The autobiography of a Pennsylvanian . ord at West Chester. Atthe very beginning of the war, he enlisted as a private,having declined the position of first lieutenant because hefelt himself incompetent. When the company left WestChester a wise bystander said to his friend: There is oneman in that company who will never fight. Who is it? That young Pennypacker. At the close of the war he returned a brigadier-generaland brevet major-general of volunteers, at twenty-twoyears of age, the youngest man who had ever held suchhigh rank since the organization of the Government. Hehad been shot seven ti
The autobiography of a Pennsylvanian . ord at West Chester. Atthe very beginning of the war, he enlisted as a private,having declined the position of first lieutenant because hefelt himself incompetent. When the company left WestChester a wise bystander said to his friend: There is oneman in that company who will never fight. Who is it? That young Pennypacker. At the close of the war he returned a brigadier-generaland brevet major-general of volunteers, at twenty-twoyears of age, the youngest man who had ever held suchhigh rank since the organization of the Government. Hehad been shot seven times in eight months. Commandinga brigade in the assault upon Fort Fisher, the only fortifica-tion taken by storm during the war, when the color-bearerof the regiment, of which he had been the colonel, had beenkilled, he seized the flag and planted it upon a traverse ofthe fort. At this moment a rebel placed a rifle at his thighand fired. He was supposed to be dead. The main nervehad been severed. He lay at Fortress Monroe for a year88. Bkevet Major General Galusha Pennypacker, U. S. A. THE WAR and has never recovered. * He was made a colonel, briga-dier-general and brevet major-general in the regulararmy—likewise the youngest man who ever held thoseranks. For a time he commanded the Department of theSouth. He was in command at New Orleans at the timethat a commission was sent to investigate the conditionswhich led to the Hayes-Tilden electoral dispute. Grantrefers to him in his Memoirs and no history of the war iswritten which does not tell of his heroic services. He isone of three of his family and name who have been suggestedfor the governorship. He represented the American armyat Berlin at the review of the German army at the close ofthe war with France and received much attention from theEmperor and Count Bismarck. Tall, big-boned, with muchcourtesy of manner, with native intelligence and greatpower of will, he is a remarkable character. A company of Irishmen from Tunnel
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