The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-08-13
Gen. Jacob VI. Campbell.

Gen. Jacob VI. Campbell.
General Jacob NJ Campbell was born in
Allegheny township, Somerset county, Pa,
ON the Goth day of November, 1921
consequently he will be forty-seven years
old next November At an early age he
was apprenticed to the printing business,
in Somerset, Pa After mastering the
'art preservative Of arts" he emigrated to
Pittsburg, where 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 a deck hand, and subsequently as
clerk mate and part owner of "a vessel
In 1917, we find him in the iron business,
at Brady's Bend. In 1851, he followed
the tide Of emigration to California, re-
naming there but short time In 1858
we find him at Johnstown, Pa, assisting
In the construction of the mammoth Cam
bria 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 de-
tend the flag of his country, and belonged
to the first Company that entered Camp
Curtin. Upon the arrival of the company
in Harrisburg, and the organization OF the
Third Regiment of Pa. Vols to which his
company was attached, Lieut.. Campbell
was appointed Quartermaster of the Kegi-
ment, which position he filled with credit
to himself and to the satisfaction of the
! officers anu men OF his regiment, as ali
those who remain will testify. He was
mustered out of service on the 18th Of
July, 1861, and on the Both Of the same
month, was commissioned by Gov Curtin
to raise regiment The regiment was
recruited mainly through Col. Campbells
individual exertions, and upon being or
ganized, was designated the oath. His
regiment was the escort of honor through
the city Of Washington, to the remains OF
the lamented Col. Cameron (brother Of
Hon. Simon Cameron who fell at the first
Bull Run battle. On the 29th Of March,
1862, Col. Campbell was ordered to occupy
the line of the Baltimore q Ohio Railroad
from North Mountain Station, fity-siX
miles westward to the South Branch Of the
Potomac. In that position, the executive
as well as the military abilities of the Col
onel were constantly called into requisition.
How well he performed his arduous and
multitudinous duties in this trying position,
the officers of the B. & O. Il. r., as well as
his superiors in the military service, do not
hesitate to declare that but for his energy
and sleepless watchfulness many miles ofthe
road would have been destroyed. On the
25th of Dec. 1862, he was relieved from
duty along the railroad, and on the 9th Of
March, 1868, was assigned to the command
Of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army
Corps. In 1864, Gen. Sigel took command
of the Department of West Virginia, and
in reorganization 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 Mar
ket, 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, Sigels army
would have been routed and demOralIZed.
In his official report of the battle, he ac-
knowledged the valuable services of Col.
Campbell in very handsome and fattcr-
ing manner a deserved compliment to
deserving officer. Gen. Sigel also took oc-
casion to thank Col Campbell in person.
''My God Col. Campbell, I wish | had
known you better y Gen. Sigel exclaim-
eu, rushing TO COl- CaApDeu anu SrdS ping
his hand with both of his own, after the
tumult of battle had subsidized. The Col
onel and his regiment took a prominent
part in the battle of Piedmont, under Gen.
Hunter. He was brevetted Brigadier
General for bravery and Fitness to COM
mand, in this battle, and again assigned
to the command Of brigade. He also
took an active part in Hunters celebrated
'Lynchburg Raid his command suffering
heavily in the attack upon Lynchburg.-
When Col Mulligan fell at Winchester,
Gen. Campbell took command of the divi-
sion, and continued in command until, by
severe losses in killed and wounded, it was
consolidated into brigade, which he af-
terwards commanded. He also participa-
ted in the engagements in the Shenandoah
under the gallant Phil Sheridan, winning
other and new laurels while with that in
trepid chieftain.
Gen Campbell was mustered out of the
service in the fall of 1864, having been in
the army almost three years and half