Tag: Pittsburgh Rifles
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Reuben M. Long, Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
Reuben Miller Long was born in Pittsburgh on September 5, 1833. He was the fourth of seven children born to Joseph and Sarah Long. He was a mechanic partnered with his elder brother Joseph in Long & Brother, a blacksmithing business specializing in steamboat and railroad related work. He enlisted as a private in the…
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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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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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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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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.”…