Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-07-31

I part IN the Datte OF New Market OCcuP9
ing the left Of the line His regiment sui
fered severely and was the last TO leave the
field But for the determined stand made
by Col Campbell, Sigels 5 army would have
been routed and demoralized In his Off
cial report of the battle, he acknowledged
the valuable services Of Col Campbell in
very handsome and fattering manner n
deserved compliment TO a deserving officer,
Gen. Sigle also took occasion to thank Col
Campbell in person. My God Col.
Campbell, wish | had known you better!
Gen. Sigel exclaimed, rushing to Col Camp
bell and grasping his hand with both of hi.
own, after the tumult of battle had subsid
cd. The Colonel and his regiment took q
prominent part in the battle of Piedmont
under Gen Hunter He was breveted a
Brigadier General ia this battle, and again
assigned to the command Of brigade. lie
also took an active part in Hunter oelebra-
ted 'Lyncbburg Raid, " his command sut-
iering heavily in the attack upon Lynch
burg. When Col Mulligan fell at Winches-
ter, Gen. Campbell took command Of the
division, and continued in command until,
by severe iJsses in killed and wounded, it
was consolidated into a brigade, which he
afterwards commanded. He also participa-
ted in the engagements in the Shenandoah,
under the gallant Phil. Sheridan, winning
other and new laurcls while with that intre-
pid chieftain
Gen. Campbell was mustered out OF the
service in the fall of 1864, having been in
the army almost three years and half. He
was never absent from his command, except
three weeks, sitting as a member of a Court
of Inquiry at Wheeling, Va. and had but
two leaves of absence, during his whole
/ period Of service. one for ten and the other
for twenty days.
The political record of Gen Campbell will
also bear examination, Broughtup Jack
son Democrat, he voted for Polk and Dallas
in "A, but in as, seeing the eneroachments
Of the slavery propagandists, be voted for
Van Buren and Adams, and in 1852, again
voted for the free soil nominees, Hale and
Julian; and in 1858, was the delegate from
Cambria county to the Fremont Convention.
In 1859, the Republicans ofCambria county
presented him to their district conference as
their choice for the Senatorial nomination,
and three years ago he was unanimously
selected again as the choice of the Union
party of Cambria, for State Senator, but
failed to receive the nomination from the
district conference upon either occasion,
not however from want of appreciation of
his worth and services as citizen and as a
brave and meritorious soldier.
On the 18th Of August 1865, Gen. Camp
bell was nominated for Surveyor General by
the Republican party, and in October of the
same year, was elected over Col Linton, his
competitor, by a large majority. For over
two years be has administered the duties Of
his office with recognized ability and to the
satisfaction of all parties; and has brought
uD large amount of unfinished and intri-
cate business. La MI. i,.,-,s
inlousB re-nominated by the Republican
State Convention, for the office he now 50
ably and satisfactorily fills 4 unanimous
denomination from a State Convention Of
either party, Is no small compliment to any
man, and no one within our recollection cx-
ccpt Gen. Campbell and his colleague on
the State ticket ever before received such a
marked endorsement.
Such in brief, is a hurried sketch of the
life and services of one Of Pennsylvania 5
noblcst sons He is first found printer $
devil, a jour, a deck hand on a
steamboat, a clerk - mate and part
owner Of vessel. He is next found in
the iron business then in California, aud f.
nally in the gigantic enterprise of the cele-
brated Cambria Iron Mills, where his great
experience added largely to the success OF
that stupenduous undertaking. At the
breaking out Of the war, he was Lieutenant
of militia company, entered the army and
was appointed Quartermaster, then Col
onel, and after brilliant campaign of three
long, weary years, he was honored with a
Brevet Brigadier General Commission, a
/ position long and doubly earned in com
mand of brigade and division, and by gal
lantry in the field, Thus it viii be seen,
that Gen Campbell came from the working
class, and is emphatically a working man.
His social characteristics never fail to ere
ate the warmest friendships and a lasting
impression. He is a shrewd business man
and useful citizen--a man endowed with
strong common sense, and rarely fails in hi.
| Judgment Of men aud measures-is well
read, and famiiarly acquainted with all the
internal workings of the great machinery oI
our government. Among the ablest article.
on the subject of our National finances, wa.
one from his pen, written during the early
part Of last winter. He is genial eompan
ion, a clever, whole-souled, honest man
strictly temperate in his habits; and that Ii,
will be reelected by an increased majority