Month: April 2011

CHAPTER XXVI COMPANY H, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD REGIMENT P.V. Recruiting – To the Field – Services – Roll This company was recruited principally in the western part of Clarion county, by Captain James F. Mackey. It was mustered into the United States service at Kittanning February 22, 1862. Captain Mackey rose to be major, … Read more

CHAPTER XXV COMPANY F, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD REGIMENT, P.V. Enlistment – To the Field – Services – Roll CAPTAIN McDOWELL, who recruited this company in the fall and early winter of 1861, from the counties of Allegheny and Clarion, found the same difficulty that the other recruiting officers of the One Hundred and Third … Read more

CHAPTER XXIV COMPANY B, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD REGIMENT, P.V. Enlistment – Route to the Field – Services – Death of Captain Gillespie – Roll This company was recruited during the months of August and September, in the counties of Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, and Venango. It will be remembered that the Seventy-eighth regiment had been … Read more

CHAPTER XXIII COMPANY A, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD REGIMENT, P.V. Enlistment – Route to the Field – Services – Roll IN August, 1861, Captain R. Laughlin, assisted by A.H. Alexander, W.C. Mobley, and James R. Haun, recruited a company of volunteers at Callensburg, Clarion county, Pa. It went into camp at Camp Orr, Kittanning, Pa., … Read more

CHAPTER XXII COMPANY E, SEVENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, P.V. Recruited – Mustered – Service – Familiar Names – Roll of Company THIS is another noble company, composed of Clarion county’s gallant sons, that can be given only a short sketch at the writer’s hands. It deserves a volume. It was mustered into service on the 12th of … Read more

CHAPTER XXI COMPANY C, SEVENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, P.V. Recruiting – Service – Roll of Company The Seventy-eighth Regiment had the reputation of being one of the best regiments in the war, and Captain Brinker’s was one of its best companies. It was recruited in Clarion county by John M. Brinker, afterwards its captain, and mustered into … Read more

CHAPTER XX COMPANY F, SIXTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS When Recruited – Familiar Names – Roll of Company This company was recruited in Jefferson, Clarion, and Indiana counties by Samuel C. Arthur, with a recruiting station at Brookville, and Martin Flick, with a recruiting station at Rimersburg. The company was mustered in at Philadelphia December 19, … Read more

CHAPTER XIX COMPANY F, SIXTY-THIRD REGIMENT When and By Whom Recruited – Officers – Service on the Field – Roll of Company In July, 1861, immediately after the battle of Bull Run, Bernard J. Reid, esq., acting under written authority from Colonel Alexander Hays, began to recruit a company of volunteers for the war. Captain … Read more

CHAPTER XVIII COMPANY E, SIXTY-SECOND REGIMENT When Recruited – Captain Kerr’s Dismissal – Service in the Field – Roll Company E was recruited at Rimersburg, July 4, 1861, by Captain Thomas Kerr. The organization proceeded by wagons to Kittanning, thence by rail to Pittsburgh, where it was mustered into the United States service July 25, … Read more

CHAPTER XVII COMPANY C, SIXTY-SECOND REGIMENT, P.V. When Recruited – Organization and Muster – Service in the Field – Death of Colonel Black – Roll of Company On the 4th of July, 1861, Thomas B. Monks recruited a company at Curllsville and Sligo, Clarion county, which was officered as follows: Captain, Thomas B. Monks; first … Read more