1 Bucks County
Intelligencer Affairs at Camp
Lacey. September 24, 1861 Page 3
Col. 1 1
Affairs at Camp Lacy.--Over eight hundred men
are now encamped on the old exhibition ground, west of
Doylestown, filling the ranks of the Ringgold Regiment
nearly to their full complement. Over one hundred tents
are pitched in regular order upon the greensward, and
everything wears the appearance of an established camp.
The whole encampment, Under a special order of the Col-
onel, is under command of Capt. E. L. Rogers. Visitors
are admitted every day except Sunday when the camp
will be open only from 3 to 6 o’clock. The men, as fast
as they have been examined and sworn in, have received
their uniforms, and now all of them appear in bran new
suits of Uncle Sam’s manufacture. They are apparently
comfortable and contented in camp, where they find plenty
of exercise in going through the drill and taking their
turns at standing guard. The blue uniforms and measured
tread of the volunteers may be seen and heard in our
streets at all hours of the day, and their appearance at
times gives Doylestown almost the air of a garrisoned post.
The men have as yet received no arms. We give below a
list of the officers in camp, with the number of men under
each:
Old Guard--Captain, J. Reed Orem; First Lieutenant,
Theophilus Kephart; Second do, John McCoy--70 men.
Quakertown Company--Captain Jacob Swartzlander ;
First Lieutenant, Richard Roberts ; Second do., Enos
Artman--65 men.
Reading Company--Captain, W. E. Walters ; First
Lieutenant, George W. Ashenfelter ; Second do.; Diller
B. Groff--60 men.
Nockamixon Company--Captain, John E. Corcoran ;
First Lieutenant Philip Hinkle ; Second do., Harry C.
Kessler--81 men.
McClellan Rangers--Captain, W. W. Marple ; First
Lieutenant, James M. Carver ; Second do., J. Oatherwood
Robinson--115 men.
Capt. Harvey’s Company--Captain, George T. Harvey;
First Lieutenant, E. Croll ; Second do., Mathias Lehnen--
65 men,
Pickering’s Company--Captain Henry Y. Pickering ;
First Lieutenant, Mahlon Yardley ; Second do., Edward
S. McDowell--65 men.
Philadelphia Company--Captain, Harris P. Duncan ;
First Lieutenant, William Hinkle ; Second do., Benjamin
Duncan--40 men.
Young Guard--Captain, Edward L. Rogers ; First
Lieutenant, Henry W. Haney ; Second do., James D.
Hendrie--85 men.
Middletown Company--Captain, Alfred Marple ; First
Lieutenant, George R. Hibbs ; Second do., Thompson
Hart--81 men.
Ringgold Aritllery--Captain Durell; 50 men.
Clement R. Whipple, Orderly Sergeant, has 10 men not
yet connected with any company.
Total number of men in camp--812