The National tribune., 1906-12-20
THE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES.
As Fine n Body of Soldiers as the World
Ever Saw.

Editor Natioral Tribune: The state
ment of Comrade William T. Jobe was
in the main true, but he did not state
| it all. For the information of the sur
vivors of McCalrs Division l submit tho
| following list of colonels, altho my
memory may not give the dates in the
changes or promotions: 1st Regiment
| r. Biddle Roberts. succeeded by ".
Cooper Talley; I'd Regiment, William Il
Mann, succeeded by VIM. McCandlesa;
Sd Regiment, Horatio G. Sickles; 4th
| Regiment. Robert G. Marsh, succeeded
by A. L. Magilton: eth Regiment, SEN
eca Simmons. succeeded by Joseph w
| Fisher: 9Th Regiment. W. w. Ricketts,
succeeded by William Sinclair; 7th Reg
iment. Elisha b. Harvey. succeeded by
II. c. Bolingcr; Sth Regiment, George
Hayes, succeeded by S. NJ. Bailey; 9rh
| Regiment, Conrad Feger Jackso, sue
ceeded by Robert Anderson; 10th Regi-
ment, John s. McCalmont. succeeded by
James T. Kirk, A. ]. Warner: 18th Reg
iment. Thomas Gallagher. succeeded by
Samuel NJ. Jackson: 18th Regiment
John s. Taggart, succeeded by Martin D.
Hardin; 18th, or 1st Rifles, known as
the Bucktail Regiment.
The first Colonel was Thos. L. Kane
| who held his commission for one and
a half days, and then exchanged places
with Charles Biddle, who commando
the regiment till he was elected a mem
| Der of Congress
/ At the battle of Dranesville, Va, Dec.
| 20, 1861, the regiment was commanded
! by Lieut.-Col. Kane, and at an election
held afterward Hugh McNeill was elect
ed Colonel over Lieut.-Col. Kane. Aft"r
the army was organized into corps the
division was assigned TO Mcdowell
First Corps When reinforcements Were
sent to Gen. Mcclellan on the PENN
sula. four companies of the Bucktail:
remained with Mcdowell, the other Six
companies going with the division. and
were Incorporated with the Fifth Corps
under Fitz John Porter. and known as
! the Third Division. Fifth Corps. After
leaving the Peninsula the division land
/ ed at Aqua Creek, and then came again
under Gen. Mcdowell. At and after the
! second Bull Run the division was under
! the command of Gen. John Fulton
! Reynolds, and again was known as the
Third Division of the First Corps. Or
reaching Arlington Hights Gen. Joseph
Hooker was assigned to the command
and kept this at South Mountain ana
! Antietam, till he was wounded and car
ried from the field Then Gen. George
i G. Meade commanded the corps unLi
Gen. Reynolds had been relieved from
the organization of the Pennsylvania
emergency troops and succeeded to tht
met his death at Gettysburg.
i The 14th Pa. Reserves was known n:
the 1st Pa. Light Artillery, and the frs
Colonel was Charles i. Campbell, and
as the artillery regiment was broken III
and batteries transferred TO different
commands Col Campbell was trans
ferred to the 57th Pa. The 18th was
known as the 1st Pa. Cav. the frs
Colonel being George D. Bayard. wht
was promoted to BrigadierGeneral, ana
he was succeeded in command by Johr
! p. Taylor. also promoted.
/ ] would say for the information oi
those who take an interest in the old
division, that it was organized into three
brigades, the First commanded by JonI
! F. Reynolds. the Second by George 6
Meade. and the Phird by Edward o. G
Ord. The two regiments called ol
known as the Bucktail Brigade. ant
that wore the bucktail. We're the 143ti
and 150th Pa. commanded respectively
by Col. Roy Stone and Col. Langhorn,
Wistar.-Geo. w. Trask, Corporal, Co
H. 10th Pa Il. C., and Division ant
Corps Wagon and Forage Master, Sol
diers' Home, Togus, Me.
Il p. 81 would add that the re-en
listed and recruited men of the division
were formed into the 190th and 1918
Pa, and stiIl formed a part of the Thirt
Division, Fifth Corps, under command
, of Gen. Samuel Wylie Crawford, win,
was assigned at Gettysburg and retaine,
command till the close. j am here, per
mancntly disabled. yet in good health
and would be glad to hear from any q
! them.