The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-30
GENERAL JACOB M. CAMPBELL,
Republican Candidate for Surveyor General

on the goth day of November, 1921;
consequently, he will be forty-scven
years old next November. At an
carly age he was apprcnticcd to the
printing business, in Somerset, Pa. AZ
ter mastering the cart prcservative of
arts" he emigrated to Pittsburg, when
he " worked at case" for some time. He
next found his way to New Orleans and
into another printing office. Tired of
the +" composing stick and rule" he tried
his hand at steamboating, first as deck
hand, and subsequently as clerk, mate,
and part owcr of vessel. In l847, we
find him in the iron business, at Brady
Bend. In 1851, lie followed the tide of
emigration to California, remaining there
but short time. In 1858, we find him
in Johnstown, Pa, assisting in the con-
struction of the mammoth Cambria Iron
Works, with which establishment he was
connected up to the breaking out of the
war. In 1861, he was among the first to
enroll himself as volunteer, to defend
the flag Of his country, and belonged to
the first Company that entered Camp
Curtin Upon the arrival of the compa-
ny in Harrisburg, and the organization
of the Third Regiment of Pa. Vols. to
which his company was attached, Lieut..
Campbell was appointed Quartcrmaster of
the Regiment, which position he filed
with credit to himself and to the satisfac-
ton Of the officers and men of his regi-
mcnt, as all those who remain will testify
He was mustered out of service on the
OSfh Of inlr 1901 op1 tIo o0tL &c
the same month, was commissioned by
Gov. Curtin to raise regiment. The
regiment was recruited mainly through
Col. Campbcll's Individual excrtions,
and upon being organized, was designat-
cd the 5lth. His regiment was the os-
cort Of honor through the city of Wash
ington, to the remains OF the lamentcd
Col. Cameron (brother of Hon. Simon
Camoron) who fell az the first Bull Run
battle. On the 29th of March, 1862,
Col. Campbell was ordered to occupy the
the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail.
road from North Mountain Station, ffty-
six miles westward to the South Branch
of the Potomac. In that position, the
executive as we'll as the military abilities
OF the Colonel were constantly called into
requisition. How we'll he performed his
arduous and multitudinous duties in this
trying position, the officers of the =. &
.. II. X. as we'll as his superiors in the
military service, do not hesitate to de-
clare that but for his energy and sleep
less watchfulness, many miles of the road
would have been destroyed. On the 25th
of December, 1862, he was relieved from
duty along the railroad, on the 9th of
March, 1868, was assigned to the COM
mand of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division,
9Th Army Corps. in 1861, Gen Sigel
took command of the Department Of
West Virginia, and in a re- organization
of the troops, Col. Campbell, at his own
request, was returned to the command of
his regiment, and took an active part in
the battle of New Market, occupying the
left Of the line His regiment suffered
severely and was the last to leave the field.
But for the determined stand made by
Col. Campbell, Sigel's army would have
been routed and demoralized In his
official report of the battle, he acknowl-
edged the valuable services of Col Camp
bell in very handsome and fattering
manner. y deserved compliment to
deserving officer. Gen. Sigel also took
occasion to thank Col Campbell in per-
son. My God. Col. Campbell, 1 wish
l had known you bctter!" Gen. Sigel
exclaimed, rushing to Col. Campbell and
grasping his hand with both of his own,
after the tumult of battle had subsided
The Colonel and his regiment took pro.
minent part in the battle Of Piedmont,
under Gen. Hunter. lie was breyctcd
Brigadicr General for bravery and " fit
ness to command" in this battle, and
again assigned to the command of a bri-
gadc. lie also took an active part in
Hunters celebrated Lynchburg Raid,"
his command suffering heavily in the at
tack upon Lynchburg. When Col. Multi
gan fell at Winchester, G. en- Campbell took
command of the division, and continued
in command until, by severe losses in
killed and wounded, it was consolidated
into brigade, which he afterwards com
manded. He also participated in the en-
gagcments in the Shenandoah, under the
gallant Phil. Sheridan, winning other and
new laurels while with that intrepid
chieftain.
Gen. Campbell was mustered out Of
the service in the fall of 1864, having
been in the army almost three years and
a half. He was never absent from his
command, except three weeks, sitting as
a member of Court of Inquiry at Wheel
ing, Va, and had but two "leavcs of alb
sence," during his whole period of SER
vice, one for ten and the other for twenty
days
The political record Of Gen Campbell
will also bear examination. Brought up
Jackson Democrat, he voted for Polk
and Dallas in 1914, but in 1913, seeing
the determined encroachmcnts Of the
slavery propagandists, he voted for the
free soil candidates, Van Buren and
Adams, in 1852, again voted for the free
soil nominees, Hale and Julian; and in