. Historic days in Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1855-1865 : political and war time reminiscences . departed than thework of filling Cumberland Countys quota was here it may be well to make the statement, which isindisputal)le, that no town in the country, save one—the townof Haverhill, Mass., furnished so many volunteers for theUnion army as the town of Bridgeton, New Jersey. Thepatriotic blood which led the fathers at Greenwich to destroythe cargo of British tea on the public common, after it hadbeen taken from the deck of the Greyhound, in the mouthof the Cohansey, November, 1
. Historic days in Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1855-1865 : political and war time reminiscences . departed than thework of filling Cumberland Countys quota was here it may be well to make the statement, which isindisputal)le, that no town in the country, save one—the townof Haverhill, Mass., furnished so many volunteers for theUnion army as the town of Bridgeton, New Jersey. Thepatriotic blood which led the fathers at Greenwich to destroythe cargo of British tea on the public common, after it hadbeen taken from the deck of the Greyhound, in the mouthof the Cohansey, November, 1774. had been transmitted tothe sons of those illustrious sires, and they rushed to thedefense of constitutional government and the saxing of theUnion. The \eran(las of the Da\is House on Commerce street,and the pavements in front, were daily crowded with patri-otic citizens discussing the subject of enlistments. JerryMaul, with his fife: Charles Woodruff, with his kettle-drum;Lou Clark with the big drum, appeared day by day and en-livened the scene witli martial music. Excitement reached (70). WAR TIME PICTURES—l»a-lS(!5 Group Company K, Twelfth N. J. Reg. Inf. Vols. William H. Bennett William B. Hines Charles M. Riley Benjamin F. Howell1 Now Member Congress Fourth N. J. DistrictCharles O. P. Riley Henry Howell Abram Facemire (H) HISTORIC DAYS its greatest height about September ist, when quarters wereopened in the old brick store known as the J. B. Potter store,at the corner of Commerce and Coliansey streets. In twoda3S tliree hundred men had enhsted for the nine monthsservice, under the new call of the President. The new com-panies, three in number, were enrolled in tlie Twent}-fi)urraNew Jersey Regiment. The following is a roster: Company F.: Captain, Samuel Harris; First Lieuten-ant, Elijah Husted; Second Lieutenant. William B. Pepper;First Sergeant, Benjamin Hancock; Sergeant, Joseph , Isaac L. Moore, David Garrison; Corporals, Wil-iam F. Demaris, Theodore F
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