The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-23
THE RlNegOLD CAVALRY
It's Reanton last Week II Belle Vernon
Very sueoepafuL

Vary suscepaful
The reunion OF the "Ringgold cayal-
re- was held at Belle Vernon on Friday
last. The bad weather prevented many
from attending who would otherwise
have been present. but there were more
than one hundred present. To say they
enjoyed themselves Is putting It mild
ly; for those who served together two.
three and four years during the dark
days. When they meet once a year they
are boys again and they enjoy them
selves hugely.
Col. A. ]. Greenfield. OF OH City. Pa,
presided At the meetings throughout.
The Ladies' Of the G. A. r., Of the lively
little city Of Belle Vernon gave free
dinner, after which procession was
formed and headed by a brass band.
which dlscoursed the very best Of mu-
sic, all marched TO the opera house,
where at 2:3O p. M. the meeting was
called to order. An address OF welcome
was given by Rev. j. 7. Pender, OF the
NJ. p. church, and a reply was made b.
Lieutenant F. H. Crago, OF Wheeling
Several other talks were given, after
was decided to hold the next reunion at
MonOngahela, Pa. The following OFF,
Gers were elected: President, James
Gibson; secretary, Comrade Lutman.
with corresponding secretary TO be
appointed by the president. Next gear
It is hoped to have a history Of the
command ready for publication.
The command has good war record.
It's history is somewhat as follows: 1t
takes Its name from cavalry company
formed at Beallsvllle. Pa, soon after
the Mexican war. At the breaking out
of the civil war It was commanded by
Captain John Keys. II was mustered
into the United States service June 10.
1861, at Grafton, w. Va, as an indepen-
dent cavalry company. afterward Com
pany A. of the regiment. This was the
first volunteer cavalry Of the war. on
August IA another company known as
the Washington cavalry and commando
ed by Captain, afterwards Lieutenants
Colonel A. ]. Greenfield, was mustered
into the service at the same place; this
became Company B, OF the regiment.
During the summer OF 1862, Ave other
companies, commanded respectively by
Captains Work, Young, Mitchner, Barr
and Smith, were organized and muster
ed into the service. In the spring OF
1854 all seven companies were formed
into battalion, known as the 'Inde-
pendent Battalion Of Pennsylvania Vol
unteer Cavalry" and was commanded
by Lieutenant Colonel A. ]. Greenfield.
In about a month afterwards, these
companies with five others, were merg-
ed into the Twenty-second regiment OF
Pennsylvania volunteer cavalry, officer
ed as follows: Colonel Jacob Higgins,
Lieutenant Colonel A. ]. Greenfield.
Majors George 7. Work, H. A. Myers
and e. S. TroXel, Adjutant ]. G. Isen-
berg and Sergeant Major Robert p.
Laird An effort has been frequently
made to have these reunions embrace
the entire regiment. but as yet with
out success, MS the distance apart seems
too great. This years meeting was q
very pleasant one, and will long be re-
membered by all present. year after
year the roll call shows less number
and in few years these reunions will
be n thing OF the past The youngest
soldier Is no longer young man.
Joseph Householder, a comrade OF
Company A, attended the reunion this
year for the first time. He had not been
seen by many of his comrades for thir-
ty years, and It goes without saying
that they were glad to see him. Joe
was a brave soldier and was general
favorIte during the war Of both officers
and men. He at one time during a
charge in the Shenandoah Valley, dash
ed into crowd OF five Confederate SOL
diers and ordered them to surrender.
They threw down their arms and he re-
ported with them to the colonel. This
fact was related by Colonel Greenfield
during the camp fire on Friday night.
Householder now lives at Union City, in
the state Of Indiana, at which place he
will be glad to meet any and all his
comrades who may see at to call at his
home