father and uncle, Colonel George Hambright, serving during the War of 1812 and after- ward. Henry was made a First Lieutenant during the Mexican War. Later, dur- ing the Civil War, he commanded the 79th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volun- teers as a colonel, and upon the mustering out of the 79th, he was

, and because of this, we have here Pennsylvania history with a decided Lancaster County flavor. This sketch is concerned with the children of those gallant Pennsylvania men who defended the Union in the years of our Civil War; and can there- fore properly be considered as Civil War history. Also, as it

JAMES D. McMAHON HISTORY OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT IN LANCASTER How a Civil War monument event- ually came to the crossroads of Lan- caster where it has resisted successfully the efforts of anti-traditionists is told by a police officer with an interest in the monument and history. In

, headquarters at Chambersburg." 1 During the Civil War military departments varied in size according to the nearness of the enemy and their possible involvement in military action. Thus, Pennsylvania was in eight different departments during the course of the war:2 Department of the East Jan. 1, 1861 to April

President he would accept, if he was not interfered with from Washington. This the President would not promise him, therefore your Uncle declined the offer. I am positive as to the date being June 2nd . . ." 3. Warren W. Hassler, Jr., The First Day's Battle of Gettysburg, "Civil War History," Quarterly

James Buchanan, 1854-1906, m. 1879 Thomasine Thomas Patty, 1856-1861 Nellie, 1858-1859 Richard Jenkins, 1860-1862 Elliot Eskridge, 1862-1917 James Buchanan Henry, nephew of the president, had eight sons: Dr. Reginald B. Henry, b. 1881, of Norfolk, Virginia; Capt. MC USN, and seven others. From Dr. R. B

. From this equity document we learn of some of the distressing and igno- ble actions of Harriet's Uncle Edward, the Reverend Edward Y. Buchanan. Upon the death of James Buchanan Wheatland belonged to Harriet. She and her husband left for Baltimore on June 6, 1868, almost immediately after Buchanan's