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Title: History of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, prepared from official records, diaries, and other authentic sources of information
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Prowell, George Reeser, 1849-1928
Subjects: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 87th (1861-1865)
Publisher: York, Pa., Press of the York daily
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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he suc-ceeded in reaching Cockeysville and destroyed the NorthernCentral Railroad bridges in that vicinity. In the meantimeJohnson detached the Maryland Battalion, under Major HarryGilmore who passed along the eastern boundaries of Baltimoreand destroyed bridges, two miles in length, over the GunpowderRiver, belonging to the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad.He also halted and robbed two passenger trains on their way toPhiladelphia. General Franklin, a native of York, was a pas-senger on one of these trains. He was taken prisoner, but afew days later, escaped from the guard at Reisterstown, Mary-land. On the morning ot July 12 the 87th moved to Druid HillPark, where it remained in camp with the division. At 10 a. m.of the 14th, the regiment with the other troops, took the carsfor Washington. They ate supper at the Soldiers Rest in thatcity, and halted for the night near the railroad station. Lieu-tenant Daniel, of Company G, and a number of men arrivedfrom Monocacy the next morning.
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— 193 — July. 15 was a warm day. After taking breakfast the divisionmarched up Pennsylvania Ayenue, passing the United StatesTreasury which their valor at Monocacy had saved from theConfederate raiders. Moving around the curve of the avenuethe White House came in full view. Standing by a window,President Lincoln watched the moving column of veterans whomarched on through Georgetown and Tenallytown, to Pooles-ville, Maryland, where they encamped for the night. The 19th Corps and the 1st and 2d Divisions of the 6thCorps were at Poolesville. Their arrival at Washington in timeto meet Early at the northern approaches of the city, had causedthe latter to retreat across the Potomac,, and move toward theShenandoah Valley. Ricketts Division moved at 5 a. m. along the banks of thePotomac to Edwards Ferry, where they forded the stream. Itwas waist deep. The weather was intensely hot, and the menenjoyed going into the water. The march was continued onthrough Leesburg, Virginia. At 4 p. m. of

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