. History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania volunteer cavalry which was recruited and known as the Anderson cavalry in the rebellion of 1861-1865; . of Major Adolph Rosengarten, the SeniorMajor, with Junior Major Frank B. Ward second in Spencer was too ill to take the saddle, butoccupied an ambulance, while Colonel Palmer was still a prisonerof war, having been captured in the Antietam campaign in Sep-tember, 1862, while on a special mission, seekmg to get informationfor General McClellan. The detachment reported directly toGeneral D. S. Stanley, Chief of Cavalry, on the
. History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania volunteer cavalry which was recruited and known as the Anderson cavalry in the rebellion of 1861-1865; . of Major Adolph Rosengarten, the SeniorMajor, with Junior Major Frank B. Ward second in Spencer was too ill to take the saddle, butoccupied an ambulance, while Colonel Palmer was still a prisonerof war, having been captured in the Antietam campaign in Sep-tember, 1862, while on a special mission, seekmg to get informationfor General McClellan. The detachment reported directly toGeneral D. S. Stanley, Chief of Cavalry, on the staff of GeneralRosecrans. We were ordered to be ready to move at daylight. There wasactive skirmishing all day Friday, the cavalry being well in ad-•vance, with some artillery. The enemy gradually fell back andwe bivouacked at night near the pike beyond. The detachmentwas highly complimented for its conduct during the day, fightingboth mounted and on foot. The special incident of the day was an extremely exciting andwell-nigh mortal combat engaged in by a six-foot rebel andMajor Rosengarten. I had been riding with the Major, but had80. >()R ADOLPH «;. ROSEX(iARTEN Kiiled at Stone River, December 29. 1862 Fifteenth Pennsylvania CazKilry at Stone River. 8i become separated from him. When I found him I was astonishedto see him pale, exhausted and bleeding. After leaving me hehad hurried into the woods to reconnoiter, meeting a single rebel,who fired at him but missed at twenty yards, to which fire theMajor replied with his pistol, and ordered him to the rebel, who was dismounted, promised to do, and theMajor rode up to receive his arms. When in the act of sur-rendering the rebel suddenly struck the Major a tremendousblow over the left shoulder with his gun. The man was six feethigh and strongly built. The Major was also a very muscularman and a scientific boxer. • He sprang from his horse, at thesame time aiming another shot at the fellow, but the pist
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