The first defenders
By: by Heber S. Thompson, president of the First Defenders' Association.
Contributors: First Defenders' Association
Published: 1910
Place of publication: [n.p
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Pennsylvania Infantry. 25th Regiment, 1861; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Pennsylvania Infantry -- 135th.
Notes: A history of the first bodies of troops to reach Washington after the President's call of April 15, 1861: the National Light Infantry of Pottsville, Pa., the Washington Artillerists of Pottsville, Pa., the Ringgold Light Artillery of Reading, Pa., the Logan Guards of Lewistown, Pa., and the Allen Infantry of Allentown, Pa.  These organizations formed the nucleus of the 25th Pennsylvania Infantry, organized June 3, 1861.