. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . pt. Matthew Hastings. Company C, First Regiment Capt. Mark G. Biddle. Company D, First Regiment Artillery Capt. E. Spencer Miller. First Troop, City Home Guard Capt. John Bavington. Washington Light Cavalry Capt. J. W Hall. In an official report to the Mayor, Pleasonton stated thathe had in line, upon that occasion, 2,096 men, all well armed and pro-vided with uniforms, including overcoats. He reported as absent 2,162men. At a later period the brigade commander claimed that the HomeGuard had supplied to t
. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . pt. Matthew Hastings. Company C, First Regiment Capt. Mark G. Biddle. Company D, First Regiment Artillery Capt. E. Spencer Miller. First Troop, City Home Guard Capt. John Bavington. Washington Light Cavalry Capt. J. W Hall. In an official report to the Mayor, Pleasonton stated thathe had in line, upon that occasion, 2,096 men, all well armed and pro-vided with uniforms, including overcoats. He reported as absent 2,162men. At a later period the brigade commander claimed that the HomeGuard had supplied to the army 3,000 infantry and a battery of ar-tillery. A number of officers who afterward became distinguished inthe volunteers graduated from this force, and it is probable that themost valuable results gained from this local attempt to maintain a mu-nicipal military body is to be found in the foregoing fact. During theConfederate invasion of the State, in September, 1862, nineteen com-panies of the Home Guard were sent to the Cumberland Valley and else-where. 40. ARMORY OF THE NATIONAL GUARDS REGIMENT,Race Street below Sixth Street.
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