and resided at Locust Grove in later years, was familiar with many of these circumstances. Having heard �his father, John Wiley, relate the same, to whom Mr. Sherer had de- scribed his New York journey, desir- ing to confirm the details, wrote to my uncle, the late Prof. S. S. Halde- man (1812-1880

- sey. Some authorities claim there were thirty companies of about 2,500 men. In the war of 1812-15 with England, I find 830 names credited to Lancas- ter county, but there were probably some who joined the army elsewhere and were not credited to the county. In the Mexican War of 1846-48, many entered

territories to be named after Union officers and govern them the same as the other territorial govern- ments in the United States. This view of Stevens doubtless, to a great extent, influenced his course in the case of Senator C. C. Clay, Jr., of Alabama, at the close of the war. Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr