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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	43
struck it and the inmates were driven out. A splendid supper had been prepared for them, and not desiring to lose it, the enemy had halted a short distance from the house to consider the situation, when a shell from the howitzer scattered them in all directions. On July 2 the regiment crossed the Potomac and advanced along the pike towards Martinsburg, where it found the dwellings abandoned by the citizens, who had sought safety in flight. Company B had a skirmish on the 3d wherein one of the enemy was killed and tow wounded. In the afternoon the whole column entered Martinsburg with demonstrations of joy and welcome.     The regiment was ordered to move at daylight on Monday, the 15th, with five days' rations in the haversacks. At that time it marched towards Bunker Hill, and on the way found numerous camping grounds of the enemy. It remained in the vicinity of Bunker Hill until the 17th, when it marched to Charlestown, where it arrived at 4 p.m. and encamped west of the town. On the night of the 20th it moved out on the road to Harper's Ferry for a distance of about two miles, and finding the enemy the troops were drawn in battle line. The 10th Regiment was facing the north, with its right resting on a thick wood, and the left on the river, but the enemy did not seek a contest and retired. The regiment remained in camp at this point until the 23d of July, where it received the disheartening information of the Union defeat at Bull Run. On the 24th the regiment moved to a point opposite Antietam creek, where it forded the Potomac and marched to Hagerstown, thence to Harrisburg by rail, where it was mustered out on the 31st, the three months' term having expired.     Capt. Carroll's company, with Maj. White, immediately began recruiting a regiment for a three year term, and soon organized the 55th Pennsylvania Infantry, wherein it was Company A, and Capt. Michael O'Connell's company of Johnstown became Company C.     The following were officers of the Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers: FIELD AND STAFF Colonel, Sullivan A Meredith, Lieutenant Colonel, Oliver J. Dickey, Major, Richard White, Adjutant, Daniel H. Heitshue,   Quartermaster, Alexander M. White, Surgeon, William H. Taggart, Assistant Surgeon, John I. Marks, COMPANY G     Recruited at Wilmore and Lilly, Cambria county; mustered in April 22, 1861; mustered out July 31, 1861.

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