Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-08-30
THE UNION CANDIDATES.

loyal people of Pennsylvania two OF her
noblest heroes who have braved treason on
the sanguinary field from its first deadly as
sault npon the government il 1861, until 1t
yielded to discontinue in 1865; and the
faithful voters of the State will rally to their
standard with an earnestness and zeal which
cannot fail to command success.
Mai. Gen. John T. Hartranft the nomi-
nee for Auditor General, is native OF Mont
gomery county. He graduated at Union
College, New York, in 1858, and cominenc-
ed life as civil engineer. Subsequently
he studied law and was engaged in the prac-
tice of his profession in Norrlstown when
the war broke out in 1861. He raised the
4th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers for
the three months service, and commanded
it until the first day of the first Bull Run
battle, when his regiment left the field be-
cause Of the expiration of its term OF service.
| Col. Hartranft refused to retire with his
command, and volunteered to serve on Cen
| Franklin staff, in which capacity he acted,
during the disastrous engagement and re-
treat, with matchless heroism. Immediately
after NJ Dowell's defeat, he raised a new
regiment, the 5lst, and joined the Army Of
the Potomac He was assigned to Gen.
Burnside, and served with him in his bril-
| liant North Carolina campaign. After Nj :
CIelan's retreat on the Peninsula, he rejoin-
ed the Army of the Potomac, and shared
the bloody struggles Of that army at the
second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg
and Charlottesville, when he was transfer
red with Burnside to Tennessee. In the
successful resistance of the siege of Knox
vile, Gen Burnside acknowledged himself
greal ly indebted to the engineering of Col.
| Hartranft In January, 1864, his regiment
re-enlisted for three years. and he was again
transferred with Gen. Burnside to the Army
of the Potomac, where Gen. Grant assigned
him the command of brigade in the 3rd
division of his corps. He participated in all
the battles from the Rapidan to the James
In 1864, and was commissioned Brigadier
General, to rank from May 18th, 1854 for
gallant services from the Wilderness to
Hatoher's Run Early in April last the
| rebels assaulted and captured Fort Steadman,
one of Gen. Grant outer defences, and to
Gen. Hartrarft was assigned the duty of re-
capturing the lost position How nobly he
did it is familiar to all, and he was breveted
Major General for his heroism and skill as a
commander. He was one of the few volun-
teer officers retained in the service when the
army was dishanded: and when nominated
on the 18th he was on his way to Tennessee
|
| Gen. Hartranft acted with the Democratic
party until it arrayed itself against the cause
of his imperiled country; but in 1863,
when home on sick leave, he manfully
espoused the Union cause, and gave his vote
| and influence TO stregthen the principles for
| which he had drawn his sword. His county
and Immediate section were largely Demo
cratic, and had he needed the whispers of
ambition he would have remainded with his
old political friends, with whom he was a
; favorite; but too honest to sustain those
who were in symr athy with the murderous
enemies of the government, he declared
himself in favor of Gov Curtin re-election,
and has since given his vote and influence
in support Of the Union party He is lust
in the prime Of life-hardly thirty-f five, in
telligent, energetic and Of spottless integri-
ty, and he is just the man to entrust with
the responsible duties for which he has been
nominated
Some account Of the history of Col JACOB
| NJ. CAMPBELL, our candidate for Surveyor
General, will also be Of interest to our read
ers he was born in the eastern part of the
State, but when quite young removed with
hlsparents to Allegheny City. Hesoon after
we believe, engaged with his uncle, Mr.
| Weyand, of Bedford, Pa, to learn the print
ing business, which he followed for several
years. Not finding the pursuit congenial,
he abandoned it and returning to Allegheny
he followed steam boz ting on the western
rivers for a number of years, when he mar
ried a young womanin Allegheny City, and
engaged as an iron worker at the Brady 5
Bend iron works Here he gained thor
ough knowledge of the process Of manufac-
turing railroad iron. Col. CAMPBELL may
be termed, in the best sense of the express
sion, a man of the working class, with which
he closely sympathizes. His sagacity and
close attention to business has enabled him
to secure a handsome competence. In con-
sequence of his skill in the manufacture of
railroad iron he. subsequently, obtained an
important position in the Cambria iron
works at Johnstown, where, for many years
he conducted the manufacture of railroad
bars with success. He remained in their
works until the war broke out, and immedi-
ately after the battle of Bull Run in 1861,
he raised the 54th Penn Regiment and
joined the army of the Potomac, where he
and his command served with unfaltering
heroism in nearly if not all the terrible
battles against Lee. His record as an officer
and soldier Is glorious one. He was often,
and justly complimented, for his bravery
and skill by his superior officers on the field
In addition to his gallant services in the
army, Col. Campbell showed his confidence
and deep interest in his country's welfare in
another way. In the early history of the
war, he was among the first men in Western
Pennsylvania 10 come forward and aid the
State by loan of thirty thousand dollars,
fer the purpose of defraying the expenses of
raising volunteers-thus showing that he
was devoted Union man. both in practice
and principle. Col. Campbell quite recently
has aided in the organization of a manufac-
turing company in Johnstown, and is himself