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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTILS which are inscribc«l the battles in which the regiment was engaged. Its first battle was at Williamsburg, on the Peninsula, and the regiment fought with the Army of the Potomac until the curtain was n in g down at .•pi>omattox. Cajrtain Ramsey resigned his command in and on Oct. 2 1st o f that year C'harles W. I-A'knian became c.!)*tain, leading the comiwny until he w as nude n ia jo r of the regiment. Nov. 27, i,S64. Upon h is promotion Joseph H. Johnson was nwde captain and ser ed in that |x>sition lo the close of the war. On the same day that Captain I'xkm un was made n u jo r he was promoteosition o f lieutenant colonel, and on the 25th o f lanuar)-, 1865, was made colonel, of the «».vl Kegimcnt. Colonel l*ckinan was a brave and gallant officer, l»eIove<l by his men, and sharing wilh them all the trials and vicissitudes o f those storm y years from Sept. 25, 1861. to Ju n e 23, 1865. Tliree times he was .severely wounded, h is injury at Cedar Crcck hcing the most serious and the one which through all his after life gave him great pain and distress and eventually caused his death, M ay 3. 1906. T h e mu.stcr roll o f this company, at the time o f its enlistment, was as follow s: Captain, Joseph K. R am sey; Lieutenants, I,e<Tcrd H, Kase, First, Charles W. Fckman, Second; Sergeants. M. B. Goodrich. First, A. B. Patton. Second. J. T. Howe, Third, Willuim Young. Fourth, Seth C. Freeze F ifth; Cor* ixirals. Joseph Fenstermachcr, First, Jared Runyan, Second, Josepli H. Johnston. Third. C harles W. W eaver. Fourth. Orville D. H arder Fifth. O scar Sharjiless, Sixth. Frederick I.aubach. Seventh. Silas liartm an, F ig h th : Musicians. I.. D. Houghawout, Joseph L. H ale; Clerk, Shclden T. G ibbs; Quarter­ m aster. Jam es A u ld : Team ster, John C. Sn y­ d e r: Privates. John .Ammcrman, Joseph Bear, I. Bycrly. H. C. Barnhart, I.. S. Brocious, G eorge Boyer, J. I). Cannady. B. .A. Cleaver, W illiam Davis, P. H. Fckman. D. R . Eckman, B . R . Gearhart, P. Kvereit, T. J . Foley. W. Frym ire. W. Flanigan. II. F . Freese, Charles E . Foley. H. Fortmer. Clark Guinn. C. V. G.itick, .A. Goss. William Hcnrie. J . Howcr, J . Houser. J . B. Johnson. J . R. Johnson, R. Jenkins. 1. Keim . Charles Kncibcller. G. 1>. K reigh. William Knccr, Samuel Kurtz. J . lAtwrencc, [ohn Levers, Hir.am l2iyktnd. El. II. I.cisennW, J . B . Moore, Willi.im Miller, M -Murr)'. T. H. .Mcnch, I. B. Mutchler. J. Miller. I. C. Miller. J. K. Mowrer, P. SlcClure. "f. Morrall. P. Miller. P. P. Osmun, R. Perrin. Eli E*cnn»yl. J . W. PhiHi>s. S.

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Quinn, .. Reynolds, C. R. Rishel, R. R.imscy, W. R. Rouch, Charles L. Sholcs. Charles Stephens. IC. Shisslcr. W. Slay, J. .M. Shannon, William M. Snyder, Charles W. Sholcs, H. F. Snyder, Willi.im Smith, W. Stephens, W. W. Sechlcr, J. H. Spcrring, J. Stewart. O scar Tittle, W. Turner. J. W ertz. G. S. Walker. A. B. W am tz, C. Woods, C. W agner. L. Yoder. C‘tiwpa«y F, 2<f A rlillery.— Capt. W'illiam M. M cClurc, after his sc m c e o f three months, returned to D.mvillc and recruited Company r of the 112 th Regiment o f Pennsylvania V o l­ unteers, (letter known as (he 2d Pennsylvania Artiller)'. A large portion o f (his comixiny were from Montour county. The regiment served with great distinction and did much hard se n lc c during the war. Captain Mc­ Clurc. fo r bravery, was made colonel of the la m e n t. The lioys from Montour county in Company F were as follow s: Samuel Straw bridge, lieu ten an t; J. Moore Wilson, Lieu­ tenant; Edw ard Thatcher. Corporal; C lu rles Mowrer. Corporal; John Laciscus, Corporal: D. H. M cCarty, Corporal; Jonathan Bare, Corporal; Thomas Reicheldcrfcr, Bugler; Robert Curry, Peter Cooper, Richard W. E ^ c r t, John Farrell. A. J. Grantz, J. H en­ drickson. William -R. Johnson, E lias Kulp, John McMullen. Phillip Manning. Martin Mazael, Charles Mattees, John .Matshall, Clarence Price, George Robison, i. S. Smith, Daniel Smith. Jam es Weidel. D anfilU FenctbUs.—T his company was or­ ganized in Danville in 1862 under the com­ mand o f Capt. Joseph F, Shrcevc. It liccame Company A in the tja d Regiment, Pennsyl­ vania V'otunteers. .At the liattic o f Antictam seven o f Its brave boys were killed, v iz .: John M. Ilassenplug, D. 'an Ronk. Jacob Ixing, Daniel Klase, Samuel Hilner, Hiram Hummel and John Gibson. Eighteen were wounded in the same Ixittlc, v iz .: Jam es Foster, John Leighow. George I.o%’etl. Cliarles Flick. D. R. Shu ll. Jolm S. W are, C. C. Moyer. .Archie Vandiing, S. Dye. E. M. Rotlerick, I). R. Hendrickson, H arry Adams, Jacob H. Miller, E . D. Sm ith, S . W. A m w inc, William Ringlcr, John M orris and William B. Neesc. F o r bravery at .Antictam Captain Shrcevc was promotcif to (he position of n u jo r of the I32d Regiment, and aftcrw an is w as made colonel. On C'aptain Shreeve’s prmnoiion, Charles N. N o m s was nude captain of the com|uny. T ills com|uny, as mustcrc<l into the United .States sendee, w as composed as follow s: Joscpli K. Shrcevc, Captain; George W. Van-