Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.255

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HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 255

graded and everything cleaned up; it is on a beautiful location on a high hill on the banks of the Potomac, with a fine view of the river and Aquia creek.
    Sabbath, 17. 133d and 134th P. V. started home today.
    Tuesday, 19. Our regiment arrived at Aquia Creek in cars from Falmouth; boarded the steamer "John A. Warner," and left at 2 p. m., and arrived in Washington City at 6 p. m.; marched to the barracks.
    Wednesday, 20. Met James M. Swank, Theodore Barnett and John Fulton. Our regiment left for Baltimore in freight cars, about noon; we were treated well in Baltimore; left about midnight for Harrisburg.
    Thursday, 21. Arrived in Harrisburg at 1 p. m. and marched to Camp Curtin; the 126th, 127th, 130th, 131st, 133d, 134th, 135th and 136th are here; the 137th has not arrived.
    Friday, 22. McKee and Joseph Moore started home on a visit.
    Saturday, 23. The 131st and 135th are being mustered out.
    Sabbath, 24. Sawyer, Hartzell and I attended Lutheran church in the Senate Chamber today; just nine months today since I attended a church service.
    Tuesday, 26. Just nine months since I left home; 133d and 134th mustered out.
    Wednesday, 27. Our rolls made out and tested.
    Friday, 29. The 133d and 134th P. V. started home last night. Our company mustered out today about 10 a. m.
    Sabbath, 31. The boys received their pay today; mine was $98.02 and $32.55. total $130.57; clothing bill $36.26, balance $94.31, out of which I must buy a soldier's ticket, $3.50; stopped at the National Hotel; started in passenger cars about 7 p. m. for home; arrived in Altoona about daylight.
    Monday, June 1. Arrived about 11 a. m. in Johnstown; we met a hearty welcome. When I left home my weight was 168 and today it is 138.
    (For additional history of Company K, 136th Regiment, see articles on the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.)
    Casualties of Company G. 136th Penna., during the Chancellorsville campaign, April 29 to May 2, 1863: At Pollock's Mill Creek (White Oak Run), or Fitzhugh Crossing: 1 officer and 5 enlisted men wounded. Lieut. Alfred C. Lindsay, mortally wounded, April 30, 1863.

THE EIGHTEENTH PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY, OR ONE HUNDRED AND
SIXTY-THIRD PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. COL. T. M.
BRYAN AND COL. T. F. RODENBAUGH.

    Capt. David Hamilton's Company K, of Johnstown, belonged to this regiment. The troops were recruited from Phila-

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	255
graded and everything cleaned up; it is on a beautiful location on a high hill on the banks of the Potomac, with a fine view of the river and Aquia creek. Sabbath, 17. 133d and 134th P. V. started home today. Tuesday, 19. Our regiment arrived at Aquia Creek in cars from Falmouth; boarded the steamer "John A. Warner," and left at 2 p. m., and arrived in Washington City at 6 p. m.; marched to the barracks. Wednesday, 20. Met James M. Swank, Theodore Barnett and John Fulton. Our regiment left for Baltimore in freight cars, about noon; we were treated well in Baltimore; left about midnight for Harrisburg. Thursday, 21. Arrived in Harrisburg at 1 p. m. and marched to Camp Curtin; the 126th, 127th, 130th, 131st, 133d, 134th, 135th and 136th are here; the 137th has not arrived. Friday, 22. McKee and Joseph Moore started home on a visit. Saturday, 23. The 131st and 135th are being mustered out. Sabbath, 24. Sawyer, Hartzell and I attended Lutheran church in the Senate Chamber today; just nine months today since I attended a church service. Tuesday, 26. Just nine months since I left home; 133d and 134th mustered out. Wednesday, 27. Our rolls made out and tested. Friday, 29. The 133d and 134th P. V. started home last night. Our company mustered out today about 10 a. m. Sabbath, 31. The boys received their pay today; mine was $98.02 and $32.55. total $130.57; clothing bill $36.26, balance $94.31, out of which I must buy a soldier's ticket, $3.50; stopped at the National Hotel; started in passenger cars about 7 p. m. for home; arrived in Altoona about daylight. Monday, June 1. Arrived about 11 a. m. in Johnstown; we met a hearty welcome. When I left home my weight was 168 and today it is 138. (For additional history of Company K, 136th Regiment, see articles on the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.) Casualties of Company G. 136th Penna., during the Chancellorsville campaign, April 29 to May 2, 1863: At Pollock's Mill Creek (White Oak Run), or Fitzhugh Crossing: 1 officer and 5 enlisted men wounded. Lieut. Alfred C. Lindsay, mortally wounded, April 30, 1863. THE EIGHTEENTH PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY, OR ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THIRD PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. COL. T. M. BRYAN AND COL. T. F. RODENBAUGH. Capt. David Hamilton's Company K, of Johnstown, belonged to this regiment. The troops were recruited from Phila-