History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . tch will be mainlyconfined to (ien. 11 owclls career as a soldier. Trainedin the Northern school, and having studied the na-tional constitution with a lawyers understanding,patriotic in instinct and education, and having someyears prior occupied the rank of brigadier-general inthe State militia, and withal having a more thanordinary love of martial exercises and skill therein,and knowledge of military tactics, as well as the his-tory and ]ilans of many of the great battles of thewor
History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . tch will be mainlyconfined to (ien. 11 owclls career as a soldier. Trainedin the Northern school, and having studied the na-tional constitution with a lawyers understanding,patriotic in instinct and education, and having someyears prior occupied the rank of brigadier-general inthe State militia, and withal having a more thanordinary love of martial exercises and skill therein,and knowledge of military tactics, as well as the his-tory and ]ilans of many of the great battles of theworld, (Ien. Howell, though nearly fifty-five years ofage at the breaking out of the war of Rebellion, andtherefore unlikely to be called upon by his fellow-citizens to lead them, as a duty devolving upon him,to the field of battle in the cause of the country, nev-ertheless promptly offered his services to the nationalgovernment, and was authorized to raise a regiment,and soon presented himself at Washington at thehead of the Eighty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Vol-unteers, of which he was commissioned UNIONTOWN BOROUGH. 357 From November, 1861, until the spring of 1862 hewas stationed at Wasliington, and meanwhile dili-gently trained his men for the field. As a part ofGen. Caseys division, his command was trans-ferred to the Peninsula of Virginia, and participatedin the marches, hardships, and battles of the firstcampaign against Richmond. His first battle wasfought at Williamsburg, during the early part ofwhich, in consequence of Gen. Keims illness. commanded the brigade. On this occasionhis services merited and received the distinction ofspecial notice in the report of Gen. Peck, who com-manded the division. At Fair Oaks the gallantEighty-fifth, under his command, sustained the con-flict with an overwhelming force of the enemy. Inthe subsequent retreat from {he White Oak Swamp toHarrisons Landing its post was for a considerablepart of the time in the rear of
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