equality, Lincoln not only saved the Union, but he incarnated the spirit which alone can preserve it. These are but a few of the tributes paid to him by, men of note. FOUR ATTEND THE ENCAMPMENT Only four of the few remaining Civil War veterans of Lancaster County were able to accept the invitation of their

; or One Hundred and Sixty-Second of the Line Pennsylvania Volunteers. Theodore W. Bean, Phil- adelphia, 1865, 32-3. The writer has included some incidents from his per- sonal recollection of Edward E. Wood. 3 The Civil War Record of Edward E. Wood is contained in the History of the Seventeenth

A CHINESE SOLDIER IN THE CIVIL WAR BY WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER In these days when the restriction of immigration is a much-mooted question, it is pleasing to record that some sixty odd years ago there came to this country a poor Chinese youth who lived in our city for nine years, during which time

MARY R. MALONEY "DEAR KATE" An account of the tragic aftermath of the death of Major General John Fulton Reynolds, U.S.A., on the First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg. One of the most poignant and yet scarcely known tragedies of the Civil War was the death of Major General John Fulton Reynolds of

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

GLENN E. BILLET THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SUSQUEHANNA Here for the first time is the history of the military department and its com- mander who was charged with repel- ling the Confederate invaders of Penn- sylvania. INTRODUCTION Many historians state that 1863 was the crucial year of the Civil War

, 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

M. LUTHER HEISEY THE GALLANT SEVENTY-NINTH REGIMENT Mr. Heisey turns the spotlight on Lan- caster County's most representative Civil War unit, chronicling the march- es and feats of that brave regiment. In this centennial anniversary period of the tremendous struggle known to us as our Civil War

. Soldiers were friends and neighbors who went off to fight — until the next planting or harvest. This war was very different. By the end of the Civil War, units had become less homogeneous, men from different communities and even different states were forced together by the exigencies of battle where trust