the Johnstown Light Infantry for four years before the beginning of the war. The regiment was organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, on April 20, 1861, and on the same day was mustered into the service of the United States. The Third left Harrisburg on April 20, and went by rail to Baltimore, but owing to the destruction of the railroad bridge at Cockeysville, Maryland, was unable to proceed farther and therefore camped at that place until the 22d, when it returned to York, Pennsylvania, and went into camp. While there the command was thoroughly drilled and disciplined in camp and army life, and as the commissary department was not fully organized the loyal inhabitants of the locality contributed food and rations for the men in camp. On May 27 the regiment moved to Camp Chambers, three miles from Chambersburg, and there was assigned to the Second Brigade, Second Division, Army of the Shenandoah, under command of General Patterson. On June 7th it proceeded to Hagerstown, Maryland, thence to Funkstown, thence to Williamsport, and on the 2d of July crossed the Potomac and engaged, the enemy in a sharp skirmish at Falling Waters. From this place the army marched to Martinsburg, Virginia, from which place the Third Regiment was sent back on detached service to guard the general supply depot which had been stationed at Williamsport, Maryland, where it remained until its term of enlistment expired. Then the regiment was ordered home for muster out.
Having taken part in all the services of his company and regiment, Mr. Moore was discharged at Harrisburg, August 29, 1861; but one year later, on August 27, 1862, he reenlisted for nine months' service as second sergeant of Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania volunteer Infantry. On the organization of the company Josiah K. Hite was elected captain of Company K. In the composition of the regiment four companies, E, F, G and H, were raised in Allegheny county; D in Tioga county; B in Luzerne and Tioga counties; I in Crawford, Centre and Columbia counties, and K in Cambria county. The regiment was organized at Camp Curtin, August 20, 1862, with field and staff officers as follows: Colonel, Thomas M. Bayne; lieutenant-colonel, Isaac Wright, major, Charles Ryan. The regiment left the state for the defenses of Washington on August 29, and was assigned to duty in the line of forts surrounding the capital, Company K being stationed at Fort Thayer. Just at that time the Second Bull Run battle was being fought, and after it was ended the regiment was posted along the line of defenses north and west of the city, doing guard duty and strengthening the fortifications. On September 27th the companies of the regiment were brought together in camp near Chain Bridge, and two days later moved into the city, thence to Frederick, Maryland, and two weeks afterward to Sharpsburg, where it was assigned to the Second Brigade, Second Division, First Corps, Army of the Potomac. While in Maryland the time was spent in drill and picket duty along the river, but more arduous service was awaiting it.
The regiment marched with the army on Burnside's Fredericksburg campaign and participated in the desperate battle from December 11 to l5, the main engagement taking place in the 13th. On that day the First Corps bore the heaviest of the fighting on the left of the line of battle. After Fredericksburg the army recrossed the Potomac and went into winter quarter. However, in January, 1863, the regiment took part in Burnside's "mud march" in the proposed winter campaign. This occupied from January 20 to 24, and resulted only in hardships, but it satis-
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