GENERAL W. W. H. Davis, commander of the 104th Pennsylvania Volunteers, hero of the Civil War.  The story

of his regiment’s campaigns begins on the following page.

Readers Help With

Civil War Edition

The credit for this Civil War

edition of the Daily Intelligencer,

depicting the gallantry of volun-

teers from the Bucks - Montgom-

ery area, goes to a number of

people.  We wish to make grate-

ful acknowledgment.

Staff Writer Ken Rappeport,

waded through a number of his-

torical documents and came up

with most of the fine stories in

this edition.

The photographs are by Rudy

Millarg, our chief photographer. 

Many of the pictures were tak-

en at Manassas Junction, Va.,

where the First Battle of Ma-

nassas was recently reenacted.

For their most excellent help,

anecdotes, old photographs, and

general encouragement, we are

indebted to:

Mrs. Beverly Blackway of

Johnsville, Walter Taylor of Re-

vere, Lambert S. Holland of Fur-

long, George M. Hart of George

School, the Bucks County Histor-

ical Museum, Mrs. H. F. Martin-

dell of George School.

Dan Atkinson, Elizabeth Slas,

Harolod F. Hellyer Jr., Dr. Rus-

sell Green, the Rev. John R.

Chisholm and Donald Warner,

all of Doylestown.

And those Civil War buffs,

members of the 56th Pennsylvan-

ia Volunteer Infantry Company

A, led by Harlan Kellerman of

Doylestown RD 3, and the 72nd

Pennsylvania Volunteers led by

Walter Taylor of Revere.