The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-11-17
OLD WAR TIME CAMPS.
EARLY Military Organizations in This
County, and the Part They Played
in The Civil War.
WRITTEN BY CORP. M. M. HORTON.
Continued from last week.

the boys turned IN, taps were
sounded and then quiet reighned
in Camp. This quiet rem AIMED
unbroken until after midnight
when, OUT In the pine thlcket be-
fore mentioned there rang out a
sharp volley of shots, followed by
another, and another. The ex-
element I'D camp which followed
these volleys may be imagined,
but cannot be described. Every
man was out at once. Abe Cor
bin and Frank Moore of the Ri
aemen made sundrv remarks, as
did also Pat Wilson of the Blues.
In fact, every fellow had an opln-
ion to express and neither opinion
nor Its expression was compll-
mentary to General McAllen who,
it was believed, had allowed the
rebs to get almost into camp of
unarmed men without alarm or
warning. The boys believed the
rebels were armed, but unarmed
as the boys were, they showed
fight. Some seized sticks of cord
wood for use at close quarters;
others armed themselves with
stones to hurl IN the face of the
enemy, and those who had pistols
quickly loaded them. There
were in camp a lot of old muskets
with bayonets, but no am muni-
tion. Capt. Walker of Fannetts-
burg ordered his men to take
these and then in line of battle
that company charged the pine
thicket at double quick closely
followed by the fellows with
sticks, stones and pistols. The
reconnaissance by the Fannetts.
burgers showed no enemy pres
ent and soon everybody was
asleep again.
The boys, unarmed as they
were, showed fight, but inside of
less than year from that night,
when fully armed and equipped,
they showed the material they
were made Of when the alarm was
not false one, the Rlflemen and
some of the Blues at Shiloh, the
others, at Fair Oaks, Seven Pines
and Malvern Hill.
Who originated the report of
advancing rebels? No one ever
knew, but 1t has. ever since, been
believed that Capt. Walker of Fan
nettsburg, Capt. Dixon, of st.
Thomas, and Sergeant Jim Wish
art of the Rlhemen could tell who
did 1t, and there is no doubt that
John King and 1. N. Culp could
have named those who fired the
volleys If they had been inclined
to do so.
While we were IN camp Meal
len, the weatherman did a most
unusual thing. At midnight of
May 0th, there was neither snow
nor indications of snow at Cham
oersburg but at day light of the
9Th, the ground was covered to a
depth Of six or seven inches.
As week followed week without
any indication of our offered. SER
wees being accepted, the boys
were asking why are things thus?
Finally, after seven oreight weeks
mad gone, Col. Austin went to
harrisburg to ascertain our exact
status. On his return, he told us
'hat we could not be accepted
and that. every man IN camp was
expected to report at his home al
once. The Franklin county fell
lows left same day and next day
all left, so that by evening, the
events connected with Camp Nc,
Allen were part of the story Of
'ne great rebellion.
Two days after the evacuation
oi Camp McAllen, the Fulton
county boys were all at home
again, but not for long. The lat
ser part Of Angst found the Full
"n hlilemen, largely recruited
from McConnellsburg, Fort Lit
ue'on, and Bedford and Franklin
.Ountles in Camp Slifer, where
suey became the nucleus of ths
"'n Pennsylvania Infantry, be-
~mlng company r Of that regi
@ent' The company was mus