. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . ladelphia Companies, E, G, and Enrollment, 284 Officers and Men. PHILADELPHIA was represented in this regiment by the Ridg-way Guards, Co. E., Capt. Charles S. Peall, Second PhiladelphiaGuards; Co. G, Capt. John C. Chapman, and Douglass Guards,Co. K, Capt. Casper Martino. The balance of the regiment wasrecruited from the interior counties in the Eastern sections of the Camp Wayne, near West Chester, Pa., the regiment was drilledand uniformed. Upon July 21st, 1861, under Col. Elisha B. Harvey, the36th left via Ba
. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . ladelphia Companies, E, G, and Enrollment, 284 Officers and Men. PHILADELPHIA was represented in this regiment by the Ridg-way Guards, Co. E., Capt. Charles S. Peall, Second PhiladelphiaGuards; Co. G, Capt. John C. Chapman, and Douglass Guards,Co. K, Capt. Casper Martino. The balance of the regiment wasrecruited from the interior counties in the Eastern sections of the Camp Wayne, near West Chester, Pa., the regiment was drilledand uniformed. Upon July 21st, 1861, under Col. Elisha B. Harvey, the36th left via Baltimore for Washington, where it was mustered intothe United States service upon July 27th. A week later the regiment ItlltNflltllVI! 150 1365 ^GENERAL GEO A^CALL % FIRST COMMANDER OF PENNSYLVANIA$i RESERVE VOLUNTEER CORPS - ARMY OF THE POTOMAC J PRESENTED BY POST N 191. !i| GRAND ARMY OF TrfE REPUBLIC | ,1911 WhWm TABLET PRESENTED EY PENNSYLVANIA RESERVE POST igi, G. A. R.,TO GENERAL GEO. A. McCALL SCHOOL, at Seventh and Delancey wK H h O W M a ou p4 w Q l-H w . a [t, (21 ^ l-HCO °«ou 2Z w J fa <5 g1 O Pi o t—I < o HO M W < Pm <u 73 marched to Tenallytown, there joining the Reserve Division, being as-signed to the Second Brigade, commanded by Brigadier-General GeorgeG. Meade. Late in August the regiment was sent to Gen. Banksfor guard duty at Great Falls, on the Potomac river. The autumn andwinter were spent in camp upon Virginia soil, near Washington. Withthe opening of the active season in April, 1862, the 36th was stationedat Fairfax, Va. With part of the First Corps, the regiment shared inthe advance of the Reserves upon Richmond, which resulted in thebattles of Mechanicsville and Gaines Mill. At the latter affair the 36thfought like veterans to save Butterfields battery and lost, in killed andwounded and captured, half of its force. Assisting in guarding artillery column in the retreat, and in desultory fighting throughSav
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