The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-10-31
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| COMMANDER.
| Visit to Gen. Edward c.
| williams, 4 Veteran Of
| Two Wars.
am Harrisburg Telegraph.

rom Harrisburg Telegraph.
Nm one of the hottest days in the
/ N summer of 1895 two gentlemen of
d city got off the cars at George
I'm Station, on the line of the
torthern Central, on their way to
IA an old friend, the veteran OF
IA wars, Gen. Edward G. Williams.
FJking mile to the ferry they sue
keled in about one-half hour, by
! vigorous ringing of cast iron
n. in attracting the attention of
! ferryman on the opposite side of
n Susquehanna the river at that
(ipt being mile wide. Crossing
an old-fashioned canoe, they
[ached the towpath of the Susque-
I.ppa division of the old Pennsyl.
Ina Canal. Upwards of two miles
Fought them to the residence of
En-. Williams Mt Chapman, Snyder
yrrnty. Pa. At first it was hard to
kalize that this was the man who
Emmanded a company in the war
In Mexico and subsequently en-
kred in the war for the Union and
Icame brigadier-general. They
Eund the general in tolerable good
Inlth, Notwithstanding his nearly
(ur score years of busy life-of ex-
ksure. energy and labor. They
und him in the midst of his active
lilies as merchant at that point.
ksrchance no one would have been
greatly surprised as he was to
trdhis friends Of former years com
Egso unexpectedly upon him. He
kuld scarcely realize the fact, and
h entire day was spent in recalling
mind incidents of the bygone, and
h familiar faces of many friends.
h majority of whom had been laid
|ssy beneath the sod of the valley.
e"
Il is fact, that few men have led
kOre eventful lives than Gen. Viii
tsms. Born seventy.six years ago
Philadelphia, where he was edu-
kted under the old Lancasterian
vstem OF public schools, he learned
be trade Of a bookbinder. Shortly
her he came to Harrisburg, where
established himself in business
nth John G. Clyde, of this city, now
most eighty-two years of age. For
number of years this firm did the
hate binding, and published sever
Important works, two or three of
istorian Rupp's books being print
by them.
In December, 1916, upon the call
volunteers for tie war with
I1ico, Mr.. Williams, who had be-
ged to DR.. +. w. Roberts Volun-
i Company. raised the Cameron
dards. These were accepted and
rmed part of the Second Pennsyl-
mia regiment in the war with Mex
b. This company left Harrisburg
De day following Christmas, 1876,
the way of Chambersburg, from
e latter point marching the entire
Stance amidst driving snow storms
ross the mountains. Arriving at
k.tsburg, they were mustered into
e United States service on the
cond Of January, and five days af-
b reached the city of New Orleans.
he troops were encamped on tie
Estoric battlefield where the Ameri-
In Army under Gen. Jackson de
kated the British forces, on the Sth
January, 1916.
Owing to some unavoidable delays
Ae company did not reach Vera
tuz until the evening of the capture
bd surrender of the fortress at that
pint on March Goth. When Gen.
cOtts army on it's advance toward
e city of Mexico, reached the
Ountain pass of Cerro Gordo. they
pund the Mexicans strongly en-
enched, but they were completely
Puted, and the next day the army
ltered Jalaps, halting there until
e arrival of Gen. Cadw aliader who
IS in command of the Pennsylvania
rces while Capt. Williams com
ny was urged on the advance on
eroad to Pueblo. Reaching the
rs at La Hoya, the former occu-
ed the hills on the left, the Gamer
Guards on the right, where they
NAMED until the entire army pass
that point. The incidents con-
fcted with the entire march of
pt Williams company are not on
Of historic importance, but quite
gnifcant, and yet, in n newspaper
|etch, it is impossible to give full
riculars. One of the most i'm
prtant events which transpired in
eeampaign of the Cameron Guards
Is on bombardment of the citadel
Chepultepec, and it is to the cred
Of Capt. Williams that he rdiSed
FIRST 1mericdn jug on that citd-
and kept it flying there until the
nmander-in. chief, Gen. Scott, rode
the causeway toward it. In the
liant charge which preceded this
pt Williams received n slight
pund in the shoulder, and if any
M deserves Il pension for disabili-
and gallant services it is this vet
ah oitwo wars. Lieut.. Col. Geary,
owas in command of the Second
hnsylyania regiment, stated i'll his
port Of the engagement, that the
!, American flag raised in the city
hexico was by n company in his
nmand. Why that gallant officer
Ould have thus stated the fact is
accountable, for it was n well
own fiat tL.A thn nalarg ,unt,n ,,n,a