. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . , was killed in the action at Wau-hatchie, Tenn., October 29th, 1863.* Capt. Knap commanded an emergency battery from Pittsburgh dur-ing the summer of 1863, and in 1864 organized a 90-day militia bat-talion of independent artillery. INDEPENDENT BATTERY A (HEAVY ARTILLERY) Captain Frank Schaffer to February 28th, Stanislaus Mlotkowski to June 30th, Officers and Men. RECRUITED in the fall of 1861, this battery was stationed atFort Delaware through the three years of its service. A de-tachment of non-re-enlist
. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . , was killed in the action at Wau-hatchie, Tenn., October 29th, 1863.* Capt. Knap commanded an emergency battery from Pittsburgh dur-ing the summer of 1863, and in 1864 organized a 90-day militia bat-talion of independent artillery. INDEPENDENT BATTERY A (HEAVY ARTILLERY) Captain Frank Schaffer to February 28th, Stanislaus Mlotkowski to June 30th, Officers and Men. RECRUITED in the fall of 1861, this battery was stationed atFort Delaware through the three years of its service. A de-tachment of non-re-enlisted men,was mustered out September19th, 1864. Those who re-enlisted as veteran volunteers re-mained at the fort up to the period of their discharge, June 30th, 1865. *In addition to the two commissioned officers of the battery killed at Wau-hatchie, the command lost twenty-four men killed and wounded out of forty-eightpresent. The enemy left upon the field more men than were in the entire Unionforce opposed to them. 154 CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS. THREE YEAR ENLISTMENTS. PHILADELPHIA furnished to the Unionarmies more cavalrymen than any othercity with the possible exception of NewYork. The only body of volunteer cavalryin the field during the three months campaign, andthe first volunteer regiment of cavalry musteredinto the three-year service were of Philadelphiaorigin. This arm attracted a large element fromyouth of position and wealth. The officers weregenerally worthy of the men they led. FIFTY=NINTH REGIMENT (SECOND CAVALRY) Colonel R. Butler Price to January 31st, Jos. P Brinton to February 28th, Joseph Steele to June 17th, William W Sanders to July 13th, Enrollment, 1,970 Officers and Men. OF the twelve companies composing this regiment seven, A, B,C, E, G, H and K, were recruited in Philadelphia, the bal-ance coming from the interior counties. The command wasformed between September, 1861, and April, 1862. The Phila-delphia comp
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