Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.73

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History of Cambria County, V.2

HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 73

    Abraham Lincoln was the actual military commander of the Army of the Potomac during the period in which Gen. Hooker was the field marshal. Gen. Burnside had his army subdivided into three grand divisions: Maj-Gen. Hooker commanded the center, Maj-Gen. Sumner the right, and Maj-Gen. Franklin the left. Capt. Litzinger was promoted to major. Capt. Lewis was killed at Gaines' Mill. Capt. Daniel D. Jones was killed in the Wilderness.

MILITIA – SEPTEMBER 11 to 25, 1862.

    In the 4th Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia in the campaign of 1862 there were two companies from Cambria County—Company E from Ebensburg and Company K from Carrolltown. Robert Litzinger was captain of Company E at enlistment, but upon his election as colonel, Daniel O. Evans was chosen to succeed him. Joseph Cole was captain of Company K.
    The 4th Regiment was organized on September 11, and sworn into the state's service at Harrisburg to serve during emergency. The regiment went to Chambersburg by train and camped on the farm of A. K. McClure for a day, then was hurried to Hagerstown, and on the night of the 16th and part of the 17th was drawn up in line of battle at Antietam. Governor Curtin immediately declared the emergency over, and the regiment was mustered out on September 25th. Gen. John F. Reynolds, who then commanded a corps in the Army of the Potomac, was in command of the Pennsylvania Militia.
    There were two companies from Cambria county in the emergency service in the campaign of 1863—Company A from Ebensburg, and Company B from Wilmore. They, with three other companies, formed an Independent Battalion, commanded by Robert Litzinger as lieutenant-colonel. Daniel O. Evans was elected captain of Company A after Litzinger became colonel, and William R. Hughes was captain of Company B. This battalion was sworn into the United States service in Bedford county, June 15, 1863, to serve during the emergency, and was discharged at Harrisburg, August 8, 1863. It was encamped in Bedford county during this time, engaged in guard duty and drill.
    Gen. Nelson A. Miles commanded the Pennsylvania Militia and had his headquarters at Huntingdon. Capt. Daniel O. Evans, Col. Litzinger and Lieut. Evan D. Evans held the same offices in the 4th Regiment Pennsylvania Militia of 1863, and were veterans of the Mexican war.

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	73
Abraham Lincoln was the actual military commander of the Army of the Potomac during the period in which Gen. Hooker was the field marshal. Gen. Burnside had his army subdivided into three grand divisions: Maj-Gen. Hooker commanded the center, Maj-Gen. Sumner the right, and Maj-Gen. Franklin the left. Capt. Litzinger was promoted to major. Capt. Lewis was killed at Gaines' Mill. Capt. Daniel D. Jones was killed in the Wilderness. MILITIA – SEPTEMBER 11 to 25, 1862. In the 4th Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia in the campaign of 1862 there were two companies from Cambria County—Company E from Ebensburg and Company K from Carrolltown. Robert Litzinger was captain of Company E at enlistment, but upon his election as colonel, Daniel O. Evans was chosen to succeed him. Joseph Cole was captain of Company K. The 4th Regiment was organized on September 11, and sworn into the state's service at Harrisburg to serve during emergency. The regiment went to Chambersburg by train and camped on the farm of A. K. McClure for a day, then was hurried to Hagerstown, and on the night of the 16th and part of the 17th was drawn up in line of battle at Antietam. Governor Curtin immediately declared the emergency over, and the regiment was mustered out on September 25th. Gen. John F. Reynolds, who then commanded a corps in the Army of the Potomac, was in command of the Pennsylvania Militia. There were two companies from Cambria county in the emergency service in the campaign of 1863—Company A from Ebensburg, and Company B from Wilmore. They, with three other companies, formed an Independent Battalion, commanded by Robert Litzinger as lieutenant-colonel. Daniel O. Evans was elected captain of Company A after Litzinger became colonel, and William R. Hughes was captain of Company B. This battalion was sworn into the United States service in Bedford county, June 15, 1863, to serve during the emergency, and was discharged at Harrisburg, August 8, 1863. It was encamped in Bedford county during this time, engaged in guard duty and drill. Gen. Nelson A. Miles commanded the Pennsylvania Militia and had his headquarters at Huntingdon. Capt. Daniel O. Evans, Col. Litzinger and Lieut. Evan D. Evans held the same offices in the 4th Regiment Pennsylvania Militia of 1863, and were veterans of the Mexican war.