. The Pennsylvania-German in the civil war . jutant general, icolonel, I surgeon, i assistant surgeon, 2 captains, i lieu-tenant, 5 sergeants, 8 corporals, i musician, and 65 pri-vates; while on the Confederate side there were i lieu-tenant colonel, I quartermaster, 4 captains, 5 lieutenantsand 28 privates. Then take the Schall Family, who lived right here inNorristown. There were five brothers in the war, in-cluding two twin brothers, all of them splendid soldiers,most of them attaining very considerable rank. In closing I just want to call your attention to the fact 12 The Pennsylvania-Germa
. The Pennsylvania-German in the civil war . jutant general, icolonel, I surgeon, i assistant surgeon, 2 captains, i lieu-tenant, 5 sergeants, 8 corporals, i musician, and 65 pri-vates; while on the Confederate side there were i lieu-tenant colonel, I quartermaster, 4 captains, 5 lieutenantsand 28 privates. Then take the Schall Family, who lived right here inNorristown. There were five brothers in the war, in-cluding two twin brothers, all of them splendid soldiers,most of them attaining very considerable rank. In closing I just want to call your attention to the fact 12 The Pennsylvania-German Society. that of the four governors of Pennsylvania since the Warof the Rebellion, who fought in that war, namely, Geary,Beaver, Pennypacker and Hartranft, if I am right in myrecollection, every one of them, save Geary alone, was aPennsylvania German; and it makes a record for being upand doing in that great conflict that is worthy of our ad-miration, and is worthy of being perpetuated by a farmore trustworthy and able compiler than I lp>enn6^lvanias=(3erman Society CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, FOUNDERS, ANNUAL MEETINGS, OFFICERS AND MEMBERS SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION Narrative and Critical History and Church Records Published in the First Twenty-Seven Volumes OF ITS Proceedings
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