Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-04-28

of Mr.. Abraham Tomlinsen, of Poughkeep-
sic, and bears the date of 1910. The num-
Dor of the corps then was about sixty. 1t Is
endorsed, captain Gibbs's Guard
1.-The second is in the possession of Horace
Holden, Esq, of this city, whose father.
Captain Levi Holden, was Lieutenanl Com
mandant of the Guard, under William Col
fax. 1t then consisted of fourteen Don-com-
missioned officers and iifty-one privates, all
of whom were on duty at the date of this re-
turn, except six who were sick at the hospital
in New Windsor. This roll was certified in
August, 1892. to be true in all its contents
by Majer W Barber, w!so was then assistant
inspector of the northern army; and by VIII
liam Colfax, the commander, 'to be the true
state of said company on the seventh of Sep
tember, 1852. A week after this latter date
Rochambeau, with the first division of the
French army, arrived at Kings Ferry. on
the Hudson River The American army was
then encamped at ycrplanck's Point, opros-
lite The following very hastily prepared note
from Washington to Captain Holden, was
doubtless written at that time. Il is upon
small piece og pa per, without date -
Mi Uoldon Have the Guard clean.
! and ready to recniye Count de Rochaulbeau,
who is to be here to breakfast this morning.
= Yours, etc, G. WAauINeroN.
& Saturday..
. The barge is togo over for the count
One of the gentlemen OF the family will go
over with it. You will therefore know when
he is coming.
g would remark that the fourteenth of
September, that year. fell on Saturday, The
day OF the week on which the above note was
written.
Mr.. Holden also has payroll Of the
Guard, for December, 1892, when Captain
HoldcA was temporary commandant of tie
corps, and is signed by him. That roll con,
taius the names OF twelve non-commissioned
officers and forty-seven privates.
The ;hird muster-roll that have seen Is
in the possession of Peter Force, Esq 0
Washington City, and is dated March second
1888 aud the fourth is in the State depart
ment al Washington, dated June fourth, II
50, which is signed by Colfax, with his Ger
tIficate that the above list includes the who'll
of the Guard and is ipdorsed, Return Q
of the non Commander-in chiefs Guard. VIII
are engaged to serve during the war
.These two rolls vary bat little. only thre
names being different. Tue number Of th
E corps at that time was sixty-four. Their
were five scrgeants, three corporals. tire
fiers and two drummers. The Drum-Majo
t was Diah Manning. of Norwich, Connecticut
whose grave, situated few yards from tn
vault of General Jabez Huntington, visite
a few years ago, Manning was the jaiier a
/ Norwich during the French Revolution
: When Boyer, afterwari president of Hayt
was brought to Norwich. among other Frenc
i prisoners, in 1907, he was treated with gre;
e kindness by Mr. Manning. The prisOne
i did not forget it, and when President OF 5
Domingo, lie sent presents to Manning fan
If lily.
e The fifth roll that I have seen, contain
X ing the names OF the Guard, is in the posse
:; sion of the Hon Schuyler Col!ax, Of Ind
d ana,a grandssn of the Captain Commando
i
per which bears the autographs of the Guar
! These were appended 20 an order accepted
e Colfax, to pay to Meiancthon Smith and c
d the amount OF oEe moHth's pay, which tn
,r firm had advanced, with the UNDERESTIMATE
e that they were to wait for reimbursement u
}, til the corps should be paid By Congress.
$ This order is dated February, 1873, just b
7 fore the seditious New6urgh Addresses We
e circulated among the officers of the Americ
e camp.
a "All of these muster-rolls and payroll
le except that ofcaptan Gibbs, are in handwr
D. ing SO exqusitely neat and true, that it q
lie pears like engraving. The penman was Tho
" as Forest. private in the Guard.
n The last survivor of the members of Il
a corps was Uzal Knapp, of New Winds
5. Orange county. New York He was l
a. tive of Stamford, Connecticut, where he v
I'll born in October, 1888 At the of eighte
It years he enlisted in the Continental arm
a. as common soldier, to serve for and duri
al the war: and be was continually on d.
is that time until his discharge in June, LIS
nd His first active service was at White Plai
NV in the autumn of1776. He was with Wo
Z ter at Ridge field and was at Peekskill wi
ri Forts Clinton and Montgomery were storm
as and taken by the British in the autumn
of 1777. He passed the following winter amc
N the SHOWS of Valley Forge and il May
he joined the Light Infantry OF Lafayette at B
,S rem Hill He was with him in the battle
he Monmouth, 10 June and IN the winter
1880, when number of the Life Guard
I'd augmented, be entered that corps at Nor