. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861 1865 . t;l eight hundred andaixty-three. ALEXANDER HENRY, Mayor of Philadelphia. BEFORE GETTYSBURG, THE HOME GUARD ON DUTY.(From a war time poster.) HEAD-QUARTERS, HOME GUARD, CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. June 16th, the authority of an Act of the General Assemblj of the Commonwealth of ,entitled An Act relating to the Home Guard of the City of Philadelphia, approved the .sixteenthday of May, Anno noniini, one thousand eight hundred and .<ii\ty-one, and of the requirement of tlieHON. ALEXANDER HENRY, Mayor of the Citv made pursuant there
. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861 1865 . t;l eight hundred andaixty-three. ALEXANDER HENRY, Mayor of Philadelphia. BEFORE GETTYSBURG, THE HOME GUARD ON DUTY.(From a war time poster.) HEAD-QUARTERS, HOME GUARD, CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. June 16th, the authority of an Act of the General Assemblj of the Commonwealth of ,entitled An Act relating to the Home Guard of the City of Philadelphia, approved the .sixteenthday of May, Anno noniini, one thousand eight hundred and .<ii\ty-one, and of the requirement of tlieHON. ALEXANDER HENRY, Mayor of the Citv made pursuant thereto, and hereto undersigned assumes the dutie.* FOR TBS PRESERVATION OF THE PUBLIC PEACE AND THE DEFENCE OF THE invites the »<upport and co-*peration of his fellow-citizens, and of all the .Authorities,2Vatioo«i, State and Municipal, ia the perforaiance of bis responsible duties. A. J. PLEASONTON, Wm. BRADFORD Brigadier General Commanding in Philadelphia. Assistant Ai^utatit Gen«raL —e.,vi,.-:s,i.;»Ts;^),~;ss= AT FIFTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS, JUNE. 1863.(From Frank Leslies Weekly.) 249 INDEPENDENT BATTERY MILITIA LIGHT ARTILLERY. Captain E. Spencer Miller. 102 Officers and Men. Having been mustered into the United States service upon June 19th, 1863,for the emergency, this battery was forwarded from Harrisburg to Chambersburgwith a column under Brigadier-General Joseph F. Knipe. Retreating before thesuperior numbers of the enemy to Carlisle, the command was engaged in disputingthe approach of Ewells Confederates toward Harrisburg. At Oyster Point, a fewmiles west from the State capital, the battery with its infantry support turned backthe invading column. This affair, upon June 28th, 1863, was the most northerly pointof conflict in the Civil War. The battery was mustered out July 2Sth, 1863. FIRST TROOP PHILADELPHIA CITY CAVALRY. Captain Samuel J. R-dall. 75 Officers and Men. With thousands of soldiers hastening to the Susquehanna river, the FirstT
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