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 coloneley. 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 II, 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 II. 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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pany, under the first call. Captain Sickel, however, kept his company intact and under daily instruction, until the passage of the Act authorizing the "Reserve Corps." The company was then accepted and mustered into service, at Philadelphia.

His military prestige at once gave to Captain Sickel the confidence of the officials, and he was placed in command of six companies, accepted from the city, and was ordered to report with his command at Camp Washington at Easton, where he arrived with his companies on the 29th of May.

Upon the organization of the Third regiment, he was elected colonci, and immediately entered upon the work of drilling his command.

The Fourth regiment was organized on the same day, by the following companies: The "Able Guards," company A, of Philadelphia, Captain John Schoenewald; the “Quaker City Guards," company B, of Philadelphia, Captain Robert M. McClure; the "Montgomery Rifles," company C, of Montgomery county, Captain Isaiah W. Kimble; the "Dickson Guards," company D, of Philadelphia; Captain Nathan J. Taylor; the "Williamsport Legion," company E, of Lycoming county, Captain Francis H. Burger; the "National Guards of Monroe," company F, of Monroe county, Captain George B. Keller; the "Iarmer Guards," company G, of Philadelphia, Captain Thomas F. B. Tapper; the "Susquehanna Union Volunteers," company H, of Susquehanna county, Captain Elisha B. Gates; the "Reed Guards," company I, of Philadelphia, Captain Henry Einwechter, and the "Enton Guards," company K, of Chester county, Captain William Babe.

Robert G. March, of Philadelphia, was elected colonel; John F. Gaul, lieutenant-colonel, and Robert M. McClure, major of this regiment. John Nyce was appointed adjutant; A. A. Lechler, quartermaster; Adolphus Patze, surgeon; Wm. T. W. Dickerson, assistant surgeon, and Rev. Edwin Marks, chaplain.

Robert G. March was born in the city of Philadelphia,

October 5th, 1819. At the age of ten years he was left an orphan and was indentured as an apprentice to the morocco manufacturing business. After reaching the age of majority, he went to Virginia, where he commenced his military training in a volunteer company organized in Alexandria, and received a commission dated May 2d, 1842, signed by President Tyler.

After his return to Philadelphia, he several times held the position of captain in the military organizations in the city. At the commencement of the rebellion he volunteered his services to the Governor of Pennsylvania, and was commissioned by Governor Curtin, on the 23d of April, 1861, to recruit a regiment, which he accomplished at his own expense, and was ordered to proceed with six companies to Camp Washington, at Easton. On the 21st of June, when the Fourth regiment was organized, he was elected to the colonelcy.

Colonel March served with his regiment until October, 1861, when, on account of physical disability, engendered by over-exertion in camp, he tendered his resignation.

As Colonel March was about leaving his command, at Tenallytown, he received a memorial, signed by all of the commissioned officers in the companies of his command, expressing their esteem for him as an officer, and their regret that the state of his health made it necessary for him to resign his commission as commander of the regi

ment.

On the 22d of June, the day on which the brigade commanded by Colonel Biddle marched from Camp Curtin, there remained in the camp ten companies: The "Iron Guards," company A, of Columbia county, Captain Wellington II. Ent; the "Union Guards," company B, of Snyder county, Captain Chas. D. Roush; the "Honesdale Guards," company C, of Wayne county, Captain Jno. S. Wright; the "Washington Rifles," company D, of Franklin county, Captain Wm. D. Dixon; the "Montour Rifles," company E, of Montour county, Captain M. H. Manly; the "Northern

Invincibles," company F, of Bradford county, Captain Daniel Bradbury; the "J. D. Cameron Infantry," company G, of Dauphin county, Captain Jacob Rehrer; the "Tioga Invincibles," company H, of Tioga county, Captain Julius Sherwood; the "Towanda Rifles," company I, of Bradford county, Captain W. H. H. Gore, and the "Susquehanna Volunteers," company K, of Susquehanna county, Captain John Shull.

These companies organized the Sixth regiment, and elected W. W. Ricketts, of Columbia county, colonel; William Penrose, lieutenant-colonel; and Henry J. Madil, major. Henry B. McKean was appointed adjutant; R. H. McCoy, quartermaster; Charles Bower, surgeon; L. Ring Jones, assistant surgeon, and Rev. Samuel Jessup, chaplain of the regiment.

On the 26th of June, the following named companies in Camp Wayne, at West Chester, organized the Seventh regiment: The "Carlisle Fencibles," company A, of Cumberland county, Captain R. M. Henderson; the "Biddle Rifles," company B, of Perry county, Captain John Jameson; the "Iron Artillery," company C, of Lebanon county, Captain E. G. Lantz; the "Rifle Guards," company D, of Clinton county, Captain Chauncy A. Lyman; the "Ridgway Guards," company E, of Philadelphia, Captain Chas. S. Peall; the "Wyoming Bank Infantry," company F, of Luzerne county, Captain Elisha B. Harvey; the "Second Philadelphia Guards," company G, of Philadelphia, Captain John G. Chapman; the "Cumberland Guards," company II, of Cumberland county, Captain Joseph Totten; the "Myerstown Rifles," company I, of Lebanon county, Captain Jerome Myers; and the "Douglas Guards," company K, of Philadelphia, Captain Casper Martino.

The companies elected Elisha B. Harvey, of Luzerne county, colonel; Joseph Totten, lieutenant-colonel; and Chauncy A. Lyman, major of the regiment. Alexander B. Sharps was appointed adjutant; Charles A. Lane, quarter