Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-04
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OLD GUN IS VALUABLE RELIC
Piece Of Artillery In Cemetery at Ner
dali, N. v, Was Once USED ~
18th pa. Artillery.

Referring to your article by Georse
| ". Sweet. Troy, N. Y, asking acooe
the history of q gun In the cemetery
! at Kendall, N. Y, on the soldiers piv|
| the gun being marked on the hieA1lo
No. 6, nth Pa. /. A., and came from
| the Rock Island arsenal, the hlstois
| Of the 18th Pa. Battery Is as roliows-
The 18th regiment, known IN the
State Militia as the LIST Pa. Art was
! originally formed as battalion Sept
| 16 1914. at Camp Dupont, under INC
command of Maj. Andrew M freVos.'
writes Andrew s. Collum or Baio'
mount, Pa in the National Tribune
Nov. 10 of that year 1t was organ
lied as a regiment, when MAJ. Fre'
vost was chosen lieutenant-colohei,
Cornelius Stevenson first major ana
Thomas w. Duffleld second MAJOR
Col. A. J. PIeasanton succeeded COL
Provost in command. and upon MS
resignation Col Henry Bohlen was
elected.
This regiment was always relied on
by the civil authorities to respond
| promptly at their call In case or dls-
turbance which they were unable to
suppress.
In 1874, under Col. Pleasanton, N
rendered efficient service in prevent
ing the destruction Of public and pri-
vate property by mob.
June 6. 1859, an election OF field Of
ficers was held, and under this organ
ization it was mustered into the serv-
ice Of the United States by Maj
Charles F. Ruff, April 25 1861.
The following were the field OFF,
GERS; Francis e. Patterson, colonel;
Robert o. Tyler, Northumberland:
VIM. A Leech, major: Gideon Clare
was appointed adjutant. Recruiting
was commenced April IS, and 1t was
ready with the maximum number for
musterin on the 18th.
The companies had armories whera
they were quartered and the new re-
cruits drilled, rendering 1t unneces'
sary to go into a general camp OF
rendezvous The officers served under
their old commissions, and the regi'
ment was known in the service as the
1st Pa. Art until the order Of Gov.
Curtin, dated May Is, 1861, changed
its designation to that Of the 18th Pa
Since the 10th Of April. when the
9Th Mass. was fiercely assaulted in the
streets Of Baltimore, Md, no troops
had passed through the city, and no
attempt had been made to force pas
sage Troops which had reached the
capital from the north had pro-
ceeded via Annapolis. The necessity
of holding the direct route had be-
come imperative, and Gen. Patterson
determined at all hazards to open 1t.
He accordingly ordered Col Patter>
son to proceed with the 18th Pa. on
May to Perryvilfe, there to be joined
by Capt. (since GEM T. w. Sher-
mans light battery and five compa-
MES Of the Sd u. S., all we'll armed
and supplied with ammunition, thence
to embark on transports for Balti-
more, landing at Locust Point. Col
Patterson made such disposition OF
his force as to enable him most sue.
cessfully to repel attack, and com
menced his march through the city,
which for nearly three weeks had been
subject to mob rule. Without moles-
tation or any symptoms OF hostile
demonstration he arrived at Camden
Station five days later, May 13 Gen.
Butler took permanent military pos
session OF the city, through which the
tide Of volunteers soon began to flow,
not again to be disturbed
June 10 the 18th Pa was sent to
the Rockville expedition, and later
were at Point OF Rocks, Bunker Hill
and other places, and was mustered
out Aug 2. Therefore, you will see
the comrades have secured one OF the
most valuable relics of the Civil war,
as it dates back to 1914