. D. When the President made a requi-sition on Pennsylvania for her quota of troops to resist the invasion of theBritish army in 1812, the Doctor marched as first lieutenant of Capt. Jere-miah Sniders company of volunteers. When the troops had all assembled atMeadville, the place of rendezvous, and were formed into a brigade, he wasappointed surgeon-in-chief of the brigade, and remained in the field until theexpiration of the time for which the troops had enlisted, and then returnedhome and resumed his practice. The peaceful vocation
. D. When the President made a requi-sition on Pennsylvania for her quota of troops to resist the invasion of theBritish army in 1812, the Doctor marched as first lieutenant of Capt. Jere-miah Sniders company of volunteers. When the troops had all assembled atMeadville, the place of rendezvous, and were formed into a brigade, he wasappointed surgeon-in-chief of the brigade, and remained in the field until theexpiration of the time for which the troops had enlisted, and then returnedhome and resumed his practice. The peaceful vocation of a physicians lifewas, however, soon again interrupted by the rude alarm of war. When thenews of the threatened attack of the British on Baltimore, in 1814, reachedChambersburg, Dr. Culbertson immediately raised a company of volunteers,of which he was unanimously chosen captain, and marched without delay tothe relief of that city. When the enemy retired and the services of the com-pany were no longer needed, he marched it home, and again resumed his pro-.
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