The New York herald., 1922-06-16
Sixty Years a Soldier.
Wallace Was in Five Wars and Lived
to Be los.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Having
occasion to look into the accounts Of
the wounding of General Lafayette at
the battle of the Brsndywine, Septem-
Der II. 1777. came across the record
of Sergeant Andrew Wallace. which may
be interesting TO note as an echo OF the
recent communication from a Philadel-
phia correspondent who calculates that
the last veteran of the civil war will
be living for about another thirty years,
and pass away probably at the age Of
from 106 to 10 years.
| Born in Scotland, March IA. 1880, the
youthful Wallace participated In the
battle Of Culloden. April 27. 1746. and
came to America In 1852.
Shortly afterward. at Chester. Pa. he
enlisted in Captain Hannum's company.
OF which he was made orderly sergeant
and was part of the regular force
under Colonel Darke Of Virginia In the
campaign against Fort Duquesne in the
French and Indian war.
Early in the Revolution Wallace en-
listed in Captain Church's company,
Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, under
Anthony Wayne and was present at the
battle of the Brandywine. where It,, Is
said that he was one Of the two petty
officers who rescued Lafayette after he
was wounded, though the narratives
conflict on that point. He was in the
Paoli massacre, September 20. 1777. a
few days after the Brandywine, and the
very last survivor among the Ameri-
can troops In that gruesome event. In
later years he would relate that when
all seemed to have been lost he Jumped
into a cluster Of chestnut sprouts, In the
very midst Of the British and Hessian
troops. and remained there until the
conflict was over. The next morning
he reported for duty as usual.
Sergeant Wallace was in the engage
ment at Germantown, the encampment
at Valley Forge and at the battle OF
Monmouth. A few days later he was
captured. but was soon included In an
exchange and he participated in tho
storming of Stony Point under his
former commander, General Wayne.
Afterward he marched to the south and
was present with his command at the
battles of Camden, the Cowpens and
Eutaw Springs. and when the chief
scene of operations shifted to tide water
Virginia he moved with IL and partci-
pated in the final victory at Yorktown.
In 1856 he enlisted to join General
Harmer against the Indians in Ohio. but
his company seems TO have been dis
charged without seeing any service.
A year later he reentered the army
and served Car three years on the vest
ern frontier. Again In 1871 he re-
enlisted at philadelphia in Captain
Doyie's company. which became a part
of the command Of General Arthur ST.
Clair In the Indian campaign. That
expedition ended in disaster and Wal
lace was wounded. He never fully re-
covered but three years later he was
again under Wayne on the banks of
the Miami. and served until the savages
we're finally subdued in what ID now our
central West.
For the next Ave years he saw vari-
Gus service and in due time entered the
var of 1912. but in 1873, when 80 years
of age, he was discharged by General
Wade Hampton on account of disability
after almost sixty years of as continu-
Gus military service as tho events OF
his time permitted. He died January
27, 1895, within two months of 105
years of age. These facts. with the
dates, ] have condensed from the writ
ings OF the late Julius +. Sachse, Lit.
d.. for more than fifty years noted
historian OF Pennsylvania and writer OF
Masonic history, and known to many
thousands as the librarian of the Ma
sonic Temple, Philadelphia. where 1t was
my privilege to call frequently upon him
until his death about two years ago.
| Mr.. Sachse relates that In 1889 no
bought = pistuss Of Wallace. . charao-