a-Hand," 1896; "Charity and Home Making." Charities Review, 1897; "The Training of Charity Workers," 1897; "What Is Charity Organ- ization?" 1900. Address, 910 Clinton St., Philadelphia, Pa. .
RICK, William:
City official; born in Bethel, Berks County, Pa., July 28, 1875; son of G. F. M. Rick, a prominent merchant; edu- cated in the district schools, at the Key- stone State Normal School, Muhlenberg College and Yale Law School: Deputy Controller of Berks County for one term; at present a practicing attorney and Sol- icitor of the Reading School District; ac- tive in Republican politics in Berks Coun- ty. Married Carrie V. Lawshe, April 20, 1899. Address, Reading, Pa.
RICKETTS, Col. Robert Bruce:
Born at Orangeville. Columbia County, Pa., April 29, 1839, of Scotch and Eng- lish descent. He was educated at the Wyoming Seminary, and was reading law when the war broke out. He promptly entered the Union service, and. having assisted in recruiting a battery, was com- missioned First Lieutenant of Battery F. First Pennsylvania Artillery, Forty-third
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Regiment. July S, 1861; to Captain, May 8, 1863; to Major, Dec. 4, 1864; and to Colonel, March 15, 1865. The battery was furnished during the month of August, 1861, with horses and equipments and four smooth-bore guns. On Sept. 12 the battery was ordered to join Banks's com- mand at Dorranceton, Md., and was from that date in active service up to the close of the war. Colonel Ricketts had his first engagement Dec. 20. 1861, with a body of the enemy's artillery and cav- alry which was attempting the destruc- tion of Dam No. 5 on the Upper Po- tomac. For more than three years from that time on Ricketts was constantly at the front, and his battery became one of the most famous in the Union Army. In almost every one of the engagements of 1862, 1863 and 1864, in Maryland and Virginia, it was prominently engaged, and at Gettysburg, especially, it did brilliant service in assisting to repel the invasion of the Confederates on the right of the Union lines at Cemetery Ridge. In this fight Ricketts lost forty horses and twenty-three men. His name is so closely linked with that battle, upon which the fate of the nation hung, and who stood by his guns, beating back the fierce onslaughts of the Louisiana Tigers, which threatened every moment to over- ride, like a monumental wave, the gal- lant little band, whose blazing speech sent terror into the hearts of those who endeavored to silence it, is fairly en- titled to the honors won on that bloody occasion, and there is not a soldier in the old Army of the Potomac, in Pennsylvania or out, who does not recall Ricketts whenever he thinks of Gettysburg. When promoted to his Majority he left his bat- tery and was assigned to the command of the Second Army Corps batteries in the Ninth Corps line: afterward as Inspec- tor of Artillery for the Ninth Corps. This last position he held during most of the winter of 1864-1865, and while the army was in front of Petersburg, and he retained it until after Lee's surrender. He was then Inspector of the Artillery Reserve under Gen. William Hayes, the reserve then embracing nearly all the bat- teries in the army. During the greater part of the war Ricketts's battery was attached to the Second Corps. What the commander of that corps-the lamented Hancock-thought of him is briefly but eloquently set forth in a note forwarded by him to the Loyal Legion, in answer to an inquiry sent in connection with the
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