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ELK COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR - THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT (BUCKTAILS)

Scarcely had the echoes of the Confederate guns at Fort Sumter died away, when the telegraph wire bore a message from Thomas L. Kane to Gov. Curtin asking permission to raise a regiment. The permit was granted at once, and going into Elk county he enlisted Hiram Woodruff at the old tavern in Williamsville Hollow, placed a bucktail in the recruit's hat, and went forth to enlist the Forty-second Rifle Regiment.

THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT (BUCKTAILS).

42nd Regiment

Company G, of the Forty-second Regiment (better known as the Bucktails, or Kane's Rifle Regiment), was recruited in Elk county, in April, and mustered May 29, 1861, when Hugh McDonald was commissioned captain. He served until muster out, June 11, 1864, and was brevetted major in March, 1865.

Jesse B. Doan, the first lieutenant, resigned January 11, 1862;

Thomas B. Winslow was promoted from private to first lieutenant on the same date, and served until the close.

A.J. Sparks, second lieutenant, resigned in April, 1862;

John A. Wolf rose from sergeant to first lieutenant, February 1, 1863;

John L. Luther was promoted to second lieutenant, March 11, 1863, and was discharged March 12, 1865;

Sergt. Seth Keys was mustered out in June, 1864;

Sergt. J.B. Thompson was were transferred to the One Hundred and Ninetieth Regiment , and

Samuel S. Caldwell to the V.R.C. Corp.

John H. Evans died at Harrisburg, July 1, 1861;

John Looney was killed at Fredericksburg, and

John C. Wray died at Harrisburg.

Among the private troops killed on the field or who died from the effect of wounds were:

W.W. Barr and Joseph N. Hoffman, killed at Spottsylvania, May 9, 1864;

Martin Kelly, Cyrus Marginson, Willard Aylin, at Harrisonburg, June 6, 1862;

John Wenrick and John A. Spencer, at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862;

Hiram Woodruff, at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, while

A.S. Davis died of wounds received there;

W.D. Watkins was accidentally killed at Alexandria;

D. Nolin committed suicide;

Charles K. Coleman, James Cassiday, Ben Fuller, Alanson Holly, Jerry Sullivan, Ezra P. Tillson, and John Imes died in service;

John Miller was killed while drawing the attention of the enemy;

John P. Arts and Allen C. DeBeck, were missing after the affair of May 30, 1864, at Bethesda Church.

Among the wounded discharged were Clinton Bundy, W.H. Chase, G.C. De Beck, John F. Dailey, James H. Elder, Ben Ireland, J.A. Lehman, Allen Mahlen, John Reinhart, August Rhanewalt and Jackson Stewart.

The private troops discharged on surgeon's certificates are named as follows:

Simon B. Benson, Lafayette Bingham, A.C. Carpenter, Orlando Davis, William Daniels, G.W. English, A.J. Graham, J. Garrison, Thomas A. Gross, James H. Hollis, C. Lukens, R. W. Lenish, T. Montgomery, James McDonald, Ben Sparks, Edward D. Sawyer, George Shaffer, John Sheeley, W.L. Stark, N.H. Tubbs and Jesse D. Varner.

The troopers sentenced by court-martial to be discharged were D.M. Henderson and Michael. McCoy.

The transfers to the One Hundred and Ninetieth Regiment , May 31, 1864, were Clinton Bandy, Levi Bateman, Napoleon Burnett, James C. Cummings, F.G. Cordes, Marcus Kline, Joseph Farley, Floyd Holly, J.A. Hollingshead, Reuben Keller, W. Kreecht, J.W. Miller, Marshal Quay, Cyrus Bobbins, James Rawley, F.H. Robinson, A.J. Simers, Elhannan Stephens, J.W. Strubble, Robert L. Sharer, C. Wansall and Lawrence Willey.

The private troops mustered out with company, June 11, 1864, were John F. Darley, G.C. DeBeck, Tartulas J. Garrison, T.B. Johnston, John W. Leeman, Thomas H. Ryan, G.W. Scott, J.W. Wharton and Joseph. Walshe.

Among the men transferred to other regiments were Thomas Furlong and John Imes to the V.R.C., and

James Gross and George H. Price to the Sixth U. S. Cavalry;

A. Kearns, L. Lewis and R.C. Winslow were not on roll at this date;

William Warner and J.H. Whitehead were on detached service;

Edward Doan was reported as missing in June.

John Showers and James A. Graham in August, and

George R. Norwood in May, 1861;

Rufus Padget and W.D. Warner in June, 1863;

Solomon King was a soldier in Company I.

Among the soldiers of the Forty-second residing here belonging to the regimental association are Levi Bateman, L.W. Gifford, T.B. Johnson, William Kreecht, Reuben Keller and L. Lucore.

Capt. Anthony A. Clay, of Rasselas, served in the Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry , and has been a resident of Elk county for over twenty-three years. He was born at Vienna, Austria, in 1839.

Among other soldiers from this county are the following named from St. Mary's and neighborhood:

James Phelan, 58th ;

Anthony Schauer, 10th ;

Jeremiah Sullivan, 58th ;

Louis Garner; George Krellner, 6th ;

Sebastian Metz 6th ;

George Kingsley; Charles Scheider; M. Stevich; Thomas Zimmett, 111th ;

Jacob Schubert, 111th ;

George. Smith, 111th ;

Capt. Charles Volk, 111th ;

Frank Bieberger, 111th ;

Frank Weidenboerner;

Charles Harpstritt, 111th ;

Andrew Dippold, 111th ;

Frank Weis, 111th ;

George Nissell, 111th ; _____ Stauffer, Sr., 111th ; _______ Stauffer, Jr., 111th ;

Stephen Henry; Frank Sosenheimer, 105th;

John Langenfeld; ________ Nissell; A. Brahm; John E. Weidenboerner, 105th;

John Fischer, 105th;

Wendel Lion; Philip Wilhelm, U.S. Cavalry;

William Krackle, 10th;

John Kries; John Miller; Jacob Miller; John Oyster; Reuben Kellar; Nicholas Brockway; Henry Largay; John Wellendorf; Peter Albel, 105th.

Dr. Bardwell was appointed local surgeon of the invalid corps January 1, 1865, on which date there were fifty-six invalid soldiers placed in the old courthouse, now the Bogert House, under Capt. Short. Two months later another detachment arrived and were quartered in the old school house across the river. All the men recovered and were discharged.

R.W. Petrikin, born in Benezette township in 1843, was killed by Indians in Mexico, October 15, 1882, while acting as chief of construction on the Mexican International Railroad. He entered West Point in 1861, and in 1866 was assigned duty as lieutenant at Baltimore.

The Elk County Guards organized in August, 1854, with R. Maginniss, captain; Harvey Henry, first lieutenant; W.N. Whitney, second lieutenant; J.F. Dill, ensign; W.C. Healy, first sergeant; Crawford, second; Wilcox, third, and H. Souther, fourth; H.A. Parsons, first corporal; P.T. Brooks, second; L. Brigham, third, and C. Mead, fourth.

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