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BATTERY B

First Pennsylvania Light Artillery P.R.V.C.

(from the Mt. Jackson Sesquicentennial 1815-1965)

In the decade preceding the outbreak of the Civil War, there had been a growing tension between the Northern and Southern states, a tension, which reached the breaking point soon after Lincoln's nomination in 1860. On December 20, 1861, South Carolina passed an ordinance of secession, and by the day of Lincoln's inaugural, five more states had seceded, and the Confederate States of American had been established. Every attempt at conciliation was made, but on April 12th, forces of the Confederate States fired on Fort Sumpter, and war could no longer be avoided.

Battery B Monument, Mt. Jackson, Pa.

On April 22nd a meeting was held at Mr. Jackson, where plans were rapidly drawn up for a unit to be known as the "Mt. Jackson Guards." The following day circulars were posted throughout the County calling for enrollment, and on April 26th the battery was formally organized, with H. T. Danforth, who had served with the U.S. Army, Lt. Colonel during the Mexican War, as Captain. The following is a list of the men who served with Battery B, First Regiment Light Artillery, P.R.V.C. taken from the Military Register.

COMPANY OFFICERS

* James H. Cooper, Captain

* Isaac A Nesbit, 1st Lieut.

** William C. Miller, 2nd Lieut.

* Hiram Evans, Sgt.

* John M. Fullerton, 1st

* James T. Nesbit, Sgt.

* James P. Alcorn, Sgt.

* Samuel Dunnan, Sgt.

* John S. Hamill, Sgt.

* William W. Officer, Corp.

* Alfred W. Swisher, Corp.

* Joseph Reed, Corp.

* Samuel K. McGinnis, Corp.

James H. McClay, Corp.

* Lee S. McCreary, Corp. (McCleary)

* David G. Dixon, Corp.

Thomas Brayden, Corp.

* John T. Cramer, Corp.

* John P. Monsinith, Bugler

* John L. Camblin, Artificer

* Persivor Taylor, Artificer

PROMOTIONS

* Captain Henry T. Danforth, to Maj.; to Lt. Col.

* 2nd Lt. James S. Fullerton, to 1st Lt.

* 1st Sgt. Thomas Cadwallader, to 2nd Lt.

* Corp. Walter Fullerton, to Sgt.

* Corp. James S. Miller, to Sgt.

* Corp. William S. Aiken, to Sgt.

* James K. M. Bear, to Corp.

John M. Williams, to Corp.

PRIVATES

* Angus, David B.

* Alcorn, Alexander P.

Allen, John W.

Alloway, John W.

Anhiser, Joseph J.

* Bender, George

* Bowers, Amos H.

* Brubach, David

Buchanan, Joseph

Barge, David

Bach, Tiglman G.

Bloomer, Francis

Bruner, William W.

Bretz, Thomas J.

* Craig, John A.

* Chambers, Robert

* Chambers, William

* Cowden, Ben S.

* Cornelius, James C.

Craven, William

Craven, Robert

Corle, John W.

Covert, James B.

Carpenter, Joseph L.

Corbin, Daniel

Croniste, Amos

Caton, Henry

Cable, William Q.

Cox, Henry S.

Campbell, Alexander

Conover, Samuel

* Dunnan, Robert S.

* Dunnan, John

Davis, Cyrus W.

Davis, William

Davis, William H. H.

* Dungan, Quinton A.

* Duff, Herando J.

Duff, Samuel

Darling, Andrew J.

Day, Calvin

Dopp, George, M.

Davis, George E.

* Evans, Ephraim K. C.

** Eichbaum, William W.

Elwell, Charles G.

* Ferrel, James C.

* Ferrell, George W.

** Ferguson, John

*** Frew, David W.

Flannerly, James

Flixenhart, Peter

Fravel, William

Fine, George W.

Freeman, Morris

Fry, Emanuel R.

Fry, John B.

Flood, Thomas

Flohr, Thomas

* Gaily, John H. (Gealy)

*** Gardner, James A.

Grubb, Isaac J.

Germer, A. H.

Garber, George C.

Garver, Nicholas C.

Grantz, George

Gilkey, andrew J.

Guipe, William W.

Gnaw, Joseph S.

* Hanna, Samuel

* Hoagland, Peter G.

* Heasley, John A.

* Hoover, Francis M.

Hennegan, John W.

Hughston, John C.

Hope, James R.

Hall, Henry J.

Hamlin, John F.

Howe, Henry

Hopkins, Charles

Holford, Ferdinand

Hughs, John

Hendershott, Albert

Hoover, John T.

Hockenbary, Greene W.

Hudson, Thomas R.

Haycock, John E.

Hurst, George

Henry, Samuel

Harris, Cuddy J.

Hudson, William E.

Johnson, Franklin

Jacobs, Francis H.

Jenkins, Benjamin M.

Johnston, William

Jackson, William

** Koerner, Frederick

*** Kincaid, James C.

King, Samuel

Kirkwood, John

Kirkwood, Thomas

Kirkwood, Harrison

Kearns, Haines J.

Kennedy, Thomas

Kennedy, Robert

Keller, Jerome W.

Kemmler, John

** Lane, Samuel J.

Leasure, William J.

* Lusk, William

Lysheon, Jeremiah

* Lamm, John

Lamkins, Jordan G.

* Mayne, Samuel W.

* Meanor, John A.

* McCurley, John

* McClurg, James M.

* McCluskey, David H.

* McCluskey, William H.

* McClelland, William

** McCormick, William A.

McCready, William W.

* McCready, James A.

McClelland, Thomas K.

McCleary, James H.

** McElwain, James H.

McGinnis, James

McGinnis, George J.

McGinnis, Alvin G.

McGuire, Alfred P.

Manley, Joseph

McWilliams, Theodore

Manley, David

Myers, William

Myers, Jacob

Might, David

Munson, Henry

Moss, William J.

Mellis, John

** Miller, Winfield S.

* Needler, David P.

Nice, William T.

Newcomb, Alfred W.

Nunneviller, Charles

Oswald, Benjamin

** Pitzer, George

* Penrod, John T.

Pyle, Martin

Phillips, John W.

Phillips, Alfred

Parker, George E.

Pauley, John

*** Maclay, James H.

Pennypacker, James M.

Pennypacker, Abel F.

Patterson, William M.

* Rowland, James S.

* Rowland, Williamson C.

* Reed, John

* Reed, Thomas H.

* Rhodes, Abram

* Rodgers, Virtulan A.

*** Runshaw, John W.

Rive, Thomas C.

Robbins, Elias H.

Richardson, Thomas

* Shindledecker, Jermiah B.

* Shaffer, Acle

* Shaffer, Sobeski A.

* Shaffer, Eli

* Shaffer, William H.

* Swisher, Thomas M.

* Seifert, Frederick B.

Steen, Robert P.

Smoot, Edward M.

Simmons, Frederick

Scott, James

Sharple, George

Smith, William

Stough, Michael

Sutliff, Solomon

Scott, William W.

Summers, John W.

Stewart, Michael

Swander, John

Shue, Charles S.

Smith, William H.

Smith, Jacob E.

Sease, William

Sease, Sanford

* Tait, Thomas W.

Tait, William A.

** Taylor, Daniel W.

Taylor, John W.

Taylor, Thomas

Temple, Jesse

Thorpe, Ebenezer D.

* Wallace, William W.

* Weston, David M.

* Weston, John A.

* Wilson, Isaac P.

*** Weller, Thomas W.

White, Samuel L.

Weekley, Jacob N.

Weir, John N.

Workman, Frederick

Waldron, William M.

* Witherspoon, David

Wise, Jacob N.

Wilber, Charles

Warren, Andrew

Yocum, Charles A

* These are the members of Battery B who left Mount Jackson on June 8, 1861, marching from the Methodist Episcopal Church to the train in Enon Valley.

** These are the members of Battery B who joined the company at Camp Wright, Pittsburgh, before leaving for Harrisburg, Pa. on July 22, 1861.

*** These members joined the Battery B at Harrisburg, Pa., in August 1861, before being mustered into the U.S. Service.

The graves, noted by flags, (back view) are of Thomas Cadwallader, Henry T. Danforth, and James S. Miller, killed together in the Civil War, at Westfield Presbyterian Cemetery.

ROLL OF HONOR

Thomas Cadwallader, second-lieutenant, killed at New Market Cross Roads, June 30, 1862. {Buried alongside Danforth and Miller at Westfield Presbyterian Cemetery, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania}

Henry T. Danforth, second-lieutenant, killed at New Market Cross Roads, June 30, 1862. {Buried alongside Cadwallader and Miller at Westfield Presbyterian Cemetery, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania}

James S. Miller, sergeant, killed at New Market Cross Roads, June 30, 1862. {Buried alongside Danforth and Cadwallader at Westfield Presbyterian Cemetery, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania}

John P. Monasmith, sergeant, died at Philadelphia, October 4, 1864.

Isaac J. Grubb, sergeant, killed at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865.

John M. Williams, corporal, killed at Bull Run, August 29, 1862.

Andrew J. Gilkey, corporal, killed at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865.

John W. Summers, corporal, died April 17, of wounds received at Petersburgh, Va., April 2, 1865; buried at Alexandria, Va. - grave 3,085.

Alexander P. Alcorn, private, killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.

Robert Chambers, private, died May 4, 1862.

Henry Caton, private, died March 5, 1865.

Robert S. Dunnon, private, died at Harrison's Landing Va., July 29, 1862.

Hernando J. Duff, private, died May 7, 1862.

Samuel Duff, private, killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.

Charles B. Elwell, private, died May 31, 1862; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D.C.

John G. Hughston, private, died.

Peter G. Hoagland, private, killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.

Henry Howe, private, died at Philadelphia, November 17, 1864.

F. J. Holford, private, died at Alexandria, February 25, 1865 - grave 3,024.

Franklin Johnston, private, died July 24, of wounds received at New Market Cross Roads, June 30, 1862.

Haines H. Kerns, private, died October 7, 1862.

James H. McCleary, private, killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.

James McGinnis, private, died may 24, 1862.

T. K. McClelland, private, died September 13, of wounds received at Bull Run, August 29, 1862; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C.

James M. McClurg, private, died at Georgetown, D. C., September 29, 1861; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C.

David Might, private, killed at Bull Run, August 30, 1862.

George Ralston, private, died at Alexandria, Va., July 9, 1864 - grave 2,357.

Ed Shaffer, private, died at Smoketown, Md., December 13, 1862.

William H. Shaffer, private, killed at Bull Run, August 29, 1862.

Frederick B. Seifert, private, killed by accident, October 14, 1861.

Edward M. Smoot, private, killed at Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862.

David B. Stoudt, private, died at City Point, Va., December 17, 1864.

David L. Shoff, private, died November 21, 1864.

Thomas W. Tait, private, died July 4, of wounds received at Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862.

Isaac P. Wilson, private, died August 24, 1862, of wounds, with loss of leg, received at New Market Cross Roads, June 30, 1862.

William N. Waldron, private, wounded at New Market Cross Roads, June 30, 1862, died, date unknown.

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