, they lost 216 men killed, wounded and missing. It is one ofthe higher loss percentages of all the units in the Civil War. Their service there was part of a fine stand by their brigade, led by Col. John C. Starkweather, ofWisconsin. While recovering from that battle, the brigade was assigned to guard

Regimental History of the 79th Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War: The Lancaster County Regiment By Harrison C. Williams Preface The Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment was recruited from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with the exception of Company D, which was recruited from

these implements to fight the rapidly spreading flames 60 The borough of Wrightsville had one or two fire engines but Gordon, in his Reminiscences of the Civil War, stated that no engines were available. The engines may have been removed to Columbia "either for safekeeping or to pre- vent their use when