Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.25

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HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 25

we had. Tell Will I will write to him tomorrow, but for him to write at once, and you as soon as you can.
Yours truly,
Wesley J. Rose

    On June 26, 1863, Governor Curtin issued a call for 60,000 volunteers for a term of three months for immediate service. The quota for Cambria County was 588. Johnstown responded at once by sending Maj. Ryckkman's company to Harrisburg. His lieutenants were J. Speer Orr and Isaac Cramer.
    Upon the return of the militia at the close of the preceding week, the people had resumed their daily vocations with a latent feeling of rest and safety, but with the call for more troops, and the information that the confederates were at Carlisle on their way to Harrisburg, and were destroying the Pennsylvania railroad they were again brought to face the question of war at home. The Pennsylvania railroad closed its shops in Altoona, and transferred all the cars and engines to points west of the Allegheny mountains. On Sunday, June 28, rumors that the enemy were at York, Wrightsville and other points near Harrisburg, that the Union Forces has been driven from Bloody Run to Bedford, and that Gen. Imboden with 6,000 mounted rangers was coming this way, came thick and fast.
    On Monday all trains traveled westward; freight trains that had passed east a few days before went flying towards the setting sun. Notice was given by the railroad company that fast passenger trains would be discontinued. The Cambria works had stopped and no business was transacted. The following day a large meeting was held on the Square to make efforts to meet the call of the governor. Burgess George S. King called it to order, and speeches were made by T. L. Heyer, Cyrus L. Pershing and the Revs. Agnew, Jackson and Ehrenfelt. The burgesses of Johnstown, Conemaugh, Millville and Cambria boroughs issued proclamations closing all saloons, and the merchants met in the council chamber and agreed to devote their time toward meeting the situation. Capt. Ryckman's company had taken its departure and others were being organized. There was to be one of cavalry, of which the officers were: Captain, James Quinn; Lieutenants, Rev. Cornelius H. Jackson and David G. McLaughlin; another by Capt. Webster B. Lowman and Robert W. Hunt, and another by Maj. John Flanagan, L. B. Cohick and John Howard, of Benscreek.
    Recruiting began to lag and the question of bounty was

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	25
we had. Tell Will I will write to him tomorrow, but for him to write at once, and you as soon as you can. Yours truly, Wesley J. Rose On June 26, 1863, Governor Curtin issued a call for 60,000 volunteers for a term of three months for immediate service. The quota for Cambria County was 588. Johnstown responded at once by sending Maj. Ryckkman's company to Harrisburg. His lieutenants were J. Speer Orr and Isaac Cramer. Upon the return of the militia at the close of the preceding week, the people had resumed their daily vocations with a latent feeling of rest and safety, but with the call for more troops, and the information that the confederates were at Carlisle on their way to Harrisburg, and were destroying the Pennsylvania railroad they were again brought to face the question of war at home. The Pennsylvania railroad closed its shops in Altoona, and transferred all the cars and engines to points west of the Allegheny mountains. On Sunday, June 28, rumors that the enemy were at York, Wrightsville and other points near Harrisburg, that the Union Forces has been driven from Bloody Run to Bedford, and that Gen. Imboden with 6,000 mounted rangers was coming this way, came thick and fast. On Monday all trains traveled westward; freight trains that had passed east a few days before went flying towards the setting sun. Notice was given by the railroad company that fast passenger trains would be discontinued. The Cambria works had stopped and no business was transacted. The following day a large meeting was held on the Square to make efforts to meet the call of the governor. Burgess George S. King called it to order, and speeches were made by T. L. Heyer, Cyrus L. Pershing and the Revs. Agnew, Jackson and Ehrenfelt. The burgesses of Johnstown, Conemaugh, Millville and Cambria boroughs issued proclamations closing all saloons, and the merchants met in the council chamber and agreed to devote their time toward meeting the situation. Capt. Ryckman's company had taken its departure and others were being organized. There was to be one of cavalry, of which the officers were: Captain, James Quinn; Lieutenants, Rev. Cornelius H. Jackson and David G. McLaughlin; another by Capt. Webster B. Lowman and Robert W. Hunt, and another by Maj. John Flanagan, L. B. Cohick and John Howard, of Benscreek. Recruiting began to lag and the question of bounty was