. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . ensburg and Chambersburg, the cavalry encamped atthe latter point. On June 7th the command, with other troops, arrivedat Greencastle, Pa., and then advanced to Williamsport, Maryland,upon the upper Potomac river. The division, under Gen. Cadwalader,here crossed the river into West Virginia. At Falling Waters, uponJuly 2d, the Troop was engaged with the enemy, thus winning the dis-tinction of being the first body of Pennsylvania cavalry under fire duringthe Civil War. The Union column re-crossed the Potomac upon July2d. Skirmishi
. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . ensburg and Chambersburg, the cavalry encamped atthe latter point. On June 7th the command, with other troops, arrivedat Greencastle, Pa., and then advanced to Williamsport, Maryland,upon the upper Potomac river. The division, under Gen. Cadwalader,here crossed the river into West Virginia. At Falling Waters, uponJuly 2d, the Troop was engaged with the enemy, thus winning the dis-tinction of being the first body of Pennsylvania cavalry under fire duringthe Civil War. The Union column re-crossed the Potomac upon July2d. Skirmishing upon the way to Martinsburg, Charlestown was reachedupon the 17th. Here the objective point was changed to Harpers *This command is not included in Bates list, but is recorded by Dyer(pages 216 and 217). 39 Ferry, where the column arrived upon July 21 st. While in the field theTroop was reinforced by forty-one recruits. The Troop was afterwardstationed at Sandy Hook, Maryland, from which camp it returned toPhiladelphia, and was mustered out upon August Residence of Major-Gen. Robert Patterson, Southwest corner Thirteenth and Locust Streets McMullins Rangers. This company was organized chiefly from the membership of theMoyamensing Hose Company, on May 20th, 1861, and served with force in the three months campaign. The McMullin Rangersare credited, together with the 23d Regiment, with participation in theaction at Bunker Hill, W. Va., July 15th, 1861. (Dyer, page 970.) The number of officers and men from Philadelphia in the threemonths service of 1861 was about 5,700.
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