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Title: History of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, prepared from official records, diaries, and other authentic sources of information
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Prowell, George Reeser, 1849-1928
Subjects: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 87th (1861-1865)
Publisher: York, Pa., Press of the York daily
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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as an officer in local military organiza-tions. Twenty years before the war, he had been lieutenant ina cavalry company, which drilled for a long time in his nativetownship. He commanded the Washington Guards, an infantrycompany, composed of about sixty men, for six years. CaptainCrull brought a squad of forty-seven men to York as soon ashe heard that arrangements were being made for the organiza-tion of a regiment. The men were rendezvoused on the old FairGrounds and camp life began by Lewis Maish taking charge ofthe recruits and instructing them in foot movements and squaddrill. Some days later Jacob Detwiler reported in camp withnearly fifty men from Dauphin County. On the following daythe officers chosen were Jacob Detwiler, Captain; John Crull.1 st Lieutenant; and Lewis Maish, 2d Lieutenant. The companythen moved to Camp Scott on the Common, being one of theearliest to complete its organization. On September 14, it wasmustered into the service by Lieutenant Baldwin of the Regular
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Army. Lieutenant Crull resigned July 26, 1863, and was suc-ceeded by George C. Stroman. who was promoted to Adjutantof the Regiment, July 10, 1864. Captain Detwiler was discharg-ed on account of disability July 21, 1863, and during the monthof October following, Lewis Maish was promoted to the cap-taincy of the company. He commanded it in all the engagementsof Grants campaign in 1864, until his capture near PetersburgYa.. June 23, of that year. James Tearney became Captain ofCompany B. in the battalion Oct. 13, 1864. and was promotedto Colonel in the veteran service May 23, 1865. company c. This company was largely recruited from Hopewell, Chance-ford, Fawn, Lower Chanceford. Windsor and other townshipsin the lower end of York County. A few members entered itfrom York. Andrew J. Fulton, of Stewartstown, and MurrayS. Cross, of Windsor, brought to York on August 27, 1861. asquad of men and went into camp. More recruits were added.The company was organized with Andrew J. Fulton, Captain;

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