Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.127

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HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 127

Pa. The 15th Va. The 2d Maryland. Spare no efforts to execute these orders.
    By order Col. Mulligan.

JAMES H. NUGENT, Lt. and A. D. C.
    Col. Campbell, Commanding Fourth Brigade.
    Gen. Brook requested Gen. Couch to post pickets in Somerset county in the following:
    “It is important that men should be posted in Somerset county and the mountain east. * * * I have sent parties for this purpose * * *”

June 17, 1863.
Headquarters Department of the Susquehanna,
June 18, 1863
Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War:
    Sir: Milroy's 1700 reported this afternoon at Bedford, most of them, I fear, without arms. * * * Some 4,000 to 5,000 militia are assembled at Altoona and other points west of this. * * *

D. N. COUCH, Maj. Gen.
Headquarters Army of the Potomac,
July 14, 1863, 8:30 p. m.
Maj. Gen. H. W. Halleck:
    * * * General Kelley, with an infantry force, and Averell's cavalry, have reached Williamsport. Am I authorized to detain him here to watch the Potomac while I move to Berlin?

GEO. G. MEADE,
Maj. Gen. Commanding.
Maj. Gen. Meade:
    General Kelley has been ordered to cross the Potomac and act on Lee's right flank, in order to prevent raids into West Virginia. It is hoped that he may be able to do the enemy some harm there.

H. W. HALLECK,
General in Chief.

    As to the movements of the 54th Regiment from June 5 to July 31, 1863: Campbell's and Mulligan's brigades, of Kelley's command, Department of West Virginia, were concentrated at Hancock, whence they moved to Fairview, on North Mountain. Averell's cavalry brigade joined Kelley's infantry at Fairview. On August 31, Campbell's brigade aggregated 1,956 present, consisting of the following troops: 54th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. John P. Linton; 1st West Virginia, Col. Joseph Thoburn; Lafayette (Penna.) Cavalry, Serg. Jefferson G. Van Gilder; Ringgold (Penna.) Cavalry, Capt. Andrew J. Greenfield; Washington (Penna.) Cavalry, Lieut. John Dabinett; 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, Battery E, Capt. A. E. Moore.

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	127
Pa. The 15th Va. The 2d Maryland. Spare no efforts to execute these orders. By order Col. Mulligan. JAMES H. NUGENT, Lt. and A. D. C. Col. Campbell, Commanding Fourth Brigade. Gen. Brook requested Gen. Couch to post pickets in Somerset county in the following: “It is important that men should be posted in Somerset county and the mountain east. * * * I have sent parties for this purpose * * ” June 17, 1863. Headquarters Department of the Susquehanna, June 18, 1863 Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: Sir: Milroy's 1700 reported this afternoon at Bedford, most of them, I fear, without arms. * * Some 4,000 to 5,000 militia are assembled at Altoona and other points west of this. * * * D. N. COUCH, Maj. Gen. Headquarters Army of the Potomac, July 14, 1863, 8:30 p. m. Maj. Gen. H. W. Halleck: * * * General Kelley, with an infantry force, and Averell's cavalry, have reached Williamsport. Am I authorized to detain him here to watch the Potomac while I move to Berlin? GEO. G. MEADE, Maj. Gen. Commanding. Maj. Gen. Meade: General Kelley has been ordered to cross the Potomac and act on Lee's right flank, in order to prevent raids into West Virginia. It is hoped that he may be able to do the enemy some harm there. H. W. HALLECK, General in Chief. As to the movements of the 54th Regiment from June 5 to July 31, 1863: Campbell's and Mulligan's brigades, of Kelley's command, Department of West Virginia, were concentrated at Hancock, whence they moved to Fairview, on North Mountain. Averell's cavalry brigade joined Kelley's infantry at Fairview. On August 31, Campbell's brigade aggregated 1,956 present, consisting of the following troops: 54th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. John P. Linton; 1st West Virginia, Col. Joseph Thoburn; Lafayette (Penna.) Cavalry, Serg. Jefferson G. Van Gilder; Ringgold (Penna.) Cavalry, Capt. Andrew J. Greenfield; Washington (Penna.) Cavalry, Lieut. John Dabinett; 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, Battery E, Capt. A. E. Moore.