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Three appendices are included: a chronology of events for the 37th Volunteers, 1861-1864; a chronology for the 191st Pennsylvania Infantry, 1864-1865 (Darby joined this unit as a Veteran Volunteer); and the account of Private C. H. Golden's wartime experiences. Golden was a native of Greene County, Pennsylvania, and a survivor of the Confederate prison camp at Salisbury, North Carolina. Accounts of many veterans known to both Darby and Golden are to be found in this fascinating narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRogan H. 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Then the Battle of Bull Run changed the fate of the Corps: the Union defeat in that battle on July 21st meant that the Union Army needed reinforcements badly, and the men who had sworn to protect their state now were needed to fight for their country. The next day, over 15,000 men of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps joined the forces of the Army of the Potomac. This work chronicles the development of the war and the role of the Pennsylvania men who fought for the Union. The evolution of battles, such as the second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg, are traced, and sketches of the men who participated (whether by planning strategy or fighting on the battlefield) provide insight into the men who fought. One-quarter of the book is dedicated to regimental rolls and individual records, which provide valuable information about individual soldiers. The regimental information provided by the rolls includes who commanded the regiment and its companies, the date the regiment entered into service, and the date it was mustered out of service. The members of the regiment are listed by last name, and a helpful key indicates not only when a soldier was promoted, discharged, reenlisted, wounded, or killed, among other things, but also the battle in which it occurred, if known. The index references the full names of people found in the text, and surnames of those listed in the muster rolls.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJ. R. 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In the process, Scharff forces us to reconsider the romanticism and realities of irregular warfare, carrying his readers deep into the dark declivity of woodland warfare on the eighteenth century frontier, where the fighting was demanding, demoralizing, and devastating.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Daniel Barr, Robert Morris University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This well-researched and intelligently argued book causes us to rethink five major Pennsylvania episodes of the French and Indian War-Washington's and Braddock's defeats, the guerrilla attacks of 1756, the taking of Fort Duquesne, and the Battle of Bushy Run-in new ways. Scharff's explanations for the outcomes of these campaigns are both fresh and convincing-Washington and Braddock could have won had they employed different strategies, and by the end of the war the British had learned from their mistakes and were able to deploy regular troops effectively against French irregular forces. Scharff dispels the myth that colonial irregulars were superior to British forces in wilderness fighting by getting beyond Braddock's overwhelming defeat to assess the war in its entirety.\"\u003cbr\u003e -William Pencak, Pennsylvania State University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeveral maps, a bibliography, and an index to full names, places and subjects add to the value of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin G. 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The biographical sketches in this book give accounts of women who contributed by keeping the family farm and\/or business going while the men were fighting, helping neighbors gather crops, furnishing clothing and other comfort to soldiers, and more. These sketches are brief (most are two or three pages) but provide a wealth of genealogical information for the subject and her husband which include his military contributions. \"The object of the writer of these brief sketches is not only to present some facts concerning those to whom as Children of the Revolution Sires we owe so much; but to bring, in sharp contrast, the patriotism, sufferings, and self-denials, of that band of American dames, with the frivolity and disloyalty of those women of the metropolis, which made the occupation of Philadelphia by the British in the Winter of 1777-78 a round of gayety.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Henry Egle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1898), 2012, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 208 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788451485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-E5148\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39321287983222,"sku":"101-E5148","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-e5148.png?v=1756398742"},{"product_id":"101-m5373","title":"Keystone Thunder: Pennsylvania Field Artillery in the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of Pennsylvania's field batteries during the Civil War is, to a great extent, the story of the war itself. 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It chronicles the entire service of the Pennsylvania field artillery, and shares each step along the way—not only what each Pennsylvania battery did, but also what other Pennsylvania batteries were doing at the same time, and how their stories are all interconnected. Numerous illustrations, appendices which include \"Officer Listings by Organization\" and \"Battery Assignments,\" a bibliography, and an index to full-names, places and subjects augment this exceptionally well-written narrative history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard W. 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Both men commanded provincial units; Washington led Virginians and Mercer, Pennsylvanians. Unlike Washington, however, Mercer was not a native of the American colonies. He fled to Pennsylvania from Scotland in 1746 after the Battle of Culloden (part of an unsuccessful Scottish uprising against King George II). Mercer, who had studied medicine in Scotland, settled in the Pennsylvania frontier to avoid possible arrest for his participation at Culloden. When the French and Indian War erupted nearly a decade later, Mercer's neighbors tapped him to command a company of militia. Mercer quickly rose in the ranks and eventually commanded a battalion of Pennsylvania provincial soldiers as well as the garrison at Fort Pitt (captured Fort Duquesne). After seven years of military service, Mercer was discharged from the Pennsylvania Regiment in 1761 and settled in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He married, raised a family, and established a very successful medical practice. When the decade-long political dispute with Great Britain turned violent in 1775, Virginia's political leaders considered Hugh Mercer for command of one of Virginia's two regiments of regular troops. After two close ballots, the Virginia Convention opted instead to appoint Virginia natives Patrick Henry and William Woodford to command. Mercer was selected a few months later to command the 3rd Virginia Regiment, but six months after his appointment, the Continental Congress elevated him to the rank of Brigadier General in the Continental Army and he left Virginia to assume command of the newly formed Flying Camp in New Jersey. While he served in the northern theatre, Mercer played a critical role in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, two battles that helped save the American army and American independence. Sadly, General Mercer did not live to see the victorious end to America's struggle; he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton in 1777. 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He blazed the road for Braddock, and, after the raid on Kittanning, he headed up the defense of the Pennsylvania frontier as a builder and the administrator of the \"ring of forts,\" and as commander of the militia. At the same time, he applauded the Penn family policy of purchase and regularly removed \"squatters\" from the Indian lands. He commanded the Pennsylvania militia for the year-long Forbes Campaign, and led his own expedition to the Great Island on the Susquehanna. One of the very first of the brigadier generals to be commissioned, he served the Continental Army before assuming, as major general, the command of the entire Pennsylvania militia forces for the early years of the Revolution. He commanded troops at Charleston, Brandywine, Germantown, and Whitemarsh. 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A Pittsburg attorney and friend of Madison, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, attempted to mediate the dispute but failed, and president Washington had to send in Federal troops to suppress the rebellion. Of several rebels who were tried for treason, only two were convicted and they were subsequently pardoned by Washington. However, this remarkable event is of interest because it was a very popular uprising, and the most serios challenge the new Federal government had faced up until that time. Because his mediation efforts failed H. H. Brackenridge was subjected to vitriolic attacks from both sides. In 1795 he published \"Incidents of Insurrection of the Western Part of Pennsylvania\" which, in conjunction with a similiar work, \"History of the Western Insurrection\" by William Findley (1796) form the basis of this present work. The author of the present work was the son of H. H. Brackenridge, and was himself a prominent Pittsburg attorney and writer. 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A native of York, Pennsylvania, Haller fought in the Second Seminole War, the war against Mexico (where he was twice brevetted for bravery), the Indian Wars of the Pacific Northwest, the San Juan Islands boundary dispute and the Civil War. He served on General McClellan's staff and later commanded the volunteers in the defense of York County during the Gettysburg Campaign. On July 29, 1863, Major Haller's twenty-three-year military career came to a halt when he learned that he had been dismissed for disloyal conduct and sentiments. His accuser, Lieutenant Clark Wells, was a naval officer who had spent several months in an insane asylum and had only met Haller during the Fredericksburg campaign. Inquiries to the War Department requesting a copy of his dismissal proceedings were returned unanswered. Unable to obtain a Court of Inquiry, Haller moved to Washington Territory where he spent the next sixteen years trying to restore his name. 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