Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-04

- 49, />/Major Thomas Dewitt
| /Cuyler, Capt James A.
S2= Campbell. The follow
BRra.-eEx sxowpES. ing troops OF his brig
ade were in line: Second regiment. Col. II. r.
Debhert: sixth regiment. Col John W. Schall;
third regiment. Col. sylvester Bonnaffon. jr /;
first regiment. Col. Wendell p. Bowman; State
Fencibles. Major W. IVES. Chew; Gray Invinci-
bles. Capt Chas. A. Hailstock; battery A, Capt
n. @. Stafford.
The Second Regiment.
The Second regiment was commanded by
Col Robert p Dechert
The Infantry Corps National Guards, now the
second regiment OF infantry, national guard
Pennsylvania was originally organized o
company December Ii, ls4O. by a number q
citizens Of what was then the district OF Spring
Garden. The company made its first parade
February 20, lS41. and mustered As musketl
After a score Of years OF prosperity the eorls
on the 10th university OF Its organization
December IL, 1900 was formed into regi-
ment of eight companies with Peter Lyle as is
colonel. On the 10th of April. 1861, the regi-
ment increased to ten companies, entered tine
three months service as the nineteenth Penn
sylvania volunteers, with Peter Lyle. colonel,
and remained i'm service twenty-five days over
its term of enlistment. On September 8, ISL,
the regiment was again mustered into service
for three years. the ninetieth Pennsylvania
volunteers. with Colonel Peter Lyle still at ITS
head During the period Of its enlistment the
regiment participated in the following battles:
Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, Sui
phur Springs, Thoroughfsre Gap. Bull Run,
Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam. freder-
icksburg, Fitzhugh House, Chancellorville,
Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness. Todds Tav-
ern. Spottsylvania. Laurel Hill, Guinea Station,
Talopotomy, North Anna, South Anna. Be
thesda Church, Cold Harbor, White Oak swamp.
Petersburg, Jerusalem, Plank Road. Weldon
Railroad, Poplar Springs, Reams Station and
Hatchers Run.
On its return home it's muster roll showed
twenty-one men of the original enlistment as
remnant of nearly 800 recruited or drafted
and forwarded to the regiment. From the
National guard" sprang other organizations
that did excellent service during the war. AZ
the close of the war, as the second regiment,
ii again became part of the military organize
ton of the state. with its old and tried CON-
mander, Peter Lyle. still in command.
During the serious riots of 1877 il rendered
valuable service 60 the state. In 1878. Robert p.
Dechert, NOV city controller OF Philadelphia,
was elected colonel. Peter Lyle retiring by rea-
son of physical disabilities. and under Colonel
Decherts efficient command the regiment has
increased in numbers and efficiency, so that IL
is rated by the adjutant-general of Pennsylya-
MIA as a superior regiment" Prior 10 the war
the guards" erected an armory on Race street,
below 9Th in the city of Philadelphia. known a.
National Guards hall" During the the
armory was used by the government for hos
pltal purposes, and on occasion of necessity II
has always been placed at the service of the
state. This armory is now SO antiquated as TO
seriously handicap the command. lot Of
ground, $50 by 19S feet, has been secured at
18th and Hamilton streets, and an appeal
has been made to the business community for
aid to erect a suitable armory building there.
The regiment will arrive in the city tomorrow
morning with GOO officers and men and band
of forty pieces. They will be CHARTERED at Go
Of
regiment is as follows: Colonel. Robert y. De-
ebert; Northumberland, Oliver &. Bosbyshel,
major j. Biddle Porter; adjutant. Albert H.
Hartung; quartermaster, John A. Franks; sur
geon, DIR. Eugene Townsend; assistant sur
geons, Drs. Washington ii. Baker and Herman
Burgin; commissary, c. A. Nidmayer; chaplain,
Rev. DIR. Henry c. McCook; paymaster. James
+. Breuil; sergeant major. Richard 4. Cook;
quartermaster sergeant, Louis A. Buchy; COM
missary sergeant, Walter W. Bell, jr.; hospital
steward. Frank Luerssen; drum major, Thomas
j. Grady. Company A-captain. John 1. Du-
rang; LIST lieutenant. Elias W. Sheriff. COM
pany B-Captain, Vim. III. Davis; LIST lieutenant.
JOS. j. Amly; I'd lieutenant, Wn. c. Bean. Com
pany C-Captain, James f. Valentine; LIST lieu
tenant, Harry s. Clark; I'd lieutenant, n. +.
Schneider. Company D-Captain. John f.
Stevenson; LIST lieutenant, Franklin A. Lee; ID
lieutenant. Moses G. Courier. COMPANY E
Captain. Peter H. Jacobus; LIST lieutenant,
MichaelJ. Tiernely. Company F-Captain Chas.
"a Norlhan: ISL ueultnait. John u bowen; "a
lieutenant, John r. Matlack, jr. Company G.
Captain. John I. Hughes; LIST lieutenant, Geo.
W. Garvin; I'd lieutenant, Jos. =. Bowman.
Company H-Captain, George W. Ahrens; lst
lieutenant. John F. Flaherty; I'd lieutenant,
JAS. p. Holmes. Company Captain. Vim. c.
LIST lieutenant, Harlan NJ. Swain;
I'd lieutenant, VIM. Macintosh. Company X
Captain, Theo. Gepfert; LIST lieutenant. John A
Patterson; I'd lieutenant, VIM. H. Kennedy.o
The Sixth Regiment.
The sixth regiment was commanded by Col |
John W. Schall. Its organization lies ia |
the Pennsylvania towns adjacent TO Philadel- |