ANDERSON (15th PENNA.) CAVALRY. COLONEL W. J. PALMER. This body was originally organized as a single company, to act as a body-guard for Gen. (the Fort Sumter Major) Anderson, when he was ordered to take charge of the Department of Kentucky. It numbered a hundred young Pennsylvanians, selected for their intelligence and moral worth. In this Company were the following named young men from Schuylkill County: Jones, Charles Henry Kram, Wellington J. The Company after rendering excellent service in the West, was increased to a battalion, and finally to a regiment, with Captain Palmer as Colonel. The following named young men enlisted in it from this County: INDEPENDENT CO. OF ENGINEERS, P. V. Fyant, Lieut. Joseph IN PHILADELPHIA REGIMENTS, (numbers and companies not ascertained.) Bradley, William Cosgrove, James Fisher, James Boggs, William McDonald, Alexander Johnson, Patrick "SCOTT LEGION." COMPANY A. Brennan, Patrick IN REGIMENTS OF OTHER STATES. FIRST NEW JERSEY REGIMENT. SIXTH NEW JERSEY REGIMENT. McCormick, James Lavebrech, Archibald FOURTEENTH NEW JERSEY REGIMENT. IN A NEW JERSEY REGIMENT, (number not ascertained.) FIRST NEW YORK CAVALRY. THIRD NEW YORK CAVALRY. Reilly, Thomas SEVENTH NEW YORK REGIMENT. TENTH NEW YORK REGIMENT. Gordon, David THIRTY-THIRD NEW YORK REGIMENT. THIRTY-SIXTH NEW YORK REGIMENT. Kane, Patrick FORTIETH NEW YORK REGIMENT. COMPANY G. Burns, William (lost left arm in battle.) SIXTEENTH OHIO REGIMENT. COLONEL DE COURCEY. COMPANY E. De Silva, Lieut. Manuel B. EIGHTEENTH OHIO REGIMENT. COMPANY E. TWELFTH INDIANA REGIMENT. TWENTIETH INDIANA REGIMENT. TWENTY-THIRD INDIANA REGIMENT. Nunemacher, George THIRTY-THIRD INDIANA REGIMENT. |