The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-06-08
AN OLD VETERAN.
A Short Sketch of J. r. Guthrie's Life and
War Record.


War Record.
1t Is seldom that the history of man.
in the ordinary walks of life, is written
until after the sod covers his mortal re-
mains, which ought not 10 be the case
Not long ago we published the war
record of one or two old veterans who
still live. and stated at that time that
we would gladly publish the record Of
any old soldier who would furnish us
with the required information. Below
we publish n short sketch of the life
and war record of gentleman well
known In this section.
Joseph Thompson Guthrie, who has
been a resident of this place since jan
uary, 1873, is now getting well along in
his journey on this terrestrial ball. Jo-
seph Guthrie was born in Indiana coun.
ty, Pa, August 8, 1925. Early in life he
was employed as car Inspector for the
II. II. II. at Altoona. In 1858 he moved
to Pittsburg and was ear inspector for
'hc Il u Nuyhc W. It'' WHICH pOSitiOH
he was holding when his country called
for soldiers. After being honorably
discharged from the army he accepted
his old position with the TT. Wayne for
II time. After scvering his connection
with the FIT. Wayne he accepted the
position of chief ear inspector on what
al h,, a l..
now the b. & o. II. II. In 1873 Mr..
Guthrie came To this place rs car in
spector for the a. V. R'y Co. The past
few years he has been store keeper at
this place, having charge Of all the
supplies for the engines. He served
one term as Justice OF the Peace in
Winsow township. Mr.. Guthrie knows
something Of the hardships of soldier
life, having been in the service over
four years. Following Is his war record.
Joseph Guthrie enlisted from Pitts
burg. Pa, September 10Th, 1891, and was
mustered into the United States service
at Green River, KY, as a private OF
Company X, nth regiment Pennsyl-
vania Volunteer Infantry, under Cap
tain r. S. Pyfer and Colonel +. S.
Strumbaugh to serve three years. or
during the war. The regiment was
assigned to the Second Brigade, Second
Division, Fourth Corps, Army Of the
Cumberland. After going to the field
hn ~, Il II
took fifteen men with him from Pitts
burg, going down the Ohio river to
Louisville, KY. where he and his men
were put in the said Company. Said
Guthrie was soon promoted to Corporal.
He did not miss day of service except
on furlough, and was in every battle his
regiment was in-about twenty-one in
all besides "skirmishesn) and promi-
nent among which were: Shiloh. Tenn.
April II. 1862; Corinth. Miss. October
4, 62: LaVergne. Triune. Stone River,
Tenn. Dec. 81, '62, Jan. 2, '63: Liberty
Gap, Chicamauga, Ga, Sept. 1920, '63:
Tunnel Hill, Ga, Feb. 1921, '64: Resaca,
Ga, May 1915, "a: Cassville, Dallas,
Ca, May 20, June a; Kenesaw, Ca,
June $50; Smyrna Camp, Peach Tree.
Ca, July 20; Atlanta, Ga, July %,
Sept. 9; Jonesboro, Ca. August 81;
Lovejoy, Ga, Sept. 20; Franklin, Tenn,
Nashville, Tenn, and the Texas Cam
paign.
He was promoted to Commissary
Sergeant October 9th, 1852, and was
discharged January, 4, 1864, at Whites
vile, Tenn, on account of re-enlistment
same day In same regiment as Veteran
Volunteer frank COmmissary Sergeant)
for three years, or during the war. He
was promoted to Quarter Master Ser
geant April 10th, 1865. Having served
his country and defended the "Stars
and Stripes" as above he received, De-
cember @, 1855, his honorable discharge
at Victoria, Texas, on account of 'his
services being no longer required"