. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools, giving a brief account of the origin of the late civil war, the rise and progress of the orhpan system . ear Harrisburg. In the formationof the One Hundred and Fifty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, hiscompany was incorporated into that organization, and he became itslieutenant-colonel. He participated in the battles of his regimenttill stricken down in the terrible encounter of Gettysburg, in July,1863, while commanding in the absence of Colonel Allen. He waswounded in both legs, resulting in the loss of his right, and the dis-abling of his left, leg,
. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools, giving a brief account of the origin of the late civil war, the rise and progress of the orhpan system . ear Harrisburg. In the formationof the One Hundred and Fifty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, hiscompany was incorporated into that organization, and he became itslieutenant-colonel. He participated in the battles of his regimenttill stricken down in the terrible encounter of Gettysburg, in July,1863, while commanding in the absence of Colonel Allen. He waswounded in both legs, resulting in the loss of his right, and the dis-abling of his left, leg, confining him ever since to crutches. Speaking of the men of his regiment, General Doubleday, whocommanded the First Corps, says: At Gettysburg they won, underthe brave McFarland, an imperishable fame. They defended theleft front of the First Corps against vastly superior numbers; coveredits retreat against the overwhelming masses of the enemy at theseminary, west of the town; and enabled me, by their determinedresistance, to withdraw the .corps in comparative safety. , This wason the first day. In the crowning charge of the third day of the. -^. <$< Tn^^^Lu^L
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