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Chapter XII
The Second War With England. | |||
Commanded by Lieut.-Col. John L. Pierson, of Ridley.
Captain, John Hall; First Lieutenant, Matthew Dunbar; Second Lieutenant, William Scofield; Third Lieutenant, Thomas Olly; Ensign, Robert Dunn.
Sergeants. - Jacob Wise, John Bowers, Jr., Joseph Dunwoody, Jabez Lewis.
Privates. - Joseph Bittle, Isaac Davis, Robert Corker, Moses Newlin, Joseph Fulton, Bennett Lewis, Thomas J. Miles, Isaac Richards, John Daver, John Reyner, Joshua Lainhoff, Samuel Taylor, John Ormsby, Benjamin Serril, John Mann, John Engle, John McGahey, John Cray, Peter King, Joseph Evens, Samuel Lynch, Abraham Miller, Philip Rap, Thomas Car, Armet Rossiter, William Phillips, Jacob Kulp, Ezekiel Shur, Jesse Shaner or Shawer, Jacob Root, Daniel Root, John Job, Frederick Hough, Isaac Zebar, John McKealher, George Hough, Daniel Rice, Thomas Scot, Jabez Nice, Samuel Lindsey, William Rudabaugh, Samuel Rudolph, James Blundat, William Field, Peter Burns, William Evens, Lewis Pennell, John Alexander, Edward McLary, Thomas C. Pearce, Eli Roberts, Samuel Lindsey, John Standley, John Humphreys, Jacob Wiley, John Fergurson, John Hoofstickler, Benjamin Worrell, Thomas E. Downs, James Everheart, Samuel Miller, Ston, Samuel Miller, Wht, John Shaffener, John White, David Royer, Adam Poley, Jacob Donahower, Samuel Walker, Peter Defrain, Conrad Baker, Jesse Boyer, David Shuteman, John Rap, Nathan Brook, Mittle Hause, Andrew Laird, Jacob Haven, Martain Sheater, John Walker, Alexander Clemans, Malen Rossiter, Miles Beatty, Francis Enos, William Fox, James McFagen, William McNeal, Marcus Boon, Charles Bugle, Mifflin Lewis, John Hoops, Jacob Jones, Able Lodge, Daniel Davis, Samuel Jenet, Philip Litzenburg, Benjamin Urian, John Hoiser, Denis Sheridan, George Brannan, James Hughs, Isaac Garrison, Mordecai Thomas, Philip Miller, Jacob Stoneback, Henry Longacker, Abiza Rossiter, Able Williams, Jacob Smith, John Shinkle, Jacob King, Michael King, George Geger, Jacob Defrain, James Lundy, Jacob Longaker, James Adrikens, Henry Stophelbine, William Danafelser, Isaac Jones, Henry Sheet, John Possey, Daniel Young, George Litzenburg, John Saylor, Amos Griffith, Andrew Rively.
Privates. - Reuben Taylor, George Roberts, Jacob Goodwin, James Degrant, Kenith McKinzy, John Smith, George Hersh, Hezekiah Jackson, Lawrence Wilson, Edward Salyards, Henry Garman, Jacob Forwood, William Hoskins, Joseph Conway, Thompson Hunter, Samuel Sinquet, Jacob Howell, John McDonald, Levi Waldravin, Davis Morgan, David Rider, David Egee, William Town, John Frame, Joseph Rogers, John Cross, John Archer, Benjamin Torton, Samuel Eppright, William Thompson, William Sill, Matthew Scott, Thomas McKeown, Charles Rowland, John King, James Day, William White, William Bowers, Joseph H. Lawrence, George Wells, Powell Clayton, Charles Griffith, John Burk, Benjamin Clare, Evan Griffith, John Walker, Richard Ford, William Bucknell, Hugh Love, David Williamson, Thomas Trimble, James Cummings, John Farrow, Samuel Griffith, John Gallino, Francis Himes, John Funterwise, Thomas Hutcheson, Henry Pearson, Peter Pearson, Thomas Llewellyn, George L. Davis, Joseph Farrow, Thomas Everson, Jonathan Crozier, James Brothers, Isaac White, John Kitts, William Martin, Jacob Essex, George Hannum, Benjamin Work, Edward May, Edward W. Robeson, William Dempsey, Samuel Pennell, John Petterson, Timothy Pierce, William Hodge, Benjamin Thompson, William McCray, Abram Peck, John Gilmore, Thomas Kelly, Martin Bryan, Thomas Chaffin, John Nickles, William Sharp, Peter Young, Aaron Carter, Jeremiah Murry, Jesse Sharpless, Oswald Sill, John Bane, Isaac Eaches, John Heck, Bartholomew Shimer, Samuel Sullivan, John Haycock, Jacob Stanley, Thomas Cochran, Henry Carr, Atlee Porter, Samuel Cozens, Emmor Davis, Charles Rowland, George Farrow, John Wizer, Lazarus Weldner.
Entered United States service Sept. 20, 1814; encamped at Camp Snyder, Marcus Hook, Oct. 17, 1814.
Sergeants. - James McGuigan, John Taylor, George Peters, Thomas Ash, Patrick McGuigan.
Corporals. - Samuel Roberts, Barney McGuigan, Benjamin Yarnall.
Privates. - Samuel Bittle, Eli Ratteu, James Mitchel, William Davis, James Huff, Jehu Griffith, John Henthorn, John Gorby, Aaron Beale, Giliad Burns, William McLaughlin, Sr., Jacob Stewart, John Varly, Thomas Marshall, Aaron Smith, John Davis, William Turner, John Kelly, Samuel Burnet, Jesse Green, James McCoy, Joseph Griffith, Henry Bean, Jesse McKinstry, Woodward Hampton, Nicholas Marrow, Daniel Likens, George McBride, Frederick Stimel, Alexander Torbert, Peter Harper, Richard Baker, Abel Green, Francis Harbinson, William Rauzel (or Raugel), David Cornog, Robert Valentine, William Graff, George Russell, Frederick Close, Curtis Barlow, Cornelius Wright, William Odenheimer, William Weare, John R. Price, Archibald Dougherty, William Smith, Jacob Rizer, William Mace, Levan Bernard, Andrew Black, James Weare, Samuel Russell, Charles Smith, Thomas Mercer, Benjamin Allison, Isaac Tompkins, Richard Clayton, Aaron Lawrence, Jeremiah Dutton, John Smith, William McLaughlin, David Torton, John H. Craig, John Barlow, Vincent Jester, Charles McGarraty, John Alcot, John S. Hannum, Robert Steel, Thomas Brown, James Hodge, George Hine, Peter Smith, John Burnet, Joseph Murphy, Jacob Young, Valentine Dick, David Jay, Abel Smedley, John S. Travis, Richard Warnick, John Wheeling, James Taylor, John Hoops, Felix Fields, Henry Collins, Joseph Edworthy, Matthew Hopkins, James Weare, Jr., Alexander Parks, Baldwin Weaver, Thomas Jones, Anthony N. Still, Andrew Hunter, Reuben Miles, John Hook, Jonathan Gibson, John King, Joel Scott, Nehemiah Baker, David Broomell, John Pyle. | |||
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Chapter XIII From The Second War With England To 1850. | |||
The second war with England had almost wholly severed communication with the Old World, particularly with Great Britain, and the immediate result was an effort on the part of the people to meet the public demand for those commodities which previous to the beginning of hostilities were obtained entirely from Europe. The numberless cruisers of England had swept the merchant marine of the Republic almost from the seas, until the only vessels bearing the American flag were men-of-war or letters-of-marque; hence the great demand from this cause stimulated the establishment of manufacturing enterprises, largely throughout the Eastern and in a measure in the Middle States. It should be remembered that during all our colonial history - not only our State but all the colonies - England had persistently, as in Ireland, forbidden the people to engage in manufacturing any article which might come in competition with the industries of the home country. Although writers during the middle of the last century in Great Britain argued that the American colonies would not for hundreds of years engage in manufacturing, basing their couclusion on the then known history of the world, that it was only "after there was such an overplus of inhabitants, beyond what is necessary for cultivating the soil, as is sufficient for forming large towns, where trade and manufacturing can be carried on to advantage;" still there were others who rightly judged the geographical position of the American colonies might make them an exception to the rule as taught in the | |||