4th 66 6th 66 7th 66 8th 66 THOMAS FAGAN. ASHTON HILTON. Quartermaster-JOHN CARR. Musicians-JAMES SWARTZ, JEREMIAH GARRIGEN. PRIVATES: The following Company was recruited in Tremont and DonaldWe do not know what Regiment it was connected with: son. CAPTAIN TICE'S COMPANY--Continued. Opie, James Reece, William R. Roehnl, L. C. Seltzer, J. A. Simon, Michael Umholtz, Augustus Zimmerman, George Zimmerman, Daniel Zeiner, Michael After a brief campaign of two weeks, the members of these Companies returned to their homes. Some of the Companies saw quite active service in Maryland, being in line of battle near Williamsport, on the Potomac, when the rebel army recrossed into Virginia. The services of the force of militia, furnished by Pennsylvania, were gratefully acknowledged by General McClellan, then commanding the Army of the Potomac. THE DRAFT. Under the call of the Government in June, 1862, for 300,000 volunteers, the quota of Schuylkill County was fixed by Governor Curtin at five Companies. These were furnished. On the 4th of August, the following order was issued by the War Department: WAR DEPARTMent, WashingTON, D. C., August 4, 1862. Order calling for militia from the several States: Ordered-1st. That a draft of 300,000 militia be immediately called into the service of the United States, to serve for nine months, unless sooner discharged. The Secretary of War will assign the quota to the States, and establish regulations for the draft. 2d. That if any State shall not, by the 15th of August, furnish its quota of the additional 300,000 volunteers authorized by law, the deficiency of volunteers in that State will also be made by special draft from the militia. The Secretary of War will establish regulations for this purpose. 3d. Regulations will be prepared by the War Department and presented to the President, with the object of securing the promotion of officers of the army and volunteers, for meritorious and distinguished services, and of preventing the nomination or appointment in the military service of incompetent or unworthy officers. The regulations will also provide for ridding the service of such incompetent persons as now hold commissions. By order of the President. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. The quota of Schuylkill County under this new demand was 1,667, to be furnished either by volunteering or by a draft. Spirited war meetings were held throughout the County for the purpose of devising ways and means to furnish the quota of the County without drafting. At a County meeting held in the Court House in Pottsville, September 9, it was resolved that a bounty of fifty dollars be given to every volunteer. The result of these efforts was so far successful, that when the draft took place under the direction of the Commissioner, John P. Hobart, Esq., but 1,284 names were drawn. The men who went into the service from the County, under this draft, were subsequently organized at Harrisburg into a Regiment, the One Hundred and Seventy-third. Of the field and staff officers, the following were from this County: Colonel, Daniel Nagle; Lieut.-Colonel, Z P. Boyer; Adjutant, Eugene Washburn; Quartermaster, B. L. Eshelman. Four of the Companies in the Regiment were from Schuylkill County, under command of Captains Cleaver, Sheetz, Graeff and Faust. In December, 1862, the Regiment was moved to Norfolk, Va., in which Department it remained during its term of service. The muster-rolls of the Companies of Captains Sheetz, Graeff, Faust and Cleaver, are as follows: ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THIRD REGIMENT, P. D. M. |