Tag: 9th Pa Reserves
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Levi B. Duff, Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
Lieutenant-Colonel Levi Bird Duff was born near Saulsburg, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, 13th September, 1837, of Pennsylvania parents. His father, Samuel Duff, was born at Perkiomen Bridge, Montgomery County, and his mother, Catherine Eckeberger, in Huntingdon. He was educated at Eldersridge Academy and Allegheny College, graduating from the latter in June, 183 j. He studied law…
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The Big Round Top Controversy, July 2, 1863
From the perspective of Colonel Joseph W. Fisher, who commanded the Third Brigade of the Fifth Army Corps during the Battle of Gettysburg. THE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES AT GETTYSBURG. A Review of the Publican entitled “The Truth Regarding Some Important Historical Facts.” Rev. M. Jacobs, Professor of Mathematics and Chemistry, Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg Dear Sir: –…
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William W. Lamb, Co. F, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
David Edward Lamb is a member of the Pettit & Lamb Mercantile Company at Herington in Dickinson County. This company operates the largest department store in that county, and the firm of Pettit & Lamb had been in existence for over twenty years. Mr. Lamb’s individual experiences and achievements since he came to manhood have…
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Levi B. Duff, Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
Lieutenant-Colonel Levi Bird Duff was born near Saulsburg, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, 13th September, 1837, of Pennsylvania parents. His father, Samuel Duff, was born at Perkiomen Bridge, Montgomery County, and his mother, Catherine Eckeberger, in Huntingdon. He was educated at Eldersridge Academy and Allegheny College, graduating from the latter in June, 183 j. He studied law…
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Harry Palmer, Co. H, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
One of the apprentices on the paper for eighteen months, was Harry Palmer, who became one of the best newspaper men in this section. He was born at Mount Zion, Clearfield County, Pa., December 22, 1843. He was a song of Rev. Henry Palmer, a Methodist minister, his father and mother were pioneers in Northern…
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Robert W. Lemmon, Co. H, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
In the issue of the “Times” Oct. 9, 1862, the following notice is found: “Died, on the battlefield of Antietam the 17th of September 1862, Robert W. Lemmon of Company H, Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, in the 28th year of his age. The subject of this notice was a printer, and in the spring…
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Andrew P. Morrison, Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
Andrew Porter Morrison graduated at Washington College in the class of 1849; read law with his brother Joseph, and with Judge William McKennan, from 1852 to 1854. He was associated in the practice of law with his brother, Joseph S., at Pittsburgh, from 1854 to 1861. On May 1, 1861, he enlisted in Company A,…
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William J. McGill, Co. F, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
William Johnston McGill was a Union Soldier in the War of the Rebellion. He enlisted May 11, 1861, at Meadville, Pa., in Company F, Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves, Captain Samuel B. Dick, and was honorably discharged May 11, 1864. He was severely wounded at the battle of Drainsville, Pa., Dec. 20, 1861. The missile that…
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Railroad Accident in Virginia; List of Casualties
This story was published by the New York Times in December 1863 related to a train derailment that left soldiers of the Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps killed and injured. Last night, at about 6 o’clock, the second P.M. train from Brandy Station ran off the embankment at Bristoe Station, destroying several yards of the track,…
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The Hardest Part of the Battle is the Getting into It
Sergeant Major Andrew Porter Morrison Preface: This article originally appeared in 1999, and is credited to Dr. James Owston and Chris Rasmussen. As he surveyed the carnage wrought by three days of battle, Sergeant Major Andrew (Andy) Morrison of the 9th Pennsylvania Reserves confessed on July 4, 1863: “I saw quite enough of the horrible.”…