{"1": {"fulltext": "FLM\\n2015\\nj 074166 _\\nHISTORY\\nOF THE\\nINFANTRY,\\nP\\nNational Guard of Pennsylvania.\\nCOMPILED FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORDS, KY\\nEdwin N. Benson, R. Dale Benson, Theo. E. Wiedersheim,\\nCOMMITTEE OF THE YLT1 RAN CORPS.\\nPHILADELPHIA, APRIL 19th, 1880.", "height": "4293", "width": "2542", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Glass_^(\u00c2\u00a3Tft /7\\nBook__\\nI-st P4-", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "HISTORY\\nX\\n/u 2\\nOF THE\\nINFANTRY,\\nNational Guard of Pennsylvania.\\nCOMPILED FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORDS, BY\\nEdwin N. Benson, R. Dale Benson, Theo. E. Wiedersheim,\\nCOMMITTEE OF THE VETERAN CORPS.\\nPHILADELPHIA, APRIL 19th\u00e2\u0080\u009e 1880.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "t_ 52*7\\n\u00c2\u00a3\u00e2\u0080\u00a2__\\nJ\\nPHILADELPHIA:\\nWM. H. DOLE CO.\u00e2\u0080\u0099S PRINTING HOUSE,\\nNo. 23 South Third St.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF\\nTHE FIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY,\\nNATIONAL GUARD OF PENNSYLVANIA.\\nT HE late civil war in the United States is now a sad but\\na glorious memory. The incidents of the great struggle,\\nwhich appeared sectional in geographical character, but which\\nwas in reality a fight for the existence and preservation of a\\nmighty Republic, are now forgotten by many, unless reminded\\nby chairs that are still vacant, or old worn-out blue sleeves that\\nare still empty.\\nThe men of the present day who were too young to enlist\\nin the war, discuss it carelessly and perhaps study it in the\\nschools. Many of the active participants have been called\\naway by death, and many of the organizations which partici\u00c2\u00ac\\npated in the struggle are dying out or have a mere nominal\\nexistence. The Grand Army of the Republic and the Loyal\\nLegion of the United States alone remain to keep alive the\\nmemory of the war and transmit to another generation the\\nrecord of heroic deeds and honorable traditions. It remains", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "4\\nfor the National Guard of the United States, and especially for\\nsuch Regiments as participated actively in the war for the pre\u00c2\u00ac\\nservation of the Union, in a greater or less degree, to put upon\\nrecord deeds for which \u00e2\u0080\u009cthey have no apology to make,\u00e2\u0080\u009d as\\ntheir great commander expressed himself for the part he took\\nin the late struggle. This is the more important from the fact\\nthat such Regiments exist at the present time in a state of\\nefficiency and discipline, and ready for any emergency in\\nwhich their services may be legally required.\\nThe Regiments of the National Guard in Pennsylvania, in\\ncommon with her sister states, were prompt to offer their ser\u00c2\u00ac\\nvices to the National and State authorities, when danger\\nthreatened the Commonwealth and imperiled the National life.\\nThe first shell fired at Sumpter awakened a military ardor, cre\u00c2\u00ac\\nated by a righteous indignation at the audacity of the act in\\nwhich rebellion, for a long time threatening, sprang into an\\nodious existence. Actuated by patriotic motives, an organiza\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion was then created, which has since vitalized into a powerful\\nand popular military body, with a subsequent career of honora\u00c2\u00ac\\nble usefulness, to which the Government, State and National, has\\nseveral times expressed a formal indebtedness in unmistakable\\nterms. To give a brief history of this Regiment, born in times\\nof peril and continued through various vicissitudes of pros\u00c2\u00ac\\nperity and trials, the Veteran Corps believes it to be a duty and\\na pleasure. On the 19th of April, 1879, at a meeting of the\\nCorps, a resolution was introduced by Colonel R. Dale Benson\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cthat a committee be appointed for the purpose of compil\u00c2\u00ac\\ning a History of the First Regiment Infantry, N. G. of Pa.,\\nfrom its organization to the present time,\u00e2\u0080\u009d which was unan\u00c2\u00ac\\nimously adopted, and, in accordance with the resolution, Col.\\nJames W. Latta appointed as a committee Comrades Edwin\\nN. Benson, R. Dale Benson and Theo. E. Wiedersheim.", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "5\\nOn April 15th and 16th, 1861, the following Special Notice\\nwas published in the North American and U S. Gazette:\\nRetired and contributing members of the Light Artillery Corps of Washington\\nGrays, over the age of 45 years, are requested to meet at the Wetherill House,\\nSansom Street above Sixth, on Wednesday Evening, 17th inst., at 7.30 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock,\\nfor the purpose of organizing a\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cRESERVED GUARD\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nfor the protection of the city and support of the Constitution and laws of the\\nUnited States of America.\\n(Signed) CEPHAS G. CHILDS.\\nJOSEPH M. THOMAS.\\nP. C. ELLMAKER.\\nGEORGE W. WHARTON.\\nJACOB BENNETT.\\nTo the surprise of all who had signed the call nearly eighty\\ncitizens were present at this meeting. The intention originally\\nwas merely to form a company, but the applications to become\\nmembers being so numerous, in order to make the parties\\neligible, it was decided to amend the call by inserting the words\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cother citizens.\u00e2\u0080\u009d An agreement was then drawn up and\\nsigned by about eighty persons, and the meeting adjourned\\nto re-assemble at Sansom Street Hall on Friday evening, the\\n19th inst.\\nAn adjourned meeting of the retired members of the Wash\u00c2\u00ac\\nington Grays, and other citizens, over the age of 45 years, was\\nheld at Sansom street Hall on April 19th. Mr. Chas. S. Smith\\npresiding.\\nThere were no regular speeches delivered, the proceedings\\nbeing entirely of a business character. A few remarks, how\u00c2\u00ac\\never, were made by P. C. Ellmaker, Morton McMichael, Joseph\\nM. Thomas and Jacob Laudenslager, all of which were enthu\u00c2\u00ac\\nsiastically received.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "6\\nThe following report was read by the secretary, P. C.\\nEllmaker:\\nPLAN OF ORGANIZATION.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cThe President of the United States having, on the 15th inst.,\\nissued a proclamation announcing that a portion of the people\\nwere in open rebellion against the laws and the Constitution,\\nwe, the undersigned, retired and contributing members of the\\nWashington Grays, and other citizens of Philadelphia, over 45\\nyears of age, hereby agree to form a Regiment of at least 800\\nmen, for the purpose of defending the city, and do hereby\\nadopt and mutually pledge ourselves to be governed by the\\nfollowing\\nRULES AND REGULATIONS.\\n1. The organization shall be known as the First Regiment\\nof Gray Reserves of the City of Philadelphia,\u00e2\u0080\u009d and shall con\u00c2\u00ac\\nsist of ten companies of not less than eighty men each.\\n2. The officers shall consist of a Colonel, Lieut.-Colonel,\\nMajor, Adjutant, (who shall act as Secretary), Paymaster, Sur\u00c2\u00ac\\ngeon, Assistant Surgeon, and Quarter-Master. The Colonel\\nLieut.-Colonel and Major shall be elected as hereinafter provi\u00c2\u00ac\\nded, and the Adjutant, Paymaster, Surgeon, Assistant Surgeon\\nand Quarter-Master shall be appointed by the Colonel.\\n3. The Company officers shall be a Captain, one First and\\none Second Lieutenant, four Sergeants, who shall be denomi\u00c2\u00ac\\nnated first, second, third and fourth, and four Corporals, who\\nshall be designated in like manner, and rank accordingly.\\n4. The uniform shall conform as nearly as practicable to\\nthat worn by the United States Infantry when in actual service,\\nexcept that the color of the coat and pants shall be cadet gray.", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "7\\n5 Applications for membership must be submitted to the\\nRegiment, and, if any objection be made, referred to a com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmittee for investigation; all elections for members to be by\\nballot, unless otherwise ordered.\\n6. The Companies shall be designated according to the first\\nten letters of the alphabet, and as soon as the requisite number\\nare obtained to form six Companies of forty men each, they\\nshall proceed to organize and choose their officers; and as\\nsoon thereafter as practicable, an election for field officers\\nshall be held.\\n7. Each Company, with tlie approbation of the Colonel of\\nthe Regiment, shall fix the time and place for drill, and make\\nsuch rules and regulations for the government of the Companies\\nrespectively, not inconsistent with the rules and regulations, as\\nthey may deem necessary and proper.\\n8. The officers of the Regiment, together with the Captains\\nand Lieutenants of Companies, shall constitute a Regimental\\nBoard, who shall determine when it may be necessary to con\u00c2\u00ac\\nvene the Regiment, either for the purpose of business, parade\\nor drill\u00e2\u0080\u0094provided that in case of emergency the Colonel may\\norder a parade of a part or the whole of the regiment at any\\ntime.\\n9. The object of the organization being for the defence of\\nthe city of Philadelphia, the members shall not be required to\\nmarch beyond the limits of said city, but shall at all times hold\\nthemselves in readiness for service within such limits; and\\nany refusal to perform such duty as may be required, or any\\ninsubordination, shall subject the member to immediate expul\u00c2\u00ac\\nsion.\\n10. The discussion of political questions, upon all occasions,\\nis hereby discountenanced, and positively prohibited at the", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "8\\nmeeting of Companies or of the Regiment, under penalty of\\nimmediate dismissal.\\n11. Until the Regiment shall be recognized by the consti\u00c2\u00ac\\ntuted authorities, the officers shall be invested with the same\\npower and authority as though they were duly commissioned\\nby the Governor of the Commonwealth.\\nResolved That in the organization of the Companies the\\nfirst forty on the list shall constitute Company A,\u00e2\u0080\u009d the second\\nforty Company B,\u00e2\u0080\u009d and so on to the completion of all the\\nCompanies of the Regiment. Any surplus after the formation\\nshall be distributed among the several Companies.\\nResolved That in view of the necessity of an immediate\\norganization, and the importance of electing persons of experi\u00c2\u00ac\\nence in military matters as officers, the Chairman of the meet\u00c2\u00ac\\ning is hereby authorized to appoint a committee of nine to\\nselect suitable persons to fill the positions of Colonel, Lieut-\\nColonel, Major, Captains and Lieutenants, to serve until all\\nthe Companies are full.\\nResolved That the pattern of the hat and coat, and the mate\u00c2\u00ac\\nrial proposed for coat and pants, be approved, the cost of the\\ntotal equipments for coat, pantaloons and cap, not to exceed\\nfourteen dollars.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nA committee of nine was appointed to select officers for the\\nRegiment, namely: Morton McMichael, Robt. P. King, Chas.\\nGilpin, Jos. M. Thomas, Sam\u00e2\u0080\u0099l Branson, Jas. Lefevre, E. C.\\nMarkley, Samuel Welsh, Albert R. Foering.\\nThe committee retired, and on returning reported that it\\nwas expedient to appoint only a part of the officers; Mr.\\nMcMichael submitted the name of P. C. Ellmaker for Colonel,\\nand the following for Captains:\\nCompany A. Charles S. Smith.\\nB. Jacob Laudenslager.", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "9\\nCompany C.\\nJoseph N. Piersol.\\nD.\\nGeorge W. Wood.\\nE.\\nWilliam H. Kern.\\nF.\\nThomas Kirkpatrick.\\nG.\\nGeorge W. Briggs.\\nH.\\nCharles M. Prevost.\\nI.\\nBeaton Smith.\\nK.\\nJacob Bennett.\\nThe report was unanimously adopted; the committee\\nrequested to be continued, and also that the officers appointed\\nbe added thereto, which was agreed to.\\nIt was stated that 825 men were already enrolled towards\\nthe formation of the ten companies.\\nOn April 20th the Committee on Organization met at the\\noffice of Joseph M. Thomas, No. 303 Walnut street, and the\\nresignation of Captain Beaton Smith of I Company was\\naccepted, and Charles P. Warner was elected to fill the\\nvacancy.\\nThe first parade of the Regiment was on May 27th, 1861,\\nfully uniformed but without arms, with the following Roster\\nof Officers:\\nColonel\u00e2\u0080\u0094PETER C. ELLMAKER.\\nLieut.-Colonel, Richard H. Rush. Major, Napoleon B. Kneass. Adjutant,\\nJos. T. Ford. Quarter-Master, Jos. M. Thomas. Paymaster, R. P. DeSilver.\\nQuarter-Master Sergeant, A. R. Foering. Suigeon, W. L; Atlee, M. D. Ass\u00e2\u0080\u0099t\\nSurgeon, Thomas M. Drysdale.\\nLINE OFFICERS.\\nCOMPANY A\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain, Charles S. Smith.\\n1st Lieutenant, James D. Keyser.\\n2d Geo. F. Delleker.\\nCOMPANY B\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, William H. Kern.\\n1st Lieutenant, Chas. F. Hupfeld.\\n2d Benj. K. Ripperger.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "IO\\nCOMPANY C\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Chas. M. Prevost.\\nist Lieutenant, Atwood Smith.\\n2d C. P. Herring.\\nCOMPANY D\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, J. Ross Clark.\\nist Lieutenant, Edw. Watson.\\n2d W. T. Martien.\\nCOMPANY E\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain, Jacob Laudenslager.\\nist Lieutenant, Julius C. Sterling.\\nCOMPANY F \u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Joseph N. Piersol.\\nist Lieutenant, Wm. W. Wagner.\\n2d John G. Murphy.\\nCOMPANY G\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, George W. Wood.\\n2 cl Lieutenant, Harry Gorman.\\nCOMPANY H\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain, Silas Wilson.\\nist Lieutenant, John M. Ross.\\n2d James Brown.\\nCOMPANY I\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain, Geo. W. Briggs.\\nist Lieutenant, Edw. Dewees.\\n2cl Benj. W. Hays.\\nCOMPANY K\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Chas. P. Warner.\\nist Lieutenant, H. D. Welsh.\\n2cl J. S. Hess.\\nand numbered 1000 men. A short time after this, the Regi\u00c2\u00ac\\nment was armed and by its drill and discipline was made a\\nvaluable adjunct to the City authorities, as well as a military\\nschool of instruction; its services were not required until the\\nfollowing spring, when in May, 1862, Schuylkill County was\\nthe scene of a disturbance and threatened riot, owing to dis\u00c2\u00ac\\nsatisfaction among the coal miners, who were on a strike for\\nhigher wages. On the 7th of May, on the requisition of the\\nGovernor, a force of about 160 men, comprising Companies\\nA and C, and details from Co\u00e2\u0080\u0099s B. E and H, under command\\nof Captain Charles S. Smith, of \u00e2\u0080\u009cA\u00e2\u0080\u009d Co., left the City by the\\n3.15 P. M., train to proceed to Schuylkill Haven and report to\\nthe Sheriff of said County; upon arriving there, arrangements\\nhad been made to move the Battalion at once to Minersville,", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "I\\nand upon arriving there reported to the Sheriff, who had pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nvided rations for the command; after remaining a short time,\\nwere marched to Forestville, about three miles distant, and\\nthen to Heckscherville, on the opposite side of Thomas Moun\u00c2\u00ac\\ntain.\\nThe difficulties between the employers and employees\\nbeing satisfactorily adjusted, owing in a great measure to the\\npresence of the militia, the Battalion left Heckscherville, and\\non arriving at Schuylkill Haven they found Companies D and\\nF, under command of Capt. J. Ross Clark, of D Company, in\\nwaiting; the whole command then left Schuylkill Haven for\\nPhiladelphia, arriving without accident.\\nThe 118th Regiment Infantry, P. V., raised by means fur\u00c2\u00ac\\nnished by the Corn Exchange of Philadelphia, drew largely\\nfor its officers from the 1st Regiment. Prominent among\\nthem was Colonel Charles M. Prevost and Major Charles P.\\nHerring, both of whom were severely wounded, and brevetted\\nBrigadier General for gallantry in action. The 118th Regi\u00c2\u00ac\\nment was mustered into the service of the United States\\nAugust 30, 1862, and took part in all the great battles with the\\nArmy of the Potomac, earning for itself a record second to\\nnone,\u00e2\u0080\u009d and was mustered out of service June 1st, 1865. The\\nfollowing extract from the Eleventh Annual Report of the\\nCorn Exchange Association will show the part that the 118th\\nRegiment took in the battle of the Wilderness:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cMay 5th, early in the morning, found the enemy in front.\\nAt 8 A. M. built breastworks. At 12.30 P. M., moved for\u00c2\u00ac\\nward and charged the enemy, Colonel Gwyn in command of\\nthe second line of the brigade, Twentieth Maine and One\\nHundred and Eighteenth, Lieut.-Colonel Herring command\u00c2\u00ac\\ning the regiment. Engagement very sharp, heat oppressive.\\nAt 1.30 P. M. obliged to retire to the breastworks, by reason\\nof the enemy moving on our flanks in force. Colonel Gwyn\\nwounded and carried off the field. At 5 P. M. moved to the", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12\\nfront again, and at 7 P. M. retired to the breastworks to\\nbivouac for the night. Killed, two; wounded, twenty-six; miss\u00c2\u00ac\\ning twenty-seven. May 6th, at 3.30 A. M. moved out to the\\nfront, formed line of battle in the woods near the enemy.\\nBrigade in three lines, Sixth Corps connecting on the right.\\nUnder sharp fire all day. At 6 P. M. retired to breastworks\\nand rested for the night. May 7, at 6 A. M., attacked by the\\nenemy, who was repulsed. At 10 A. M. Lieut.-Colonel Her\u00c2\u00ac\\nring, in command of three regiments, including the One Hun\u00c2\u00ac\\ndred and Eighteenth, charged the enemy, pressed him back to\\nhis works, and established a picket line. At 8 P. M. army\\nmoved toward Spottsylvania. Wounded, ten; missing, one.\\nMay 8, moved at 1 A. M. with a detachment under Lieut.-\\nColonel Herring; withdrew pickets and acted as a rear guard.\\nAt 10 A. M. reached Laurel Hill, near Spottsylvania Court\\nHouse. Found the enemy engaged, and was sent to support\\na part of Crawford\u00e2\u0080\u0099s division. At 5 P. M. moved forward\\nwith Crawford and became hotly engaged. Killed, five;\\nwounded, twenty-four; missing one. May 9, retired quietly at\\n3 A. M. Rejoined the brigade at 8 A. M. and bivouaced\\nfor the day. May 10, moved at 4 P. M. out to front of breast\u00c2\u00ac\\nworks at Peach Orchard, to make a charge. Orders for a\\ncharge countermanded. Bivouaced at 8 A. M. Lieutenant\\nCoane wounded. Killed, one; wounded, one. May 11, under\\nfire of the enemy\u00e2\u0080\u0099s artillery. Lieutenant Thomas wounded\\nand sent to the rear. May 12, moved at 3 A. M. to the\\nextreme right of the army, to act as skirmishers on the flank.\\nCrossed the River Po, in conjunction with the army. Exposed\\nto artillery fire. Killed, one; wounded, three; missing, one.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nIn July, 1862, Colonel Peter C. Ellmaker, commanding the\\n1st Regiment, received authority from Governor Curtin to\\nraise a regiment for three years\u00e2\u0080\u0099 service. Nearly all the offi\u00c2\u00ac\\ncers and a large number of the men were members of the 1st\\nRegiment, and the regiment was known as the 119th P. V.\\n(Gray Reserves) and was mustered into the United States\\nservice August 5, 1862, participating in all the great battles of\\nthe Army of the Potomac from Antietam to the surrender of\\nthe Confederate Army at Appomattox Court House, April 9,\\n1865. After the surrender of Gen\u00e2\u0080\u0099l Jos. E. Johnston, the com-", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "13\\nmand returned to the neighborhood of Washington, and on\\nthe 6th of June proceeded to Philadelphia, when on the 19th\\nof June, 1865, it was mustered out of service.\\nThe record of the 119th Regiment will compare favorably\\nwith any regiment enlisted from Pennsylvania. Recruiting\\ncommenced on the 5th of August, 1862, and on the 31st, before\\nthe organization had been perfected, it was ordered to Wash\u00c2\u00ac\\nington. It proceeded thither on the following day, eight\\nhundred strong, and was assigned temporarily to duty at the\\nArsenal. It was here joined by a company of one hundred\\nand thirty men recruited by Captain John B. Adams, and\\nthe organization was completed with the following Field\\nOfficers: Peter C. Ellmaker, Colonel; Gideon Clark, Lieut.-\\nColonel; Charles C. Knight, Major.\\nOn the 19th of September, two days after the battle of An-\\ntietam, it was ordered to fatigue duty on the northern defences\\nof the Capital, and was employed in the construction of Forts\\nMansfield and Reno. A month later it joined the Army of\\nPotomac, still in camp in the neighborhood of the Antietam\\nbattlefield, and was assigned to the First Brigade, Second\\nDivision, Sixth Corps. Though suddenly thrown among\\nveterans of two campaigns, it was prepared, by its thorough\\ntraining, to hold its place with credit. During the first\\nFredericksburg campaign the regiment had five men wounded,\\namong them Major Knight. During the battles that were\\nfought between April and June, 1863, prominent that of Salem\\nChurch, the regiment had twelve killed and one hundred and\\ntwelve wounded out of four hundred and thirty-two present\\nfor duty. Captain Peter Rodgers was among the killed, and\\nCaptains Charles P. Warner and Andrew T. Goodman and\\nLieutenant John M. Cook among the wounded.\\nThe 119th Regiment took part in all the battles of the Army", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14\\nof the Potomac that were fought after June, 1863, and at the\\nbattle at Rappahannock Station the regiment lost seven killed\\nand forty-three wounded. Captain Cyrus M. Hodgson and\\nLieutenants Edward Everett Coxe and Robert Reaney were\\namong the killed.\\nThis regiment was with General Grant in the spring cam\u00c2\u00ac\\npaign of 1864; at the battle of the Wilderness had seven killed\\nand sixty-three wounded, Lieutenant Geo. G. Lovett mortally;\\nfour color bearers were either killed or wounded at Spottsyl-\\nvania. Lieutenant Edward Ford, Jr., was killed during a\\ncharge May 10, 1864.\\nMay 12, 1864, Major Henry P. Trufelt was killed, and\\nalmost immediately thereafter Captain Charles P. Warner, who\\nsucceeded in command, was also killed near Spottsylvania\\nCourt House. The scene of this struggle was known as the\\nBloody Angle,\u00e2\u0080\u009d or the \u00e2\u0080\u009cSlaughter Pen.\u00e2\u0080\u009d In the series of\\nengagements up to this time, commencing on the 5th of May,\\nout of an aggregate for duty of four hundred, the regiment\\nhad lost two hundred and fifteen.\\nOn the 18th of May, Lieut.-Colonel Clark assumed com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmand, (Col. P. C. Ellmaker having resigned January 12, 1864,\\nand was honorably discharged), the regiment having been led\\nsince the fall of Warner by Captains Gray and Landell; at the\\nbattle of Cold Harbor Lieutenant George C. Humes, acting\\nAdjutant, was among the killed.\\nOn April 2d, during a picket skirmish preparatory to storm\u00c2\u00ac\\ning the enemy\u00e2\u0080\u0099s works near Fort Steadman, the One Hundred\\nand Nineteenth, unaided, dislodged him from a formidable\\ninterior work, capturing many prisoners, with artillery, small\\narms and stands of colors.\\nIn this desperate encounter Colonel Clark, Lieutenant Geo.\\nW. Shriver and Adjutant John D. Mercer were severely", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "5\\nwounded, the latter mortally, the command devolving on\\nLieut.-Colonel Gray, under whom it returned to Philadelphia,\\nand was mustered out on the 19th of June, 1865.\\nOn the eleventh day of September, 1862, acting under\\nauthority of the President of the United States, Governor\\nCurtin called for fifty thousand men, directing them to report\\nby telegraph for orders to move, and adding that further calls\\nwould be made as the exigencies should require.\\nIn response to this call of the Governor, the 1st Regiment\\nwas mustered into the Service of the State on the 12th day of\\nSeptember 1862, as the 7th Regiment Penna. Militia, and was\\nordered to Harrisburg on the 15th inst., reaching there on the\\nmorning of the 16th, and was reviewed by the Governor, after\\nwhich the Regiment proceeded by rail to Chambersburg.\\nIt remained all night in that town, and on the morning of\\n17th, according to orders, marched to Camp McClure. No\\nsooner had they halted when orders were received from\\nHead-Quarters, directing the Regiment to re-embark in cars\\nand proceed to Hagerstown. En route ball cartridge was\\nissued each man arrived at Hagerstown, Md., in the evening,\\nand marched to Boonsboro\u00e2\u0080\u0099 same night, halting on the way at\\nFunkstown for an hour. On the morning of 18th returned to\\nFunkstown and prepared to encamp. The arrival of a courier\\nfrom General Reynolds, at Hagerstown, was the cause of a\\nprompt march to that point and thence for a mile on the Clear\\nSpring road. On reaching this place the Regiment was\\ndrawn up in line of battle, as the enemy were in its immediate\\nfront, Company C being detailed for picket duty, and so\\nremained until morning of 19th without being attacked. At\\n7 P. M. 19th inst., orders were received to strike tents and\\nprepare for a march.\\nEverything being in readiness, the Regiment marched", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "16\\nthrough Hagerstown, towards Green Castle, Pa., resting a\\nshort time on the way, and reaching the town on the morning\\nof the 2 ist. The regiment then went into camp (Rest). The\\nemergency having passed, the militia regiments were ordered\\nto return to Harrisburg, and in accordance with the conditions\\nupon which they had been called into service, they were, on the\\n24th, mustered out and disbanded; the regiment arrived in\\nPhiladelphia on 25th.\\nThe following officers were in command during the tour of\\nduty:\\nField and Staff: Colonel, Napoleon B. Kneass; Lieut.-\\nColonel, Chas. H. Graeff; Major, Joseph N. Piersol; Adjutant,\\nWilliam H. Keys; Quarter-Masters, Alfred R. Foering, Alex\u00c2\u00ac\\nander P. Colesberry; Surgeon, Wm. C. Byington; Assistant\\nSurgeon, Silas Updegrove; Sergeant Major, Benj. H. Dusen-\\nbery; Quarter-Master Sergeant, Edwin Watson; Commissary\\nSergeant, Cauffman Oppenheimer; Hospital Steward, John H.\\nPratt.\\nCompany A\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Chas. S. Smith; ist Lieutenant, Jas.\\nD. Keyser; 2d Lieutenant, George F. Delleker.\\nCompany B\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, C. Fred. Hupfeld; ist Lieutenant,\\nWilliam Hart, Jr.; 2d Lieutenant, Charles S. Jones.\\nCompany C\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Atwood Smith; ist Lieutenant, Wm.\\nW. Allen; 2d Lieutenant, Jno. W. Powell.\\nCompany D\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, J. Ross Clark; ist Lieutenant, Chas.\\nK. Ide; 2d Lieutenant, Charles E. Willis.\\nCompany E\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Jacob Laudenslager; ist Lieutenant,\\nJulius C. Sterling; 2d Lieutenant, Thos. Allman.\\nCompany F\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Harry C. Kennedy; ist Lieutenant,\\nHarry A. Fuller; 2d Lieutenant, Robert M. Banks.\\nCompany G\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, George W. Wood; ist Lieutenant,\\nGeo. W. Mackin; 2d Lieutenant, John Rutherford, Jr.", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "Company H\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Francis P. Nicholson; ist Lieutenant,\\nWilliam W. Keys, (promoted to Adjutant); 2d Lieutenant,\\nGeo. W. Kern.\\nCompany I\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, George W. Briggs; ist Lieutenant,\\nEdward A. Adams 2d Lieutenant, Joseph A. Speel.\\nCompany K\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Henry D. Welsh; ist Lieutenant,\\nDavid A. Wcelpper; 2d Lieutenant, John Wandell.\\nCompany L\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Isaac Starr, Jr.; ist Lieutenant, Benoni\\nFrishmuth; 2d Lieutenant, John A. Jenks.\\nThis regiment was discharged September 26th, 1862. In an\\norder issued by Governor Bradford, of Maryland, soon after\\nthe battle of Antietam, he says: To Governor Curtin, of\\nPennsylvania, and the militia of his State, who rallied with such\\nalacrity at the first symptoms of an invasion, our warmest\\nthanks are also due. The readiness with which they crossed\\nthe border, and took their stand beside the Maryland brigade,\\nshows that the border is, in all respects, but an ideal line, and\\nthat in such a cause as now unites us Pennsylvania and Mary\u00c2\u00ac\\nland are but one.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nWhen it became known that General Lee and his entire\\narmy was north of the Potomac, and marching on Pennsyl\u00c2\u00ac\\nvania, Governor Curtin, on June 26th, 1863, issued his pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nclamation, declaring that the enemy in force was advancing\\nupon the border, and calling for sixty thousand men, to be\\nmustered into the service of the State for ninety days; but to\\nremain only so long as the safety and honor of the Common\u00c2\u00ac\\nwealth should require.\\nThe regiment promptly responded and was the first one\\nmustered in under this call and known as the Thirty-second\\nRegiment, P. M., with the following officers:", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "I\\nField and Staff: Colonel, Charles S. Smith; Lieut.-\\nColonel, Isaac Starr, Jr.; Major, Frank P. Nicholson; Adjutant,\\nGeorge S. Bethell; Quarter-Master, Edwin Watson; Ass\u00e2\u0080\u0099t-\\nSurgeons,William Darrah, Jr., Thos. A. Downs; Chaplain, J.W.\\nHuntington; Sergeant Major, John J. Rutherford; Commissary\\nSergeant, George A. Smith; Quarter-Master Sergeant, J. P.\\nBroomall; Hospital Steward, Samuel Meader.\\nCompany A\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Jas. D. Keyser; ist Lieutenant, W.\\nW. Hollingsworth: 2d Lieutenant, Amos. Lanning.\\nCompany B\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Charles S. Jones; ist Lieutenant, J.\\nMcCreight; 2d Lieutenant, Geo. Dodd, Jr.\\nCompany C\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Wm. W. Allen; ist Lieutenant, Jno.\\nW. Powell; 2d Lieutenant, J. Lowrie Bell.\\nCompany D\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, J. Ross Clark; ist Lieutenant, Chas.\\nE. Willis; 2d Lieutenant, Harry F. West.\\nCompany E\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Jacob Laudenslager; ist Lieutenant,\\nJames Muldoon; 2d Lieutenant, Franklin C. Garrigues.\\nCompany F\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Harry C. Kennedy; ist Lieutenant,\\nBenj. H. Dusenberry; 2d Lieutenant, Robert M. Banks.\\nCompany G\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Henry J. White; ist Lieutenant, Jas.\\nC. Wray; 2d Lieutenant, Thos. H. Mudgo.\\nCompany H\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, George W. Kern; ist Lieutenant,\\nMortimer L. Johnson; 2d Lieutenant, David Jones.\\nCompany I\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, Geo. W. Blake; ist Lieutenant, W.\\nMaris, Jr.; 2d Lieutenant, John C. Sullivan.\\nCompany K\u00e2\u0080\u0094Captain, William W. Keys; ist Lieutenant,\\nDavid A. Woelpper: 2d Lieutenant, Silas H. Safford.\\nThe regiment left Camp Russell, Harrisburg, June 28, 1863,\\nand marched across the Susquehanna river, and went into\\ncamp about a mile above the fortifications. Broke camp\\nJuly ist, and marched toward Carlisle; after a tedious tramp", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "19\\narrived at Carlisle in the evening and were greeted with much\\nenthusiasm by the citizens, Brisbin\u00e2\u0080\u0099s brigade being the first\\nbody of Union troops that had entered the town since its evac\u00c2\u00ac\\nuation by the Confederates; they had been in town but a short\\ntime when the place was attacked by the Confederate General\\nFitz-Hugh Lee, in force. His summons to Major-General\\nSmith, U. S. A., commanding the division, to surrender the\\nplace, was refused; the brigade held the town all night under a\\nsteady fire from the enemy\u00e2\u0080\u0099s guns of shell, grape and canister;\\nin this engagement several men of the regiment were wounded,\\none mortally. The government barracks were fired and\\ndestroyed by the Confederates. Advancing from the town in\\nthe morning, it was discovered that the entire force of the enemy\\nhad retreated. Remained in camp upon the barracks ground\\nuntil Saturday morning, July 4th, when the brigade marched\\nover South Mountain to Pine Grove Furnace, and on the 6th\\ninst. arrived at Gettysburg turnpike after a severe march, and\\nencamped at Newman\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Tavern,\u00e2\u0080\u009d on said turnpike; on the\\n7th broke camp and marched to Waynesboro\u00e2\u0080\u0099, arriving at 6\\nP. M., and went into camp about one mile from the town, where\\nthey remained until the nth. Orders were issued to break\\ncamp at 7 A. M., and after a march of about eight miles, the\\nbrigade crossed the line into Maryland. A reconnaissance\\nwas ordered in force to capture a party of Confederate cavalry,\\nduring which companies K and G secured prisoners; on the\\n13th broke camp and marched to Hagerstown, where they\\nformed a close junction with the Army of the Potomac; orders\\nwere received to hold themselves in readiness for service; part\\nof the brigade (Blue Reserves), under General Kilpatrick, were\\nordered into action and had a brisk skirmish, having nine of\\ntheir men wounded; on the 14th the brigade was again ordered\\ninto line of battle, at 7 A. M.,and remained in line until orders", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "20\\nwere received that the whole of the Confederate army had\\nre-crossed the Potomac. The brigade remained in camp\\nuntil 21st, when they were ordered to break camp, and\\nmarched to Hagerstown, thence to Green Castle, Pa., where\\nthe regiment encamped on the same spot as they did in Sep\u00c2\u00ac\\ntember, 1862, remaining until 25th, when they received march\u00c2\u00ac\\ning orders. Started for Chambersburg, arriving at 11 A. M.^\\nand went into camp, remaining until 26th, when they embarked\\nfor Philadelphia, where they arrived on the 27th, and on the\\n1st of August the regiment was mustered out of the service by\\nLieut.-Colonel Starr, mustering officer.\\nWe note the following from Bates\u00e2\u0080\u0099 History of Pennsylvci?iia\\nVolunteers:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cFurther services for which the militia had been called, was\\nno longer required, and during the months of August and\\nSeptember the majority of the men were mustered out.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cWith few exceptions they were not brought to mortal con\u00c2\u00ac\\nflict. They nevertheless rendered most important service.\\nThey came forward at a moment when there was pressing\\nneed. Their presence gave great moral support to the Union\\narmy, and had that army been defeated at Gettysburg, they\\nwould have taken the places of the fallen, and would have\\nfought with a valor and desperation worthy of veterans.\\nCalled suddenly to the field from the walks of private life,\\nwithout a moment\u00e2\u0080\u0099s opportunity for drill or discipline, they\\ngrasped their muskets, and by their prompt obedience to every\\norder showed their willingness\u00e2\u0080\u0094all unprepared as they were\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nto face an enemy before whom veterans had often quailed, c.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nOn the 4th of August, 1863, the following General Order\\nwas issued, on account of the Thirty-second Regiment, P. M.,", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "2\\nhaving been mustered out of the service and again becoming\\nthe First Regiment of the Reserve Brigade:\\nHEADQUARTERS\\nFIRST REGIMENT, G. R. R. B.\\nPhiladelphia August 4th 186j.\\nGeneral Orders.\\nThe undersigned re-assumes the command of the First\\nRegiment, Grey Reserves, Reserve Brigade, organized and\\nofficered as it was previous (viz. June 25th) to being mustered\\ninto the service of the State as the Thirty-second Regiment,\\nP. M.\\nBy order of C. S. SMITH,\\nSigned, Colonel Comd g.\\nGeorge S. Bethell, Adjutant.\\nNothing of importance occurred in the regiment after the\\ncampaign of 1863 until its re-organization under the new\\nmilitia law of 1866. Although receiving very little support\\nor encouragement from the City or State, it managed by\\nindividual efforts to maintain a high state of discipline and\\ndrill, and was ever ready to respond to any duty imposed\\nupon it by the authorities.\\nOn the 15th day of October, 1866, Col. Charles M. Prevost\\nissued the following order\\nHEADQUARTERS\\nFIRST REGIMENT, G. R. R. B.\\nPhiladelphia October 15, 1866.\\nGeneral Order,\\nNo. 1.\\nThe undersigned having been commissioned by the Gov\u00c2\u00ac\\nernor of Pennsylvania Colonel of this Regiment, hereby\\nassumes command.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "22\\nThe following officers are appointed on the staff:\\nJames W. Latta, Adjutant.\\nJohn M. Kollock, Surgeon.\\nWilliam A. Rolin, Quarter-Master.\\nWilliam H. Kern, Paymaster.\\nThey will be obeyed and respected accordingly.\\n(Signed) CHARLES M. PREVOST.\\nColonel Prevost on January 27th, 1867, appointed George\\nA. Smith Quarter-Master Sergeant and H. L. Elder Com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmissary Sergeant.\\nAt a stated meeting of the Board of Officers, held Dec. 4th,\\n1867, Brevet Colonel and Major Wm. McMichael was nom\u00c2\u00ac\\ninated for Lieutenant-Colonel, and elected to that position\\nDecember 7th, 1867, and on the 14th inst. Brevet Colonel and\\nAdjutant James W. Latta was elected Major.\\nOn January 11, 1868, Lieut.-Colonel Wm. McMichael was\\nelected Colonel (Col. Prevost having been promoted to Major-\\nGeneral), and on January 20th issued the following General\\nOrders:\\nHEADQUARTERS\\nFIRST REGIMENT, G. R. R. B.\\nPhiladelphia January 20 1868.\\nGeneral Orders, I\\nNo. 1.\\nBrevet Major R. Dale Benson is hereby announced Adju\u00c2\u00ac\\ntant of the Regiment. He will be obeyed and respected ac\u00c2\u00ac\\ncordingly.\\nBy command Col. McMICHAEL\\n(Signed)\\nJ. O. Giller, Act. Adjutant.", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "23\\nOn January 18th, 1868, Major James W. Latta was elected\\nLieut.-Colonel, and March, 1868, Adjutant R. Dale Benson\\nwas elected Major. Geo. H. North appointed Adjutant Sept.\\n1868. November, 1868, Lieut.-Colonel James W. Latta was\\nelected Colonel. January, 1869, R. Dale Benson was elected\\nLieut.-Colonel and Captain Jas. D. Keyser Major.\\nIn July, 1869, the Regiment had a very successful encamp\u00c2\u00ac\\nment at Cape May, N. J., from 16th to 23d inst., and was\\nhonored by a visit from General U. S. Grant, then President of\\nthe United States. The encampment was called Camp Upton,\\nin honor of Brevet Major-General E. Upton, U. S. A., and the\\nfollowing letter from that official explains itself:\\nj WlLLOWBROOK, AUBURN, N. Y.\\nAugust 19th, 1869.\\nMy Dear Colonel:\\nI regret exceedingly that your letter of July 7th, apprising\\nme of the proposed encampment of your regiment at Cape\\nMay and your purpose to name your camp after me, did not\\nreach me in time to elicit a suitable response. Although apres\\ncoup it is not too late to express my appreciation of the honor\\nyou conferred upon me, and now that your encampment is\\nterminated I heartily congratulate you on the success attend\u00c2\u00ac\\ning your efforts.\\nCommendations of the appearance and discipline of the Gray\\nReserves, while at Cape May, have reached me from various\\nsources and of such a nature as to inspire the hope that, under\\nyour command, assisted by your zealous and efficient officers,\\nthe regiment will place itself in the front rank of the militia of\\nthe United States.\\nYour commencement has been most auspicious. Your\\nregiment has been reviewed by his Excellency, the President,", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "24\\nand received such marks of his distinguished approbation as\\nto make it conspicuous before the country. This position you\\nmust hold. The Gray Reserves constitute the First Regi\u00c2\u00ac\\nment of Infantry of Pennsylvania, you and your officers\\nshould be content with nothing less than making it the first\\nin drill and discipline not only in your State, but, if possible, in\\nthe country. I shall ever take a deep interest in your regi\u00c2\u00ac\\nment, and if you but continue to display the high soldierly\\nqualities which distinguished you in the field, its success will\\nbe assured.\\nWith high esteem,\\nvery truly yours\\n(Signed) E. UPTON,\\nBvt. Maj-General U. S. A.\\nTo Col. James W. Latta,\\nCommanding Gray Reserves.\\nThe following communication was received from gentlemen\\nsojourning at the Stockton House, Cape May, during the time\\nof the encampment of the command at Cape May:\\nStockton Hotel, July 23, 1869.\\nA large number of the guests of the Hotel having met in\\nParlor A, amongst whom were the following gentlemen:\\nGen. J. T. Owen.\\nMatthew Baird.\\nA. W. Markley.\\nJohn J. Thomas,\\nW. W. Harding.\\nH. B. Ashmead.\\nH. B. McCauley.\\nSami. R. Phillips.\\nJas. J. Mullin.\\nGeo. J. Presbury, Jr.\\nJohn B. Sexton.\\nThomas Dolan.\\nSamuel B. Thomas.\\nM. Hall Stanton.\\nJos. W. Page.\\nArthur Thatcher, Jr.\\nThomas T. Tasker, Jr.\\nWm. F. Hughes.", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "25\\nGen. Wm, McCandless.\\nJohn L. Bispham.\\nJohn Penrose.\\nGeorge H. Colket.\\nCol. John Clark.\\nC. Jones York.\\nTheo. Megargee.\\nLewis Wain Smith.\\nThomas Sparks.\\nH. T.\\nGen. H. H. Bingham.\\nCol. P. C. Ellmaker.\\nRaymond Damman.\\nJohn C. Bullitt.\\nGen. W. J. Sewell.\\nJames H. McKee.\\nJ. L. Stichter.\\nG. W. Lauman.\\nPeter Gardner.\\nDeSilver.\\nand many other gentlemen, on motion L. Wain Smith, Deputy\\nAttorney General, State of Pennsylvania, was called to the\\nchair, and Captain Harrison T. DeSilver appointed secretary.\\nGeneral Owen, in presenting the resolutions hereto attached,\\npremised by eulogizing the excellent conduct of officers and\\nmen of the Gray Reserve Regiment and of the marked success\\nof the Reception Ball given at this house, as well as the great\\npleasure afforded the people of the island by the various enter\u00c2\u00ac\\ntainments given at Camp Upton.\\nWhereas We have, in common with the other houses on\\nCape Island, enjoyed for the week ending to-day, a series of\\nentertainments given under the auspices or in behalf of the\\nGray Reserve Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, under com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmand of Col. James W. Latta, which has been performing a\\ntour of duty at Camp Upton: therefore.\\nResolved That we express to the Field, Line and Staff\\nOfficers, the commissioned and non-commissioned Officers and\\nPrivates, Drum Corps and Band of the Regiment, our sense of\\nobligation and high appreciation of the uniform courtesy and\\nsoldierly bearing of officers and men of the command during\\ntheir sojourn at Cape May.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "26\\nResolved That the result of our observation of the rounds\\nof camp duty performed by this command, the beneficial effect\\nof camp discipline, the opportunity for prolonged squad,\\ncompany and battalion drills, leads us to recommend to the\\ncitizen soldier camping out,\u00e2\u0080\u009d as the best method within their\\nreach of learning the art of war, as well as of improving their\\nphysical health.\\nResolved That a copy of these proceedings, signed by the\\npresident and secretary, be forwarded to the commanding\\nofficer of the regiment.\\n(Signed) Lewis Waln Smith, Chairman\\nH. G. DeSilver, Secretary.\\nThe following order was issued from Division Headquarters,\\nowing to the designation of \u00e2\u0080\u009cFirst\u00e2\u0080\u009d in the line of the militia\\nof the State being disputed by other regimental organizations:\\nHEADQUARTERS\\nFIRST DIVISION, P. M.\\nPhiladelphia December i86g.\\nGeneral J. W. Hoffman,\\nCommanding 2d Brigade.\\nGeneral:\\nI have the honor to inform you that the Adjutant-General\u00e2\u0080\u0099s\\nDepartment has decided that the \u00e2\u0080\u009cGray Reserve\u00e2\u0080\u009d Regiment\\nis entitled to the designation of the First Regiment of the\\nFirst Division, Pennsylvania Militia, and it will be hereafter so\\ncalled and known.\\nI am yours, very respectfully,\\n(Signed) JAMES STARR,\\nLieut-Col. and Div. Inspector.\\nHeadquarters 2d Brigade, 1st Div., P. M., Philadelphia, Dec.\\n1st, 1869.\\nOfficial. (Signed) William A. Hofmann, A. A. D. G,", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "2\\nDuring the interval between 1869 and 1874 nothing occurred\\nto call the regiment into active service. Their thorough drill\\nand discipline was fully maintained, and on all public occasions\\nwhere the military were present, they received the full enco\u00c2\u00ac\\nmium of the public. Among the special occasions on which\\nthe regiment was paraded, was the unveiling of the statue of\\nAbraham Lincoln, late President of the United States, in Fair-\\nmount Park, which occurred on September 12th, 1871.\\nThe soldierly appearance of the regiment on their eleventh\\nanniversary, called forth the following General Order of the\\nColonel commanding;\\nHEADQUARTERS\\nFIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY, N. G. P.\\nSECOND BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION.\\nPhiladelphia April 20th 18 J2.\\nGeneral Order\\nNo. 8. j\\nThe Colonel commanding congratulates the command on\\nits magnificent appearance, high soldierly bearing, excellent\\ndeportment and well executed marching and manceuvering on\\nthe occasion of the parade in commemoration of the Eleventh\\nAnniversary.\\nIt was his good fortune to meet on the evening of that day\\nMaj.-General Meade, U. S. A., the General commanding the\\nDivision, the Adjutant-General of the State, the General com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmanding the Brigade, and many prominent citizens of former\\nmilitary experience.\\nTheir encomium, passed upon the display, warrant the belief\\nthat the impression thus made, will, if our efforts to excel be\\ncontinued, insure a distinguished and lasting reputation.\\nBy order of Col. JAMES W. LATTA.\\n(Signed)\\nBenj. P. Wilson, Adjutant.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "28\\nThe regiment also participated in the funeral ceremonies of\\nMaj.-General George G. Meade, U. S. A., which occurred Nov.\\nnth, 1872.\\nOn the 25th day of November, 1872, the regiment left the\\ncity to participate in the parade of Evacuation Day, in New\\nYork city, and was the guests of the 7th Regiment, N. G. S. N.Y.\\nreturning home on the 26th, on which day the Colonel com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmanding issued the following:\\nHEADQUARTERS\\nFIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY, N. G. P.\\nSECOND BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION.\\nPhiladelphia November 26 18 7 2.\\nGeneral Order,\\nNo. 22. j\\nThe Colonel commanding congratulates the command upon\\nthe great success that attended the excursion to New York on\\nthe 25th inst.\\nIts results surpassed and exceeded all that has been hitherto\\ndone; the press, the people and the soldiery of both our own\\nand our sister city unite in universal encomiums on the drill,\\ndiscipline, marching and excellent military and gentlemanly\\ndeportment of the entire regiment. The ovation on Broad\u00c2\u00ac\\nway, the enthusiastic reception at the Stock Exchange, the\\nreview at the City Hall Park, almost faultless in its execution,\\nhave added new and brighter laurels to your history, and will\\never be pleasing reminiscences to all the participants.\\nThis expedition, it is believed, has done much to improve\\nthe tone of public sentiment towards the encouragement of the\\nNational Guard service, and to you it should be but a further\\nincentive to strive by continued application and strict atten\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion and obedience to all orders and instructions to earn a", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "29\\nMunicipal, State and National reputation that shall stamp this\\nregiment as the peer of all its fellows in all that serves to make\\nthe true American soldier.\\nBy order of Col. JAMES W. LATTA.\\nSigned,\\nBenj. P. Wilson, Adjutant.\\nOn the 20th of January, 1873, the Regiment proceeded to\\nHarrisburg to participate in the inaugural ceremonies of Gov\u00c2\u00ac\\nernor elect, Maj.-General John F. Hartranft, on the following\\nday.\\nColonel James W. Latta having been appointed by his\\nExcellency, Governor Hartranft, Adjutant-General of the State,\\nwith rank of Major-General, Lieut.-Colonel R. Dale Benson\\nwas, on the 4th day of June, 1873, elected Colonel of the regi\u00c2\u00ac\\nment, J. Ross Clark Lieut.-Colonel, and Charles K. Ide Major.\\nAt a meeting of the Board of Officers held November 5th,\\n1873, the following preamble and resolution were unanimously\\nadopted:\\nWhereas Colonel James W. Latta has been appointed Ad\u00c2\u00ac\\njutant-General by his Excellency John F. Hartranft, Governor\\nof the Commonwealth, thereby removing him from the com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmand of our regiment, and\\nWhereas it is meet and proper to give some expression of\\nthe opinion of the officers of the regiment which he has so\\nlong and ably commanded, therefore\\nResolved That while we regret the loss we have sustained\\nby the advancement of an officer so competent to command\\nand so deserving of our steady support, we take this occasion\\nto congratulate him upon his appointment and promotion so\\nwell deserved, and his Excellency, the Governor, upon the\\nselection he has made of an officer, whose military record is", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "30\\nan indication of his entire fitness for the position to which he\\nhas been called.\\nDuring March, 1874, there was some trouble among the\\nrailroad hands employed at Susquehanna Depot, with every\\nindication of becoming a serious matter, and the First Regi\u00c2\u00ac\\nment was again ordered to active duty. The following is the\\nofficial report of operations in that direction by the Colonel\\ncommanding:\\nHEADQUARTERS\\nFIRST REGIMENT INFANTY, N. G. P.\\nSECOND BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION.\\nPhiladelphia April gth, 18 74.\\nLieut.-Col. A. P. Barber,\\nA. A. G., qth Div N. G. P.\\nSir:\\nI have the honor to report, in conformity to instructions\\nfrom the Major-General commanding 9th Division, N. G. P.,\\nthat in accordance with the following telegraphic order from\\nHis Excellency, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, re\u00c2\u00ac\\nceived at 11.50 P. M. on the 28th of March, viz:\\nCol. R. Dale Benson,\\n1 st Regiment Inf i, Philadelphia.\\nHave your command in readiness to move to Susquehanna\\nDepot not later than noon to-morrow. Have telegraphed\\nGeneral Prevost.\\nSigned, John F. Hartranft.\\nimmediate measures were taken to place my command in\\nmarching order. At 8.20 A. M. on 29th of March, I received\\nSpecial Orders No. from Headquarters 1st Division, N. G. P.,\\n(certified copy herewith marked \u00e2\u0080\u009cA\u00e2\u0080\u009d) directing me to proceed", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "3 1\\nat ii o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock A. M., via Pennsylvania Central Rail Road to\\nSusquehanna Station on the Philadelphia and Erie Rail Road,\\nand to provide my command with three days\u00e2\u0080\u0099 rations and ten\\nrounds ammunition per man. It being Sunday, and the notice\\nbeing but 2hours before the hour designated to move, and\\nbeing compelled to send three miles for the ammunition as\\nordered, it was utterly impracticable to supply the men with\\nproper rations; subsistence was, however, furnished by the\\nregimental Quartermaster for immediate necessity, though\\ninadequate. A staff officer was despatched to the magazine\\nfor ammunition as ordered, and I reported my command at\\n10.40 A. M., to the Assistant Adjutant-General of the division\\nas prepared to move.\\nJust previous to the hour fixed to move, I received verbal\\ninstructions from Major General Prevost, countermanding\\nSpecial Orders, No. above referred to, and directing me to hold\\nmy command in readiness to move at three hours\u00e2\u0080\u0099 notice. In\\ncompliance with instructions from his Excellency, the Governor,\\nI then directed that the command should be placed under\\narms every three hours, the rolls of the several companies\\ncalled and report of each made to my Headquarters, which\\ninstructions were literally carried out until 7.30 P. M. March\\n29th, when verbal instructions were received for the regiment\\nto proceed to the North Penna. R. R. depot and embark for\\nSusquehanna Depot.\\nThe command left said depot at 8.50 P. M., under instruc\u00c2\u00ac\\ntions as set forth in Special Orders, No. 6, Headquarters 1st\\nDivision, N. G. of Pa., (certified copy herewith, marked \u00e2\u0080\u009cB\u00e2\u0080\u009d),\\nto report to Major-General Osborne at Susquehanna Depot.\\nInformation having been received that transportation had only\\nbeen arranged as far as Bethlehem, upon arrival at that point\\nat 11 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock, I immediately telegraphed to Superintendent of", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "32\\nLehigh and Susquehanna Division Central R. R. of N. J., at\\nMahch Chunk, for motive power, and communicated with his\\nExcellency, the Governor, in compliance with his telegraphic\\ninstructions.\\nA locomotive having arrived, we left Bethlehem at 12.25 A.\\nM., March 30th, and were joined at Mauch Chunk by Brig.\\nGenl. John D. Bertolette, of the Governor\u00e2\u0080\u0099s staff, who, reporting\\nat each point to his Chief of our progress en route obviated the\\nnecessity of my communicating the same, information as\\nordered by the Governor in his telegraphic instructions. Every\\neffort was made to push forward to the designated point, but\\nfrom unavoidable delays in obtaining motive power, we did not\\nreach Ninevah Junction, on the Jefferson Branch of the Erie\\nRailway, until 11 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock A. M., March 30th. Upon receipt of\\ninformation that the latter station was the nearest point to\\nSusquehanna Depot that transportation could be obtained, no\\ntrains moving on the Erie Railway, the regiment dis-embarked\\nand marched to Susquehanna Depot, where I reported my\\ncommand to Major-General Osborne, for duty at 12.10 P. M.,\\nand requested that his Excellency the Governor might be\\nadvised of our arrival.\\nQuarters were assigned the regiment in the machine shop\\nof the Erie Railway, which it occupied until relieved from\\nduty.\\nThe regular and daily routine of garrison duty was imme\u00c2\u00ac\\ndiately ordered, interior guards posted, c., and the strictest\\nmilitary discipline enforced, and I take pleasure in stating,\\nthat at the several regular roll calls each day commandants of\\ncompanies reported every man present or properly accounted\\nfor.\\nBy verbal instructions from your Headquarters, my com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmand was relieved from duty at 2.30 P. M. April 1st, and", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "33\\nordered to march to Ninevah Junction, embark and proceed to\\nPhiladelphia; we left Ninevah Junction at 4 P. M., and reached\\ndepot of P. R. R., at Philadelphia, at 8.30 A. M., April 2d.\\nAfter providing coffee for the command, reported to Major-\\nGeneral Prevost every officer and man present or accounted\\nfor was relieved from duty and proceeded to armory, when the\\nregiment was dismissed.\\nEnclosed herewith is a report, marked \u00e2\u0080\u009cC,\u00e2\u0080\u009d of the strength\\nof the command as reported to your Headquarters, showing\\nthe number of officers and men on duty. I take great pleasure\\nin testifying to the efficiency and promptness on the part of the\\nchiefs of the several departments on the staff of the Major-\\nGeneral commanding, under trying circumstances, and that\\nevery facility and comfort was extended to my command that\\nlay in the power of the Major-General commanding. The\\nnature of the service in which we are engaged, permits me to\\nsay, and I but speak the sentiment of the officers and men of\\nmy command when I record it, that they consider it to have\\nbeen a distinguished privilege to have reported to and served\\nunder the command of the Major-General commanding 9th\\nDivision, N. G. of Pa.\\nI have the honor to be, Colonel,\\nVery respectfully,\\nYour obedient servant,\\n(Signed) R. DALE BENSON,\\nColonel 1st Reft Inf., N. G. P.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "34\\n[certified copy of order, marked \u00e2\u0080\u009ca\u00e2\u0080\u009d]\\nHEADQUARTERS\\nFIRST DIVISION, N. G. P.\\nPhiladelphia March 29, 18 jp\\nSpecial Order, 1\\nNo. j\\nI. By order of Governor John F. Hartranft, Commander-\\nin-Chief of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, the 1st Regi\u00c2\u00ac\\nment Infantry, 2d Brigade, 1st Division, N. G. P., Colonel R.\\nDale Benson commanding, will report at the Armory, Broad\\nand Race Sts., this day at 11 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock, A. M., fully armed and\\nequipped, to proceed to Susquehanna Station, Phila. Erie\\nR. R., to aid in suppressing a serious riot existing there.\\nII. The regiment will be provided with three days\u00e2\u0080\u0099 rations\\nand ten rounds ball cartridge per man.\\nIII. Transportation has been provided, and Col. Benson\\nwill report with his command at the Penna. R. R. Depot, 31st\\nand Market Sts., at 12 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock M., and upon his arrival at Har\u00c2\u00ac\\nrisburg he will receive from Governor Hartranft orders for his\\nfurther governance.\\n(Signed) CHARLES M. PREVOST,\\nMaj.-General 1st Div N. G. P.\\nB.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nHEADQUARTERS\\nFIRST DIVISION, N. G. P.\\nPhiladelphia March 29, 18 jp\\nSpecial Orders,\\nNo. 6.\\nBy order of Governor John F. Hartranft, Commander-in-\\nChief, the 1st Regiment Infantry, Colonel R. Dale Benson", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "commanding, will proceed to Susquehanna Depot, via North\\nPenna. R. R. to Bethlehem, Lehigh and Susquehanna Divi\u00c2\u00ac\\nsion of the Central R. R. of N. J., to the point of destination.\\nOn his arrival there he will report for duty to Major-General\\nE. S. Osborne.\\nColonel Benson is authorized by Gov. John F. Hartranft to\\nsecure transportation and subsistence for his troops while in\\nperformance of this duty.\\nBy command of Maj.-General C. M. PREVOST.\\n(Signed)\\nG. H. North, Lieut-Col. and A. A. G.\\nAccording to Field Return, marked C,\u00e2\u0080\u009d 1st Reg\u00e2\u0080\u0099t, N.G. P.,\\nat Susquehanna Depot, March 29\u00e2\u0080\u0094April 2d, 1874, there were\\n25 officers and 304 men, total 329, on duty.\\nIn April, 1875, the coal regions in the neighborhood of\\nHazleton were disturbed by the dissatisfaction existing among\\nthe miners, and the First Regiment was again ordered into\\nactive service, (Maj.-General Osborne, commanding 9th Divis\u00c2\u00ac\\nion, N. G. P., making a special request to the Governor that\\nthis regiment might be assigned to him for duty.)\\nTheir tour of duty on this occasion occupied about three\\nweeks, particulars of which are given in the official report of\\nthe Colonel commanding, viz:\\nPhiladelphia May 15th, i8yy.\\nLieut.-CoL A. P. Barber,\\nA. A. G., 3d Div., N. G. P.\\nColonel:\\nI beg leave to report that, in compliance with S. O. No. 14,\\nHeadquarters 1st Division, N. G. P., dated April 7th, 1875,\\ncopy herewith marked \u00e2\u0080\u009cA,\u00e2\u0080\u009d received at noon on same date,", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "36\\nI immediately took measures to place my command under\\narms, and ordered the proper staff officers to provide subsist\u00c2\u00ac\\nence and ammunition, as called for in the order. About an\\nhour later I received the following telegraphic order through\\nHeadquarters 2d Brigade, 1st Division, N. G. P.:\\nMajor-General C. M. Prevost.\\nDirect Colonel Benson to move with his regiment at once,\\nby rail, to Hazleton, via N. P. R. R. He will immediately\\nplace himself in communication, by wire, with General E. S.\\nOsborne, at that point. Advise him also to communicate here\\nthe hour of his departure and his progress along the route.\\nBy command of John F. Hartranft,\\nJ. W. LATTA.\\nGeneral Wagner is now arranging transportation for you.\\nAdvise him how soon you will be ready.\\nR. R. Campion, Captain and Quarter-Master, at i.io P. M.\\ntelegraphed Major-General Osborne, at Hazleton, that I could\\nmove my command at 2 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock P. M., without rations, receiv\u00c2\u00ac\\ning a reply that General Osborne had not reached Hazleton;\\nthe providing of subsistence was prosecuted with all dispatch;\\nupon being advised by the Brigadier-General commanding\\nbrigade, that transportation would be in readiness at 5 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock\\nP. M, at depot N. P. R. R., moved my command from its\\narmory at 3.30 P. M., provided with subsistence and ammuni\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion, as ordered, and proceeded to the depot named. At 4.45\\nP. M., in accordance with instructions, advised the Adjutant-\\nGeneral of the State, at Harrisburg, by telegraph, that my\\nregiment was on train and would proceed at once to Hazle\u00c2\u00ac\\nton. Left the depot at 5 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock P. M., reached Bethlehem at\\n7.15 P. M., Maucli Chunk at 9 P. M., reporting at each point\\nto General Latta, as instructed. Reached Hazleton at 11.7", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "37\\nP. M., immediately reporting in person to the Major-General\\ncommanding. Quarters were assigned the regiment at Hazle\\nHall. On the morning of the 8th of April, in accordance with\\nS. O. No. 2, Headquarters 3d Division, N. G. P., same date,\\ncopy herewith marked B,\u00e2\u0080\u009d I ordered a battalion, consisting\\nof companies A, B, D, H and I, under Lieut.-Col. Clark, to pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nceed and garrison the mining towns of Jeddo, Eckley, Ebervale\\nand Highland, with Headquarters at Jeddo; Assistant Surgeon\\nLeach and Commissary Sergeant Elder were detailed for duty\\nwith this battalion. Col. Clark was directed to report the dis\u00c2\u00ac\\nposition of his command, to place himself in communication at\\nonce with Captain Post, 9th Infantry, commanding at Buck\\nMountain, with two companies of the 9th Infantry, that post\\nhaving been placed under his command. He was instructed\\nto report daily to my Headquarters the situation within his\\ncommand, which orders he promptly and regularly complied\\nwith. As to the details of the tour of duty of the troops under\\nhis command, I beg to refer you to his official report, a copy\\nof which accompanies this, marked C.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nThe battalion of the regiment remaining in Hazleton, con\u00c2\u00ac\\nsisting of companies C, F, G and E, held as a reserve, was\\nplaced under the command of Major Ide, still occupying the\\nquarters at Hazle Hall. Major Ide was instructed to institute\\ngarrison duty in every detail, to carry out the same with exact\u00c2\u00ac\\nness and strict discipline, and to drill his command constantly;\\nhis faithful compliance with these instructions will be shown\\nby his official report, a copy of which accompanies this,\\nmarked \u00e2\u0080\u009cD.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nThe weather being quite severe during the first two weeks\\nof the tour of duty, proved very trying to the entire command,\\nbeing unprovided with blankets, especially in the battalion\\nunder Lieut.-Col. Clark. No application was made direct", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "38\\nfrom my Headquarters to the State authorities for blankets, as\\nI was informed it had been done from superior Headquarters,\\nand they were unable to furnish the same. But the liberality\\nof the citizens and corporations that, on the i ith of April, for\u00c2\u00ac\\nwarded, as a gift to the command, blankets for the entire\\nregiment, added materially to the comfort of my men, who\\nwere actually suffering for such protection, and, I have no\\ndoubt, was the means of preserving the health of the entire\\nregiment, which, from the Assistant Surgeon in charge official\\nreport, (copy herewith, marked \u00e2\u0080\u009cE,\u00e2\u0080\u009d) was, under the circum\u00c2\u00ac\\nstances, considered excellent.\\nI constantly visited all the posts under my command, and\\nalthough the patrol, out-post and guard duty was a severe test\\nupon the discipline of the regiment, owing to the severe cold\\nand inclement weather, to the credit of the officers and men it\\ncan be stated, they never relaxed in their duty or vigilance,\\nand any hardship or extra duty was borne without a murmur.\\nAs the situation warranted, and the peace of the section\\nunder my command, through the force of military authority,\\nbegan to be restored, I ordered the duties at the several posts\\nlightened, with the authority of the Major-General command\u00c2\u00ac\\ning, and finally, towards the close of our tour of duty, mere\\nsentinel duty was observed. By direction of the Major-Gen\u00c2\u00ac\\neral commanding, the presence of the military seeming suf\u00c2\u00ac\\nficient to maintain the peace, Col. Clark\u00e2\u0080\u0099s battalion was re\u00c2\u00ac\\nlieved by a battalion 9th Infantry, and drawn into Hazleton\\nApril 26th.\\nThe regiment remained on duty until April 27th, when it\\nwas relieved byS. O. No. 58, Headquarters 3d Division, N. G.\\nP., dated April 27th, 1875, and proceeded to Philadelphia via\\nL. V. R. R. and N. P. R. R., at 9.37 A. M. April 27th, by\\nspecial train.\\n1", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "39\\nI have confined my report strictly to the military move\u00c2\u00ac\\nments of my command, refraining from introducing any matter\\npertaining to any civil question, believing such observations\\nare exclusively within the province of the Major-General com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmanding.\\nIn closing this report, special mention is due to Assistant\\nSurgeon Alonzo L. Leach, who, by the absence of Surgeon\\nStewart on leave, was, with the exception of two or three days,\\nin charge of the medical department during the entire tour\\nof duty.\\nAlthough himself a physical sufferer, he was ever constant\\nin his attendance on the command, and by the skill he evinced\\nin his department, saved much suffering and contributed\\nlargely to the health of the regiment. He Was ably assisted\\nby volunteer and acting Hospital Steward Emmor H. Lee.\\nAlso to Quarter-Master Sergeant Haverstick and Commis\u00c2\u00ac\\nsary Sergeant Elder, who, through the unavoidable absence\\nof the chiefs of their respective departments, assumed control\\nof same, and in which the marked ability and efficiency dis\u00c2\u00ac\\nplayed by them warrants this special commendation and my\\npersonal thanks.\\nSergeant Haverstick, until relieved by Regimental Quarter-\\nMaster Philbin, on April 19th, Sergeant Elder being on duty\\nat Jeddo, superintended both staff departments at my Head\u00c2\u00ac\\nquarters at Hazleton with ability and great satisfaction, prov\u00c2\u00ac\\ning himself eminently worthy of higher rank in the National\\nGuard service.\\nI have the honor to be\\nYour obedient servant,\\n(Signed) R. DALE BENSON,\\nColonel 1st Reg\u00e2\u0080\u0099t Inf., N. G. P.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "40\\nAccording to Field Return of the 1st Regiment, N. G. P.,\\nthere were on duty at operations in Luzerne county 24 officers\\nand 330 men; total, 354 officers and men.\\nAt noon on the sixteenth of June, 1875, the regiment left\\nPhiladelphia for Boston, arriving there on the 17th, for the\\npurpose of participating in the Centennial Anniversary of the\\nbattle of Bunker Hill, returning to the city on the 19th.\\nWhile in Boston the regiment was under escort of the First\\nRegiment Massachusetts N. G. The regiment had on parade\\n29 officers and 419 men, making a total of 448 officers and\\nmen.\\nAt a meeting of the Board of Officers, held on the 8th day\\nof July, the following resolutions were adopted:\\nResolved That the Board of Officers of the First Regiment\\ngratefully appreciate the public consideration and sympathy\\nextended to the National Guard of the State by the business\\nmen of Philadelphia on the occasion of the Centennial Anni\u00c2\u00ac\\nversary of the battle of Bunker Hitt; and, while thanking them\\nfor their generous, unsolicited action, they take occasion to\\nassure the subscribers to the fund, that their substantial recog\u00c2\u00ac\\nnition of a body of citizens, hitherto somewhat neglected, has\\ndone much to sustain the spirit, encourage the hopes and\\nrevive the pride of the volunteer organizations of this city.\\nResolved That the First Regiment, as their representatives\\nin part in the city of Boston, make special acknowledgement\\nfor the honor of selection, and are grateful that, through their\\nliberality, they were permitted to appear in column on the 17th\\nof June; 1875, with some of the best disciplined regiments\\nfrom Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, and other States.", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "4i\\nOn the 27th day of November, 1875, the regiment paraded\\non the occasion of the escort by the Division to the remains\\nof Hon. Henry Wilson, Vice President of the United States.\\nIn compliance with General Orders, No. 1, dated January\\n14th, 1876, the regiment assembled on 17th, at Regimental\\nHeadquarters, and proceeded to Harrisburg, Pa., to participate\\nin the ceremonies attendant upon the inauguration of Major-\\nGeneral John F. Hartranft, Governor of the State. The regi\u00c2\u00ac\\nment paraded 398 officers and men.\\nOn the 10th of May, 1876, the regiment paraded for the\\npurpose of assisting in the ceremonies attendant upon the\\nopening of the Centennial Exhibition at Fairmount Park,\\nPhiladelphia, commemorative of the one hundredth anniver\u00c2\u00ac\\nsary of American Independence, on which occasion there were\\non duty 31 officers and 483 men, making a total of 514 officers\\nand men.\\nOn the 4th of July, 1876, the regiment formed, in accord\u00c2\u00ac\\nance with General Orders, No. 17, at 6.30 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock A. M., in\\nfull dress uniform, for parade in honor of the Centennial Anni\u00c2\u00ac\\nversary of the Declaration of American Independence. The\\nregiment paraded 473 officers and men. In the line were\\nmany organizations from other parts of the country, including\\nthe West Point Cadets, 7th and 22d New York Regiments,\\nAlbany Zouave Cadets, the Washington Light Infantry, of\\nCharleston, S. C., and the Centennial Legion,\u00e2\u0080\u009d composed of\\none company from each of the original thirteen States.\\nDuring July, 1877, serious labor riots occurred at Pittsburg,\\nScranton and other portions of the State, resulting in much\\ndamage to property and also loss of life, and on the 20th day", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "4 2\\nof July the regiment was ordered under arms, and on the even\u00c2\u00ac\\ning of same day proceeded to Pittsburg in accordance with\\norders from general Headquarters.\\nThe regiment was in active service from 20th of July until\\nAugust 5th, full particulars of which will be found in the\\nreport of the Colonel commanding to Brigade Headquarters,\\nhereunto annexed.\\nHEADQUARTERS\\nFIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY, N. G. P.\\nPhiladelphia August 2pth 18 77.\\nMajor W. W. A^llen, A. A. G.\\n1st Brigade 1st Division N. G. P.\\nSir:\\nIn compliance with the verbal instructions of the Brigadier\\nGeneral commanding Brigade, I have the honor to report that\\nverbal instructions were given the 1st Regiment Infantry to be\\nplaced under arms, the evening of July 20th. Being absent\\nfrom the city, the communication of the acting Assistant Adj.-\\nGeneral of Division, advising that the troops of this Division\\nwere ordered to be held in readiness to proceed to Pittsburg,\\nPa., did not reach me until 10.27 P. M. that date. I imme\u00c2\u00ac\\ndiately repaired to the armory of my command, and found that\\nLieut.-Colonel Clark and the officers of the regimental staff\\nhad, with commendable promptness, placed the command in\\nmarching order. By verbal orders of the Brigadier-General\\ncommanding Brigade, the regiment marched from its armory\\nat about 12.45 A. M., fully equipped, numbering 268 total,\\nwith 1500 rounds ammunition, and proceeded to depot of the\\nPennsylvania R. R., 32d and Market streets; embarked in\\ntrain there in waiting, leaving depot about 2 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock A. M.,\\nJuly 21st. By order of Major-General commanding, about\\none-half my ammunition was distributed to other commands.\\nAt Harrisburg ammunition was distributed to my regiment,\\nallowing an average of about 20 rounds per man. At Altoona\\nsandwiches of bread and ham, also coffee, were issued to my\\nregiment. Arrived at Pittsburg about 1.30 P. M. July 21st,\\nwhen the same rations were issued. Stacked arms in Union", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "43\\nDepot until about 3 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock P. M.; when ordered under arms,\\nproceeded upon right of brigade, in column of fours, along the\\nline of Penna. R. R. tracks. The column was constantly\\nhalted, owing, I am informed, to difficulty in moving battery\\nof Gatling guns. While on march, a party of 30 or 40 citizens\\nmoved directly in my front, preventing me from observing\\nwhat should take place, I ordered them to disperse; a citizen,\\nmuch agitated, since ascertained to be Sheriff Fife, Allegheny\\nCounty, approached me, stating the body of citizens referred to\\nwas a sheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0099s posse the troops were to support them in\\nmaking arrests, and inquiring \u00e2\u0080\u009cwould my men do their duty.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nI informed him I had received no such orders, my front must\\nbe cleared, and it was not his business to inquire as to whether\\nmy command would perform its duty, and he was referred to\\nGeneral Matthews, commanding Brigade. The order to clear\\nmy front was obeyed, and General Matthews afterwards,\\ncoming to the right, stated that the sheriffs posse were ordered\\nto march in front of the troops, and they were allowed to do\\nso. Proceeding along the line of the rail road, amid the jeers\\nand insults of the mob, that covered the roofs of the cars\\nstanding upon the tracks on both flanks, the column was\\nhalted at 28th street crossing, in the midst of an immense\\ncrowd. My command, being still in column of fours, was,\\nwhen halted, entirely surrounded by the mob, those composing\\nit standing shoulder to shoulder and breast to breast with my\\ntroops. The sheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0099s posse being upon my right, I was unable\\nto observe what took place in my immediate front. Upon\\nreceipt of the order of General commanding Brigade to clear\\nthe rail road tracks the length of my battalion, I informed the\\nmob on my left flank of the order, that I proposed to execute\\nit, and that there was no necessity for violence; placed my\\nbattalion in line of battle, facing rail road shops, gave the order\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cforward,\u00e2\u0080\u009d the battalion at \u00e2\u0080\u009ccarry arms;\u00e2\u0080\u009d the mob moved\\nslowly and sullenly, addressing vile epithets to the officers;\\nhaving cleared the tracks to the line of cars, battalion was\\nhalted and order was given to post a double line of sentinels,\\ntwo from each company, to hold the line, before moving to\\nthe rear to clear the other tracks, when I received the order\\nof Brigadier General commanding, through a staff officer,\\ndirecting my front rank to stand where it was, and with rear\\nrank to clear the other track,\u00e2\u0080\u009d to which order I replied that\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cI must protest; is it not a mistake?\u00e2\u0080\u009d Staff officer replied,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cthose are General Matthews\u00e2\u0080\u0099 instructions.\u00e2\u0080\u009d I replied, \u00e2\u0080\u009cthey\\nwill then have to be executed.\u00e2\u0080\u009d It seemed in my judgment", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "44\\nextremely hazardous to expose a single line to the crowd bear\u00c2\u00ac\\ning against it in such compact masses, and having but one\\nofficer to a company, except in two instances, it left my rear\\nrank without officers to command it, and to move the crowd\\nfrom the other tracks, exposed it in the same manner as front\\nrank, and more so, all the files not being filled, to be broken\\nby the pressure of the mob, if not by attack. The order was\\nexecuted; the crowd not being as heavy on that flank, now\\nmy rear, gave way, and the tracks were cleared and held open\\nby my command until relieved; the distance between my two\\nranks was about 15 to 18 paces. Through my ranks I observed\\nother troops were brought forward and placed upon my right,\\ncovering the space between my ranks. A few moments after\u00c2\u00ac\\nwards I saw some of the men in those commands open fire;\\nreceiving no order, I gave the order to my battalion \u00e2\u0080\u009cto\\nload,\u00e2\u0080\u009d as a matter of military precaution, and await edthe order\\nto \u00e2\u0080\u009cfire,\u00e2\u0080\u009d which was not communicated to me, and which I\\ndid not consider I was authorized to give, superior officers\\nbeing present. Pistol shots were frequent from the mob, and\\nstones were thrown in large quantities at the troops, two men\\nin my right company were shot, one disabled by a blow in\\nthe head from a stone, and some of the muskets of the men\\nwere grasped by the mob, before my battalion fired; then file\\nfiring commenced in my right company, and I immediately\\ngave the order to \u00e2\u0080\u009ccease firing.\u00e2\u0080\u009d The yelling of the mob and\\nthe musketry firing prevented my order from being heard\\nthrough the entire command at once, but, as soon as heard, it\\nwas obeyed. The firing, confined almost entirely to the right\\nwing, had dispersed the crowd. As to the firing of my com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmand without an order from the commandant of battalion,\\nwhether the situation of the troops justified it, or self defence\\non the part of the men required it, or whether the order to fire\\nshould have been given, probably is not my province to decide\\nor express an opinion officially.\\nMy battalion was then, by order of the Brigadier General\\ncommanding Brigade, moved to the right to more fully cover\\n28th street, where the mob was .still in large numbers; and,\\nupon the mob refusing to keep back to a line indicated, I\\nbrought my three right companies to a ready,\u00e2\u0080\u009d when they\\nscattered. By order, a company was thrown across the\\nentrance to the grounds of West Penn Hospital to protect the\\nrear, and my battalion remained in the position last indicated,\\nuntil about 7 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock P. M., several men fainting and others\\nmade sick by the extreme heat and want of water.", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "45\\nThe battalion, about that hour, was relieved, and with the\\nbrigade proceeded to the Round House,\u00e2\u0080\u009d farthest from 28th\\nstreet, formed line and stacked arms; guards were detailed and\\nposted, and the entrances covered by my battalion, as directed.\\nLieut.-Colonel Clark, of this regiment, was detailed as brigade\\nofficer of the day.\\nDuring the night I was ordered to send a company to the\\nwindows of the Round House, facing Liberty street, to sup\u00c2\u00ac\\nport the two companies of the 3d Regiment, as the mob had\\nplaced a piece of artillery in position. Company D, Captain\\nWiedersheim, was detailed for that duty, performing the same\\nin an admirable manner, and remaining on duty until the\\ntroops left the building. Later in the morning, being ordered\\nto relieve the detachment of 3d Regiment, I ordered companies\\nF, Captain Huffington, and K, Captain Cromelien, to relieve\\nthat command, which was promptly done, they remaining on\\nduty until the brigade moved out of the building. Considera\u00c2\u00ac\\nble exchange of shots took place between the troops and the\\nmob during the night, but the mob was unable to fire the\\npiece of artillery, or remove it, owing to the skillful and\\neffective manner in which the men on duty kept it covered,\\nand a number of the mob lost their lives in attempting to gain\\nthe piece. Rifle firing, from the cover of a board yard opposite\\nthe Round House, which was accurate and constant, was\\ntrying to the men, but was ineffective, as they were instructed\\nto keep themselves covered, and my command lost no men in\\nthat building. During the night, hearing volleys of musketry,\\nmy command was placed under arms, as a precaationary\\nmeasure, and perfect discipline was maintained.\\nAbout 8 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock A. M., July 22d, the order was received to\\nmove, and the regiment proceeded on the right of the division,\\nthrough the carpenter shop to Liberty street, by direction of\\nthe Brigadier-General commanding brigade; before leaving\\nbuilding, I detailed twelve men and one sergeant from my\\nright (E) company, as skirmishers, and upon reaching the\\nstreet, ordered Lieutenant Filley, E company, to assume com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmand of same. Column marched, without opposition, on the\\nright, out Penn Avenue, and, when near Arsenal Building,\\nfiring that had been heard in the rear, increased rapidly, and,\\nbeing dismounted, before I was aware of it, most of the other\\ncorps of the division came rushing through my column, firing\\nindiscriminately, knocking some of my men down, and for a\\nmoment disorganizing my regiment, Jhough there was ample\\nspace on both my flanks, still being in column of fours. Lieut.-", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "46\\nColonel Clark and myself endeavored to drive them from our\\nranks, threatening to run them through with our swords. The\\nright company and skirmish line, hearing my order to halt,\\nquickly did so, a drummer, beating the long roll, greatly\\nassisted; the battalion was halted, formed to the left, to allow\\nthe other troops in full retreat to pass, when the Maj-General\\ncommanding division, in person ordered me to take my bat\u00c2\u00ac\\ntalion to the rear of the division, stating it was a military\\nnecessity. I requested permission to march my battalion as\\nmy judgment dictated, which was granted. I then formed my\\nright wing in column of fours on one sidewalk, and left wing\\non the other, leaving the Gatling battery in centre of avenue,\\nbetween the two wings, and followed the division; my object\\nbeing, by that formation the men could see what was occurring\\nin their rear and I should be enabled to enfilade the streets or\\nbuildings on either side; my battalion was not attacked after\\ntaking the rear. One officer and several men were missing, but\\nhave since reported, and will be ordered before a Board of\\nInquiry, except in cases where exhaustion or sickness has\\nbeen fully established. Crossing the Sharpsburg bridge, the\\ncommand proceeded to grounds of the Allegheny County\\nPoor House, about ten miles, over which entire distance my\\ncommand assisted in hauling the Gatling guns, owing to which\\nfact the details constantly being compelled to relieve each\\nother, and the necessity that the men should obtain food that\\nthey could purchase or obtain from the houses en route the\\nmarch being an exceedingly trying one and fatiguing, regular\\nhalts were not made and the column was not kept closed up.\\nReached Allegheny County Poor House late in the after\u00c2\u00ac\\nnoon towards night coffee and bread were issued, the first\\nration since 1.30 P. M. on the day previous; encamped for night;\\ntook cars at Claremont station early following morning pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nceeded to Blairsville Junction, and were joined there by detach\u00c2\u00ac\\nments of 127 officers and men. Encamped there, performing\\nregular camp duty until July 27th; embarked on cars that even\u00c2\u00ac\\ning and proceeded to Pittsburg; encamped on grounds of West\\nPenn Hospital, remaining until Aug. 1st. Broke camp at mid\u00c2\u00ac\\nnight, and proceeded to entrance to grounds of West Penn\\nHospital, and awaited transportation until daylight; proceeded\\nto Harrisburg and returned to Sunbury, there taking the\\nLackawanna and Bloomsburg R. R., proceeded to Scranton;\\nduring the night I was ordered to detail two companies to form\\nan advance and march in Jpont of train; Co. E,\u00e2\u0080\u009d Capt. Muldoon,\\nand Co. \u00e2\u0080\u009cD,\u00e2\u0080\u009d Capt. Wiedersheim, were detailed for that duty,", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "47\\nand they marched about eight miles, between Nanticoke and\\nPlymouth, in that position, taking 5 or 6 prisoners.\\nUpon arriving near Scranton, I was ordered to dis-embark\\nmy battalion, and advance into the town, which was done\\nWithout interference. The regiment was quartered in the\\nValley Hotel, a vacant building; guards were posted, all the\\nduties of a post carried out, including battalion and company\\ndrills, dress parades and guard mount. The regiment took\\ntrain at 10 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock P. M., August 4th; reached Philadelphia\\nabout 8 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock A. M., August 5th, and after a short march\\nwas relieved from duty, and proceeding to its armory, was\\ndismissed.\\nThroughout the tour of duty the details from my command\\nwere very heavy, and the men much taxed; the rations, a large\\nportion of the time, inadequate for the needs of the men, they\\nfrequently being compelled to purchase actual necessary\\nrations; limited means of preparing these rations were received,\\nbut no tents; yet their duty was faithfully and uncomplainingly\\nperformed, with great credit to themselves comparatively.\\nThere was but little sickness in my command. I have no\\nhesitation in saying that both officers and men are deserving\\nof the highest commendation for the discipline maintained\\nthroughout the tour of duty, and for the manner in which\\nevery duty assigned them was performed, often under trying\\ncircumstances.\\nThe casualties in this battalion, all occurred at 28th street,\\nPittsburg, July 21st, were four: One man shot in calf of leg,\\none in head, and two wounded by stones, all of E company.\\nPrivate E. M. Baker, E company, shot in head and wounded\\nwith stone, remained on duty the entire time, and the ball was\\nextracted upon return to Philadelphia, and he is deserving of\\nspecial mention for gallantry. 454 officers and men of this\\nregiment were actually on duty, not including those who failed\\nto reach the regiment by loss of transportation, and who started\\nfrom Philadelphia and failed to join from various causes.\\nVery respectfully,\\nYour obedient servant,\\nR. DALE BENSON,\\nColonel 1 st Regiment Inf., N. G. P.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "48\\nHEADQUARTERS\\nFIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY,\\n1st BRIGADE, 1st DIVISION, N. G. P.\\nPhiladelphia, September 5th, 18 77.\\nCircular.\\nThe Colonel commanding takes great pleasure in publishing\\nto the command the following expression from the Veteran\\nCorps of the First Regiment Infantry, N. G. P., relative to the\\nservice performed by the regiment during the recent emergency\\nin this State. Every officer and man will read with pride the\\nestimate placed upon that service by those who organized this\\nregiment, have ever fostered its interests, and have ever been\\nalive to the necessities of our Nation, Commonwealth and City.\\nNot forgetful of their service in the past, and appreciating the\\nrecent emergency, they promptly tendered the services of their\\ncorps to the Mayor of this city, and sent to the aid of the\\nState the 20th Regiment Infantry N. G. P, largely officered\\nand commanded by one from their ranks, which is still on\\nactive duty, with honor to its organization, its projectors, and\\nthe Commonwealth it is serving.\\nPhiladelphia, August 20th, 18jj.\\nTo Col. R. Dale Benson,\\nComd g First Regiment, N. G. Pa.\\nColonel:\\nAt a meeting of the Board of Officers of Veteran Corps Firs1\\nRegiment, N. G. Pa., held this day, the following resolutions\\nwere unanimously adopted:\\nResolved, That the Board of Officers of the Veteran Corps\\nFirst Regiment Infantry N. G. Pa., ever proud of its connection", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "49\\nwith the active command, and prouder still of the recent exhi\u00c2\u00ac\\nbition of superb courage and soldierly fortitude as displayed at\\nPittsburg and elsewhere, by that active command whose name\\nis a part of our own, sends to Colonel R. Dale Benson, his\\nbrother officers, and the enlisted men of the First Infantry,\\nthe warmest words of admiration, endorsement and approval\\nthat language can express.\\nResolved That this Board of Officers take the greatest\\npleasure in offering its congratulations that the casualties in\\naction were comparatively so slight, when the ordeal was so\\nterrible and the danger so great.\\nResolved That the Board of Officers would feel highly\\ncomplimented if Colonel Benson would cause these resolu\u00c2\u00ac\\ntions to be read to the various companies of his command, to\\ngive evidence that the Veteran Corps through its official\\nBoard, desires to give formal expression of its obligation, in\\nreturn for the valued services that have just been rendered the\\nCommonwealth.\\nVery respectfully,\\nYour obedient servant,\\n(Signed) G. H. NORTH,\\nAdjutant Veteran Corps ist Reg t Infantry.\\nBy order of Colonel R. Dale Benson.\\nJoseph B. Godwin,\\nAdjutant.\\nAt a meeting of the Board of Officers, held December 12th,\\n1877, Captain James Muldoon announced officially the ac\u00c2\u00ac\\nceptance of the resignation of Colonel R. Dale Benson, and\\nat a meeting held on January 10th, 1878, the following pre\u00c2\u00ac\\namble and resolutions were unanimously adopted.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "50\\nWhereas Colonel R. Dale Benson, after a faithful service of\\nnine years as an officer of the First Regiment, has been\\nhonorably discharged from the National Guard service, thus\\nsevering his connection with this Board, we desire to give ex\u00c2\u00ac\\npression to our feelings of regard for him as a man, our ad\u00c2\u00ac\\nmiration as a soldier and our regret in losing a beloved Com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmander; therefore be it\\nResolved We feel proud in having served under one who was\\nalways the soldier and gentleman, who inspired respect with\u00c2\u00ac\\nout causing fear, and discharged the duties of every position\\nwith signal ability and in a manner which reflected credit upon\\nhimself and brought honor to our corps.\\nResolved That every officer and man in the First Regiment\\nwishes for Colonel Benson a life of undiminished prosperity\\nand happiness.\\nFrom December, 1877, until September, 1878, the First\\nRegiment was without field officers, but was ably commanded\\nby Captain James Muldoon, of E company, whose thorough\\nknowledge of the duties of a soldier enabled him to maintain\\nthe regiment up to the standard in drill and discipline. The\\nfollowing resolution offered by Colonel R. Dale Benson at the\\nregular meeting of the Veteran Corps, October, 1878, was\\nunanimously adopted:\\nResolved That in the service rendered the First Regiment\\nInfantry by Comrade James Muldoon during the year that\\nhe was called to its temporary command, amidst the embarras-\\nment incident to the year, in the National Guard service of\\nthe State, this corps recognizes the soldierly ability and quali\u00c2\u00ac\\nfications exhibited by Comrade Muldoon, and desires to place\\nupon record its recognition of that service to the active\\ncommand, and congratulate him upon the successful issue of\\nhis temporary administration.", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "5i\\nOn September 26, 1878, Captain Theo. E. Wiedersheim was\\nelected Colonel and Captain W. H. Gilpin was elected Lieut.-\\nColonel.\\nOn the 1st of Ocotober, 1878, the following order was issued\\nby Col. Theo. E. Wiedersheim:\\nHEADQUARTERS\\nFIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY, N. G. P.\\nFIRST BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION.\\nGeneral Orders, Philadelphia October 1st, i8j8.\\nNo. 18. J\\nBy virtue of election by the line officers, as prescribed by\\nlaw, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the 1st\\nRegiment of Infantry, N. G. of Pa.\\nAppointments of Regimental Staff Officers will be announced\\nin future orders.\\n(Signed) THEO. E. WIEDERSHEIM,\\nColonel 1 st Reft Inf., N. G. P.\\nOn October 4th, the Colonel in G. O. No. 19, announced\\nhis staff appointments, among them as Adjutant, W. S.\\nPoulterer.\\nOn Sept. 24th, 1878, the Adjutant-General of the State\\nissued Circular No. 1, directing that the officers and men of\\nthe National Guard of Penna. must equip themselves in the\\nuniform as prescribed for them by the State authorities. In\\nconformity therewith, the regiment was duly equipped and\\nmade their first parade in the regulation uniform at the annual\\nmuster and inspection, on November 7th, 1878, by Brig.-Gen\u00e2\u0080\u0099l\\nJames W. Latta, Adjutant-General of State of Penna.\\nOn the 20th of January, 1879, the regiment proceeded to\\nHarrisburg, to participate in the ceremonies attending the in-", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "52\\nauguration of General Henry M. Hoyt as Governor of the\\nCommonwealth.\\nOn December nth, 1879, Artillery Corps, Washington\\nGrays, the source from which the 1st Regiment originated, was\\nunited to the Regiment under the following order:\\nHEADQUARTERS\\nNATIONAL GUARD OF PENNSYLVANIA.\\nAdjutant General\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Office.\\nHarrisburg December 18 jy.\\nSpecial Orders,\\nNo. 38.\\nI. \u00e2\u0080\u009cG\u00e2\u0080\u009d Company of the 1st Regiment Infantry is hereby\\ntransferred to and consolidated with \u00e2\u0080\u009cB\u00e2\u0080\u009d Company of that\\nRegiment.\\nII. .\u00e2\u0080\u009cA\u00e2\u0080\u009d and \u00e2\u0080\u009cD\u00e2\u0080\u009d Companies, 3d Regiment Infantry,\\n(Artillery Corps, Washington Grays,) are hereby consolidated\\nand transferred to and will be known as consolidated as \u00e2\u0080\u009cG\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nCompany, 1st Regiment Infantry.\\nIII. Captain Eugene Z. Kienzle is assigned to the com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmand of G\u00e2\u0080\u009d Company, of the 1st Regiment, and Second\\nLieutenant Gustavus K. Morehead is transferred to it as its\\nSecond Lieutenant.\\nIV. The enlisted men rendered supernumerary by these\\nconsolidations will be furnished with proper discharges by the\\ncompany commanders of the companies to which they are as\u00c2\u00ac\\nsigned, subject to the approval of the commanding officer of\\nthe 1st Regiment of Infantry.\\nBy command of HENRY M. HOYT,\\nGovernor and Commander-in-Chief.\\nJames W. Latta,\\nAdjutant General.", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "53\\nThus after an honorable service of more than a half century\\nin the militia and National Guard of the State, it was consoli\u00c2\u00ac\\ndated with the organization it originally created, and became\\na part of the ist Regiment as Company G.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nOn the 16th of December, 1879, the regiment paraded in\\nthe reception of General U. S. Grant, ex-president of the\\nUnited States; the number of men in the regimental line was\\ngreater on this occasion than the command had paraded for a\\nperiod of nearly sixteen years, and the appearance and soldierly\\nbearing never better; number of officers and men on parade\\nbeing 670.\\nThe regiment has paraded on each anniversary of its organ\u00c2\u00ac\\nization, viz: April 19th, for numbers of years past, and has also\\nattended divine service yearly to listen to a discourse from the\\nchaplain of the regiment.\\nThe following is the Roster of the Field, Staff and Line\\nOfficers of the First Regiment Infantry, N. G. P., April, 1880.\\nColonel Theo. E. Wiedersheim.\\nLieut-Colonel Washington H. Gilpin.\\nMajor Wendell P. Bowman.\\nAdjutant H. Harrison Groff.\\nQuarter-Master L. C. Tappey, Jr.\\nCommissary Henry L. Elder.\\nPaymaster Wm. H. Taber.\\nSurgeon Alonzo L. Leach, M. D.\\nAssistant Surgeon J. Wilks O\u00e2\u0080\u0099Neill, M. D.\\nW. W. Valzah, M. D.\\nChaplain Rev. Rob\u00e2\u0080\u0099t A. Edwards.\\nSergeant Major Henry Avery, Jr.\\nQuarter-Master Sergeant J. Dallett Roberts.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "54\\nCommissary Sergeant Fr\u00e2\u0080\u0099d Davis.\\nHospital Stewart Charles Ouram.\\nDrum Major W. T. Baker.\\nBand Master J. G. Stevenson Beck.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cA\u00e2\u0080\u009d Company.\\nCaptain Charles A. Rose.\\nist Lieutenant George A. Deacon.\\n2d J. F. Smith.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cB\u00e2\u0080\u009d Company.\\nCaptain J. Lewis Good.\\nist Lieutenant William Ewing.\\n2d Louis K. Opdyke.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cC\u00e2\u0080\u009d Company.\\nCaptain Wm. S. Poulterer.\\nist Lieutenant: Henry L. Townsend.\\n2d Peace S. Conard.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cD\u00e2\u0080\u009d Company.\\nCaptain Jos. H. Burroughs.\\nist Lieutenant Harry O. Hastings.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cE\u00e2\u0080\u009d Company.\\nCaptain James Muldoon.\\nist Lieutenant Wm. H. Dole.\\n2d James A. Filley.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cF\u00e2\u0080\u009d Company.\\nCaptain Thos. E. Huffington.\\nist Lieutenant Fred\u00e2\u0080\u0099k P. Koons.\\n2d A. L. Beck.", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "55\\nG\u00e2\u0080\u009d Company.\\nCaptain: Eugene Z. Kienzle.\\nist Lieutenant: Gustavus K. Morehead.\\n2d A. L. Williams.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cH\u00e2\u0080\u009d Company.\\nCaptain F. Amedee Bregy.\\nist Lieutenant Clarence T. Kensil.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cI\u00e2\u0080\u009d Company.\\nCaptain Geo. K. Snyder, Jr.\\nist Lieutenant H. P. Duncan.\\n2d Fred\u00e2\u0080\u0099k Wm. Weightman.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cK\u00e2\u0080\u009d Company.\\nCaptain Horace See.\\nist Lieutenant J. Campbell Gilmore.\\n2d Edward S. Barnes.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "REGIMENTAL ARMORY.\\nThe want of suitable armory accommodations has been\\nsadly felt by the command for many years; the ten companies\\nbeing quartered in four different buildings, at inconvenient\\ndistances from each other, and the matter of bringing the entire\\norganization under the same roof, has been considerably agi\u00c2\u00ac\\ntated and discussed by the members and its many friends, as\\nwell as by officers of large corporations, merchants, manufac\u00c2\u00ac\\nturers, and all citizens, in fact, who are interested in the pre\u00c2\u00ac\\nservation of law and order, for every prudent man must\\nacknowledge \u00e2\u0080\u009cthat an ounce of prevention is better than a\\npound of cure.\u00e2\u0080\u009d A Regimental Armory was the subject of\\ndiscussion among the officers for a long time, but no definite\\naction actually taken until October 23, 1878, when the Colonel\\ncommanding called a special meeting of the Board of Officers\\nof the First Regiment, at which there was present, by invita\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion, the trustees of the Regimental Fund, the trustees of the\\nState Fund (money returned by State of Pennsylvania, being\\nthe amount advanced by the citizens of Philadelphia for\\nequipping the Twentieth Regiment, and by direction of the\\nsubscribers to the same placed to the credit of the First Regi\u00c2\u00ac\\nment Armory Fund), and members of the Veteran Corps.\\nAfter the chairman had stated the object of the meeting to be\\nthe consideration of a plan to erect a suitable armory, the\\nmatter was fully and freely discussed, and the chairman was\\ndirected, by resolution, to appoint \u00e2\u0080\u009ca Committee of Thirteen,", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "57\\nto consist of representatives of the Board of Officers, Veteran\\nCorps, and of the Trust Funds, to whom the subject of the\\nerection of an Armory should be referred, and the committee\\nto report such suggestions as they deemed proper and neces\u00c2\u00ac\\nsary in the matter.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nAfter many changes, caused by declinations and inability to\\ngive it proper attention, a committee was finally selected, con\u00c2\u00ac\\nsisting of: Colonel Theo. E.Wiedersheim, Chairman; Captain\\nGeo. K. Snyder, Jr., Secretary; Lieut.-Col. W. H. Gilpin, Major\\nWendell P. Bowman, Captains James Muldoon, Wm. S.\\nPoulterer, Joseph H. Burroughs, E. Z. Kienzle, Henry L. Elder,\\nW. H. Taber, Lieutenants L. C. Tappey, Jr., Wm. H. Dole and\\nPearce S. Conard, to which was added an energetic committee\\nof the Veteran Corps, viz: Col. P. C. Ellmaker, Major Wm. H.\\nKern, Major W. W. Allen, Lieutenants Chas. J. Field and\\nHenry S. Field; subsequently the Veteran Corps, at the meet\u00c2\u00ac\\ning in January, 1880, appointed a special committee to aid in\\nfurthering the efforts of the General Committee and assist in\\nprocuring funds for the purpose; this committee consisted of\\nComrades Jas. W. Latta, Wm. B. Smith, H. C. Miller, A. W.\\nTaylor, Joseph W. Lewis, Thomas Marsh, D. Stanley Hassin-\\nger, James C. Wray, J. Parker Martin and James A. Moss.\\nThe General Committee issued a circular address to the\\ncitizens of our city, and in response thereto Major Edwin N.\\nBenson and the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Rail\u00c2\u00ac\\nroad subscribed $5,000 each; Messrs. Drexel Co., Mr. Geo.\\nW. Childs, Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia Saving\\nFund, and Philadelphia Contributionship, $1,000 each; Mr.\\nWm. M. Singerly, First National Bank, Mutual Assurance\\nCompany, Phila. W. B. R. R., Fidelity Insurance and Trust\\nCompany, and Pennsylvania Company, $500 each, to which\\ncontribution were added a large number from the banks,", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "58\\ninsurance companies and mercantile and manufacturing com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmunity and the several companies of the regiment, until at\\nthis time over $50,000 are in the fund, and it will require at\\nleast $150,000 additional to carry out fully the desires of the\\ncommittee and the necessary wants of the regiment, A lot at\\nthe S. E. corner of Broad and Callowhill streets has been\\npurchased for $80,000, but no attempts will be made at build\u00c2\u00ac\\ning until sufficient funds are pledged to enable the committee\\nto erect an armory and deliver the same to the command free\\nof debt.\\nThe committee is holding weekly sessions, and it is hoped\\nthat their efforts will be seconded by the receipt of additional\\nsubscriptions from all sources, so that their labors may not be\\nin vain.\\nThe fqjlowing editorials from our leading newspapers fully\\nexpress the sentiments of those interested in the project, and\\nare the best evidences that the public fully appreciate the\\nservices of the regiment.\\n[Public Ledger.)\\nThe New Armory for the First Regiment, N. G. P.\u00e2\u0080\u0094For some time past\\nthere have been strong efforts on the part of a number of prominent citizens, look\u00c2\u00ac\\ning to the erection of a suitable armory for the First Regiment, N. G. P., Colonel\\nTheo. E. Wiedersheim, and the contributions for that purpose have been liberal\\nand numerous. The project has now assumed a definite shape, and steps have\\nnow been taken for the erection of an armory at the southeast corner of Broad and\\nCallowhill streets. The work of building will soon commence. The committee\\nof the First Regiment having* the matter in charge purchased the lot at the corner\\nnamed from Mr. John Wanamaker for $80,000. The ground has a frontage on\\nBroad street of 140 feet, and a depth of 220 feet. The lot was offered to the com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmittee by Mr. Wanamaker, some time since, for $70,000, but the purchasing\\nparties were only willing to give $60,000, and negotiations ceased for a time. Mr.\\nWanamaker then gave notice that it was his intention to erect handsome stables\\non the lot, and that if the First Regiment desired to purchase it hereafter, they\\nwould have to buy the stables as well. Negotiations were then reopened and they\\nculminated in the committee securing the lot for $80,000, which, it is said, is\\nabout $20,000 less than prominent real estate men consider the lot to be really", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "59\\nworth. The new armory will cost $150,000, and it is intended that it shall be an\\nornament to that part of the city. Over $50,000 have already been subscribed,\\nbut it is understood that work will not commence until $100,000 have been raised,\\nand Colonel Wiedersheim says that the indications are that that sum will soon be\\nobtained. The new armory will be large and substantial and contain all the re\u00c2\u00ac\\nquirements of a first-class regimental armory, including a large drill room, ten\\ncompany rooms, an officers\u00e2\u0080\u0099 room and an apartment for the Veteran Reserve\\nCorps. It is also contemplated to have a rifle range in the basement. Several\\nplans for the armory have been submitted, but none has yet been selected.\\n(The Times.\\nThe First Regiment Armory. \u00e2\u0080\u0094The First Regiment has purchased the large\\nlot at the southeast corner of Broad and Callowhill streets, and as soon as pos\u00c2\u00ac\\nsible will erect an armory suitable to the wants of the organization. The Regi\u00c2\u00ac\\nment has long been in want of suitable armory accommodations, and in order to\\nestablish a more thorough system of discipline and be in position to render more\\nefficient service in time of need, it has been their aim to secure a recognition from\\nour citizens in the way of subscriptions, in order to enable them to erect a build\u00c2\u00ac\\ning. It is hoped by having the ten companies under one roof to secure more effici\u00c2\u00ac\\nency, at all events to be better prepared at short notice to any call to service. The\\nregiment has received on the annual inspection by the Adjutant General of the\\nState the highest rating for drill and discipline, and is deserving of public support.\\nIt is designed to erect a plain, substantial building, without show or unnecessary\\nornamentation, but one perfectly adapted for military purposes.\\n{North American March 2J, 1880.)\\nThe First Regiment. The First Regiment National Guards, which has long\\nfelt the need of a new armory, has at last succeeded in securing a suitable site,\\nand proposes to begin building with as little delay as possible. Just how long a\\ntime must elapse before this programme can be carried out depends in great mea\u00c2\u00ac\\nsure upon the public. Every one agrees that the lot purchased, which is situated\\nat the south-east corner of Broad and Callowhill streets, is a bargain at the price,\\nbut the price was eighty thousand dollars. It is estimated that the erection of a\\nproper armory will cost half as much again, so that the First Regiment has en\u00c2\u00ac\\ntered upon an enterprise which will involve the outlay of two hundred thousand\\ndollars. It is not to be expected that its treasury should be equal to such a de\u00c2\u00ac\\nmand as that. It must look to our business men for assistance; and it can do so\\nwith a better grace and a greater confidence because it has a reasonable claim to\\nthe help which it invites. Were it not that past services are so soon forgotten, it\\nwould be quite unnecessary to recall the splendid work done by the First Regi\u00c2\u00ac\\nment during the troublous times of 1877. Promptly and in full force it took the\\nfield in the interest of law and order. Fortunately there was no necessity upon\\nthat occasion for the regiment to show its mettle in actual conflict. But there can", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "6 o\\nbe no question that the demonstration which it made had a very salutary and per\u00c2\u00ac\\nsuasive influence upon the would-be rioters. There does not seem to be much\\ndanger at the present time that the First Regiment will again be called upon to\\nkeep the peace, but it is impossible to tell what day may bring forth. Our mer\u00c2\u00ac\\nchants and manufacturers and corporations cannot afford to run any risks. It is\\ntheir policy to take care that the valuable property which they have at stake is at\\nall times efficiently protected against any possible outbreak of lawless violence.\\nThe best way for them to secure this protection is by combining to maintain the\\neffectiveness of the First Regiment. It is upon these grounds that the First Regi\u00c2\u00ac\\nment deserves to be liberally supported. Every large holder of property should,\\nfor his own sake, make a regular contribution for its maintenance. Corporations\\nespecially, which have the most to lose and are the first to be attacked when the\\npublic peace is broken, ought to make generous and regular donations for its sup\u00c2\u00ac\\nport. They may be sure of getting full value for their money.\\nPress.)\\nThe First Regiment\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Armory.\u00e2\u0080\u0094A committee of the ist Regiment Infantry,\\nNational Guard of Pennsylvania, has purchased the lot of ground at the southeast\\ncorner of Broad and Callowhill streets, and will erect in a short time an armory\\nsuitable to the wants of the organization. The proposed building will be erected\\non strict military principles and will be so disposed as to be readily capable of\\ndefence by a corporal\u00e2\u0080\u0099s guard, the ground floor to have one entrance and exit,\\nthe door of which will be fashioned on the old plan of a portcullis raised and\\ndropped, as occasion may require, by suitable mechanical means. The companies,\\nten in number, will each have a separate room on this floor, with necessary\\nadjuncts for the comfort and convenience of the officers and men, in addition to\\nwhich rooms will be provided for the quartermaster\u00e2\u0080\u0099s and commissary departments,\\nthe Veteran Corps and the regimental armorer. In the basement of the armory\\nwill be arranged a rifle range, to be enlarged beyond the depth and width of the\\nbuilding by excavations under the three streets\u00e2\u0080\u0094Broad, Callowhill and Carlton\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nwhich give it frontage. The second floor will be used as a drill room for com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany and battalion movements. Rough-hewn masonry, without attempt at unnec-\\ncessary ornamentation, will characterize the building, which will combine strength\\nand solidity. The committee having the matter in charge will in a short time be\\nin position to receive plans for the building thus outlined as the idea they have in\\nview, and a fair on a gigantic scale, patterned after that held by the 7th Regiment\\nof New York last year, is in contemplation to help the building fund.\\nThis regiment is in a thorough condition, and is held ready for active service at\\nshort notice. Arms, accoutrements and supplies of every description being in\\npossession of the command. Of the amount, $80,000, paid for the ground, a lot,\\n140 feet by 220 feet, the sum of $50,000 has been already subscribed by prominent\\ncitizens and others, and is in the hands of the treasurer of the fund. All desiring\\nto aid in the erection of an armory for practical military purposes, should do so\\nat once, as this command is and has always been ready to perform any duty re-", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "6i\\nquired of them for the defence of their fellow citizens, and to assist in the preserva\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion of law and order.\\n(,Sunday Republic\\nOn Thursday last a committee of the First Regiment and Veteran Corps, con\u00c2\u00ac\\nsisting of Colonel Theo. E. Wiedersheim, Colonel Peter C. Ellmaker, Major Jos.\\nW. Lewis, Major Wm. H. Kern, and Captain James Muldoon, purchased a lot\\n120x240 feet, at the southeast corner Broad and Callowhill streets, for the purpose\\nof erecting an armory, the best step yet taken in this direction, and must be en\u00c2\u00ac\\ncouraging to the members of the 1st, who have been for many years without proper\\narmory accommodations; and it now looks as if their efforts will be generously\\nseconded in the way of liberal subscriptions by every one having an interest, as\\nthey should have, in the National Guard of the State.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "VETERAN CORPS FIRST REGIMENT,\\nN. G. P.\\nOn Friday evening, November 5th, 1875, in accordance\\nwith a call published in the papers of Philadelphia, about 200\\nof the old members of the First Regiment, N. G. P., met at\\nthe armory, Lardner street below Fifteenth.\\nThe meeting was called to order by Major-General James\\nW. Latta, upon whose motion Colonel Charles S. Smith was\\ncalled to the chair, and Mr. S. Grant Smith appointed secre\u00c2\u00ac\\ntary.\\nColonel Smith, on taking the chair, stated that the object\\nof the meeting was for the purpose of forming a Veteran Corps\\nof the First Regiment, N. G. P., to be composed of those who\\nhad served in the United States army as regulars or volunteers,\\nwho had at any time been connected with the First Regiment,\\nand any who had served with the First Regiment under any\\nof its names, viz: Gray Reserve Begiment, Seventh Regiment,\\nP. M., Thirty-second Regiment, P. M., and First Regiment,\\nN. G. P.\\nAfter addresses by Col. Smith, General Latta, Col. Ellmaker,\\nand others, the meeting adjourned to meet at call of the chair.\\nAn adjourned meeting was held on 24th of November, at\\nwhich committees on Constitution and By-Laws, Charter and", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "63\\nMembership reported. Nominations were made for officers to\\nserve until April 19th, 1876, after which the meeting adjourned\\nto meet on December 8th, for purpose of electing officers, and\\nat the meeting held December 8th the following officers were\\nelected:\\nColoyiel \u00e2\u0080\u0094Charles S. Smith.\\nLieutenant-Colonel \u00e2\u0080\u0094S. Bonnafon, Jr.\\nMajor \u00e2\u0080\u0094Edwin N. Benson.\\nAdjutant \u00e2\u0080\u0094James W. Latta.\\nQuarter-Master \u00e2\u0080\u0094Edwin North.\\nPaymaster \u00e2\u0080\u0094Chas. S. Jones.\\nCommissary \u00e2\u0080\u0094D. Stanley Hassinger.\\nCaptains \u00e2\u0080\u0094Henry J. White, Wm. A. Wiedersheim,\\nJames C. Wray, Jos. W. Lewis, and\\nChas. S. Boyd.\\nLieutenants \u00e2\u0080\u0094Daniel K. Grim, Albert D. Fell, Geo.\\nF. Dellaker, J. N. Donaldson, and\\nWm. P. Atkinson.\\nSurgeon \u00e2\u0080\u0094William S. Stewart.\\nThere was also elected at this meeting 162 members.\\nOn the 19th of April, 1876, in accordance with the Consti\u00c2\u00ac\\ntution, the following field officers were elected to serve one\\nyear:\\nColonel \u00e2\u0080\u0094Chas. S. Smith.\\nLieutenant-Colonel \u00e2\u0080\u0094S. Bonnafon, Jr.\\nMajor \u00e2\u0080\u0094Edwin N. Benson.\\nThe corps having paraded on Pennsylvania Day, Sept. 28th,\\n1876, to Centennial Grounds, acting as an escort to his Excel\u00c2\u00ac\\nlency John F. Hartranft, Governor of Pennsylvania, the follow\u00c2\u00ac\\ning communication was presented and read at a meeting of\\nthe corps on October 18th:", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "64\\nAdjutant General\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Office,\\nHarrisburg October efth\\nCol. Chas. S. Smith,\\nComd g Veteran Corps ist Reft Inf., N. G. P.\\nColonel:\\nThe Governor directs me to return his thanks to your corps\\nfor its escort and presence on Pennsylvania Day.\\nIt was to him a great satisfaction that Pennsylvanians, them\u00c2\u00ac\\nselves displayed in such overwhelming numbers, should have\\nhad this fitting opportunity to see what has been her soldiery,\\nand what yet, by their countenance and organization, propose\\nto encourage her established national guard system.\\nVery respectfully,\\nJames W. Latta,\\nAdjutant General.\\nOn April 19th, 1877, Colonel Charles S. Smith having\\ndeclined a re-election for Colonel, the following preamble and\\nresolutions, presented by Major Edwin N. Benson, were unan\u00c2\u00ac\\nimously adopted:\\nWhereas It has been officially announced by the Colonel\\ncommanding the Veteran Corps First Regiment of Infantry,\\nN. G. P., that, in view of having arrived at the advanced age\\nof eighty years, many of which have been spent in the National\\nGuard service, he deems it to be the course of wisdom to\\nwithdraw from military life, and to decline any further honors\\nof office or preferment; and by reason of which decision he\\nhas declined the use of his name as a candidate for re-election\\nto the office he now fills: Colonel commanding the Corps\\ntherefore be it\\nResolved That this Board of Officers desires to place upon\\nrecord its admiration and respect for Colonel Charles S. Smith", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "65\\nas a soldier and a gentleman, who carries to the verge of four\\nscore years his interest in his comrades in arms, and especially\\nin his brother officers and fellow soldiers of the First Regi\u00c2\u00ac\\nment Infantry; who, when the Veteran Corps was organized, was\\namong the first to enrol his name as a member, and has con\u00c2\u00ac\\ntinued until now its efficient commanding officer and faithful\\nfriend, and who carries with him into his well earned retirement\\nthe affectionate regard of every officer who has had the good\\nfortune to be under his command. Be it also\\nResolved, That the Adjutant be instructed to present to the\\nVeteran Colonel of the Veteran Corps a suitable copy of this\\nexpressed sentiment of the Board of Officers, properly attested,\\nas a lasting evidence of its respect and affection.\\nThe following field officers were elected April 19th, 1877\\nColonel, James W. Latta; Lieut.-Colonel, S. Bonnaffon, Jr.;\\nMajor, Edwin N. Benson.\\nOn the 22d and 23d of July, 1877, special meetings of the\\nCorps were held to take action in reference to the troubles\\nexisting around Pittsburg, caused by the rioters.\\nOn motion, the Corps tendered their services to the Mayor\\nof Philadelphia, in case the riot should extend to this city, and\\nit was also agreed to raise a regiment, fully armed and\\nequipped, and tender the same to the Governor, which was\\ndone, and the regiment accepted and mustered into the service\\nof the State as the Twentieth Regiment, P. M.\\nWe take the following from the report of Col. S. Bonnaffon,\\nJr., commanding the Twentieth Regiment, to the Veteran\\nCorps, under date of date of October 17th, 1877:\\nThe 20th Veteran Regiment was uniformed and equipped\\nby the aid of the Finance Committee appointed by the Veteran\\nCorps, 1st Reg\u00e2\u0080\u0099t, N. G. P.: Col. P. C. Ellmaker, Col. Chas C.", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "66\\nKnight, Major Wm. H. Kern, Major Wm. H. Loyd, and\\nLieutenant Chas. J. Field, and paid for by them from money\\nsubscribed by loyal citizens of Philadelphia.\\nI desire to call the attention of the Corps to the fact, that\\nthe total time occupied in mustering into the service, uniform\u00c2\u00ac\\ning, arming and equipping the Twentieth Veteran Regiment,\\nN. G. P., was thirty-six hours, a feat unprecedented and un\u00c2\u00ac\\nparalleled in the military history of this continent.\\nOn July 27th the regiment left Philadelphia, en route for\\nPittsburg, and on July 28th reported to Major General R. M.\\nBrinton, commanding First Division, N. G. P., at Pittsburg,\\nfor duty, and continued with that command until August 4th,\\nwhen the regiment was ordered to report to Major General\\nA. L. Pearson, commanding Sixth Division, N. G. P., for duty\\nat Wilkesbarre, and continued with that command, doing guard,\\nout-post and patrol duty in the Luzerne coal fields, and protect\u00c2\u00ac\\ning the lives and property of the citizens of Luzerne county.\\nIt would be impossible for me to speak in better terms of\\nthe conduct, deportment, drill and discipline of the 20th Vet\u00c2\u00ac\\neran Regiment, N. G. P., than has been expressed by the\\nofficers under whose command it served, and the just apprecia\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion of its services as shown by the citizens of Wilkesbarre.\\nSection V., from Special Order, No. 56, Adjutant-General\u00e2\u0080\u0099s\\nOffice, Harrisburg, Pa., September 17th, 1877:\\nV. In dispensing with your further service, the Com-\\nmander-in-Chief extends his congratulations to you, and his\\nthanks to the generous citizens who so effectually aided in\\nyour equipment.\\nOrganized and equipped with a speed rarely equalled, you\\nwere at once so schooled in drill and discipline as to attract\\nuniversal favorable attention and fairly earn the name you bear.\\nYour duties have been onerous, exacting and continuous,\\nperformed with a full knowledge of their executions and with\\na constancy and cheerful obedience under the pressure of a", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "6y\\ncontinued and unexpected retention on duty, that showed that\\nyou well understood that the sole purpose of your enlistment\\nwas the maintenance of the laws and protection of law abiding\\ncitizens.\\nIn your final discharge, the Commonwealth parts with the\\nvaluable services of a body of officers and men, skilled and\\ntrained in the trying duties that have recently devolved upon\\nall her soldiery, with the assurance, however, that you, with\\nyour fellows, have so contributed to the restoration of peace\\nand good order, that the force which relieves you will suffice\\nto secure the continued supremacy of the law.\\nBy command of JOHN F. HARTRANFT,\\nGovernor and Commander-in-Chief.\\nJames W. Latta,\\nAdjutant General.\\nWhile at Wilkesbarre the Twentieth Regiment was presented,\\nby the citizens of Allegheny county, with a stand of colors,\\nwhich were presented to the Veteran Corps on February 22d,\\n1878, in presence of the Governor and a large number of\\ndistinguished guests and members of the Corps and First\\nRegiment.\\nOn the 19th of April, 1878, the following field officers were\\nelected: Colonel, James W. Latta; Lieut.-Colonel Henry J.\\nWhite Major, James C. Wray.\\nOn the 3d of July, 1878, the uniformed battalion left the city\\nto participate in the ceremonies attending the one hundredth\\nanniversary of the \u00e2\u0080\u009cMassacre of Wyoming/\u00e2\u0080\u0099 at Wilkesbarre,\\nreturning on the morning of the 5th.\\nOn the 19th of April, 1879, the following field officers were\\nelected: Colonel, Jas. W. Latta; Lieut.-Colonel, S. Bonnaffon,\\nJr.; Major, James C. Wray.\\nThe Corps since its organization has paraded on each\\nanniversary of the First Regiment, April 19th, and has also\\nattended divine service with the First Regiment on each", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "68\\nanniversary of Washington\u00e2\u0080\u0099s birthday. It also participated in\\nthe parade of July 4th, 1876, and in the reception to General\\nU. S. Grant, ex-president of the United States, December 16th,\\n1879.\\nFollowing are the officers of Veteran Corps 1st Regiment:\\nColonel \u00e2\u0080\u0094James W. Latta.\\nLieutenant-Colonel \u00e2\u0080\u0094S. Bonnaffon, Jr.\\nMajor \u00e2\u0080\u0094James C. Wray.\\nAdjutant \u00e2\u0080\u0094George H. North.\\nPaymaster \u00e2\u0080\u0094Albert W. Taylor.\\nSurgeon \u00e2\u0080\u0094C. S. Turnbull.\\nQuarter-Master \u00e2\u0080\u0094Edwin North.\\nCommissary \u00e2\u0080\u0094D. Stanley Hassinger.\\nCaptains \u00e2\u0080\u0094J. Parker Martin, Jas. D. Keyser.\\nLieutenants \u00e2\u0080\u0094John A.Wiedersheim, Chas. J. Field,\\nH. P. Dixon, Geo. W. Briggs.", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4411", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "library", "height": "4379", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "historyoffirstre00bens_0080.jp2"}}