The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-09-17
Brig. General Wellington II. Rnt,
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR SURVEYOR GEN
EEAL CT PENNSYLVANIA

IL llsAS bSGu 50 IQuC0 the AaDiG OF Radical
orators and newspapers to make charges of
disloyalty and other hcinous sins against
their political opponents. that VIC have been
induced to publish from the work called the
History of the Pennsylvania Reserves"
/ gotten up at the special instance and request
/ OF Gov Curtin and other most ''Ioil'' people
brief extract. Ifthere is any more faithful
and patriotic citizen, or one deserving more
heartily an endorsement at the hands of the
people than our candidate, we are . e to say
that we have not found him. Gen int was
wounded at Bethesda Church. and appointed
a Brigadier General by brevet for meritorious
and distinguished services on the battlefield.
lie holds no hono7s from the safe place in
the quartermaster or pay departments. The
. regiment was hJnoraby mustered out Of
service with its distinguished officers, in
| June, 1864.
Wellington II. En.. Colonel of the Sixth,
was born on the 18th Of August, 1884, in
Columbia county, Pennsylvania. After re-
celvlng primary education, he entered
Dickinson Seminary at Wil;amsport, in
August, 1855, aud graduated from that in
| stltution in June, 1853. Soon after his grad
uation he became student at law in the
office Of Robert F. Clark, Esq, at Blooms
burg. lie prosecuted his professional studies
with great zeal entered the law department
OF the University Of A b. my, in September.
| 1859, graduated in the summer of 1850 and
| IN the same year commenced TIE practice OF
his profession IN his native county.
was appointed Inspector General, with
the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, on The staff
| OF Major General Dana, commanding Ninth
| Division Pennsylvania Militia. Immediately
| after hearing that the rebels had attacked
Fort Sumter, he reported to General Dana
for duty, and on the 10th of April was di,
rected to raise two companies of Infantry in
! Columbia county. TIE companies were
! speedily organized, and report. d for service,
but owing to the great rush of volunteers at
that time, bat one of them was accepted =
Alter securing the command Of this company
| for his friend, DR.. w. W Rickets, Col Ent
! accepted the First Lieutenancy for himself
! This company, called ..The Iron Guards, -
was uniformed at the expense of the citizens.
and was kept at Bloomsbury under daily
! drill, until it was accepted into the service
and ordered to Harrisburg. Upon the or
! ganlzation of the Sixth Reserve r .gimcnt, ii
became company \ Captain Ricketts, wes
! elected Colonel of the Regiment, and Lieut..
Ent was promoted to fill the vacancy, ana
was commissioned to rank as captaD from
| the 28th of April. 1861.
! Soon after the regiment arrived at Wash
| lngton, in July, 1861, Captain Ent was de-
! tailed in command of an escort ani guard to
Major Myers, Chief Signal Officer of the
| United States, and made a tour up the Poto-
! mac from Washington to the headuuarters of
| General Banks, near Frederick Ga his re-
| turn he was detailed. at the request Of Majpr
| Myers, on duty with the signal corps. and
! assisted the Major to establish the si3nal
! camp OF instruction at Georgetown. Subse-
| quenly he was placed in command of thi
| camp, which became one of the permanent
| institutions Of the army. General Mccall,
! however, was unwilling 70 part with an
| officer OF so much promise, without a strong
effort to retain him in the Reserve Corps
| The Generals repeated applications fiually
succ eeded, and Captain Ent was ordered to
| return to his regiment. The progress he had
! made in acquiring knowledge of the duties
| IN the signal service had secured for him the
| command of the signal party which accom-
J panied Sherman's expedition to Port Royal
| he therefore reluctantly obeyed t he order
| that remanGed him to the command of his
| company, and forced him to relinquish d
| helG IN which he had already won the con-
| fdence OF his superior officers.
Captain Ert resumed his duties with his
| company few days before the division was
| moved across the Potomac; was detailed on
! the staff of Colonel McCalmont, commanding
the Third brigade, but General Mccall again
! ordered him to his regiment, which was
greatly in need of his presence, many Of the
| officers being absent sick.
The battle of Drainesviile,occurrei shortly
after his return, III which Capt Ent parti-
cipated with distinction. He remained with
his regiment in the regular routine of his
! duties, until August 9TH, 1862, when he was
! detailed on recruiting duty by General Sey-
mour, then commanding the division, with
the hope also, that his health, which had
been greatly impaired, might be restored.
| 10 Il a., I
army was ordered to evacuate Harrison's
Landing. He remained there on duty until
| Pope's army was being driven from Bull Run
! to Washington Hearing of this disaster, he
| determined to rejoin his old comrades at
! once. and participate in their glory aud their
suffering. Knowing tie delay and difficulty
! attending regular application, be sought
and obtained the charge of some recruits to
| be sent to Alexandria, whom he hurried to
their destination and turned them over to
the officer in charge of Camp Distribut ion,
and then proceeded to the 'front.' Capt Ent
weat TO General Seymour and stated his de-
sire to go active duty with his regiment,
and with the assent of his commander ioincd
his old command just after it had passed
through Washington to enter upon tne Ma
! ryland campaign.
At the battle of South Mountain he was
| placed in command of two companies, with
orders to charge against the enemy holding
the summit on the extreme right of the line
Whilst those two companies were rapidly as
possible toiling up the mountain side under
a most terrific fire, three other companies
were ordered to join them. With these five
companies Capt. Eht completed the charge,
routed the enemy in his front, and, with the
| First regiment on his left, rose to the sum
nit. and opened a withering fire the enc
my's flank, which had the effect of assisting
very materially in breaking the left flank of
the rebel army. In this charge he lost one
third of his command, and received a slight |
bruise from ball which had glanced from a /;
rock.
At the battle Of Antietam he fully main |
tainel his reputation for skill and bravery. |
ard was in few days thereafter promoted |
to the majority of his resimcnt