labor, so that it was evening when the command arrived at New Creek. As the troops were preparing to go into camp, a messenger arrived from Lieutenant-Colonel Kane asking for immediate relief. Orders were given to march, and, in a few minutes the whole command moved towards Romney. The road led up a narrow valley, watered by New Creek, to a point where the Romney turnpike turns up the mountain in a northern direction. The farmers, who were harvesting their grain crops, hailed with joy the arrival of the National forces, and told marvelous stories of the battle reported to be raging near Romney. The command. reached the position occupied by Kane's men at nine o'clock in the night and found them securely fortified in the stone house. In obedience to orders from General McClellan, who commanded the department of Western Virginia, Colonel Biddle did not advance against the enemy's position at Romney, but withdrew his command to the camp at New Creek, and on the 20th, marched to Piedmont. The damage done to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad by the Virginia secessionists had been fully repaired and communication was opened between Baltimore and Wheeling.

The privates in the Fifth regiment, took possession of the office of the Piedmont Independent, whose editor, A. S. Trowbridge, had been driven from his home by the rebels, and issued a newspaper called The Pennsylvania Reserve, which was the first of a great number of similar publications issued during the war by the editors and printers in the volunteer army.

After the battle of Bull Run, Colonel Biddle's brigade was ordered to return to Harrisburg, and on the 27th of July, took up the march towards Hopewell and thence by railroad arrived at Camp Curtin on the last day of the month. Thus, after forty days of service, ended the first campaign made by troops of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps.

CHAPTER III.

organization.

Regiments organized in Camp Washington, Easton—Colonel Mann -Colonel Sickel—Colonel March—Organization of the Sixth regiment, Camp Curtin Organization of the Seventh regiment, Camp WayneRegiments organized in Camp Wilkins—Colonel Hays—Regiments in Camp Wright—Colonel McCalmont—Colonel Gallagher—Twelfth regiment in Camp Curtin—Colonel Taggert—McDowell's advance—Battle of Bull Run—Call for the Reserve Corps—Marching of regimentsPassage through Baltimore—Arrival at Washington—Camp formed at Tenallytown—First regiment at Annapolis—Artillery regiment—Organization of the Fifteenth regiment, cavalry.

The call for two regiments of infantry and a battery of artillery to be sent into active service, convinced the State authorities of the importance of the speedy organization of the Reserve Corps. The departments at Harrisburg were worked to the fullest capacity to prepare materials to arm and equip the regiments, and General McCall urged forward the organizations and advanced the instructions, as rapidly as the circumstances would admit of. The captains of companies who had been ordered to report with their men at the camps of instruction, came forward with commendable promptness and submitted themselves and their companies to the orders of the commanding general.

The thirty companies in Camp Washington, at Easton, though active in learning the company drills, did not form themselves into regiments, until the 21st of June, when, by order of General McCall, the following companies from the city of Philadelphia, were constituted the second regiment: The "Penn Rifles," Company A, commanded by Captain George A. Woodward; the "Governor's Rangers," company B, Captain Patrick McDonough; the "Hibernian

Target Company," company C, Captain James N. Byrnes; the "Governor's Rangers," company D, Captain Richard Ellis; the "Scotch Rifles," company E, Captain John Orr Finnie; the "Governor's Rangers," company F, Captain Thomas Bringhurst; the "Taggart Guards," company G, Captain Evan M. Woodward; the "Independent Rangers," company H, Captain Timothy Mealey; the "Constitution Rangers," company I, Captain William Knox, and the "Consolidation Guards," company K, Captain Patrick J. Smith.

In the election held by these companies, William B. Mann, Esq., of Philadelphia, was elected colonel; Albert L. Magilton, lieutenant-colonel, and William McCandless, major. Augustus T. Cross, was appointed adjutant; Charles F. Hoyt, quartermaster; Thomas B. Reed, surgeon, and J. W. Lodge, assistant surgeon of the regiment.

William B. Mann, through whose exertions the Second Reserve regiment was called into existence, was born in Burlington county, New Jersey, on the 27th day of November, 1816. His father, the Reverend William Mann, is a highly respected member of the Methodist ministry, and was, at the time of William's birth, a teacher of considerable eminence. When he was four years old, his parents removed to Philadelphia, of which city Mr. Mann has remained a resident. He was educated under the immediate care of his father, until he reached his eighteenth year, when he entered upon the study of the law, in the office of Hon. Charles Naylor, a gentlemen of excellent reputation as a lawyer, and a member of the National Congress. He was admitted to practice at the Philadelphia Bar, in 1838.

Mr. Mann rose rapidly in distinction in the practice of law, and had long been widely and favorably known to the inhabitants of the city, in which he lived. Without neglecting the duties of his profession, early in life, he took an active part in the political questions, which engaged the public mind, and soon became a leader in the party with whom his opinions led him to associate. In 1858, when William B. Reed, became the District Attorney of the city

of Philadelphia, Mr. Mann was associated with that gentleman in conducting the public prosecutions.

In 1856 he was elected District Attorney for Philadelphia, and was subsequently twice re-elected to that position; once in 1859, and again in 1862. His intimacy with the minutest details of the duties of his position, his energy and quickness in the prosecution of the cases submitted to him, and his thorough acquaintance with the criminal law, recommended him strongly to the citizens of Philadelphia, whose confidence he possesses regardless of party distinction.

When, in 1861, the State of Pennsylvania summoned into the field a Reserve Corps, Mr. Mann directed his efforts to the organization of a regiment. No time or labor was spared to place the men at the disposal of the State authorities at the earliest possible period. The companies were recruited in Philadelphia and ordered to Camp Washington at Easton; in organizing the regiment, they elected Mr. Mann to the colonelcy. It was not the intention of Colonel Mann, at the time he accepted the position, to remain permanently in command. Like many citizens at that time of patriotic fervor, he felt that his country demanded his best exertions. In the very outset, therefore, of his military career, he had determined to recruit a regiment and remain in service only through one campaign, and, having placed his men in the field and instructed them in the performance of their duties, it was his intention to return to the exercise of his civil pursuits and to give his support to the Government in a sphere yielding, perhaps, less distinction, but requiring equal devotion to the Union.

An Act of Assembly was passed enabling him to appoint a deputy to perform his duties during his temporary absence. In November, 1861, therefore, when the army went into winter quarters, Colonel Mann tendered his resignation of the command of the Second regiment, and upon its acceptance, took leave of his companions in arms, and returned to his civil position.

The following companies were constituted the Third

regiment: the "Second Reading Artillery," company A, of Berks county, commanded by Captain Jacob Lenhart, Jr.; the "Salem Independents," company B, of Wayne county, Captain William D. Curtis; the "Union Rifles," company C, of Bucks county, Captain David V. Feaster; the "Mechanics' Infantry," company D, of Berks county, Captain William Briner; the "De Silver Greys," company E, of Philadelphia, Captain John Clark; the "Washington Guards," company F, of Berks county, Captain Washington Richards; the "Germantown Guards," company G, Philadelphia county, Captain Richard H. Woolworth; the "Applebachville Guards," company H, of Bucks county, Captain Joseph Thomas; the "Montgomery Guards," company I, of Bucks county, Captain William S. Thompson; and the "Ontario Infantry," company J, of Philadelphia, Captain Horatio G. Sickel.

These companies elected Horatio G. Sickel of Philadel phia, colonel; William S. Thompson of Bucks county, lieutenant-colonel; and Richard II. Woolworth of Philadel phia, major of the regiment. Albert H. Jameson of Reading, was appointed adjutant; Franklin S. Bickly of the same. place, quartermaster; James Collins, of Philadelphia, surgeon; George L. Pancost of the same place, assistant surgeon, and Reverend William H. Leake, chaplain.

Horatio G. Sickel was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, April 3rd, 1817, and for many years resided in the city of Philadelphia, where he was engaged in the manufacturing and mercantile business. He was also a practical soldier, having held a commission in the uniformed militia of the State of Pennsylvania, since August, 1841.

At the breaking out of the rebellion and at the call of the President for seventy-five thousand troops, in April, 1861, Captain Sickel recruited a company in Philadelphia, called the "Ontario Infantry," and tendered his services to the Governor of the State, on the 20th of April. The general uprising of the North and the pressure upon the Governor at that time, precluded the acceptance of this com

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