Clarion County

CHAPTER XXIX COMPANY K, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, P.V. Enlistment – To the Field – Services – Roll In August, 1862, Thompson Core recruited a company at Curllsville. August 26 was the day appointed to start for the army, and on that day forty-two men left Curllsville in wagons for Kittanning, which place they … Read more

CHAPTER XXVIII COMPANY L, ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH REGIMENT, P.V. – ELEVENTH CAVALRY Enlistment – To the Field – Services – Captain Loomis’s Death – Roll. COMPANY L was recruited at various points throughout Clarion county in August and September, 1861, by Captain John B. Loomis. A part of the company was mustered into service … Read more

CHAPTER XXVII COMPANY C, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH REGIMENT P.V. Recruiting – To the Front – Services – Severe Losses – Distinguished Names – Roll CAPTAIN Calvin A. Craig recruited a company at Greenville, Clarion county, Pa., in July and August, 1861. The company enrolled, during its term of service, two hundred and nineteen men, … Read more

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